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At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality: (a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription: (i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and (ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration; (b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law): (i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration; (ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor; (iii) with respect to each Company Option: (A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan, (B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and (C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled; (c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law): (i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration; (ii) with respect to each Company RSU: (A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan, (B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and (C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled; (d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated; (e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares; (f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e); (g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement; (h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital: (i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement; (ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange: (A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares; (B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder; (C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and (D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company; (iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii); (i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares; (j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation; (k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who: (i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; (ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or (iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange: (iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares, (v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and (vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k); (l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for: (i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and (ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange: (iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares, (iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and (v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder; (m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i): (i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and (ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion); (n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii): (i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and (ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion); (o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l); (p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Each Elected Company Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallArrangement (other than Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders) will, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Optionthe Shareholder, be deemed transferred to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco Exchangeco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Exchangeable Shares as is determined in accordance with the formula in section 1.1 of the Combination Agreement (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”"Exchange Ratio").
(b) Upon the transfer referred to in subsection 2.1(a), Exchangeco shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each such holder, that number of fully paid and non-assessable Exchangeable Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio in exchange for each Company Common Share transferred and each such holder of Elected Company Common Shares shall cease to be such a holder, shall have his name removed from the register of holders of Company Common Shares and shall become a holder of the number of fully paid and non-assessable Exchangeable Shares to which he is entitled as a result of the transfer referred to in subsection 2.1(a) and such holder's name shall be added to the register of holders of Exchangeable Shares accordingly.
(c) Each Company Shares Common Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) Arrangement (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any other than Elected Company Common Shares in respect of which and Company Common Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights)who are ultimately entitled to be paid the fair value of their Company Common Shares) will, all without any further action on behalf of such Shareholder, be transferred to FCE in consideration for that number of shares of FCE Common Stock as is determined in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;Exchange Ratio.
(hd) Upon the transfer referred to in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”subsection 2.1(c), which FCE shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each such holder, that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of FCE Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio in exchange for each Company Common Share so transferred and each such holder of Company Common Shares, shall cease to be such a holder, shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be his name removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each Common Shares and shall become a holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register number of holders shares of Class A Shares in respect FCE Common Stock to which he is entitled as a result of the Class A Shares issued transfer referred to in subsection 2.1(c) and such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there 's name shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;FCE Common Stock accordingly.
(je) all The Exchange Ratio shall be adjusted to reflect fully the effect of any stock split, reverse split, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into FCE Common Stock or Company Common Shares), merger, reorganization, recapitalization or other like change with respect to FCE Common Stock or Company Common Shares occurring after the date of the issued Combination Agreement and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(kEffective Date.
(f) in exchange Shareholders who are residents of Canada for purposes of the ITA and who receive Exchangeable Shares under subsection 2.1(a) shall be entitled to make an income tax election pursuant to subsections 85(1) and 85(2) of the ITA with respect to the transfer of their Company Common Shares to Exchangeco Sub by providing two signed copies of the necessary election forms to Exchangeco within 90 days following the Effective Date, duly completed with the details of the number of shares transferred and the applicable agreed amounts for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner purposes of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shallelections. Thereafter, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly election forms being correct and validly completes complete and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance complying with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
the ITA, the forms will be completed by Exchangeco as to its information signed by Exchangeco and returned to such holders of Company Common Shares for filing with the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency. Exchangeco will not be responsible for the proper completion of any election form, (iiother than with respect to its information) and except for the obligation to return duly completed election forms which are received within 90 days following the Effective Date will not be responsible for any taxes, interest or penalties resulting from the failure by a Shareholder to properly complete or file the election forms in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive form and manner and within the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment time prescribed by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShITA.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, Time the following events or transactions shall will occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order sequence without any further act or formality:
(a) Each Anacott Common Share in respect of which a registered Anacott Shareholder has exercised Dissent Rights and for which the Purchaser registered Anacott Shareholder is ultimately entitled to be paid fair value (each a “Dissent Share”) shall subscribe be repurchased by Anacott for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at cancellation in consideration for a price of $1.00 per share, equal debt-claim against Anacott to the quotient obtained when (A) be paid the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares such Dissent Share in accordance with Article 5 of this Plan of Arrangement and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by such Dissent Share shall thereupon be cancelled;
(Bb) $1.00, The authorized share structure of Anacott shall be reorganized and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:altered by
(i) changing the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction identifying name of the subscription price payable by issued and unissued Anacott Common Shares from “Common shares” to “Class A Common shares” and amending the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Sharesrights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached to those shares to provide the holders thereof with two votes in respect of each share held; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create creating a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited with no maximum number may be issued and which shall be designated with the identifying name “Class A SharesB Common shares” having the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions identical to those attaching to the Anacott Common Shares prior to the amendments described in paragraph (b)(i) above (the “Class A Anacott New Common Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(iic) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) Each Anacott Warrant shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share Anacott Replacement Warrant and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share the Anacott Warrants shall thereupon be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(Bd) Anacott shall reorganize its capital within the meaning of Section 86 of the Tax Act such that each holder Anacott Shareholder shall dispose of such exchanged Company all of the Anacott Shareholder's Anacott Common Shares to Anacott and in consideration therefor, Anacott shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares issue (in respect of the Class A Shares issued securities referred to such holder;
in (Ci) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares below) or distribute (in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
securities referred to in (Dii) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
through (iiiviii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal below) to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);Anacott Shareholder:
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register same number of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Anacott New Common Shares;
(ii) has not completed the number of Buckingham Common Shares equal to the product of the number of Anacott Common Shares held and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; orConversion Factor;
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear the number of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior Lillingstone Common Shares equal to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for product of the Combination Consideration Cash number of Anacott Common Shares held and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:applicable Conversion Factor;
(iv) the number of Silverstone Common Shares equal to the product of the number of Anacott Common Shares held and the applicable Conversion Factor;
(v) the number of ▇▇▇▇▇ Common Shares equal to the product of the number of Anacott Common Shares held and the applicable Conversion Factor;
(vi) the number of 258 Common Shares equal to the product of the number of Anacott Common Shares held and the applicable Conversion Factor;
(vii) the number of Akeley Trust Units equal to the product of the number of Anacott Common Shares held and the applicable Conversion Factor; and
(viii) the number of Chackmore Trust Units equal to the product of the number of Anacott Common Shares held and the applicable Conversion Factor, (collectively, the “Share Exchange”), and, in connection with the Share Exchange:
(A) the name of each such Participating Former Securityholder Anacott Shareholder shall be removed from the Company’s central securities register for the Anacott Common Shares and added to the central securities register for the Anacott New Common Shares, the Buckingham Common Shares, the Lillingstone Common Shares, the Silverstone Common Shares, the ▇▇▇▇▇ Common Shares, the 258 Common Shares; the Akeley Trust Units and the Chackmore Trust Units, as the holder of holders the number of Class A Anacott New Common Shares,, the Buckingham Common Shares, the Lillingstone Common Shares, the Silverstone Common Shares, the ▇▇▇▇▇ Common Shares, the 258 Common Shares, the Akeley Trust Units and the Chackmore Trust Units, respectively, received pursuant to the Share Exchange;
(vB) Acquireco the Anacott Common Shares shall be entered cancelled and the capital in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner respect of such Class A shares shall be reduced to nil;
(C) an amount equal to the capital of the Anacott Common Shares immediately before the Share Exchange less the aggregate fair market value of the Buckingham Common Shares, free the Lillingstone Common Shares, the Silverstone Common Shares, the ▇▇▇▇▇ Common Shares, the 258 Common Shares, the Akeley Trust Units and the Chackmore Trust Units distributed on the Share Exchange shall be added to the capital in respect of all Encumbrancesthe Anacott New Common Shares; and
(vie) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s All securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);Anacott Subsidiaries held by Anacott shall be cancelled for no consideration; and
(lf) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect The authorized share structure of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and Anacott shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free reorganized and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:altered by
(i) in eliminating the case Anacott Common Shares from the authorized share structure of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m)Anacott; and
(ii) in changing the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect identifying name of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable issued and unissued Anacott New Common Shares from “Class B Common shares” to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh“Common shares”.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, the following steps or transactions shall, unless otherwise specifically provided otherwise in this Section 3.022.3, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case at one-minute intervals starting at the Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Argonaut Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company transferred (free and clear of all Liens) by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by on its part, to Argonaut for cancellation, and in consideration therefor such Dissenting ShareholderShareholder shall have a debt-claim to be paid the aggregate fair value of such Argonaut Shares as determined pursuant to Section 3.1, free and clear and, in respect of all Encumbrances, and the Argonaut Shares so transferred:
(i) each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to be the holder of such Argonaut Shares and to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares Argonaut Shareholders other than a claim against the Company right to be paid the fair value for such Argonaut Shares as set out in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and Section 3.1;
(ii) the name of each such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed as an Argonaut Shareholder from the securities register registers of holders Argonaut Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of Company SharesArgonaut;
(fiii) concurrently with each such Dissenting Shareholder shall have been deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign such Argonaut Shares to Argonaut;
(iv) such Argonaut Shares so transferred to Argonaut shall thereupon be cancelled by Argonaut and the surrender and cancellation registers of Company Shares held Argonaut Shareholders maintained by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), or on behalf of Argonaut shall be revised accordingly; and
(v) the stated capital account maintained by the Company Argonaut in respect of the Company Argonaut Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), reduced by an amount equal to the product obtained when (Ai) the amount of the stated capital account in respect of all the issued and outstanding Company Argonaut Shares immediately immediate prior to the step in Section 3.02(e)Effective Time, is multiplied by (Bii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Argonaut Shares surrendered transferred and cancelled pursuant to this Section 3.02(e), 2.3(a) and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Argonaut Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer Effective Time;
(b) the transactions contemplated by the New Argonaut Contribution Agreement shall become effective, and pursuant thereto Argonaut shall transfer, assign and convey to New Argonaut the Argonaut Contributed Assets and New Argonaut shall accept and assume the New Argonaut Liabilities and issue to Argonaut the New Argonaut Consideration Shares, and Argonaut shall be entered into the register of New Argonaut Shares maintained by or on behalf of New Argonaut as the registered owner of such New Argonaut Consideration Shares;
(c) each outstanding Argonaut RSU that has vested prior to the Effective Time shall be redeemed and cancelled, and in this Section 3.02(g) (for consideration Argonaut shall allot and issue from treasury to the avoidance holders of doubt, excluding any Company such redeemed Argonaut RSUs such number of fully-paid Argonaut Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with as are due to such holders under the terms of the Spinco Contribution AgreementArgonaut Incentive Plan (less any amounts withheld in accordance with this Plan of Arrangement);
(hd) in each holder of an Argonaut DSU shall resign from, and shall be deemed to have immediately resigned from, the course Argonaut Board and the board of a reorganization directors of any affiliate of Argonaut;
(e) following the resignation of the Company’s authorized holders of Argonaut DSUs in accordance with Section 2.3(d), all of the issued and issued share capital:outstanding Argonaut DSUs shall immediately vest, and upon such vesting shall immediately be redeemed and cancelled, and in consideration Argonaut shall allot and issue from treasury to each holder of Argonaut DSUs such number of fully-paid Argonaut Shares as are due to such holder under the terms of the Argonaut Incentive Plan (less any amounts withheld in accordance with this Plan of Arrangement);
(if) the notice authorized share capital of articles and articles of the Company Argonaut shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par valueamended, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth as more particularly described in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement, by the creation of Argonaut Class A Shares, of which an unlimited number of shares may be issued, and the articles of Argonaut shall be deemed to be amended accordingly;
(g) the New Argonaut Incentive Plan shall come into force;
(h) each holder of an issued and outstanding Argonaut Option shall simultaneously:
(i) dispose of, and be deemed to have disposed of, the Argonaut Portion of such Argonaut Option to Argonaut (free and clear of all Liens), and as the sole consideration therefor Argonaut will grant to such holder an option to purchase one (1) Argonaut Class A Share (an “Argonaut Class A Option”), which Argonaut Class A Option will (A) have an exercise price equal to the product obtained when the exercise price payable to acquire an Argonaut Share under such Argonaut Option is multiplied by the Argonaut Portion (provided that the aggregate exercise price payable on any particular exercise of Argonaut Class A Options shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent), and (B) otherwise shall have the same terms and conditions, including with respect to expiry and manner of exercising, as such Argonaut Option (except that the term to expiry of any Argonaut Class A Option shall not be affected by a holder thereof ceasing to be an employee, consultant, officer or director of Argonaut), and any document evidencing such Argonaut Option shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Argonaut Class A Option; and
(ii) dispose of, and be deemed to have disposed of, the New Argonaut Portion of such Argonaut Option to New Argonaut (free and clear of all Liens), and as the sole consideration therefor New Argonaut will grant to such holder an option, pursuant to the New Argonaut Incentive Plan, to purchase a Fractional New Argonaut Share (a “New Argonaut Option”), which New Argonaut Option will (A) have an exercise price for such Fractional New Argonaut Share equal to the product obtained when the exercise price payable to acquire an Argonaut Share under such Argonaut Option is multiplied by the New Argonaut Portion (provided that the aggregate exercise price payable on any particular exercise of Argonaut Class A Options shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent), (B) have the same expiry date as the expiry date of such Argonaut Option, and (C) otherwise be subject to the terms and conditions, including with respect to manner of exercising, set out in the New Argonaut Incentive Plan (except that the term to expiry of any New Argonaut Option shall not be affected by a holder thereof ceasing to be an employee, consultant, officer or director of New Argonaut). It is intended that subsection 7(1.4) of the Tax Act apply to the disposition and exchange of Argonaut Options pursuant to this Section 2.3(h). Accordingly, and notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, the exercise price of an Argonaut Class A Option or a New Argonaut Option, as the case may be, shall be adjusted as necessary to ensure that the aggregate In-the-Money Amount of the Argonaut Class A Option and New Argonaut Option immediately after the exchange does not exceed the In-the-Money Amount of the Argonaut Option immediately before the exchange;
(i) Argonaut shall undertake a reorganization of capital within the meaning of section 86 of the Tax Act, pursuant to which each outstanding Argonaut Share (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Argonaut Shares issued to holders of Argonaut RSUs and Argonaut DSUs pursuant to Section 2.3, but excluding any Argonaut Shares that are cancelled pursuant to Section 2.3(a)) shall be, and shall be deemed to be, transferred to Argonaut (free and clear of any Liens) in exchange for one (1) Argonaut Class A Share and a Fractional New Argonaut Share, and such Argonaut Shares shall thereupon be cancelled, and:
(i) the holders of such Argonaut Shares shall cease to be the holders thereof and to have any rights or privileges as holders of such Argonaut Shares;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before such holders’ names shall be removed from the reorganization register of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(hArgonaut Shares maintained by or on behalf of Argonaut;
(iii) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) each Argonaut Shareholder shall be exchanged with deemed to be the Companyholder of the Argonaut Class A Shares and New Argonaut Shares (in each case, free and clear of any Encumbrances, Liens) received in exchange for one Class A Share their Argonaut Shares and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares Argonaut or New Argonaut, as the case may be, as the registered holder thereof; and
(iv) the stated capital account maintained by Argonaut in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Argonaut Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h)nil, and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company Argonaut in respect of the Argonaut Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated paid-up capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder Argonaut Shares immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k2.3(i) exceeds the Fair Market Value of the New Argonaut Shares distributed by Argonaut to the Argonaut Shareholders on such exchange;
(j) concurrently with the transfer of Argonaut Shares under Section 2.3(i), the New Argonaut Board Nominees shall be appointed to, and shall comprise, the board of directors of New Argonaut and, concurrently with such appointment, any individuals other than the New Argonaut Board Nominees who are directors of New Argonaut immediately prior to such time shall, and shall be deemed to, resign as directors of New Argonaut;
(k) each outstanding Argonaut Class A Share (other than Argonaut Class A Shares held by Alamos or any affiliate thereof) shall, without further act or formality by or on behalf of a holder of Argonaut Class A Shares, be irrevocably assigned and transferred by the holder thereof to Alamos (free and clear of all Liens) in exchange for 0.0185 of an Alamos Share for each Argonaut Class A Share held, and:
(i) the Combination Consideration Cash holders of such Argonaut Class A Shares shall cease to be the holders thereof and to have any rights as holders of such Argonaut Class A Shares other than the right to receive 0.0185 of an Alamos Share per Argonaut Class A Share in accordance with this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) such holders’ name shall be removed from the register of the Argonaut Class A Shares maintained by or on behalf of Argonaut;
(iii) Alamos shall be deemed to be the transferee and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, legal and upon beneficial holder of such exchange:Argonaut Class A Shares (free and clear of all Liens) and shall be entered as the registered holder of such Argonaut Class A Shares in the register of the Argonaut Class A Shares maintained by or on behalf of Argonaut; and
(iv) each former holder of such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of exchanged Argonaut Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco Shares shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders the Alamos Shares maintained by or on behalf of Class A Shares Alamos as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect registered holder of the Purchaser Alamos Shares payable which such holder is entitled to such Participating Former Securityholder receive pursuant to this Section 3.02(k2.3(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving holder of an Argonaut Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares Option shall transferdispose of, and shall be deemed to have transferreddisposed of, such Argonaut Class A Option to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, Alamos (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens), each and as the sole consideration therefor Alamos will grant to such holder an option (each, an “Alamos Replacement Option”) to purchase from Alamos 0.0185 of an Alamos Share (provided that if the foregoing would result in the issuance of a fraction of an Alamos Share on any particular exercise of Alamos Replacement Options in the aggregate, then the number of Alamos Shares otherwise issuable shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Alamos Shares). Such Alamos Replacement Option shall provide for an exercise price per whole Alamos Share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to the quotient obtained when (i) the exercise price that would otherwise be payable to acquire an Argonaut Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior pursuant to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash ConsiderationArgonaut Class A Option it replaces, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
is divided by (ii) in the Alamos Exchange Ratio (provided that the aggregate exercise price payable on any particular exercise of Alamos Replacement Options shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent). All terms and conditions of an Alamos Replacement Option, including the term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercising, will be the same as the Argonaut Class A Option for which it was exchanged (except that the term to expiry of any Alamos Replacement Option shall not be affected by a holder of Alamos Replacement Options not becoming, or ceasing to be, an employee, consultant, officer or director of Argonaut or Alamos, as the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(nmay be), and upon any document evidencing an Argonaut Class A Option shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such exchange:
(iiiAlamos Replacement Option. It is intended that subsection 7(1.4) each of the Tax Act apply to such Participating Former Securityholder exchange of options. Accordingly, and notwithstanding the foregoing, the exercise price of an Alamos Replacement Option shall be removed from adjusted as necessary to ensure that the Company’s securities register In-the-Money Amount of holders the Alamos Replacement Option immediately after the exchange does not exceed the In-the-Money Amount of the Argonaut Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in Option immediately before the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholderexchange;
(m) in each outstanding Argonaut RSU that has not vested prior to the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
Effective Time shall (i) only be adjusted, and be deemed to have been adjusted, pursuant to the Argonaut Incentive Plan, so that on or after the Vesting Date (as defined in the Argonaut Incentive Plan) of such Argonaut RSU the holder of such Argonaut RSU shall be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion – in lieu of their Class A Shares Argonaut Shares, cash, securities or other property or a combination thereof equal in value to an Argonaut Share – a fraction of an Alamos Share, cash, securities or other property or a combination thereof equal in value to a fractionFractional Alamos Share, rounded (ii) remain outstanding on the same terms as it had immediately prior to six decimal placesthe Effective Time, apart from the numerator adjustment referred to in (i) of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to this Section 3.02(k2.3(m), and (iii) continue to be subject to and governed by the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected CashArgonaut Incentive Plan; and
(n) except in relation to holders of unvested Argonaut RSUs, the Argonaut Incentive Plan will terminate and none of (i) the former holders of Argonaut Options, Argonaut Class A Options, Argonaut PSUs or Argonaut DSUs, (ii) be entitled the former holders of Argonaut RSUs that have vested prior to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for Effective Time, (iii) the remaining portion Parties or (iv) any of their Class A Shares the respective successors or assigns of any of the foregoing (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion New Argonaut with respect to the New Argonaut Portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum an Argonaut Option disposed of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k2.3(h)(ii)) and (II) shall have any rights, liabilities or obligations in respect of the Aggregate Elected Purchaser SharesArgonaut Incentive Plan. Each of the events listed in this Section 2.3 will be, exceeds (B) without affecting the Maximum Purchaser Sharestiming set out herein, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shallmutually conditional, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for such that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k)no event may occur without all steps occurring, and those events will affect the denominator of integrated transaction which is constitutes the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShArrangement.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser Shareholder Rights Plan shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value be cancelled and shall have no further force or effect and each of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser rights thereunder shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) be cancelled for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Considerationno consideration;
(b) five minutes after the steps contemplated in Section 2.3(a), notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company an Orko Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, applicable law or the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Orko Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(ic) each In-the-Money Option issued and the outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallOrko Options will, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money OptionOrko Options, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment compensation therefor;
(iiid) with respect to each Company Orko Option:
(A) , the holder thereof shall will cease to be the holder of such Company Orko Option, and shall will cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) Orko Option, such holder’s name shall holder will be removed from the register of Company Orko Options, and
(C) and all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;; and
(de) the Company Orko Stock Option Plans Plan shall be terminated;
(ef) five minutes after the steps contemplated in Section 2.3(b), each Company Orko Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder in respect of which the Orko Shareholder has validly exercised his, her or its Dissent Rights shall bebe directly transferred and assigned by such Dissenting Shareholder to First Majestic (free and clear of any liens, charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever) in accordance with, and for the consideration set forth in, Section 3.1;
(g) five minutes after the steps contemplated in Section 2.3(c), each Orko Share (other than any Orko Share held by any Dissenting Shareholder) shall be deemed to be, surrendered be transferred to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, First Majestic (free and clear of all Encumbrancesany liens, charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever) in exchange for the Share Consideration;
(h) with respect to each such Company Orko Share so surrendered shall be cancelled transferred and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder assigned in accordance with Section 2.3(c) or Section 2.3(d):
(i) the registered holder thereof shall cease to have any rights as a be the registered holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 Orko Share and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder registered holder shall be removed from the securities register of holders Orko Shareholders as of Company Sharesthe Effective Time;
(fj) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares registered holder thereof shall be reduceddeemed to have executed and delivered all consents, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued transfer and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco assign such Orko Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(Dk) each First Majestic will be the holder of such exchanged Company all of the outstanding Orko Shares and the register of Orko Shareholders shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Companyrevised accordingly;
(iiil) concurrently with five minutes after the exchange steps contemplated in Section 3.02(h)(ii2.3(d) and (e), the stated capital account each outstanding Orko Share will be transferred to Subco in respect consideration of the Company Shares shall be reduced issue by an Subco to First Majestic of one Subco Share for each Orko Share so transferred, and the amount equal added to the stated capital of the Company Subco Shares immediately prior will be equal to the reorganization value of the Orko Shares so transferred;
(m) concurrent with the step in Section 3.02(h2.3(f), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, Orko Shares shall be reduced to an aggregate of $1.00 without any repayment of capital in respect thereof;
(n) five minutes after the steps contemplated in Section 2.3(f) and (g), Orko and Subco shall merge to form one corporate entity (“Amalco”) with the same effect as if they had amalgamated under Section 269 of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Business Corporations Act, except that the legal existence of Orko shall not cease and Orko shall survive the merger as Amalco;
(o) without limiting the generality of Section 3.02(h)(ii2.3(h), the amount by which (A) separate legal existence of Subco shall cease without Subco being liquidated or wound up and Orko and Subco shall continue as one company and the amount by which property of Subco shall become the stated capital account property of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii)Amalco;
(ip) from and after the Initial Spinco Share held Effective Date, at the time of the step contemplated in Section 2.3(h):
(q) Amalco will own and hold the property of Orko and Subco and, without limiting the provisions hereof, all rights of creditors or others will be unimpaired by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereonsuch amalgamation, and all liabilities and obligations of Orko and Subco, whether arising by contract or otherwise, may be enforced against Amalco to the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Sharessame extent as if such obligations had been incurred or contracted by it;
(jr) Amalco will continue to be liable for all of the liabilities and obligations of Orko and Subco;
(s) all rights, contracts, permits and interests of Orko and Subco will continue as rights, contracts, permits and interests of Amalco as if Orko and Subco continued and, for greater certainty, the amalgamation will not constitute a transfer or assignment of the rights or obligations of either of Orko or Subco under any such rights, contracts, permits and interests;
(t) any existing cause of action, claim or liability to prosecution will be unaffected;
(u) a civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding pending by or against either Orko or Subco may be continued by or against Amalco;
(v) a conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against either Orko or Subco may be enforced by or against Amalco;
(w) First Majestic as the holder of the Subco Shares shall receive on the amalgamation one common share in the authorised share structure of Amalco in exchange for each Subco Share previously held and all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Orko Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall will be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register repayment of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidationcapital in respect thereof;
(kx) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect name of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company SharesAmalco shall be “Orko Silver Corp.”;
(iiy) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed Amalco shall be authorised to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect issue an unlimited number of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; orcommon shares without par value;
(iiiz) exercises Dissent Rights the articles and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and notice of articles of Amalco shall be deemed substantially in the form of the articles and notice of articles of Orko;
(aa) the first annual general meeting of Amalco or resolutions in lieu thereof shall be held within 18 months from the Effective Date;
(bb) the first directors of Amalco following the amalgamation shall be ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇; and
(cc) the stated capital of the common shares of Amalco will be an amount equal to have transferredthe paid-up capital, as that term is defined in the ITA, attributable to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder the Subco Shares immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrancesamalgamation; and
(vidd) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered exchanges and cancellations provided for in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall 2.3 will be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to occur on the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shallEffective Date, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only certain procedures related thereto may not be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to completed until after the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShDate.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case, unless stated otherwise, effective as at five minute intervals starting immediately following the Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares each Company Share Option outstanding immediately prior to the acquisition Effective Time (whether vested or unvested), notwithstanding the terms of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant Company Share Option Plan, shall be deemed to Section 3.02(k)be unconditionally vested and exercisable, and such Company Share Option shall, without any further action by or on behalf of the holder of the Company Share Option, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such holder to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) in connection with exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the amount equal to the product of: (i) the amount by which the Company Common Share Consideration exceeds the exercise price per Company Common Share of such share subscriptionCompany Share Option; and (ii) the number of Company Common Shares into which such Company Share Option is exercisable; provided that in the event the foregoing calculation would result in a product less than $0.01, the consideration to be received in respect of such Company Share Option shall be $0.01, and:
(i) the Purchaser each holder of Company Share Options shall cease to be a holder of such Company Share Options;
(ii) such holder’s name shall be deemed to have directed removed from the Depositary to hold, register of the Company Share Options;
(iii) the Company Share Option Plan and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser all agreements relating to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash Company Share Options shall be terminated and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for shall be of no further force and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shareseffect; and
(iiiv) Acquireco such holder shall be deemed thereafter have only the right to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares receive the consideration to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued which they are entitled pursuant to this Section 3.02(a2.3(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions each Company Award outstanding immediately prior to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall be deemed to be unconditionally vested, and such Company Award shall, without any further action by contract, or on behalf of the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions holder of the Company 2013 Award, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such holder to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the Company Common Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option PlanConsideration, or applicable law):and:
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued holder of Company Awards shall cease to be a holder of such Company Awards;
(ii) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of the Company Awards;
(iii) the Company MTIP and all agreements relating to the Company Awards shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect; and
(iv) such holder shall thereafter have only the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled pursuant to this Section 2.3(b);
(c) each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any the holder of such In-the- Money Optionthe Company DSU, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and shall be transferred and disposed by the such holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for a cash payment from the Option Company equal to the Company Common Share Consideration, and the and:
(i) each holder of Company DSUs shall cease to be a holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option ConsiderationDSUs;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of the Company Options, DSUs;
(iii) the Company DSUP and all agreements relating to the Company DSUs shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect; and
(Civ) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto such holder shall be cancelledthereafter have only the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled pursuant to this Section 2.3(c);
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(id) each Company RSU issued Common Share held by Dissenting Holders in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised and outstanding immediately prior not withdrawn or deemed to the Effective Time have been withdrawn shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSUthe Dissenting Holder, be deemed to have been assigned and transferred by such Dissenting Holder to the Purchaser (free and clear of all Encumbrances) in consideration for a debt claim against the Purchaser for the amount determined under Article 3, and:
(i) such Dissenting Holders shall cease to be fully vested the holders of such Company Common Shares and to have any rights as holders of such Company Common Shares other than the right to be paid fair value for such Company Common Shares as set out in Section 3.1;
(ii) such Dissenting Holders’ names shall be transferred removed as the holders of such Company Common Shares from the register of Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and
(iii) the Purchaser shall be deemed to be the legal and disposed by the holder thereof to the beneficial owner of such Company Common Shares (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder entered in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Common Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than Company Common Shares held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, Holder in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised and shall be not withdrawn or deemed to behave been withdrawn, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereofshall, without any further act action by or formality on behalf of the holder of the Company Common Share, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such Dissenting Shareholder, the holder thereof to the Purchaser (free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against ) in exchange for the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Common Share Consideration for each Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e)Common Share held, the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitaland:
(i) the notice holders of articles such Company Common Shares shall cease to be the holders thereof and articles to have any rights as holders of such Company Common Shares other than the right to be paid the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth Common Share Consideration for each Company Common Share formerly held in Schedule “A” to accordance with this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares holders’ names shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders the Company Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
Company Common Shares (vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A the Company Common Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) maintained by or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect on behalf of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShCompany.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) each Shareholder who has duly exercised the Purchaser right of dissent as set forth in Article 3 shall subscribe be deemed to have transferred the PTI Common Shares held by such holder to PTI for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares cancellation and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided such shares shall be cancelled and any Options held by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately such Shareholder which have not been exercised prior to the acquisition time such Shareholder exercises such right of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant dissent shall be deemed to Section 3.02(k), be transferred to PTI for no consideration and shall be cancelled and shall no longer be outstanding and in connection with no case shall PTI or OSI be required to recognize such share subscriptionholders as Optionholders on and after the Effective Time and the names of such persons shall be deleted from the registers of Optionholders at the Effective Time;
(b) the Unanimous Shareholder Agreement shall be terminated and of no further force or effect;
(c) OSI shall acquire:
(i) all of the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser PTI Common Shares delivered held by the Purchaser Non-Accredited U.S. PTI Shareholder in exchange for a payment, in United States dollars, equal to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash OSI IPO Price less underwriters' discounts and Purchaser Sharescommissions applicable to the OSI IPO, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable multiplied by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Exchange Ratio multiplied by the number of PTI Common SharesShares held by the Non-Accredited U.S. PTI Shareholder; and
(iid) Acquireco OSI ULC shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco acquire all of the PTI Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained acquired by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued OSI pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to 2.1(c) hereof in exchange for one common share in the fair market value capital of the Purchaser ConsiderationOSI ULC for each whole PTI Common Share;
(be) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions PTI Holdco shall acquire all of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):PTI Common Shares acquired by OSI ULC pursuant to Section 2.1(d) hereof in exchange for one common share in the capital of PTI Holdco for each whole PTI Common Share;
(f) PTI and PTI Amalco shall be amalgamated pursuant to the Amalgamation Agreement to form New PTI;
(g) Upon the amalgamation of PTI and PTI Amalco to form New PTI:
(i) New PTI shall issue to PTI Holdco one Class A Common Share for each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Considerationits PTI Common Shares;
(ii) New PTI shall issue to PTI Holdco one Class A Common Share for each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment thereforits PTI Amalco Common Shares;
(iii) with respect New PTI shall issue to 812375 one Class B Common Share for each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company its PTI Common Shares;
(fiv) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation New PTI shall issue to RJM one Class C Common Share for each of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e)its PTI Common Shares;
(gv) New PTI shall issue to each of the Company shall transfer all Shareholders other than 812375, RJM, PTI Holdco and holders of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company PTI Common Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders rights of dissent have been exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended pursuant to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued Article 3 hereof and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs been cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(b2.1(a) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for hereof one Class A D Common Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) for each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company their PTI Common Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(Cvi) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of for the Class A Shares, in Common Shares with respect of to the Class A Common Shares issued pursuant to Sections 2.1(g)(i) and (ii) shall be equal to the paid-up capital, for the purposes of the ITA, of the PTI Common Shares and the PTI Amalco Common Shares held by PTI Holdco;
(vii) the amount added to the stated capital account maintained for the Class B Common Shares with respect to the Class B Common Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii)2.1(g)(iii) shall be equal to the paid-up capital, for the purposes of the ITA, of the PTI Common Shares held by 812375;
(viii) the amount added to the stated capital account maintained for the Class C Common Shares issued pursuant to Section 2.1(g)(iv) shall be equal to the paid-up capital, for the purposes of the ITA, of the PTI Common Shares held by which RJM;
(ix) the amount added to the stated capital account maintained for the Class D Common Shares with respect to the Class D Common Shares issued pursuant to Section 2.1(g)(v) shall be equal to the paid-up capital, for the purposes of the ITA, of the PTI Common Shares other than (A) the amount PTI Common Shares held by PTI Holdco, 812375 and RJM and (B) PTI Common Shares in respect of which the rights of dissent have been exercised pursuant to Article 3 hereof and which have been cancelled pursuant to Section 2.1(a) hereof.
(h) The stated capital account maintained for (i) the Class B Common Shares shall be increased by a portion of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant amount credited to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds New PTI's retained earnings account equal to [$6,794,359] and (Bii) the fair market value Class C Common Shares shall be increased by a portion of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred amount credited to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant New PTI's retained earnings account equal to Section 3.02(h)(ii)[$3,903,303];
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company The Articles of Incorporation of PTI Holdco shall be cancelled without any repayment thereonamended to add (i) the Exchangeable Shares to the authorized capital of PTI Holdco, (ii) the Exchangeable Share Provisions and (iii) certain other provisions, set forth in Exhibit B to the Company shall be removed from Combination Agreement and to delete the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Sharesprivate company provisions;
(j) OSI and PTI Holdco shall execute and deliver the Support Agreement;
(k) OSI, PTI Holdco and the Trustee shall execute and deliver the Voting and Exchange Trust Agreement;
(l) PTI Holdco shall acquire all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Class B Common Shares from the holders thereof in exchange for the number of Exchangeable Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio for each whole Class B Common Share;
(m) PTI Holdco shall acquire all of the issued and outstanding Class C Common Shares from the holders thereof in exchange for the number of Exchangeable Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio for each whole Class C Common Share;
(n) PTI Holdco shall acquire all of the issued and outstanding Class D Common Shares from the holders thereof in exchange for the number of Exchangeable Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio for each whole Class D Common Share;
(o) The amount added to the stated capital account maintained for the Exchangeable Shares with respect to the Exchangeable Shares issued pursuant to Section 2.1(l) shall be equal to the paid up capital, for the purposes of the ITA, of the Class B Common Shares;
(p) The amount added to the stated capital account maintained for the Exchangeable Shares with respect to the Exchangeable Shares issued pursuant to Section 2.1(m) shall be equal to the paid up capital, for the purposes of the ITA, of the Class C Common Shares;
(q) The amount added to the stated capital account maintained for the Exchangeable Shares with respect to the Exchangeable Shares issued pursuant to Section 2.1(n) shall be equal to the paid up capital, for the purposes of the ITA, of the Class D Common Shares;
(r) Upon the transfer of New PTI Shares referred to in paragraphs (l), (m) and (n) above:
(i) each holder of New PTI Shares shall cease to be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by such a holder of Spinco Sharesholder, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting shall have his name removed from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco New PTI Shares and shall become a holder of the number of fully paid Exchangeable Shares to which he is entitled as a result of the transfer referred to above and such holder's name shall be amended added to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A register of holders of Exchangeable Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;accordingly; and
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, PTI Holdco shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as become the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A all of the New PTI Shares so transferred.
(s) OSI shall issue to and deposit with the Depositary the Voting Share in consideration of the payment to OSI of US$1, to be thereafter held by the Depositary as trustee for and on behalf of, and for the use and benefit of, the holders of the Exchangeable Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 the Voting and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to AcquirecoExchange Trust Agreement.
(t) The then outstanding Options will, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear action on the part of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
any Optionholder: (i) if applicable, vest in accordance with the case terms and conditions of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n)Option Agreements, and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled converted into or exchanged for an option to receive purchase the Purchaser Share Consideration for number of shares of OSI Common Stock determined by multiplying the remaining portion number of their Class A PTI Common Shares (includingsubject to such Option at the Effective Time by the Exchange Ratio, for the avoidance at an exercise price per share of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares OSI Common Stock equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator exercise price per share of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding Option immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by the Exchange Ratio, and expressed in U.S. dollars. For the purposes of determining the exercise price per share of OSI Common Stock, the exercise price per share of PTI Common Shares subject to such Option shall be cancelled adjusted using the Canadian dollar exchange rate based upon the average of the noon buying rate expressed to the fourth decimal place for each of the Business Days in the Measurement Period as reported by the Bank of Canada. If the foregoing calculation results in a converted Option being exercisable for a fraction of a share of OSI Common Stock, then the number of shares of OSI Common Stock subject to such Option will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares, and the exercise price per whole share of OSI Common Stock will be as determined above. The obligations of PTI under the Options as so converted shall be assumed by OSI and OSI shall be substituted for PTI under the Option Agreements. Except as provided in this paragraph (d), the term and all other terms and conditions of the Options in effect immediately prior to giving effect to the Arrangement shall govern the Options.
(u) PTI Holdco Sub shall acquire all of the issued and outstanding New PTI Shares from PTI Holdco in exchange for a cash payment by an equal number of common shares in the Company to the holder capital of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShPTI Holdco Sub.
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Sources: Combination Agreement (Oil States International Inc)
Arrangement. At 3.1 Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided each of the events set out below shall occur and be deemed to occur in this the following sequence, in each case effective on the Effective Date as at the specified time set out below, and shall be effective and binding on TGOD, AcquiCo and all registered and beneficial TGOD Shareholders, without any further authorization, act or formality of or by TGOD, AcquiCo or any other Person:
(a) In accordance with the terms of the Transaction Expense Agreement, in consideration for TGOD’s payment of the Transaction Costs, AcquiCo shall issue to TGOD such number of AcquiCo Unit Purchase Warrants equal to the number of issued and outstanding TGOD Shares of record on the Distribution Record Date (other than those TGOD Shares held by Dissenting Holders) multiplied by the Conversion Factor (the “Distributed AcquiCo Unit Purchase Warrants”);
(b) Each TGOD Share held by Dissenting Holders in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised shall be, and be deemed to have been, assigned and transferred, without any further act or formality, by the Dissenting Holder thereof, to TGOD (free and clear of all Encumbrances), and
(i) such Dissenting Holders shall cease to be the holders of such TGOD Shares and to have any rights as holders of such TGOD Shares other than the right to be paid the fair value for such TGOD Shares as set out in Section 3.025.1;
(ii) such Dissenting Holders’ names shall be removed from the register of TGOD Shares maintained by or on behalf of TGOD;
(iii) such TGOD Shares held by Dissenting Holders shall be cancelled; and
(iv) the Dissenting Holder shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign such TGOD Shares;
(c) TGOD shall be deemed to undertake a reorganization of capital within the meaning of Section 86 of the Tax Act, which reorganization shall be deemed to occur in the following sequential order:
(i) one minute following the Effective Time, the identifying name of the TGOD Shares shall be changed to “Class A Common Shares” and the special rights and restrictions attached to such shares shall be amended to provide that each such Class A Common Share is entitled to two (2) votes at any meeting of the shareholders of TGOD; and to reflect such amendments, TGOD’s articles of incorporation shall be deemed to be amended by adding the special rights and restrictions as set out in Schedule “A” to the Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) two minutes following the Effective Time, the “New TGOD Shares”, being shares without par value and without any special rights and restrictions, shall be created as a class, the identifying name of the New TGOD Shares shall be “Common Shares” and the maximum number of New TGOD Shares which TGOD shall be authorized to issue shall be unlimited;
(iii) three minutes following the Effective Time, each outstanding Class A Common Share shall be exchanged (without any further act or formality on the part of a TGOD Shareholder), free and clear of all Encumbrances, for (i) one (1) New TGOD Share and (ii) in the case of each Electing TGOD Shareholder, that number of AcquiCo Unit Purchase Warrants that is equal to the number of Class A Common Share held by such holder multiplied by the Conversion Factor, and the Class A Common Shares shall thereupon be cancelled, and:
(A) the holders of Class A Common Shares shall cease to be holders thereof and cease to have any rights or privileges as holders of Class A Common Shares;
(B) the holders of Class A Common Shares names shall be removed from the central securities register of TGOD; and
(C) each TGOD Shareholder shall be deemed to be the holder of the New TGOD Shares and, in the case of each Electing TGOD Shareholder, the Distributed AcquiCo Unit Purchase Warrants exchanged for the TGOD Shares, in each case free and clear of any Encumbrances, and shall be entered into the central securities register of TGOD and AcquiCo, as the case may be, as the registered holder thereof;
(iv) four minutes following the Effective Time, the authorized share capital of TGOD shall be amended to eliminate the Class A Common Shares and the special rights and restrictions attached to such shares, and the notice of articles of TGOD shall be deemed to be amended accordingly;
(v) the capital of TGOD in respect of the New TGOD Shares shall be an amount equal to the paid-up capital for the purposes of the Tax Act in respect of the TGOD Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time, less the fair market value of the Distributed AcquiCo Unit Purchase Warrants distributed on such exchange; and
(vi) The articles of incorporation of TGOD shall be amended to reflect the changes to its authorized share structure made pursuant to this Plan of Arrangement; and
(d) All AcquiCo Shares owned by TGOD shall be cancelled immediately upon the issuance of any AcquiCo Shares comprising part of the AcquiCo Units and the appropriate entries shall be made in the register of shareholders of AcquiCo.
3.2 Notwithstanding Section 3.1(c)(iii), (i) no fractional AcquiCo Unit Purchase Warrants shall be distributed to TGOD Shareholders and as a result all fractional AcquiCo Unit Purchase Warrant amounts arising under such sections shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number and (ii) no AcquiCo Unit Purchase Warrants shall be distributed to TGOD Shareholders who are not Electing TGOD Shareholders. Subject to Section 2.8(g) of the Arrangement Agreement, any Distributed AcquiCo Unit Purchase Warrants not distributed as a result of (i) this rounding down or (ii) a TGOD Shareholder not being an Electing TGOD Shareholder shall be dealt with as determined by the TGOD Board in its absolute discretion.
3.3 The holders of the Class A Common Shares and the holders of New TGOD Shares referred to in Section 3.1 shall mean in all cases those persons who are TGOD Shareholders at the close of business on the Distribution Record Date, subject to Article 5.
3.4 All New TGOD Shares and AcquiCo Unit Purchase Warrants issued pursuant to this Plan of Arrangement shall be deemed to be validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares for all purposes of the Act.
3.5 The Arrangement shall become final and conclusively binding on the TGOD Shareholders, the AcquiCo Shareholders, TGOD and AcquiCo at and after the Effective Time without any further act or formality required on the part of any Person.
3.6 Notwithstanding that the transactions and events or transactions set out in Section 3.1 shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following chronological order therein set out without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser , each of TGOD and AcquiCo shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Sharesbe required to make, at a price of $1.00 per sharedo and execute or cause and procure to be made, equal done and executed all such further acts, deeds, agreements, transfers, assurances, instruments or documents as may be required to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value give effect to, or further document or evidence, any of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting transactions or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step events set out in Section 3.02(e)3.1, is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, any resolutions of directors authorizing the Company Shares issued to former holders issue, transfer or redemption of In-the-Money Options shares, any share transfer powers evidencing the transfer of shares and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Sharesreceipt therefore, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting necessary additions to or deletions from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shshare registers.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Arrangement Agreement
Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially consecutively in the following order order, each occurring five minutes following completion of the previous event without any further authorization, act or formality:
(a) notwithstanding the Purchaser terms of the Shareholder Rights Plan, the Shareholder Rights Plan shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal be terminated and all rights issued pursuant to the quotient obtained when Shareholder Rights Plan shall be cancelled without any payment in respect thereof;
(Ab) the fair market value each Dissent Share shall be transferred by such Dissenting Shareholder to Purchaser (free and clear of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (Bany Liens) $1.00in accordance with, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable consideration contemplated in, Article 4;
(Ac) in relation all Company Options, to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately extent not exercised prior to the acquisition Effective Time, shall be deemed terminated without any payment in respect thereof;
(d) the Effective Date shall be deemed to be the vesting date for all of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)then issued and outstanding Company RSUs, and in connection with the Company shall allot and issue to each Company RSU Holder such share subscription:
number of Company Shares as are due to such holder under the terms of such RSUs and thereafter (i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, Company Incentive Plans will terminate and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction none of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco former holders of Company RSUs or Company Options shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaserany rights, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco liabilities or obligations in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall Company Incentive Plans and (ii) the Company RSU Holders will be increased, treated in all respects as Company Shareholders with respect of to the Acquireco Common Company Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a3.1(d);
(e) the following shall occur and be deemed to occur concurrently:
(i) in consideration for the Consideration issued or paid to the Company Shareholders by Parent for the benefit of Purchaser in Subsection 3.1(e)(iii), by Purchaser shall issue to Parent a number of common shares of Purchaser with an aggregate fair market value equal to the fair market value of such Consideration;
(ii) an amount equal to the fair market value of the Consideration issued or paid to the Company Shareholders by Parent for the benefit of Purchaser Consideration;in Subsection 3.1(e)(iii) shall be added to the stated capital account of Purchaser in respect of the common shares of Purchaser issued to Parent in Subsection 3.1(e)(i); and
(biii) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions Purchaser shall purchase all of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to Company Shares for the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed Consideration (to be fully vested issued or paid directly by Parent) and each Company Share (other than any Dissent Share) shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company Purchaser (free and clear of all Encumbrancesany Liens) and cancelled in exchange for:
(A) the Share Consideration to be issued directly by Parent to the Company Shareholder for the Option Considerationbenefit of Purchaser; or
(B) the Cash Consideration to be issued or paid directly by Parent to the Company Shareholder for the benefit of Purchaser, and in each case in accordance with the holder election or deemed election of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordinglyShareholder pursuant to Section 3.2, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled in each case, subject to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Considerationproration in accordance with Section 3.3;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iiif) with respect to each Company Option:Share transferred in accordance with Section 3.1(b) or Section 3.1(e):
(Ai) the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such Company Option, Share and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under Share and the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) name of such holder’s name registered holder shall be removed from the register of Company OptionsShareholders as of the time of transfer prescribed in Section 3.1(b) or Section 3.1(e), as applicable;
(ii) the registered holder thereof shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer such Company Share; and
(Ciii) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall Purchaser will be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder all of the outstanding Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration as of the time of transfer prescribed in Section 3.1(b) or Section 3.1(e), as applicable and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration accordingly and Purchaser shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing all of the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, rights and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered privileges attached to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Arrangement Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case, unless stated otherwise, effective as at five-minute intervals starting at the Arrangement Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares all applicable Company Convertible Instruments outstanding immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)Arrangement Effective Time (excluding, and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall holdfor greater certainty, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered Remaining Company Convertible Instruments) shall, without further action by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and or on behalf of Acquirecoa holder of Company Convertible Instruments, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed converted into Company Shares pursuant to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, their terms and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect terms of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Considerationany Conversion Agreements;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a all Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and Options outstanding immediately prior to the Arrangement Effective Time (whether vested or unvested), notwithstanding the terms of the Company Incentive Plan or any applicable award agreements in relation thereto, shall be deemed to be unconditionally vested and exercisable, and each Company Optionholder shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money OptionCompany Optionholder, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the have exercised such Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled Optionholder’s Company Options in exchange for such number of Company Shares (rounded down to the Option Consideration, and nearest whole Company Share) having an aggregate fair market value equal to (A) the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder aggregate fair market value of the Company Shares comprising underlying such Company Optionholder’s Company Options, minus (B) the aggregate Option Consideration Exercise Price in respect of such Company Optionholder’s Company Options, and the central securities register none of the Company or SPAC shall be revised accordingly, but the holder obligated to pay such Company Optionholder any amount in respect of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallCompany Option; and, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
Option that is exercised pursuant to this Section 2.3(b), as of the effective time of such exercise: (Ai) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and (ii) the holder thereof shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option or under the applicable Company Option Incentive Plan,
, as applicable, other than the right to receive the consideration to which such holder is entitled pursuant to this Section 2.3(b), (Biii) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Optionsapplicable register, and
and (Civ) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order sequence, except where noted, without any further act or formality:
(a) at the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a)Effective Time, the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser Rights Agreement shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, terminated (and the Depositary all rights thereunder shall hold, the cash expire) and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Considerationno further force or effect;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, immediately following the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Planpreceding step,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Common Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered transferred to the Company Amalgamation Sub by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such or on behalf of the Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holders of such Company Common Shares other than the rights set out in Article 4 hereof,
(ii) the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 Common Share and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder registered holder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect as of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect time of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Sharesstep; and
(Diii) each Amalgamation Sub shall be recorded as the registered holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Common Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, be the legal and beneficial owner thereof free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k)Liens;
(lc) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effectivepreceding step, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, and shall be cancelled deemed to be, fully vested, and the Company shall pay each holder of a Company DSU an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the Arrangement Mixed Consideration Value multiplied by (ii) the number of Company Common Shares subject to such Company DSU, all in full satisfaction of the obligations of the Company in respect of the Company DSUs and all of the Company DSUs, as well as the Company Non-Employee Director Deferred Stock Unit Plan, shall be, and shall be deemed to be, terminated;
(d) concurrent with the preceding step, each Company PSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, and shall be deemed to be, fully vested, with performance goals deemed satisfied based on the maximum or highest level achievable under the Company PSU, and the Company shall issue to each holder of a Company PSU in settlement of such PSU that number of Company Common Shares subject to such Company PSU (based on the deemed satisfaction of performance goals) and the name of such holder shall be recorded as the registered holder of such Company Common Shares acquired pursuant to such Company PSUs all in full satisfaction of the obligations of the Company in respect of the Company PSUs and all of the Company PSUs shall be, and shall be deemed to be, terminated;
(e) concurrent with the preceding step, each Company RSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, and shall be deemed to be, fully vested, and the Company shall issue to each holder of a Company RSU in settlement of such RSU that number of Company Common Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of such Company RSU and the name of such holder shall be recorded as the registered holder of such Company Common Shares acquired pursuant to such Company RSUs all in full satisfaction of the obligations of the Company in respect of the Company RSUs and all of the Company RSUs shall be, and shall be deemed to be, terminated;
(f) immediately following the preceding step, subject to the requirement of Section 7.4(c) of the Arrangement Agreement, each Surrendered Company Option shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered and transferred to the Company in consideration for the issuance by the Company of that number of Company Common Shares (the “Net Surrender Shares”) equal to, rounded down to the nearest whole share, (i) the number of Company Common Shares subject to such Surrendered Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time minus (ii) the number of whole and partial (computed to the nearest four decimal places) Company Common Shares subject to such Surrendered Company Option that, when multiplied by the Fair Market Value (as such term is defined in the applicable Company Stock Plan) of a Company Common Share as of immediately prior to the time of this step, is equal to the aggregate exercise price of such Surrendered Company Option, and the holder of such Surrendered Company Option shall be recorded on the register of holders of Company Common Shares as the registered holder of the Net Exercise Shares, all in full satisfaction of the obligations of the Company in respect of the Surrendered Company Options and all of the Surrendered Company Options shall be, and shall be deemed to be, terminated;
(g) immediately following the preceding step, each Company Shareholder who has not deposited with the Arrangement Exchange Agent a duly completed Letter of Transmittal and Election Form prior to the Election Deadline, or has otherwise failed to comply with the requirements of Section 3.3(b) and the Letter of Transmittal and Election Form, shall be deemed to have elected to receive, in respect of all Company Common Shares held by such holder (each such share, a “No Election Share”), the Arrangement Mixed Consideration;
(h) immediately following the preceding step, each outstanding Company Common Share (other than any Company Common Share held by Amalgamation Sub) shall be transferred and assigned to Amalgamation Sub in accordance with the election of such holder pursuant to Section 3.3 or deemed election of such holder pursuant to Section 3.2(g) in exchange for, subject to Sections 3.4 and 3.7, the payment by Amalgamation Sub of (i) the Arrangement Cash Consideration, (ii) the Arrangement Mixed Consideration or (iii) the Arrangement Share Consideration, as applicable, and in respect of each Company Common Share so transferred and assigned:
(i) the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such Company Common Share and the name of such registered holder shall be removed from the register of Company Shareholders as of the time of this step;
(ii) Amalgamation Sub shall be recorded as the registered holder of such Company Common Share and shall be deemed to be the legal and beneficial owner thereof free and clear of all Liens; and
(iii) there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by Holdings for Holdings Common Shares an amount equal to the value as of — of the Holdings Common Shares, if any, issued in exchange for such Company Common Share;
(i) concurrent with the preceding step, in consideration for Holdings delivering, on behalf of Amalgamation Sub, Holdings Common Shares directly to the Selling Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.2(h), AS Common Shares (the “AS Delivered Common Shares”) with the aggregate fair market value equal to the fair market value of the aggregate number of Holdings Common Shares so delivered shall be issued to Holdings, and in respect thereof, there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by Amalgamation Sub for AS Common Shares an amount equal to the fair market value of the aggregate number of Holdings Common Shares so delivered (the “Share Consideration Value”);
(j) immediately following the preceding step, each Company Option (and its tandem stock appreciation right) that is outstanding immediately prior to the time of this step (other than the Surrendered Company Options), whether or not vested, shall be exchanged for a cash Holdings Arrangement Option (with a tandem stock appreciation right) to acquire from Holdings that number of Holdings Common Shares equal to the product of: (i) the number of Company Common Shares subject to such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (ii) the Exchange Ratio, provided that the number of Holdings Common Shares issuable shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Holdings Common Shares. The exercise price per Holdings Common Share subject to a Holdings Arrangement Option shall be an amount equal to the quotient of: (i) the exercise price per Company Common Share subject to each such Company Option immediately before the Effective Time divided by (ii) the Exchange Ratio, provided that the aggregate exercise price payable on exercise of a Holdings Arrangement Option shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if it is determined in good faith that the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Holdings Common Shares subject to the Holdings Arrangement Options immediately after the issuance of the Holdings Arrangement Options over the aggregate option exercise price for such shares pursuant to the Holdings Arrangement Options (such excess referred to as the “In the Money Amount” of the Holdings Arrangement Options) would otherwise exceed the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Company Common Shares subject to such Company Options immediately before the issuance of the Holdings Arrangement Options over the aggregate option exercise price for such shares pursuant to the Company Options, (such excess referred to as the In the Money Amount of the Company Options), the previous provisions shall be modified so that the In the Money Amount of the Holdings Arrangement Options does not exceed the In the Money Amount of the Company Options, but only to the extent necessary and in a manner that does not otherwise adversely affect the holder of the Holdings Arrangement Options. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Holdings Arrangement Option (and its tandem stock appreciation right) shall be on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the exchanged Company Option (and its tandem stock appreciation right) immediately before the Effective Time (including, but not limited to, the term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercising and vesting schedule) and Holdings shall assume all the obligations of the Company under the Company Stock Plans pertaining to the Company Options (and their tandem stock appreciation rights) and the agreements evidencing the grants thereof. Holdings shall comply with the requirements of Section 7.4(c) of the Arrangement Agreement with respect to each Holdings Arrangement Option until final settlement of all Holdings Arrangement Options;
(k) immediately following the preceding step, transactions are undertaken pursuant to transfer agreements that result in all AS Delivered Common Shares acquired by Holdings pursuant to Section 3.2(i) being contributed to LLC. Thereafter LLC shall be deemed to be the legal and beneficial owner thereof free and clear of all Liens;
(l) following the preceding step and at the Merger Effective Time, the Merger shall become effective;
(m) coincident with the Merger Effective Time,
(i) Holdings, the Partnership and the Trustee shall execute the Voting Trust Agreement, and
(ii) Holdings shall issue to and deposit with the Trustee the Special Voting Share, in consideration of the payment to Holdings of $1.00 to be thereafter held of record by the Trustee as trustee for and on behalf of, and for the use and benefit of, the holders of the Exchangeable Units in accordance with the Voting Trust Agreement;
(n) immediately following the preceding step, the stated capital of the Company Common Shares shall be reduced to $1.00 without any distribution; and
(o) at 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the first Business Day following the Effective Date,
(i) Amalgamation Sub and the Company shall amalgamate to form New Amalco with the same effect as if they were amalgamated under s. 181 of the CBCA, except that the separate legal existence of the Company will not cease and the Company will survive the amalgamation, as more fully described in Section 3.5; and
(ii) without limiting the foregoing, the separate legal existence of Amalgamation Sub will cease without Amalgamation Sub being liquidated or wound up, Amalgamation Sub and the Company will continue as one Company, and the property of Amalgamation Sub (other than Company Common Shares held by Amalgamation Sub and any amounts owing by the Company to Amalgamation Sub) will become the holder property of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShNew Amalco.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement and Plan of Merger (Burger King Worldwide, Inc.)
Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares each Alexco In-the-Money Option outstanding immediately prior to the acquisition Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Class A Shares Alexco Option Plan and shall, without any further action by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)or on behalf of any Alexco Optionholder, and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed be assigned and transferred by such Alexco Optionholder (free and clear of all Liens) to Alexco for cancellation in exchange for the Depositary Option Consideration. The Alexco Shares comprising the Option Consideration will be issued to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such Alexco Optionholder as fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to shares in the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationAlexco;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each InAlexco Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any Alexco Optionholder, be cancelled without any payment in respect thereof;
(c) (i) each Alexco Optionholder shall cease to be a holder of such In-the- Money OptionAlexco Options, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued such holder’s name shall be removed from each applicable register maintained by Alexco, and (iii) all agreements relating to the Alexco Options shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect;
(d) each Alexco DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Alexco DSU Plan and shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Optionthe Alexco DSU Holder thereof, be cancelled without any deemed to be assigned and transferred by such Alexco DSU Holder to Alexco (free and clear of all Liens) in exchange for, as determined by the board of directors of Alexco in accordance with the Alexco DSU Plan, either a cash payment thereforor the number of Alexco Shares equal to the number of Alexco Shares a holder is entitled to under each Alexco DSU. Any such Alexco Shares will be issued to such Alexco DSU Holder as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of Alexco; provided that no share certificates shall be issued with respect to such shares;
(iiie) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof Alexco DSU Holder shall cease to be the a holder of such Company OptionAlexco DSUs, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(Bii) each such holder’s name shall be removed from the each applicable register of Company Optionsmaintained by Alexco, and
and (Ciii) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments agreements relating thereto to the Alexco DSUs shall be cancelledterminated and shall be of no further force and effect;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(if) each Company Alexco RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Alexco RSU Plan and shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSUthe Alexco RSU Holder thereof, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof such Alexco RSU Holder to the Company Alexco (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable number of Alexco Shares equal to the number of Alexco Shares a holder is entitled to under each Alexco RSU Consideration, less that number of Alexco Shares with a fair market value equal to the amount of required withholding tax rounded up to the nearest Alexco Share. The Alexco Shares will be issued to such Alexco RSU Holder as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the holder capital of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company Alexco; provided that no share certificates shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of issued with respect to such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Considerationshares;
(iig) with respect to (i) each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof Alexco RSU Holder shall cease to be the a holder of such Company RSUAlexco RSUs, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(Bii) each such holder’s name shall be removed from the each applicable register of Company RSUsmaintained by Alexco, and
and (Ciii) all Award Agreements, grants agreements relating to the Alexco RSUs shall be terminated and similar instruments relating thereto will shall be cancelledof no further force and effect;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(eh) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, transfer to 108 all of the Dissent Shares held (free and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereofclear of all Liens), without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbranceson its part, and each such Company Share in consideration therefor, 108 shall issue to the Dissenting Shareholder a debt- claim to be paid the aggregate fair market value of those Dissent Shares as determined pursuant to Section 5.1, and in respect of the Dissent Shares so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each transferred
(i) the Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a be the holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and thereof,
(ii) the name of such the Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company or on behalf of Alexco in respect of the Company Shares Alexco Shares,
(iii) the Dissenting Shareholder shall be reduceddeemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect the transfer thereof, and
(iv) the name of 108 shall be added to the register maintained by or on behalf of Alexco in respect of the Company Alexco Shares cancelled as the holder thereof; and
(i) each Alexco Shareholder shall transfer to 108 (free and clear of all Liens) each whole Alexco Share held (other than any Alexco Shares held by 108 immediately before the Effective Time or acquired by 108 from a Dissenting Shareholder under Section 3.1(h)), including the Alexco Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A3.1(d) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step or Section 3.1(f) in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration exchange for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (Consideration for the avoidance of doubteach Alexco Share held, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:and
(i) the notice of articles and articles of Alexco Shareholder shall cease to be the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;holder thereof,
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization name of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares Alexco Shareholder shall be removed from the Company’s register maintained by or on behalf of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares Alexco in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Alexco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;,
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares Alexco Shareholder shall be reduced by an amount equal deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect the stated capital transfer thereof, and
(iv) the name of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there 108 shall be added to the stated capital account register maintained by the Company or on behalf of Alexco in respect of the Class A Shares, Alexco Shares as the holder thereof; it being expressly provided that the events provided for in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall 3.1 will be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to occur on the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shallEffective Date, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only that certain procedures related thereto may not be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to completed until after the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShDate.
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Sources: Assignment and Amendment Agreement (Alexco Resource Corp)
Arrangement. At Subject to the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set out within Article 7 of the Arrangement Agreement in this Section 3.02accordance with the relevant provisions of the Arrangement Agreement, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially and be completed in the following order on the Effective Date without any further act or formality, in each case effective as at five minute intervals starting at the Effective Time (unless stated otherwise), provided that the purchase and sale provided for in Section 3.01 shall have occurred prior to the Effective Time:
(a) Holdco shall amalgamate with Parentco to form one corporation, with the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value same effect as if Holdco and Parentco had amalgamated under Section 269 of the Maximum Purchaser Shares BCBCA, except that the separate legal existence of Parentco shall not cease and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by Parentco will survive the amalgamation (B) $1.00Parentco, and for greater certainty for as such surviving entity, the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a“Resulting Issuer”), in accordance with the fair market value following, all of which shall occur and become effective simultaneously at the time of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionamalgamation:
(i) the Purchaser separate legal existence of Holdco shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, cease without Parentco being liquidated or wound up and the Depositary Holdco and Parentco shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Considerationcontinue as one company;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company Resulting Issuer shall be amended substantially in the form of the notice of articles and articles of Parentco, subject to create a new class the other terms of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(iiA) each Company Holdco Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the amalgamation shall automatically be exchanged for the Tevva Consideration; (B) the authorized capital of the Resulting Issuer shall be the same as the authorized capital of Parentco immediately prior to the amalgamation; and (C) in connection with the foregoing, the capital of the Resulting Issuer in respect of the Resulting Issuer Shares shall be equal to the capital of Holdco in respect of the Holdco Shares immediately before the reorganization Effective Time;
(iv) the property, rights and interests of Holdco and Parentco shall be the property, rights and interests of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(hResulting Issuer;
(v) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) Resulting Issuer shall be exchanged with liable for the Companyliabilities and obligations of Holdco and Parentco;
(vi) any existing cause of action, free claim or liability to prosecution of Holdco or Parentco shall be unaffected and clear any legal proceeding being prosecuted or pending by or against either Holdco or Parentco may be prosecuted, or by its prosecution may be continued, as the case may be, by or against the Resulting Issuer;
(vii) a conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour of any Encumbrancesor against either ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or Parentco may be enforced by or against the Resulting Issuer;
(viii) the name of the Resulting Issuer shall be “Tevva Motors, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchangeInc.”;
(ix) the first directors of the Resulting Issuer following the amalgamation shall be:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (Electrameccanica Vehicles Corp.)
Arrangement. At The Plan of Arrangement shall, with such other matters as are necessary to give effect to the Arrangement, provide for substantially the following to occur commencing at the Effective TimeTime and in chronological order, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser Buyco shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when acquire all issued and outstanding Subco-RI Shares from Pubco (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser ConsiderationPurchase Shares”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction consideration of the subscription price payable by Purchase Price comprised of the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall Deposit to be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to on execution of the Purchaser, Arrangement Agreement and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall Balance to be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Considerationpaid at Closing;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to Buyco and Subco-RI shall exchange securities on a 1:1 basis, as follows:
i. each Buyco Share, other than a Buyco Share for which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed Dissent Rights have been validly exercised by the holder thereof to the Company (free who is a Dissenting Buyco Shareholder and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be who is ultimately entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallbe paid fair value for his Buyco Shares, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, will be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed exchanged by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, and free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, claims and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled encumbrances, for one (1) fully paid and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 non- assessable Subco-RI Share, and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall each holder will be removed from the central securities register of holders Buyco and added to the central securities register of Company SharesSubco-RI;
(f) concurrently with ii. the surrender Buyco Shareholder thereof shall be deemed, without any further action on his or her part, to have executed and cancellation delivered any necessary transfer form, power of Company attorney or assignment required to transfer his or her Buyco Shares to Subco-RI; and
iii. the certificates representing the Buyco Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall Buyco Shareholders will be deemed to have transferred, been cancelled subsequent to Acquireco, without any further act or formality their transfer to Subco-RI and will be replaced by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered a single share certificate registered in the Company’s securities register name of holders of Class A Shares as the legal Subco-RI and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, Subco-RI will be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall will be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers lawful owner and transferee of the Class A Shares all such Buyco Shares; thereafter, any director of Subco-RI will be authorized to Acquireco pursuant execute any such further documents and assurances as may be required by any transfer agent or depositary to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior fully give effect to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shtransfer and cancellations contemplated hereby;
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions shall occur will occur, and shall will be deemed to occur occur, sequentially as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case, unless stated otherwise, effective as at five minutes intervals starting at the Effective Time:
(a) each outstanding Company Option not exercised on or prior to the Company Option Exercise Deadline shall be terminated for no consideration, shall be null and void and shall cease to have further force and effect;
(b) each outstanding Company RSU not settled in the following order form of Company Shares pursuant to the RSU Plan prior to the Effective Time shall be terminated for no consideration, shall be null and void and shall cease to have further force and effect;
(c) each of the Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised will be deemed to have been transferred without any further act or formality:
(a) formality to the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number (free and clear of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (Aall Liens) in relation to consideration for a debt claim against the quotient Purchaser for an amount determined under this Section 3.02(a)Article 4, the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionand:
(i) such Dissenting Shareholders will cease to be the Purchaser shall be deemed holder of such Company Shares and to have directed any rights as holders of such Company Shares other than the Depositary right to hold, and be paid fair value for such Company Shares as set out in Section 3.2(d);
(ii) such Dissenting Shareholders' name(s) will be removed as the Depositary shall hold, holders of such Company Shares from the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser registers of Company Shares delivered maintained by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and or on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common SharesCompany; and
(iiiii) Acquireco shall the Purchaser will be deemed to have issued be the transferee of such fully paid Company Shares free and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaserclear of all Liens, and will be entered in the stated capital account register of Company Shares maintained by Acquireco in respect or on behalf of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationCompany;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(id) each In-the-Money Option issued and Company Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallTime, other than Company Shares held by a Dissenting Shareholder who validly exercised such holder's Dissent Right in respect of such Company Shares, will, without any further action by or on behalf of any a holder of such In-the- Money OptionCompany Shares, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company Purchaser (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to for each Company OptionShare held, and:
(Ai) the holder thereof shall each Former Company Shareholder will cease to be the a holder of such Company Option, Shares and shall will cease to have any rights as a holder in respect holders of such Company Option under Shares, other than the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed right to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by paid the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Former Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall Shareholder will be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in maintained by or on behalf of the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall will be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by be the transferee of such Participating Former Securityholder, Company Shares (free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(kLiens) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall will be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Company Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect maintained by or on behalf of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02noted herein, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially sequentially, in the following order order, without any further act or formalityformality required on the part of any person, in each case effective as at five minute intervals starting at the Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser each ProMed Share shall subscribe for that number be deemed to be transferred to FCR (free and clear of Acquireco Common Sharesany Liens, at a price charges and encumbrances of $1.00 per share, equal any nature whatsoever) and FCR shall be deemed to have acquired all of GAA’s rights and interest in and to the quotient obtained when (A) ProMed Debt, in consideration for the fair market value issuance of the Maximum Purchaser Consideration Shares to GAA;
(b) simultaneously:
(i) each GAA Share (other than those already owned by Gazit Maple or any GAA Shares held by a Dissenting Shareholder) shall be deemed to be transferred to Gazit Maple (free and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00clear of any Liens, charges and for greater certainty for the purposes encumbrances of determining variable (Aany nature whatsoever) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares exchange for an Acquisition Promissory Note and the Maximum Cash Consideration will Consideration, subject to Article 4 hereof;
(ii) each GAA Share in respect of which the GAA Shareholder has validly exercised his, her or its Dissent Right shall be no less than the fair market value directly transferred and assigned by such Dissenting Shareholder to Gazit Maple (free and clear of the Class A Shares immediately prior any Liens, charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever) in accordance with Article 4 hereof;
(c) with respect to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant each GAA Share transferred and assigned in accordance with Subsection 3.1(b) hereof and subject, where applicable, to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionArticle 4 hereof:
(i) the Purchaser registered holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such GAA Share and the name of such registered holder shall be removed from the register of GAA Shareholders as of the Share Transfer Time;
(ii) the registered holder thereof shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to hold, transfer and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary assign such GAA Share in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(iSubsection 3.1(b) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shareshereof; and
(iiiii) Acquireco Gazit Maple will be the holder of all of the outstanding GAA Shares and the register of GAA Shareholders shall be revised accordingly;
(d) each GAA Option that remains unvested immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid be vested and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares exercisable in full immediately prior to the PurchaserEffective Time, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company each GAA Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, shall be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company GAA (free and clear of all Encumbrancesany Liens, charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever) and cancelled in exchange for a cash payment equal to the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such GAA Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of for each GAA Share subject to such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money GAA Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company GAA DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be deemed to be transferred to GAA (free and clear of any Liens, charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever) and redeemed in exchange for a cash payment equal to the GAA DSU Consideration;
(f) with respect to the GAA Warrants, simultaneously:
(i) each 2010 Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than 2010 Warrants owned by Gazit Maple) shall be deemed to be transferred to GAA (free and clear of any Liens, charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever) and cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company equal to the 2010 Warrant Consideration for each GAA Share subject to such ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; and
(ii) each ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than 2011 Warrants owned by Gazit Maple) shall be deemed to be transferred to GAA (free and clear of any Liens, charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever) and cancelled in exchange for a cash payment equal to the 2011 Warrant Consideration for each GAA Share subject to such ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇;
(g) with respect to each GAA Warrant, GAA Option or GAA DSU transferred and assigned in accordance with Subsection 3.1(d), Subsection 3.1(e) or Subsection 3.1(f) hereof:
(i) the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such Company GAA Warrant, GAA Option or GAA DSU, as the case may be, and the name of such registered holder shall be removed from the respective registers of GAA Warrantholders, Optionholders and DSU equal holders as of the time the transfer under Subsection 3.1(d), Subsection 3.1(e) or Subsection 3.1(f) hereof, as the case may be, is completed; and
(ii) the registered holder thereof shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign such GAA Warrant, GAA Option or GAA DSU, as the Company Shcase may be, in accordance with Subsection 3.1(d), Subsection 3.1(e) or Subsection 3.1(f) hereof, as applicable;
(h) the GAA Stock Option Plan, GAA DSU Plan and GAA RSU Plan shall each be terminated and none of GAA, Gazit Maple or any of their respective affiliates or successors shall have any liability in respect thereof;
(i) the stated capital account maintained by GAA in respect of the GAA Shares shall be reduced to $1.00;
(j) GAA and Gazit Maple shall be amalgamated and continued as one corporation under the OBCA to form Gazit Amalco in accordance with the following:
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Arrangement. At Pursuant to the Effective TimeArrangement, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case, unless stated otherwise, effective as at five minute intervals starting at the Effective Time:
(1) each unvested Option and DSU shall, notwithstanding the terms of the Stock Option Plan, the Omnibus Plan or any award agreement pursuant to which DSUs were awarded, as applicable, be deemed to have been vested;
(2) the following transactions shall occur simultaneously:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company each outstanding Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any the holder of such In-the- Money Optionthereof, be deemed to be fully vested transferred by such holder to Corporation in exchange for, in respect of each Option for which the cash portion of the Consideration exceeds the exercise price, (i) an amount equal to the cash portion of the Consideration less the applicable exercise price in respect of such Option, and (ii) one CVR, less any applicable withholdings, and such Option shall be transferred and disposed by immediately cancelled. For greater certainty, where the holder thereof to exercise price of any Option is greater than the Company (free and clear cash portion of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company neither Corporation nor Purchaser shall be revised accordingly, but obligated to pay the holder of such Option the Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or any other document representing amount in respect of such Option, and the Option Considerationshall be immediately cancelled for no consideration;
(iib) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time DSU shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any the holder of such Out-of-the-Money Optionthereof, be cancelled without deemed to be transferred by such holder to Corporation in exchange for the Consideration, less any payment thereforapplicable withholdings, and such DSU shall be immediately cancelled;
(iiii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof of Options or DSUs shall cease to be the a holder of such Company OptionOptions or DSUs, (ii) such holder's name shall be removed from each applicable register, (iii) the Stock Option Plan, the Omnibus Plan and any and all agreements relating to the Options and the DSUs shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect, and (iv) such holder shall thereafter have only the right to receive the Consideration, if any, to which it is entitled pursuant to Section 2.3(2)(a) or Section 2.3(2)(b), as applicable, at the time and in the manner specified in such Sections;
(3) each outstanding Share held by a Dissenting Holder in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised shall be deemed to have been transferred without any further act or formality by the holder thereof to Purchaser, and:
(a) such Dissenting Holder shall cease to have any rights as a holder Shareholder other than the right to be paid the fair value of its Shares by Purchaser in respect accordance with Article 3;
(b) the name of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name holder shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions holders of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action Shares maintained by or on behalf of any Corporation; and
(c) Purchaser shall be recorded as the holder of such Company RSU, the Shares so transferred and shall be deemed to be fully vested the legal and beneficial owner thereof; and
(4) concurrently with step (3), each outstanding Share (other than Shares held by Dissenting Holders who have validly exercised such holders' respective Dissent Rights) shall be transferred and disposed without any further act or formality by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled Purchaser in exchange for the Consideration per Share, less any applicable RSU Considerationwithholdings, and and:
(a) the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and Share shall cease to have any rights as a holder Shareholder other than the right to be paid the Consideration per Share in respect accordance with this Plan of Arrangement;
(b) the name of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name holder shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, holders of Shares maintained by or on behalf of Corporation; and
(Cc) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans Purchaser shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, recorded as the holder of the Shares so transferred and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shthereof.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (Clementia Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case effective as at five minute intervals starting at the Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco each Company Option which was conditionally exercised pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i2.7(1)(b) of the Purchaser Arrangement Agreement shall be deemed to have directed been exercised for a Common Share pursuant to the Depositary to holdterms of such Company Option, the Stock Option Plan and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary conditional exercise procedures implemented in accordance connection with Section 3.05(a)(i2.7(1)(b) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the PurchaserArrangement Agreement, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Considerationless applicable withholdings;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a each Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested and, for greater certainty, not including those Company Options referenced in Section 2.3(a) above), notwithstanding the terms of the Stock Option Plan, shall be deemed to be unconditionally vested and exercisable, and such Company Option shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Optiona Company Optionholder, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and transferred by such holder to the Company in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the amount (if any) by which the Consideration exceeds the exercise price of such Company Option, less applicable withholdings, and such Company Option shall immediately be cancelled;
(c) each holder of Company Options shall cease to be a holder of such Company Options, such holder's name shall be removed from each applicable register and the Stock Option Plan, and all agreements relating to the Company Options shall be terminated and shall be transferred of no further force and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Considerationeffect, and such holder shall thereafter have only the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled right to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Considerationconsideration to which they are entitled pursuant to Section 2.3(b) at the time and in the manner specified in Article 4;
(iid) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and Company Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time Time, notwithstanding the terms of the Company Warrant, shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any a holder thereof, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such holder to the Company in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the amount (if any) by which the Consideration exceeds the exercise price of such Out-of-the-Money OptionCompany Warrant, less applicable withholdings, and such Company Warrant shall immediately be cancelled without any payment thereforcancelled;
(iiie) with respect to each holder of Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof Warrants shall cease to be the a holder of such Company OptionWarrants, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s 's name shall be removed from each applicable register, and all agreements relating to the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto Warrants shall be cancelledterminated and shall be of no further force and effect, and such holder shall thereafter have only the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled pursuant to Section 2.3(d) at the time and in the manner specified in Article 4;
(cf) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which each Common Share (including, for greater certainty, a Common Share issuable on the exercise of a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(iunder Section 2.3(a)) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to at the Effective Time shallTime, without any further action other than a Common Share held by a Dissenting Holder who has validly exercised his, her or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSUits Dissent Right, shall be deemed to be fully vested assigned and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company Purchaser in exchange for the Consideration for each Common Share held;
(g) each Common Share in respect of which a holder of Common Shares has validly exercised his, her or its Dissent Right shall be directly assigned and transferred by such Dissenting Holder to the Purchaser (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled in exchange for accordance with Section 3.1; and
(h) the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder names of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register holders of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but Common Shares transferred to the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name Purchaser shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register applicable registers of holders of Company Common Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company the Common Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferredexecuted and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by transfer and assign such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange Common Shares in accordance with this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash 2.3, and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from recorded as the Company’s securities register registered holder of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco the Common Shares so transferred and shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as deemed the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shthereof.
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Arrangement. At 3.1 Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions set out below shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formalityformality except as otherwise provided herein:
(a) NAL GP shall be dissolved in accordance with the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionfollowing:
(i) the Purchaser stated capital of the shares of NAL GP shall be deemed reduced to have directed $1.00 in aggregate;
(ii) all of the Depositary property of NAL GP shall be distributed to hold, NAL; and
(iii) NAL shall assume all of the liabilities and the Depositary obligations of NAL GP;
(b) NAL Petroleum shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary be dissolved in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(ithe following:
(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction stated capital of the subscription price payable shares of NAL Petroleum shall be reduced to $1.00 in aggregate;
(ii) all of the property of NAL Petroleum shall be distributed to NAL; and
(iii) NAL shall assume all of the liabilities and obligations of NAL Petroleum;
(c) Addison LP shall be dissolved by virtue of the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Sharesdissolution of NAL Petroleum pursuant to Section 3.1(b) and:
(i) all of the property of Addison LP shall be distributed to NAL; and
(ii) Acquireco NAL shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect assume all of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect liabilities and obligations of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationAddison LP;
(bd) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to the NAL Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders who have exercised Dissent Rights which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding remain valid immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf as of any holder of such In-the- Money Optionthe Effective Time, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be have been transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company NAL (free and clear of all Encumbrancesany Liens) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Considerationand, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder as of the Company Shares comprising Effective Time, such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and Dissenting Shareholders shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under NAL Shareholders other than the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed right to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by paid the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear fair value of all Encumbrances) and cancelled their NAL Shares in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) accordance with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminatedArticle 4;
(e) each Company issued and outstanding NAL Share (other than those held by a Dissenting Shareholder Shareholders) shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereoftransferred to, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderand acquired by, Pengrowth (free and clear of all Encumbrancesany Liens) and, subject to Sections 5.5, 5.6 and 6.1, each Former NAL Shareholder shall be entitled to receive from Pengrowth in exchange for each such Company Share so surrendered NAL Share, 0.86 of a Pengrowth Share;
(f) Pengrowth shall: (i) assume all of NAL’s covenants and obligations for the NAL Debentures under the NAL Debenture Indenture, such that the NAL Debentures shall become valid and binding obligations of Pengrowth; and (ii) provided that the other provisions of Article 11 of the NAL Debenture Indenture are complied with, the Supplemental Indenture shall become effective; and
(g) the Amended NAL DRIP shall become effective, all existing participants in the NAL DRIP will be deemed to be participants in the Amended NAL DRIP and any dividends declared but not paid prior to the Effective Date to a person deemed to be a participant in the Amended NAL DRIP will be automatically applied to the purchase of Pengrowth Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Amended NAL DRIP.
3.2 With respect to each Former NAL Shareholder (other than a Dissenting Shareholder) at the Effective Time, upon the exchange of NAL Shares for Pengrowth Shares pursuant to Section 3.1(e):
(a) such Former NAL Shareholder shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting added to the register of holders of Pengrowth Shares;
(b) such Former NAL Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as be a holder of such Company the NAL Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 so exchanged and the name of such Dissenting Former NAL Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders NAL Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of Company Shares;NAL as it relates to the NAL Shares so exchanged; and
(fc) concurrently with Pengrowth shall become the surrender holder of the NAL Shares so exchanged and cancellation shall be added to the register of Company Shares held NAL Shareholders maintained by Dissenting Shareholders or on behalf of NAL.
3.3 NAL is hereby granted full power and authority, in name, place and stead of NAL GP, NAL Petroleum and Addison LP to execute, under seal or otherwise, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, and record or file, as the case may be, as and where required:
(a) any conveyance or other instrument which NAL deems necessary or appropriate to reflect the dissolution of NAL GP, NAL Petroleum and Addison LP pursuant to the terms of Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when 3.1(a) (Ab) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(ec);
(gb) any instrument required in connection with any election, designation or determination relating to NAL GP, NAL Petroleum or Addison LP under the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares Income Tax Act (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”Canada) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreementor other fiscal legislation;
(hc) any documents which NAL deems necessary or appropriate to be filed in connection with the course dissolution of a reorganization of NAL GP, NAL Petroleum or Addison LP or the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to transactions contemplated by this Plan of Arrangement;
(iid) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant any document required to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding be filed with any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled Governmental Authority in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged connection with the Companydissolution of NAL GP, free and clear NAL Petroleum or Addison LP or the transactions contemplated by this Plan of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco SharesArrangement; and
(De) each holder any other document or instrument on behalf of such exchanged Company Shares and in the name of NAL GP, NAL Petroleum or Addison LP as may be required to give effect to this Plan of Arrangement. The signing authority granted hereby is irrevocable and shall be entered in Spinco’s register survive the dissolution of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii)NAL GP, the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced NAL Petroleum or Addison LP pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value Plan of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShArrangement.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) Parent agrees that the Purchaser Arrangement shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal be implemented in accordance with and subject to the quotient obtained when (A) terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and the fair market value Plan of Arrangement, and the Domestication, which forms part of the Maximum Purchaser Shares Arrangement, shall be implemented in accordance with Section 388 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“GCL”).
(b) The Arrangement shall become effective on the Arrangement Effective Date and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by the steps to be carried out pursuant to the Arrangement shall become effective on the Arrangement Effective Date in the order set forth in the Plan of Arrangement.
(Bc) $1.00Parent agrees that as soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, Parent shall, in a manner acceptable to the Company, acting reasonably, pursuant to section 192 of the CBCA and for greater certainty in cooperation with the Company, prepare, file and diligently pursue a motion for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a)Interim Order, the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)which shall provide, and in connection with such share subscriptionamong other things:
(i) for the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to holdcalling, holding and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction conducting of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option ConsiderationParent Shareholders’ Meeting;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued for the class of persons to whom notice is to be provided in respect of the Arrangement and outstanding immediately prior the Parent Shareholders’ Meeting and for the manner in which such notice is to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment thereforprovided;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) that the holder thereof only requisite approval for the Arrangement Resolution shall cease to be two-thirds of the holder votes cast on the Arrangement Resolution by shareholders of such Company OptionParent as of the record date, present in person or represented by proxy at the Parent Shareholders’ Meeting and shall cease to have any rights voting as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelledsingle class;
(civ) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, for the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions grant of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights Dissent Rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) contemplated in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(iiv) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before for the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance notice requirements with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior application to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange Court for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all EncumbrancesFinal Order; and
(vi) each that the Parent Shareholders’ Meeting may be adjourned or postponed from time to time by Parent (with the prior written consent of the Company, not to be unreasonably withheld) without the need for additional approval of the Court.
(d) If the Interim Order is obtained and the Arrangement Resolution is passed at the Parent Shareholders’ Meeting, Parent shall forthwith thereafter take all actions necessary or desirable to submit the Arrangement to the Court and to apply to the Court for the Final Order in form and substance satisfactory to the Company, acting reasonably.
(e) Parent shall provide the Company’s legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon a draft of all material to be filed with the Court in connection with the Arrangement prior to such Participating Former Securityholder shallmaterial being filed with the Court, and all materials filed with the Court shall be subject to the provisions prior review, comment and consent of Section 3.06, be entered in Company. Parent shall also provide the PurchaserCompany’s securities register legal counsel on a timely basis with copies of holders of Purchaser Shares any appearance and evidence served on Parent or its legal counsel in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable proceedings for the Interim Order, the Final Order or any appeal therefrom and of any notice (written or oral) received by Parent indicating any intention to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers oppose the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either granting of the Cash Consideration Interim Order or the Purchaser Share Consideration Final Order or to appeal the Interim Order or the Final Order. Subject to applicable Laws, Parent shall not file any material with the Court in respect of all of connection with the Arrangement or serve any such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfermaterial, and shall be deemed agree not to have transferredmodify or amend materials so filed or served, to Acquireco, without any further act except as contemplated hereby or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from with the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of prior written consent, such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed consent not to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effectiveunreasonably withheld, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shconditioned or delayed.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions set out below shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further authorization, act or formalityformality required on the part of any person, except as expressly provided herein:
(a) each Trust Unit Right shall be deemed transferred by the Purchaser shall subscribe holder thereof to Harvest (free and clear of any Encumbrances, and notwithstanding any vesting conditions) in exchange for that number a cash payment from Harvest in respect of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, each Trust Unit Right equal to the quotient obtained when greater of $0.01 and the amount, if any, by which $10.00 exceeds the Exercise Price thereof (Aless all applicable withholding taxes) and the holder of such Trust Unit Right shall thereafter only have the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled pursuant to this Section 2.3(a) and all Trust Unit Rights shall be deemed terminated and Harvest shall have no liabilities or obligations with respect to such Trust Unit Rights except pursuant to this Section 2.3(a);
(b) each Unit Award shall be deemed transferred by the holder thereof to Harvest (free and clear of any Encumbrances, and notwithstanding any vesting conditions) in exchange for a cash payment from Harvest equal to $10.00 (less all applicable withholding taxes) and the holder of such Unit Awards shall thereafter only have the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled pursuant to this Section 2.3(b) and all Unit Awards shall be deemed terminated and Harvest shall have no liabilities or obligations with respect to such Unit Awards except pursuant to this Section 2.3(a);
(c) the fair market value Trust Units held by Unitholders in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised (the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B“Dissenting Unitholders”) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation shall be deemed to have been transferred without any further act or formality to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value Purchaser (free and clear of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionany Encumbrances) and:
(i) such Dissenting Unitholders shall cease to be the holders of such Trust Units and to have any rights as holders of such Trust Units other than the right to be paid fair value for such Trust Units as set out in Section 3.1;
(ii) such Dissenting Unitholders’ names shall be removed as the holders of such Trust Units from the registers of Harvest maintained by or on behalf of Harvest; and
(iii) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed be the Depositary to hold, transferee of such Trust Units (free and clear of any Encumbrances) and shall be entered in the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered registers of Trust Units maintained by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and or on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationHarvest;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(id) each In-the-Money Option issued and Trust Unit outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed (other than Trust Units subject to be fully vested and step (C)) shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, to the Purchaser (free and clear of all any Encumbrances) for $10.00 per Trust Unit, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitaland:
(i) the notice holders of articles such Trust Units immediately before the Effective Time shall cease to be holders thereof and articles to have any rights as holders of such Trust Units other than the Company shall right to be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth paid $10.00 per Trust Unit in Schedule “A” to accordance with this Plan of ArrangementArrangement and other than the right to receive any declared but unpaid dividends on such Trust Units;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) such holders’ names shall be exchanged with removed as the Company, holders from the registers of Trust Units maintained by or on behalf of Harvest; and
(iii) the Purchaser shall be deemed to be the transferee of such Trust Units (free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share ) and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register registers of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account Trust Units maintained by the Company in respect or on behalf of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShHarvest.
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Arrangement. At Pursuant to the Effective TimeArrangement, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case, unless stated otherwise, effective at five minute intervals starting at the Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i1) each In-the-Money Vested Performance Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any the holder of such In-the- Money Optionthereof, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and surrendered by such holder to the Corporation in exchange for, in respect of each Vested Performance Option for which the Consideration exceeds the exercise price, an amount in cash from the Corporation equal to the Consideration less the applicable exercise price (or, in respect of a Vested Performance Option that has an exercise price denominated in Canadian dollars, the US Equivalent thereof) in respect of such Vested Performance Option, less any applicable withholdings pursuant to Section 4.3, and such Vested Performance Option shall immediately be cancelled. For greater certainty, where the exercise price (or, in respect of a Vested Performance Option that has an exercise price denominated in Canadian dollars, the US Equivalent thereof) of any Vested Performance Option is greater than or equal to the Consideration, neither the Corporation nor the Purchaser shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof obligated to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and pay the holder of such In-the-Money Vested Performance Option the Consideration or any other amount in respect of such Vested Performance Option, and the Vested Performance Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Considerationimmediately cancelled;
(ii2) each Out-of-the-Money Unvested Performance Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of the holder thereof, immediately be cancelled;
(3) each unvested RSU and PSU shall, notwithstanding the terms of any Incentive Plan or any award or similar agreement pursuant to which any Incentive Securities were granted or awarded, as applicable, be deemed to have been vested;
(4) an aggregate number of RSUs and PSUs equal to the number of Shares held in the Share Purchase Trust (the "Settled Share Units"), if any, shall be settled in exchange for one Share (all such Shares delivered in settlement, the "Trust Shares") for each such Settled Share Unit and, without any further action by or on behalf of the holders of each such Settled Share Unit, the Corporation, the trustee under the Share Purchase Trust or the Share Purchase Trust, each such Trust Share shall thereupon be held by the Share Purchase Trust for and on behalf of the holders of each such Settled Share Unit (subject to any withholding in accordance with Section 4.3) and each such Settled Share Unit shall be immediately cancelled; provided that the aggregate number of RSUs and PSUs to be so settled shall be allocated between RSUs and PSUs, and among holders, pro rata based on the number of RSUs and/or PSUs held by each holder relative to the aggregate number of RSUs and PSUs outstanding immediately prior to such settlement;
(5) each Trust Share shall be transferred without any further action by or on behalf of the trustee under the Share Purchase Trust, the Share Purchase Trust or any holder of such Out-of-the-Money OptionSettled Share Units, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
the Purchaser in exchange for the Consideration, and in connection therewith: (A) a portion of the amount held by the Depositary as agent for and on behalf of the Purchaser, equal to the aggregate Consideration payable in respect of Trust Shares, shall thereupon be held by the Depositary as agent for and on behalf of holders of Settled Share Units (which amount, following the completion of the Plan of Arrangement, shall be transferred to the Corporation to be held on behalf of the applicable holders and paid to such holders in accordance with Section 4.1(3) (subject to any withholding in accordance with Section 4.3)), (B) the holder thereof of each such Trust Share shall cease to be the holder thereof and to have any rights as a Shareholder other than the right to be paid the amount determined in accordance with this Section 2.3(5), and (C) the Purchaser shall be recorded in the register of holders of Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation as the holder of the Trust Shares so transferred and shall be deemed to be the legal and beneficial owner thereof;
(6) each RSU and PSU that remains outstanding (for greater certainty, not including the Settled Share Units settled in accordance with Section 2.3(4)) shall, without any further action by or on behalf of the holder thereof, be deemed to be transferred by such holder to the Corporation in exchange for an amount in cash from the Corporation equal to the Consideration, in each case, with such amounts to be paid to the applicable holders in accordance with Section 4.1(3) less any applicable withholdings pursuant to Section 4.3, and each such RSU and PSU shall immediately be cancelled; for greater certainty following this step: (i) each former holder of Incentive Securities shall have ceased to be a holder of such Company OptionIncentive Securities, (ii) the Incentive Plans and any and all option, award or similar agreements relating to the Incentive Securities shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect, and (iii) each such holder shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option Incentive Securities or under the applicable Company Option Incentive Plans and have only the right to receive the consideration, if any, to which it is entitled pursuant to this Section 2.3, at the time and in the manner specified in this Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i7) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior Share held by a Dissenting Holder in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised shall be deemed to the Effective Time shall, have been transferred without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU ConsiderationPurchaser, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSUand:
(Aa) the holder thereof such Dissenting Holder shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, Share and shall cease to have any rights as a holder Shareholder, other than the right to be paid the fair value of its Shares by the Purchaser in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,accordance with Section 3.1;
(Bb) such holder’s Dissenting Holder's name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, holders of Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation; and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(dc) the Company Option Plans Purchaser shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held recorded in the register of holders of Shares maintained by a Dissenting Shareholder shall beor on behalf of the Corporation as the holder of the Shares so transferred, and shall be deemed to bebe the legal and beneficial owner thereof;
(8) concurrently with step (7) above, surrendered to each outstanding Share (for greater certainty, other than the Company Trust Shares or Shares held by Dissenting Holders who have validly exercised their respective Dissent Rights) shall be transferred without any further action by or on behalf of the holder thereof, without to the Purchaser in exchange for the Consideration, less any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderapplicable withholdings pursuant to Section 4.3, free and clear and:
(a) the holder of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to be the holder thereof and to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares Shareholder other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable right to be paid the Consideration in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(iib) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization a portion of the Company’s share capital pursuant amount held by the Depositary as agent for and on behalf of the Purchaser, equal to this Section 3.02(h) (includingthe aggregate Consideration payable in respect of such outstanding Shares, without limitation, shall thereupon be held by the Company Shares issued to Depositary as agent for and on behalf of the former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant such Shares, to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled be paid to such holders following the completion of the Plan of Arrangement in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:4.1;
(Ac) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares holder's name shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect maintained by or on behalf of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco SharesCorporation; and
(Dd) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares the Purchaser shall be entered recorded in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect maintained by or on behalf of the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Corporation as the holder of the Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transferso transferred, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shthereof.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, Time each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case, unless stated otherwise, effective as at five minute intervals starting at the Effective Time:
(a) notwithstanding the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value terms of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and nonLong-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Term Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any a holder of such In-the- Money OptionDSUs, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and transferred by such holder to the Company in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the Consideration, less applicable withholdings, and each such DSU shall immediately be cancelled and (i) the holders of such DSUs shall cease to be the holders thereof and to have any rights as holders of such DSUs, other than the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled under this Section 2.3(a); (ii) such holders’ names shall be removed from the register of the DSUs maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and (iii) all agreements relating to the DSUs (other than the Long-Term Incentive Plan) shall be terminated and shall be transferred of no further force and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Considerationeffect;
(iib) notwithstanding the terms of the Long-Term Incentive Plan, each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and RSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall, without any further action by or on behalf of a holder of RSUs, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such holder to the Company in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the Consideration, less applicable withholdings, and each such RSU shall immediately be cancelled and (i) the holders of such RSUs shall cease to be the holders thereof and to have any rights as holders of such RSUs, other than the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled under this Section 2.3(b); (ii) such holders’ names shall be removed from the register of the RSUs maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and (iii) all agreements relating to the RSUs (other than the Long-Term Incentive Plan) shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect;
(c) notwithstanding the terms of the Long-Term Incentive Plan, each PSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall, without any further action by or on behalf of a holder of PSUs, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such holder to the Company in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the Consideration, less applicable withholdings, and each such PSU shall immediately be cancelled and (i) the holders of such PSUs shall cease to be the holders thereof and to have any rights as holders of such PSUs, other than the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled under this Section 2.3(c); (ii) such holders’ names shall be removed from the register of the PSUs maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and (iii) all agreements relating to the PSUs (other than the Long-Term Incentive Plan) shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect;
(d) notwithstanding the terms of the Long-Term Incentive Plan, each RSR outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall, without any further action by or on behalf of a holder of RSRs, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such holder to the Company in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the Consideration, less applicable withholdings, and each such RSR shall immediately be cancelled and (i) the holders of such RSRs shall cease to be the holders thereof and to have any rights as holders of such RSRs, other than the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled under this Section 2.3(d); (ii) such holders’ names shall be removed from the register of the RSRs maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and (iii) all agreements relating to the RSRs (other than the Long-Term Incentive Plan) shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect;
(e) notwithstanding the terms of the Stock Option Plan or the Long-Term Incentive Plan, each Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall be deemed to be unconditionally vested and exercisable and such Option shall, without any further action by or on behalf of a holder of Options, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such holder to the Company in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the amount by which the Consideration exceeds the exercise price of such Option, less applicable withholdings, and each such Option shall immediately be cancelled and, for greater certainty, where such amount is a negative, neither the Company nor the Purchaser shall be obligated to pay the holder of such OutOption any amount in respect of such Option and (i) the holders of such Options shall cease to be the holders thereof and to have any rights as holders of such Options, other than the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled under this Section 2.3(e); (ii) such holders’ names shall be removed from the register of the Options maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and (iii) all agreements relating to the Options (other than the Stock Option Plan and the Long-of-the-Money Option, Term Incentive Plan) shall be cancelled without any payment thereforterminated and shall be of no further force and effect;
(iiif) with each Warrant shall, without any further action by or on behalf of a holder of the Warrants, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such holder to the Company in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the amount by which the Consideration exceeds the exercise price of such Warrant, and each such Warrant shall immediately be cancelled and, for greater certainty, where such amount is a negative, neither the Company nor the Purchaser shall be obligated to pay the holder of such Warrant any amount in respect to each Company Option:
of such Warrant and (Ai) the holder thereof of the Warrants shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, thereof and shall cease to have any rights as a the holder in respect of such Company Option the Warrants, other than the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled under the applicable Company Option Plan,
this Section 2.3(f); (Bii) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
the Warrants maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and (Ciii) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto the certificate(s) representing the Warrants shall be cancelled;
(cg) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions each of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan Common Shares held by Dissenting Holders in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised shall be deemed to have been transferred without any further act or Company 2016 Stock Option Planformality to the Purchaser in consideration for a debt claim against the Purchaser for the amount determined under Article 3, or applicable law):and:
(i) such Dissenting Holders shall cease to be the holders of such Common Shares and to have any rights as holders of such Common Shares, other than the right to be paid fair value by the Purchaser for such Common Shares as set out in Section 3.1;
(ii) such Dissenting Holders’ names shall be removed as the holders of such Common Shares from the register of Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and
(iii) the Purchaser shall be deemed to be the transferee of such Common Shares, free and clear of all Liens, and shall be entered in the register of Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and
(h) each Company RSU issued and Common Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than (A) Common Shares held by a Dissenting Holder who has validly exercised such holder’s Dissent Right; and (B) Common Shares owned by the Purchaser or its affiliates) shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any a holder of such Company RSUCommon Shares, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled Purchaser in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice holders of articles such Common Shares shall cease to be the holders of such Common Shares and articles to have any rights as holders of such Common Shares, other than the Company shall right to be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated paid the “Class A Shares” (Consideration by the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth Purchaser in Schedule “A” to accordance with this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares holders’ names shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders the Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by be the transferee of such Participating Former SecurityholderCommon Shares, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser SharesLiens, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A the Common Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect maintained by or on behalf of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02except as noted below, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order order, without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco all Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided held by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser Dissenting Shareholders shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be been transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled in exchange for to the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;Company; and
(iii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof Dissenting Shareholders shall cease to be the holder holders of such Company Option, Common Shares and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under Shareholders other than the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed right to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by paid the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled fair value for such Common Shares as set out in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU ConsiderationArticle 4;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as be a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 Shareholder, and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company SharesCommon Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and
(iii) such transferred Common Shares will then be deemed to be redeemed and cancelled by the Company;
(fb) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares subject to Section 3.3, each outstanding Common Share (other than those held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares Shareholders) shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant deemed to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when be assigned and transferred (A) the stated capital free and clear of all Liens) to Teranga in exchange for the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e)Consideration;
(gc) the Company replacement stock options that were issued by Teranga under the Roll-over Stock Option Agreements shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial rightbe deemed to have been issued under the Teranga Stock Option Plan, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution AgreementRoll-over Stock Option Agreements, without any further action of the parties to the Roll-over Stock Option Agreements or the Company;
(hd) in Oromin and NewCo will merge and continue as one company (“Amalco”) with the course of a reorganization same effect as if they had amalgamated under Section 273 of the Company’s authorized BCBCA and issued share capital:with effect under Section 282 of the BCBCA; and
(e) from and after the Effective Date, at the time of the step contemplated in Section 2.3(d):
(i) the shares of NewCo shall be cancelled on the amalgamation without any repayment of capital in respect of such shares;
(ii) the stated capital of the Amalco common shares will be an amount equal to the “paid-up capital”, as that term is defined in the Tax Act, attributable to the Common Shares immediately prior to the Amalgamation; and
(iii) Amalco shall have, as its notice of articles and articles, the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be Company.
5. Except as expressly amended to create a new class herein, all other terms and conditions of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued the Arrangement Agreement and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;Arrangement shall remain in full force and effect.
(ii) each Company Share issued 6. This Agreement will be governed by and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options interpreted and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled enforced in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free laws of the Province of Ontario and clear the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. Each Party irrevocably attorns and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Ontario courts situated in the City of Toronto and waives objection to the venue of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon proceeding in such exchange:
(A) each court or that such exchanged Company Share shall court provides an inconvenient forum. This Agreement may be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered executed in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrancescounterparts, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the transfers same instrument. The Parties may rely on copies of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment this Agreement which are delivered by the Company to the holder of telecopier or electronic mail as if such Company DSU equal to the Company Shcopies were originals.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02noted herein, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially sequentially, in the following order order, without any further act or formalityformality required on the part of any person, in each case effective as at the Effective Time:
(a) 343,332 European Goldfields RSUs shall be granted pursuant to the Purchaser European Goldfields RSU Plan and 525,000 European Goldfields DPUs shall subscribe be granted pursuant to the European Goldfields DPU Plan to those individuals identified in a resolution of the board of directors of European Goldfields dated prior to the Effective Date;
(b) the Effective Date shall be deemed to be the vesting date for that all of the then issued and outstanding European Goldfields RSUs, and European Goldfields shall allot and issue to each holder of a European Goldfields RSU such number of Acquireco Common SharesEuropean Goldfields Shares as are due to such holder under the terms of the European Goldfields RSU Plan (less any amounts withheld pursuant to Section 5.4 of this Plan of Arrangement) and thereafter the European Goldfields RSU Plan will terminate and none of the former holders of European Goldfields RSUs, at European Goldfields, Eldorado or any of their respective successors or assigns shall have any rights, liabilities or obligations in respect of the European Goldfields RSU Plan;
(c) each European Goldfields Share held by a price Dissenting Shareholder in respect of $1.00 per sharewhich the European Goldfields Shareholder has validly exercised his, equal her or its Dissent Right shall be directly transferred and assigned by such Dissenting Shareholder to Eldorado (free and clear of any liens, charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever) in accordance with Article 4 hereof;
(d) each European Goldfields Share (other than any European Goldfields Shares held by Eldorado and any Dissenting Shareholder) shall be deemed to be transferred to Eldorado (free and clear of any liens, charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever) in exchange for the Consideration;
(e) each European Goldfields Option, which is outstanding and has not been duly exercised prior to the quotient obtained when Effective Date, shall be exchanged for an option (Aeach, a “Replacement Option”) to purchase from Eldorado the number of Eldorado Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) equal to: (i) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided Option Exchange Ratio multiplied by (Bii) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes number of determining variable (A) in relation European Goldfields Shares subject to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares such European Goldfields Option immediately prior to the acquisition Effective Date. Such Replacement Option shall provide for an exercise price per Eldorado Share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to: (x) the exercise price per European Goldfields Share otherwise purchasable pursuant to such European Goldfields Option; divided by (y) the Option Exchange Ratio. All terms and conditions of a Replacement Option, including the term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercising, will be the same as the European Goldfields Option for which it was exchanged, and shall be governed by the terms of the Class A Shares applicable European Goldfields Option Plan and any certificate or option agreement previously evidencing the European Goldfields Option shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Replacement Option and such Replacement Options shall be designed to meet the requirements under Subsection 7(1.4) of the Tax Act;
(f) the DPU Payment (as defined in the European Goldfields DPU Plan) for each European Goldfields DPU held by Acquireco pursuant a European Goldfields DPU Holder in respect of which the European Goldfields DPU Election is made on or prior to Section 3.02(kthe Election Deadline, shall be satisfied, on behalf of European Goldfields, on the applicable Separation Date (as defined in the European Goldfields DPU Plan), by the European Goldfields DPU Election Consideration, and after such Separation Date, such European Goldfields DPU Holders or any of their respective successors or assigns shall have not any rights, liabilities or obligations in respect of the European Goldfields DPU Plan;
(g) from and after the Effective Date, no additional European Goldfields DPUs shall be issued under the European Goldfields DPU Plan (including in connection with such share subscriptionthe declaration of any dividends);
(h) with respect to each European Goldfields Share transferred and assigned in accordance with Subsection 3.1(c) or 3.1(d) hereto:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such Company Option, European Goldfields Share and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect the name of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name registered holder shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions European Goldfields Shareholders as of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU ConsiderationTime;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the registered holder thereof shall cease be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign such European Goldfields Share in accordance with Subsection 3.1(c) or 3.1(d) hereto, as applicable; and
(iii) Eldorado will be the holder of such Company RSU, all of the outstanding European Goldfields Shares and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will European Goldfields Shareholders shall be cancelledrevised accordingly;
(i) Eldorado will sell all of the European Goldfields Shares acquired under Subsection 3.1 (c) and (d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminatedhereto to Eldorado Holdco in exchange for 100,000 common shares of Eldorado Holdco;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (Aj) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company European Goldfields Shares immediately prior shall be reduced to the step $1.00 without payment or distribution in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);respect thereof; and
(gk) Eldorado Holdco and European Goldfields shall be amalgamated and continued as one corporation under the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and YBCA to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all form Amalco in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitalfollowing:
(i) the notice Name. The name of articles and articles of the Company Amalco shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number such name as Eldorado may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangementdetermine;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions set out below shall occur and be deemed to occur effective as at five-minute intervals in the following sequence, in each case without any further authorization, act or formality on the part of any Person:
(1) first, at the Effective Time, each Dissenting Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be deemed to occur sequentially in have been transferred by the following order holder thereof, without any further act or formalityformality on its part, to GameSquare (free and clear of all Liens) and GameSquare shall thereupon be obliged to pay (with its own available funds on hand and not funds directly or indirectly provided by Engine Gaming or any affiliate of Engine Gaming) the amount therefor determined and payable in accordance with Article 4, and:
(a) such Dissenting Shareholder will cease to be the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number holder thereof or to have any rights as a holder in respect of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal such Dissenting Share other than the right to the quotient obtained when (A) be paid the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares such Dissenting Share determined and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary payable in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common SharesArticle 4; and
(iib) Acquireco the name of each Dissenting Shareholder shall be deemed to have issued removed from the register of GameSquare Shareholders and such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Dissenting Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant automatically cancelled and cease to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Considerationbe outstanding;
(b2) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contractsecond, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 each GameSquare Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall(other than Dissenting Shares), without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Optionshall be, and shall be deemed to be fully vested and shall be be, transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company Engine Gaming (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and, in consideration therefor, Engine Gaming shall issue and cancelled in exchange for deliver or cause to be delivered to such holders the Option Share Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Optionand:
(Aa) the holder thereof holders of such GameSquare Shares shall cease to be the holder of such Company Optionthereof, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under thereof other than the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled right to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders Consideration pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(iib) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization names of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company GameSquare Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;GameSquare Shareholders; and
(Bc) each holder Engine Gaming shall be deemed to be the transferee of such exchanged Company GameSquare Shares (free and clear of all Liens) and shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders GameSquare Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holderGameSquare;
(C3) third, each GameSquare Option, to the Company extent it has not been exercised as at the Effective Date, notwithstanding the terms of the GameSquare Stock Option Plan, shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder transferred by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal holder thereof to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to AcquirecoEngine Gaming, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, and free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens, for such number of Replacement Options issued by Engine Gaming under the Engine Gaming Omnibus Incentive Plan equal to 4869-1584-5952\3 66314327.5 87171082.3 the Exchange Ratio (provided that, if the foregoing would result in the issuance of a fraction of a Replacement Option to a particular holder of GameSquare Options, then the total number of Replacement Options issued by Engine Gaming to such holder shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number) and each Class A such Replacement Option shall have an exercise price per Engine Gaming Share held by equal to the exercise price per share of such Participating Former Securityholder GameSquare Option for which it was exchanged immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for Effective Time divided by the Combination Consideration Cash Exchange Ratio and rounded up to the Combination Consideration Purchaser Sharesnearest whole cent, and upon such exchangeand:
(iva) such GameSquare Option shall thereupon be cancelled;
(b) the term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercise (including vesting schedules) and other terms and conditions of each such Participating Former Securityholder of the Replacement Options shall be removed from the Company’s securities register same as the terms and conditions of holders of Class A Shares,the GameSquare Option for which they were exchanged;
(vc) Acquireco any document previously evidencing such GameSquare Option shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Replacement Options and no certificates evidencing the Replacement Options shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrancesissued; and
(vid) each such Participating Former Securityholder shallnotwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered if required in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect order for subsection 7(1.4) of the Purchaser Shares payable Tax Act apply to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k)exchange of options, the exercise price of a Replacement Option will be increased such that the In-The-Money Amount of the Replacement Option immediately after the exchange does not exceed the In- The-Money Amount of the GameSquare Option immediately before the exchange;
(l4) fourth, each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant GameSquare RSU, to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either extent it has not been exchanged for a GameSquare Share as at the Cash Consideration or Effective Date, notwithstanding the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect terms of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transferthe GameSquare RSU Plan, and shall be deemed transferred by the holder thereof to have transferred, to AcquirecoEngine Gaming, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, and free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens, each Class A Share held for such number of Replacement RSUs issued by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior Engine Gaming under the Engine Gaming Omnibus Incentive Plan equal to the Exchange Ratio (provided that, if the foregoing would result in the issuance of a fraction of a Replacement RSU to a particular holder of GameSquare RSUs, then the total number of Replacement RSUs issued by Engine Gaming to such holder shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number) reduced for any withholding or deduction for Taxes required in connection with the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange forof such GameSquare RSU, and:
(ia) in such GameSquare RSU shall thereupon be cancelled;
(b) the case term to expiry and conditions to vesting and other terms and conditions of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive each of the Cash Consideration, Replacement RSUs shall be the Cash Consideration, subject to same as the provisions terms and conditions of Section 3.02(m)the GameSquare RSU for which they were exchanged; and
(iic) in any document previously evidencing such GameSquare RSU shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Replacement RSUs and no certificates evidencing the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder Replacement RSUs shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholderissued;
(m5) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Considerationfifth, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects GameSquare Warrant, to receive the Cash Consideration in respect extent it has not been exercised as at the Effective Date, will be transferred by the holder thereof to Engine Gaming, without any further act or formality and free and clear of all Liens, for a warrant (a “Replacement Warrant”) issued by Engine Gaming to purchase such number of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Engine Gaming 4869-1584-5952\3 66314327.5 87171082.3 Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator Exchange Ratio multiplied by the number of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator GameSquare Shares issuable on exercise of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding GameSquare Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU an exercise price per Engine Gaming Share equal to the Company Shexercise price per share of such GameSquare Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by the Exchange Ratio and rounded up to the nearest whole cent (provided that, if the foregoing calculation results in a Replacement Warrant being exercisable for a fraction of an Engine Gaming Share, then the number of Engine Gaming Shares subject to such Replacement Warrant shall be rounded down to the next whole number of Engine Gaming Shares), and:
(a) the GameSquare Warrants shall thereupon be cancelled;
(b) the term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercise and other terms and conditions of each of the Replacement Warrants shall be the same as the terms and conditions of the GameSquare Warrant for which it is exchanged; and
(c) any document previously evidencing a GameSquare Warrant shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Replacement Warrant and no certificates evidencing the Replacement Warrants shall be issued;
(6) sixth, each of the GameSquare Stock Option Plan and the GameSquare RSU Plan shall be terminated and, for greater certainty, all rights thereunder to receive any securities of GameSquare or other benefits formerly held by GameSquare Securityholders shall be extinguished.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case, unless stated otherwise:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i1) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Alacer Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company be transferred by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderon its part, free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against Alacer for the Company consideration contemplated in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and 4, and: (i) the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the central securities register as a holder of holders of Company SharesAlacer Shares and such Alacer Shares shall be cancelled and cease to be outstanding; and (ii) such Dissenting Shareholder will cease to have any rights as an Alacer Shareholder other than the right to be paid the fair value for their Alacer Shares as set out in Article 4;
(f2) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares each Alacer Share (other than an Alacer Share held by a Dissenting Shareholders Shareholder) shall be deemed to be transferred to SSR and, in consideration therefor, SSR shall issue the Consideration for each Alacer Share, subject to Section 3.3 and Article 5;
(3) each Alacer RSU held by a holder who has consented thereto in an agreement with Alacer shall, without any further action on the part of any such holder of Alacer RSUs, be continued on the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that, pursuant to Section 3.02(e)the terms of the Alacer RSU Plan, the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect terms of the Company Shares Alacer RSUs shall be reduced, in respect amended so as to substitute for the Alacer Shares subject to such Alacer RSUs such number of the Company SSR Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital number of all Alacer Shares subject to the issued and outstanding Company Shares Alacer RSUs immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e)Effective Time, is multiplied by (B) a fractionthe Exchange Ratio, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant rounded down to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e)two decimal places;
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii4) concurrently with the exchange events described in Section 3.02(h)(ii3.1(3), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares Alacer PSU held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquirecoconsented thereto in an agreement with Alacer shall, without any further act or formality by action on the part of any such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear holder of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06Alacer PSUs, be entered in continued on the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly same terms and validly completes and delivers the conditions as were applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time Time, except that, pursuant to the terms of the Alacer PSU Plan, the terms of the Alacer PSUs shall be cancelled in exchange amended so as to substitute for a cash payment by the Company Alacer Shares subject to such Alacer PSUs such number of SSR Shares equal to (A) the number of Alacer Shares subject to the Alacer PSUs immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to two decimal places;
(5) concurrently with the events described in Section 3.1(3) and Section 3.1(4), each Alacer DSU shall, without any further action on the part of any holder of Alacer DSUs, be continued on the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that, pursuant to the terms of the Alacer DSU Plans, the terms of the Alacer DSUs shall be amended so as to substitute for the Alacer Shares subject to such Company DSU Alacer DSUs such number of SSR Shares equal to (A) the Company Shnumber of Alacer Shares subject to the Alacer DSUs immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to two decimal places;
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, the following steps or transactions shall, unless otherwise specifically provided otherwise in this Section 3.022.3, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case at one-minute intervals starting at the Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Argonaut Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company transferred (free and clear of all Liens) by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by on its part, to Argonaut for cancellation, and in consideration therefor such Dissenting ShareholderShareholder shall have a debt-claim to be paid the aggregate fair value of such Argonaut Shares as determined pursuant to Section 3.1, free and clear and, in respect of all Encumbrances, and the Argonaut Shares so transferred:
(i) each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to be the holder of such Argonaut Shares and to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares Argonaut Shareholders other than a claim against the Company right to be paid the fair value for such Argonaut Shares as set out in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and Section 3.1;
(ii) the name of each such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed as an Argonaut Shareholder from the securities register registers of holders Argonaut Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of Company SharesArgonaut;
(fiii) concurrently with each such Dissenting Shareholder shall have been deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign such Argonaut Shares to Argonaut;
(iv) such Argonaut Shares so transferred to Argonaut shall thereupon be cancelled by Argonaut and the surrender and cancellation registers of Company Shares held Argonaut Shareholders maintained by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), or on behalf of Argonaut shall be revised accordingly; and
(v) the stated capital account maintained by the Company Argonaut in respect of the Company Argonaut Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), reduced by an amount equal to the product obtained when (Ai) the amount of the stated capital account in respect of all the issued and outstanding Company Argonaut Shares immediately immediate prior to the step in Section 3.02(e)Effective Time, is multiplied by (Bii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Argonaut Shares surrendered transferred and cancelled pursuant to this Section 3.02(e), 2.3(a) and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Argonaut Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time Time;
(b) the transactions contemplated by the New Argonaut Contribution Agreement shall become effective, and pursuant thereto Argonaut shall transfer, assign and convey to New Argonaut the Argonaut Contributed Assets and New Argonaut shall accept and assume the New Argonaut Liabilities and issue to Argonaut the New Argonaut Consideration Shares, and Argonaut shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment entered into the register of New Argonaut Shares maintained by or on behalf of New Argonaut as the Company to the holder registered owner of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShNew Argonaut Consideration Shares;
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality, in each case, effective at the Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser Rights Plan shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Sharesbe terminated;
(b) each outstanding Option, at a price of $1.00 per shareSAR and SPAU (whether vested or unvested), equal to notwithstanding the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value terms of the Maximum Purchaser Shares applicable Company Stock Plan, shall be deemed to be unconditionally vested and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00exercisable, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a)such Option, the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionSAR or SPAU:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality be transferred by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease holder to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed exchange for a cash payment from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when amount (Aif any) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of Purchase Price exceeds the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii)exercise price thereof, exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the less applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m)withholdings; and
(ii) in shall immediately be cancelled and all agreements related thereto shall be terminated and the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing holder thereof shall thereafter have only the right to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, consideration to which such holder is entitled pursuant to this Section 2.03(b) at the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), time and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrancesmanner specified in Article IV; and
(vc) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, outstanding PSU and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall will be cancelled by the Company in exchange for a cash payment by the Company in the amount of the Purchase Price per PSU or DSU, as applicable, less applicable withholdings;
(d) each Common Share outstanding at the Effective Time other than a Common Share held by (i) a Dissenting Holder who is ultimately entitled to be paid the fair value of the Common Shares held by such Dissenting Holder, or (ii) Parent, Acquisition Sub or any Affiliate thereof (which shall not be exchanged under the Arrangement and shall remain outstanding as a Common Share held by Parent, Acquisition Sub or any Affiliate thereof), shall be transferred to Acquisition Sub in exchange for the Purchase Price per Common Share in cash;
(e) the names of the holders of the Common Shares transferred to Acquisition Sub shall be removed from the applicable registers of holders of Common Shares and Acquisition Sub shall be recorded as the registered holder of such Company DSU equal to the Common Shares so acquired and shall be deemed the legal and beneficial owner thereof free and clear of any liens or encumbrances;
(f) the Company Shshall pay any short-term incentive compensation payable under the 2006 Incentive Plan in connection with a change in control; and
(g) the Company Stock Plans shall be terminated.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (Novelis Inc.)
Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case effective as at two minute intervals starting at the following order Effective Time:
(a) Each of the Common Shares held by a Dissenting Company Shareholder in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised shall be deemed to have been transferred without any further act or formality:
(a) formality to the Company in consideration for a debt claim against the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient amount determined under this Section 3.02(a)Article 3, the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionand:
(i) such Dissenting Company Shareholder shall cease to be the Purchaser shall be deemed holder of such Common Shares and to have directed any rights as a Company Shareholder other than the Depositary right to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser be paid fair value for such Acquireco Common SharesShares as set out in Section 3.1; and
(ii) Acquireco such Dissenting Company Shareholder's name shall be removed as the holder of such Common Shares from the register of Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and the Company shall be deemed to have issued be the transferee of such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares free and clear of all Liens (other than the right to the Purchaserbe paid fair value for such Common Shares as set out in Section 3.1), and shall be entered in the stated capital account register of Common Shares maintained by Acquireco in respect or on behalf of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationCompany;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions subject to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject Section 4.3 hereof, each RSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether by contractvested or unvested), notwithstanding the terms and conditions of the RSU Plan and/or the terms of any Award Agreement or grantaward agreements related to the RSUs, shall be, and shall be deemed to be, fully vested and surrendered and transferred to the terms Company and conditions thereupon cancelled in consideration for the issuance by the Company of that number of Common Shares (the "RSU Shares") equal to the number of Common Shares subject to such RSU upon the settlement of such RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time, and the holder of such RSU shall be deemed to be the holder of such number of RSU Shares and the central securities register of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan shall be, and shall be deemed to be, revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU shall not be entitled to a certificate or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):other document representing the RSU Shares so issued;
(ic) the RSU Plan shall be terminated and all outstanding RSUs shall be, and shall be deemed to be, terminated (and all rights thereunder shall expire) and be of no further force or effect;
(d) subject to Section 4.3 hereof, each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to at the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall be deemed to have been transferred by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality on its part, to the Company for cancellation in consideration for the In-the-Money Option Consideration;
(e) the holders of In-the-Money Options shall cease to be the holders thereof and to have any rights as holders thereof, other than the right of holders of In-the-Money Options to be paid the In-the-Money Option Consideration pursuant to Section 2.3(b) and the names of the holders thereof shall be removed from the register of the Company Options maintained by or on behalf of the Company;
(f) the Hillcrest Entitlement Common Shares shall be issued to Hillcrest in full and final settlement and satisfaction of all amounts owing to Hillcrest in connection with and pursuant to the Hillcrest Entitlement, and Hillcrest shall be added as the holder of such Common Shares to the register of Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company;
(g) each outstanding Common Share (other than Common Shares held by a Dissenting Company Shareholder in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised under Section 2.3(a) and any Common Shares held by the Purchaser or any affiliates thereof), shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money OptionCompany Shareholder, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Purchaser in exchange for the Share Consideration, and
(i) each holder of such Common Shares shall cease to be the holder thereof and to have any rights as a Company Shareholder other than the right to be paid the Share Consideration per Common Share in accordance with this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) the name of each such holder shall be removed from the register of the Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and
(iii) the Purchaser shall be deemed to be the transferee of such Common Shares free and clear of all Encumbrances) Liens and cancelled shall be entered in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;Company.
(iih) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to at the Effective Time shall, without any further action by (whether vested or on behalf unvested) will be exchanged for a Replacement Option to acquire such number of any holder Purchaser Shares as is equal to: (A) that number of Common Shares that were issuable upon exercise of such Out-of-the-Money Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to the nearest whole number of Purchaser Shares, at an exercise price per Purchaser Share equal to the greater of (i) the quotient determined by dividing: (X) the exercise price per Common Share at which such Out-of-the-Money Option was exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time, by (Y) the Exchange Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent, and (ii) such minimum amount that meets the requirements of paragraph 7(1.4)(c) of the Tax Act. All terms and conditions of a Replacement Option, including the term to expiry, vesting, conditions to and manner of exercising, shall be cancelled without the same as the Out-of-the-Money Option for which it was exchanged, and any payment thereforcertificate or option agreement previously evidencing the Out-of-the-Money Option shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Replacement Option;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(Ai) the holder thereof holders of Company Options shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, holders thereof and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect holders thereof, other than the right of such Company Option under holders of the applicable Company Option Plan,
(BOut-of-the-Money Options to the Replacement Options pursuant to Section 2.3(h) such holder’s name and the names of the holders thereof shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action Options maintained by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, Company; and
(Cj) all Award Agreementssubject to Section 4.3 hereof, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and Warrant outstanding at the Effective Time shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company have been assigned and transferred by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderon its part, free and clear to the Company in exchange for the Warrant Consideration; and
(i) each holder of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder Warrant shall cease to be the holder thereof and to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares Warrantholder other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable right to be paid the Warrant Consideration in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization name of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares holder shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders the Company Warrants maintained by or on behalf of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(Diii) each holder of such exchanged the Company Shares Warrants shall be entered in Spinco’s register cancelled, null, void and of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), no further force and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sheffect.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to At the Effective Time shallTime, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Target Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereoftransferred, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderon the part of the holder, and free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, claims and encumbrances, to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, and each such Company Share so surrendered ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease obligated to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against pay the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company SharesSection 4.01;
(fb) concurrently with At the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e)Effective Time, the stated authorized capital account maintained of Target and its articles will be altered by creating an unlimited number of class A common shares without par value, which shall have attached thereto the right to two votes at all meetings of Target Shareholders, the right to dividends as and when declared by the Company in respect directors of Target, which may be declared independently of dividends on the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e)Target Shares, and the denominator right to participate in the remaining assets of which is Target upon a winding up of Target (the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e“Target Class A Shares”);
(gc) Five minutes following the Company Effective Time, Target shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of undertake a reorganization of capital within the Company’s authorized meaning of section 86 of the Tax Act as follows, and issued share capitalin the following order:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be each issued and which shall outstanding Target Common Share, will be designated the “deemed to be exchanged for (A) one Target Class A Shares” Share, and (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of ArrangementB) one Spinco Share;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitationfor greater certainty, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, authorized but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company unissued Target Common Shares shall be removed from cancelled and the Company’s register authorized capital of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares Target shall be entered in changed by deleting the Company’s register Target Common Shares as a class of holders shares of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the CompanyTarget;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal added to the stated capital of the Company Target Class A Shares shall be the excess, if any, of (A) the paid-up capital (as that term is used for purposes of the Tax Act) of the Target Common Shares (other than Target Common Shares held by the Dissenting Shareholders) immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h)Effective Time, and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds less (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred distributed to Target Shareholders.
(d) Six minutes following the Effective Time, each of the Target Options and Target Warrants will be deemed to have been amended such that each Target Option or Target Warrant, as applicable, will be exercisable to acquire Target Class A Shares in place of Target Shares, but will otherwise remain unchanged;
(e) Ten minutes following the Effective Time, Spinco shall issue to each holder of Spinco Shares one Spinco Arrangement Warrant for each Spinco Share held.
(f) Eleven minutes following the Effective Time, Spinco will issue to each holder of Target Options and Target Warrants, one Spinco Arrangement Warrant for each whole Target Option or whole Target Warrant held.
(g) Fifteen minutes following the Effective Time, Spinco shall issue:
(i) to each holder of Target Options, an option (a “Replacement Spinco Option”) to purchase that number of Spinco Shares as is equal to the former holders number of Company Target Shares issuable under the Target Options at an exercise price equal to the original exercise price of the Target Option. Except as otherwise provided for in this Section 3.01, the term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercising, vesting schedule, status under applicable laws and all other terms and conditions of the Target Options will apply to the Replacement Spinco Options issuable hereunder, unchanged from those that apply to the Target Options; and
(ii) to each holder of Target Warrants, a warrant (a “Replacement Spinco Warrant”) to purchase that number of Spinco Shares as is equal to the number of Target Shares issuable under the Target Warrants at an exercise price equal to the original exercise price of the Target Warrant. Except as otherwise provided for in this Section 3.01, the term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercising, vesting schedule, status under applicable laws and all other terms and conditions of the Target Warrants will apply to the Replacement Spinco Warrants issuable hereunder, unchanged from those that apply to the Target Warrants.
(h) Twenty minutes following the Effective Time, the Amalgamating Corporations shall amalgamate pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii)the BCBCA and continue as one corporation on the following terms and those prescribed elsewhere in this Plan of Arrangement;
(i) the Initial Spinco name of Amalco shall be “▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Holdings Corp.”;
(ii) the property, rights and interests of each Amalgamating Corporation continue to be the property, rights and interests of Amalco;
(iii) Amalco continues to be liable for the obligations of each Amalgamating Corporation;
(iv) an existing cause of action, claim or liability to prosecution of an Amalgamating Corporation is unaffected by the amalgamation;
(v) a legal proceeding being prosecuted or pending by or against an Amalgamating Corporation may be prosecuted, or its prosecution may be continued, as the case may be, by or against Amalco;
(vi) a conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against, an Amalgamating Corporation may be enforced by or against Amalco;
(vii) the Certificate is deemed to be the Certificate of Incorporation of Amalco;
(viii) Amalco shall have as its Notice of Articles, the notice of articles contained in the Arrangement Application;
(ix) Amalco shall have as its Articles, the articles of Acquisitionco as ordered by the Court in the Final Order; and
(x) the registered office of Amalco shall be located at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3E8, as set out in its Notice of Articles;
(xi) the number of directors of Amalco, until changed in accordance with the provisions of the BCBCA and the articles of Amalco, shall be two directors and the first directors of Amalco shall be the persons set out in its Notice of Articles, being ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇;
(xii) the first officers of Amalco, until others are appointed in their place shall be: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as President and Chief Executive Officer, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ as Chief Financial Officer and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ as Corporate Secretary;
(xiii) Amalco shall be authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares without par value and there shall be no restrictions on the business of Amalco;
(xiv) the issued and outstanding shares of each of the Amalgamating Corporations, other than Target Shares held by a Dissenting Shareholder, shall be exchanged for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Shares or converted into issued and outstanding Amalco Shares as follows:
(A) each Target Class A Share held by the Company a Target Shareholder other than ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be cancelled without any repayment thereonexchanged for 0.26 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Shares (the “Exchange Ratio”), subject to Section 3.03 and Article Five pursuant to which:
1. such holder shall cease to be a holder of Target Class A Shares and the Company name of such holder shall be deemed to be removed from the Spinco central securities register of holders of Spinco Target Class A Shares;
(j) all 2. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall allot and issue and cause to be delivered to holder the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Shares to which such holder is entitled as aforesaid, the name of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares holder shall be consolidated entered into ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ securities register, and thus shall be added to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ stated capital account the amount determined by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Board of Directors as required by the Business Corporations Act (the “Spinco Ontario); and
3. each Target Class A Share Consolidation”so exchanged shall be cancelled;
(B) each Target Class A Share held by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be converted on a share for share basis into Amalco Shares on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Amalco Share for each eight one Target Class A Share; and
(8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder C) all common shares of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation Acquisitionco shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco converted on a share for share basis into Amalco Shares on the basis of one Amalco Share Consolidation the register for each one common share of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share ConsolidationAcquisitionco;
(kxv) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder Target Option outstanding immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(kEffective Time shall (A) in exchange for if unvested, be vested as at the Combination Consideration Cash Effective Date, and (B) be converted into an option (a “Converted ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Option”) to acquire, on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to such Target Option immediately before the Effective Time under the stock option plan of Target under which it was issued and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Sharesagreement evidencing the grant thereof, (provided that the Converted ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Option shall only be exercisable for 90 days after the Effective Date, notwithstanding the terms on which the Target Option was originally issued) the number of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) equal to the product of: (A) the number of Target Common Shares subject to such Target Option immediately before the Effective Time and upon (B) the Exchange Ratio. The exercise price per ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Share subject to any such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder Converted ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Option shall be removed from an amount (rounded up to the Company’s securities register nearest cent) equal to the quotient of holders of Class A Shares,
(vA) Acquireco the exercise price per Target Common Share subject to such Target Option immediately before the Effective Time divided by (B) the Exchange Ratio, provided that the exercise price otherwise determined shall be entered in increased to the Company’s securities register extent, if any, required to ensure that the In the Money Amount of holders the Converted ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Option immediately after the conversion is not greater than the In the Money Amount of Class A Shares the Target Option immediately before the conversion. The obligations of Target under the Target Options as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrancesso converted shall be assumed by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; and
(vixvi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU Target Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for converted into a cash payment by warrant (a “Converted ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Warrant”) to acquire, on the Company same terms and conditions as were applicable to such Target Warrant immediately before the Effective Time under the relevant agreement under which it was issued or the certificate representing it, the number of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Shares (rounded down to the holder of such Company DSU nearest whole number) equal to the Company Shproduct of: (A) the number of Target Common Shares subject to such Target Warrant immediately before the Effective Time and (B) the Exchange Ratio. The exercise price per ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Share subject to any such Converted ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Warrant shall be an amount (rounded up to the nearest cent) equal to the quotient of (A) the exercise price per Target Common Share subject to such Target Warrant immediately before the Effective Time divided by (B) the Exchange Ratio, provided that the exercise price otherwise determined shall be increased to the extent, if any, required to ensure that the In the Money Amount of the Converted ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Warrant immediately after the conversion is not greater than the In the Money Amount of the Target Warrant immediately before the conversion. The obligations of Target under the Target Warrants as so converted shall be assumed by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.
(i) Amalco shall be a wholly-owned subsidiary of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and shall have no issued or outstanding options, warrants or other rights or privileges to acquire securities of Amalco.
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Arrangement. At On the Effective TimeDate, unless except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02noted herein, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially sequentially, in the following order order, without any further act or formalityformality required on the part of any Person, commencing as at the Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal With respect to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionAbsolute Options:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company each Absolute Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued granted and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, will be deemed to be fully vested and shall exercisable, and shall, without further action, be deemed to be assigned and transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled Absolute in exchange for a cash payment from Absolute equal to the Option Consideration (if any) in respect of such Absolute Option, net of any applicable withholding tax, which withholding will be remitted, to the appropriate Governmental Authority to the extent required by law, and such Absolute Option shall immediately be cancelled. For greater certainty, where the Exercise Price of any Absolute Option is greater than or equal to the Per Share Consideration, and neither Absolute nor the Purchaser shall be obligated to pay the holder of such In-the-Money Absolute Option any amount in respect of such Absolute Option, and such Absolute Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;immediately cancelled; and
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall an Absolute Option will cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease thereof or to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Absolute Option or under the applicable Company Absolute Option Plan,
(B) , the Absolute Omnibus Plan or under any and all award or similar agreements relating to such holder’s Absolute Options and the name shall of the holder thereof will be removed from the applicable securities register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelledAbsolute with respect to such Absolute Option;
(cb) notwithstanding any vesting provisions With respect to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):Absolute PSUs;
(i) each Company RSU issued award of Absolute PSUs granted and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallwill, without further action, immediately be canceled and converted into, in substitution therefor, a non-transferable restricted cash award having the aggregate value equal to (x) the number of Absolute Shares underlying such Absolute PSUs (assuming an “Adjustment Factor” (as such term is defined in the applicable Absolute Stock Plan) of 150%), multiplied by (y) the Per Share Consideration (“PSU Consideration”); provided that (1) 50% of such PSU Consideration will be payable to the holder of such award promptly following the Effective Time, net of any further action applicable withholding tax, which withholding will be remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority to the extent required by or law, and (2) the remaining 50% of such PSU Consideration will vest and be payable on behalf the original vesting date of the Absolute PSUs, subject to continued service through the applicable vesting date (provided that (A) any allowances under the corresponding award of Absolute PSUs for continued vesting following termination of service will continue to apply and (B) if the employment of any holder of such Company RSUAbsolute PSU is terminated without Cause (as defined in the applicable Absolute Stock Plan) prior to the applicable vesting date, such PSU Consideration will be deemed payable immediately upon such termination), and will otherwise be subject to the same terms and conditions (other than those terms and conditions rendered inoperative by the transactions contemplated by this Arrangement and other than the right to adjustments in connection with the payment of dividends or other distributions), as the corresponding award of Absolute PSUs; provided further that with respect to any Absolute PSUs that constitute nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code and that are not permitted to be fully vested and paid at the Effective Time without triggering a Tax or penalty under Section 409A of the Code, such payment shall be transferred and disposed by made at the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for earliest time permitted under the applicable RSU Consideration, Absolute Stock Plan and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder award agreement that will not trigger a Tax or penalty under Section 409A of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;Code; and
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall of an Absolute PSU will cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease thereof or to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU Absolute PSU or under the applicable Company Option Absolute PRSU Plan,
(B) , the Absolute Omnibus Plan or under any and all award or similar agreements relating to such holder’s Absolute PSU and the name shall of the holder thereof will be removed from the applicable securities register of Company Absolute with respect to such Absolute PSU;
(c) With respect to the Absolute RSUs;
(i) each award of Absolute RSUs granted and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will, without further action, be deemed assigned and transferred by the holder thereof to Absolute in exchange for a cash payment from Absolute equal to (x) the number of Absolute Shares subject to the award of Absolute RSUs as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (y) the Per Share Consideration (the “RSU Consideration”), net of any applicable withholding tax, which withholding tax will be remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority to the extent required by law, and such Absolute RSU shall immediately be cancelled; provided that (1) fifty percent (50%) of the RSU Consideration will be payable to the holder of such award promptly following the Effective Time and (2) the remaining fifty percent (50%) of such RSU Consideration will vest and be payable on the original vesting schedule of the Absolute RSUs, subject to continued service through each applicable vesting date (provided that (A) any allowances under the corresponding award of Absolute RSUs for continued vesting following termination of services will continue to apply and (B) if the employment of any holder of Absolute RSUs is terminated without Cause (as defined in the applicable Absolute Stock Plan) prior to the applicable vesting date, such RSU Consideration will be payable immediately upon such termination); provided further that with respect to any Absolute RSUs that constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code and that is not permitted to be paid at the Effective Time without triggering a Tax or penalty under Section 409A of the Code, such payment shall be made at the earliest time permitted under the applicable Absolute Stock Plan and award agreement that will not trigger a Tax or penalty under Section 409A of the Code;
(ii) an Absolute RSU Holder will cease to be the holder thereof or to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Absolute RSU or under the Absolute PRSU Plan, the Absolute Omnibus Plan or under any and all award or similar agreements relating to such Absolute RSU and the name of the holder thereof will be removed from the applicable securities register of Absolute with respect to such Absolute RSU; and
(Ciii) the Absolute PRSU Plan and any and all Award Agreements, grants and awards or similar instruments agreements relating thereto to the Absolute RSUs will be cancelled;
(d) The Absolute Omnibus Plan, the Company Absolute PRSU Plan, the Absolute Option Plans Plan and any and all awards or similar agreements relating to the Absolute Options, Absolute PSUs and Absolute RSUs, will be terminated and of no further force and effect and the Absolute Board shall be terminatedtake all action required to effectuate the foregoing;
(e) With respect to the Absolute DSUs;
(i) each Absolute DSU granted and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will, without further action, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by the holder thereof to Absolute in exchange for a cash payment from Absolute equal to the Per Share Consideration, net of any applicable withholding, which withholding tax will be remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority to the extent required by law;
(ii) an Absolute DSU Holder will cease to be the holder thereof or to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Absolute DSU or under the Absolute DSU Plan or under any and all award or similar agreements relating to such Absolute DSU and the name of the holder thereof will be removed from the applicable securities register of Absolute with respect to such Absolute DSU; and
(iii) unless Purchaser notifies Absolute otherwise in writing not later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, the Absolute DSU Plan and any and all award or similar agreements relating to the Absolute DSUs will be cancelled by resolutions adopted by the Company prior to the Effective Time (but such termination may be contingent upon the Closing).
(f) With respect to the Absolute Shares:
(i) each Absolute Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality be directly transferred and assigned by such Dissenting Shareholder, Shareholder to the Purchaser (free and clear of all Encumbrances, any Liens) and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to be the holder of such Absolute Share and to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares Absolute Share other than a claim against the Company in an amount right to receive the consideration determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 4;
(ii) concurrently with the step in Section 3.1(f)(i), each Absolute Share (other than any Absolute Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders who have validly exercised Dissent Rights) shall be deemed to be directly transferred and assigned to the Purchaser (free and clear of any Liens) in exchange for the Per Share Consideration, and the holder thereof will cease to be the holder thereof and to have any rights as a holder of such Absolute Share other than the right to receive the Per Share Consideration, net of any applicable withholding tax, which withholding will be remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority to the extent required by law; and
(iii) at the same time as the steps in Section 3.1(f)(i) and 3.1(f)(ii), with respect to each Absolute Share:
(A) the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such Absolute Share and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder registered holder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Absolute Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect as of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;Effective Time; and
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights will be the holder and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free all of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in outstanding Absolute Shares and the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and Absolute Shareholders shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shrevised accordingly.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions set out below shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further authorization, act or formalityformality required on the part of any person, except as expressly provided herein:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for each Option that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration has an Option Exercise Price that is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser $0.06 shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all any Encumbrances, and notwithstanding any vesting conditions) and cancelled in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the amount by which $0.06 exceeds the Option Consideration, Exercise Price thereof (less all applicable withholding taxes) and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become thereafter only have the holder of right to receive the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration consideration to which they are entitled pursuant to this Section 2.3(a) and the central securities register of all Options shall be deemed terminated and the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of have no liabilities or obligations with respect to such Option Consideration shall not be entitled Options except pursuant to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Considerationthis Section 2.3(a);
(iib) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as Warrant that has a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name Warrant Exercise Price that is less than $0.06 shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all any Encumbrances, and notwithstanding any vesting conditions) and cancelled in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the amount by which $0.06 exceeds the Warrant Exercise Price thereof (less all applicable RSU Consideration, withholding taxes) and the holder of such Company RSU Warrant shall become thereafter only have the holder of right to receive the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration consideration to which they are entitled pursuant to this Section 2.3(b) and the central securities register of all Warrants shall be deemed terminated and the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of have no liabilities or obligations with respect to such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled Warrants except pursuant to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Considerationthis Section 2.3(b);
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(Ac) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder Common Shares held by Shareholders in respect of such Company RSU under which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised (the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B“Dissenting Shareholders”) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, have been transferred without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly such Common Shares shall be cancelled and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing cease to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Sharesbe outstanding;
(ii) has not completed and delivered such Dissenting Shareholders shall cease to be the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all holders of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights Common Shares and is ultimately not entitled, for to have any reason, rights as holders of such Common Shares other than the right to be paid fair value for its such Common Shares as set out in Section 3.1;
(iii) such Dissenting Shareholders’ names shall be removed as the holders of such Common Shares from the registers of Company Shares, shall transfer, and maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and
(iv) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by be the transferee of such Participating Former Securityholder, Common Shares (free and clear of all any Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register registers of holders of Class A Common Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect maintained by or on behalf of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k)Company;
(ld) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Common Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Common Shares subject to step (c)) shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company transferred without any further act or formality to the holder Purchaser (free and clear of any Encumbrances) for $0.06 per Common Share, and:
(i) the holders of such Company DSU equal Common Shares immediately before the Effective Time shall cease to be holders thereof and to have any rights as holders of such Common Shares other than the Company Shright to be paid $0.06 per Common Share in accordance with this Plan of Arrangement and other than the right to receive any declared but unpaid dividends on such Common Shares;
(ii) such holders’ names shall be removed as the holders from the registers of Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and
(iii) the Purchaser shall be deemed to be the transferee of such Common Shares (free and clear of any Encumbrances) and shall be entered in the registers of Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company.
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Sources: Acquisition Agreement (Big Lots Inc)
Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions set out below shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formalitysequence, unless specifically noted:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number Notice of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price Articles and Articles of $1.00 per share, equal Ignite CAN are amended to create the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Ignite CAN Proportionate Voting Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for redesignate the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Ignite CAN Common Shares as Ignite CAN Subordinate Voting Shares and set out the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than rights and restrictions of Ignite CAN Subordinate Voting Shares;
(b) if the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately Financing is completed prior to the acquisition Effective Date, the Subscription Receipts are exchanged for no additional consideration into ▇▇▇▇▇ Shares in accordance with the terms of the Class A Shares by Acquireco Subscription Receipts;
(c) if the Financing is completed prior to the Effective Date, ▇▇▇▇▇ and Merger Sub amalgamate under Section 269 of the BCBCA to form AmalCo;
(d) pursuant to the amalgamation described in Section 3.02(k3.1(c), if applicable, each ▇▇▇▇▇ Share is cancelled and in connection exchange therefor Ignite CAN issues Ignite CAN Subordinate Voting Shares on a one-to-one basis;
(e) if applicable, with such share subscriptionrespect to each ▇▇▇▇▇ Share cancelled in accordance with Section 3.1(d) hereof:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction each of the subscription price payable by holders thereof shall cease to be the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting registered or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any beneficial holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested ▇▇▇▇▇ Share and the name of the registered holders shall be transferred and disposed by removed from the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear registers of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder ▇▇▇▇▇ Shareholders as of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option ConsiderationEffective Time;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to of the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder holders thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder shareholder other than the right to be issued the Ignite CAN Subordinate Voting Shares in respect accordance with this Plan of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, Arrangement; and
(Ciii) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto the registered holder thereof shall be cancelleddeemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect such cancellation and exchange;
(cf) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contractif applicable, the terms shares of Merger Sub will be cancelled and conditions exchanged for shares of any Award Agreement or grantAmalCo on a one-to-one basis;
(g) Ignite CAN shall accept for transfer from Ignite US Shareholders (other than Ignite CAN) that are not U.S. Residents their Ignite US Shares in consideration for Ignite CAN Subordinate Voting Shares on a one (1) Ignite US Share to 2.65 Ignite CAN Subordinate Voting Shares basis;
(h) Ignite CAN shall accept for transfer from Ignite US Shareholders that are U.S. Residents their Ignite US Shares in consideration for Ignite CAN Proportionate Voting Shares on a one (1) Ignite US Share to 0.01325 Ignite CAN Proportionate Voting Share basis;
(i) Ignite CAN shall cause Ignite US to, with respect to each Ignite US Share transferred in accordance with Sections 3.1(g) and 3.1(h) hereof, remove from the terms and conditions books of Ignite US each of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan holders thereof as registered or Company 2016 Stock Option Planbeneficial holder of such Ignite US Share;
(j) from and after the Effective Date, or applicable lawif applicable, at the time of the amalgamation contemplated in Section 3.1(c):
(i) the property, rights and interests of each Company RSU issued of ▇▇▇▇▇ and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed Merger Sub shall continue to be fully vested the property, rights and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear interests of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU ConsiderationAmalCo;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof AmalCo shall cease continue to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration liable for the issuance by Spinco to the Company obligations of that number each of fully paid ▇▇▇▇▇ and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the CompanyMerger Sub;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii)any existing cause of action, the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall claim or liability to prosecution will be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii)unaffected;
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall a civil, criminal, quasi-criminal, administrative or regulatory action or proceeding being prosecuted or pending by or against either ▇▇▇▇▇ or Merger Sub may be removed from prosecuted, or its prosecution may be continued, as the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,case may be, by or against AmalCo;
(v) Acquireco shall a conviction against, or a ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against either ▇▇▇▇▇ or Merger Sub may be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrancesenforced by or against AmalCo; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions Notice of Section 3.06, be entered in Articles and Articles of Merger Sub shall remain the Purchaser’s securities register Notice of holders Articles and Articles of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k)AmalCo;
(lk) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant Merger Sub, ▇▇▇▇▇, AmalCo, Ignite CAN and Ignite US shall make the appropriate entries in their respective securities registers to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers reflect the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing matters referred to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh3.1.
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Sources: Business Combination Agreement
Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, the following steps or transactions shall, unless otherwise specifically provided otherwise in this Section 3.023.1, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case at five-minute intervals starting at the Effective Time:
(a) each outstanding Mandalay DSU shall, without any further action on the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number part of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to any holder thereof and notwithstanding the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value terms of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00Mandalay Omnibus Plan, be, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to holdbe, settled and cancelled, and the Depositary in consideration thereof, Mandalay shall hold, the cash allot and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser issue from treasury to the Depositary holder of such Mandalay DSU such number of Mandalay Shares as are due to such holder under the terms of the Mandalay Omnibus Plan (subject to withholding in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(ithis Plan of Arrangement) (and the name of each such cash former holder of a settled and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco cancelled Mandalay DSU shall be deemed to have issued entered in Mandalay's central securities register of holders of Mandalay Shares as a holder of Mandalay Shares but no such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares former holder shall be increased, in respect of entitled to a certificate or DRS representing the Acquireco Common Mandalay Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to upon the fair market value settlement and cancellation of the Purchaser Considerationsuch holder's Mandalay DSUs;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 each Mandalay Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered transferred by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality on its part, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances, to Mandalay for cancellation and Mandalay shall thereupon be obliged to pay the amount therefor determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 hereof, and:
(i) the name of such registered holder shall be removed from the central securities register of Mandalay as a holder of such Mandalay Shares;
(ii) such Dissenting Shareholders will cease to be the registered holder of such Mandalay Shares and will cease to have any rights as Mandalay Shareholders other than the right to be paid the fair value for their Mandalay Shares as set out in Article 4 hereof; and
(iii) such Mandalay Shares so transferred to Mandalay shall thereupon be cancelled by Mandalay and the central securities register of Mandalay shall be revised accordingly;
(c) each Mandalay Share outstanding immediately prior to the Company effective time of the transfer under this Section 3.1(c) (for the avoidance of doubt, not including Mandalay Shares held immediately before the Effective Time by a Dissenting Shareholder that were transferred to Mandalay for cancellation under Section 3.1(b) or Mandalay Shares held by Alkane or Acquireco, but including any Mandalay Shares issued to holders of Mandalay DSUs pursuant to Section 3.1(a)) shall be, and shall be deemed to be, transferred by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Mandalay Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, claims and encumbrances, to Acquireco in exchange (subject to Section 3.2) for that number of Alkane Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio for each Mandalay Share, and each such Company Share so surrendered of Alkane and Acquireco shall be cancelled deemed to have directed the Depositary to issue and thereupon to deliver to such holder the Consideration to which such holder is entitled pursuant to this Section 3.1(c), and upon such exchange:
(i) each Dissenting Shareholder holder of such Mandalay Shares shall cease to be the holder thereof and to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares Mandalay Shareholder other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined right to be paid the Consideration pursuant to this Section 3.1(c) and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares Former Mandalay Shareholder shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s Mandalay's central securities register of holders of Class A Mandalay Shares,;
(viii) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s Mandalay's central securities register of holders of Class A Mandalay Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Mandalay Shares, free of all Encumbrancesliens, claims and encumbrances; and
(viiv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, Mandalay Shareholder shall be entered in the Purchaser’s securities Alkane's register of holders of Purchaser Alkane Shares in respect of the Purchaser Alkane Shares payable deliverable to such Participating Former Securityholder Mandalay Shareholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k3.1(c);
(ld) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers of the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transferfollowing shall, and shall be deemed to have transferredto, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to occur concurrently with the exchange transfer in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:3.1(c):
(i) in consideration for the case issuance by Alkane (on behalf of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing and for the benefit of Acquireco) of the Consideration issued to receive the Cash ConsiderationMandalay Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.1(c), the Cash ConsiderationAcquireco shall, subject and shall be deemed to, issue to Alkane that number of Acquireco Common Shares having an aggregate fair market value equal to the provisions aggregate Fair Market Value of the Alkane Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(m3.1(c); and
(ii) Acquireco shall, and shall be deemed to, add to its capital for the Acquireco Common Shares, in respect of the case issuance of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing Acquireco Common Shares to receive the Purchaser Share ConsiderationAlkane under Section 3.1(d)(i), the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject an amount equal to the provisions aggregate Fair Market Value of the Alkane Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(n3.1(c), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(ve) each such Participating Former Securityholder shallall outstanding Mandalay Options, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) Mandalay PSUs and Mandalay RSUs that have not been duly exercised or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately settled prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled terminate without any further act or formality, the Mandalay Plans will terminate and none of (i) the former holders of Mandalay Options, Mandalay DSUs, Mandalay PSUs or Mandalay RSUs, (ii) the Parties or (iii) any of the respective successors or assigns of any of the foregoing, shall have any rights, liabilities or obligations in exchange for a cash payment by respect of the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShMandalay Plans.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement
Arrangement. At Each of the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions set out below shall occur as part of the Arrangement and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order sequence or as otherwise provided below or herein, without any further act or formality:
(a) effective at twenty (20) minutes prior to the Purchaser Effective Time, each Broadway Common Share in respect of which a Broadway Dissenting Shareholder has exercised Dissent Rights shall subscribe be, and shall be deemed to be, transferred to Broadway free and clear of any Encumbrances for cancellation without any further act or formality and
(i) such Dissenting Broadway Shareholders shall cease to be the holders of such Broadway Common Shares, and to have any rights as holders of Broadway Common Shares, other than the right to be paid fair value for such Broadway Common Shares as set out in Article 5 hereof;
(ii) such Dissenting Broadway Shareholders’ names shall be removed as the holders of such Broadway Common Shares from the register of Broadway Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of Broadway; and
(iii) Broadway shall be deemed to be the transferee and legal and beneficial holder of such Broadway Common Share (free and clear of all Encumbrances) shall be entered as the registered holder of such Broadway Common Share in the register of Broadway Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of Broadway;
(b) effective at fifteen (15) minutes prior to the Effective Time, Broadway shall, in the following order, complete (i) the Consolidation; (ii) the Name Change, and (iii) the Authorized Capital Amendment, and registered Broadway Shareholders will be entitled to receive Broadway Certificates after giving effect to the Consolidation, Name Change and Authorized Capital Amendment;
(c) effective at ten (10) minutes prior to the Effective Time, Broadway will transfer the Transferred Assets to Spinco and Spinco will assume the Assumed Liabilities in accordance with the Transfer Agreement in consideration for that number of Acquireco Spinco Common Shares (the “Spinco Distribution Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, ”) as is equal to the quotient obtained when number of Broadway Common Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (Afor greater certainty, on a pre-Consolidation basis) on such record date as determined by Broadway less the number of Broadway Common Shares transferred to Broadway pursuant to Section 2.1(a) above (for greater certainty, on a pre- Consolidation basis), and Broadway shall be added to the register of Spinco Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of Spinco, and in connection therewith, in accordance with the BCBCA, Spinco shall add to the stated capital account maintained by Spinco for the Spinco Common Shares an amount that shall equal the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Spinco Distribution Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by issued to Broadway;
(Bd) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable effective at five (A5) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately minutes prior to the acquisition Effective Time, the Spinco Distribution Shares will be distributed to the holders of Broadway Common Shares (other than a Dissenting Broadway Shareholder) pursuant to section 2.1(c) above and the names of the Class A Broadway Shareholders shall be added to (and Broadway removed from) the register of Spinco Common Shares maintained by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)or on behalf of Spinco, and in connection with such share subscription:therewith;
(i) the Purchaser Spinco Incorporation Share issued to Broadway on incorporation shall be cancelled for no consideration and as a result thereof:
(A) Broadway shall cease to be, and shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary ceased to hold, and the Depositary shall holdbe, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction holder of the subscription price payable by Spinco Incorporation Share and to have any rights as a holder of the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common SharesSpinco Incorporation Share; and
(B) Broadway shall be removed as the holder of the Spinco Incorporation Share from the register of Spinco Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of Spinco;
(ii) Acquireco shall Broadway will be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and reduced the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Broadway Common Shares shall be increased, in respect with the same effect as if reduced pursuant to Section 74 of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a)BCBCA, by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationSpinco Distribution Shares, and Broadway will be deemed to have effected the reduction of capital of the Broadway Common Shares by being deemed to have paid and distributed the Spinco Distribution Shares to the Broadway Shareholders, other than the Dissenting Broadway Shareholders, on the basis of one Spinco Distribution Share for every one Broadway Common Share one held immediately prior to the Effective Time (for greater certainty, on a pre-Consolidation basis) as a return of capital distribution in-kind; provided that the aggregate reduction in the stated capital for the Broadway Common Shares shall not exceed the aggregate paid-up capital (as that term is used for the purposes of the Tax Act) of the Broadway Common Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time;
(be) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contracteffective at the Effective Time, Delaware Subco, in accordance with the terms Delaware General Corporation Law, shall merge with and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, into MindMed and MindMed shall continue as the terms and conditions surviving corporation under the laws of the Company 2013 Share Incentive State of Delaware in the manner set out in Appendix “II” attached to this Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Planof Arrangement, or applicable law):and each of the following will occur:
(i) in accordance with the constating documents of MindMed, each Inissued and outstanding MindMed Class B Share, MindMed Class C Share and MindMed Class D Share shall automatically convert into one fully-thepaid, non-Money Option assessable share of MindMed Class A Share;
(ii) each issued and outstanding MindMed Class A Share (including all MindMed Class A Shares issued on automatic conversion of the MindMed Class B Shares, MindMed Class C Shares and MindMed Class D Shares set out in subsection 2.1(e)(i) above) shall be exchanged for either (A) one (1) Broadway Common Share or (B) one/hundredth (1/100) of a Broadway Multiple Voting Share (as determined by Broadway and MindMed), and thereafter the MindMed Class A Shares shall be cancelled without any repayment in respect thereof;
(iii) each issued and outstanding MindMed Warrant shall be exchanged for one Broadway Replacement Warrant;
(iv) each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Delaware Subco, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallTime, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred converted into and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Considerationbecome one validly issued, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (MindMed Common Share of MindMed after the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all EncumbrancesMerger; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect consideration of the Purchaser Broadway Common Shares, if anyBroadway Multiple Voting Shares (as the case may be) and Broadway Replacement Warrants issued pursuant to section 2.1(e)(ii) and (iii) above, payable respectively, MindMed (as the surviving corporation in connection with the Merger) will issue 1,000 MindMed Common Shares to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in Broadway and, other than the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable MindMed Common Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(k2.1(e)(iv) and (II) above, such shares shall constitute the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) only outstanding shares of capital stock of MindMed after the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):Merger.
(if) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion All of the Purchaser Share Consideration for foregoing events are intended to be completed, failing any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum one of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shareswhich, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations none of the Existing Company Directors, foregoing will occur and the appointment this Plan of the New Company Directors, Arrangement shall be deemed null and void and of no further force and effect unless otherwise agreed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShParties.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement
Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and Tahoe PSA outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without that is held by a Tahoe PSA Holder shall immediately vest in accordance with the terms of the Tahoe PSA Plan and will be settled by Tahoe issuing to the Tahoe PSA Holder one Tahoe Share less any further action by or on behalf amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4.4 and the Tahoe Shares issuable in connection therewith will be issued to such Tahoe PSA Holder as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and Tahoe: provided that no share certificates shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof issued with respect to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Considerationshares;
(iib) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and Tahoe RSA outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action that is held by or on behalf a Tahoe RSA Holder shall immediately vest in accordance with the terms of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Tahoe Long Term Incentive Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and Tahoe DSA outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without that is held by a Tahoe DSA Holder shall immediately vest in accordance with the terms of the Tahoe Long Term Incentive Plan and will be settled by Tahoe issuing to the Tahoe DSA Holder one Tahoe Share less any further action by or on behalf amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4.4 and the Tahoe Shares issuable in connection therewith will be issued to such Tahoe DSA Holder as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and Tahoe: provided that no share certificates shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) issued with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelledshares;
(d) each Tahoe SAR outstanding immediately prior to the Company Option Plans Effective Time that is held by a Tahoe SAR Holder and all rights in respect thereof shall be terminatedcancelled and terminated without any payment in respect thereof;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed transfer to be, surrendered to Pan American all of the Company by the holder thereofDissent Shares held, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbranceson its part, and each such Company Share in consideration therefor, Pan American shall issue to the Dissenting Shareholder a debt-claim to be paid the aggregate fair market value of those Dissent Shares as determined pursuant to Section 5.1, and in respect of the Dissent Shares so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each transferred
(i) the Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a be the holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and thereof,
(ii) the name of such the Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register maintained by or on behalf of holders Tahoe in respect of Company the Tahoe Shares;,
(iii) the Dissenting Shareholder shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect the transfer thereof, and
(iv) the name of Pan American shall be added to the register maintained by or on behalf of Tahoe in respect of the Tahoe Shares as the holder thereof; and
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company each Tahoe Shareholder shall transfer to Pan American each whole Tahoe Share held (other than any Tahoe Shares held by Pan American immediately before the Effective Time or acquired by Pan American from a Dissenting Shareholders Shareholder under Section 3.1(e), but including, for greater certainty, any Tahoe Shares held or issued pursuant to Section 3.02(e3.1(a), 3.1(b) or 3.1(c)) in exchange for (A) one CVR and (B),
(i) in the case of a Tahoe Share for which the Cash Election was made under Section 3.2(a)(i), the stated capital account maintained by Cash Consideration, or
(ii) in the Company case of a Tahoe Share for which the Share Election was made under Section 3.2(a)(ii) or deemed to have been made under Section 3.2(b) or 5.1(b), the Share Consideration, in each case subject to proration in accordance with Section 3.3, and in respect of the Company Tahoe Shares so transferred
(iii) the Tahoe Shareholder shall cease to be the holder thereof,
(iv) the name of the Tahoe Shareholder shall be reduced, removed from the register maintained by or on behalf of Tahoe in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant Tahoe Shares,
(v) the Tahoe Shareholder shall be deemed to Section 3.02(e)have executed and delivered all consents, by an amount equal releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect the transfer thereof, and
(vi) the name of Pan American shall be added to the product obtained when register maintained by or on behalf of Tahoe in respect of the Tahoe Shares as the holder thereof;
(g) each Tahoe Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) will be exchanged for a Replacement Option to acquire from Pan American such number of Pan American Shares as is equal to: (A) the stated capital number of all the issued and outstanding Company Tahoe Shares that were issuable upon exercise of such Tahoe Option immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e)Effective Time, is multiplied by (B) a fractionthe Exchange Ratio, rounded down to the numerator of which is the nearest whole number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant Pan American Shares, at an exercise price per Pan American Share equal to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of quotient determined by dividing: (X) the exercise price per Tahoe Share at which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares such Tahoe Option was exercisable immediately prior to the step Effective Time, by (Y) the Exchange Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent. Except as set out above, the terms of each Replacement Option shall be the same as the terms of the Tahoe Option exchanged therefor pursuant to any agreement evidencing the grant thereof prior to the Effective Time. It is intended that the provisions of subsection 7(1.4) of the Tax Act apply to any such exchange. Therefore, in Section 3.02(e)the event that the Replacement Option In-The-Money Amount in respect of a Tahoe Option would otherwise exceed the Tahoe Option In-The-Money Amount in respect of the Replacement Option, the number of Pan American Shares which may be acquired on exercise of the Replacement Option at and after the Effective Time will be adjusted accordingly with effect at and from the Effective Time to ensure that the Replacement Option In-The-Money Amount in respect of the Replacement Option does not exceed the Tahoe Option In-The- Money Amount in respect of the Tahoe Option and the ratio of the amount payable to acquire such shares to the value of such shares to be acquired shall be unchanged;
(gh) each Tahoe Share held by Pan American, including the Company Tahoe Shares acquired pursuant to Section 3.1(f) hereof, shall transfer all of its entire legal be transferred to Subco and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco therefor Subco shall issue to the Company of that number of Pan American one fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number common share of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (Subco for the avoidance of doubteach Tahoe Share so transferred, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:and
(i) the notice name of articles and articles of the Company Pan American shall be amended to create removed from the central securities register as a new class holder of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Tahoe Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before Subco shall be recorded as the reorganization registered holder of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Tahoe Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options so transferred and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with deemed to be the Company, free legal and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders beneficial owner of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Tahoe Shares; and
(Diii) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect the amount added to the capital of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall Subco common shares will be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital lesser of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which paid up capital (as such term is defined in the stated capital account Tax Act) of the Company Tahoe Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds so transferred and (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Tahoe Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii)so transferred;
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by capital of the Company Tahoe Shares shall be cancelled reduced to US$1.00 without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Sharescapital in respect thereof;
(j) Tahoe and Subco shall merge (the “Merger”) to form one corporate entity (the “Merged Company”) with the same effect as if they had amalgamated under Section 269 of the BCBCA except that the separate legal existence of Subco shall not cease and Subco shall survive the merger, and Pan American shall receive on the Merger one common share of the Merged Company in exchange for each Subco common share previously held and all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Tahoe Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall will be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register any repayment of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidationcapital in respect thereof;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to without limiting the generality of Section 3.02(h)(ii3.1(j), the separate legal existence of Tahoe shall cease without Tahoe being liquidated or wound up; Tahoe and Subco will continue as one company; and the properties and liabilities of Tahoe will become the properties and liabilities of Subco; and
(l) who:from and after the Effective Date, at the time of the step contemplated in Section 3.1(j):
(i) duly Subco as the Merged Company will own and validly completes hold all property of Subco and delivers will own and hold all property of Tahoe and, without limiting the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 provisions hereof, all rights of creditors or others will be unimpaired by such merger, and Section 3.04 electing all liabilities and obligations of Tahoe and Subco, whether arising by contract or otherwise, may be enforced against Subco to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of same extent as if such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Sharesobligations had been incurred or contracted by it;
(ii) has not completed and delivered Subco as the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed Merged Company will continue to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of be liable for all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; orthe liabilities and obligations of Tahoe and Subco;
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights all rights, contracts, permits and is ultimately not entitledinterests of Tahoe and Subco will continue as rights, contracts, permits and interests of Subco as the Merged Company as if Tahoe and Subco continued and, for greater certainty, the merger will not constitute a transfer or assignment of the rights or obligations of either of Tahoe or Subco under any reasonsuch rights, to be paid fair value for its Company Sharescontracts, shall transfer, permits and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:interests;
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall any existing cause of action, claim or liability to prosecution will be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,unaffected;
(v) Acquireco shall a civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding pending by or against either Subco or Tahoe may be entered in continued by or against the Merged Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and;
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shalla conviction against, subject to or ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against either Subco or Tahoe may be enforced by or against the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k)Merged Company;
(lvii) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either name of the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Merged Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case name of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former SecurityholderSubco;
(m) in the event that (Aviii) the sum Merged Company shall be authorized to issue an unlimited number of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion)common shares without par value;
(nix) the Notice of Articles and Articles of the Merged Company shall be substantially in the event that (A) form of the sum Subco Notice of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) Articles and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion)Articles;
(ox) the resignations first annual general meeting of the Existing Merged Company Directors, and will be held within 18 months from the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l)Effective Date;
(pxi) upon the resignation registered office of the Existing Merged Company Directors becoming effective, each shall be the registered office of Subco;
(xii) the first directors of the Merged Company DSU outstanding following the Merger shall be the individuals who were directors of Subco immediately prior to the Effective Time Time;
(xiii) the first officers of the Merged Company following the Merger shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company individuals, if any, who were officers of Subco immediately prior to the holder Effective Time;
(xiv) the aggregate capital of such the common shares of the Merged Company DSU will be an amount equal to the Company Shpaid up capital, as that term is defined in the Tax Act, attributable to the shares of Subco immediately prior to the Merger; and
(xv) the Merger shall not constitute an acquisition of property of Tahoe or Subco by the other pursuant to the purchase of property or as a result of the distribution or winding-up of Tahoe or Subco, it being expressly provided that the events provided for in this Section 3.1 will be deemed to occur on the Effective Date, notwithstanding that certain procedures related thereto may not be completed until after the Effective Date.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement
Arrangement. At Section 3.1 The Arrangement Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided each of the events set out below shall occur and be deemed to occur in this Section 3.02, the following events sequence, in each case without any further authorization, act or transactions formality on the part of any Person:
(1) at the Effective Time:
(a) each Dissenting Share held by an Aphria Dissenting Shareholder who is ultimately determined to be entitled to be paid the fair value of the Dissenting Shares in respect of which such Aphria Dissenting Shareholder has exercised Dissent Rights shall occur be, and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in be, transferred by the following order holder thereof, without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Sharesformality on its part, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company Aphria (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall Aphria Dissenting Shareholder will cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease thereof or to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under Dissenting Share other than the applicable Company Option Plan,right to be paid the fair value of such Dissenting Share determined and payable in accordance with Article 4; and
(Bb) such holder’s at the same time as the step in Section 3.1(b)(i) occurs, the name of each Aphria Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants the Aphria Shares and similar instruments relating thereto such Dissenting Shares shall be cancelledautomatically cancelled as of the Effective Date;
(c2) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, at the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, same time as the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):steps in Section 3.1(a) occur:
(ia) each Company RSU issued and Aphria Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action (other than Dissenting Shares held by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed Aphria Dissenting Shareholders who are ultimately determined to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing be paid the RSU Consideration;
(ii) fair value of their Dissenting Shares as determined in accordance with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSUArticle 4), and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered transferred by the holder thereof to Tilray (free and clear of all Liens) in exchange for issuance of the Share Consideration;
(b) at the same time as the step in Section 3.1(b)(i) occurs, the Amended Tilray Omnibus Plan becomes effective and the holder of each Aphria Share transferred to Tilray pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(i) shall cease to be the holder thereof, or to have any rights as a holder thereof other than the right to receive the Share Consideration issuable in respect of each Aphria Share held pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(i) and shall be removed from the register of the Aphria Shares and legal and beneficial title to each such Aphria Share shall be transferred to Tilray and Tilray will be and be deemed to be the transferee and legal and beneficial owner of such Aphria Share (free and clear of any Liens) and will be entered in the central securities register of Aphria as the sole holder thereof; and
(c) Tilray will be the holder of all of the outstanding Aphria Shares;
(3) immediately after the steps in Section 3.1(b) occur:
(a) each Aphria Option, to the Company extent it has not been exercised as of the Effective Date, will be exchanged by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, and free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease for a stock option (a “Replacement Option”) to have any rights as purchase a holder number of such Company Tilray Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) of the stated capital Exchange Ratio, rounded down to two decimal places, multiplied by the number of all the issued and outstanding Company Aphria Shares issuable on exercise of such Aphria Option immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by Effective Time (B) a fraction, rounded down to the numerator of which is the next whole number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant Tilray Shares) for an exercise price per Tilray Share (rounded up to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator nearest whole cent) equal to the exercise price per share of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares such Aphria Option immediately prior to the step Effective Time divided by the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to two decimal places, and the Aphria Options shall thereupon be cancelled. The term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercise and other terms and conditions of each of the Replacement Options shall be the same as the terms and conditions of the Aphria Option for which it is exchanged except that such Replacement Options shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the Tilray Plan and, in the event of any inconsistency or conflict the Tilray Plan shall govern. It is intended that subsection 7(1.4) of the Tax Act apply to the exchange of Aphria Options by Aphria Securityholders resident in Canada who acquired Aphria Options by virtue of their employment. Accordingly, and notwithstanding the foregoing, if required, the exercise price of a Replacement Option held by such an Aphria Securityholder will be increased such that the In-The-Money Amount of the Replacement Option immediately after the exchange does not exceed the In-The-Money Amount of the Aphria Option immediately before the exchange. For any Aphria Option that is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 3.02(e422 of the Code, it is intended that such exchange will comply with Treasury Regulation Section 1.424(1)(a). For any Aphria Option that is a nonqualified option held by a US taxpayer, it is intended that such exchange will be implemented in a manner intended comply with Section 409A of the Code. Any document previously evidencing the Aphria Option shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Replacement Option and no certificates evidencing the Replacement Options shall be issued;
(gb) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial righteach Aphria RSU, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have extent it has not been exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms as of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par valueEffective Date, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall will be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquirecothereof, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, and free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens, each Class A Share held for an award of restricted share units granted by Tilray (the “Replacement RSUs”) in respect of a number of Tilray Shares equal to the product of the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to two decimal places, multiplied by the number of Aphria Shares underlying such Participating Former Securityholder Aphria RSUs immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for Effective Time (rounded down to the Combination Consideration Cash next whole number of Tilray Shares), and the Combination Consideration Purchaser SharesAphria RSUs shall thereupon be cancelled. The term to expiry, conditions to and upon such exchange:
(iv) manner of receipt and other terms and conditions of each such Participating Former Securityholder of the Replacement RSUs shall be removed from the Company’s securities register same as the terms and conditions of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco the Aphria RSU for which it is exchanged except that such Replacement RSU shall be entered governed by the terms and conditions of the Tilray Plan and, in the Company’s securities register event of holders any inconsistency or conflict the Tilray Plan shall govern. Any document previously evidencing the Aphria RSUs shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Replacement RSUs and no certificates evidencing the Replacement RSUs shall be issued. It is intended that subsection 7(1.4) of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject Tax Act apply to the provisions exchange of Section 3.06, be entered Aphria RSUs by Aphria Securityholders resident in the Purchaser’s securities register Canada who acquired Aphria RSUs by virtue of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k)their employment;
(lc) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferredAphria DSU, to Acquirecothe extent it has not been exercised as of the Effective Date, will be exchanged by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, and free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens, each Class A Share held for an award of deferred share units granted by Tilray (the “Replacement DSUs”) in respect of a number of Tilray Shares equal to the product of the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to two decimal places, multiplied by the number of Aphria Shares underlying such Participating Former Securityholder Aphria DSUs immediately prior to the Effective Time (rounded down to the next whole number of Tilray Shares), and the Aphria DSUs shall thereupon be cancelled. The term to expiry, conditions to and manner of receipt and other terms and conditions of each of the Replacement DSUs shall be the same as the terms and conditions of the Aphria DSU for which it is exchanged except that such Replacement DSU shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the Tilray Plan and, in the event of any inconsistency or conflict the Tilray Plan shall govern. Any document previously evidencing the Aphria DSUs shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Replacement DSUs and no certificates evidencing the Replacement DSUs shall be issued. It is intended that subsection 7(1.4) of the Tax Act apply to the exchange of Aphria DSUs by Aphria Securityholders resident in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:Canada who acquired Aphria DSUs by virtue of their employment ;
(id) each 2016 Aphria Warrant, to the extent it has not been exercised as of the Effective Date, will be exchanged by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality and free and clear of all Liens, for a warrant (a “Replacement Warrant”) to purchase a number of Tilray Shares equal to the product of the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to two decimal places, multiplied by the number of Aphria Shares issuable on exercise of such Aphria Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time for an exercise price per Tilray Share equal to the exercise price per share of such Aphria Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to two decimal places, and rounded up to the nearest whole cent (provided that, if the foregoing calculation results in the case a Replacement Warrant being exercisable for a fraction of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing Tilray Share, then the number of Tilray Shares subject to receive such Replacement Warrant shall be rounded down to the Cash Considerationnext whole number of Tilray Shares) and the 2016 Aphria Warrants shall thereupon be cancelled. The term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercise and other terms and conditions of each of the Replacement Warrants shall be the same as the terms and conditions of the 2016 Aphria Warrant for which it is exchanged. Any document previously evidencing a 2016 Aphria Warrant shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Replacement Warrant and no certificates evidencing the Replacement Warrants shall be issued;
(e) other than the 2016 Aphria Warrants, each Aphria Warrant shall, without any further action on the part of any holder of Aphria Warrant, be continued on the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that, pursuant to the terms of the Aphria Warrant Indenture, the Cash Consideration, terms of the Aphria Warrants shall be amended so as to substitute for the Aphria Shares subject to such Aphria Warrants such number of Tilray Shares equal to (A) the number of Aphria Shares subject to the provisions Aphria Warrants immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to two decimal places;
(f) the Aphria Omnibus Incentive Plan and the Aphria Warrant Indenture shall be terminated and, for greater certainty, all rights to receive any securities of Section 3.02(m)the Aphria formerly held by Aphria Securityholders shall be extinguished; and
(ii4) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Considerationno person shall have any rights, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) liabilities or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares other obligations in respect of the Purchaser share capital of Aphria other than Tilray and each holder of Aphria Shares, if anyAphria Options, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected CashAphria RSUs, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU Aphria DSUs or 2016 Aphria Warrants outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time Time, with respect to each step set out above applicable to such holder, shall be cancelled deemed, at the time such step occurs, to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer all Aphria Shares, Aphria Options, Aphria RSUs, Aphria DSUs or 2016 Aphria Warrants held by such holder in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of accordance with such Company DSU equal to the Company Shstep.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (Aphria Inc.)
Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares each Alexco In-the-Money Option outstanding immediately prior to the acquisition Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Class A Shares Alexco Option Plan and shall, without any further action by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)or on behalf of any Alexco Optionholder, and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed be assigned and transferred by such Alexco Optionholder (free and clear of all Liens) to Alexco for cancellation in exchange for the Depositary Option Consideration. The Alexco Shares comprising the Option Consideration will be issued to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such Alexco Optionholder as fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to shares in the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationAlexco;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each InAlexco Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any Alexco Optionholder, be cancelled without any payment in respect thereof;
(i) each Alexco Optionholder shall cease to be a holder of such In-the- Money OptionAlexco Options, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued such holder’s name shall be removed from each applicable register maintained by Alexco, and (iii) all agreements relating to the Alexco Options shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect;
(d) each Alexco DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Alexco DSU Plan and shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Optionthe Alexco DSU Holder thereof, be cancelled without any deemed to be assigned and transferred by such Alexco DSU Holder to Alexco (free and clear of all Liens) in exchange for, as determined by the board of directors of Alexco in accordance with the Alexco DSU Plan, either a cash payment thereforor the number of Alexco Shares equal to the number of Alexco Shares a holder is entitled to under each Alexco DSU. Any such Alexco Shares will be issued to such Alexco DSU Holder as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of Alexco; provided that no share certificates shall be issued with respect to such shares;
(iiie) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof Alexco DSU Holder shall cease to be the a holder of such Company OptionAlexco DSUs, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(Bii) each such holder’s name shall be removed from the each applicable register of Company Optionsmaintained by Alexco, and
and (Ciii) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments agreements relating thereto to the Alexco DSUs shall be cancelledterminated and shall be of no further force and effect;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(if) each Company Alexco RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Alexco RSU Plan and shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSUthe Alexco RSU Holder thereof, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof such Alexco RSU Holder to the Company Alexco (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable number of Alexco Shares equal to the number of Alexco Shares a holder is entitled to under each Alexco RSU Consideration, less that number of Alexco Shares with a fair market value equal to the amount of required withholding tax rounded up to the nearest Alexco Share. The Alexco Shares will be issued to such Alexco RSU Holder as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the holder capital of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company Alexco; provided that no share certificates shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of issued with respect to such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Considerationshares;
(iii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof Alexco RSU Holder shall cease to be the a holder of such Company RSUAlexco RSUs, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(Bii) each such holder’s name shall be removed from the each applicable register of Company RSUsmaintained by Alexco, and
and (Ciii) all Award Agreements, grants agreements relating to the Alexco RSUs shall be terminated and similar instruments relating thereto will shall be cancelledof no further force and effect;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(eh) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, transfer to Hecla all of the Dissent Shares held (free and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereofclear of all Liens), without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbranceson its part, and each such Company Share in consideration therefor, Hecla shall issue to the Dissenting Shareholder a debt- claim to be paid the aggregate fair market value of those Dissent Shares as determined pursuant to Section 5.1, and in respect of the Dissent Shares so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each transferred
(i) the Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a be the holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and thereof,
(ii) the name of such the Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company or on behalf of Alexco in respect of the Company Shares Alexco Shares,
(iii) the Dissenting Shareholder shall be reduceddeemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect the transfer thereof, and
(iv) the name of Hecla shall be added to the register maintained by or on behalf of Alexco in respect of the Company Alexco Shares cancelled as the holder thereof; and
(i) each Alexco Shareholder shall transfer to Hecla (free and clear of all Liens) each whole Alexco Share held (other than any Alexco Shares held by Hecla immediately before the Effective Time or acquired by Hecla from a Dissenting Shareholder under Section 3.1(h)), including the Alexco Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A3.1(d) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step or Section 3.1(f) in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration exchange for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (Consideration for the avoidance of doubteach Alexco Share held, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:and
(i) the notice of articles and articles of Alexco Shareholder shall cease to be the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;holder thereof,
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization name of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares Alexco Shareholder shall be removed from the Company’s register maintained by or on behalf of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares Alexco in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Alexco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;,
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares Alexco Shareholder shall be reduced by an amount equal deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect the stated capital transfer thereof, and
(iv) the name of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there Hecla shall be added to the stated capital account register maintained by the Company or on behalf of Alexco in respect of the Class A Shares, Alexco Shares as the holder thereof; it being expressly provided that the events provided for in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall 3.1 will be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to occur on the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shallEffective Date, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only that certain procedures related thereto may not be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to completed until after the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShDate.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order sequence without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at each Lexam VG Gold Share held by a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser Lexam VG Gold Dissenting Shareholder shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderon its part, free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, claims and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease encumbrances, to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining, in consideration for a claim against the Company ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 4, and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall holder will be removed from the central securities register as a holder of holders Lexam VG Gold Shares and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining shall be recorded as the registered holder of Company the Lexam VG Gold Shares so transferred and shall be deemed to be the legal owner of such Lexam VG Gold Shares;
(fb) concurrently with each Lexam VG Gold Share outstanding immediately prior to the surrender Effective Time held by a Lexam VG Gold Shareholder (other than any Excess Controlled VG Gold Shares and cancellation of Company other than any Lexam VG Gold Shares held by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining or any Lexam VG Gold Dissenting Shareholders pursuant Shareholder) shall be transferred by the holder thereof to Section 3.02(e)▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining in exchange for the Arrangement Consideration, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining shall be deemed to be the legal and beneficial owner thereof, free and clear of any liens, claims or encumbrances, subject to Article 5;
(c) each Excess Controlled VG Gold Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be transferred by the holder thereof to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining:
(i) if the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Meeting occurs prior to the Effective Time and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Shareholder Approval is obtained, in exchange for the Arrangement Consideration;
(ii) if the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Meeting occurs prior to the Effective Time and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Shareholder Approval is not obtained, in exchange for an amount in cash equal to the Arrangement Consideration Factor multiplied by the closing price of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Shares on the NYSE on the last trading day prior to the Effective Time; or
(iii) if the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Meeting has not occurred prior to the Effective Time, in exchange for the fraction of one (1) Subscription Receipt equal to one (1) multiplied by the Arrangement Consideration Factor; and in each case ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining shall be deemed to be the legal and beneficial owner thereof, free and clear of any liens, claims or encumbrances, subject to Article 5;
(d) each Lexam VG Gold Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether or not vested, shall be exchanged by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality and free and clear of any liens, claims or encumbrances, for an option (each a “Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Option”) to acquire from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining, subject to adjustment as provided herein, the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect number of the Company ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital number of all the issued and outstanding Company Lexam VG Gold Shares subject to such Lexam VG Gold Option immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e)Effective Time, is multiplied by (B) the Arrangement Consideration Factor, provided that if the foregoing would result in the issuance of a fractionfraction of an ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Share on any particular exercise of Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Options, the numerator of which is then the number of Company ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant otherwise issuable shall be rounded down to Section 3.02(e)the nearest whole number of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Shares. The exercise price per ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Share subject to a Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Option shall be an amount in Canadian dollars equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the exercise price in Canadian dollars per Lexam VG Gold Share subject to each such Lexam VG Gold Option immediately before the Effective Time is divided by (B) the Arrangement Consideration Factor, and provided that if the denominator foregoing would result in the aggregate exercise price of a Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Option being a fraction of a whole cent, then the exercise price of the Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Option shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent. It is intended that the provisions of subsection 7(1.4) of the Tax Act apply to the exchange of a Lexam VG Gold Option for a Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Option. Therefore, in the event that the Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Option In-The-Money Amount in respect of a Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Option exceeds the Lexam VG Gold Option In-The-Money Amount in respect of the Lexam VG Gold Option for which it is exchanged, the number of issued ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Shares which may be acquired on exercise of the Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Option at and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior after the Effective Time will be adjusted accordingly, with effect at and from the Effective Time, to ensure that the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and nonReplacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Option In-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares The-Money Amount in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rightsthe Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Option does not exceed the Lexam VG Gold Option In-The-Money Amount in respect of the Lexam VG Gold Option and the ratio of the amount payable to acquire such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Shares to the value of such shares to be acquired shall be unchanged. Except as set out above, the term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercise (except that any Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Option shall be exercisable at the offices of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining), all in accordance with vesting requirements and other terms and conditions of each of the Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Options shall be the same as the terms and conditions of the Lexam VG Gold Option for which it is exchanged and, for greater certainty, each Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Option shall continue to be governed by and be subject to the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Lexam VG Gold Stock Option Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders agreement evidencing the grant of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in Lexam VG Gold Option with respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company terms and conditions. Any document previously evidencing a Lexam VG Gold Option shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), thereafter evidence and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by evidence such Participating Former Securityholder, free Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Option and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder no certificates evidencing Replacement ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mining Options shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shissued.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) each of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock that is not held by a holder who has exercised its Dissent Rights and is ultimately entitled to be paid the fair value of its shares of Company Common Stock (other than shares of Company Common Stock held by Parent or the Purchaser or any affiliate thereof) will be transferred by the holder thereof to the Purchaser in exchange for US $1.05 per share of Company Common Stock, payable in cash, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 6.15 of the Arrangement Agreement (the "CASH CONSIDERATION"). Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan of Arrangement or the Arrangement Agreement, subject to Section 6.10 of the Arrangement Agreement, in no event shall subscribe for that the number of Acquireco shares of Company Common Shares, Stock outstanding at a price the Effective Time exceed 15,235,903 shares of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)Company Common Stock, and in connection no event shall the aggregate Cash Consideration exceed US $16,000,000;
(b) each share of Company Common Stock in respect of which Dissent Rights have been exercised shall be and shall be deemed to be transferred to the Purchaser with such the Purchaser and the Parent being jointly and severally obligated to pay therefor the amount determined in accordance with Article 3 of this Plan of Arrangement;
(c) with respect to each share subscription:of Company Common Stock acquired or transferred in accordance with Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.2(b):
(i) the Purchaser holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such share of Company Common Stock and the name of such holder shall be removed from the register of holders of Company Common Stock;
(ii) the certificate representing such share of Company Common Stock shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction been canceled as of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; andEffective Time;
(iiiii) Acquireco the holder thereof shall be deemed to have issued executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to acquire or transfer such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to shares in accordance with Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.2(b); and
(iv) the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares Purchaser shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, shall be deemed to be fully vested the transferee of such share of Company Common Stock if transferred in accordance with Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.2(b) and shall be entered in the register of registered holders of the Company as the legal holder of such shares of Company Common Stock.
(d) each outstanding Company 2007 Warrant (other than Company 2007 Warrants held ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇r the Purchaser or any affiliate thereof) will be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Warrant Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iiie) with respect to each Company Option:2007 Warrant acquired or transferred in accordance ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2.2(d):
(Ai) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, 2007 Warrant and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect the name of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed holder s▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ved from the register of holders of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration2007 Warrants;
(ii) with respect the certificate representing such Company 2007 Warrant shall be deemed to each Company RSU:have been cancelled as of the Effective Time;
(Aiii) the holder thereof shall cease be deemed to be the holder of have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to acquire or transfer such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder 2007 Warrant in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,accordance with Section 2.▇(▇); ▇▇▇
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(div) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to be the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect transferee of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled 2007 Warrants transferred in accordance with Section 3.02(e)2.2(d) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares 2007 Warrants as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh2007 Warrants.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc.)
Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order sequence without any further act or formalityformality by the Company, the Parent, USCo, the Purchaser, US New Opco or any other person:
(a) At the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionEffective Time:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed subscribe for such number of Shares as is equal to have directed the Depositary to holdaggregate Option Consideration payable for all Options for which Dissent Rights are not exercised divided by US$16.00, for US$16.00 per Share, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction securities register of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; andCompany shall be updated accordingly;
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company each Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued granted and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action (excluding the Options held by or on behalf Dissenting Optionholders who are ultimately determined to be enabled to be paid the fair value of any holder the Option in respect of such In-the- Money Option, which they have exercised their Dissent Rights) shall be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by cancelled, without the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled need for any further act or formality, in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the Option Consideration, and the holder Consideration (if any) in respect of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company such Option:
(A) , the holder thereof shall will cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease thereof or to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option or under the applicable Company Stock Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s Plan and the name shall of the holder thereof will be removed from the applicable securities register of the Company Options, with respect to such Option; and
(Civ) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants each of the Company Stock Option Plans and similar instruments relating thereto shall each of the Options contemplated in this Section 3.1(a) will be cancelled;
(cb) notwithstanding any vesting provisions Each of (i) the outstanding Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders who are ultimately determined to be entitled to be paid by the Purchaser the fair value of the Shares in respect of which a Company RSU might otherwise they have exercised their Dissent Rights shall be subject deemed to be irrevocably transferred to the Purchaser (whether by contract, the terms free and conditions clear of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms Liens) and conditions such Dissenting Shareholders shall cease to have any rights as shareholders of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or other than the right to be paid the fair value of their Shares in accordance with Article 4; and (ii) the outstanding Options held by Dissenting Optionholders who are ultimately determined to be entitled to be paid by the Purchaser the fair value of the Options in respect of which they have exercised their Dissent Rights shall be deemed to be irrevocably transferred to the Purchaser, and to the extent necessary to effect the transfer of such Options by a Dissenting Optionholder to the Purchaser, the Company 2016 Stock Option PlanPlans and the options agreements with respect to such Options shall be amended to permit such transfer to the Purchaser without the need for any further act or formality, and such Dissenting Optionholders shall cease to have any rights as optionholders of the Company other than the right to be paid the fair value of their Options in accordance with Article 4;
(c) At the same time as the step contemplated by Section 3.1(b), with respect to each Share or applicable law):Option:
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding the Dissenting Shareholder or Dissenting Optionholder who was the registered holder of such Share or Option immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall will cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Share or Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall or Dissenting Optionholder will be removed from the securities register of holders the Company with respect to such Share or Option; and
(ii) legal and beneficial title to such Share will vest in the Purchaser and the Purchaser will be, and be deemed to be, the transferee and the legal and beneficial owner (free and clear of any Liens) of such Share and will be entered in the securities register of the Company Sharesas the sole holder of such Share;
(d) Each of the outstanding Shares (excluding the Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders who are ultimately determined to be entitled to be paid the fair value of the Shares in respect of which they have exercised their Dissent Rights and any Shares held, directly or indirectly, by the Purchaser immediately prior to the Effective Time) will be, and be deemed to be, irrevocably transferred to the Purchaser in exchange for Parent Shares from or on behalf of the Purchaser in an amount equal to the Share Consideration;
(e) At the same time as the step contemplated by Section 3.1(d), with respect to each Share transferred to the Purchaser:
(i) the Shareholder who was the registered holder of such Share immediately prior to the Effective Time will cease to be the holder of such Share and the name of such Shareholder will be removed from the securities register of the Company with respect to such Share; and
(ii) legal and beneficial title to such Share will vest in the Purchaser and the Purchaser will be, and be deemed to be, the transferee and the legal and beneficial owner (free and clear of any Liens) of such Share and will be entered in the securities register of the Company as the sole holder of such Share;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares each Option held by Dissenting Shareholders the Purchaser pursuant to the operation of Section 3.02(e), 3.1(b) above (if any) shall be transferred to the Company and cancelled in exchange for such number of Shares having a fair market value equal to the Option Consideration in respect of such Options;
(g) the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company issued and outstanding Shares shall be reduced, reduced to an aggregate of CAD$1.00 without any repayment of capital in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreementthereof;
(h) The Purchaser and the Company shall amalgamate to form Amalco and shall continue as an unlimited liability company under the BCBCA and unless and until otherwise determined in the course of a reorganization of manner permitted or required by the Company’s authorized and issued share capitalBCBCA or otherwise by law, by Amalco or by its directors or shareholders with the following effects:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization Shares of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration capital in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Sharesthereof;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by articles of amalgamation of Amalco shall be the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive same as the Cash Consideration or articles of incorporation of the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; orPurchaser;
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights the issued and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, outstanding share capital and the stated capital of Amalco shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free the same as the issued and clear outstanding share capital and stated capital of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:Purchaser;
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder the name of Amalco shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,“▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Financial, ULC”;
(v) Acquireco the property of the Company and the Purchaser will continue to be the property of Amalco;
(vi) the first directors of Amalco shall be entered same as the directors of the Purchaser as shown in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all EncumbrancesAmalgamation Application; and
(vivii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions registered and records offices of Section 3.06, Amalco shall be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect same as the registered and records offices of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k)as shown in the Amalgamation Application;
(lviii) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant Amalco will continue to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly be liable for the obligations of the Company and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect including, but not limited to:
a. any change of control obligations;
b. all costs and expenses associated with the cessation of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transferbusiness by the Company;
c. any brokerage fees payable by the Company; and
d. any expenses associated with the transactions contemplated herein;
(ix) An existing cause of action, and shall be deemed claim or liability to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior prosecution relating to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in Company and the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive Purchaser will be unaffected by the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m)Amalgamation; and
(iix) in A civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding pending by or against the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive Company or the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall may be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrancescontinued or prosecuted by or against Amalco; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect provided that none of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable foregoing in Sections 3.1(a) to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(mh) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall above will occur or be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers occur unless all of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shforegoing occurs.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
, in each case, effective at the Effective Time: (a) the Purchaser Rights Plan shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Sharesbe terminated; (b) each outstanding Option, at a price of $1.00 per shareSAR and SPAU (whether vested or unvested), equal to notwithstanding the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value terms of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00applicable Company Stock Plan, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to holdbe unconditionally vested and exercisable, and the Depositary shall holdsuch Option, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting SAR or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
SPAU: (i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any the holder of such In-the- Money Optionthereof, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the such holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of a cash payment from the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration equal to the amount (if any) by which the Purchase Price exceeds the exercise price thereof, less applicable withholdings; and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding shall immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) and all agreements related thereto shall be terminated and the holder thereof shall cease thereafter have only the right to be receive the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions consideration to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any such holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be is entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h2.03(b) at the time and in the manner specified in Article IV; and (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(Ac) each such exchanged Company Share shall outstanding PSU and DSU will be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained cancelled by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company in the amount of the Purchase Price per PSU or DSU, as applicable, less applicable withholdings; (d) each Common Share outstanding at the Effective Time other than a Common Share held by (i) a Dissenting Holder who is ultimately entitled to be paid the fair value of the Common Shares held by such Dissenting Holder, or (ii) Parent, Acquisition Sub or any Affiliate thereof (which shall not be exchanged under the Arrangement and shall remain outstanding as a Common Share held by Parent, Acquisition Sub or any Affiliate thereof), shall be transferred to Acquisition Sub in exchange for the Purchase Price per Common Share in cash; (e) the names of the holders of the Common Shares transferred to Acquisition Sub shall be removed from the applicable registers of holders of Common Shares and Acquisition Sub shall be recorded as the registered holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShCommon Shares so acquired and shall be deemed the legal and beneficial owner thereof free and clear of any liens or encumbrances;
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Arrangement. At Commencing and effective as at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions set out below shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formalityformality required on the part of any person, except as otherwise expressly provided herein:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a each Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and RSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallTime, without any further action by whether vested or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Optionunvested, shall be deemed to be fully immediately vested and to the fullest extent, shall settle in Company Shares (provided that no share certificates or DRS statements shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company OptionShares) (subject to any applicable withholdings pursuant to Section 5.4), and shall cease to represent a restricted share unit or other right to acquire Company Shares. Such Company Shares shall be exchanged for the Consideration pursuant to Section 3.1(e), and each such Company RSU shall be immediately cancelled by the Company and the holders of such Company RSUs shall cease to be holders thereof and to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable RSU Holders. Each Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s RSU Holder's name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) RSUs maintained by or on behalf of Company and all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments agreements relating thereto to the Company RSUs shall be cancelledterminated and shall be of no further force and effect;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(ib) each Company RSU issued and PSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallTime, without any further action by whether vested or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSUunvested, shall be deemed to be fully immediately vested and to the fullest extent, shall settle in Company Shares (provided that no share certificates or DRS statements shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) issued with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSUShares) (subject to any applicable withholdings pursuant to Section 5.4), and shall cease to represent a performance share unit or other right to acquire Company Shares. Such Company Shares shall be exchanged for the Consideration pursuant to Section 3.1(e), and each such Company PSU shall be immediately cancelled by the Company and the holders of such Company PSUs shall cease to be holders thereof and to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable PSU Holders. Each Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s PSU Holder's name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) PSUs maintained by or on behalf of Company and all Award Agreements, grants agreements relating to the Company PSUs shall be terminated and similar instruments relating thereto will shall be cancelledof no further force and effect;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(ec) each Company SAR outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, will be transferred by the holder thereof to the Company and cancelled by the Company in exchange for a cash payment by the Company (using Company's own funds not funds directly or indirectly provided by Acquiror or its affiliates) equal to the amount of the fair market value of the Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder immediately before the Effective Time (calculated in accordance with the requirements of the Company SAR Plan), less any required withholding taxes. (d) immediately prior to the exchange set forth in Section 3.1(e) below, each Dissent Share shall be, be and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company have been transferred by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderon its part, to Company (free and clear of all Encumbrancesany Liens of any nature whatsoever) and cancelled, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall thereupon be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease obligated to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against pay the Company in an amount therefore determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e)5, the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitaland:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company such Dissenting Shareholder shall be amended cease to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transferbe, and shall be deemed to have transferredcease to be, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner holder of such Class A Shares, free Dissent Share and to have any rights as a Company Shareholder other than the right to be paid the fair value by the Company for such Dissent Share as set out in Section 5.1 out of all Encumbrancesreserves established by the Company therefore; and
(viii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares Dissenting Shareholder's names shall transferbe, and shall be deemed to have transferredbe, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders Company Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) each independent contractor agreement or employment agreement between the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number Company or any of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value its subsidiaries and each of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by Terminated Persons, as applicable, shall terminate (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for certainty, without limiting the purposes generality of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a)foregoing, the fair market value positions of each employee or individual that provided the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value services of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(ksuch Terminated Person under an independent contractor agreements, as applicable, shall also terminate), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser Highlander shall deliver or arrange to be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction terms of the subscription price payable by Arrangement Agreement to each Terminated Person the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect portion of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant Termination Obligations to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Considerationwhich they are entitled;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting Highlander shall deliver or exercise provisions arrange to be delivered in accordance with the terms of the Arrangement Agreement to each Bear Creek Financial Advisor and to each Service Provider the portion of the Service Obligations to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):they are entitled;
(ic) each InBear Creek Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any Bear Creek Optionholder, be cancelled without any payment in respect thereof, and thereafter:
(i) each holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Bear Creek Out-of-the-Money Option issued shall cease to be a holder of such Bear Creek Out-of-the-Money Option and to have any rights as a Bear Creek Optionholder,
(ii) all agreements relating to the Bear Creek Out-of-the-Money Options shall be terminated and shall be of no force and effect, and
(iii) the name of each holder of a Bear Creek Out-of-the-Money Option shall be removed from the register of Bear Creek Options maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek;
(d) each Bear Creek In-the-Money Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Bear Creek Stock Option Plan or any agreement in respect thereof, and shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any Bear Creek Optionholder, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such Bear Creek Optionholder (free and clear of all Liens) to Bear Creek for cancellation in exchange for the Option Consideration (net of any withholding of Bear Creek Shares made under Section 4.4), and thereafter:
(i) each holder of such Out-ofa Bear Creek In-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof Option shall cease to be the a holder of such Company Option, Bear Creek In-the-Money Options and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of Bear Creek Optionholder and such Company Option under the applicable Company Option PlanBear Creek -In-the-Money Options shall be immediately cancelled,
(Bii) such holder’s all agreements relating to the Bear Creek In-the-Money Options shall be terminated and shall be of no force and effect,
(iii) the name of each holder of a Bear Creek In-the-Money Option shall be removed from the register of Company OptionsBear Creek Options maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek, and
(Civ) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto each such former holder of the Bear Creek In-the-Money Options shall be cancelleddeemed to be the holder of the Bear Creek Shares comprising the Option Consideration, net of any withholding pursuant to Section 4.4 (notwithstanding that no certificates or DRS Advice shall be issued with respect to such Bear Creek Shares) and the name of such former holder of such Bear Creek In-the-Money Options shall be entered into the register of Bear Creek Shares maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(ie) each Company RSU issued and Bear Creek DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Bear Creek LTIP or any agreement in respect of such Bear Creek DSUs, and shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSUthe Bear Creek DSU Holder thereof, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof such Bear Creek DSU Holder to the Company Bear Creek (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU number of Bear Creek Shares equal to the number of Bear Creek Shares such Bear Creek DSU Holder is entitled to under each Bear Creek DSU (the “DSU Consideration”) (net of any withholding of Bear Creek Shares made under Section 4.4), and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Bear Creek Shares comprising the DSU Consideration will be issued to such RSU Consideration Bear Creek DSU Holder as fully paid and non- assessable shares in the central securities register capital of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSUBear Creek and thereafter:
(Ai) the holder thereof each Bear Creek DSU Holder shall cease to be the a holder of such Company RSU, any Bear Creek DSUs and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of Bear Creek DSU Holder and such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option PlanBear Creek DSUs shall be immediately cancelled,
(Bii) all agreements relating to such holderBear Creek DSUs shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect,
(iii) each such Bear Creek DSU Holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUsBear Creek DSUs maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(eiv) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and such former holder of such Bear Creek DSUs shall be deemed to bebe the holder of the Bear Creek Shares comprising the DSU Consideration, surrendered net of any withholding pursuant to Section 4.4 (notwithstanding that no certificates or direct registration system advices shall be issued with respect to such Bear Creek Shares) and the name of such former holder of such Bear Creek DSUs shall be entered into the register of Bear Creek Shares maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek;
(f) each Bear Creek RSU outstanding immediately prior to the Company Effective Time, shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Bear Creek LTIP or any agreement in respect of such Bear Creek RSUs, and shall, without any further action by or on behalf of the Bear Creek RSU Holder thereof, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such Bear Creek RSU Holder to Bear Creek (free and clear of all Liens) in exchange for the number of Bear Creek Shares equal to the number of Bear Creek Shares a holder is entitled to under each Bear Creek RSU (the “RSU Consideration”) (net of any withholding of Bear Creek Shares made under Section 4.4) the Bear Creek Shares comprising the RSU Consideration will be issued to such Bear Creek RSU Holder as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of Bear Creek, and thereafter:
(i) each Bear Creek RSU Holder shall cease to be a holder of any Bear Creek RSUs and to have any rights as a Bear Creek RSU Holder and such Bear Creek RSUs shall be immediately cancelled,
(ii) all agreements relating to the Bear Creek RSUs shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect,
(iii) each such Bear Creek RSU Holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Bear Creek RSUs maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek, and
(iv) each such former holder of such Bear Creek RSUs shall be deemed to be the holder thereofof the Bear Creek Shares comprising the RSU Consideration, net of any withholding pursuant to Section 4.4 (notwithstanding that no certificates or direct registration system advices shall be issued with respect to such Bear Creek Shares) and the name of such former holder of such Bear Creek RSUs shall be entered into the register of Bear Creek Shares maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek;
(g) each Dissent Share in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised by Dissenting Shareholders shall be deemed to have been transferred to Highlander (free and clear of all Liens) without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderon its part, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as in exchange for a holder of such Company Shares other than a debt claim against Highlander to be paid the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company aggregate fair value in respect of the Company Dissent Shares shall be reducedas determined pursuant to Section 5.1, and in respect of the Company Dissent Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitalso transferred:
(i) the notice of articles and articles Dissenting Shareholders shall cease to be holders of the Company shall Dissent Shares and to have any rights as holders of such Dissent Shares other than the right to be amended paid the fair value for such Dissent Shares pursuant to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;Section 5.1,
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization names of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares Dissenting Shareholders shall be removed from the Company’s register maintained by or on behalf of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares Bear Creek in respect of the Class A Bear Creek Shares,
(iii) the Dissenting Shareholders shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect the transfer thereof, and
(iv) Highlander shall be and shall be deemed to be the holder of all of the outstanding Dissent Shares (free and clear of all Liens), and Highlander shall be added to the register of Bear Creek Shares maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek in respect of the Bear Creek Shares as the holder of such Dissent Shares; and
(h) each Bear Creek Shareholder shall transfer to Highlander (free and clear of all Liens) each whole Bear Creek Share held (other than any Bear Creek Shares held by Highlander immediately before the Effective Time or acquired by Highlander from a Dissenting Shareholder under Section 3.1(g)), including the Bear Creek Shares issued pursuant to such holder;Section 3.1(e) or Section 3.1(f) in exchange for the Share Consideration for each Bear Creek Share held, and
(Ci) such Bear Creek Shareholders shall cease to be the holders of the Bear Creek Shares and to have any rights as holders of such Bear Creek Shares,
(ii) the Company names of such Bear Creek Shareholders shall be removed from the Spinco’s register maintained by or on behalf of holders of Spinco Shares Bear Creek in respect of the Distribution Spinco Bear Creek Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;,
(iii) concurrently with such Bear Creek Shareholders shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii)transfer thereof, and
(iv) Highlander shall be and shall be deemed to be the stated capital account in respect holder of all of the Company outstanding Bear Creek Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there Highlander shall be added to the stated capital account register of Bear Creek Shares maintained by the Company or on behalf of Bear Creek in respect of the Class A Bear Creek Shares, it being expressly provided that the events provided for in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall 3.1 will be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to occur on the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shallEffective Date, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only that certain procedures related thereto may not be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to completed until after the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShDate.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially consecutively in the following order order, except where noted, without any further authorization, act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser Ample Shareholders Agreement and the Ample Voting Agreement shall subscribe for that number each be deemed to be terminated and of Acquireco Common Sharesno further force or effect;
(b) each Ample Shareholder (other than Dissenting Shareholders) shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed the Shareholder Representative to act on its behalf in accordance with Section 2.1, at a price and to have authorized the Shareholder Representative to enter into the Escrow Agreement and the Rights Indenture on behalf of $1.00 per sharesuch Ample Shareholder and, equal to upon the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value execution and delivery of the Maximum Escrow Agreement and the Rights Indenture, the Escrow Agreement and the Rights Indenture shall each be binding upon each Ample Shareholder (other than Dissenting Shareholders) as if it had been entered into by each such Ample Shareholder directly;
(c) each Dissent Share shall, as of the Effective Time, be deemed to be transferred and assigned by such Dissenting Shareholder, without any further act of formality on its part, to Purchaser Shares (free and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (Bclear of all Liens) $1.00in accordance with, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a)consideration contemplated in, the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionARTICLE 5 and:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Optionbe, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by cease to be, the registered holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, each such Dissent Share and the holder name of such Company RSU shall become the registered holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered removed from the central securities register maintained by or on behalf of Ample in respect of each such Dissent Share, and at such time each Dissenting Shareholder will have the rights set out in Section 5.1;
(ii) the registered holder thereof shall be deemed to the Company by have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign each such Dissent Share; and
(iii) Purchaser shall be and shall be deemed to be the holder thereofof all of the outstanding Dissent Shares and the central securities register of Purchaser shall be, and shall be deemed to be, revised accordingly;
(d) each Ample Share (other than any Ample Share held by Akerna, Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates and any Dissent Share) shall be transferred and assigned, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderon its part, to Purchaser (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) in exchange for the Up-front Consideration, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall which shall, subject Section 4.4, be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders delivered pursuant to Section 3.02(e)6.1, the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitaland:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company registered holder thereof shall be amended cease to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transferbe, and shall be deemed to have transferredcease to be, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by the registered holder of each such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Ample Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner name of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares registered holder shall transferbe, and shall be deemed to have transferredbe, to Acquireco, without any further act removed from the central securities register maintained by or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear on behalf of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:Ample;
(iii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing registered holder thereof shall be deemed to receive the Cash Considerationhave executed and delivered all consents, the Cash Considerationreleases, subject assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to the provisions of Section 3.02(m)transfer and assign each such Ample Share; and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder Purchaser shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal all of the outstanding Ample Shares and the central securities register maintained by or on behalf of Ample shall be, and shall be deemed to be, revised accordingly; and
(e) concurrently with the Company Shpreceding step: (i) Akerna, Callco, Purchaser and the Shareholder Representative shall execute the Exchangeable Share Support Agreement; and (ii) Akerna, Purchaser, Callco, the Trustee and the Shareholder Representative shall execute the Voting and Exchange Trust Agreement; it being expressly provided that the events provided for in this Section 4.1 will be deemed to occur on the Effective Date, notwithstanding that certain procedures related thereto may not be completed until after the Effective Date.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (Akerna Corp.)
Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case, effective as at five-minute intervals starting at the Effective Time, except as indicated otherwise:
(a) the Purchaser Company shall subscribe for that number reduce its issued share capital maintained in respect of Acquireco the Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, Shares by an aggregate amount equal to the quotient obtained when aggregate Cash Amount payable to the Shareholders plus the Incentive Securities Cash Balance and distribute to the Shareholders an amount per Common Share equal to the sum of (i) the Cash Amount, plus (ii) (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Incentive Securities Cash Consideration is Balance divided by (B) $1.00, the number of issued and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser outstanding Common Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares as at immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationEffective Time;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company concurrently with step (a) above, each Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall, notwithstanding the terms of the Equity Incentive Plan or the Option Plan governing such Option or any award or similar agreement pursuant to which any Options were granted or awarded, as applicable, be deemed to be unconditionally vested and exercisable and, without any further action by or on behalf of any the holder thereof, shall be deemed to be assigned and surrendered by such holder to the Company in exchange for, in respect of each Option for which the Cash Amount exceeds the applicable exercise price in respect of such In-the- Money Option, (i) an amount in cash from the Company equal to the Cash Amount less the applicable exercise price in respect of such Option, with such amount to be paid to the applicable holders in accordance with Section 4.1(d), and (ii) one CVR, and such Option shall immediately be cancelled and all of the Company’s obligations with respect to each such Option shall be deemed to be fully vested and satisfied. For greater certainty, where the exercise price of any Option is greater than or equal to the Cash Amount, neither the Company nor the Purchaser shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof obligated to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but pay the holder of such Option the Incentive Securities Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or any other document representing amount in respect of such Option, and the Option Considerationshall be immediately cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iic) concurrently with step (a) above, each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and RSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall, notwithstanding the terms of the Equity Incentive Plan governing such RSU or any award or similar agreement pursuant to which any RSUs were granted or awarded, as applicable, be deemed to be unconditionally vested and, without any further action by or on behalf of any the holder of thereof, shall be deemed to be assigned and surrendered by such Out-of-the-Money Optionholder to the Company in exchange for (i) an amount in cash from the Company equal to the Cash Amount, with such amount to be paid to the applicable holders in accordance with Section 4.1(d), and (ii) one CVR, and such RSU shall immediately be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) and all of the Company’s obligations with respect to each Company Option:such RSU shall be deemed to be fully satisfied;
(Ad) the concurrently with step (a) above, (i) each holder thereof of Incentive Securities shall cease to be the a holder of such Company OptionIncentive Securities, (ii) such holder’s name shall be removed from each applicable register, (iii) the Equity Incentive Plan, Option Plan and any and all award or similar agreements relating to the Incentive Securities shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect, and (iv) such holder shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under Incentive Securities and thereafter have only the applicable Company Option Plan,right to receive the Incentive Securities Consideration to which they are entitled pursuant to Section 2.3(b) and Section 2.3(c), as applicable, at the time and in the manner specified in Section 2.3(b), Section 2.3(c) and Section 4.1, as applicable;
(Be) concurrently with step (a) above, the Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, notwithstanding the terms of such Warrant and any subscription or similar agreement pursuant to which such Warrant was issued, be deemed to be transferred and surrendered by such holder to the Company, and such Warrant shall immediately be cancelled and all of the Company’s obligations with respect to such Warrant shall be deemed to be fully satisfied. For greater certainty, because the exercise price in respect of such Warrant is greater than the Cash Amount, neither the Company nor the Purchaser shall be obligated to pay the holder of such Warrant the Consideration or any other amount in respect of such Warrant, and such Warrant shall be immediately cancelled and surrendered for no consideration. In addition, (i) the former holder of the Warrant shall cease to be a holder of such Warrant, (ii) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company OptionsWarrants, and
(Ciii) the Warrant agreement and any and all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and subscription or similar instruments agreements relating thereto to the Warrant shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested terminated and shall be transferred of no further force and disposed by the effect; and (iv) such holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelledWarrant;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(ef) each Company Common Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereofhave been transferred (free and clear of all Encumbrances), without any further act or formality by such or on behalf of any Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrancesto the Purchaser, and each in consideration for a debt claim against the Purchaser for an amount determined under Article 3, and:
(i) such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to be the registered holder of such Common Share and to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares Shareholder other than a claim against the Company right to be paid the Fair Value by the Purchaser for such Common Share set out in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of Section 3.1;
(ii) such Dissenting Shareholder Shareholder’s name shall be removed as the registered holder of Common Shares from the securities applicable register of holders Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of Company Shares;the Company; and
(fiii) concurrently with the surrender Purchaser shall be deemed to be the transferee of such Common Shares free and cancellation clear of Company Shares held by Dissenting all Encumbrances and shall be entered in the register of the Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect or on behalf of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e)Company;
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Common Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than a Common Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised under Section 2.3(f), the Purchaser or any affiliate of the Purchaser) shall be cancelled deemed to be assigned and transferred by the holder thereof to the Purchaser in exchange for a cash payment the issuance by the Company to the Purchaser of one CVR per Common Share, and:
(i) each registered holder of such Company DSU equal Common Shares shall cease to be the Company Shregistered holder thereof and to have any rights as a Shareholder other than the right to be paid one CVR per Common Share;
(ii) the name of each such registered holder shall be removed from the register of the Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and
(iii) the Purchaser shall be deemed to be the transferee of such Common Shares free and clear of all Encumbrances and shall be entered in the register of the Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and
(h) the exchanges and cancellations provided for in this Section 2.3 will be deemed to occur on the Effective Date, notwithstanding that certain of the procedures related thereto are not completed until after the Effective Date.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, five minute increments each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially consecutively in the following order order, except where noted, without any further authorization, act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser Pan American shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at lend to Yamana on a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaserinterest bearing demand basis, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of Dissent and RSU Loan Amount (the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms “Dissent and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option ConsiderationRSU Loan”), and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Dissent Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company transferred and assigned by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, thereof (free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease Liens) to have any rights as Yamana for a holder of such Company Shares other than a debt claim against Yamana for the Company in an amount therefor determined and payable in accordance with under Article 4 and 4, and
(i) the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders Yamana Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of Company Yamana and such Dissent Share shall be cancelled and cease to be outstanding, and
(ii) such Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to be the holder of such Dissent Share or to have any rights as a Yamana Shareholder other than the right to be paid the fair value for such Dissent Share as set out in Article 4;
(b) the transactions contemplated by the Conveyance Agreement shall become effective and pursuant thereto, Yamana shall assign and transfer to Agnico, and Agnico shall accept, a 100% legal and beneficial interest in, and good and marketable title to, all Canadian Assets, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, and as consideration for the Canadian Assets, Agnico shall assume the Canadian Liabilities, issue the Agnico Payment Shares, and pay cash equal to the aggregate of the Cash Consideration multiplied by the number of Y▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (other than Dissent Shares), the Fractional Share Amount and the Dissent Amount to Yamana; and
(i) Yamana shall be, and shall be deemed to be, the holder of the Agnico Shares so issued (free and clear of all Liens) and the register of shareholders of Agnico maintained by or on behalf of Agnico shall be, and shall be deemed to be, revised accordingly, and
(ii) Agnico shall add an amount to the stated capital in respect of the Agnico Shares equal to the aggregate Agnico Share Value multiplied by the number of Agnico Payment Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(hc) in the course of a reorganization of Yamana’s share capital in accordance with section 86 of the Company’s Tax Act, the authorized share capital of Yamana shall be amended by the creation of an unlimited number of Class A Shares, and issued share capitalimmediately thereafter each Yamana Share held by a Yamana Shareholder (other than a Dissenting Shareholder) shall be exchanged for:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “one Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of ArrangementShare;
(ii) each Company the Agnico Share issued and outstanding immediately before Consideration delivered by Y▇▇▇▇▇; and
(iii) an amount of cash delivered by Y▇▇▇▇▇ equal to the Cash Consideration;
(d) in connection with the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant and the share exchanges in Section 3.1(c),
(i) each Yamana Shareholder shall cease to this Section 3.02(h) (includingbe, without limitationand shall be deemed to cease to be, the Company holder of each such Yamana Share and the name of such Yamana Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, removed from the register of Yamana Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of Y▇▇▇▇▇,
(ii) the Yamana Shares issued exchanged shall be cancelled and the stated capital in respect of the Yamana Shares shall be nil,
(iii) Yamana shall cease to former holders be, and shall be deemed to cease to be, the holder of In-the-Money Options the Agnico Shares and Company RSUs pursuant the name of Yamana shall be, and shall be deemed to Section 3.02(bbe, removed from the register of shareholders of Agnico maintained by or on behalf of Agnico,
(iv) Y▇▇▇▇▇ shall, and Section 3.02(c)shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, respectivelyreleases, but excluding any Company assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign each such Agnico Share,
(v) each Yamana Shareholder shall be deemed to be the holder of the Class A Shares surrendered and cancelled for which the Yamana Shareholder’s Yamana Shares were exchanged in accordance with Section 3.02(e)3.1(c) shall be exchanged with the Company(in each case, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share Liens) and one Distribution Spinco Sharesuch Yamana Shareholder shall be, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelleddeemed to be, and entered in the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders Yamana Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of Company Shares;
(B) each Y▇▇▇▇▇, as the holder of such exchanged Company Shares Class A Shares,
(vi) each Yamana Shareholder shall be deemed to be the holder of the Agnico Shares for which the Yamana Shareholder’s Yamana Shares were exchanged in accordance with Section 3.1(c) (in each case, free and clear of any Liens) and such Yamana Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, entered in the Company’s register of holders shareholders of Class A Shares in respect Agnico maintained by or on behalf of Agnico, as the Class A Shares issued to holder of such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Agnico Shares; , and
(Dvii) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued an amount equal to the Pan American Share Value multiplied by the number of Pan American Shares that the Yamana Shareholders are entitled to receive pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii3.1(e), the amount by which ;
(Ae) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares each Class A Share shall be transferred to Pan American (free and clear of any Liens) in exchange for the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);Pan American Share Consideration delivered by Pan American, and
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by holders of the Company Class A Shares shall cease to be, and shall be cancelled without any repayment thereondeemed to cease to be, the holder of each such Class A Share and the name of such holder shall be, and the Company shall be deemed to be, removed from the Spinco register of holders Yamana Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;Y▇▇▇▇▇,
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by holders of the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transferClass A Shares shall, and shall be deemed to have transferredexecuted and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by transfer and assign each such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A SharesShare,
(viii) Acquireco Pan American shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transferbe, and shall be deemed to have transferredbe, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, the holder of the Class A Shares (free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held Liens) and the register of Yamana Shareholders maintained by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case or on behalf of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n)Yamana shall be, and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Sharesdeemed to be, revised accordingly,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of the Class A Shares as shall be, and shall be deemed to be, the sole legal holders of the Pan American Shares so issued (free and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free clear of all Encumbrances; Liens) and the register of shareholders of Pan American maintained by or on behalf of Pan American shall be, and shall be deemed to be, revised accordingly, and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject Pan American shall add an amount to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares its share capital in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable Pan American Shares equal to such Participating Former Securityholderthe aggregate Pan American Share Value multiplied by the number of Pan American Shares so issued;
(mf) in the event each Yamana RSU (whether vested or unvested) that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall vest in accordance with the terms of the Yamana RSU Plan and shall be, and shall be cancelled deemed to be, transferred by the holder thereof to Yamana in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU from Yamana equal to the Company Shvolume weighted average trading price of one Yamana Share on the TSX during the five trading days ending on the last trading day prior to the Effective Date less any withholding required by applicable Law using the remaining funds from the Dissent and RSU Loan not paid to Dissenting Shareholders in accordance with Section 3.1(a), and each such Yamana RSU shall be immediately cancelled, and
(i) the holders of such Yamana RSUs shall cease to be holders thereof and to have any rights as holders of such Yamana RSUs, other than the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled under this Section 3.1(f),
(ii) such holders’ names shall be, and shall be deemed to be, removed from the register of Yamana RSUs maintained by or on behalf of Yamana, and
(iii) all agreements relating to the Yamana RSUs shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect;
(g) each Yamana PSU that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, and shall be deemed to be, transferred by the holder thereof to Yamana in exchange for a cash payment from Yamana equal to the volume weighted average trading price of one Yamana Share on the TSX during the five trading days ending on the last trading day prior to the Effective Date multiplied by the applicable Multiplier (as defined in the Yamana PSU Plan), to be determined on the Effective Date, less any withholding required by applicable Law, and each such Yamana PSU shall be immediately cancelled and
(i) the holders of such Yamana PSU shall cease to be holders thereof and to have any rights as holders of such Yamana PSUs, other than the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled under this Section 3.1(g),
(ii) such holders’ names shall be, and shall be deemed to be, removed from the register of Yamana PSUs maintained by or on behalf of Yamana, and
(iii) all agreements relating to the Yamana PSUs shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect;
(h) each Yamana DSU that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, and shall be deemed to be, transferred by the holder thereof to Yamana in exchange for a cash payment from Yamana equal to the volume weighted average trading price of one Yamana Share on the TSX during the five trading days ending on the last trading day prior to the Effective Date, less any withholding required by applicable Law and each such Yamana DSU shall be immediately cancelled and
(i) the holders of such Yamana DSUs shall cease to be holders thereof and to have any rights as holders of such Yamana DSUs, other than the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled under this Section 3.1(h),
(ii) such holders’ names shall be, and shall be deemed to be, removed from the register of Yamana DSUs maintained by or on behalf of Yamana, and
(iii) all agreements relating to the Yamana DSUs shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect; and
(i) the authorized share capital of Yamana shall be amended by
(i) eliminating the Y▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
(ii) changing the identifying name of the issued and unissued Class A Shares from “Class A common shares” to “common shares” and amending the special rights and restrictions attached to those shares to provide the holders thereof with one vote in respect of each share held, and the articles of Y▇▇▇▇▇ shall be deemed to be amended accordingly; and
(j) Pan American shall make, and shall be deemed to have made, a capital contribution to Yamana by capitalizing the Dissent and RSU Loan, and the Dissent and RSU Loan shall be, and shall be deemed to be, cancelled and extinguished. The events provided for in this Section 3.1 shall be deemed to occur on the Effective Date, notwithstanding that certain procedures related thereto may not be completed until after the Effective Date.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions other steps shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:formality (except as specified herein):
(a) the Purchaser Mountain Lake Rights Plan shall subscribe be terminated (and all rights thereunder shall expire) and shall be of no further force or effect;
(b) the Mountain Lake Option Plan and any predecessor stock option plan will be terminated and all outstanding Mountain Lake Options will be cancelled.
(c) all of the Spin-out Assets and Liabilities shall be transferred to Spinco by Mountain Lake in consideration for that the issuance of such number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully fully-paid and non-assessable Acquireco Spinco Shares to Mountain Lake such that immediately after the foregoing issuance Mountain Lake shall hold in the aggregate (together with the Spinco Shares held immediately prior to the foregoing issuance) that number of Spinco Shares that is equal to 40% of the total number of Mountain Lake Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and after giving effect to this Subsection 3.1(c) (adjusted as provided in Section 3.4 below) less the number of Mountain Lake Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders;
(d) Spinco shall issue to each of Marathon Gold and to the directors and officers of Spinco the number of Spinco Units agreed to be purchased by each such party on such terms and for such consideration described in the Arrangement Agreement;
(e) Mountain Lake shall undertake a reorganization of capital within the meaning of Section 86 of the Tax Act as follows, and in the following order:
(i) the authorized capital of Mountain Lake shall be amended by:
(A) re-designating the Mountain Lake Common Shares as Class B Shares and each certificate representing an outstanding Mountain Lake Common Share shall, without any further action by or on behalf as and from the time such re- designation is effective, represent a Class B Share; and
(B) creating an unlimited number of any holder Class A Shares; and the articles and notice of such In-the- Money Option, articles of Mountain Lake shall be deemed to be fully vested amended accordingly;
(ii) each issued and outstanding Class B Share, other than those held by Dissenting Shareholders, shall be exchanged free and clear of all Encumbrances for one Class A Share and 0.40 of a Spinco Share; and
(iii) the capital of Mountain Lake for the outstanding Class A Shares shall be an amount equal to the paid-up capital (within the meaning of the Tax Act) of the Mountain Lake Class B Shares, less the paid-up capital (within the meaning of the Tax Act) of the Mountain Lake Class B Shares that is attributable to each issued Class B Share held by Dissenting Shareholders and described in paragraph 3(f) hereof, and less the fair market value of the Spinco Shares distributed to Mountain Lake Shareholders;
(f) the following steps shall be effected contemporaneously:
(i) each issued and outstanding Class A Share held by a Former Mountain Lake Securityholder (other than a Mountain Lake Shareholder who has validly exercised its Dissent Rights and other than Mountain Lake Common Shares beneficially owned by Marathon Gold immediately prior to the Effective Time) shall be deemed to be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company Marathon Gold (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled Encumbrances of whatsoever nature), in exchange for 0.40 Marathon Gold Common Shares (the Option Consideration“Exchange Share Ratio”) (subject to Section 3.4 and Article V hereof) and each such former Mountain Lake Securityholder shall cease to be a holder of such Class A Share, and Marathon Gold shall be the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder all of the Company issued and outstanding Class A Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company Mountain Lake shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior Class B Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be deemed to be transferred by the Effective Time shallholder thereof to Marathon Gold (free and clear of all Encumbrances of whatsoever nature), without any further action and Marathon Gold shall thereupon be obliged to pay the amount therefor determined and payable in accordance with Article IV hereof, and each such Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to be a holder of such Class B Share, and Marathon Gold shall be the holder of such Class B Share and the central securities register of Mountain Lake shall be revised accordingly; and
(iii) each Class B Share (other than Class B Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders and acquired by Marathon Gold) shall be cancelled;
(iv) each Former Mountain Lake Securityholder shall cease to be a registered or beneficial holder of Mountain Lake Common Shares and the name of such holder shall be removed from the securities register maintained by or on behalf of any holder Mountain Lake in respect of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, Mountain Lake Common Shares and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect holders of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Mountain Lake Common Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable right to receive the Marathon Gold Common Shares in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(iiv) each Company Share issued Former Mountain Lake Securityholder that was the registered holder thereof immediately prior to such assignment and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) transfer shall be exchanged with the Companydeemed to have executed and delivered all consents, free releases, assignments and clear of any Encumbranceswaivers, for one Class A Share statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon assign such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Mountain Lake Common Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Sharesto Marathon Gold;
(Bvi) Marathon Gold shall issue and cause to be delivered to each Former Mountain Lake Securityholder the Marathon Gold Common Shares to which such holder is entitled as aforesaid and the name of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account securities register maintained by the Company or on behalf of Marathon Gold in respect of the Class A Shares, Marathon Gold Common Shares showing such holder as the registered holder of the Marathon Gold Common Shares so issued; and
(vii) Marathon Gold shall be added to the securities register maintained by or on behalf of Mountain Lake in respect of the Class A Mountain Lake Common Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares showing Marathon Gold as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, Mountain Lake Common Shares free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens; no fractional Marathon Gold Common Shares shall be issued by Marathon Gold to any Mountain Lake Shareholder on the exchange contemplated herein and the number of Marathon Gold Common Shares issued to a Mountain Lake Shareholder shall be rounded down to the next whole number of Marathon Gold Common Shares with no compensation for any fractional interest; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (Ag) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to exchanges, cancellations and steps provided for in this Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, 3.1 shall be deemed to be effective immediately following occur on the transfers Effective Date, notwithstanding that certain of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to procedures related thereto are not completed until after the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShTime.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement
Arrangement. At 3.1 Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions set out below shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order sequence without any further act or formalityformality except as otherwise provided herein:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common SharesQAT Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders shall, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value as of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00Effective Time, be transferred to, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a)acquired by, the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)QAT, and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred cancelled and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, outstanding and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares QAT Shareholder other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable right to be paid the fair value of their QAT Shares in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares5;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(jb) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco QAT Shares will be exchanged with Newco for Purchaser Shares on the basis that each QAT Shareholder (other than Dissenting Shareholders at the Effective Time) shall receive for each QAT Share registered in the QAT Shareholder’s name immediately prior the Effective Time, 0.2222 of a Purchaser Share, provided that the Purchaser Shares received by each QAT Shareholder shall be Restricted Shares as set out in Article 4;
(c) the Amalgamating Corporations shall amalgamate pursuant to the provisions of the OBCA to form Amalco and shall continue as one corporation on the terms prescribed in this Plan of Arrangement, and:
(i) the property of each Amalgamating Corporation shall continue to be the property of Amalco;
(ii) Amalco shall continue to be liable for the obligations of each Amalgamating Corporation;
(iii) any existing cause of action, claim or liability to prosecution shall be unaffected;
(iv) any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding pending by or against an Amalgamating Corporation may be continued to be prosecuted by or against Amalco;
(v) any conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against, an Amalgamating Corporation may be enforced by or against Amalco;
(vi) except as may be prescribed, the articles of amalgamation shall be the same as the articles of Newco and the articles of amalgamation are deemed to be the articles of incorporation of Amalco and the certificate of amalgamation is deemed to be the certificate of incorporation of Amalco; and
(vii) the by-laws of Amalco shall be the same as the by-laws of Newco;
(d) on the Amalgamation:
(i) all Newco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) converted on a share for share basis into fully paid and non-assessable Amalco Shares on the basis of one postfully paid and non-consolidation Spinco assessable Amalco Share for each eight one Newco Share;
(8) pre- consolidation Spinco ii) all QAT Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation thereforany repayment of capital in respect thereof;
(iii) the paid-up capital of the Amalco Shares shall, for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), be the paid-up capital of the Newco Shares immediately before the Amalgamation; and
(iv) the stated capital of the Amalco Shares shall, for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), be equal to the paid-up capital of the Newco Shares immediately before the Amalgamation.
3.2 In connection with the exchanges described in subsection 3.1(b), each QAT Shareholder shall cease to be a holder of QAT Shares and upon shall be a holder of the number of Purchaser Shares to which such Spinco Share Consolidation holder is entitled and, if a registered holder, such holder's name shall be removed from the register of QAT Shareholders and shall be added to the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Arrangement Agreement (Mobile Integrated Systems, Inc.)
Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur sequentially in the order set out below and shall will be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formalityformality required on the part of any Person, except as otherwise provided herein:
(a) the Purchaser Company shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal pay all accrued and unpaid interest under the Brookfield Existing Loan in cash to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationBrookfield;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions all amounts owing to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option Brookfield under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder Brookfield Existing Loan shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered irrevocably, finally and fully settled and extinguished by the issuance by the Company to Brookfield of 18,214,401,868 Common Shares. The Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 2.2(b) shall be, and shall be deemed to be, received in full and final settlement, extinguishment, discharge and release of the Brookfield Existing Loan and all Claims relating thereto;
(c) the Company shall pay the Debentures Interest in cash to the applicable Indenture Trustee or its nominee, as registered holder of the global notes and on behalf of all Debentureholders, and such Indenture Trustee shall pay (or cause to be paid) the Debentures Interest to the Debentureholders pursuant to standing instructions and customary practices, without abatement or rights of setoff or counterclaim of any nature;
(d) the Debentures shall be, and shall be deemed to be, irrevocably, finally and fully settled and extinguished by the issuance by the Company to the Debentureholders of 1,187,895,774 Common Shares, with each Debentureholder being entitled to receive its Debentureholder’s Pro Rata Share of such Common Shares in full and final settlement of and in exchange for the Debentures. The Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 2.2(d) shall be, and shall be deemed to be, received in full and final settlement, extinguishment, discharge and release of the Debentures, the Indentures, all Entitlements relating to the Debentures and the Indentures and all other Debentureholders’ Claims;
(e) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which an RSU might otherwise be subject,
(i) each RSU issued and outstanding at the Effective Time, whether or not vested, will be transferred to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderaction on behalf of the respective holders thereof, free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, charges, encumbrances and any other rights of others, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against in exchange therefor, the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal issue to the product obtained when (A) holder such number of Common Shares as were subject to the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares RSU immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m)Effective Time; and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive RSU Plan will be terminated and the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject Company will have no liabilities or obligations with respect to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former SecurityholderRSU Plan;
(m) in the event that (Af) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) Common Shares then issued and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cashoutstanding will be consolidated, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company that every 400 Common Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive automatically and without any action on the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion part of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion)respective holders thereof, be combined and converted into one new Common Share;
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh
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Sources: Recapitalization Agreement (North American Palladium LTD)
Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, Time the following events or transactions shall will occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order sequence without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser BMG Shareholder Rights Plan shall subscribe for that be terminated and all rights issued thereunder shall be extinguished;
(b) each Dissenter shall dispose of all of the Dissent Shares held by the Dissenter to GSV and in consideration therefor, GSV shall issue to the Dissenter a debt-claim to be paid by GSV the aggregate fair market value of those Dissent Shares, and in respect thereof:
(i) the Dissenter shall cease to hold the Dissent Shares and the name of the Dissenter shall be removed from the central securities register of BMG; and
(ii) GSV shall become the registered holder of the Dissent Shares and the name of GSV shall be entered in the central securities register of BMG;
(c) all June Options which have not been cancelled, exercised or otherwise terminated prior to the Effective Time shall be terminated and cancelled without any payment or consideration in respect thereof;
(d) each BMG Employee Optionholder shall dispose of each outstanding BMG Employee Option (other than a June Option) held by the BMG Employee Optionholder to GSV, and in sole consideration therefor, GSV shall issue to the BMG Employee Optionholder a number of Acquireco Common SharesReplacement Options having the same terms as the BMG Employee Option disposed of equal to the product obtained by multiplying:
(i) the number of BMG Shares issuable on the exercise of the BMG Employee Option immediately prior to the Effective Time by
(ii) the Exchange Ratio, at a price of $1.00 per shareand having an exercise price, rounded up to the nearest whole cent, equal to the quotient obtained when by dividing:
(Aiii) the fair market value exercise price per BMG Share issuable on the exercise of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares BMG Employee Option immediately prior to the acquisition Effective Time by
(iv) the Exchange Ratio, except that the aggregate number of Replacement Options having a common exercise date and price which are issuable hereunder to a BMG Employee Optionholder shall be rounded down to the Class A nearest whole number;
(e) each outstanding BMG Option, other than a BMG Employee Option and a June Option, held by a BMG Optionholder shall remain outstanding in accordance with its terms and shall, in lieu of being exercisable for BMG Shares, be exercisable for the number of GSV Shares equal to the product obtained by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionmultiplying:
(i) the Purchaser number of BMG Shares issuable on the exercise of the BMG Option immediately prior to the Effective Time by
(ii) the Exchange Ratio, and shall have an exercise price per GSV Share, rounded up to the nearest whole cent, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing:
(iii) the exercise price per BMG Share issuable on the exercise of the BMG Option immediately prior to the Effective Time by
(iv) the Exchange Ratio, except that the aggregate number of GSV Shares issuable to a BMG Optionholder on the exercise of a BMG Option shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser rounded down to the Depositary nearest whole number;
(f) each outstanding BMG Warrant held by a BMG Warrantholder shall remain outstanding in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash its terms and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquirecoshall, in satisfaction lieu of being exercisable for one (1) BMG Share, be exercisable for the number of GSV Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio and shall have an exercise price equal to the exercise price of the subscription BMG Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that the aggregate number of GSV Shares issuable to a BMG Warrantholder on the exercise of BMG Warrants having a common exercise date and price payable shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number; and
(g) each BMG Shareholder, other than GSV (and other than a Dissenter), shall
(i) dispose of 8/59 of each BMG Share held by the Purchaser BMG Shareholder to GSV, and in sole consideration for such Acquireco Common Shares; fraction of each BMG Share, GSV shall pay to the BMG Shareholder $0.08, and
(ii) Acquireco dispose of 51/59 of each BMG Share held by the BMG Shareholder to GSV, and in sole consideration for such fraction of each BMG Share, GSV shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares issue to the PurchaserBMG Shareholder, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by for an amount aggregate issue price equal to the fair market value thereof, that number of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Infully-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior paid GSV Shares equal to the Effective Time shallShare Exchange Ratio, without any further action by or except that the aggregate number of GSV Shares issuable to a BMG Shareholder on behalf the exchange of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and BMG Shares shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof rounded down to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Considerationnearest whole number, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;in respect thereof:
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting BMG Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company hold the BMG Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting the BMG Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company SharesBMG;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder the BMG Shareholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as become the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in GSV Shares and the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect name of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco BMG Shareholder shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all EncumbrancesGSV; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU an amount equal to the Company Shissue price of the GSV Shares so issued shall be added to the capital of the GSV Shares.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02noted herein, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially sequentially, in the following order order, without any further act or formalityformality required on the part of any Person, in each case effective as at the Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser each Liquid Share (other than any Liquid Shares held by LBIX and any Liquid Shares in respect of which any Liquid Shareholder has validly exercised his, her or its Dissent Right) shall subscribe for that number be deemed to be transferred to LBIX (free and clear of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (Aany Encumbrances) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty in exchange for the purposes Consideration, subject to Article 4 hereof;
(b) each Liquid Share in respect of determining variable which any Liquid Shareholder has validly exercised his, her or its Dissent Right shall be directly transferred and assigned by such Dissenting Shareholder to LBIX (Afree and clear of any Encumbrances) in relation accordance with Article 4 hereof;
(c) with respect to the quotient under this each Liquid Share transferred and assigned in accordance with Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to 3.1(a) or Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription3.1(b) hereto:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such Company Option, Liquid Share and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect the name of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name registered holder shall be removed from the register of Company OptionsLiquid Shareholders as of the Effective Time;
(ii) the registered holder thereof shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign such Liquid Shares in accordance with Section 3.1(a) or Section 3.1(b) hereto, as applicable; and
(Ciii) LBIX will be the holder of all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants of the outstanding Liquid Shares and similar instruments relating thereto the register of Liquid Shareholders shall be cancelledrevised accordingly;
(cd) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, in accordance with the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, certificates governing the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option PlanLiquid Warrants, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU Liquid Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by entitled to receive (and such holder shall accept), upon the Company to the holder exercise of such Company DSU holder's Liquid Warrants, in lieu of each Liquid Share to which such holder was theretofore entitled, upon such exercise and for the same aggregate consideration payable therefor, the number of LBIX Shares equal to the Company Shproduct of: (i) the number of Liquid Shares subject to such Liquid Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time; and (ii) 0.6979. Each liquid Warrant shall continue to be governed by and be subject to the terms of the certificate governing the terms and conditions of such Liquid Warrant; and
(e) the exchanges, cancellations and transactions provided for in this Section 3.1 will be deemed to occur on the Effective Date, notwithstanding certain procedures related thereto may not be completed until after the Effective Date.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case, unless stated otherwise, effective as at five minute intervals starting at the Effective Time (provided that none of the following shall occur unless all of the following occur):
(1) notwithstanding the terms of the DSU Plan, the KEP Plan, the ESU Plan or the TI Plan or any applicable award agreements in relation thereto, simultaneously:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser DSU Plan shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, terminated and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or formality on behalf of any the holder of such In-the- Money Optionthereof and the Company, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof surrendered to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for for, subject to Section 4.4, an amount equal to the Option Consideration, and payable in cash to the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder in accordance with Section 4.1(5), in full satisfaction of the Company Shares comprising Company’s obligations under such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Considerationsurrendered DSU;
(iib) the KEP and TI Plan shall be terminated and each Out-of-the-Money Option issued RSU granted under the KEP Plan or the TI Plan and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether then vested or unvested) shall, without any further action by or formality on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease and the Company, be deemed to be surrendered to the Company in exchange for, subject to Section 4.4, an amount equal to the Consideration, payable in cash to the holder in accordance with Section 4.1(5), in full satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelledsurrendered RSU;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company the ESU Plan shall be terminated and each RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, or PSU granted under the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive ESU Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether then vested or unvested) shall, without any further action by or formality on behalf of any the holder of such Company RSUthereof and the Company, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof surrendered to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for for, subject to Section 4.4, an amount equal to, (i) in the applicable RSU Considerationcase of each RSU, the Consideration multiplied by the number of Shares covered by such RSU, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to in the case of each Company RSU:
PSU, the Consideration multiplied by the number of Shares covered by such PSU assuming 100% performance vesting, multiplied by a factor, being the ratio of (Ax) the holder thereof shall cease period of time from the grant date of the PSU to be the Effective Date, to (y) the term of the PSU, in each case payable in cash to the holder in accordance with Section 4.1(5), in full satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under such Company RSUsurrendered RSU or PSU (as applicable); whereupon all DSUs, RSUs and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder PSUs shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company cancelled by the holder thereofCompany, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderall obligations in respect of the DSUs, free RSUs and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered PSUs shall be cancelled deemed to be fully satisfied and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder the holders thereof shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares in respect thereof other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and right to receive the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to contemplated under this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii2) notwithstanding the terms of the Stock Option Plan or any applicable award agreements in relation thereto, the Stock Option Plan shall be cancelled and each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before Option (other than Rollover Options) whether vested or unvested, that has not, prior to the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (includingEffective Time, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares been exercised or surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall its terms shall, without any further action or formality on behalf of the holder thereof and the Company and without any payment by such Company Optionholder, be exchanged with deemed to be transferred to the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchangeCompany as follows:
(Aa) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of each Company Option outstanding at the Class A Shares issued Effective Time (other than Rollover Options) whether vested or unvested, that has an exercise price that is less than the Consideration, the applicable Company Option shall be deemed to such holder;
(C) be surrendered to the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in for, subject to Section 3.02(h)(ii)4.4, the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of Consideration exceeds the exercise price thereof, payable in cash to the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) Optionholder in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive 4.1(5) in full satisfaction of the Combination Consideration Company's obligations under such surrendered Company Option; and
(b) in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s each Company Shares;
(ii) Option outstanding at the Effective Time whether vested or unvested, that has not completed and delivered an exercise price that is equal to or greater than the Consideration, the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, Option shall be deemed to be paid fair value for its surrendered to the Company Sharesin exchange for, subject to Section 4.4, an amount equal to $0.05, payable in cash to the Company Optionholder in accordance with Section 4.1(5) in full satisfaction of the Company's obligations under such surrendered Company Option; whereupon all Company Options (other than Rollover Options) shall transferbe, and shall be deemed to have transferredbe, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality cancelled by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares obligations in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
Company Options (lother than Rollover Options) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following fully satisfied, and the transfers holders thereof shall cease to have any rights in respect thereof other than the right to receive the consideration contemplated under this Plan of Arrangement.
(3) each Share held by a Dissenting Holder described in Section 3.1 shall be transferred by the Class A Shares holder thereof to Acquireco pursuant to the Company in exchange for a debt claim against the Company for the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l3.1(a);
(p4) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time Rollover Share shall be cancelled transferred by the holder thereof to Midco in exchange for such number of Midco Shares as set out in the applicable Rollover Agreement on the terms and conditions set out in the applicable Rollover Agreement.
(5) simultaneous with the transactions set out in Section 2.3(4), each outstanding Share (other than a Share held by a Dissenting Holder described in Section 2.3(1) or a Rollover Share) shall be transferred to the Purchaser in exchange for, subject to Section 4.4, a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShConsideration;
(6) each Rollover Option (whether then vested or unvested) shall be exchanged for such number of Midco Options as set out in the applicable Rollover Agreement on the terms and conditions set out in the applicable Rollover Agreement; and
(7) each Rollover Share shall be transferred by Midco to the Purchaser in exchange for common shares of the Purchaser on the terms and conditions set out in the Midco Transfer Agreement.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially occur, except to the extent otherwise indicated, in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding Notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company an ICC Plan Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 ICC Stock Option Plan, Plan or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- the-Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company ICC (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company ICC Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company ICC shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company ICC Plan Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company ICC Plan Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company ICC Plan Option under the applicable Company ICC Stock Option Plan,;
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company ICC Plan Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(cb) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which Each ICC Share held by a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time Dissenting ICC Shareholder shall, without any further action or formality by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSUDissenting ICC Shareholder, be deemed to have been irrevocably transferred and assigned to Aurora (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and;
(i) such Dissenting ICC Shareholder shall cease to be fully vested the holder of such ICC Shares so transferred and to have any rights as holder of such ICC Shares other than the right to be paid fair value for such ICC Shares by Aurora as set out in Section 3.1;
(ii) such Dissenting ICC Shareholder's name shall be transferred and disposed by removed as the holder thereof to of such ICC Shares from the Company central securities register of holders of ICC Shares maintained by or on behalf of ICC; and
(iii) Aurora shall become the sole legal and beneficial holder of such ICC Shares so transferred (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled shall be entered in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder holders of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate ICC Shares maintained by or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder on behalf of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, ICC; and
(Cc) all Award AgreementsConcurrently with the step described in Section 2.3(b), grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
each ICC Share (d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company those ICC Shares held by Dissenting ICC Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company but including ICC Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e2.3(a)) shall shall, without any further action by or on behalf of the holder, be exchanged with deemed to be assigned and irrevocably transferred by the Company, holder thereof to Aurora (free and clear of any all Encumbrances, ) and the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive from Aurora the Share Consideration for one Class A such ICC Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon the transfer of each such exchange:ICC Share from such holder to Aurora pursuant to this Section 2.3(c);
(Ai) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders holder of such exchanged Company ICC Shares shall cease to be the holder of the ICC Shares so transferred and cease to have any rights as a ICC Shareholder other than the right to be paid the Share Consideration for such ICC Shares in accordance with this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) the name of each such holder of ICC Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders the ICC Shares maintained by or on behalf of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco SharesICC; and
(Diii) each Aurora shall be deemed the sole legal and beneficial holder of such exchanged Company ICC Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
so transferred (iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders the ICC Shares maintained by or on behalf of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner ICC. Each holder of such Class A Shareseach ICC Share, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) with respect to each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable step set out above applicable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant holder, shall be deemed, at the time such step occurs, to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) transfer such ICC Share in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shstep.
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Arrangement. At On and after the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02Date and at the times provided, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially consecutively in the following order set out in this Section 2.3 without any further authorization, act or formality:
(a) At the Purchaser Effective Time, each INSINC Shareholder that has not duly completed, executed and delivered a Participation Notice that has been accepted by INSINC shall subscribe for that be deemed to be a Non-Participating INSINC Shareholder;
(b) At the Effective Time, INSINC shall pay $********* (“Fee”) to Alexander Capital Group Inc. and shall pay the amount set forth in the Costs Certificate (the “Advisor Costs”) to the advisors specified therein;
(c) At five minutes following the Effective Time, the authorized capital of INSINC shall be amended to create and authorize an unlimited number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser S1 Preferred Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by S2 Preferred Shares;
(Bd) $1.00, and for greater certainty for At ten minutes following the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:Effective Time,
(i) the Purchaser each INSINC Share held by a Non-Participating INSINC Shareholder shall be deemed transferred by such Non-Participating INSINC Shareholder to have directed the Depositary INSINC in exchange for one (1) S1 Preferred Share, on a one-for-one basis. which S1 Preferred Shares shall be issued to hold, such Non-Participating INSINC Shareholder as fully paid and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Sharesnon-assessable shares free from any encumbrances; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco each INSINC Share transferred in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
paragraph (bd)(i) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(ce) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, At fifteen minutes following the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):Effective Time,
(i) each Company RSU INSINC shall declare a dividend of $1,480,000 on its issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;INSINC Shares.
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name dividend shall be removed from paid by the register issuance to Participating INSINC Shareholders on a pro-rata basis of Company RSUs, 1,480,000 S2 Preferred Shares having an aggregate redemption amount equal to the amount of the dividend referred to in paragraph (e)(i); and
(Ciii) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) INSINC shall add the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered full amount of the dividend to the Company by stated capital account maintained for the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company S2 Preferred Shares;
(f) concurrently with INSINC is authorized to make an election, before or after the surrender and cancellation Effective Date, under subsection 83(2) of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company Tax Act in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect full amount of the Company Shares cancelled dividend paid pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when paragraph (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(ee);
(g) At five minutes following the Company D2 Effective Time, a portion of the S1 Preferred Shares held by each Non-Participating INSINC Shareholder, equal to Percentage 1 of such holder’s S1 Preferred Shares, shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and be transferred to the Spinco Property to Spinco NeuLion in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares following in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitaleach S1 Preferred Share:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended a cash payment equal to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
/B where (A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, is the Cash Consideration and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in is the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Total INSINC Shares;
(ii) has not completed a number of Series I Warrants determined as follows: A/B where (A) is 1,000,000 and delivered (B) is the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Total INSINC Shares; or;
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights a number of Series II Warrants determined as follows: A/B where (A) is 500,000 and (B) is ultimately not entitledthe Total INSINC Shares; and
(iv) the number of Series I Warrants and Series II Warrants shall be rounded up or down (where an interest of 0.5 or more rounds up) to the nearest whole warrant;
(h) At ten minutes following the D2 Effective Time, for any reasona portion of the S1 Preferred Shares held by each Non-Participating INSINC Shareholder, equal to be paid fair value for its Company Percentage 2 of such holder’s S1 Preferred Shares, shall transferbe transferred to NeuLion in consideration for a number of NeuLion Shares in respect of each S1 Preferred Share determined as A/B: where (A) is 6,000,000 and (B) is the Total INSINC Shares. The number of NeuLion Shares shall be rounded up or down (where an interest of 0.5 or more rounds up) to the nearest whole share, except that each Non-Participating INSINC Shareholder shall receive no less than one NeuLion Share;
(i) At fifteen minutes following the D2 Effective Time, each S2 Preferred Share held by a Participating INSINC Shareholder shall be transferred to NeuLion in consideration for a cash payment equal to A/B where (A) is $1,480,000 and (B) is the number of S2 Preferred Shares issued and outstanding at fifteen minutes following the D2 Effective Time;
(j) At twenty minutes following the D2 Effective Time, a portion of the INSINC Shares held by each Participating INSINC Shareholder, equal to Percentage 3 of such holder’s INSINC Shares, shall be transferred to NeuLion in consideration for the following in respect of each INSINC Share:
(i) a cash payment equal to [(A x B/C) — D] / B where (A) is the Cash Consideration, (B) is the INSINC Shares issued and outstanding at twenty minutes following the D2 Effective Time, (C) is the Total INSINC Shares, and (D) is $1,480,000;
(ii) a number of Series I Warrants determined as follows: A/B where (A) is 1,000,000 and (B) is the Total INSINC Shares;
(iii) a number of Series II Warrants determined as follows: A/B where (A) is 500,000 and (B) is the Total INSINC Shares; and
(iv) the number of Series I Warrants and Series II Warrants shall be deemed rounded up or down (where an interest of 0.5 or more rounds up) to have transferredthe nearest whole warrant;
(k) At twenty-five minutes following the D2 Effective Time, a portion of the INSINC Shares held by each Participating INSINC Shareholder, equal to AcquirecoPercentage 4 of such holder’s INSINC Shares, without any further act shall be transferred to NeuLion in consideration for a number of NeuLion Shares in respect of each INSINC Share determined as A/B: where (A) is 6,000,000 and (B) is the Total INSINC Shares. The number of NeuLion Shares shall be rounded up or formality down (where an interest of 0.5 or more rounds up) to the nearest whole share, except that each Participating INSINC Shareholder shall receive no less than one NeuLion Share;
(l) All INSINC Shares, S1 Preferred Shares, and S2 Preferred Shares acquired hereunder by such Participating Former Securityholder, NeuLion shall be transferred to NeuLion free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash claims and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k)encumbrances;
(lm) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A At thirty minutes following the D2 Effective Time, the NeuLion Shares pursuant issued in the Arrangement to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly Dobbie shall become eligible for resale, in compliance with Laws and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) Regulations, in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior two instalments according to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange forfollowing schedule:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject 50% (rounded down to the provisions of Section 3.02(m)nearest whole NeuLion Share) on the 180th day after the Effective Date; and
(ii) the balance on the one-year anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however, that in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject event Dobbie’s employment with NeuLion is terminated (other than by his resignation) prior to the provisions one-year anniversary of Section 3.02(n)the Effective Date, and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from 100% of the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered NeuLion Shares issued to Dobbie in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as Arrangement will be eligible for resale, in compliance with Applicable Law, on the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances120th day after the Effective Date; and
(vn) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to At thirty-five minutes following the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal placesD2 Effective Time, the numerator directors of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), INSINC will resign and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directorspersons whose names appear below, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following hold office until the transfers next annual meeting of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation shareholders of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShINSINC or until their successors are elected or appointed:
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the Arrangement shall become effective and the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:, as further described in the Plan of Arrangement, and in accordance with the terms of the Plan of Arrangement.
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Each GW Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered be transferred to the Company FN by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderon its part, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered FN shall thereupon be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease obliged to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against pay the Company in an amount therefor determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 the Plan of Arrangement, and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder holder shall be removed from the central securities register of holders GW as a holder of Company GW Common Shares and FN shall be recorded as the registered holder of the GW Common Shares so transferred and shall be the legal owner of such GW Common Shares;.
(fb) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Each GW Common Share (other than GW Common Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued FN and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), its affiliates and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)Shareholders) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder transferred by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquirecothereof, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholderon its part, to FN (free and clear of all Encumbrancesany Encumbrances of whatsoever nature), and each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior GW Shareholder (other than FN and its affiliates and the Dissenting Shareholders) shall be entitled to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) receive, in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash therefor and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06Sections 2.03(b), be entered 2.03(c) and 4.01(d) of the Plan of Arrangement, consideration comprised of, in accordance with the election or deemed election of such Former GW Shareholder contemplated in the Purchaser’s securities register Plan of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);Arrangement:
(li) Share Consideration — 0.1556 of an FN Common Share for each Participating GW Common Share held; or
(ii) Cash Consideration — $5.20 for each GW Common Share held, subject to pro-ration in accordance with the Plan of Arrangement.
(c) Any Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(iiGW Shareholder (other than FN and its affiliates and the Dissenting Shareholders) who has not duly and validly completes completed and delivers delivered the applicable Letter of Transmittal by the Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and Deadline shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled elected to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion 100% of their Class A Shares equal his or her GW Common Shares, subject to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, pro-ration in accordance with the numerator Plan of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; andArrangement.
(iid) be entitled GW and Subco shall amalgamate to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares form one corporate entity (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n“Amalco”) in accordance with the event that Plan of Arrangement (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k“Amalgamation”), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further authorization, act or formalityformality on the part of any person:
(a) the Purchaser Longhi LTIP Shares held in the Executive Long Term Incentive Plan Trust shall subscribe revert to the Company for no consideration and be cancelled and Gerdau shall deposit to the Executive Long Term Incentive Plan Trust that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, ADSs equal to the quotient obtained when number of Longhi LTIP Shares held in the Executive Long Term Incentive Plan Trust multiplied by the Exchange Ratio in substitution therefore and shall, in the future, deposit additional ADSs to the Executive Long Term Incentive Plan Trust based on the number of Common Shares that are required to be delivered to the Executive Long Term Incentive Plan Trust multiplied by the Exchange Ratio;
(Ab) the fair market value Common Shares held by each Dissenting Shareholder shall be deemed to be transferred (free and clear of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (Bany Liens) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a)Acquiror, the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionand:
(i) the Purchaser Acquiror shall be deemed obligated to have directed pay such Dissenting Shareholder the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary amount determined in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser 4.1 for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, Common Shares and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares Common Shares, other than a claim against the Company in an right to be paid the amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of Section 4.1 for such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Common Shares;
(fiii) concurrently with such Dissenting Shareholder’s name shall be removed as the surrender holder of such Common Shares from the register of Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and
(iv) the Acquiror shall be deemed to be the holder of such Common Shares (free and cancellation clear of Company any Liens) and shall be entered as the holder of such Common Shares in the register of Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company;
(c) each Common Share (other than Common Shares held by (i) Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained and (ii) Gerdau and its subsidiaries) shall be transferred (free and clear of all Liens) by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal holder thereof to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitalAcquiror and:
(i) the notice Acquiror shall, subject to Article 5, be obligated to pay such holder an amount of articles and articles of cash equal to the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth Acquisition Price in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangementexchange for each Common Share transferred;
(ii) each Company Share issued such holder shall cease to be the holder of such Common Shares and outstanding immediately before shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Common Shares, other than the reorganization right, subject to Article 5, to receive the amount of the Company’s share capital pursuant cash that such holder is entitled to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company receive in exchange for such Common Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e3.1(c)(i), in each case less any amounts required to be withheld, in accordance with Section 5.4;
(iii) such holder’s name shall be exchanged with removed as the holder of such Common Shares from the register of Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company, ; and
(iv) the Acquiror shall be deemed to be the holder of such Common Shares (free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share Liens) and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and entered as the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Common Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iiid) concurrently new equity based compensation plans shall be adopted by Gerdau with terms in all respects the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), same as the stated capital account Company Equity Plans;
(e) the LTIP shall be amended with respect to SARs and Phantom Shares held by Canadian Awardholders and the SAR Plan and the SIS Plan shall be amended with respect to SARs held by Canadian Awardholders to provide that such Phantom Shares and SARs will be based on ADSs;
(f) each outstanding Phantom Share granted under the LTIP and held by a Canadian Awardholder shall be amended to provide that such Phantom Shares will be in respect of ADSs with the Company number of Phantom Shares adjusted using the Exchange Ratio;
(g) each outstanding SAR granted under the SAR Plan, the SIS Plan and the LTIP and held by a Canadian Awardholder shall be reduced by an amount equal amended to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall provide that such SARs will be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of ADSs with both the Class A Sharesnumber and base price of SARs adjusted using the Exchange Ratio;
(h) each outstanding PSU and RSU, and each Phantom Share held by a U.S. Awardholder shall be cancelled and Gerdau shall grant, in exchange for each such award, a new restricted share unit, performance share unit, or phantom share, as applicable, on the same terms and conditions, mutatis mutandis, as the cancelled PSUs, RSUs, and Phantom Shares but in respect of ADSs, with the Class A number of such PSUs, RSUs and Phantom Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), adjusted using the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii)Exchange Ratio;
(i) each outstanding Option and SAR (other than the Initial Spinco Share SARs held by Canadian Awardholders under the Company SAR Plan, the SIS Plan and the LTIP) shall be cancelled without any repayment thereonand Gerdau shall grant, in exchange for each such award, a new option or share appreciation right, as applicable, having the same vesting date, expiry date and other terms and conditions, mutatis mutandis, as the cancelled Options and SARs but in respect of ADSs, with both the number of Options and SARs and the Company shall be removed from exercise price or base price of the Spinco register of holders of Spinco SharesOptions and SARs adjusted using the Exchange Ratio;
(j) all of the issued Co-Steel Share Loan Plan, the Company Equity Plans other than the LTIP, the SAR Plan and outstanding Spinco Shares the SIS Plan shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidationcancelled;
(k) the Directors Plan shall be cancelled and the Company shall redeem each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A outstanding DSU for consideration equal to the Acquisition Price;
(l) the Longhi Employment Agreement shall be amended such that (a) Gerdau will assume the obligation under the Longhi Employment Agreement to provide ADSs, and (b) all references to Common Shares pursuant contained therein are amended to Section 3.02(h)(iirefer to ADSs with the number of Common Shares adjusted using the Exchange Ratio;
(m) whoeach participant in the Co-Steel Share Loan Plan shall have his or her employee loan under the Co-Steel Share Loan Plan become immediately due and payable and shall be entitled to:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers if such participant’s Co-Steel Indebtedness Amount is less than such participant’s Co-Steel Cash Amount as at the applicable Election Form(sEffective Time, receive a cash amount equal to (A) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of Co-Steel Cash Amount for such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;participant less (B) the Co-Steel Indebtedness Amount for such participant; or
(ii) has not completed and delivered if such participant’s Co-Steel Indebtedness Amount is greater than the applicable Election Form(s) by participant’s Co-Steel Cash Amount as at the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make Effective Time, a valid election to receive reduction of the Co-Steel Indebtedness Amount for such participant in the amount of the Co-Steel Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of Amount for such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Sharesparticipant; orand
(iiin) exercises Dissent Rights the exchanges, payments and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and cancellations contemplated by this Section 3.1 shall be deemed to have transferredoccur on the Effective Date, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect notwithstanding that certain of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to procedures related thereto are not completed until after the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by or after the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShEffective Date.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (Gerdau S.A.)
Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order order, without any further authorization, act or formality:
(a) each Debenture Holder shall receive payment of applicable interests accrued on the Purchaser Debentures in Common Shares and shall subscribe for that be issued such number of Acquireco Common SharesShares as is provided under the terms of the Debentures without presentment, at demand, protest or further notice;
(b) all of the Debentures then outstanding shall immediately become due and payable in cash without presentment, demand, protest or further notice;
(c) the Corporation shall pay to each Debenture Holder a price of $1.00 per share, cash amount equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Debenture Cash Consideration is divided in respect of each Debenture held by (B) $1.00such Debenture Holder, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:and;
(i) the Purchaser Debenture Holder shall cease to be deemed the holder of such Debenture and shall cease to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary any rights in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (respect of such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common SharesDebenture; and
(ii) Acquireco each Debenture and all agreements, certificates and similar instruments relating thereto shall be deemed to have issued cancelled as of such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Considerationtime;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(id) each In-the-Money Option issued granted and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action act or formality by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred (free and disposed clear of any Encumbrances) by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled Corporation in exchange for a cash amount equal to the Option Consideration, and Common Share Cash Consideration less the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder exercise price in respect of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior and, for greater certainty, to the Effective Time shallextent such amount is a negative number, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder the consideration in respect of such Out-of-the-Money OptionOption shall be nil, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Optionand:
(Ai) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, Option and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option or under the applicable Company Stock Option Plan,;
(Bii) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) as of such time, and all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled; and
(iii) each Option and the Stock Option Plan shall be cancelled as of such time;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(ie) each Company RSU issued and Private Placement Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action act or formality by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSUPrivate Placement Warrant, be deemed to be fully vested transferred (free and shall be transferred and disposed clear of any Encumbrances) by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled Corporation in exchange for a cash amount equal to the applicable RSU Consideration, and Common Share Cash Consideration less the holder exercise price in respect of such Company RSU shall become Private Placement Warrant and, for greater certainty, to the holder extent such amount is a negative number, the consideration in respect of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company Private Placement Warrant shall be revised accordinglynil, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSUand:
(Ai) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, Private Placement Warrant and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,Private Placement Warrant;
(Bii) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUsPrivate Placement Warrant, and
(C) as of such time, and all Award Agreementsagreements, grants certificates and similar instruments relating thereto will shall be cancelled; and
(iii) each Private Placement Warrant shall be cancelled as of such time;
(df) each Common Share outstanding immediately prior to the Company Option Plans Effective Time (other than Common Shares held by the Dissenting Shareholders) and each Common Share issued under Section 3.1(a) shall be terminated;
transferred (efree and clear of any Encumbrances) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by the holder thereof to the Purchaser in exchange for a cash amount equal to the Common Share Cash Consideration, and;
(i) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Dissenting Shareholder, free Common Share and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder Shareholder in respect of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the Common Share;
(ii) such holder’s name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders Shareholders (as holder of Company Common Shares), as of such time; and
(iii) the certificate representing such Common Shares shall be deemed to have been cancelled as of such time;
(fg) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company step (f), all Common Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant deemed to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when have been transferred (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior the holders thereto to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash Purchaser and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder Dissenting Shareholders shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares cease to have any rights as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares Shareholders in respect of such Common Shares other than the Purchaser right to be paid the fair value of their Common Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this as set out in Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers 4.1; provided that none of the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration foregoing will occur or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall will be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of occur unless all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shforegoing occurs.
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Arrangement. At 3.1 Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or and transactions set out below shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser Renewables Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders shall subscribe for that number be deemed to be, without any further act or formality by the holders thereof, transferred to TransAlta (free and clear of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(aall Liens), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionand:
(i) such Dissenting Shareholders shall cease to be the Purchaser holders of such Renewables Shares and to have any rights as holders of such Renewables Shares other than the right to be paid fair value for such Renewables Shares as set out in Article 4;
(ii) such Dissenting Shareholders’ names shall be removed as the holders of such Renewables Shares from the registers of Renewables Shares maintained by or on behalf of Renewables; and
(iii) TransAlta shall be deemed to have directed be the Depositary to hold, transferee of such Renewables Shares (free and clear of all Liens) and shall be entered into the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser register of Renewables Shares delivered maintained by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and or on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationRenewables;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Renewables DSU Plan, any resolutions of the Renewables directors or applicable law):any agreement, certificate or other instrument granting or confirming the grant of Renewables DSUs or representing Renewables DSUs:
(i) with respect to each In-the-Money Option issued and Renewables DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shalland held by a Non-US Renewables DSU Holder:
(A) the “Redemption Date” (as defined in the Renewables DSU Plan) of each such Renewables DSU shall be, and shall be deemed to be, the effective time of this Section 3.1(b);
(B) each such Renewables DSU, shall be, and shall be deemed to be, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Ina Non-the- Money OptionUS Renewables DSU Holder, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be assigned, transferred and disposed surrendered by the holder thereof such Non-US Renewables DSU Holder to the Company Renewables (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled in exchange for for, as elected or deemed to be elected in writing by each Non-US Renewables DSU Holder prior to the Option ConsiderationEffective Time:
(1) a number of Renewables Shares equal to that number of Renewables Shares subject to each Renewables DSU immediately prior to the Effective Time, and such Non-US Renewables DSU Holder shall be entered into the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordinglyRenewables Shares maintained by or on behalf of Renewables, but the holder of such Option Consideration Non-US Renewables DSU Holder shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Renewables Shares issued in exchange for its Renewables DSUs and such Non-US Renewables DSU Holder shall be deemed for purposes of Section 3.2 to have elected to receive, in respect of each such Renewables Share received, the Renewables Share Consideration;, subject to Sections 5.9 and 6.1; or
(2) a cash payment from Renewables equal to the Renewables Cash Consideration multiplied by that number of Renewables Shares subject to each Renewables DSU immediately prior to the Effective Time, less any amounts withheld pursuant to Article 6 and the Renewables DSU Plan; and
(ii) with respect to each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and Renewables DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by a US Renewables DSU Holder:
(A) the “Redemption Date” (as defined in the Renewables DSU Plan) of each such Renewables DSU shall be, and shall be deemed to be, the date that is one day following the six month anniversary of the Effective Date;
(B) from and after the Effective Time, each such Renewables DSU shall, and shall be deemed to, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Optiona US Renewables DSU Holder, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect represent a right to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease receive, as elected or deemed to be elected in writing by each US Renewables DSU Holder prior to the holder of such Company OptionEffective Time, and shall cease to have any rights from Renewables on the Redemption Date as a holder set forth in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable lawSection 3.1(b)(ii)(A):
(i1) a number of Renewables Shares equal to that number of Renewables Shares subject to each Company RSU issued and outstanding such Renewables DSU immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of and such Company RSU, US Renewables DSU Holder shall thereafter be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled have elected to receive a share certificate or other document representing on the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSURedemption Date as set forth in Section 3.1(b)(ii)(A), and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of the right to receive each such Company RSU under Renewables Share, the applicable Company Option Plan,Renewables Share Consideration, subject to Sections 5.9 and 6.1; or
(B2) a cash payment equal to the Renewables Cash Consideration multiplied by that number of Renewables Shares subject to each such holder’s name shall be removed from Renewables DSU immediately prior to the register of Company RSUsEffective Time, less any amounts withheld pursuant to Article 6 and the Renewables DSU Plan; and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(ec) each Company Renewables Share held by a Renewables Shareholder (other than Renewables Shares held by TransAlta or any of its affiliates and other than Renewables Shares held by Dissenting Shareholder Shareholders) shall be, be and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, or on behalf of the Renewables Shareholder transferred to TransAlta (free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(fLiens) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms election or deemed election of such Renewables Shareholder pursuant to Section 3.2, as adjusted by Section 3.3, if applicable, in exchange for the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in Renewables Cash Consideration or the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized Renewables Share Consideration, and issued share capitalupon such exchange:
(i) the notice holders of articles such Renewables Shares shall cease to be the holders thereof and articles to have any rights as holders of such Renewables Shares other than the Company shall be amended right to create a new class of shares without par valuereceive Renewables Share Consideration or Renewables Cash Consideration, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”)as applicable, which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth for each such Renewables Share in Schedule “A” to accordance with this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization such holders’ names shall, in respect of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (includingRenewables Shares, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders Renewables Shares maintained by or on behalf of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the CompanyRenewables;
(iii) concurrently with TransAlta shall be deemed to be the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii)transferee of such Renewables Shares (free and clear of all Liens) and shall, the stated capital account in respect of such Renewables Shares, be entered into the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital register of the Company Renewables Shares immediately prior maintained by or on behalf of Renewables; and
(iv) for each Renewables Share transferred to TransAlta in respect of which a holder has elected (or is deemed to have elected) to receive the reorganization Renewables Share Consideration, TransAlta shall allot and issue to such holder, in Section 3.02(h)respect of each Renewables Share so transferred, the Renewables Share Consideration, as fully paid and non-assessable TransAlta Shares, and there the name of such holder shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect register of the Class A Sharesholders of TransAlta Shares on the Effective Date.
3.2 With respect to the exchange of Renewables Shares effected pursuant to Section 3.1(c):
(a) each Renewables Shareholder may elect to receive, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii)each Renewables Share held, the amount by which (A) Renewables Cash Consideration or the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant Renewables Share Consideration, subject to this Section 3.02(h)(iii)Sections 3.3, exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii)5.9, and 6.1;
(ib) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company election provided for in Section 3.2(a) shall be cancelled without made by each Renewables Shareholder by depositing with the Depositary, prior to the Election Deadline, a duly completed Letter of Transmittal indicating such holder’s election, together with any repayment thereon, and certificates representing the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco holder’s Renewables Shares;
(jc) all any Letter of Transmittal, once deposited with the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares Depositary, shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held irrevocable and may not be withdrawn by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;Renewables Shareholder; and
(kd) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant any Renewables Shareholder who does not deposit with the Depositary a duly completed Letter of Transmittal prior to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline Deadline, or otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this Section 3.2 and the Letter of Transmittal (including Renewables Shareholders who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises duly exercise Dissent Rights and is but are ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company SharesRenewables Shares in respect of which they have exercised Dissent Rights), shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing elected to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Renewables Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholderholder’s Company Shares shall transferRenewables Shares.
3.3 Notwithstanding Section 3.2 or any provision herein contrary to, and (i) the maximum amount of cash that may, in the aggregate, be paid by TransAlta to the Renewables Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.1(c) shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior equal to the exchange in this Section 3.02(lMaximum Cash Consideration; and (ii) the maximum number of TransAlta Shares (excluding any TransAlta Shares to be issued to a Renewables Shareholder in exchange forfor a Renewables DSU Share) that may, in the aggregate, be issued by TransAlta to the Renewables Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.1(c) shall be equal to the Maximum Share Consideration. In the event that:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (Ia) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable amount of cash that would, but for this Section 3.3(a), be paid to Renewables Shareholders in accordance with the elections or deemed elections of such Renewables Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(k3.2 (the “Total Elected Cash Consideration”) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects then the aggregate amount of cash to receive be paid to any Renewables Shareholder (other than a Dissenting Shareholder) shall be determined by multiplying the Cash Consideration in respect aggregate amount of all of cash that would, but for this Section 3.3(a), be paid to such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to Renewables Shareholder by a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Total Elected CashCash Consideration; and
(ii) and such holder shall be entitled deemed to have elected to receive the Purchaser Renewables Cash Consideration for such number of its Renewables Shares, rounded down to the nearest whole value, as is equal to the aggregate amount of cash received by such holder, as adjusted in accordance with this Section 3.3(a), divided by the Renewables Cash Consideration, and the Renewables Share Consideration for the remaining portion remainder of their Class A its Renewables Shares (includingfor which, but for this Section 3.3(a), such holder would otherwise have received the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);Renewables Cash Consideration; or
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (Ib) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser number of TransAlta Shares payable (excluding any TransAlta Shares to be issued to a Renewables Shareholder in exchange for a Renewables DSU Share) that would, but for this Section 3.3(b), be issued or issuable to Renewables Shareholders in accordance with the elections or deemed elections of such Renewables Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(k3.2 (the “Total Elected Share Consideration”) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser SharesShare Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects then the aggregate number of TransAlta Shares to receive be issued or issuable to any Renewables Shareholder (other than TransAlta Shares issued or issuable in exchange for a Renewables DSU Share) shall be determined by multiplying the Purchaser Share Consideration shallaggregate number of TransAlta Shares (excluding any TransAlta Shares to be issued in exchange for a Renewables DSU Share) that would, notwithstanding but for this Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only 3.3(b), be entitled issued to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to such Renewables Shareholder by a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Share Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Total Elected Purchaser Share Consideration; and such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the Renewables Share Consideration for such number of its Renewables Shares (other than Renewables DSU Shares), rounded down to the nearest whole number, as is equal to the aggregate number of TransAlta Shares (excluding any TransAlta Shares to be issued in exchange for a Renewables DSU Share) received by such holder, as adjusted pursuant to this Section 3.3(b), divided by the Renewables Share Consideration, and the Renewables Cash Consideration for the remainder of its Renewables Shares (other than Renewables DSU Shares) for which, but for this Section 3.3(b), such holder would otherwise have received the Renewables Share Consideration.
3.4 With respect to the Renewables DSUs to be dealt with pursuant to Section 3.1(b):
(a) the election provided for in Section 3.1(b)(i)(B) or 3.1(b)(ii)(B) shall be made by each Renewables DSU Holder by notice in writing to TransAlta, prior to the Effective Time, indicating such Renewables DSU Holder’s election;
(b) each Renewables DSU Holder shall be entitled to elect a combination of the consideration described in Section 3.1(b)(i)(B) or 3.1(b)(ii)(B) (as the case may be) in respect of its aggregate Renewables DSUs; and
(iic) be entitled any Renewables DSU Holder who does not provide written notice to receive TransAlta prior to the Cash Consideration for Effective Time, or otherwise fails to comply with the remaining portion requirements of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directorsthis Section 3.4, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following have elected to receive a cash payment equal to the transfers Renewables Cash Consideration multiplied by that number of Renewables Shares subject to each Renewables DSU held by the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company Renewables DSU outstanding Holder immediately prior to the Effective Time shall Time.
3.5 Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, TransAlta and Renewables agree that this Plan of Arrangement will be cancelled carried out with the intention that all the Persons to whom the TransAlta Shares are issued on completion of this Plan of Arrangement will be issued by TransAlta in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as provided by section 3(a)(10) thereof and pursuant to exemptions from registration under any Applicable U.S. Securities Laws.
3.6 Each Renewables Shareholder who receives a combination of Renewables Share Consideration and Renewables Cash Consideration in exchange for Renewables Shares as a cash payment result of elections made (or deemed to be made) or as a result of the Maximum Share Consideration or Maximum Cash Consideration being exceeded as set forth in Section 3.3 shall be deemed for the purposes of the Tax Act and otherwise to receive only the Renewables Share Consideration for the number of Renewables Shares exchanged for the Renewables Share Consideration and only the Renewables Cash Consideration for the number of Renewables Shares exchanged for the Renewables Cash Consideration, provided, however, that a Renewables Shareholder who receives a combination of Renewables Share Consideration and Renewables Cash Consideration and makes a valid joint tax election with TransAlta in accordance with Subsection 3.7 to have the transfer of Renewables Shares to TransAlta under this Plan of Arrangement take place pursuant to the provisions of subsection 85(1) or (2) of the Tax Act (and the analogous provisions of any provincial tax laws), shall be deemed for purposes of the Tax Act and otherwise to have exchanged all of the holder’s Renewables Shares transferred to TransAlta as a single transaction for consideration consisting of the combination of the aggregate Renewables Share Consideration and Renewables Cash Consideration received by such holder under this Plan of Arrangement.
3.7 An Eligible Holder who transfers Renewables Shares to TransAlta pursuant to Section 3.1(c) and receives TransAlta Shares as all or part of the consideration received by such holder under this Plan of Arrangement shall be entitled to make a joint election with TransAlta (the “Joint Tax Election”) under subsection 85(1) or subsection 85(2) of the Tax Act (and the corresponding provisions of any applicable provincial tax legislation). A Joint Tax Election shall be made jointly by the Company Eligible Holder and TransAlta. To make a Joint Tax Election, an Eligible Holder must provide the relevant information, including the Joint Tax Election, to TransAlta through a website that will be made available for this purpose. This relevant information must be submitted to TransAlta through the website on or before the day that is 90 days following the Effective Date (the “Tax Election Deadline”). TransAlta may not make a Joint Tax Election with Eligible Holders who do not provide the relevant information through the website, including the Joint Tax Election, on or before the Tax Election Deadline. After receipt of all of the relevant information through the website, and provided that the information provided complies with the rules under the Tax Act regarding the Joint Tax Election, within 90 days from the Tax Election Deadline and in any case prior to March 31, 2024, TransAlta will deliver an executed copy of the Joint Tax Election containing the relevant information to the holder Eligible Holder. The Eligible Holder will be solely responsible for executing its portion of such Company DSU equal the Joint Tax Election and submitting it to the Company ShCanada Revenue Agency (and, where applicable, to any provincial tax authority) within the required time. TransAlta will have no responsibility, or liability, in respect of any Joint Tax Election other than the specific requirements contemplated in this Section 3.7.
3.8 From and after the Effective Time, this Plan of Arrangement shall take precedence and priority over any and all Renewables DSUs issued or outstanding prior to the Effective Time and the applicable terms and conditions thereof, including the terms and conditions of the Renewables DSU Plan and any agreement, certificate or o
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Target Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company be transferred by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderon its part, free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, claims and each such Company Share so surrendered encumbrances, to Target and Target shall thereupon be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease obliged to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against pay the Company in an amount therefor determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 hererof, and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder holder shall be removed from the central securities register as a holder of holders of Company SharesTarget Shares and the Target Shares so transferred shall be cancelled;
(fb) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares each Target Share held by a Former Target Shareholder (other than a Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect Shareholder or Acquiror or any subsidiary of the Company Shares Acquiror) shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant transferred to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued Acquiror and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for therefor Acquiror shall issue Acquiror Shares on the issuance by Spinco to the Company basis of that number 0.145 of a fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares Acquiror Share (the “Distribution Spinco SharesShare Exchange Ratio”) equal for each Target Share, subject to the number of Company Shares issued Sections 3.03 and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(gArticle 5 hereof;
(c) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par valueeach Target Warrant, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU Target Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled receive upon the subsequent exercise of such holder’s Target Warrant, in exchange accordance with its terms, and shall accept in lieu of each Target Share (and in certain cases warrants of Target) to which such holder was theretofore entitled upon such exercise but for the same aggregate consideration payable therefor, 0.145 of an Acquiror Share; and
(d) in accordance with the terms of each of the Target Options, each holder of a cash payment by the Company Target Option outstanding immediately prior to the holder Effective Time shall receive upon the subsequent exercise of such Company DSU equal holders’ Target Option in accordance with its terms, and shall accept in lieu of each Target Share to which such holder was theretofore entitled upon such exercise but for the Company Shsame aggregate consideration payable therefor, 0.145 of an Acquiror Share.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02except as noted below, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order order, without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco All Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided held by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser Dissenting Shareholders shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, been transferred (free and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser clear of all Liens) to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common SharesCompany; and
(i) such Dissenting Shareholders shall cease to be the holders of such Common Shares and to have any rights as Shareholders other than the right to be paid the fair value for such Common Shares as set out in Article 4;
(ii) Acquireco the name of each such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed as a Shareholder from the registers of Shareholders maintained on or on behalf of the Company; and
(iii) such tranferred Common Shares will be then be redeemed and cancelled by the Company.
(b) Subject to Section 3.3, each outstanding Common Share (other than those held by Dissenting Shareholders) shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid be assigned and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares transferred (free and clear of all Liens) to Mirati in exchange for the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(bc) notwithstanding In accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Option Plan, any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject that has not been duly exercised prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, shall, by virtue of this Plan of Arrangement and without any further action of the Company or Mirati, represent an option (whether a “Mirati Option”) to purchase that number of Mirati Shares equal to the number of Common Shares the Company Option was exerciseable for immediately prior to the Effective Date divided by contract50 for an exercise price per Mirati Share equal to the exercise price per share of such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Date multiplied by 50, or such other proportionate adjustments to ultimately reflect the Consideration as are required, given the discretion of the Board to determine the Consideration. The term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercising, vesting schedule and all other terms and conditions of such Company Option will otherwise be unchanged, and any Award Agreement document or grant, agreement previously evidencing a Company Option shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Mirati Option;
(d) In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Warrants, any Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately Warrant that has not been duly exercised prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of this Plan of Arrangement and without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company or Mirati, represent a warrant (a “Mirati Warrant”) to purchase that number of Mirati Shares comprising such Option Consideration and equal to the central securities register number of Common Shares the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding Warrant was exerciseable for immediately prior to the Effective Time shallDate divided by 50 for an exercise price per Mirati Share equal to the exercise price per share of such Company Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Date multiplied by 50, or such other proportionate adjustments to ultimately reflect the Consideration as are required, given the discretion of the Board to determine the Consideration. The term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercising, vesting schedule and all other terms and conditions of such Company Warrant will otherwise be unchanged, and any document or agreement previously evidencing a Company Warrant shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Mirati Warrant;
(e) The 2011 Securities Purchase Agreements shall be deemed to be amended such that by virtue of the Plan of Arrangement and without any further action by of the Company, Mirati or on behalf of any holder of the investor that is a party to such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
agreement: (iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(Ai) the holder thereof 2011 Pre-Emptive Rights shall cease represent a pre-emptive right (the “2011 Mirati Pre-Emptive Right”) to acquire securities of Mirati; (ii) all references to the Company and Common Shares in the 2011 Securities Purchase Agreement in relation to the 2011 Pre-Emptive Rights shall be deemed to be the holder of such Company Option, references to Mirati and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
Mirati Shares (B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) but all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the other terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan2011 Pre-Emptive Rights shall otherwise be unchanged), or applicable law):and (iii) any 2011 Securities Purchase Agreement previously evidencing such 2011 Pre-Emptive Rights shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence 2011 Mirati Pre-Emptive Rights; and
(if) each Company RSU issued The Securities Purchase Agreements shall be deemed to be amended such that by virtue of this Plan of Arrangement and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital, Mirati or the investor that is a party to such agreement:
(i) the notice Pre-Emptive Rights shall represent a pre-emptive right (“Mirati Pre-Emptive Right”) to acquire securities of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of ArrangementMirati;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization Additional Rights shall represent a right (“Mirati Additional Right”) to acquire the securities of the Company’s share capital Mirati not otherwise purchased pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In2011 Mirati Pre-theEmptive Rights or Mirati Pre-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the CompanyEmptive Rights;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange right of Tavistock Life Sciences and ▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers Life Sciences, L.P contained in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect Securities Purchase Agreement to each appoint an observer and nominate one director to the board of the Company Shares (collectively, the “Board Rights”) shall be reduced by represent a right for each to appoint an amount equal observer and nominate one director to the stated capital board of Mirati (“Mirati Board Rights”); and all references to the Company and Common Shares immediately prior in the Securities Purchase Agreement applicable to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h)Pre-Emptive Rights, and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Additional Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, Board Rights shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers references to Mirati and Mirati Shares (but all other terms and conditions of the Class A Shares Pre-Emptive Rights, Additional Rights and Board Rights shall otherwise be unchanged), respectively, and any Securities Purchase Agreement previously evidencing such rights shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) evidence Mirati Pre-Emptive Rights, Mirati Additional Rights and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShMirati Board Rights.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Target Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares outstanding immediately prior to the acquisition Effective Time held by each holder thereof shall be transferred by the holder thereof to, and acquired by, Purchaser without any act or formality on the part of such holder or Purchaser, free and clear of any Liens, in exchange for such number of duly authorized, fully-paid and non-assessable Purchaser Shares equal to the product of the Class A number of such Target Shares held by Acquireco such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio;
(b) with respect to each Target Share transferred to Purchaser pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:3.1(a):
(i) the Purchaser holder of each such Target Share shall cease to be the holder of such Target Share and such holder's name shall be deemed removed from the register of Target Shares with respect to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Target Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco Purchaser shall be deemed to have be the transferee of such Target Share (free and clear of any Liens) and shall be entered in the register of Target Shares as the registered holder thereof; with respect to each Purchaser Share issued to a former holder of Target Shares pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the name of such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common holder shall be entered in the register of holders of Purchaser Shares as the registered holder thereof;
(c) each outstanding Target Option that is not exercised prior to the PurchaserEffective Time ("Unexercised Options") shall, and without any further action or formality on the stated capital account maintained part of any holder of such Unexercised Option, be transferred by Acquireco the holder thereof to Target in respect exchange for an option (a "Replacement Option") to purchase that number of the Acquireco Common Purchaser Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the number of Target Shares issuable upon exercise of such Unexercised Option multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. Such Replacement Option shall provide for an exercise price per Purchaser Share equal to the exercise price per Target Share of such Unexercised Option immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by the Exchange Ratio; provided, however, that in no circumstance shall the exercise price per Purchaser Share be less than $.01 and if the calculation results in an exercise price of less than $.01, the exercise price shall be deemed to be $.01 per Purchaser Share. If the foregoing calculation results in a Replacement Option (A) being exercisable for a fraction of a Purchaser Share, then the number of Purchaser Shares subject to such Replacement Option shall be rounded down to the next whole number of Purchaser Shares, or (B) having an exercise price per Purchaser Share that is a fraction of a cent, then the exercise price per Purchaser Share under such Replacement Option shall be rounded up to the next whole cent. In addition, if required, the exercise price of each Replacement Option will be increased such that the excess, if any, of the aggregate fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any Shares subject to such Replacement Option immediately after the exchange over the aggregate exercise price under the Replacement Option does not exceed the excess, if any, of the aggregate fair market value of the Target Shares subject to the Target Stock Option Plan immediately before the exchange over the aggregate exercise price under such Target Stock Option Plan, where all amounts are computed on the Effective Date. The term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercising, vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company schedule and all other terms and conditions of such Replacement Option might otherwise will be subject (whether by contract, the same as the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement such Unexercised Option. Any document or grant, agreement previously evidencing such Unexercised Option shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Replacement Options;
(d) the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Target Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):Plan shall be cancelled;
(ie) effective from and after the Effective Time, each In-the-Money Option issued and Target Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Optionin accordance with the Target Warrant Indenture, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by entitle the holder thereof to at any time until the Company (free time of expiry and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder upon payment of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder exercise price thereof, without any further act or formality by to purchase such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e)duly authorized, and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully fully-paid and non-assessable Spinco Purchaser Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the product of the number of Company Target Shares issued issuable upon exercise of such Target Warrant, multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The term to expiry, conditions to and outstanding immediately prior manner of exercising, vesting schedule and all other terms and conditions of such Target Warrant will continue to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the be governed by terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions conditions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco SharesTarget Warrant Indenture; and
(Df) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares the Shareholder Rights Plan shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shcancelled.
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Sources: Acquisition Agreement (Cambior Inc)
Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, Time each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case, unless stated otherwise, effective as at two-minute intervals starting at the Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares each Company Option outstanding immediately prior to the acquisition Effective Time (whether vested or unvested), notwithstanding the terms of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)Company Stock Option Plan or the Omnibus Incentive Plan, and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser as applicable, shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to holdbe unconditionally vested and exercisable, and the Depositary shall holdsuch Company Option shall, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered without any further action by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and or on behalf of Acquirecoa holder of Company Options, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable be surrendered by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares holder to the Purchaser, and Company in exchange for a cash payment from the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount Company equal to the fair market value amount by which the Consideration exceeds the exercise price per Common Share of such Company Option, less withholdings required to be made under applicable Laws, and each such Company Option shall immediately be cancelled and, for greater certainty, where the Purchaser ConsiderationConsideration is equal to or less than the exercise price per Common Share, the relevant Company Option will be cancelled for no consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions each RSU outstanding immediately prior to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject the Effective Time (whether by contractvested or unvested), notwithstanding the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Omnibus Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, shall be deemed to be unconditionally vested and redeemable, and such RSU shall, without any further action by or on behalf of a holder of RSUs, be surrendered by such holder to the Company in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the Consideration per RSU, less applicable law):withholdings, and each such RSU shall thereafter immediately be cancelled;
(ic) each In-the-Money Option issued Company Warrant outstanding and outstanding unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of a holder of Company Warrants, be surrendered by such holder to the Company in exchange for a cash payment from the Company equal to the amount by which the Consideration exceeds the exercise price per Common Share of such Company Warrant, less withholdings required to be made under applicable Laws, and each such Company Warrant shall immediately be cancelled and, for greater certainty, where the Consideration is equal to or less than the exercise price per Common Share, the relevant Company Warrant will be cancelled for no consideration;
(d) the Fairhaven Second Milestone Share Entitlement shall be extinguished and the Fairhaven Covenants shall be of no further force or effect, in each case without any further action by or on behalf of the Fairhaven Vendors, the Company and the Purchasers, in exchange for a right by the Fairhaven Vendors to receive $3,069,265 in cash in lieu of Common Shares from the Company, at such times and upon the completion of such conditions as described in Section 3.4 of the Fairhaven SPA;
(e) with respect to each Company Option, RSU and Company Warrant that is surrendered pursuant to Section 2.3(a), Section 2.3(b) or Section 2.3(c), as applicable, each holder of Company Options, Company Warrants and RSUs (i) shall cease to be a holder of such In-the- Money OptionCompany Options, Company Warrants and RSUs, (ii) such holder’s name shall be removed from each applicable register, (iii) the Omnibus Incentive Plan and Company Stock Option Plan and all agreements, grants and similar instruments relating to the Company Options, Company Warrants and RSUs shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect, and (iv) such holder shall thereafter have only the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled pursuant to Section 2.3(a), Section 2.3(b) and Section 2.3(c), as applicable, at the time and in the manner specified in Section 2.3(a), Section 2.3(b) and Section 2.3(c), respectively;
(f) each of the Common Shares held by Dissenting Holders in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised shall be deemed to be fully vested and shall be have been transferred and disposed by the holder thereof without any further act or formality to the Company Purchaser (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled in exchange consideration for a debt claim against the Purchaser for the Option Considerationamount determined under Article 3, and and:
(i) such Dissenting Holders shall cease to be the holder holders of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Common Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder to have any rights as holders of such Option Consideration shall not Common Shares other than the right to be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Considerationpaid fair value for such Common Shares as set out in Section 3.1;
(ii) such Dissenting Holders’ names shall be removed as the holders of such Common Shares from the registers of Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and
(iii) the Purchaser shall be deemed to be the transferee of such Common Shares free and clear of all Liens, and shall be entered in the register of Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and
(g) concurrently with the step in Section 2.3(f), each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and Common Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time Time, other than Common Shares held by (i) the Purchaser and its affiliates, and (ii) Dissenting Holders who have validly exercised their Dissent Rights in accordance with Article 3 and who are ultimately entitled to be paid the fair value for such Common Shares, shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any a holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSUCommon Shares, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company Purchaser (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount cash payment equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior Consideration, less withholdings required to the step in Section 3.02(e)be made under applicable Laws, is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitaland:
(i) the notice holders of articles such Common Shares shall cease to be the holders of such Common Shares and articles to have any rights as holders of such Common Shares other than the Company shall right to be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated paid the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth Consideration in Schedule “A” to accordance with this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares holders’ names shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders the Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of Company Shares;the Company; and
(Biii) each holder the Purchaser shall be deemed to be the transferee of such exchanged Company Common Shares (free and clear of all Liens) and shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A the Common Shares in respect maintained by or on behalf of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur sequentially in the order set out below and shall will be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formalityformality required on the part of any Person, except as otherwise provided herein:
(a) the Purchaser Company shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal pay all accrued and unpaid interest under the Brookfield Existing Loan in cash to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationBrookfield;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions all amounts owing to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option Brookfield under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder Brookfield Existing Loan shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered irrevocably, finally and fully settled and extinguished by the issuance by the Company to Brookfield of 18,214,401,868 Common Shares. The Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 2.2(b) shall be, and shall be deemed to be, received in full and final settlement, extinguishment, discharge and release of the Brookfield Existing Loan and all Claims relating thereto;
(c) the Company shall pay the Debentures Interest in cash to the applicable Indenture Trustee or its nominee, as registered holder of the global notes and on behalf of all Debentureholders, and such Indenture Trustee shall pay (or cause to be paid) the Debentures Interest to the Debentureholders pursuant to standing instructions and customary practices, without abatement or rights of setoff or counterclaim of any nature;
(d) the Debentures shall be, and shall be deemed to be, irrevocably, finally and fully settled and extinguished by the issuance by the Company to the Debentureholders of 1,187,895,774 Common Shares, with each Debentureholder being entitled to receive its Debentureholder’s Pro Rata Share of such Common Shares in full and final settlement of and in exchange for the Debentures. The Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 2.2(d) shall be, and shall be deemed to be, received in full and final settlement, extinguishment, discharge and release of the Debentures, the Indentures, all Entitlements relating to the Debentures and the Indentures and all other Debentureholders’ Claims;
(e) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which an RSU might otherwise be subject,
(i) each RSU issued and outstanding at the Effective Time, whether or not vested, will be transferred to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderaction on behalf of the respective holders thereof, free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, charges, encumbrances and any other rights of others, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against in exchange therefor, the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 shall issue to the holder such number of Common Shares as were subject to the RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time; and
(ii) the RSU Plan will be terminated and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from Company will have no liabilities or obligations with respect to the securities register of holders of Company SharesRSU Plan;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Common Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the then issued and outstanding Company will be consolidated, such that every 400 Common Shares immediately prior to shall, automatically and without any action on the step in Section 3.02(e)part of the respective holders thereof, is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered be combined and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e)converted into one new Common Share;
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitalan Option might otherwise be subject:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share Option issued and outstanding immediately before at the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (includingEffective Time, without limitationwhether or not vested, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall will be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all action on behalf of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of respective holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholderthereof, free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash charges, encumbrances and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Sharesany other rights of others, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall Option will be removed from cancelled by the Company’s securities register Company without payment of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrancesany consideration; and
(viii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject the Stock Option Plan will be terminated and the Company will have no liabilities or obligations with respect to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k)Stock Option Plan;
(lh) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant outstanding Warrant held by a Warrantholder will be transferred to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholderaction on behalf of the respective Warrantholders, free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, each Class A Share held charges, encumbrances and any other rights of others, and such Warrant will be cancelled by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:Company without payment of any consideration;
(i) Newco shall assign, transfer and convey all of its right, title and interest of Newco in and to all of its undertaking, property and assets to its sole shareholder and its sole shareholder shall assume all debts, obligations and liabilities of Newco and Newco shall then be dissolved;
(j) on the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash ConsiderationRights Issuance Date, the Cash ConsiderationCompany shall issue to each holder of record of Common Shares in an Eligible Jurisdiction as of the close of business on the Rights Offering Record Date 1 Right for each Common Share held;
(k) on the Rights Expiry Date, subject the Company shall issue Common Shares to each holder of Rights in respect of the provisions due exercise of Section 3.02(m)the Rights and receipt of payment therefor; and
(iil) in if any of the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive Rights remain unexercised at the Purchaser Share ConsiderationRights Expiry Time, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject Company shall issue the Backstopped Shares to Brookfield upon the purchase of Common Shares by Brookfield pursuant to the provisions Backstop Commitment and receipt of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shtherefor.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (North American Palladium LTD)
Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions set out below shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order sequence or as otherwise provided below or herein, without any further act or formality:
(a) Each NGEx Common Share in respect of which a NGEx Shareholder has exercised Dissent Rights and for which the Purchaser NGEx Shareholder is ultimately entitled to be paid fair value (each a “Dissent Share”) shall subscribe be deemed to have been repurchased by NGEx for cancellation in consideration for a debt-claim against NGEx to be paid the fair value of such Dissent Share in accordance with Article 3 of this Plan of Arrangement, net of any applicable withholding tax, and such Dissent Share shall thereupon be cancelled;
(b) NGEx will assign and transfer to Spinco: (i) all of its existing rights, title and interest to the Purchase and Sale Agreement (including without limitation, in connection with the Deemed Expenditures); (ii) all of the outstanding shares of Suramina Resources, NGEx Argentina and NGEx RioEx, and (iii) approximately CAD$7.3 million in cash in consideration for Spinco: (x) assuming all of NGEx’s existing obligations under the Purchase and Sale Agreement; and (y) issuing to NGEx that number of Acquireco Spinco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, Shares equal to one half (1/2) the quotient obtained when number of NGEx Common Shares outstanding at the time of the foregoing assignment and transfer;
(c) Notwithstanding the terms of the NGEx Option Plan, including any agreement made thereunder:
(A) each NGEx Option (whether vested or not) exercisable for an NGEx Common Share that is outstanding immediately before the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration Effective Time which has not been duly exercised or cancelled will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior and will be deemed to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionbe exchanged for:
(i) one fully-vested Replacement NGEx Option to purchase from NGEx one NGEx Common Share for every NGEx Common Share that could be purchased under the Purchaser shall NGEx Option. Each Replacement NGEx Option will be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered governed by the Purchaser terms of the NGEx Option Plan and will have: (1) an exercise price per NGEx Common Share (rounded up to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(inearest whole cent) equal to the exercise price of each NGEx Option so exchanged immediately before the Effective Time multiplied by the Valuation Factor; and (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, 2) the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction same expiry date as the expiry date of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser NGEx Option for which such Acquireco Common SharesReplacement NGEx Option was exchanged; and
(ii) Acquireco one-half (0.5) of one fully-vested Spinco Option for every NGEx Option. Each Spinco Option will be exercisable to purchase from Spinco one Spinco Common Share, will be governed by the terms of the Spinco Option Plan and will have: (1) an exercise price per Spinco Common Share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to (two) (2) times the exercise price of each such NGEx Option so exchanged immediately before the Effective Time multiplied by the number which is equal to one minus the Valuation Factor; and (2) the same expiry date as the expiry date of the NGEx Option for which such Spinco Option was exchanged, provided that the exercise prices of each Replacement NGEx Option and each Spinco Option issued pursuant to the step above shall be and be deemed to have issued be automatically adjusted such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to that the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each aggregate In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding Amounts thereof immediately prior to after the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by steps above does not exceed the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder Amount of the Company Shares comprising such exchanged NGEx Option Consideration and determined immediately before the central securities register exchange, with the intention that subsection 7(1.4) of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect Tax Act will apply to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelledexchange;
(d) NGEx will distribute the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;Spinco Common Shares to the holders of NGEx Common Shares (other than a Dissenting Shareholder) on the basis one-half (0.5) of one Spinco Common Share for each NGEx Common Share then held as a return of stated capital, and reduction of paid-up capital for purposes of the Tax Act; and
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed NGEx will change its name to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resources Inc.”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the The following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further authorization, act or formality:
(a) at the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common SharesEffective Time, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company DRAXIS Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or a grant, Applicable Law or the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 DRAXIS Stock Option Plan, or applicable lawPlans):
(i) each In-the-Money DRAXIS Option issued and outstanding immediately prior at the time referred to the Effective Time in this Section 2.3(a) shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money DRAXIS Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company DRAXIS (free and clear of all Encumbrancesany Liens) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled a cash amount equal to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Out-of-the-Money DRAXIS Option, the holder thereof will cease to be the holder of such DRAXIS Option, will cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such DRAXIS Option or under the DRAXIS Stock Option Plans, such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of DRAXIS Options, and all option agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled; and
(iii) the DRAXIS Stock Option Plans shall be terminated;
(b) at 5 minutes following the Effective Time, notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a DSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the conditions of a grant, Applicable Law or the terms of the Deferred Share Unit Plan):
(i) each DSU issued and outstanding immediately prior at the time referred to the Effective Time in this Section 2.3(b) shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money OptionDSU, be deemed to be fully vested and transferred by the holder thereof to DRAXIS (free and clear of all Liens) and cancelled without any payment thereforin exchange for a cash amount equal to the Consideration;
(iiiii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) DSU, the holder thereof shall will cease to be the holder of such Company OptionDSU, and shall will cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option DSU or under the applicable Company Option Deferred Share Unit Plan,
(B) , such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company OptionsDSUs, and
(C) and all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(iii) the Deferred Share Unit Plan shall be terminated;
(c) notwithstanding at 10 minutes following the Effective Time, DSPI will make a payment to DRAXIS to reimburse DRAXIS for the payments made by DRAXIS pursuant to Section 2.3(a)(i) to the holders of DRAXIS Options that are employees of DSPI;
(d) at 15 minutes following the Effective Time, DSPI will transfer the CM Business to DP Partnership pursuant to the CM Business Transfer Agreement;
(e) at 20 minutes following the Effective Time, each of DSPI and 427 Canco will reduce the stated capital accounts maintained in respect of each class of shares of each of DSPI and 427 Canco to $1, respectively, without any vesting provisions distribution of assets or property therefor;
(f) at 25 minutes following the Effective Time, DRAXIS, DSPI and 427 Canco will Amalgamate to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, form DHI Amalco with the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions same effect as if Section 186 of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option PlanCBCA were applicable to the amalgamation, or applicable law):and in connection with the amalgamation:
(i) each Company RSU DRAXIS Share will be converted into one DHI Amalco Share;
(ii) each outstanding share of DSPI and 427 Canco will be cancelled without any repayment of capital with respect thereto;
(iii) DHI Amalco will possess all the property, rights, privileges and franchises and will be subject to all liabilities, including civil, criminal and quasi-criminal suits, and debts (except those owing between such amalgamating entities) of each of DRAXIS, DSPI and 427 Canco and all contracts of each of DRAXIS, DSPI and 427 Canco will become those of DHI Amalco;
(iv) a conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour or against DRAXIS, DSPI or 427 Canco may be enforced by or against DHI Amalco;
(v) the Articles of Arrangement will be deemed to be the articles of incorporation of DHI Amalco and the certificate issued by the Director will be deemed to be the certificate of incorporation of DHI Amalco;
(vi) the name of DHI Amalco shall be “DRAXIS Health Inc.”;
(vii) the registered office of DHI Amalco shall be in the City of Montréal in the Province of Québec;
(viii) there shall be no restrictions on the business which DHI Amalco is authorized to carry on or on the powers DHI Amalco may exercise;
(ix) the authorized capital of DHI Amalco shall consist of an unlimited number of common shares and outstanding an unlimited number of preferred shares, issuable in series;
(x) the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to each class of shares of Amalco shall be as set forth in the articles of amalgamation of DRAXIS in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shallDate;
(xi) the number of directors of DHI Amalco shall be such number, without any further action not less than one (1) and not more than ten (10), as the board of directors of DHI Amalco may from time to time determine;
(xii) the directors of DHI Amalco may appoint one or more directors who shall hold office for a term expiring not later than the close of the next annual meeting of DHI Amalco, but the total number of directors so appointed may not exceed one third of the number of directors elected at the previous annual meeting of DHI Amalco;
(xiii) the initial directors of DHI Amalco shall be those persons that are directors of DRAXIS immediately prior to the Effective Date; and
(xiv) the by-laws of DHI Amalco shall be the by-laws of DRAXIS immediately prior to the Effective Date until repealed, amended, altered or added to;
(g) at 30 minutes following the Effective Time:
(i) all DRAXIS Shares held by or on behalf the Dissenting Shareholders in respect of any holder which such Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights and have not withdrawn their notice of such Company RSU, dissent will be deemed to have been transferred to the Purchaser and such holders will cease to have any rights as shareholders other than the right to be fully vested and paid the fair value of their DRAXIS Shares as set out in Article 3;
(ii) each DRAXIS Share held by a DRAXIS Shareholder (other than a Dissenting Shareholder described in Section 2.3(g)(i)) immediately prior to the time referred to in this Section 2.3(g) shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company Purchaser (free and clear of all Encumbrancesany Liens) and cancelled in exchange for a cash amount equal to the applicable RSU ConsiderationConsideration and the name of such holder will be removed from the register of holders of DRAXIS Shares, and the Purchaser will be recorded as the registered holder of such Company RSU shall become DRAXIS Share and will be deemed to be the holder legal and beneficial owner of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration DRAXIS Share free of any Liens, and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the former holder and beneficial holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall DRAXIS Shares will cease to have any rights as a holder shareholder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register DRAXIS Shares and any other securities of Company RSUsDRAXIS, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act DHI Amalco or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Sharessubsidiaries; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares directors of DHI Amalco shall resign, the number of the directors of DHI Amalco shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Sharesfixed at four and Shyam ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be cancelled without payment the directors of DHI Amalco to hold office until the next annual meeting of DHI Amalco or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation until their successors are elected or appointed; provided that none of the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline foregoing will occur or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall will be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of occur unless all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shforegoing occurs.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02noted herein, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially sequentially, in the following order order, without any further act or formality, in each case, effective at the Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company UNE Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall bebe transferred by the Dissenting Shareholder to UNE, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares UNE Shareholder, other than the right to be paid the fair value of their UNE Shares as set out in Section 4.01;
(b) each UNE Share held by a claim against Former UNE Shareholder, other than (i) UNE Shares held by a Dissenting Shareholder (who is entitled to be paid the Company in an amount fair value of its UNE Share, as determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 Section 4.01) and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(fii) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company UNE Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e)Altima, the stated capital account maintained shall be transferred by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reducedFormer UNE Shareholder to Altima and, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e)consideration therefor, by an amount equal Altima shall issue to the product obtained when (A) Former UNE Shareholder Altima Shares on the stated capital basis of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of one fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Altima Share for each UNE Share, subject to Section 3.03 and Article 5 hereof;
(c) with respect to each UNE Share transferred pursuant to Sections 3.01(a) or 3.01(b):
(i) such Former UNE Shareholder shall cease to be the holder of such UNE Share;
(ii) such Former UNE Shareholder’s name will be removed from the central securities register for UNE Shares with respect to such UNE Share; and
(iii) legal and beneficial title to such UNE Share will vest in Altima, and Altima will be and be deemed to be the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to transferee and legal and beneficial owner of all such UNE Shares and will be entered in the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (central securities register for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company UNE Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all as the sole holder thereof; and
(d) in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money UNE Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c)the UNE Stock Option Plan, respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU UNE Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled receive one Altima Share upon the subsequent exercise of such UNE Option in exchange for a cash payment by the Company accordance with its terms, in lieu of each UNE Share to which the holder of was theretofore entitled upon such Company DSU equal to exercise and for the Company Shsame aggregate consideration payable theretofore.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially on the Effective Date, in the following order order, without any further act or formalityformality required on the part of any person:
(a) each outstanding Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be deemed to have been transferred by the holder thereof to Purchaser shall subscribe for that number free and clear of Acquireco Common Sharesany Liens of any kind whatsoever, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionand:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (each such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, Shares and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect Company Shareholder other than the right to be paid the fair value of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,Shares in accordance with Article 4 hereof;
(Bii) each such holderDissenting Shareholder’s name shall be removed as the holder of such Company Shares from the register of Company OptionsShareholders maintained by or on behalf of Company;
(iii) the Purchaser shall be deemed to be the transferee of such Company Shares free and clear of any Liens of any kind whatsoever (other than the right to be paid fair value for such Company Shares as set out in Section 4.1), and shall be entered in the register of Company Shares maintained by or on behalf of Company; and
(Civ) Purchaser will be the registered holder of all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto of the outstanding Company Shares.
(b) each outstanding Company Share (other than any Company Shares held by a Dissenting Shareholder) shall be cancelled;
and be deemed to be assigned and transferred by the holder thereof to Purchaser (c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms free and conditions clear of any Award Agreement or grantLiens of any kind whatsoever) in exchange for the Consideration, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):and:
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, thereof and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under Shareholder other than the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall right to be removed from paid the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Consideration per Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization name of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares holder shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders the Company Shares maintained by or on behalf of Company Shares;Company; and
(Biii) each holder Purchaser shall be deemed to be the transferee of such exchanged Company Shares free and clear of all Liens of any kind whatsoever and shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders Company Shares maintained by or on behalf of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco SharesCompany; and
(Dc) each holder Company Option outstanding at the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) will be exchanged for a Replacement Option to acquire such number of such exchanged Company Purchaser Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount as is equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which to: (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders that number of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and that were issuable upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all exercise of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding Option immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment Time, multiplied by (B) the Company Exchange Ratio, rounded down to the holder nearest whole number of such Company DSU Purchaser Shares, at an exercise price per Purchaser Share equal to the greater of (i) the quotient determined by dividing: (X) the exercise price per Company ShShare at which such Company Option was exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time, by (Y) the Exchange Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent, and (ii) such minimum amount that meets the requirements of paragraph 7(1.4)(c) of the Tax Act. All terms and conditions of a Replacement Option, including the term to expiry, vesting, conditions to and manner of exercising, shall be the same as the Company Option for which it was exchanged, and any certificate or option agreement previously evidencing the Company Option shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such Replacement Option.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (HEXO Corp.)
Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case, effective as at one minute intervals starting at the Effective Time, except as indicated otherwise:
(a) each Cash-Out RSU shall, by virtue of the Arrangement in accordance with the terms of the applicable Equity Plan and without any required action on the part of the Company or the holder of such Cash-Out RSU, be cancelled and the holder of such Cash-Out RSU shall be paid the RSU Consideration;
(b) each Cash-Out PRSU shall, by virtue of the Arrangement in accordance with the terms of the applicable Equity Plan and without any required action on the part of the Company or any holder of such Cash-Out PRSU, be cancelled and the holder of such Cash-Out PRSU shall be paid the PRSU Consideration. For the avoidance of doubt, any portion of a PRSU that is forfeited at or prior to the Effective Time due to the failure to achieve applicable performance goals shall not be considered outstanding as of the Effective Time and shall not be treated as a Rollover PRSU or entitled to any PRSU Consideration;
(c) each SAR that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Arrangement in accordance with the terms of the applicable Equity Plan and without any required action on the part of the Company or any holder of such SAR, shall be cancelled and the holder of such SAR shall be paid the SAR Consideration, provided that in the case of a SAR that has an exercise price per Common Share that equals or exceeds the Consideration, such SAR shall be canceled upon the Effective Time for no consideration;
(d) the Employee Share Purchase Plan will terminate, in accordance with its terms, no later than immediately prior to and effective as of the Effective Time (but subject to the consummation of the Arrangement);
(e) all RSU Consideration, PRSU Consideration and SAR Consideration shall be paid, without interest and subject to withholding of all Taxes required by Applicable Law in accordance with Section 4.3, on behalf of the Company and each applicable Affiliate by the Depositary as promptly as practicable following, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after, the Effective Time (or such later time as may be required to comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the U.S. Tax Code);
(f) each Common Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be deemed to have been assigned and transferred (free and clear of all Liens), without any further act or formality:
(a) formality by or on behalf of any Dissenting Shareholder, to the Purchaser, in consideration for a debt claim against the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Sharesan amount determined under Article 3, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionand:
(i) such Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to be the registered holder of such Common Share(s) and to have any rights as a Company Shareholder other than the right to be paid the amount determined under Article 3;
(ii) such Dissenting Shareholder’s name shall be removed as the registered holder of such Common Share(s) from the applicable register of Company Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of the Company;
(iii) such Dissenting Shareholder will be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign such Common Shares transferred pursuant to Section 2.3(f); and
(iv) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed be the Depositary to hold, transferee of such Common Shares free and clear of all Liens and shall be entered in the Depositary shall hold, register of the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered Company Shareholders maintained by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and or on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationCompany;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(ig) each In-the-Money Option Common Share that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall(other than a Common Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder in respect of which Dissent Rights have been duly and validly exercised under Section 2.3(f), without the Company or any further action by of its Subsidiaries, the Purchaser, the Parent or on behalf any Subsidiary of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, the Parent) shall be deemed to be fully vested assigned and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled Purchaser in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the and:
(i) each registered holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Common Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such Company Option, thereof and shall cease to have any rights as a holder Company Shareholder other than the right to be paid the Consideration pursuant to this Section 2.3(g) and in respect accordance with this Plan of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,Arrangement; and
(Bii) the name of each such holder’s name registered holder shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, the Company; and
(iii) the Purchaser shall be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (transferee of such Common Shares free and clear of all Encumbrances) Liens and cancelled shall be entered in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, Company; and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(eh) each Company Share held Rollover RSU shall, by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect virtue of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all Arrangement in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in applicable Equity Plan and the course of a reorganization Arrangement Agreement and without any required action on the part of the Company’s authorized and issued Company or the holder of such Rollover RSU, be exchanged for a Parent RSU in respect of that number of shares of Parent Common Stock (rounded to the nearest whole share capital:
in accordance with Section 2.7 of the Company Disclosure Letter) equal to the product of (i) the notice total number of articles and articles of Common Shares subject to such Rollover RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the Equity Award Exchange Ratio. Except as expressly provided in this Section 2.3(h), the Arrangement Agreement or the Company Disclosure Letter, each Parent RSU shall be amended subject to create a new class substantially the same terms and conditions as applied to the corresponding Rollover RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time, including any “double-trigger” vesting provisions applicable to the Rollover RSUs pursuant to their terms as in effect on the date of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(iii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization Rollover PRSU shall, by virtue of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, Arrangement in accordance with the terms of the applicable Equity Plan and the Arrangement Agreement and without limitation, any required action on the part of the Company Shares issued or any holder of such Rollover PRSU, be exchanged for a Parent RSU in respect of that number of shares of Parent Common Stock (rounded to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled the nearest whole share in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect 2.7 of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount Disclosure Letter) equal to the stated capital product of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register total number of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Common Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding Rollover PRSU immediately prior to the Effective Time determined in accordance with Section 2.7 of the Company Disclosure Letter, multiplied by (ii) the Equity Award Exchange Ratio. After the Effective Time, each such Parent RSU shall only be subject to time-vesting through the remainder of the originally scheduled performance period (or any later scheduled vesting date). Except as expressly provided in this Section 2.3(i), the Arrangement Agreement or the Company Disclosure Letter, each such Parent RSU shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by subject to substantially the Company same terms and conditions as applied to the holder of such Company DSU equal corresponding Rollover PRSU immediately prior to the Company ShEffective Time, including any “double-trigger” vesting provisions applicable to the Rollover PRSUs pursuant to their terms as in effect on the date of this Plan of Arrangement;
(j) the transfers, exchanges, cancellations and payments provided for in this Section 2.3 will be deemed to occur on the Effective Date, notwithstanding that certain of the procedures related thereto are not completed until after the Effective Date.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (Masonite International Corp)
Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) each Mogo Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder in respect of which the Purchaser Mogo Shareholder has validly exercised his, her or its Dissent Rights shall subscribe for that number be transferred and assigned by such Dissenting Shareholder to Mogo (free and clear of Acquireco Common Sharesany liens, at a price charges and encumbrances of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (Aany nature whatsoever) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00in accordance with, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable consideration set forth in, Section 3.1;
(Ab) with respect to each Mogo Share transferred and assigned in relation to the quotient under this accordance with Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:2.4(a):
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such Company Option, Mogo Share and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect the name of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name registered holder shall be removed from the register of Company OptionsMogo Shareholders as of the Effective Time;
(ii) the registered holder thereof shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign such Mogo Share; and
(Ciii) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall such Mogo Shares will be cancelledcancelled by Mogo for no consideration;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions Mogo and Difference SubCo shall merge to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject form one corporate entity (whether by contract, “Amalco”) with the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions same effect as if they had amalgamated under Section 269 of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option PlanBusiness Corporations Act, or applicable law):and:
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action Mogo Share (other than Mogo Shares held by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and Difference) shall be transferred cancelled and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be issued the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder Share Consideration in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Mogo Share issued held by Difference and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Difference SubCo Share shall be cancelled, cancelled and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares holder thereof shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
issued one (B1) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered common share in the Company’s register capital of holders of Class A Shares Amalco in respect of the Class A Shares issued to each such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Companyshare;
(iii) concurrently with as consideration for the exchange issuance by Difference of the Share Consideration described in Section 3.02(h)(ii2.4(c)(i), Amalco shall issue to Difference one (1) common share in the capital of Amalco for each Difference Share issued pursuant to Section Section 2.4(c)(i); and
(iv) each outstanding Mogo Warrant shall be and shall be deemed to be exchanged for a warrant (each, a “Replacement Warrant”) to purchase from Difference the number of Difference Shares equal to the number of Mogo Shares subject to such Mogo Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time. All other terms and conditions of a Replacement Warrant, including the term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercise, will be the same as the Mogo Warrant for which it was exchanged;
(d) without limiting the generality of Section 2.4(c), Mogo and Difference SubCo shall continue as one company and, from and after the Effective Date:
(i) Amalco will own and hold the property of Mogo and Difference SubCo and, without limiting the provisions hereof, all rights of creditors or others will be unimpaired by such amalgamation, and all liabilities and obligations of Mogo and Difference SubCo, whether arising by contract or otherwise, may be enforced against Amalco to the same extent as if such obligations had been incurred or contracted by it;
(ii) Amalco will continue to be liable for all of the liabilities and obligations of Mogo and Difference SubCo;
(iii) other than the Mogo Warrants exchanged under Section 2.4(c), all rights, contracts, permits and interests of Mogo and Difference SubCo will continue as rights, contracts, permits and interests of Amalco as if Mogo and Difference SubCo continued and, for greater certainty, the amalgamation will not constitute a transfer or assignment of the rights or obligations of either of Mogo or Difference SubCo under any such rights, contracts, permits and interests;
(iv) any existing cause of action, claim or liability to prosecution will be unaffected;
(v) a civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding pending by or against either Mogo or Difference SubCo may be continued by or against Amalco;
(vi) a conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against either Mogo or Difference SubCo may be enforced by or against Amalco;
(vii) the name of Amalco shall be “Mogo Finance Technology Inc.”;
(viii) Amalco shall be authorised to issue an unlimited number of common shares without par value;
(ix) the first directors of Amalco following the amalgamation shall be the same as the directors of Difference at the Effective Time;
(x) the articles and notice of articles of Amalco shall otherwise be substantially in the form of the articles and notice of articles of Mogo;
(xi) the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall common shares of Amalco will be reduced by an amount equal to the stated total of: (A) the aggregate paid-up capital (as such term is defined in the ITA) of the Company Mogo Shares immediately prior described in Sections 2.4(c)(i) and 2.4(c)(ii) (which in each case, for greater certainty, does not include any paid-up capital attributable to the reorganization Mogo Shares described in Section 3.02(h2.4(a)), and (B) the aggregate paid-up capital (as such term is defined in the ITA) of the Difference SubCo Shares described in Section 2.4(c)(ii), in each case as of the time; and
(xii) there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, Difference Shares an amount equal to the paid-up capital (as such term is defined in respect the ITA) of the Class A Mogo Shares issued pursuant to described in Section 3.02(h)(ii)2.4(c)(i) (which, the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated for greater certainty, does not include any paid-up capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred attributable to the former holders of Company Mogo Shares pursuant to described in Section 3.02(h)(ii2.4(a);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (Ae) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to exchanges and cancellations provided for in this Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall 2.4 will be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to occur on the Effective Time shall Date, notwithstanding certain procedures related thereto may not be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by completed until after the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShEffective Date.
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Arrangement. At Pursuant to the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02Arrangement, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially at the Effective Time (unless otherwise specified), in the following order without any further act or formalityorder:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number (or one of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (Aits Affiliates) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
provide (i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) one or more loans (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser ConsiderationRoyal Third Party Debt Payoff Loans”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, to Royal in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an aggregate amount equal to the fair market value aggregate of all amounts owing under the Specified Third Party Debt; (ii) a loan to Royal equal to the aggregate amount payable by Royal under section 3.1(d) (the “Royal Option Loan”); and (iii) a loan to Royal equal to the aggregate amount payable by Royal under section 3.1(e) (the “RSU Payment Loan”). The Royal Third Party Debt Payoff Loans, the Royal Option Loan and the RSU Payment Loan will be evidenced by demand promissory notes issued by Royal to Purchaser Consideration(or the applicable Affiliate of Purchaser);
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions immediately upon receipt of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option PlanRoyal Third Party Debt Payoff Loans, or applicable law):Royal will repay in full all amounts owing under the Specified Third Party Debt;
(ic) two minutes after the completion of the immediately preceding step, each In-the-Money Royal Share, other than a Royal Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder, will be acquired by Purchaser without any further authorization, act or formality, in exchange for a cash payment by Purchaser equal to the Purchase Price, less any required withholding taxes, and the Purchaser will be deemed to be the legal and beneficial owner thereof, free and clear of all liens, charges, claims and encumbrances. The names of the holders of the Royal Shares transferred to Purchaser shall be removed from the applicable registers of holders of Royal Shares and Purchaser shall be recorded as the registered holder of the Royal Shares so acquired and shall be deemed the legal and beneficial owner thereof;
(d) two minutes after the completion of the immediately preceding step, each Royal Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallTime, without any further action by whether vested or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Optionunvested, will be cancelled and will be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and have been disposed by the holder thereof of to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled Royal in exchange for a cash payment by Royal equal to the Option Considerationamount, and if any, of the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder Amount of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option ConsiderationRoyal Option, less any required withholding taxes;
(iie) at the same time as the preceding step, each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallTime, without any further action by whether vested or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSUunvested, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU Royal equal to $l per RSU, less any required withholding taxes; and
(f) the Company ShLong-Term Incentive Plan and the Senior Management Incentive Plan shall be terminated.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, Time each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company each SMART Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested), notwithstanding the terms of the SMART Equity Incentive Plan, shall be deemed to be unconditionally vested and exercisable, and such SMART Option shall, without any further action by or on behalf of a holder of SMART Options, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such holder to SMART in exchange for a cash payment from SMART to such holder equal to the amount (if any) by which the Cash Consideration exceeds the exercise price of such SMART Option, less applicable withholdings, and each such SMART Option for each Common Share subject to such SMART Option shall immediately be cancelled and, for greater certainty, where such amount is a negative, SMART shall pay the holder of such SMART Option $0.001 in respect of such SMART Option;
(b) each SMART RSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested), notwithstanding the terms of the SMART Equity Incentive Plan, shall be deemed to be unconditionally vested, and such SMART RSU shall, without any further action by or on behalf of a holder of such SMART RSU, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such holder to SMART in exchange for a cash payment from SMART equal to the Cash Consideration in respect of each SMART RSU, less applicable withholdings, and each such SMART RSU shall immediately be cancelled;
(c) each SMART DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, notwithstanding the terms of the SMART Equity Incentive Plan, shall, without any further action by or on behalf of a holder of such SMART DSU, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such holder to SMART in exchange for a cash payment from SMART equal to the Cash Consideration in respect of each SMART DSU, less applicable withholdings, and each such SMART DSU shall immediately be cancelled;
(d) each SMART PSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested), notwithstanding the terms of the SMART Equity Incentive Plan, shall, without any further action by or on behalf of a holder of such SMART PSU, immediately be cancelled and, for greater certainty, SMART shall pay the holder of such SMART PSU $0.001 in respect of such SMART PSU;
(e) (i) each holder of SMART Options, SMART RSUs, SMART DSUs and SMART PSUs shall cease to be a holder of such SMART Options, SMART RSUs, SMART DSUs and SMART PSUs, (ii) such holder’s name shall be removed from each applicable register of holders maintained by or on behalf of SMART, (iii) the SMART Equity Incentive Plan and all agreements relating to the SMART Options, SMART RSUs, SMART DSUs and SMART PSUs shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect, and (iv) such holder shall thereafter have only the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled pursuant to Sections 2.3(a), 2.3(b) and 2.3(c), at the time and in the manner specified in Sections 2.3(a), 2.3(b), 2.3(c) and Section 4.1(c);
(f) each of the Common Shares held by Dissenting Holders in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised, shall be deemed to have been transferred without any further act or formality to AcquisitionCo (free and clear of all Liens) in consideration for a debt claim against AcquisitionCo for the amount determined under Article 3, and:
(i) such Dissenting Holders shall cease to be the holders of such Common Shares and to have any rights as holders of such Common Shares other than the right to be paid fair value for such Common Shares as set out in Section 3.1;
(ii) such Dissenting Holders’ names shall be removed as the holders of such Common Shares from the register of the Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of SMART; and
(iii) AcquisitionCo shall be deemed to be the transferee of such Common Shares free and clear of all Liens, and shall be entered in the register of the Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of SMART; and
(g) each Common Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Common Shares held by a Dissenting Holder who has validly exercised such holder’s Dissent Right), shall without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money OptionCommon Shares, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company AcquisitionCo (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Cash Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice holders of articles such Common Shares shall cease to be the holders thereof and articles to have any rights as holders of such Common Shares other than the Company shall right to be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated paid the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth Cash Consideration in Schedule “A” to accordance with this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares holders’ names shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders the Common Shares maintained by or on behalf of Company Shares;SMART; and
(Biii) each holder AcquisitionCo shall be deemed to be the transferee of such exchanged Company Common Shares (free and clear of all Liens) and shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A the Common Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect or on behalf of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShSMART.
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Arrangement. At On the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, the Parties shall proceed to effect the Arrangement under Part 9, Division 5 of the BCBCA immediately following the Effective Time (the “Arrangement Effective Time”), unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, on the following events or transactions shall occur terms and shall be deemed subject to occur sequentially the conditions set forth in the following order without any further act or formality:Plan of Arrangement.
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)As soon as reasonably practicable, and in connection any event within three (3) Business Days after the date that the Registration Statement is declared effective, the Company shall apply, pursuant to Part 9, Division 5 of the BCBCA and, in cooperation with such share subscriptionPurchaser (which shall include the opportunity for the Purchaser and its Representatives to review all relevant documents and the incorporation of all reasonable comments from Purchaser and its Representatives thereon), prepare, file and diligently pursue an application to the Court for the Interim Order in respect of the Arrangement, which shall identify that the Voting Agreements have been executed by each of the Supporting Company Shareholders and shall provide, among other things:
(i) for the Purchaser shall class(es) of persons to whom notice is to be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco provided in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms Arrangement and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option PlanShareholders Meeting, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to for the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of manner in which such In-the- Money Option, be deemed notice is to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Considerationprovided;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to that the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf required level of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, approval for the Company Arrangement Resolution shall be cancelled without any payment thereforthe Required Company Approval;
(iii) with respect that, in all other respects and subject to each Company Option:
(A) any variations set out in the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contractInterim Order, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grantterms, the terms restrictions and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder Organizational Documents of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration Company, including quorum requirements and the central securities register of the Company all other matters, shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company apply in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect Shareholders Meeting;
(iv) for the grant of the Arrangement Dissent Rights to Company Shareholders as contemplated by the Plan of Arrangement;
(v) for the notice requirements regarding the presentation of the application to the Court for the Final Order;
(vi) that it is the intention of the Parties to rely upon Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act in connection with the exchange of the Electing Company Shares cancelled pursuant for the Exchangeable Shares in accordance with the Plan of Arrangement, based on the Court’s approval of the Arrangement, which approval through the issuance of the Final Order will constitute its determination of the fairness of the Arrangement;
(vii) that the Company Shareholders Meeting may be adjourned or postponed from time to Section 3.02(e)time by the Company, by an amount equal with the consent of the Purchaser (such consent not to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e)be unreasonably withheld, is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(econditioned or delayed), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or as otherwise agreed by the Spinco Contribution AgreementParties without the need for additional approval of the Court, and may be held virtually;
(hviii) in that the course of a reorganization of record date for the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the Company Shareholders entitled to notice of articles and articles to vote at the Company Shareholders Meeting will not change in respect of any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of ArrangementShareholders Meeting;
(iiix) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization confirmation of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, record date for the purposes of determining the Company Shares issued Shareholders entitled to former holders of In-the-Money Options receive material and vote at the Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled Shareholders Meeting in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco SharesInterim Order; and
(Dx) each holder of for such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares other matters as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject Parties may agree are reasonably necessary to complete the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShTransactions.
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Sources: Business Combination Agreement (Healthwell Acquisition Corp. I)
Arrangement. At 4.1 Commencing as of the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall will occur sequentially in the order set out below unless otherwise noted and shall will be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderrequired on the part of any Person, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered except as expressly provided herein:
(a) The Senior Bank Facility shall be cancelled amended to no less than Cdn$225.0 million and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other no less than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall Cdn$50.0 million will be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Sharesdrawn thereunder by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇;
(fb) concurrently with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance will determine, in its sole discretion, the surrender extent to which cash, New Notes and cancellation Mandatory Convertible Notes are to comprise the Cash Alternative and the New Note Alternative, subject to the terms thereof;
(c) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will loan to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance the cash components required under the Cash Alternative and, if applicable, the New Note Alternative, as well as the aggregate amount of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders the fees and expenses due to BMO ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., the Indenture Trustee and counsel to the Parties pursuant to Section 3.02(e), 4.1(f) and the stated capital account maintained accrued interest payable by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e4.1(d);
(gd) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance shall pay the Company accrued interest to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee as registered holder of the global notes and on behalf of all Noteholders, and the Indenture Trustee shall pay (or cause to be paid) all such accrued interest to the Noteholders, without abatement or rights of setoff or counterclaim of any nature;
(e) Each Noteholder shall irrevocably exchange and be deemed to transfer all of its entire legal Senior Notes and beneficial rightall of its rights under the Senior Notes and the Note Indenture to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance in exchange for: (i) cash and, title and interest in and if applicable, New Notes under the New Note Indenture and/or Mandatory Convertible Notes under the Mandatory Convertible Note Indenture, all pursuant to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for Cash Alternative; or (ii) New Notes under the issuance by Spinco New Note Indenture and, if applicable, cash and/or Mandatory Convertible Notes under the Mandatory Convertible Note Indenture, all pursuant to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal New Note Alternative, allocated to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitaleach Noteholder as follows:
(i) Each Noteholder shall receive for each $1,000 of such Noteholder’s Principal Claim Amount, at the notice election of articles such Noteholder:
(A) $940 in cash, to an aggregate maximum of $184.5 million; provided that, to the extent the aggregate elections for the Cash Alternative by Electing Noteholders exceed $184.5 million, then $940 consisting of a combination of:
(I) cash, to an aggregate maximum of not less than $184.5 million and articles not more than $229.5 million; and, if applicable
(II) Mandatory Convertible Notes, to a maximum aggregate principal amount of $45.0 million; and/or
(III) New Notes, to a maximum aggregate principal amount of $45.0 million, for all Electing Noteholders electing to receive the Cash Alternative, with the relative allocation of cash, Mandatory Convertible Notes and New Notes to be determined by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance in its sole discretion and applied in the same proportion to all Electing Noteholders electing the Cash Alternative; or
(B) $940 of principal amount of New Notes for all Noteholders which have elected or are deemed to have elected to receive the New Note Alternative; provided that, to the extent the aggregate elections (including deemed elections) for the New Note Alternative exceed $193.5 million, then $940 consisting of a combination of:
(I) New Notes, to a maximum aggregate principal amount of not less than $193.5 million and not more than $238.5 million; and, if applicable
(II) Mandatory Convertible Notes, to a maximum aggregate principal amount of $45.0 million; and/or
(III) cash, to an aggregate maximum of $45.0 million, for all Noteholders electing (or deemed to be electing) to receive the New Note Alternative, with the relative allocation of New Notes, Mandatory Convertible Notes and cash to be determined by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance in its sole discretion and applied in the same proportion to all Noteholders electing (or deemed to be electing) the New Note Alternative; in exchange for such Senior Notes; provided that:
(C) if the aggregate amount to be received by Electing Noteholders electing to receive the Cash Alternative is greater than the Maximum Cash/Note Consideration, then the consideration that will be paid to each such Noteholder for its Senior Notes will be equal to such Noteholder’s pro rata share (determined as a fraction of all Senior Notes for which a Cash Alternative election has been made) of:
(I) the Maximum Cash/Note Consideration; and
(II) such combination of New Notes and, if applicable, cash and/or Mandatory Convertible Notes as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance has determined pursuant to Section 4.1(b) equal to the difference between (A) the Maximum Note Consideration; and (B) the amount of such combination of New Notes and, if a applicable, cash and/or Mandatory Convertible Notes as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance has determined pursuant to Section 4.1(b) that is payable to Noteholders who have elected or are deemed to have elected the New Note Alternative;
(D) if the aggregate principal amount to be received by Noteholders which have elected or are deemed to have elected to receive the New Note Alternative is greater than the Maximum Note Consideration, then the consideration to be issued to each such Noteholder for its Senior Notes will be equal to such Noteholder’s pro rata share (determined as a fraction of all Senior Notes for which a New Note Alternative election has been made or has been deemed to have been made) of:
(I) the Maximum Note Consideration; and
(II) such combination of cash and, if applicable, New Notes and/or Mandatory Convertible Notes as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance has determined pursuant to Section 4.1(b) equal to the difference between (A) the Maximum Cash/Note Consideration; and (B) the amount of such combination of cash and, if applicable, New Notes and/or Mandatory Convertible Notes as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance has determined pursuant to Section 4.1(b) that is payable to Electing Noteholders who have elected the Cash Alternative; and
(E) any Noteholder who determines not to make an election, does not properly complete, execute and deliver the Form of Election or does not complete, execute and deliver the Form of Election prior to the Election Deadline, will automatically be deemed to have elected the New Note Alternative and to receive New Notes and, if applicable, cash and/or Mandatory Convertible Notes in an amount equal to $940 per $1,000 of such Noteholder’s Principal Claim Amount for all of their Senior Notes pursuant thereto; provided that New Notes and, if applicable, Mandatory Convertible Notes will be issued in $1.00 increments only, such that if the combined effects of the Company shall exchange of a Noteholder’s Senior Notes and proration, if applicable, would otherwise result in a fractional New Note or, if applicable, Mandatory Convertible Note being issued, the number of New Notes or Mandatory Convertible Notes, respectively, issued to such Noteholder will be amended decreased to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangementnearest $1.00 increment;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital Noteholders who receive: (i) cash and, if applicable, New Notes and/or Mandatory Convertible Notes, all pursuant to this Section 3.02(hthe Cash Alternative; or (ii) (includingNew Notes and, without limitationif applicable, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs cash and/or Mandatory Convertible Notes, all pursuant to Section 3.02(b) the New Note Alternative, shall receive cash, New Notes and Section 3.02(c)Mandatory Convertible Notes, respectivelyas applicable, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear a principal amount equal to $940 per $1,000 of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Companythat Noteholder’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares Principal Claim Amount in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the CompanySenior Notes;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect Each of the Company Shares New Note Indenture and the Mandatory Convertible Indenture shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital executed and become effective as of the Company Shares immediately prior to time the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, New Notes and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco SharesMandatory Convertible Notes, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation thereforrespectively, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrancesare issued; and
(vif) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance shall pay all fees and expenses due to BMO ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., subject the Indenture Trustee and counsel to the provisions of Section 3.06Parties reasonably incurred by, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect and due to, any of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly foregoing in connection with the development, negotiation and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect implementation of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShRecapitalization.
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Arrangement. At 3.1.1 The Pre-Arrangement Transactions shall occur prior to, and the completion of the Pre-Arrangement Transactions shall be conditions precedent to, the implementation of the Arrangement.
3.1.2 Commencing at the Arrangement Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.023.1.2, each of the following transactions and events or transactions in subsections (a) through (f) of this Section 3.1.2 shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case effective as at one minute intervals following the following order immediately preceding transaction or event:
(a) each TPCO Share outstanding immediately prior to the Arrangement Effective Time held by a TPCO Shareholder in respect of which TPCO Dissent Rights have been validly exercised shall be, and shall be deemed to be, transferred without any further act or formality:
(a) formality to TPCO by the Purchaser shall subscribe holder thereof for that number cancellation, free and clear of Acquireco Common Sharesall Liens, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionand:
(i) such TPCO Shareholder will cease to be the Purchaser shall be deemed holder of such TPCO Dissenting Shares and will cease to have directed any rights as a holder of such TPCO Dissenting Shares other than the Depositary right to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser be paid fair value for such Acquireco Common Shares; TPCO Dissenting Shares as set out in Section 4.1.2, and
(ii) Acquireco such TPCO Shareholder's name will be removed as the registered holder of such TPCO Dissenting Shares from the central securities register of TPCO Shares maintained by or on behalf of TPCO, and the TPCO Dissenting Shares shall be cancelled;
(b) each Stately Share outstanding immediately prior to the Arrangement Effective Time held by a Stately Shareholder in respect of which Stately Dissent Rights have been validly exercised shall be, and shall be deemed to be, transferred without any further act or formality to Stately by the holder thereof for cancellation, free and clear of all Liens, and:
(i) such Stately Shareholder will cease to be the holder of such Stately Dissenting Shares and will cease to have issued any rights as a holder of such Stately Dissenting Shares other than the right to be paid fair value for such Stately Dissenting Shares as set out in Section 4.2.2, and
(ii) such Stately Shareholder's name will be removed as the registered holder of such Stately Dissenting Shares from the central securities register of Stately Shares maintained by or on behalf of Stately, and the Stately Dissenting Shares shall be cancelled;
(c) TPCO, Stately and Newco shall amalgamate (the "Amalgamation") to form one company ("Amalco") with the same effect as if they had amalgamated under Section 269 of the BCBCA and with the consequences set forth in Section 282(1) of the BCBCA (and for the avoidance of doubt, the Amalgamation is intended to qualify as an amalgamation as defined in subsection 87(1) of the Tax Act), including:
(i) all property, rights and interests of TPCO, Stately and Newco shall become the property, rights and interests of Amalco;
(ii) the articles and notice of articles of Amalco shall be in the form of the articles and notice of articles of Newco;
(iii) the Amalgamation shall not constitute an assignment by operation of law, a transfer or any other disposition of the property, rights and interests of any of Newco, Stately or TPCO to Amalco;
(iv) all rights of creditors of Newco, Stately and TPCO will be unimpaired by the Amalgamation, and all liabilities and obligations of Newco, Stately and TPCO, whether arising by contract or otherwise, may be enforced against Amalco to the same extent as if such obligations had been incurred or contracted by Amalco;
(v) Amalco will be liable for all of the liabilities and obligations of Newco, Stately and TPCO;
(vi) all rights, contracts, permits and interests of Newco, Stately and TPCO will continue as rights, contracts, permits and interests of Amalco and, for greater certainty, the Amalgamation will not constitute a transfer or assignment of the rights or obligations of any of Newco, Stately or TPCO under any such rights, contracts, permits and interests;
(vii) any existing cause of action, claim or liability to prosecution will be unaffected;
(viii) a legal proceeding being prosecuted or pending by or against any of Newco, Stately or TPCO may be prosecuted or its prosecution may be continued, as the case may be, by or against Amalco;
(ix) a conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against any of Newco, Stately or TPCO may be enforced by or against Amalco;
(x) the name of Amalco shall be "Gold Flora Corporation";
(xi) Amalco shall be authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares without par value;
(xii) the first annual general meeting of Amalco or resolutions in lieu thereof shall be held within 18 months from the Arrangement Effective Date;
(xiii) the first directors of Amalco following the Amalgamation shall be the then current Newco directors;
(xiv) each Newco Share outstanding immediately prior to the Amalgamation shall be, and shall be deemed to be, cancelled and the name of the holder of such Newco Share shall be removed from Newco's central securities register in respect of such Newco Share, and in consideration therefor such holder will receive one fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the PurchaserAmalco Share, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect upon such exchange each such former holder of the Acquireco Common Shares such exchanged Newco Share shall be increased, entered in respect Amalco's central securities register for the Amalco Shares as the owner of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Considerationsuch Amalco Share;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(ixv) each In-the-Money Option issued and TPCO Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time Amalgamation (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any TPCO Dissenting Share which was previously transferred to TPCO and cancelled under Section 3.1.2(a)) shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money OptionTPCO Shareholder, be, and shall be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and be, cancelled in exchange for the Option TPCO Consideration, and and:
(A) the name of the holder of such In-the-Money Option TPCO Share shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the be removed from TPCO's central securities register in respect of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the such TPCO Share;
(B) each holder of such Option Consideration TPCO Share shall not cease to be entitled the holder thereof and to have any rights as a TPCO Shareholder other than the right to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option TPCO Consideration; and
(C) each such former holder of such exchanged TPCO Share shall be entered in Amalco's central securities register for the Amalco Shares as the owner of the Amalco Shares constituting such TPCO Consideration;
(iixvi) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and Stately Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time Amalgamation (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Stately Dissenting Share which was previously transferred to Stately and cancelled under Section 3.1.2(b)) shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money OptionStately Shareholder, be, and shall be deemed to be, cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Optionin exchange for the Stately Consideration, and:
(A) the name of the holder thereof of such Stately Share shall be removed from Stately's central securities register in respect of such Stately Share;
(B) each holder of such Stately Share shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, thereof and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under Stately Shareholder other than the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from right to receive the register of Company Options, Stately Consideration; and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto each such former holder of such exchanged Stately Share shall be cancelledentered in Amalco's central securities register for the Amalco Shares as the owner of the Amalco Shares constituting such Stately Consideration;
(cxvii) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contractconcurrently with the exchange of the Newco Shares, the terms TPCO Shares and conditions of any Award Agreement or grantthe Stately Shares under Section 3.1.2(c)(xiv), Section 3.1.2(c)(xv) and Section 3.1.2(c)(xvi), respectively:
(A) for greater certainty, the terms and conditions capital of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Newco Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the capital of such shares immediately prior to the Amalgamation;
(B) for greater certainty, the capital of the TPCO Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the capital of such shares immediately prior to the Amalgamation;
(C) for greater certainty, the capital of the Stately Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the capital of such shares immediately prior to the Amalgamation; and
(D) there shall be added to the capital of the Amalco Shares, in respect of the Amalco Shares issued by Amalco to the former holders of such Newco Shares, TPCO Shares and Stately Shares, an amount equal to the aggregate paid-up capital of the Newco Shares, the TPCO Shares and the Stately Shares immediately prior to the Amalgamation;
(xviii) each TPCO Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallAmalgamation, without any further action by whether vested or on behalf of any holder of unvested (each such Company RSUTPCO Stock Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Considerationa "TPCO Replaced Option"), and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by exchanged for an option (each, a "TPCO Replacement Option") entitling the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear to purchase that number of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Amalco Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital number of all the issued and outstanding Company TPCO Shares subject to such TPCO Replaced Option immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), Amalgamation is multiplied by the TPCO Exchange Ratio, which TPCO Replacement Option shall (A) continue to be governed by the TPCO Equity Incentive Plan or the Legacy Plans, as applicable, (B) a fractionhave an exercise price for each Amalco Share that may be purchased under such TPCO Replacement Option (the "TPCO Replacement Option Exercise Price") equal to the quotient obtained when the exercise price per TPCO Share under the TPCO Replaced Option is divided by the TPCO Exchange Ratio (provided that no fractional Amalco Shares will be issued upon any particular exercise or settlement of TPCO Replacement Options, and the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Company Amalco Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(ebe issued upon exercise by a holder of one or more TPCO Replacement Options shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number (with all exercises that are effectuated concurrently by a holder of TPCO Replacement Options being aggregated before any such reduction is effectuated), and the denominator aggregate exercise price payable on any particular exercise of which TPCO Replacement Options shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent (with all exercises that are effectuated concurrently by a holder of TPCO Replacement Options being aggregated before any such increase is effectuated)), and (C) otherwise have the number of issued same terms and outstanding Company Shares conditions (including vesting, exercisability terms and expiry date) as were applicable to such TPCO Replaced Option immediately prior to the step Amalgamation. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(1) if necessary to satisfy the requirements of subsection 7(1.4) of the Tax Act in respect of the exchange of a TPCO Replaced Option for a TPCO Replacement Option pursuant to this Section 3.1.2(c)(xviii), the TPCO Replacement Option Exercise Price shall automatically be adjusted, effective as of and from the effective time of such exchange, so that the In-The-Money Amount of the TPCO Replacement Option (as adjusted) immediately after such exchange does not exceed the In-The-Money Amount of the TPCO Replaced Option immediately before such exchange;
(2) for any TPCO Replaced Option that is intended to qualify as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the U.S. Tax Code, it is intended that such adjustment described in Section 3.02(e3.1.2(c)(xviii)(1) above will comply with Treasury Regulation Section 1.424(1)(a);
(g3) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial rightfor any TPCO Replaced Option that is a nonqualified option held by a U.S. taxpayer, title and interest it is intended that such adjustment described in and Section 3.1.2(c)(xviii)(1) above will be implemented in a manner intended to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this comply with Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms 409A of the Spinco Contribution AgreementCode;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(iixix) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) TPCO Warrant (includingeach such TPCO Warrant, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)a "TPCO Replaced Warrant") shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transferbe, and shall be deemed to have transferredbe, exchanged for a warrant (each, a "TPCO Replacement Warrant") entitling the holder to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by purchase that number of Amalco Shares equal to the product obtained when the number of TPCO Shares subject to such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder TPCO Replaced Warrant immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(kArrangement is multiplied by the TPCO Exchange Ratio, which TPCO Replacement Warrant shall (i) in exchange have an exercise price for each Amalco Share that may be purchased under such TPCO Replacement Warrant equal to the Combination Consideration Cash quotient obtained when the exercise price per TPCO Share under the TPCO Replaced Warrant is divided by the TPCO Exchange Ratio (provided that no fractional Amalco Shares will be issued upon any particular exercise or settlement of TPCO Replacement Warrants, and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Sharesaggregate number of Amalco Shares to be issued upon exercise by a holder of one or more TPCO Replacement Warrants shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder the aggregate exercise price payable on any particular exercise of TPCO Replacement Warrants shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject rounded up to the provisions of Section 3.06nearest whole cent), be entered in (ii) otherwise have the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable same terms and conditions (including exercisability terms and expiry date) as were applicable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant TPCO Replaced Warrant immediately prior to this Section 3.02(k)the Arrangement, and (iii) continue to be evidenced by the certificate or other instrument evidencing such TPCO Replaced Warrant immediately prior to the Arrangement;
(lxx) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant TPCO PSU that is outstanding immediately prior to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares Amalgamation shall transferbe, and shall be deemed to have transferredbe, exchanged for a TPCO Replacement PSU evidencing a right to Acquirecoacquire, without any further act or formality by for no additional consideration, such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear number of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by Amalco Shares as is equal to: (A) that number of TPCO Shares that were issuable upon the vesting of such Participating Former Securityholder TPCO PSU immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash ConsiderationAmalgamation, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds multiplied by (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fractionTPCO Exchange Ratio, rounded down to six decimal placesthe nearest whole number of Amalco Shares. All terms and conditions of a TPCO Replacement PSU, including the numerator term to expiry or vesting, conditions to and manner of exercising or settlement, shall be the same as set out in the certificate for which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k)it was exchanged, and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) certificate previously evidencing such TPCO PSU shall thereafter evidence and be entitled deemed to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in evidence such remaining portion)TPCO Replacement PSU;
(nxxi) in the event each TPCO Non-Vesting RSU that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time Amalgamation shall be, and shall be deemed to be, exchanged for a TPCO Replacement RSU evidencing a right to acquire, for no additional consideration, such number of Amalco Shares as is equal to: (A) that number of TPCO Shares that were issuable upon the vesting of such TPCO Non-Vesting RSU immediately prior to the Amalgamation, multiplied by (B) the TPCO Exchange Ratio, rounded down to the nearest whole number of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇. All terms and conditions of a TPCO Replacement RSU, including the term to expiry or vesting, conditions to and manner of exercising or settlement, shall be the same as set out in the certificate for which it was exchanged, and the certificate previously evidencing such TPCO Non-Vesting RSU shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such TPCO Replacement RSU;
(xxii) each Stately Warrant (each such Stately Warrant, a "Stately Replaced Warrant") shall be, and shall be deemed to be, exchanged for a warrant (each, a "Stately Replacement Warrant") entitling the holder to purchase that number of Amalco Shares equal to the product obtained when the number of Stately Shares subject to such Stately Replaced Warrant immediately prior to the Arrangement is multiplied by the Stately Exchange Ratio, which Stately Replacement Warrant shall (i) have an exercise price for each Amalco Share that may be purchased under such Stately Replacement Warrant equal to the quotient obtained when the exercise price per Stately Share under the Stately Replaced Warrant is divided by the Stately Exchange Ratio (provided that no fractional Amalco Shares will be issued upon any particular exercise or settlement of Stately Replacement Warrants, and the aggregate number of Amalco Shares to be issued upon exercise by a holder of one or more Stately Replacement Warrants shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number, and the aggregate exercise price payable on any particular exercise of Stately Replacement Warrants shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent), (ii) otherwise have the same terms and conditions (including exercisability terms and expiry date) as were applicable to such Stately Replaced Warrant immediately prior to the Arrangement, and (iii) continue to be evidenced by the certificate or other instrument evidencing such Stately Replaced Warrant immediately prior to the Arrangement;
(d) The number of Amalco Shares held by any Person shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Amalco Share, and any fractional Amalco Share issued under Section3.1.2(c) shall be, and shall be deemed to be, cancelled without any additional compensation;
(e) the Amalco Share received by the Initial Newco Shareholder upon the Amalgamation under Section 3.1.2(c) in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh
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Sources: Business Combination Agreement (TPCO Holding Corp.)
Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality, in each case, unless stated otherwise, effective as at five minute intervals starting at the following order Effective Time:
(a) each of the Company Shares held by Dissenting Holders in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised shall, without any further act or formality:
(a) formality on the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number part of Acquireco Common Sharesthe Company or such Dissenting Holders, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal be deemed to have been transferred to the quotient obtained when (A) Company and thereupon cancelled in consideration for a debt claim against the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty Company for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient amount determined under this Section 3.02(a)Article 3, the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionand:
(i) such Dissenting Holders shall cease to be the Purchaser shall be deemed holders of such Company Shares and to have directed any rights as holders of such Company Shares, other than the Depositary right to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered be paid fair value by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (Company for such cash and Purchaser Company Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, as set out in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common SharesSection 3.1; and
(ii) Acquireco such Dissenting Holders’ names shall be deemed to have issued removed as the holders of such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Company Shares to from the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect central securities register of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationCompany;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions each of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):following steps shall occur simultaneously:
(i) (A) each In-the-Money Option issued and Company Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time Time, other than Company Shares cancelled under (a) above, shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any a holder of such In-the- Money OptionCompany Shares, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled AcquisitionCo in exchange for the Option Consideration, and ; (B) the holder holders of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising shall cease to be the holders of such Option Company Shares and to have any rights as holders of such Company Shares other than the right to be paid the Consideration and in accordance with this Plan of Arrangement; (C) such holders’ names shall be removed from the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior added to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the central securities register of Company Options, and
Maxar U.S.; and (CD) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto AcquisitionCo shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the transferee of such Company Shares (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled shall be entered in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but as the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU ConsiderationCompany Shares;
(ii) with respect Maxar U.S. will issue the Consideration to each the holders of Company RSU:
(AShares referred to in Section 2.3(b)(i) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such each Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, Share that is assigned and transferred to AcquisitionCo pursuant Section 2.3(b)(i); and
(Ciii) all Award Agreementsin consideration for the issuance of the Consideration by Maxar U.S. described in Section 2.3(b)(ii), grants and similar instruments relating thereto AcquisitionCo will be cancelledissue to Maxar U.S. one common share of AcquisitionCo in respect of each share of Maxar U.S. Common Stock that Maxar U.S. issues pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(ii);
(dc) all Maxar U.S. Common Stock held by the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company have been redeemed and cancelled by the holder thereof, Maxar U.S. without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear on the part of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company Maxar U.S. in an amount determined and payable consideration for U.S.$1.00 in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Sharescash;
(fd) concurrently each outstanding LTIP Unit shall be exchanged for a Replacement LTIP Unit, with the surrender terms and cancellation conditions of Company Shares held such Replacement LTIP Unit being substantially similar to such LTIP Unit for which it was exchanged (other than the currency of the strike price or base price, as applicable, which shall be denominated in U.S. dollars and converted, as necessary, into U.S. dollars using the rate of exchange quoted by Dissenting Shareholders the Bank of Canada for the closest preceding Business Day prior to the Effective Date), as adjusted to take into account the Arrangement pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect terms of the applicable Company Shares shall be reducedEquity Plan. For greater certainty, in respect of each LTIP Unit governed by section 7 of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant Income Tax Act (Canada) or Section 409A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, each LTIP Unit outstanding shall be exchanged for a Replacement LTIP Unit (i) to Section 3.02(epurchase one share of Maxar U.S. Common Stock (or, in the case of a U.S. taxpayer, to purchase one share of Maxar U.S. Common Stock or receive its cash equivalent, as applicable), by an amount and (ii) at a strike price or base price, as applicable, per Maxar U.S. Common Stock in U.S. dollars equal to the product obtained when greater of (Ai) the stated capital exercise price (in Canadian dollars converted into U.S. dollars using the rate of exchange quoted by the Bank of Canada for the closest preceding Business Day prior to the Effective Date) per Company Share subject to such LTIP Unit immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (ii) such minimum amount that meets the requirements of paragraph 7(1.4)(c) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(D), as applicable; and
(e) the Company and AcquisitionCo shall be amalgamated to form one unlimited liability company (“Amalco”) with the same effect as if they had amalgamated under Section 273 of the BCBCA (the “Amalgamation”) and, with effect from the Amalgamation:
(i) Maxar U.S. shall receive on the Amalgamation one Amalco common share in exchange for each AcquisitionCo common share previously held and all of the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator will be cancelled without any repayment of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares capital in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangementthereof;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization name of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) Amalco shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company“Maxar Technologies Ltd.”;
(iii) concurrently with Amalco shall be authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares without par value;
(iv) the exchange articles and notice of articles of Amalco shall be substantially in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the form of AcquisitionCo’s articles and notice of articles;
(v) the first annual general meeting of Amalco or resolutions in lieu thereof shall be held within 18 months from the Effective Date;
(vi) the first directors of Amalco following the Amalgamation shall be: ·; and
(vii) the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall common shares of Amalco will be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital attributable to the common shares of the Company Shares AcquisitionCo immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShAmalgamation.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares each HighGold In-The-Money Option outstanding immediately prior to the acquisition Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Class A Shares HighGold Equity Incentive Plan and shall, without any further action by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)or on behalf of any HighGold Optionholder, and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed be assigned and transferred by such HighGold Optionholder (free and clear of all Liens) to HighGold for cancellation in exchange for the Depositary Option Consideration. The HighGold Shares comprising the Option Consideration will be issued to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such HighGold Optionholder as fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to shares in the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationHighGold;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each InHighGold Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money OptionHighGold Optionholder, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option OOTM Consideration;
(iii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof HighGold Optionholder shall cease to be the a holder of such Company OptionHighGold Options, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(Bii) each such holder’s name shall be removed from the each HighGold Option register of Company Optionsmaintained by HighGold, and
and (Ciii) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments agreements relating thereto to the HighGold Options shall be cancelledterminated and shall be of no further force and effect;
(cd) notwithstanding any vesting provisions each Dissenting Shareholder shall transfer to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions Purchaser all of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company Dissent Shares held (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereofLiens), without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbranceson its part, and each such Company Share in consideration therefor, the Purchaser shall issue to the Dissenting Shareholder a debt-claim to be paid the aggregate fair market value of those Dissent Shares as determined pursuant to Section 5.1, and in respect of the Dissent Shares so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each transferred
(a) the Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a be the holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and thereof,
(b) the name of such the Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company or on behalf of HighGold in respect of the Company Shares HighGold Shares,
(c) the Dissenting Shareholder shall be reduceddeemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect the transfer thereof, and
(d) the name of the Purchaser shall be added to the register maintained by or on behalf of HighGold in respect of the Company HighGold Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal as the holder thereof; and
(e) each HighGold Shareholder shall transfer to the product obtained when Purchaser (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of all Liens) each whole HighGold Share held (other than any EncumbrancesHighGold Shares held by the Purchaser immediately before the Effective Time or acquired by the Purchaser from a Dissenting Shareholder under Section 3.1(d)), including the HighGold Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.1(a), in exchange for one Class A the Consideration for each HighGold Share and one Distribution Spinco Shareheld, and upon such exchange:and
(Aa) each such exchanged Company Share the HighGold Shareholder shall cease to be cancelled, and the holders holder thereof,
(b) the name of such exchanged Company Shares the HighGold Shareholder shall be removed from the Company’s register maintained by or on behalf of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares HighGold in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;HighGold Shares,
(Cc) the Company HighGold Shareholder shall be removed from deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; transfer thereof, and
(Dd) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect the name of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there Purchaser shall be added to the stated capital account register maintained by the Company or on behalf of HighGold in respect of the Class A Shares, HighGold Shares as the holder thereof; it being expressly provided that the events provided for in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall 3.1 will be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to occur on the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shallEffective Date, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only that certain procedures related thereto may not be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to completed until after the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShDate.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially consecutively in the following order order, each occurring five minutes following completion of the previous event without any further authorization, act or formality:
(a) notwithstanding the Purchaser terms of the Shareholder Rights Plan, the Shareholder Rights Plan shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal be terminated and all rights issued pursuant to the quotient obtained when Shareholder Rights Plan shall be cancelled without any payment in respect thereof;
(Ab) the fair market value each Dissent Share shall be transferred by such Dissenting Shareholder to Purchaser (free and clear of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (Bany Liens) $1.00in accordance with, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable consideration contemplated in, Article 4;
(Ac) in relation all Company Options, to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately extent not exercised prior to the acquisition Effective Time, shall be deemed terminated without any payment in respect thereof;
(d) the Effective Date shall be deemed to be the vesting date for all of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)then issued and outstanding Company RSUs, and in connection with the Company shall allot and issue to each Company RSU Holder such share subscription:
number of Company Shares as are due to such holder under the terms of such RSUs and thereafter (i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, Company Incentive Plans will terminate and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction none of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco former holders of Company RSUs or Company Options shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaserany rights, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco liabilities or obligations in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall Company Incentive Plans and (ii) the Company RSU Holders will be increased, treated in all respects as Company Shareholders with respect of to the Acquireco Common Company Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a3.1(d), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares (other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)Share) shall be exchanged with the Company, transferred to Purchaser (free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(lLiens) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive Share Consideration; or
(ii) the Cash Consideration, in each case in accordance with the Cash Considerationelection or deemed election of such Shareholder pursuant to Section 3.2, in each case, subject to the provisions of proration in accordance with Section 3.02(m); and3.3;
(iif) with respect to each Company Share transferred in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of accordance with Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:3.1(b) or Section 3.1(e):
(iiii) each the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such Participating Former Securityholder Company Share and shall cease to have any rights in respect of such Company Share and the name of such registered holder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders Company Shareholders as of Class A Shares,the time of transfer prescribed in Section 3.1(b) or Section 3.1(e), as applicable;
(ivii) Acquireco the registered holder thereof shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal deemed to have executed and beneficial owner of delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer such Class A Shares, free of all EncumbrancesCompany Share; and
(viii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to Purchaser will be the provisions holder of all of the outstanding Company Shares as of the time of transfer prescribed in Section 3.02(m3.1(b) or Section 3.02(n3.1(e), as applicable, applicable and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s central securities register of holders of Company shall be revised accordingly and Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only shall be entitled to receive all of the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal rights and privileges attached to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; andCompany Shares.
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (Ag) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to transfers, exchanges, issuances and terminations provided for in this Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall 3.1 will be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to occur on the Effective Time shall Date, notwithstanding that certain procedures related thereto may not be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by completed until after the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShEffective Date.
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Arrangement. At 3.1 On the Effective TimeDate, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02subject to the provisions of Article 5 hereof, the following events or transactions shall will occur and shall will be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order and at the times set out below without any further authorization, act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Sharesimmediately thereafter, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have each issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Target Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, held by a Target Shareholder in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised will be deemed to have been transferred without any further action by act or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Optionformality to Purchaser, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) any liens, claims and cancelled in exchange for the Option Considerationencumbrances, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Optionand:
(Ai) the holder thereof shall such Target Shareholder will cease to be the registered holder of such Company Option, Dissenting Shares and shall will cease to have any rights as a registered holders of such Target Shares other than the right to be paid fair value for such Dissenting Shares as set out in Section 5.2(a);
(ii) such Target Shareholder's name will be removed as the registered holder of such Dissenting Shares from the registers of Target Shares maintained by or on behalf of Target; and
(iii) Purchaser will be deemed to be the transferee of such Dissenting Shares, free and clear of any liens, claims and encumbrances, and will be entered in the registers of Target Shares maintained by or on behalf of Target; and
(b) immediately thereafter, each issued and outstanding Target Share (other than any Target Share in respect of which the Target Shareholder has validly exercised his, her or its Dissent Right) will be transferred to, and acquired by Purchaser, without any act or formality on the part of the holder of such Company Option under Target Share or Purchaser, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances, in exchange for 0.0195 of a Purchaser Share, provided that the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) aggregate number of Purchaser Shares payable to any Target Shareholder, if calculated to include a fraction of a Purchaser Share, will be rounded down to the nearest whole Purchaser Share, with no consideration being paid for the fractional share, and the name of each such holder’s name shall Target Shareholder will be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants holders of Target Shares and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior added to the Effective Time shallregister of holders of Purchaser Shares, without any further action by or on behalf of any and Purchaser will be recorded as the registered holder of such Company RSU, Target Shares so exchanged and will be deemed to be fully vested the legal and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled beneficial owner thereof; The transactions provided for in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto this Section 3.1 will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered occur on the Effective Date and at the time specified notwithstanding that certain of the procedures related hereto are not completed until after the Effective Date.
3.2 Notwithstanding that the transactions or events set out in Section 3.1 may occur or be deemed to occur in the Company by the holder thereof, order therein set out without any further act or formality formality, each of Target and Purchaser agree to make, do and execute or cause and procure to be made, done and executed all such further acts, deeds, agreements, transfers, assurances, instruments or documents as may be required by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease it in order to have further document or evidence any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step transactions or events set out in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (3.1 including, without limitation, any resolution of directors authorizing the Company Shares issued to former holders issue, transfer or purchase for cancellation of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c)shares, respectivelyany share transfer powers evidencing the transfer of shares, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, receipt therefor and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting necessary additions to or deletions from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shshare registers.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02noted herein, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially sequentially, in the following order order, without any further act or formalityformality required on the part of any Person, in each case effective as at the Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser each Liquid Share (other than any Liquid Shares held by LBIX and any Liquid Shares in respect of which any Liquid Shareholder has validly exercised his, her or its Dissent Right) shall subscribe for that number be deemed to be transferred to LBIX (free and clear of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (Aany Encumbrances) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty in exchange for the purposes Consideration, subject to Article 4 hereof;
(b) each Liquid Share in respect of determining variable which any Liquid Shareholder has validly exercised his, her or its Dissent Right shall be directly transferred and assigned by such Dissenting Shareholder to LBIX (Afree and clear of any Encumbrances) in relation accordance with Article 4 hereof;
(c) with respect to the quotient under this each Liquid Share transferred and assigned in accordance with Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to 3.1(a) or Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription3.1(b) hereto:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such Company Option, Liquid Share and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect the name of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name registered holder shall be removed from the register of Company OptionsLiquid Shareholders as of the Effective Time;
(ii) the registered holder thereof shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign such Liquid Shares in accordance with Section 3.1(a) or Section 3.1(b) hereto, as applicable; and
(Ciii) LBIX will be the holder of all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants of the outstanding Liquid Shares and similar instruments relating thereto the register of Liquid Shareholders shall be cancelledrevised accordingly;
(cd) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, in accordance with the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, certificates governing the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option PlanLiquid Warrants, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU Liquid Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by entitled to receive (and such holder shall accept), upon the Company to the holder exercise of such Company DSU holder's Liquid Warrants, in lieu of each Liquid Share to which such holder was theretofore entitled, upon such exercise and for the same aggregate consideration payable therefor, the number of LBIX Shares equal to the Company Shproduct of: (i) the number of Liquid Shares subject to such Liquid Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time; and (ii) 0.5741. Each liquid Warrant shall continue to be governed by and be subject to the terms of the certificate governing the terms and conditions of such Liquid Warrant; and
(e) the exchanges, cancellations and transactions provided for in this Section 3.1 will be deemed to occur on the Effective Date, notwithstanding certain procedures related thereto may not be completed until after the Effective Date.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur sequentially in the order set out below unless otherwise noted and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formalityformality required on the part of any Person, except as expressly provided herein:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number Lincoln Shares in respect of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price which Lincoln Shareholders who have exercised Dissent Rights in accordance with Article 4 (and the right of $1.00 per share, equal such Shareholder to dissent with respect to such Lincoln Shares has not been terminated or ceased to apply to the quotient obtained when (AShareholder) will be deemed to have been transferred to Lincoln and such holders will cease to have any rights as Lincoln Shareholders other than the right to be paid the fair market value of their Lincoln Shares in accordance with Article 4;
(b) at the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for time of the purposes of determining variable (A) step contemplated in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior with respect to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco each Lincoln Share transferred pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:3.02(a):
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall Lincoln Share will cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,Share;
(Bii) such the holder’s 's name shall will be removed from the central securities register of Company Options, andLincoln with respect to such Lincoln Share;
(Ciii) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants legal and similar instruments relating thereto beneficial title to such Lincoln Share will rest in Lincoln and Lincoln will be and be deemed to be the transferee of such Lincoln Share and such Lincoln Share shall be cancelled;
(iv) the certificate representing such Lincoln Share shall be deemed to have been cancelled; and
(v) the holder of such Lincoln Share shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect such transfer;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions after the step described in Section 3.02(a), Lincoln and LPT Sub will merge with the same effect as if they were amalgamated under Section 269 of the BCBCA, and the separate legal existence of Lincoln will not cease and Lincoln will survive the merger ("Lincoln" may be referred to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject hereinafter as the "merged company");
(whether by contractd) without limiting the foregoing, at the time of the step described in Section 3.02(c), the terms separate legal existence of LPT Sub will cease without LPT Sub being liquidated or wound-up, Lincoln and conditions of any Award Agreement or grantLPT Sub will continue as one company; and, as a result, the terms property and conditions liabilities of LPT Sub will become the property and liabilities of Lincoln;
(e) at the time of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):step described in Section 3.02(c) and from and after this time:
(i) Lincoln will own and hold all property of Lincoln and LPT Sub, and, without limiting the provisions hereof, all rights of creditors or others will be unimpaired by such merger, and all obligations of Lincoln and LPT Sub, whether arising by contract or otherwise, may be enforced against Lincoln to the same extent as if such obligations had been incurred or contracted by it;
(ii) Lincoln will continue to be liable for the obligations of Lincoln and LPT Sub;
(iii) all rights, contracts, permits and interests of Lincoln and LPT Sub will continue as rights, contracts, permits and interests of Lincoln as if Lincoln and LPT Sub continued and, for greater certainty, the merger will not constitute a transfer or assignment of the rights or obligations of either of Lincoln or LPT Sub under any such rights, contracts, permits and interests;
(iv) any existing cause of action, claim or liability to prosecution will be unaffected;
(v) a legal proceeding being prosecuted or pending by or against either Lincoln or LPT Sub may be continued by or against Lincoln;
(vi) a conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against either LPT Sub or Lincoln may be enforced by or against Lincoln;
(vii) each Company RSU issued Lincoln Share shall be cancelled and outstanding the holder thereof shall receive, subject to Section 5.03, that number of Post Consolidation LPT Shares as is equal to the number of Lincoln Shares held by such Shareholder immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action multiplied by or on behalf the Exchange Ratio;
(viii) each common share in the capital of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and LPT Sub shall be transferred cancelled and disposed by the holder thereof to shall receive, for each such share, one common share in the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder capital of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Considerationmerged company;
(iiix) with respect in consideration of the issuance of Post Consolidation LPT Shares, the merged company shall issue to LPT one common share in the capital of the merged company for each Company RSUPost Consolidation LPT Share issued;
(x) the capital of the common shares of the merged company and the capital of the shares of LPT issued by LPT pursuant to Section 3.02(e)(vii) will be as follows:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be capital of the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held Post Consolidation LPT Shares issued by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders LPT pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares 3.02(e)(vii) shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) lesser of the stated capital fair market value of all the issued and outstanding Company Lincoln Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), merger and the denominator of which paid up capital, as that term is defined in the number of issued and outstanding Company Tax Act, attributable to Lincoln Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e)merger; and
(xi) the name of the merged company shall be "Lincoln Gold Corporation";
(gxii) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms address of the Spinco Contribution Agreementregistered and records office shall be ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 2T5;
(hxiii) in the course merged company shall be authorized to issue an unlimited number of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:common shares;
(ixiv) the notice of articles and articles amalgamation of the Company merged company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated substantially in the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” form attached as Appendix I to this Plan of Arrangement;
(iixv) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization notice of articles of the Company’s share capital pursuant merged company shall be substantially in the form attached as Appendix II to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders Plan of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company SharesArrangement;
(Bxvi) each holder the articles of such exchanged Company Shares the merged company shall be entered substantially in the Company’s register form attached as Appendix III to this Plan of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holderArrangement;
(Cxvii) the Company shall first annual meeting of the merged company will be removed held within 18 months from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco SharesEffective Date; and
(Dxviii) each holder the first directors of such exchanged Company Shares the merged company following the merger shall be entered the persons set out in Spinco’s register the notice of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange articles referred to in Section 3.02(h)(ii3.02(e)(xv), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially consecutively in the following order order, except where noted, without any further act authorization, act, or formality:
(a) the Purchaser each Dissent Share shall subscribe for that number be deemed to be transferred and assigned by such Dissenting Shareholder, without any further act of Acquireco Common Sharesformality on its part, at a price to MZKR (free and clear of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (Aany Liens) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00in accordance with, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a)consideration contemplated in, the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionArticle 4 and:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Optionbe, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by cease to be, the registered holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, each such Dissent Share and the holder name of such Company RSU shall become the registered holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered removed from the register of Instadose Shareholders in respect of each such Dissent Share, and at such time each Dissenting Shareholder will have the rights set out in Section 4.1;
(ii) the registered holder thereof shall be deemed to the Company by have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments, and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign each such Dissent Share; and
(iii) MZKR shall be and shall be deemed to be the holder thereofof all of the outstanding Dissent Shares and the central securities register of Instadose shall be, and shall be deemed to be, revised accordingly;
(b) immediately following the preceding step, each Instadose Share (other than any Instadose Share held by MZKR or any of its Affiliates and any Dissent Share) shall be transferred and assigned, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderon its part, to MZKR (free and clear of all Encumbrancesany liens, charges, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have encumbrances of any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company nature whatsoever) in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration exchange for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubtConsideration, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:and
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company registered holder thereof shall be amended cease to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transferbe, and shall be deemed to have transferredcease to be, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by the registered holder of each such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Instadose Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner name of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares registered holder shall transferbe, and shall be deemed to have transferredbe, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear removed from the register of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:Instadose Shareholders;
(iii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing registered holder thereof shall be deemed to receive the Cash Considerationhave executed and delivered all consents, the Cash Considerationreleases, subject assignments, and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to the provisions of Section 3.02(m)transfer and assign each such Instadose Share; and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder MZKR shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal all of the outstanding Instadose Shares and the central securities register of Instadose shall be, and shall be deemed to be, revised accordingly; and
(c) it being expressly provided that the Company Shevents provided for in this Section 3.1 will be deemed to occur on the Effective Date, notwithstanding those certain procedures related thereto may not be completed until after the Effective Date.
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Arrangement. 3.1 The Arrangement Commencing at the Effective Time, each of the events set out below shall occur and be deemed to occur at the times set out below, in each case without any further authorization, act or formality of the Company, any Holder, Acquisitionco or any other person.
(a) At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction all of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued Options granted and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall will be transferred and disposed by the holder holders thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for a cash payment equal to the Option Consideration, and the holder payable to each Optionholder in respect of each Option transferred by such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option ConsiderationOptionholder;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) , the holder thereof shall will cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall will cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option or under the applicable Company Stock Option Plan,
(B) , and such holder’s name shall will be removed from the register registers of Company Options with respect to such Options, and;
(Ciii) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall the Stock Option Plan will be cancelled;
(cb) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, Immediately after the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):steps in Section 3.1(a) occur:
(i) each Company RSU issued and all Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without (including Dissenting Shares and any further action by or on behalf Common Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of any holder Option duly exercised prior to the Effective Time in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Option Plan and the option agreement evidencing any such Company RSUOption), will be and be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof Common Shareholders to the Company Acquisitionco (free and clear of all Encumbrancesany Liens) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled a cash payment equal to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) Purchase Price for each Company Common Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred as set out in Section 4.1(a) for each Dissenting Share to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to which Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i4.1(a) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereonapplies, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(jC) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or any Common Shareholder who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and who is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, entitled to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Common Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to which they have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Considerationexercised Dissent Rights, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m)Purchase Price for each such Common Share; and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02noted herein, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially sequentially, in the following order order, without any further act or formalityformality required on the part of any person, in each case effective as at the Effective Time:
(a) the Purchaser Effective Date shall subscribe be deemed to be the vesting date for that all of the then issued and outstanding European Goldfields RSUs, and European Goldfields shall allot and issue to each holder of a European Goldfields RSU such number of Acquireco Common SharesEuropean Goldfields Shares as are due to such holder under the terms of the European Goldfields RSU Plan (less any amounts withheld pursuant to Section 5.4 of this Plan of Arrangement) and thereafter the European Goldfields RSU Plan will terminate and none of the former holders of European Goldfields RSUs, at European Goldfields, Eldorado or any of their respective successors or assigns shall have any rights, liabilities or obligations in respect of the European Goldfields RSU Plan;
(b) the Effective Date shall be deemed to be the Separation Date (as defined in the European Goldfields DPU Plan) for all of the then issued and outstanding European Goldfields DPUs, and European Goldfields shall pay to each holder of a price European Goldfields DPU such amounts as are due to such holder under the terms of $1.00 per sharethe European Goldfields DPU Plan (less any amounts withheld pursuant to Section 5.4 of this Plan of Arrangement) and thereafter the European Goldfields DPU Plan will terminate and none of the former holders of European Goldfields DPUs, equal European Goldfields, Eldorado or any of their respective successors or assigns shall have any rights, liabilities or obligations in respect of the European Goldfields DPU Plan;
(c) each European Goldfields Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder in respect of which the European Goldfields Shareholder has validly exercised his, her or its Dissent Right shall be directly transferred and assigned by such Dissenting Shareholder to Eldorado (free and clear of any liens, charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever) in accordance with Article 4 hereof;
(d) each European Goldfields Share (other than any European Goldfields Shares held by Eldorado and any Dissenting Shareholder) shall be deemed to be transferred to Eldorado (free and clear of any liens, charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever) in exchange for the Consideration;
(e) each European Goldfields Option, which is outstanding and has not been duly exercised prior to the quotient obtained when Effective Date, shall be exchanged for an option (Aeach, a “Replacement Option”) to purchase from Eldorado the number of Eldorado Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) equal to: (i) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided Option Exchange Ratio multiplied by (Bii) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes number of determining variable (A) in relation European Goldfields Shares subject to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares such European Goldfields Option immediately prior to the acquisition Effective Date. Such Replacement Option shall provide for an exercise price per Eldorado Share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to: (x) the exercise price per European Goldfields Share otherwise purchasable pursuant to such European Goldfields Option; divided by (y) the Option Exchange Ratio. All terms and conditions of a Replacement Option, including the term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercising, will be the same as the European Goldfields Option for which it was exchanged, and shall be governed by the terms of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant applicable European Goldfields Option Plan and any certificate or option agreement previously evidencing the European Goldfields Option shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to Section 3.02(k), evidence such Replacement Option and such Replacement Options shall be designed to meet the requirements under Subsection 7(1.4) of the Tax Act;
(f) with respect to each European Goldfields Share transferred and assigned in connection accordance with such share subscriptionSubsection 3.1(c) or 3.1(d) hereto:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such Company Option, European Goldfields Share and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect the name of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name registered holder shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions European Goldfields Shareholders as of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU ConsiderationTime;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the registered holder thereof shall cease be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign such European Goldfields Share in accordance with Subsection 3.1(c) or 3.1(d) hereto, as applicable; and
(iii) Eldorado will be the holder of such Company RSU, all of the outstanding European Goldfields Shares and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will European Goldfields Shareholders shall be cancelledrevised accordingly;
(g) Eldorado will sell all of the European Goldfields Shares acquired under Subsection 3.1 (c) and (d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminatedhereto to Eldorado Holdco in exchange for 100,000 common shares of Eldorado Holdco;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (Ah) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company European Goldfields Shares immediately prior shall be reduced to the step $1.00 without payment or distribution in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);respect thereof; and
(gi) Eldorado Holdco and European Goldfields shall be amalgamated and continued as one corporation under the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and YBCA to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all form Amalco in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitalfollowing:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions set out below shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order sequence in each case, except where stated otherwise, without any further authorization, act or formalityformality of or by the Company, the Purchaser or any other Person:
(a) at the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionEffective Time:
(i) pursuant to the Purchaser terms of the Company Stock Option Plan, the Board shall prior to the Effective Time: (i) approve the acceleration of the vesting of all outstanding Company Options, subject to receipt of requisite regulatory approval (if any), and upon such approval each Company Option shall be deemed to have directed be vested and exercisable prior to the Depositary to holdEffective Time; and (ii) approve, and conditional upon completion of the Depositary shall holdArrangement, the cash termination and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser cancellation of all Company Options that have not been exercised prior to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (Effective Time without payment of any consideration to the holders of such cash terminated and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; andcancelled Company Options;
(ii) Acquireco the Company Stock Option Plan and all agreements relating to Company Options shall be deemed to terminated and of no further force or effect and neither the Company nor the Purchaser shall have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares any liability or obligations with respect to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant Company Option Plan or any agreements relating to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser ConsiderationCompany Options;
(biii) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, in accordance with the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Agent Compensation Options, each holder of an Agent Compensation Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallshall receive upon the subsequent exercise of such holder’s Agent Compensation Option, without any further action by in accordance with its terms and for the same aggregate consideration therefor, and shall accept in lieu of each Company Common Share to which such holder was theretofore entitled upon such exercise, the Consideration; and
(iv) each Company RSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or on behalf of any unvested) shall immediately vest and the Company shall allot and issue to each holder of a Company RSU such In-the- Money Optionnumber of Company Common Shares (provided that no share certificates shall be issued with respect to such shares as are due to such holder) under the terms of the Company RSU Plan and thereafter the Company RSU Plan will terminate and none of the former holders of Company RSUs, the Company, the Purchaser or any of their respective successors or assigns shall have any rights, liabilities or obligations in respect of the Company RSU Plan.
(b) immediately after the steps in Section 2.3(a):
(i) each Company Common Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder who is ultimately determined to be entitled to be paid the fair value of his, her or its Company Common Shares in accordance with Article 3 (a “Dissenting Share”) shall be and shall be deemed to be fully vested and shall be have been transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company Purchaser (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) in consideration for a debt claim against the Purchaser in an amount equal to the fair value of such Dissenting Share determined and payable in accordance with Article 3; and
(ii) with respect to each Dissenting Share transferred to the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(i): (A) the registered holder of such Dissenting Share will cease to be the holder thereof or to have any rights as a holder thereof (other than the right to receive fair value of such Dissenting Share in accordance with Article 3) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Considerationname of the registered holder thereof will be removed from the central securities register of the Company, and (B) the holder of such In-the-Money Option Dissenting Share shall become be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign such Company Common Shares and (C) the holder Purchaser shall be and shall be deemed to be the transferee of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration Dissenting Share (free and clear of all Liens) and will be entered in the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but as the sole holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;thereof; and
(iic) immediately after the steps in Section 2.3(b):
(i) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and Company Common Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action (including the Company Common Shares allotted and issued pursuant to Section 2.3(a)(iv) hereof but other than Dissenting Shares and Company Common Shares directly or indirectly owned by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, the Purchaser) shall be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company Purchaser (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and provided (A) that the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Purchaser Common Shares comprising such RSU the Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but subject to the holder of such RSU Transfer Restrictions and Exceptions and (B) the certificates or any “direct registration system” statements or advice representing the Purchaser Common Shares comprising the Consideration shall not bear (or, in the case of uncertificated Purchaser Common Shares, be entitled deemed to receive a share certificate or other document representing bear) the RSU ConsiderationRestricted Legend until the Release Date;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
Common Share transferred to the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i), (A) the holder thereof shall of such Company Common Share will cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease thereof or to have any rights as a holder in respect thereof (other than the right to receive the consideration such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i)) and the name of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall holder thereof will be removed from the central securities register of the Company, (B) the holder of such Company RSUsCommon Share shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, and
releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign such Company Common Shares and (C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans Purchaser shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to be the transferee of such Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, Common Share (free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(bLiens) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall will be entered in the Company’s central securities register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrancessole holder thereof; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall Company Shareholder (other than a Dissenting Shareholder) will be removed from the Company’s securities register holder of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders aggregate number of Purchaser Common Shares in respect issued to such Company Shareholder pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i) and the securities registers of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only will be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shrevised accordingly.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, each of the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order as set out below without any further authorization, act or formality:formality on the part of any Person (provided that none of the following shall occur unless all of the following occur):
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company transferred by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, thereof (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) to the Company for a debt claim against the Company (to be settled by the Company with its own available funds on hand and not funds directly or indirectly provided by the Purchaser or any affiliate of the Purchaser) for an amount determined in accordance with ARTICLE 3, and each and: (i) such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to be the holder of such Share and to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares Shareholder from and after the Effective Time, other than a claim against the Company right to be paid the fair value for such Share as set out in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and ARTICLE 3, (ii) the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect or on behalf of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder Share shall immediately be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall cancelled and cease to be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholderoutstanding;
(mb) in the event each Option (whether vested or unvested) that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, and shall be deemed to be, transferred by the holder thereof (free and clear of all Liens) to the Company in exchange for the right to receive from the Company (net of applicable withholdings pursuant to Section 4.3) the Option Consideration (which Option Consideration may be paid by the Company to the holder on the Effective Date) and each such Option shall immediately be cancelled and cease to be outstanding, and (i) the holder of such Option shall cease to be the holder thereof and to have any rights as an Optionholder from and after the Effective Time, other than the right to receive the Option Consideration (net of applicable withholdings pursuant to Section 4.3) to which they are entitled under this Section 2.3(b), provided that where the Option Consideration is zero or a negative amount, such Option shall be cancelled without any consideration or payment therefor and neither the Company nor the Purchaser shall be obligated to pay the holder of such Option any amount in respect of such Option, (ii) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Optionholders maintained by or on behalf of the Company, and (iii) the Stock Option Plan and all agreements, certificates and similar instruments relating to each such Option shall be, and shall be deemed to be, terminated and of no further force and effect;
(c) each Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than a Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder) shall be, and shall be deemed to be, transferred by the holder thereof (free and clear of all Liens) to the Purchaser in exchange for the right to receive the Consideration and (i) the holder of such Share shall cease to be the holder thereof and to have any rights as a Shareholder from and after the Effective Time, other than the right to receive the Consideration in accordance with this Plan of Arrangement; (ii) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and (iii) the Purchaser shall be, and shall be deemed to be, the transferee and the legal and beneficial holder of such Shares (free and clear of all Liens) and shall be, and shall be deemed to be, entered as the registered holder of such Shares in the register of the Shareholders maintained by or on behalf of the Company;
(d) each DSU (whether vested or unvested) that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, and shall be deemed to be, transferred by the holder thereof (free and clear of all Liens) to the Company in exchange for the right to receive a cash payment from the Company (net of applicable withholdings pursuant to Section 4.3) equal to the Consideration (which consideration may be paid by the Company to the holder one Business Day prior to the Effective Time) and each such DSU shall be immediately cancelled and cease to be outstanding, and (i) the holder of such DSU shall cease to be holder thereof and to have any rights as a holder of such DSU from and after the Effective Time, other than the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled under this Section 2.3(d) (to the extent that such consideration is not paid by the Company to the holder one Business Day prior to the Effective Time), (ii) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of DSUs maintained by or on behalf of the Company, and (iii) the DSU Plan and all agreements, certificates and similar instruments relating to each such DSU shall be, and shall be deemed to be, terminated and of no further force and effect;
(e) each PSU (whether vested or unvested) that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, and shall be deemed to be, transferred by the holder thereof (free and clear of all Liens) to the Company in exchange for the right to receive a cash payment from the Company (net of applicable withholdings pursuant to Section 4.3) equal to the Consideration multiplied by the maximum applicable Multiplier (as defined in the PSU Plan) (which consideration may be paid by the Company to the holder one Business Day prior to the Effective Time), and each such PSU shall be immediately cancelled and cease to be outstanding, and (i) the holder of such PSU shall cease to be the holder thereof and to have any rights as a holder of such PSU from and after the Effective Time, other than the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled under this Section 2.3(e) (to the extent that such consideration is not paid by the Company to the holder one Business Day prior to the Effective Time), (ii) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of PSUs maintained by or on behalf of the Company, and (iii) the PSU Plan and all agreements, certificates and similar instruments relating to each such PSU shall be, and shall be deemed to be, terminated and of no further force and effect;
(f) each RSU (whether vested or unvested) that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, and shall be deemed to be, transferred by the holder thereof (free and clear of all Liens) to the Company in exchange for the right to receive a cash payment from the Company (net of applicable withholdings pursuant to Section 4.3) equal to the Consideration (which consideration may be paid by the Company to the holder one Business Day prior to the Effective Time), and each such RSU shall be immediately cancelled and cease to be outstanding and (iii) the holder of such RSU shall cease to be the holder thereof and to have any rights as a holder of such RSU from and after the Effective Time, other than the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled under this Section 2.3(f) (to the extent that such consideration is not paid by the Company to the holder one Business Day prior to the Effective Time), (iv) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of RSUs maintained by or on behalf of the Company, and (v) the RSU Plan and all agreements, certificates and similar instruments relating to each such PSU shall be, and shall be deemed to be, terminated and of no further force and effect; and
(g) each Convertible Debenture shall be, and shall be deemed to be, transferred by the holder thereof (free and clear of all Liens) to the Company in exchange for a cash payment by from the Company in an amount (the “Debenture Consideration”) equal to:
(1) the product of (A) the Debenture Conversion Amount multiplied by (B) the Consideration; plus
(2) all accrued and unpaid interest on such Convertible Debenture (as determined in accordance with terms of the Debenture Indenture) up to but excluding the Effective Date, and each such Convertible Debenture shall immediately be cancelled and cease to be outstanding, and (i) the holder of the Convertible Debenture shall cease to be the holder thereof and to have any rights as a holder of such Company DSU equal Convertible Debenture from and after the Effective Time, other than the right to receive the Company Shconsideration to which they are entitled under this Section 2.3(g), (ii) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Convertible Debentures maintained by or on behalf of the Company; and (iii) the Debenture Indenture and all agreements, certificates and similar instruments relating to each such Convertible Debenture shall be, and shall be deemed to be, terminated and of no further force and effect.
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) each independent contractor agreement or employment agreement between the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number Company or any of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value its subsidiaries and each of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by Terminated Persons, as applicable, shall terminate (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for certainty, without limiting the purposes generality of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a)foregoing, the fair market value positions of each employee or individual that provided the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value services of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(ksuch Terminated Person under an independent contractor agreements, as applicable, shall also terminate), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser Highlander shall deliver or arrange to be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction terms of the subscription price payable by Arrangement Agreement to each Terminated Person the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect portion of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant Termination Obligations to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Considerationwhich they are entitled;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting Highlander shall deliver or exercise provisions arrange to be delivered in accordance with the terms of the Arrangement Agreement to each Bear Creek Financial Advisor and to each Service Provider the portion of the Service Obligations to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):they are entitled;
(ic) each InBear Creek Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any Bear Creek Optionholder, be cancelled without any payment in respect thereof, and thereafter:
(i) each holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Bear Creek Out-of-the-Money Option issued shall cease to be a holder of such Bear Creek Out-of-the-Money Option and to have any rights as a Bear Creek Optionholder,
(ii) all agreements relating to the Bear Creek Out-of-the-Money Options shall be terminated and shall be of no force and effect, and
(iii) the name of each holder of a Bear Creek Out-of-the-Money Option shall be removed from the register of Bear Creek Options maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek;
(d) each Bear Creek In-the-Money Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Bear Creek Stock Option Plan or any agreement in respect thereof, and shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any Bear Creek Optionholder, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such Bear Creek Optionholder (free and clear of all Liens) to Bear Creek for cancellation in exchange for the Option Consideration (net of any withholding of Bear Creek Shares made under Section 4.4), and thereafter:
(i) each holder of such Out-ofa Bear Creek In-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof Option shall cease to be the a holder of such Company Option, Bear Creek In-the-Money Options and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of Bear Creek Optionholder and such Company Option under the applicable Company Option PlanBear Creek -In-the-Money Options shall be immediately cancelled,
(Bii) such holder’s all agreements relating to the Bear Creek In-the-Money Options shall be terminated and shall be of no force and effect,
(iii) the name of each holder of a Bear Creek In-the-Money Option shall be removed from the register of Company OptionsBear Creek Options maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek, and
(Civ) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto each such former holder of the Bear Creek In-the-Money Options shall be cancelleddeemed to be the holder of the Bear Creek Shares comprising the Option Consideration, net of any withholding pursuant to Section 4.4 (notwithstanding that no certificates or DRS Advice shall be issued with respect to such Bear Creek Shares) and the name of such former holder of such Bear Creek In-the-Money Options shall be entered into the register of Bear Creek Shares maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(ie) each Company RSU issued and Bear Creek DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Bear Creek LTIP or any agreement in respect of such Bear Creek DSUs, and shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSUthe Bear Creek DSU Holder thereof, be deemed to be fully vested assigned and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof such Bear Creek DSU Holder to the Company Bear Creek (free and clear of all EncumbrancesLiens) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU number of Bear Creek Shares equal to the number of Bear Creek Shares such Bear Creek DSU Holder is entitled to under each Bear Creek DSU (the “DSU Consideration”) (net of any withholding of Bear Creek Shares made under Section 4.4), and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Bear Creek Shares comprising the DSU Consideration will be issued to such RSU Consideration Bear Creek DSU Holder as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the central securities register capital of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSUBear Creek and thereafter:
(Ai) the holder thereof each Bear Creek DSU Holder shall cease to be the a holder of such Company RSU, any Bear Creek DSUs and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of Bear Creek DSU Holder and such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option PlanBear Creek DSUs shall be immediately cancelled,
(Bii) all agreements relating to such holderBear Creek DSUs shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect,
(iii) each such Bear Creek DSU Holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUsBear Creek DSUs maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(eiv) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and such former holder of such Bear Creek DSUs shall be deemed to bebe the holder of the Bear Creek Shares comprising the DSU Consideration, surrendered net of any withholding pursuant to Section 4.4 (notwithstanding that no certificates or direct registration system advices shall be issued with respect to such Bear Creek Shares) and the name of such former holder of such Bear Creek DSUs shall be entered into the register of Bear Creek Shares maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek;
(f) each Bear Creek RSU outstanding immediately prior to the Company Effective Time, shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Bear Creek LTIP or any agreement in respect of such Bear Creek RSUs, and shall, without any further action by or on behalf of the Bear Creek RSU Holder thereof, be deemed to be assigned and transferred by such Bear Creek RSU Holder to Bear Creek (free and clear of all Liens) in exchange for the number of Bear Creek Shares equal to the number of Bear Creek Shares a holder is entitled to under each Bear Creek RSU (the “RSU Consideration”) (net of any withholding of Bear Creek Shares made under Section 4.4) the Bear Creek Shares comprising the RSU Consideration will be issued to such Bear Creek RSU Holder as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of Bear Creek, and thereafter:
(i) each Bear Creek RSU Holder shall cease to be a holder of any Bear Creek RSUs and to have any rights as a Bear Creek RSU Holder and such Bear Creek RSUs shall be immediately cancelled,
(ii) all agreements relating to the Bear Creek RSUs shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect,
(iii) each such Bear Creek RSU Holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Bear Creek RSUs maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek, and
(iv) each such former holder of such Bear Creek RSUs shall be deemed to be the holder thereofof the Bear Creek Shares comprising the RSU Consideration, net of any withholding pursuant to Section 4.4 (notwithstanding that no certificates or direct registration system advices shall be issued with respect to such Bear Creek Shares) and the name of such former holder of such Bear Creek RSUs shall be entered into the register of Bear Creek Shares maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek;
(g) each Dissent Share in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised by Dissenting Shareholders shall be deemed to have been transferred to Highlander (free and clear of all Liens) without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholderon its part, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as in exchange for a holder of such Company Shares other than a debt claim against Highlander to be paid the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company aggregate fair value in respect of the Company Dissent Shares shall be reducedas determined pursuant to Section 5.1, and in respect of the Company Dissent Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitalso transferred:
(i) the notice of articles and articles Dissenting Shareholders shall cease to be holders of the Company shall Dissent Shares and to have any rights as holders of such Dissent Shares other than the right to be amended paid the fair value for such Dissent Shares pursuant to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;Section 5.1,
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization names of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares Dissenting Shareholders shall be removed from the Company’s register maintained by or on behalf of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares Bear Creek in respect of the Class A Bear Creek Shares,
(iii) the Dissenting Shareholders shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect the transfer thereof, and
(iv) Highlander shall be and shall be deemed to be the holder of all of the outstanding Dissent Shares (free and clear of all Liens), and Highlander shall be added to the register of Bear Creek Shares maintained by or on behalf of Bear Creek in respect of the Bear Creek Shares as the holder of such Dissent Shares; and
(h) each Bear Creek Shareholder shall transfer to Highlander (free and clear of all Liens) each whole Bear Creek Share held (other than any Bear Creek Shares held by Highlander immediately before the Effective Time or acquired by Highlander from a Dissenting Shareholder under Section 3.1(g)), including the Bear Creek Shares issued pursuant to such holder;Section 3.1(e) or Section 3.1(f) in exchange for the Share Consideration for each Bear Creek Share held, and
(Ci) such Bear Creek Shareholders shall cease to be the holders of the Bear Creek Shares and to have any rights as holders of such Bear Creek Shares,
(ii) the Company names of such Bear Creek Shareholders shall be removed from the Spinco’s register maintained by or on behalf of holders of Spinco Shares Bear Creek in respect of the Distribution Spinco Bear Creek Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;,
(iii) concurrently with such Bear Creek Shareholders shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to effect the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii)transfer thereof, and
(iv) Highlander shall be and shall be deemed to be the stated capital account in respect holder of all of the Company outstanding Bear Creek Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there Highlander shall be added to the stated capital account register of Bear Creek Shares maintained by the Company or on behalf of Bear Creek in respect of the Class A Bear Creek Shares, it being expressly provided that the events provided for in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall 3.1 will be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to occur on the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shallEffective Date, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only that certain procedures related thereto may not be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to completed until after the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShDate.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality, each of the events set out below shall occur and be deemed to occur in the following sequence and at the times specified below, unless specifically noted:
(a) payment, in trust, of the Cash Consideration shall be made to the Company’s counsel;
(b) concurrect with the payment of the Cash Consideration, each Share shall be transferred to the Purchaser;
(c) effective in the moment immediately following the transfer of the Shares referred to in Section 2.3(a), the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Sharesissue to the Company the Initial Share Consideration, such shares to be issued at a deemed issue price of USD $1.00 [●] per sharePurchaser Share, whereby such issue price is equal to the quotient obtained when Purchase Price;
(Ad) effective in the fair market value of moment immediately following the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) issuance referred to in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a2.3(c), the fair market value of Purchaser shall issue to the Maximum Company the Holdback Share Consideration, such Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will to be no less than the fair market value issued at a deemed issue price of the Class A Shares immediately prior USD $[●] per Purchaser Share, whereby such issue price is equal to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)Purchase Price, and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall to be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered held by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and administered and released in accordance with the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco Holdback Terms;
(e) each Company Share in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares which any registered Company Shareholder has validly exercised Dissent Rights shall be increaseddirectly transferred and assigned by such Dissenting Shareholder to the Company in accordance with ARTICLE 3 hereof;
(f) effective in the moment immediately following the issuance referred to in Section 2.3(e), the Company shall by resolution and in respect compliance with Section 74 of the Acquireco Common Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) reduce the capital (and for income tax purposes the paid-up capital) of the Company Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Initial Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested Consideration and shall be transferred and disposed by distribute the holder thereof Initial Share Consideration to the Company Shareholders (free and clear of all Encumbrancesother than Dissenting Shareholders) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder payment of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register return of the Company shall be revised accordinglycapital, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Shareholder receiving such number of Purchaser Shares comprising the Initial Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease Consideration in proportion to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect their pro rata share of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of total Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubtoutstanding, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms provided that none of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company foregoing shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) occur unless all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shforegoing occur.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (Marizyme Inc)
Arrangement. 2.2.1 At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality, provided that none of the following will occur or be deemed to occur unless all of the following occurs:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately Immediately prior to the acquisition of Effective Time, the Class A Wedge Shares held by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser Dissenting Shareholders shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary been surrendered to holdWedge for cancellation, and such Dissenting Shareholders shall cease to be the Depositary holders of such Wedge Shares and to have any rights as holders of such Wedge Shares other than the right to be paid the fair value for such Wedge Shares as set out in Section 3.1, and such Dissenting Shareholders’ names shall hold, be removed as the cash and certificates representing holders of such Wedge Shares from the Purchaser Shares delivered central securities register of Wedge for the Wedge Shares;
(b) Each outstanding Wedge Note shall be redeemed by the Purchaser Wedge at a redemption price equal to the Depositary principal amount owing under such Wedge Note and all applicable and unpaid interest thereon up to but excluding the Effective Date, such payment of the redemption price to be completed immediately upon completion of the Private Placement;
(c) Each Wedge Note redeemed in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(ithe foregoing Paragraph 2.2.1(b) (shall be cancelled immediately following such cash redemption and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco holder thereof shall be deemed to have issued executed and delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to cancel such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco Wedge Note in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to accordance with this Section 3.02(aParagraph 2.2.1(c), by including, for greater certainty, all consents and waivers regarding those negative covenants of Wedge contained in the Wedge Notes relating to, among others, a change in business, the redemption of securities, an amount equal amendment to the fair market value of the Purchaser Considerationarticles, any continuation under other jurisdictions and transactions with related parties;
(bd) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any The holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof Wedge Note shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, thereof and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect or a former holder of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company OptionsWedge Note, and
(C) and all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants certificates and similar instruments relating thereto to such Wedge Note, including, for greater certainty, the intercreditor agreement and anti-dilution undertaking, each dated January 26, 2010, shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, shall be deemed to be fully vested cancelled and terminated and Wedge shall cease to have any liability in respect thereof;
(e) Notwithstanding the terms of the Wedge Warrants, each Wedge Warrant shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof deemed to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) be surrendered and cancelled immediately and Wedge shall cease to have any liability in exchange for the applicable RSU Considerationrespect thereof, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company thereof shall be revised accordinglydeemed to have executed and delivered all consents, but the holder of releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to cancel such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU ConsiderationWedge Warrant in accordance with this Paragraph 2.2.1(e);
(iif) with respect to The holder of each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof Wedge Warrant shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, thereof and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect or a former holder of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUsWedge Warrant, and
(C) and all Award Agreementsagreements, grants certificates and similar instruments relating thereto will to such Wedge Warrant shall be and shall be deemed to be cancelled;
(dg) Notwithstanding the Company terms of the Wedge Stock Options and the Wedge Stock Option Plans Plan, each Wedge Stock Option shall be terminateddeemed to be cancelled immediately and Wedge shall cease to have any liability in respect thereof, and the holder thereof shall be deemed to have executed and delivered all covenants, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to cancel such Wedge Stock Options in accordance with this Paragraph 2.2.1(g);
(eh) The holder of each Company Share held by Wedge Stock Option shall cease to be the holder thereof and shall cease to have any rights as a Dissenting Shareholder holder or a former holder of such Wedge Stock Option, and all agreements, certificates and similar instruments relating to such Wedge Stock Option shall be, be and shall be deemed to be, surrendered be cancelled;
(i) The Wedge Stock Option Plan and any other agreements relating to the Company Wedge Stock Options shall be terminated and Wedge shall cease to have any liability in respect thereof;
(j) The issued and outstanding Wedge Shares be consolidated by a ratio of 20:1, with any resulting fractional shares to be rounded down to the nearest whole Wedge Share (the “Consolidation”) and the central securities register of Wedge in respect of such shares shall be adjusted accordingly;
(k) Each Corporation Share outstanding will be exchanged by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, and free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, claims and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e)encumbrances, the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of one fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Wedge Share, and the name of each such holder of Corporation Shares will be removed from the central securities register of the Corporation for the Corporation Shares and added to the central securities register of Wedge for the Wedge Shares, and Wedge shall be added to the central securities register of the Corporation for the Corporation Shares;
(l) All of the authorized and unissued Wedge Shares and Wedge Preference Shares shall be cancelled;
(m) The Corporation, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wedge, and Wedge shall amalgamate to form one corporation (“Distribution Spinco SharesAmalco”) equal to with the number same effect as if they had amalgamated under Section 270 of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubtBCABC, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capitalfollowing:
(i) the notice of articles of amalgamation and articles of the Company Amalco shall be amended to create a new class substantially in the form of shares without par valuethe notice of articles and articles of Wedge, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated taking into account the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions transactions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangementherein;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization Corporation Shares held by Wedge shall be cancelled without reimbursement of the Companycapital represented thereby and the capital of Amalco shall be the same as the capital of Wedge immediately prior to the Amalgamation;
(iii) the property, rights and interests of Wedge and the Corporation will be the property, rights and interests of Amalco;
(iv) Amalco shall be liable for the obligations of Wedge and the Corporation;
(v) any existing cause of action, claim or liability to prosecution of Wedge or the Corporation shall be unaffected;
(vi) any legal proceeding being prosecuted or pending by or against either Wedge or the Corporation may be prosecuted, or its prosecution may be continued, as the case may be, by or against Amalco;
(vii) a conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour or against either Wedge or the Corporation may be enforced by or against Amalco;
(viii) Amalco’s share capital name shall be Undur Tolgoi Minerals Inc.;
(ix) the board of directors of Amalco shall consist of the following persons: Name ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
(x) the officers of Amalco shall consist of the following persons: Name Title ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ President and Chief Executive Officer ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
(xi) the first auditors of Amalco shall be ▇▇▇▇▇ & Young LLP, who shall hold office until he first annual meeting of Amalco following the amalgamation or until their successors are elected or appointed, and for the purposes of Section 220 of the BCABC, the provisions of this section shall constitute the amalgamation agreement between Wedge and the Corporation.
2.2.2 Any transfer of securities pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders Plan of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) Arrangement shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrancesliens, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Shareclaims, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelledencumbrances, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii)charges, the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment adverse interests or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shsecurity interests.
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Arrangement. At 3.1 On the Effective TimeDate, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02subject to the provisions of Article 5 hereof, the following events or transactions shall will occur and shall will be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order and at the times set out below without any further authorization, act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares each Target RSU outstanding immediately prior to the acquisition Effective Time shall immediately and unconditionally vest, notwithstanding the terms of the Class A Target RSU Plan and shall, without any further action by or on behalf of the Target RSU Holder thereof, be deemed to have been settled and fully extinguished by the Target issuing to such Target RSU Holder the number of Target Shares the Target RSU Holder is entitled to under each Target RSU. The Target Shares will be issued to such Target RSU Holder as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of Target; provided that no share certificates shall be issued with respect to such shares;
(i) each Target RSU Holder shall cease to be a holder of such Target RSUs, (ii) each such holder’s name shall be removed from each applicable register maintained by Acquireco Target, (iii) the Target RSU Plan and all agreements relating to the Target RSUs shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect, and (iv) each Target RSU Holder will thereafter have only the right to receive the consideration to which they are entitled pursuant to Section 3.02(k), 3.1(a) at the time and in connection with such share subscriptionthe manner specified in Section 3.1(a);
(c) immediately thereafter, each issued Target Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by a Target Shareholder in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised will be deemed to have been transferred without any further act or formality to Purchaser, free and clear of any liens, claims and encumbrances, and:
(i) such Target Shareholder will cease to be the registered holder of such Dissenting Shares and will cease to have any rights as registered holders of such Target Shares other than the right to be paid fair value for such Dissenting Shares as set out in Article 5;
(ii) such Target Shareholder’s name will be removed as the registered holder of such Dissenting Shares from the registers of Target Shares maintained by or on behalf of Target; and
(iii) Purchaser will be deemed to be the transferee of such Dissenting Shares, free and clear of any liens, claims and encumbrances, and will be entered in the registers of Target Shares maintained by or on behalf of Target; and
(d) immediately thereafter, each issued and outstanding Target Share (other than any Target Share in respect of which the Target Shareholder has validly exercised Dissent Rights) will be transferred to, and acquired by Purchaser, without any act or formality on the part of the holder of such Target Share or Purchaser, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances, in exchange for 0.0831 of a Parent Share, provided that the aggregate number of Parent Shares payable to any Target Shareholder, if calculated to include a fraction of a Parent Share, will be rounded down to the nearest whole Parent Share, with no consideration being paid for the fractional share, and:
(i) the registered holders of such Target Shares shall cease to be the registered holders thereof and to have any rights as holders of such Target Shares other than the right to receive the Consideration from the Purchaser in accordance with this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) such holders’ names shall be removed from the register of the Target Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Target;
(iii) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed be the Depositary to hold, transferee and the Depositary legal and beneficial holder of such Target Shares (free and clear of all Liens) and shall hold, be entered as the cash and certificates representing registered holder of such Target Shares in the Purchaser register of the Target Shares delivered maintained by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and or on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common SharesTarget; and
(iv) the Purchaser shall cause to be issued and delivered the Consideration issuable and deliverable to such Target Shareholder (other than Dissenting Target Shareholders) and such Target Shareholder’s name shall be added to the applicable register of holders of Parent Shares maintained by or on behalf of the Parent in respect of such Parent Shares;
(e) immediately thereafter (the “Option Exchange Time”), each Target Option that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether vested or unvested) will be exchanged for an option (a “Replacement Option”) to purchase from Parent such number of Parent Shares, in each case equal to (A) that number of Target Shares that were issuable upon exercise of such Target Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to the nearest whole number of Parent Shares at an exercise price per Parent Share equal to the quotient determined by dividing: (X) the exercise price per Target Share at which such Target Option was exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time, by (Y) the Exchange Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent. All other terms and conditions of such Replacement Option, including the term to expiry, vesting, conditions to and manner of exercising, will be the same as the Target Option for which it was exchanged except that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if a Replacement Option holder (other than ▇▇▇▇▇ Lematire, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇) ceases to be an “Eligible Participant” (as defined in the Parent Stock Option Plan) for any reason other than Disability (as defined in the Parent Stock Option Plan) or death, the vested Replacement Options held by such holder at the date of such cessation may be exercised, in whole or in part, by such holder up to the earlier of (A) three months after the cessation date and (B) the expiry date specified in the stock option certificate in respect of the Target Option for which such holder’s Replacement Option was exchanged, and (ii) Acquireco if any of ▇▇▇▇▇ Lematire, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ceases to be an “Eligible Participant” (as defined in the Parent Stock Option Plan) for any reason other than Disability (as defined in the Parent Stock Option Plan) or death, the vested Replacement Options held by such holder at the date of such cessation may be exercised, in whole or in part, by such holder up to the earlier of (i) one year after the cessation date and (ii) the expiry date specified in the stock option certificate in respect of the Target Option for which such holder’s Replacement Option was exchanged, and the Replacement Options shall otherwise be subject to the terms and conditions of the Parent Stock Option Plan in effect at the applicable time but only to the extent that such terms and conditions of the Parent Stock Option Plan would not (i) prevent any Parent Share sold or issued under a Replacement Option from being a “prescribed share” at the time of its sale or issue within the meaning of section 6204 of the regulations to the Tax Act or (ii) prevent the Parent Stock Option Plan from being an agreement to sell or issue securities within the meaning of section 7 of the Tax Act in respect of a Replacement Option; and further, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Target Optionholders who are United States persons under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, such Replacement Options must comply with the requirements for substitution under section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulations at 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(D). It is intended that subsection 7(1.4) of the Tax Act apply to the exchange of each Target Option for a Replacement option under this Section 3.1(e), therefore, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that: (I) the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Parent Shares subject to a Replacement Option, determined immediately after the Option Exchange Time, over the aggregate option exercise price for such Parent Shares pursuant to such Replacement Option (such excess referred to as the “Replacement Option In the Money Amount”) would otherwise exceed (II) the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Target Shares subject to the Target Option in exchange for which the Replacement Option was granted, determined immediately prior to the Option Exchange Time, over the aggregate option exercise price for the Target Shares pursuant to such Target Option (such excess referred to as the “Target Option In the Money Amount”), the option exercise price for Parent Shares subject to the Replacement Option shall be adjusted with effect at and from the Option Exchange Time so that the Replacement Option In the Money Amount of the Replacement Option does not exceed the Target Option In the Money Amount of the Target Option in accordance with subsection 7(1.4) of the Tax Act and to the extent applicable, Section 409A of the Code, but only to the extent necessary and in a manner that does not otherwise (except to the extent necessary to comply with subsection 7(1.4) of the Tax Act and Section 409A of the Code) adversely affect the holder of the Replacement Option;
(f) In consideration for the issuance of Parent Shares by Parent to Target Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.1(d), Purchaser shall issue to Parent such number of Purchaser Shares equal to the number of Target Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time less the number of Dissenting Shares, if any, and upon the issuance of such Purchaser Shares in accordance with this Section 3.1(f), Purchaser shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Purchaser Shares to the PurchaserParent, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco Purchaser in respect of the Acquireco Common such Purchaser Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), increased by an amount equal to the Canadian dollar equivalent of the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions Parent Shares issued by Parent to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Target Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e3.1(d);
(g) the Company stated capital of the Target Shares shall transfer all be reduced to $1.00 without any repayment of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares capital in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreementthereof;
(h) in the course of a reorganization Target and the Purchaser shall amalgamate pursuant to section 182 of the Company’s authorized CBCA and issued share capitalcontinued as one corporation to form Amalco in accordance with the following:
(i) the notice Name. The name of articles and articles of the Company Amalco shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A SharesUEX Corporation”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- the-Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “"Class A Shares” " (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued pursuant to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order sequence without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company an Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or a grant, applicable Laws or the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money right to acquire a Company Common Share pursuant to an Option that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to at the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed of by the holder thereof to the Company CanCo 1 (free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, claims and encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for for, subject to Section 3.4, (A) the delivery by Amalco (as successor to CanCo 1’s obligations and liabilities) of the portion of the Option ConsiderationConsideration in respect of that right consisting of Therapeutics Common Shares pursuant to Section 3.1(l)(iii), and (B) the holder payment by IrishCo on behalf of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder CanCo 1 of the Company Shares comprising such portion of the Option Consideration and the central securities register in respect of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder that right consisting of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;IrishCo Shares; and
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company such Option:
(A) , the holder thereof shall will cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall will cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option or under the applicable Company Stock Option Plan,
(B) , such holder’s name shall will be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) and all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions of the Company Share Purchase Plan:
(i) all rights of each CSPP Participant under the Company Share Purchase Plan to contributions by the Company and to the acquisition of Company Common Shares under the Company Share Purchase Plan shall, without any further action by or on behalf of the CSPP Participant, be cancelled in exchange for a cash amount equal to 25% of the aggregate number of shares purchased on behalf of that Participant under the Company Share Purchase Plan with the CSPP Participant’s contributions in respect of each of the 8 fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to the Effective Time (but excluding any Company Common Shares purchased with CSPP Participant’s contributions after November 5, 2013 that exceeded his or her rate of contribution before that date), multiplied by the Company Common Share Closing Price; and
(ii) each CSPP Participant shall be entitled to the return of any contributions he or she made under the Company Share Purchase Plan after the fiscal quarter ending immediately before the Effective Time, without interest;
(c) the Stock Option Plan and the Company Share Purchase Plan shall be terminated (and all rights issued thereunder shall expire) and shall be of no further force or effect;
(d) the each outstanding Company Option Plans Common Share (other than those held by a Qualifying Holdco) shall be terminatedtransferred and assigned to CanCo 1 in exchange for, subject to Section 3.4, (A) the payment by IrishCo on behalf of CanCo 1 of the Arrangement Cash Consideration; (B) the delivery by IrishCo on behalf of CanCo 1 of the Arrangement Stock Consideration; and (C) the delivery by Amalco (as successor to CanCo 1’s obligations and liabilities) of the Arrangement Therapeutics Consideration pursuant to Section 3.1(l)(i), and in respect of each Company Common Share so transferred and assigned,
(i) the registered holder thereof shall cease to be the registered holder of such Company Common Share and the name of such registered holder shall be removed from the register of Company Shareholders as of the Effective Time; and
(ii) CanCo 1 shall be recorded as the registered holder of such Company Common Share and shall be deemed to be the legal and beneficial owner thereof (free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances and any other rights of others);
(e) all of the outstanding Qualifying Holdco Shares of each Company Qualifying Holdco shall be transferred and assigned to CanCo 1 in exchange for, subject to Section 3.4, (A) the payment by IrishCo on behalf of CanCo 1 of the Qualifying Holdco Cash Consideration in respect of each such Qualifying Holdco; (B) the delivery by IrishCo on behalf of CanCo 1 of the Qualifying Holdco Stock Consideration in respect of each such Qualifying Holdco, and (C) the delivery by Amalco (as successor to CanCo 1’s obligations and liabilities) of the Qualifying Holdco Therapeutics Consideration pursuant to Section 3.1(l)(ii), in respect of each such Qualifying Holdco, and in respect of each Qualifying Holdco Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder so transferred and assigned,
(i) the registered holder thereof shall be, cease to be the registered holder of such Qualifying Holdco Share and the name of such registered holder shall be removed from the register of Qualifying Holdco Shareholders as of the Effective Time; and
(ii) CanCo 1 shall be recorded as the registered holder of such Qualifying Holdco Share and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to be the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, legal and beneficial owner thereof (free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, charges, encumbrances and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any other rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Sharesothers);
(f) concurrently with in consideration for (A) IrishCo delivering, on behalf of CanCo 1, the surrender Arrangement Stock Consideration and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting the Qualifying Holdco Stock Consideration directly to the Selling Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e3.1(d) and Section 3.1(e), (B) IrishCo delivering on behalf of CanCo 1 the stated capital account maintained by Option Consideration consisting of IrishCo Shares directly to the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled Optionholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e3.1(a), by an amount equal and (C) IrishCo paying, on behalf of CanCo 1, the Arrangement Cash Consideration and the Qualifying Holdco Cash Consideration to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled Selling Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e3.1(d) and Section 3.1(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco [—] CanCo 1 Common Shares (the “Distribution Spinco IrishCo CanCo 1 Common Shares”) equal shall be issued to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubtIrishCo, excluding any Company Shares and, in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights)thereof, all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by CanCo 1 for CanCo 1 Common Shares an amount equal to the Total Company Common Share Consideration;
(g) each IrishCo CanCo 1 Common Share acquired pursuant to Section 3.1(f) shall be contributed by IrishCo to the capital of Interco and, in respect of each IrishCo CanCo 1 Common Share so contributed, IrishCo shall cease to be the Class A Sharesregistered holder thereof and IrishCo’s name shall be removed from the register of shareholders of CanCo 1, and Interco shall be recorded as the registered holder of such IrishCo CanCo 1 Common Share and shall be deemed to be the legal and beneficial owner thereof (free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances and any other rights of others);
(h) each outstanding CanCo 1 Common Share shall be transferred and assigned to CanCo 2 in exchange for (i) [—] CanCo 2 Common Shares and (ii) the payment by CanCo 2 of $[—] in cash (the “CanCo 2 Payment”), and (A) in respect of each CanCo 1 Common Share so transferred and assigned, Interco shall cease to be the registered holder thereof and Interco’s name shall be removed from the register of shareholders of CanCo 1, and CanCo 2 shall be recorded as the registered holder of such CanCo 1 Common Share and shall be deemed to be the legal and beneficial owner thereof (free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances and any other rights of others) and (B) there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by CanCo 2 for CanCo 2 Common Shares an amount equal to the CanCo 2 Common Share Consideration, in respect of the Class A CanCo 2 Common Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced Interco pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii3.1(h);
(i) the Initial Spinco Company shall transfer one IrishCo Euro Share held by to Euro Purchaser, in exchange for €1, and in respect of such IrishCo Euro Share so delivered, the Company shall cease to be cancelled without any repayment thereon, the registered holder thereof and the Company Company’s name shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders shareholders of Spinco SharesIrishCo, and the name of Euro Purchaser shall be recorded as the registered holder of such IrishCo Euro Share and shall be deemed to be the legal and beneficial owner thereof (free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances and any other rights of others);
(j) all the Company shall file an election with the Canada Revenue Agency, to be effective prior to the amalgamation described in Section 3.1(k) below, to cease to be a public corporation for the purposes of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share ConsolidationTax Act;
(k) CanCo 1, CanCo 2, each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant Qualifying Holdco and the Company shall amalgamate to form Amalco, as more fully described in Section 3.02(h)(ii3.2; and
(l) whoconcurrently:
(i) duly Amalco (as successor to CanCo 1’s obligations and validly completes liabilities) shall deliver and delivers each Former Company Common Shareholder shall acquire the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 Arrangement Therapeutics Consideration, and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all each Therapeutics Common Share so delivered, Amalco shall cease to be the registered holder thereof and Amalco’s name shall be removed from the register of shareholders of Therapeutics, and the name of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company SharesCommon Shareholder shall be recorded as the registered holder of such Therapeutics Common Share and shall be deemed to be the legal and beneficial owner thereof (free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances and any other rights of others);
(ii) has not completed Amalco (as successor to CanCo 1’s obligations and delivered liabilities) shall deliver and each Former Qualifying Holdco Shareholder shall acquire the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is Qualifying Holdco Therapeutics Consideration, and in respect of all each Therapeutics Common Share so delivered, Amalco shall cease to be the registered holder thereof and Amalco’s name shall be removed from the register of shareholders of Therapeutics, and the name of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to Qualifying Holdco Shareholder shall be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, recorded as the registered holder of such Therapeutics Common Share and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, be the legal and beneficial owner thereof (free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, charges, encumbrances and any other rights of others);
(iii) Amalco (as successor to CanCo 1’s obligations and liabilities) shall deliver and each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to Optionholder shall acquire the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for portion of the Combination Option Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser consisting of Therapeutics Common Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) in respect of each such Participating Former Securityholder Therapeutics Common Share so delivered, Amalco shall cease to be the registered holder thereof and Amalco’s name shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders shareholders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco Therapeutics, and the name of each Former Optionholder shall be entered in recorded as the Company’s securities register registered holder of holders of Class A Shares as such Therapeutics Common Share and shall be deemed to be the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
thereof (vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case charges, encumbrances and any other rights of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(mothers); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco unless Therapeutics determines otherwise, Therapeutics shall file an election with the Canada Revenue Agency to be entered in a public corporation for the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect purposes of the Purchaser SharesTax Act, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed election to be effective immediately following concurrently with the transfers acquisition of the Class A Therapeutics Common Shares to Acquireco pursuant to this Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l3.1(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh.
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Arrangement. At 3.1 Upon the filing of the Articles of Arrangement and the issue of the Certificate, this Plan of Arrangement will become effective at the Effective TimeTime and will be binding on and after the Effective Time on: (i) all legal and beneficial Golden Share Shareholders, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02(ii) Golden Share, and (iii) Spinco.
3.2 The Arrangement involves the following events or transactions shall steps that will occur and shall will be deemed to occur sequentially sequentially, in five minute increments, unless otherwise noted, starting at the following order Effective Time without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for Golden Share Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders who have properly exercised Dissent Rights that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding remain valid immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf as of any holder of such In-the- Money Optionthe Effective Time, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be have been transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (Golden Share free and clear of all Encumbrances) liens, claims and encumbrances, and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be outstanding, and, as of the holder of Effective Time, such Company Option, and Dissenting Shareholders shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under Golden Share Shareholders, other than the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed right to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by paid the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear fair value of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company their Golden Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(fb) concurrently with the surrender Golden Share shall transfer, assign and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant convey to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect Spinco and Spinco shall accept and assume all of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial rightrights, title and interest of Golden Share in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco Spin-off Assets in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of 3,850,134 fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Arrangement Spinco Shares”) or such number as is equal to the 10% of the number of Company Golden Share Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) Effective Time (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Golden Share Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders);
(c) the authorized share structure of Golden Share shall be deemed to be altered by:
(i) renaming and re-designating all of the issued and unissued Golden Share Shares as “Class A common shares without par value” and amending the special rights and restrictions attached to those shares to provide the holders thereof with two votes in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights)each share held, all in accordance with being the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement“Golden Share Class A Shares”;
(hii) creating a new class consisting of an unlimited number of “common shares without par value” with terms and special rights and restrictions identical to those of the Golden Share Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time, being the “New Golden Share Shares”; and
(iii) the Articles of Golden Share shall be amended to reflect the alterations in Section 3.2(c)(i) and (ii);
(d) in the course of a reorganization of Golden Share’s capital within the Company’s authorized meaning of section 86 of the Tax Act, the Golden Share Class A Shares (excluding any Golden Share Class A Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders) will be deemed to be exchanged by the Golden Share Shareholders (free and issued share capitalclear of all liens, claims and encumbrances) as follows:
(i) for each Golden Share Class A Share, one New Golden Share Share; and
(ii) for each 10 Golden Share Class A Shares, one Spinco Share (if the foregoing calculation would otherwise result in a Golden Share Shareholder receiving a fraction of a Spinco Share, the number of Spinco Shares received by such Golden Share Shareholder shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Spinco Share);
(e) simultaneously:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an aggregate amount equal added to the stated capital of the Company New Golden Share Shares will be equal to (a) aggregate paid-up capital (as that term is used for purposes of the Tax Act) of the Golden Share Class A Shares (excluding Golden Share Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders) immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued exchange effected pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii3.2(d), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (Bless(b) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares distributed pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii)3.2(d) at the time of distribution;
(iii) the Initial Spinco Golden Share held by Class A Shares, none of which will be issued or outstanding once the Company shall exchange in Section 3.2(d) is completed, will be cancelled without any repayment thereon, with the appropriate entries being made in the central securities register of Golden Share and the Company shall authorized share structure of Golden Share will be removed from amended by eliminating the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Golden Share Class A Shares;; and
(jiii) all the Articles of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Golden Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidationalterations in Section 3.2(e)(i) and (ii);
(kf) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A the Financing shall close and a number of Spinco Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii(the “Financing Spinco Shares”) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior issued to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered subscribers therefor as set forth in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all EncumbrancesFinancing subscriptions; and
(vig) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to any Spinco Shares still held by Golden Share following the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect completion of the Purchaser foregoing steps would be redeemed for a price of US$1.00 each and cancelled.
3.3 Each of Golden Share, Spinco and the Transfer Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any cash payment or any issue, transfer or distribution of New Golden Share Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder or Spinco Shares, made pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares Plan of Arrangement such amounts as may be required to be deducted and withheld pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the Tax Act or any other applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transferlaw, and shall any amount so deducted and withheld will be deemed for all purposes of this Plan of Arrangement to have transferredbe paid, to Acquirecoissued, without any further act transferred or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior distributed to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in person entitled thereto under the case Plan of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive Arrangement. Without limiting the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect generality of the Purchaser Sharesforegoing, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in any New Golden Share Shares or Spinco Shares so deducted and withheld may be sold on behalf of the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be person entitled to receive them for the Cash Consideration for that portion purpose of their Class A Shares equal generating cash proceeds, net of brokerage fees and other reasonable expenses, sufficient to a fraction, rounded satisfy all remittance obligations relating to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k)required deduction and withholding, and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the any cash remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in after such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, remittance shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior paid to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Shperson forthwith
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (Harmony Energy Technologies Corp)
Arrangement. At Commencing on the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further authorization, act or formalityformality of or by the Company, Parent or any other Person:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Each Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Convertible Preferred Share, Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k)B Convertible Preferred Share, Class C Convertible Preferred Share and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Company Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, shall be and be deemed to be fully vested and shall be irrevocably transferred and disposed by to Parent in exchange for, in each case, that number of shares of Parent Common Stock as determined in accordance with the holder thereof to formula set out on Exhibit A attached hereto.
(b) Upon the Company (free and clear transfer of all EncumbrancesCompany Shares to Parent:
(i) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the each holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, Shares and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(fii) concurrently legal and beneficial title to such Company Shares will vest in Parent and Parent will be and be deemed to be the transferee and legal and beneficial owner of such Company Shares and will be entered in the applicable securities register of the Company as the sole shareholder thereof;
(iii) no fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued in connection with the surrender Arrangement, and cancellation no certificates or scrip for any such fractional shares shall be issued. Any holder of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant who would otherwise be entitled to Section 3.02(ereceive a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock (after aggregating all fractional shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to such holder) shall, in lieu of such fraction of a share, be paid in cash the dollar amount (rounded to the nearest whole cent), the stated capital account maintained without interest, determined by multiplying such fraction by the Company in respect closing price of a share of Parent Common Stock on the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of Nasdaq Market on the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately last trading day prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e)Closing Date;
(giv) with respect to each share of Parent Common Stock issued to a former holder of Company Shares, the name of such holder shall be entered in the register of holders of Parent Common Stock as the registered holder thereof;
(v) without any action on the part of Parent, the Company shall transfer all or the holders of its entire legal Company Options, except as otherwise required by applicable Legal Requirements, each Company Option that is then outstanding and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the unexercised (a “Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco SharesUnexercised Option”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all shall be cancelled in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par valueOption Plan and, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for such cancellation, such holder shall receive an option to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock with substantially the Combination Consideration Cash same terms and conditions (including the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, terms and upon conditions of any applicable stock option agreement or other document evidencing such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser SharesOption, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) as were in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding effect immediately prior to the Effective Time (including any repurchase rights or vesting provisions, if applicable), except that (i) each Company Unexercised Option will be exercisable (or will become exercisable in accordance with its terms) solely for a number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the product of (x) the number of Company Common Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of the Company Unexercised Option immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (y) the Option Exchange Ratio, rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock, and (ii) the per share exercise price for the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Company Unexercised Option will be equal to the quotient equal to (x) the per share exercise price for such Company Unexercised Option immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by (y) the Option Exchange Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent (a “Parent Replacement Option”). Each Company Unexercised Option shall be cancelled vested immediately following the Effective Time as to the same percentage of the total number of shares subject thereto as it was vested immediately prior to the Effective Time, except to the extent such Company Unexercised Option (either by its terms or by the terms of another Contract) provides for acceleration of vesting thereof. Each Company Unexercised Option shall, in exchange accordance with its terms, be subject to further adjustment to reflect any stock split, division or subdivision of shares, stock dividend, reverse stock split, consolidation of shares, reclassification, recapitalization or other similar transaction subsequent to the Effective Time. The exercise price under each Company Unexercised Option, the number of shares for a cash payment which such Company Unexercised Option is exercisable and the terms and conditions of exercise of such Company Unexercised Option shall be determined in such manner so as to comply to the greatest extent possible with Subsection 7(1.4) of the Canadian Tax Act and the equivalent provisions under applicable provincial law;
(vi) The Company Option Plan shall be cancelled; and
(vii) without any action on the part of Parent, the Company or the holder of that certain warrant to purchase Company Common Shares dated as of October 5, 2007 issued by the Company to (the holder “Warrant”), the Warrant shall be terminated as of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShClosing and shall be of no further force or effect.
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser As soon as reasonably practicable, Avenor shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal apply to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value Court pursuant to section 192 of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00CBCA for an order approving the Arrangement and, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionapplication, Avenor shall:
(i) file, proceed with and diligently prosecute an application for an Interim Order providing for, among other things, the calling and holding of the Avenor Meeting for the purpose of considering and, if deemed advisable, approving the Arrangement, which meeting shall be held on the same date and at the same time, if practicable, or as near as may be, as the Bowater Meeting; and
(ii) subject to obtaining the approvals as contemplated in the Interim Order and as may be directed by the Court in the Interim Order, take all steps necessary or desirable to submit the Arrangement to the Court and apply for the Final Order, and, subject to the fulfilment or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article 6, Avenor shall deliver Articles of Arrangement to the Director and such other documents as may be required to give effect to the Arrangement as soon as reasonably practicable.
(b) The Articles of Arrangement shall, with such other matters as are necessary to effect the Arrangement, and all as subject to the provisions of the Plan of Arrangement, provide as follows:
(i) the Purchaser authorized share capital of Avenor or the Subsidiary of Bowater, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered increased or modified by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf creation of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued of Avenor Exchangeable Shares having the rights, privileges, restrictions and which shall be designated conditions described in the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued shareholder of Avenor (other than shareholders who validly exercise Dissent Rights and outstanding immediately before who are ultimately entitled to be paid the reorganization fair value of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Avenor Common Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)held by them) shall be exchanged with the Companyentitled to receive $35 for each Avenor Common Share held, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share which shall be cancelledpayable in cash, Avenor Exchangeable Shares or Bowater Common Shares, or a combination thereof, on the terms and subject to the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered limitations and conditions set out in the Company’s register Plan of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco SharesArrangement; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with Bowater shall become the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii)holder, the stated capital account in respect directly or indirectly, of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Avenor Common Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco other than those Avenor Common Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or Avenor Common Shareholders who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises have exercised Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(kRights);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (Bowater Inc)
Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company GEO Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or a grant, applicable law or the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock GEO Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money GEO Option issued and outstanding immediately prior at the time referred to the Effective Time shallin this subsection 3.01(a) will, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money GEO Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company GEO (free and clear of all Encumbrancesliens, claims and encumbrances of whatsoever nature) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled less any amounts withheld pursuant to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option ConsiderationSection 5.03;
(ii) with respect to each Out-of-the-Money GEO Option, the holder thereof will cease to be the holder of such GEO Option, will cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such GEO Option or under the GEO Option Plan, such holder’s name will be removed from the register of GEO Options, and all option agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled; and
(iii) the GEO Option Plan will be terminated;
(b) contemporaneously with the steps contemplated in subsection 3.01(a), notwithstanding any exercise provisions to which a GEO Warrant might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the conditions of a grant, or applicable law):
(i) each GEO Warrant issued and outstanding immediately prior at the time referred to the Effective Time shallin this subsection 3.01(b) (other than any GEO Warrants held by a Dissenting Warrantholder) will, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money OptionGEO Warrant, be transferred by the holder thereof to GEO (free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances of whatsoever nature) and cancelled without in exchange for the Warrant Consideration, less any payment therefor;amounts withheld pursuant to Section 5.03; and
(iiiii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) GEO Warrant, the holder thereof shall will cease to be the holder of such Company OptionGEO Warrant, and shall will cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) GEO Warrant, such holder’s name shall will be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU ConsiderationGEO Warrants, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreementsagreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;.
(dc) the Company Option Plans all of Spin-out Assets and Liabilities shall be terminated;
transferred to Spinco by GEO in exchange for the issuance of a particular number of fully-paid and non- assessable Spinco Shares to GEO such that immediately after the foregoing issuance GEO shall hold in aggregate (e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently together with the surrender and cancellation of Company Spinco Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), foregoing issuance) that number of Spinco Shares that is multiplied by equal to one fifteenth (B1/15th) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company GEO Common Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer Effective Time (adjusted as provided in this Section 3.02(g3.03 below) (for less the avoidance number of doubt, excluding any Company GEO Shares in respect of which held by Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution AgreementShareholders;
(hd) NEW GOLD shall loan to GEO an amount equal to the U.S. Tax Code Withholding, to be evidenced by a promissory note repayable on demand;
(e) GEO shall make a capital contribution to Spinco in an amount equal to the course U.S. Tax Code Withholding, which Spinco shall use to satisfy the U.S. Tax Code Withholding;
(f) NEW GOLD shall subscribe for that number of Spinco Shares that will result in NEW GOLD holding 13% of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares for a total of $250,000 in cash;
(g) GEO shall undertake a reorganization of capital within the Company’s authorized meaning of section 86 of the Tax Act as follows, and issued share capitalin the following order:
(i) the notice i. The authorized capital of articles and articles of the Company GEO shall be amended to create by:
A. re-designating the GEO Common Shares as Class B Shares and each certificate representing such an outstanding GEO Common Share shall, as and from the time such re- designation is effective, represent a new class Class B Share; and
B. the creation of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “of Class A Shares” (; and the “Class A Shares”), which articles of GEO shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” be deemed to this Plan of Arrangementbe amended accordingly;
(ii) each Company Share . Each issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (includingClass B Share, without limitationother than those held by Dissenting GEO Shareholders, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, GEO for one Class A Share and one Distribution fifteenth (1/15th) of a Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:;
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and iii. The capital of GEO for the holders of such exchanged Company outstanding Class A Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated paid up capital (within the meaning of the Company Tax Act) of the GEO Class B Shares, less the paid up capital (within the meaning of the Tax Act) of the GEO Class B Shares immediately prior that is attributable to the reorganization each issued Class B Share held by Dissenting GEO Shareholders and described in Section 3.02(h)paragraph 3(h) hereof, and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) less the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred distributed to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);GEO Shareholders.
(ih) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company following steps shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) whoeffected contemporaneously:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company Sh
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Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- the-Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h), and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- pre-consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShShar
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Arrangement. At Commencing at the Effective Time, unless except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02noted, each of the following events or transactions steps set out below shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality, with each step occurring two minutes after the completion of the immediately preceding step:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value The articles of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration Company will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscriptionamended:
(i) to create and authorize the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, and the Depositary shall hold, the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered by the Purchaser issuance (in addition to the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(ishares that the Company is authorized to issue immediately before such amendment) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction of the subscription price payable by following:
(A) an unlimited number of class A.1 exchangeable shares having the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Sharesspecial rights, privileges and restrictions set out in Exhibit I to this Plan of Arrangement;
(B) an unlimited number of class A.2 exchangeable shares having the special rights, privileges and restrictions set out in Exhibit I to this Plan of Arrangement; and
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid alter the special rights, privileges and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect restrictions of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, class B shares to replace the voting rights therein with the voting rights set out in respect of the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant Exhibit II to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value Plan of the Purchaser Consideration;Arrangement.
(b) notwithstanding any vesting Each exchangeable share held by a Dissenting Shareholder in respect of which the Dissenting Shareholder has validly exercised his, her or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms its Dissent Rights and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Planhas not withdrawn, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued been deemed to have withdrawn, such exercise of Dissent Rights, shall be transferred and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shallassigned by such Dissenting Shareholder, without any further action by act or formality on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Optionhis, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof her or its part, to the Company (free and clear of all any Encumbrances) in accordance with, and cancelled in exchange for the Option Considerationconsideration set forth in, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;Section 4.1.
(iic) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with With respect to each Company Option:exchangeable share transferred and assigned in accordance with Section 3.1(b):
(Ai) the holder thereof Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to be the registered holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a exchangeable share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of exchangeable shares of the Company Sharesas of the Effective Time;
(fii) concurrently with the surrender Dissenting Shareholder shall be deemed to have executed and cancellation of delivered all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to transfer and assign such exchangeable share; and
(iii) such exchangeable share shall be cancelled by the Company Shares for no consideration, other than as set forth in Section 4.1(a).
(d) Each issued and outstanding exchangeable share (other than exchangeable shares held by the Brookfield Group or by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant Shareholders) will be transferred to Section 3.02(e), the New Corporation in exchange for one (1) New Exchangeable Share. The aggregate amount to be added by the New Corporation to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company New Exchangeable Shares shall so issued will be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when aggregate stated capital of the exchangeable shares so transferred immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(Ae) Concurrently with the transfer of exchangeable shares pursuant to Section 3.1(d), the New Exchangeable Shares will, outside of this Plan of Arrangement, be listed and posted for trading on the TSX and NYSE (subject to standard listing conditions imposed by the TSX and NYSE in similar circumstances).
(f) The New Corporation will transfer each exchangeable share it received pursuant to Section 3.1(d) to the Company in exchange for one (1) class A.1 exchangeable share and such exchangeable shares will be cancelled. The aggregate amount to be added by the Company to the stated capital of all the class A.1 exchangeable shares so issued and outstanding Company Shares will be an amount equal to the aggregate stated capital of the exchangeable shares so transferred immediately prior to the step Effective Time and such amount will be deducted from the stated capital of the exchangeable shares.
(g) Each exchangeable share held by the Brookfield Group will be transferred to the Company in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by exchange for one (B1) a fraction, class A.2 exchangeable share of the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e)Company, and such exchangeable shares will be cancelled. The aggregate amount to be added by the denominator Company to the stated capital of which is the number class A.2 exchangeable shares so issued will be an amount equal to the aggregate stated capital of issued and outstanding Company Shares the exchangeable shares so transferred immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) Effective Time and such amount will be deducted from the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all in accordance with the terms stated capital of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;exchangeable shares.
(h) Canada HoldCo will transfer one (1) class B share to the New Corporation in the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, exchange for one (1) New Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco B Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall . The aggregate amount to be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder added by the Company;
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), New Corporation to the stated capital account in respect of the Company Shares shall New Class B Share so issued will be reduced by an amount equal to the stated capital of the Company Shares class B share so transferred immediately prior to the reorganization Effective Time.
(i) The Specified Number of New Class B Shares will be issued to Canada HoldCo in Section 3.02(h), and there shall exchange for $1,000,000. The aggregate amount to be added by the New Corporation to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the New Class A Shares, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii), the amount by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii), exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:
(iv) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(v) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser B Shares in respect of the Purchaser New Class B Shares payable so issued will be $1,000,000.
(j) The articles of the Company will be amended to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant (i) change the name of the Company to this Section 3.02(k);“Brookfield Infrastructure Holdings Corporation” and (ii) remove the exchangeable shares from the authorized share structure of the Company.
(k) The articles of the New Corporation will be amended to change the name of the New Corporation to “Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation”.
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares Any Notice of Exchange (as defined in the articles of the Company) in respect of exchangeable shares exchanged pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii3.1(d) who duly and validly completes and delivers that is received by the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive either the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately Transfer Agent prior to the Effective Time shall and for which the Transfer Agent has not yet delivered the “Exchange Consideration” (as defined in the articles of the Company) will be cancelled deemed to be a Notice of Exchange (as defined in exchange for a cash payment the articles of New Corporation) in respect of the corresponding number of New Exchangeable Shares and will be deemed to have been received by the Company to Transfer Agent on the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShEffective Date.
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Sources: Arrangement Agreement (Brookfield Infrastructure Corp)
Arrangement. At the Effective Time, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.02, the following events or transactions shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially in the following order without any further act or formality:
(a) the Purchaser shall subscribe for that number of Acquireco Common Shares, at a price of $1.00 per share, equal to the quotient obtained when (A) the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and Maximum Cash Consideration is divided by (B) $1.00, and for greater certainty for the purposes of determining variable (A) in relation to the quotient under this Section 3.02(a), the fair market value of the Maximum Purchaser Shares and the Maximum Cash Consideration will be no less than the fair market value of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the acquisition of the Class A Shares by Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and in connection with such share subscription:
(i) the Purchaser shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to hold, The Arrangement and the Depositary shall hold, entry into of the cash and certificates representing the Purchaser Shares delivered Arrangement Agreement by the Purchaser to Corporation has been authorized by all necessary corporate action on the Depositary in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(i) (such cash and Purchaser Shares, collectively, the “Purchaser Consideration”) for and on behalf of Acquireco, in satisfaction part of the subscription price payable by the Purchaser for such Acquireco Common Shares; andCorporation.
(ii) Acquireco shall be deemed to have issued such fully paid and non-assessable Acquireco Common Shares to To the Purchaser, and the stated capital account maintained by Acquireco in respect knowledge of the Acquireco Common Shares shall be increased, in respect of Corporation there are no facts or circumstances that would cause it to believe that the Acquireco Common Shares issued pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), by an amount equal to the fair market value of the Purchaser Consideration;
(b) notwithstanding any vesting or exercise provisions to which a Company Option might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each In-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such In-the- Money Option, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, and the holder of such In-the-Money Option shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such Option Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such Option Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the Option Consideration;
(ii) each Out-of-the-Money Option issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Out-of-the-Money Option, be cancelled without any payment therefor;
(iii) with respect to each Company Option:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company Option, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company Option transactions contemplated under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from heading “Recent Developments” in the register of Company Options, and
(C) all option agreements, Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto shall be cancelled;
(c) notwithstanding any vesting provisions to which a Company RSU might otherwise be subject (whether by contract, Prospectus Supplement will not close on or before the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or grant, the terms and conditions of the Company 2013 Share Incentive Plan or Company 2016 Stock Option Plan, or applicable law):
(i) each Company RSU issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, without any further action by or on behalf of any holder of such Company RSU, be deemed to be fully vested and shall be transferred and disposed by the holder thereof to the Company (free and clear of all Encumbrances) and cancelled in exchange for the applicable RSU Consideration, and the holder of such Company RSU shall become the holder of the Company Shares comprising such RSU Consideration and the central securities register of the Company shall be revised accordingly, but the holder of such RSU Consideration shall not be entitled to receive a share certificate or other document representing the RSU Consideration;
(ii) with respect to each Company RSU:
(A) the holder thereof shall cease to be the holder of such Company RSU, and shall cease to have any rights as a holder in respect of such Company RSU under the applicable Company Option Plan,
(B) such holder’s name shall be removed from the register of Company RSUs, and
(C) all Award Agreements, grants and similar instruments relating thereto will be cancelled;
(d) the Company Option Plans shall be terminated;
(e) each Company Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be, and shall be deemed to be, surrendered to the Company by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality by such Dissenting Shareholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and each such Company Share so surrendered shall be cancelled and thereupon each Dissenting Shareholder shall cease to have any rights as a holder of such Company Shares other than a claim against the Company in an amount determined and payable in accordance with Article 4 and the name of such Dissenting Shareholder shall be removed from the securities register of holders of Company Shares;
(f) concurrently with the surrender and cancellation of Company Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 3.02(e), the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect of the Company Shares shall be reduced, in respect of the Company Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), by an amount equal to the product obtained when (A) the stated capital of all the issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e), is multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Company Shares surrendered and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.02(e), and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding Company Shares immediately prior to the step in Section 3.02(e);
(g) the Company shall transfer all of its entire legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Spinco Property to Spinco in consideration for the issuance by Spinco to the Company of that number of fully paid and non-assessable Spinco Shares (the “Distribution Spinco Shares”) equal to the number of Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the transfer in this Section 3.02(g) (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Company Shares in respect of which Dissenting Shareholders have exercised Dissent Rights), all Escrow Release Deadline substantially in accordance with the terms of the Spinco Contribution Agreement;
(h) in Arrangement Agreement and the course of a reorganization of the Company’s authorized and issued share capital:
(i) the notice of articles and articles of the Company shall be amended to create a new class of shares without par value, of which an unlimited number may be issued and which shall be designated the “Class A Shares” (the “Class A Shares”), which shall have the special rights and restrictions disclosure set forth in Schedule “A” to this Plan of Arrangement;
(ii) each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately before the reorganization of the Company’s share capital pursuant to this Section 3.02(h) (including, without limitation, the Company Shares issued to former holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively, but excluding any Company Shares surrendered and cancelled in accordance with Section 3.02(e)) shall be exchanged with the Company, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for one Class A Share and one Distribution Spinco Share, and upon such exchange:
(A) each such exchanged Company Share shall be cancelled, and the holders of such exchanged Company Shares shall be removed from the Company’s register of holders of Company Shares;
(B) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in the Company’s register of holders of Class A Shares in respect of the Class A Shares issued to such holder;
(C) the Company shall be removed from the Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares; and
(D) each holder of such exchanged Company Shares shall be entered in Spinco’s register of holders of Spinco Shares in respect of the Distribution Spinco Shares exchanged with such holder by the Company;Prospectus Supplement.
(iii) concurrently with the exchange in Section 3.02(h)(ii), the stated capital account in respect The representations and warranties of the Company Shares shall be reduced Corporation in the Arrangement Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, or in all respects if already qualified by an amount equal to the stated capital materiality, as of the Company Shares immediately prior to the reorganization in Section 3.02(h)date hereof, and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by the Company in respect unless such a representation or warranty was provided as of the Class A Sharesa particular date, in respect of the Class A Shares issued pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii)which case it shall have been true and correct in all material respects, the amount or in all respects if already qualified by which (A) the amount by which the stated capital account of the Company Shares is reduced pursuant to this Section 3.02(h)(iii)materiality, exceeds (B) the fair market value of the Distribution Spinco Shares transferred to the former holders of Company Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii);
(i) the Initial Spinco Share held by the Company shall be cancelled without any repayment thereon, and the Company shall be removed from the Spinco register of holders of Spinco Shares;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding Spinco Shares shall be consolidated (the “Spinco Share Consolidation”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Spinco Share for each eight (8) pre- consolidation Spinco Shares held by a holder of Spinco Shares, and any fractional Spinco Shares resulting from such Spinco Share Consolidation shall be cancelled without payment or compensation therefor, and upon such Spinco Share Consolidation the register of holders of Spinco Shares shall be amended to reflect the Spinco Share Consolidation;
(k) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who:
(i) duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) in accordance with Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 electing to receive the Combination Consideration in respect of all as of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares;
(ii) has not completed and delivered the applicable Election Form(s) by the Election Deadline or who has otherwise failed to make a valid election to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration is respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares; or
(iii) exercises Dissent Rights and is ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for its Company Shares, shall transfer, and shall be deemed to have transferred, to Acquireco, without any further act or formality by such Participating Former Securityholder, free and clear of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior to the exchange in this Section 3.02(k) in exchange for the Combination Consideration Cash and the Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares, and upon such exchange:date.
(iv) each To the knowledge of the Corporation, the representations and warranties of the Acquired Corporation provided in the Arrangement Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, or in all respects if already qualified by materiality, as of the date hereof, unless such Participating Former Securityholder a representation or warranty was provided as of a particular date, in which case it shall be removed from the Company’s securities register have been true and correct in all material respects, or in all respects if already qualified by materiality, as of holders of Class A Shares,such date.
(v) Acquireco shall The Arrangement Agreement has not been terminated or amended nor have any terms and conditions thereof been waived, in each case in a manner that would be entered in materially adverse to the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as terms and conditions upon which the legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; andCorporation or the Acquired Corporation is effecting the Arrangement.
(vi) each such Participating Former Securityholder shallThe Arrangement Agreement is a valid and subsisting agreement in full force and effect, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect of the Purchaser Shares payable to such Participating Former Securityholder pursuant to this Section 3.02(k);
(l) each Participating Former Securityholder receiving Class A Shares pursuant to Section 3.02(h)(ii) who duly and validly completes and delivers the applicable Election Form(s) enforceable in accordance with Section 3.03 its terms except where enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and Section 3.04 electing by general principles of equity where equitable remedies are sought.
(vii) There are no Legal Proceedings in existence to receive either which the Cash Consideration Corporation is a party or to which the property of the Corporation is subject or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, contemplated or threatened against the Corporation, at law or in equity or before or by any Governmental Authority, which (i) could have a Material Adverse Effect on the business of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, the Acquired Corporation or its subsidiaries or the Purchaser Share Consideration Arrangement; or (ii) questions the validity of the creation, issuance, sale or delivery of the Offered Subscription Receipts, the Underlying Shares or the validity of any action taken or to be taken by the Corporation or the Acquired Corporation pursuant to or in respect connection with this Agreement, the Subscription Receipt Agreement or the Arrangement Agreement.
(viii) The Corporation will use its commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy the Escrow Release Conditions related to the closing of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall transferthe Arrangement as contemplated under the Arrangement Agreement following the date hereof, and shall keep the Agent promptly informed of the status of the Arrangement and the satisfaction of the conditions thereof; provided that the Corporation shall not be deemed obligated to have transferredwaive any conditions to closing for its benefit under the Arrangement Agreement, or otherwise perform or cause to Acquirecobe performed any of the obligations of the other parties to the Arrangement Agreement set forth therein or in any of the agreements contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement.
(ix) Concurrently with delivering an escrow release notice to the Subscription Receipt Agent, without any further act the Corporation will deliver to the Agent a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation (or formality by such Participating Former Securityholderother officers as may be acceptable to R▇▇▇ acting reasonably), free in form and clear content satisfactory to R▇▇▇, acting reasonably, with respect to the satisfaction or waiver of all Encumbrances, each Class A Share held by such Participating Former Securityholder immediately prior conditions precedent to closing of the Arrangement pursuant to the exchange in this Section 3.02(l) in exchange for:
(i) in Arrangement Agreement other than the case final condition precedent of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Cash Consideration, the Cash Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m); and
(ii) in the case of a Participating Former Securityholder validly electing to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration, the Purchaser Share Consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(n), and upon such exchange:
(iii) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall be removed from the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares,
(iv) Acquireco shall be entered in the Company’s securities register of holders of Class A Shares as the sole legal and beneficial owner of such Class A Shares, free of all Encumbrances; and
(v) each such Participating Former Securityholder shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(m) or Section 3.02(n), as applicable, and Section 3.06, be entered in the Purchaser’s securities register of holders of Purchaser Shares in respect payment of the Purchaser Shares, if any, payable to such Participating Former Securityholder;
(m) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Cash, exceeds (B) the Maximum Cash Consideration, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Cash Consideration in respect of all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(i):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Cash Consideration minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Cash payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Cash; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration purchase price for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a corresponding portion of the Purchaser Share Consideration for any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(n) in the event that (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and (II) the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares, exceeds (B) the Maximum Purchaser Shares, each Participating Former Securityholder who validly elects to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration shall, notwithstanding Section 3.02(l)(ii):
(i) only be entitled to receive the Purchaser Share Consideration for that portion of their Class A Shares equal to a fraction, rounded to six decimal places, the numerator of which is the Maximum Purchaser Shares minus the aggregate Combination Consideration Purchaser Shares payable pursuant to Section 3.02(k), and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Purchaser Shares; and
(ii) be entitled to receive the Cash Consideration for the remaining portion of their Class A Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fractional Class A Share included in such remaining portion);
(o) the resignations of the Existing Company Directors, and the appointment of the New Company Directors, shall be deemed to be effective immediately following the transfers of the Class A Shares to Acquireco pursuant to Section 3.02(k) and Section 3.02(l);
(p) upon the resignation of the Existing Company Directors becoming effective, each Company DSU outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment by the Company to the holder of such Company DSU equal to the Company ShArrangement thereunder.
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