Common use of in Event Clause in Contracts

in Event. (a) Subject to subsection 3.1(b), subsections 5.1(b) and 5.1(c) hereof, in the event that prior to the Expiration Time a Flip-in Event shall occur, the Corporation shall take such action as shall be necessary to ensure and provide, within 10 Business Days of such occurrence or such longer period as may be required to satisfy the requirements of the securities acts or comparable legislation of each of the Provinces and Territories of Canada then, except as provided below: (i) each Right shall thereafter constitute the right to purchase from the Corporation upon exercise thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, that number of Common Shares of the Corporation having an aggregate Market Price on the date of consummation or occurrence of such Flip-in Event equal to twice the Exercise Price for an amount in cash equal to the Exercise Price (such right to be appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustment provided for in Section 2.3 in the event that after such date of consummation or occurrence an event of a type analogous to any of the events described in Section 2.3 shall have occurred); (ii) in the event that there are insufficient authorized but unissued Shares to permit each holder of a Right (other than an Acquiring Person or a transferee of the kind described in paragraph 3.1(b)(ii) to purchase from the Corporation that number of Common Shares per Right provided for in paragraph 3.1(a)(i), then until such time as holders of Common Shares approve an increase in the Corporation's authorized capital such that there are sufficient authorized but unissued Common Shares to permit each holder of a Right (other than an Acquiring Person or a transferee of the kind described in paragraph 3.1(b)(ii) to purchase from the Corporation that number of Common Shares per Right provided for in paragraph 3.1(a)(i), each whole Right shall constitute, effective at the Close of Business on the eighth Trading Day after the Stock Acquisition Date, the right to purchase from the Corporation, upon exercise thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, that number of Common Shares that is equal to one Common Share multiplied by the Adjustment Factor for an amount in cash equal to the Adjusted Exercise Price (such right to be appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustment provided for in Section 2.3 in the event that after the consummation or occurrence or event, an event of a type analogous to any of the events described in Section 2.3 shall have occurred). (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of any Flip-in Event, any Rights that are or were Beneficially Owned on or after the earlier of the Separation Time or the Stock Acquisition Date by: (i) an Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person of any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person); or (ii) a transferee or other successor in title directly or indirectly (a "TRANSFEREE") of Rights held by any Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person) where such transferee becomes a transferee concurrently with or subsequent to the Acquiring Person becoming an Acquiring Person becoming such in a transfer that the Board of Directors has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or scheme of an Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person), that has the purpose or effect of avoiding paragraph 3.1(b)(i); shall become void and any holder of such Rights (including Transferees) shall thereafter have no right to exercise such Rights under any provision of this Agreement and shall not have thereafter any other rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise. (c) Any Rights Certificate that represents Rights Beneficially Owned by a Person described in either paragraphs (i) or (ii) of subsection 3.1(b) or transferred to any nominee of any such Person, and any Rights Certificate issued upon transfer, exchange, replacement or adjustment of any other Rights Certificate referred to in this sentence, shall contain the following legend: "The Rights represented by this Rights Certificate were issued to a Person who was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or an Associate of an Acquiring Person or a Transferee (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) or acting jointly or in concert with any of them. This Rights Certificate and the Rights represented hereby are void or shall become void in the circumstances specified in subsection 3.1(b) of the Rights Agreement." provided that the Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility to ascertain the existence of facts that would require the imposition of such legend by shall be required to impose such legend only if instructed to do so by the Corporation or if a holder fails to certify upon transfer or exchange in the space provided on the Rights Certificate that such holder is not an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof or acting jointly or in concert with any of them.

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Sources: Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement (Aspreva Pharmaceuticals CORP)

in Event. (a) Subject to subsection 3.1(b), subsections 5.1(b), 5.1(c) and 5.1(c5.1(d) hereof, in the event that prior to the Expiration Time a Flip-in Event shall occur, the Corporation shall take such action as shall be necessary to ensure and provide, within 10 Business Days of such occurrence or such longer period as may be required to satisfy the requirements of the securities acts or comparable legislation of each of the Provinces and Territories of Canada then, except as provided below: (i) each Right shall thereafter constitute the right to purchase from the Corporation upon exercise thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, that number of Common Shares of the Corporation having an aggregate Market Price on the date of consummation or occurrence of such Flip-in Event equal to twice the Exercise Price for an amount in cash equal to the Exercise Price (such right to be appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustment provided for in Section 2.3 in the event that after such date of consummation or occurrence an event of a type analogous to any of the events described in Section 2.3 shall have occurred); (ii) in the event that there are insufficient authorized but unissued Shares to permit each holder of a Right (other than an Acquiring Person or a transferee of the kind described in paragraph 3.1(b)(ii)) to purchase from the Corporation that number of Common Shares per Right provided for in paragraph 3.1(a)(i), then until such time as holders of Common Shares approve an increase in the Corporation's authorized capital such that there are sufficient authorized but unissued Common Shares to permit each holder of a Right (other than an Acquiring Person or a transferee of the kind described in paragraph 3.1(b)(ii)) to purchase from the Corporation that number of Common Shares per Right provided for in paragraph 3.1(a)(i), each whole Right shall constitute, effective at the Close of Business on the eighth Trading Day after the Stock Acquisition Date, the right to purchase from the Corporation, upon exercise thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, that number of Common Shares that is equal to one Common Share multiplied by the Adjustment Factor for an amount in cash equal to the Adjusted Exercise Price (such right to be appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustment provided for in Section 2.3 in the event that after the consummation or occurrence or event, an event of a type analogous to any of the events described in Section 2.3 shall have occurred). (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of any Flip-in Event, any Rights that are or were Beneficially Owned on or after the earlier of the Separation Time or the Stock Acquisition Date by: (i) an Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person of any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person); or (ii) a transferee or other successor in title directly or indirectly (a "TRANSFEREE") of Rights held by any Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person) where such transferee becomes a transferee concurrently with or subsequent to the Acquiring Person becoming an Acquiring Person becoming such in a transfer that the Board of Directors has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or scheme of an Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person), that has the purpose or effect of avoiding paragraph 3.1(b)(i); shall become void and any holder of such Rights (including Transferees) shall thereafter have no right to exercise such Rights under any provision of this Agreement and shall not have thereafter any other rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise. (c) Any Rights Certificate that represents Rights Beneficially Owned by a Person described in either paragraphs (i) or (ii) of subsection 3.1(b) or transferred to any nominee of any such Person, and any Rights Certificate issued upon transfer, exchange, replacement or adjustment of any other Rights Certificate referred to in this sentence, shall contain the following legend: "The Rights represented by this Rights Certificate were issued to a Person who was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or an Associate of an Acquiring Person or a Transferee (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) or acting jointly or in concert with any of them. This Rights Certificate and the Rights represented hereby are void or shall become void in the circumstances specified in subsection 3.1(b) of the Rights Agreement." provided that the Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility to ascertain the existence of facts that would require the imposition of such legend by shall be required to impose such legend only if instructed to do so by the Corporation or if a holder fails to certify upon transfer or exchange in the space provided on the Rights Certificate that such holder is not an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof or acting jointly or in concert with any of them.

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Sources: Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement (QLT Inc/Bc)