THIS NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT made as of the 16th day of April, 2009.
BETWEEN: |
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XXXXXX HEALTH INC., a corporation formed under the laws of Canada (the “Corporation”); | ||
AND:
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VICTORIA SQUARE VENTURES INC., a corporation formed under the laws of Canada (the “Purchaser”); |
INTERPRETATION
1.1 | Definitions |
(a) | “ABCP Plan” means the second amended plan of compromise and arrangement, proposed and supported by the Pan-Canadian Investors Committee for Third-Party Asset Backed Commercial Paper pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) as initially sanctioned by Ontario Superior Court of Justice on June 5, 2008 and as definitely approved further to certain amendments on January 12, 2009; | ||
(b) | “Additional Pledge Agreements” means a pledge agreement or equivalent security in favour of the Purchaser or Fonde de Pouvoir acting on its behalf evidencing a first-ranking pledge of any securities and instruments held by XXXXXX Health Luxco II S.à.x.x. in XXXXXX Health Holdings Limited and in Ovos Natural Health US Limited and a pledge agreement or equivalent security in favour of the Purchaser or Fonde de Pouvoir or collateral agent acting on its behalf evidencing a first-ranking pledge of any securities and instruments held by XXXXXX Health Holdings Limited in XXXXXX Health (International) Limited, to be dated and delivered as soon as reasonably practicable but in any event no later than the Clean-Up Date, to the extent, in each case, permitted under Applicable Law and to the extent, in each case, that the costs associated with obtaining such pledges or equivalent security are not excessive, given the benefits to be obtained therefrom (as determined by the holders of the Xxxxxx Notes, which determination shall be communicated to the Corporation by the |
Trustee), together with all certificates or documents evidencing such share interests or securities ownership, as applicable; | |||
(c) | “Additional Security Agreements” means such additional security agreements, debentures, pledge agreements or instruments, to be dated and delivered as soon as reasonably practicable but in any event no later than the Clean-Up Date and to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws, as may be reasonably necessary to grant a first-ranking security interest or hypothec or equivalent security , subject to Permitted Senior Encumbrances, in all movable (personal) property and material assets of the Corporation and any Subsidiary on terms consistent with the Security provided to or for the benefit of the Purchaser in Canada to the extent, in each case, that the costs associated with obtaining such additional security agreements, debentures or instruments are not excessive, given the benefits to be obtained therefrom (as determined by the holders of the Xxxxxx Notes, which determination shall be communicated to the Corporation by the Trustee); | ||
(d) | “Affiliate” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Securities Act (Quebec); | ||
(e) | “Applicable Laws” means, at any time and with respect to any Person, property, transaction, event or other matter, all present or future applicable laws, statutes, regulations, treaties, judgments, ordinances, codes, decrees and common law and (whether or not having the force of law) all applicable official directives, rules, consents, approvals, authorizations, guidelines, orders, restrictions, requirements and policies of any Governmental Authority having authority over such Person, property, transaction, event or other matter; | ||
(f) | “Agreement” means this Note Purchase Agreement; | ||
(g) | “Amendment to the Premises Lease” means the amendment to the Premises Lease dated March 31, 2009, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1(g); | ||
(h) | “Xxxxxx Notes” means, collectively, the Notes, the Vitus Notes and any Third-Party Notes; | ||
(i) | “Board” means the board of directors of the Corporation; | ||
(j) | “Board Representation Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(q) of this Agreement; | ||
(k) | “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located in Montreal, Quebec are authorized to be closed; | ||
(l) | “Clean-Up Date” means the date that is one hundred twenty (120) days following the Initial Closing Date, provided that the Purchaser may agree to |
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extend such date with respect to any provision of the Notes or this Agreement to a later date as the Purchaser may determine in its sole discretion; |
(m) | “Closing” means any closing of the issuance of Notes in accordance with the terms hereof; | ||
(n) | “Closing Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement; | ||
(o) | “Common Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) of this Agreement; | ||
(p) | “Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(b) of this Agreement; | ||
(q) | “Contract” means any contract, agreement, license, franchise, lease, arrangement, commitment, understanding or other right or obligation (written or oral) to which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected or to which any of their respective properties or assets is subject; | ||
(r) | “Corporation” means XXXXXX Health Inc. and its successors and assigns; | ||
(s) | “Corporation Indemnified Party” and “Corporation Indemnified Parties” have the meanings set forth in Section 8.1(b) of this Agreement; | ||
(t) | “Corporation Organizational Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 of this Agreement; | ||
(u) | “D&O Insurance” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.10 of this Agreement; | ||
(v) | “Deliver” or any derivative thereof means, actual delivery to the other Party or its professional advisors; | ||
(w) | “Disclosure Schedule” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to Article 4 of this Agreement; | ||
(x) | “Election Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.12(d) of this Agreement; | ||
(y) | “Encumbrance” includes a mortgage, pledge, charge, lien, assignment, hypothecation, security interest, title retention or any other security arrangement howsoever created or arising and whether perfected or not; | ||
(z) | “Environment” means soil, surface waters, groundwater, land, stream sediments, surface or subsurface strata, and ambient air; |
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(aa) | “Environmental Laws” means all Applicable Laws that address, are related to, or are otherwise concerned with, the protection of the Environment, health or safety issues (including occupational safety and health); | ||
(bb) | “Existing Notes” means 6% senior convertible notes of the Corporation maturing, respectively, in 2026 and in 2027 in the aggregate principal amount of U.S. $46,585,000.00; | ||
(cc) | “Filings” or “Filed” means the Corporation’s publicly available filings with the applicable securities regulatory authorities in those jurisdictions in Canada in which the Corporation is a reporting issuer, including without limitation any document filed by the Corporation on SEDAR since April 22, 1999; | ||
(dd) | “Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16 of this Agreement; | ||
(ee) | “First Option” means the option described in the Option Letter under the heading “Preferred Share Option” to have the Existing Notes held by the holders thereof converted into Preferred Shares; | ||
(ff) | “GAAP” means, at any date of determination, generally accepted accounting principles approved by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, or any successor institute; | ||
(gg) | “Governmental Authority” means any (i) multinational, federal, provincial, territorial, state, regional, municipal, local or other government or any governmental or public department, court, tribunal, arbitral body, statutory body, commission, board, bureau or agency, (ii) self-regulatory organization or authority, (iii) subdivision, agent, commission, board or authority of any of the foregoing, or (iv) quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory, expropriation or taxing authority under or for the account of any of the foregoing; | ||
(hh) | “Guarantee” and “Guarantees” means the guarantees to be executed and delivered by each Guarantor pursuant to Section 3.2(k) of this Agreement; | ||
(ii) | “Guarantors” means each of OVOS Natural Health Inc., Xxxxxx Health (US) LLC, OVOS Natural Health US Limited, Xxxxxx Health Luxco I S.à.x.x. & Cie S.C.S., 4166591 Canada Inc. and Xxxxxx Health (Innodia) Inc. and any future Subsidiary of the Corporation; | ||
(jj) | “Hazardous Substances” means any waste or other substance that is prohibited, listed, defined, designated or classified as dangerous, hazardous, radioactive, explosive or toxic or a pollutant or a contaminant under or pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws, and specifically including petroleum and all derivatives thereof or synthetic substitutes therefor and |
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asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or any substance which is deemed under Environmental Laws to be deleterious to natural resources or worker or public health and safety; |
(kk) | “Hypothec” means, collectively, the hypothecs, pledge agreements and security interests in favour of the Purchaser or Fonde de Pouvoir or collateral agent acting on its behalf: (i) evidencing, subject to Permitted Senior Encumbrances, a first-ranking hypothec without delivery of any securities, limited liability company interests, limited partnership or similar participation interests held by the Corporation in OVOS Natural Health Inc., XXXXXX Health (US) LLC, XXXXXX Health Luxco I S.à.x.x. & Cie S.C.S., 4166591 Canada Inc. and XXXXXX Health (Innodia) Inc.; (ii) evidencing, subject to Permitted Senior Encumbrances, a first-ranking pledge of any securities and instruments held by 4166591 Canada Inc in the capital of XXXXXX Health (Innodia) Inc., together with all certificates or documents evidencing such share, interests or securities ownership, endorsements and stock transfer forms in blank and (iii) constituting, subject to Permitted Senior Encumbrances, a first-ranking charge on all other present and future, incorporeal and corporeal movable property of each of the Corporation, OVOS Natural Health Inc., 4166591 Canada Inc. and XXXXXX Health (Innodia) Inc., other than any and all present and future Restructured Notes; | ||
(ll) | “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication: |
(i) | all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, secured or unsecured; | ||
(ii) | all reimbursement and other obligations of such Person with respect to letters of credit, banker’s acceptances and surety bonds, whether or not matured; | ||
(iii) | all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; | ||
(iv) | all obligations of such Person under purchase money mortgages, conditional sale agreements, title retention agreements or other similar instruments relating to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property); | ||
(v) | all capitalized lease obligations of such Person and the present value of future rental payments under all synthetic leases, if any; | ||
(vi) | all obligations of such Person under commodity purchase or options agreements or other commodity price hedging arrangements, in each case whether contingent or matured; |
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(vii) | all obligations of such Person under any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, currency hedging transactions (valued at the termination value thereof), interest rate cap, swap, collar or similar transactions, or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks arising from fluctuations in currency values or interest rates, in each case whether contingent or matured; | ||
(viii) | all obligations of the type referred to above of any other person, the payment of which such person has guaranteed or for which such person is otherwise responsible or liable; and | ||
(ix) | all Indebtedness referred to above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Encumbrance upon or in property or other assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness; |
(mm) | “Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(a) of this Agreement; | ||
(nn) | “Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(a)(i) of this Agreement; | ||
(oo) | “Initial Closing Date” means April 16, 2009, or such other date as shall be mutually agreed to by the Parties; | ||
(pp) | “Initial Issue Price” means $5,000,000.00; | ||
(qq) | “Initial Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) of this Agreement; | ||
(rr) | “Interlender Agreement” means the agreement among the holders of the Xxxxxx Notes and Picchio Pharma Inc. as same may be amended from time to time, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1(rr); | ||
(ss) | “Judgment Conversion Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.12 of this Agreement; | ||
(tt) | “JV Interests” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 of this Agreement; | ||
(uu) | “Law” means any law, statute, code, ordinance, regulation, rule, Permit, rules of common law, including any judicial and administrative interpretations thereof, of any Governmental Authority which have been made public, including all judicial and administrative Orders which have been made public; |
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(vv) | “Lease Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.19(b) of this Agreement; | ||
(ww) | “Leased Properties” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.19(b) of this Agreement; | ||
(xx) | “Legal Actions” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15 of this Agreement; | ||
(yy) | “Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a) of this Agreement; | ||
(zz) | “Lux Pledge Agreement” means a pledge agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1(zz) in favour of the Purchaser or Fonde de Pouvoir or collateral agent acting on its behalf evidencing a first-ranking pledge of any securities and instruments held by XXXXXX Health Luxco I S.à.x.x.& Cie S.C.S. in XXXXXX Health Luxco II S.à.x.x.; | ||
(aaa) | “Material Adverse Change” means any change to the Corporation’s and its Subsidiaries’ business, condition, results of operations, assets or liabilities, taken together as a whole, that reasonably has a Material Adverse Effect; | ||
(bbb) | “Material Adverse Effect” means any event, occurrence, development or state of occurrence or state of circumstances or facts that has or had or would reasonably be expected to have an effect that, individually or in the aggregate is reasonably or would reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the business, assets, financial condition, or the results of operation of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, taken as whole except any such effect resulting from or arising in connection with: (i) any change in GAAP: (ii) any change in the global, national or regional political conditions (including the outbreak of war or acts of terrorism) or in the general economic, business, regulatory, political or market conditions or in the national or global financial or capital markets, or (iii) any change in the industry in which the Corporation operates provided that for the purposes of (ii) and (iii) such effect does not primarily relate to (or have the effect primarily relating to) the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or disproportionately adversely affect the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole compared to other entities operating in the industries in which the Corporation and its Subsidiaries operate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no event or occurrence or other change or effect which has or may result in a suit, action, charge, claim, demand, cost, damage, penalty, fine, liability or other adverse consequence to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or their prospects of less than $500,000.00 shall constitute a “Material Adverse Effect”; | ||
(ccc) | “Material Contracts” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.11(a)(ix) of this Agreement; | ||
(ddd) | “MD&A” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16 of this Agreement; |
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(eee) | “National Bank Facility” means, collectively: (i) the US$6,000,000.00 and $650,000.00 ABCP facility of the Corporation; (ii) the $6,800,000.00 facility of XXXXXX Health (Innodia) Inc.; (iii) the $250,000.00 credit card facility of the Corporation and (iv) the $1,100,000.00 letter of credit of the Corporation; | ||
(fff) | “Normal Course Liens” means any of the following: |
(i) | any builder’s, mechanic’s, materialman’s, worker’s, repairman’s or other similar statutory lien that has not at the time been filed pursuant to Applicable Laws and any such lien that, although filed, relates solely to an obligation not overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in good faith or is bonded or in respect of which the appropriate amount has been withheld in accordance with Applicable Laws; | ||
(ii) | any lien for Taxes, assessment, water or sewer, or other rents or charges not at the time overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in good faith; | ||
(iii) | any lien arising in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment or employment insurance or other social benefits required by Applicable Laws not at the time overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in good faith; | ||
(iv) | involuntary liens (including the lien of an attachment, judgment or execution) not at the time overdue or, if overdue and not in excess of $50,000, are being contested in good faith; and | ||
(v) | liens of trade vendors for debts not at the time overdue or, if overdue and not in excess of $50,000, are being contested in good faith; |
provided that in each case where the Corporation or any Subsidiary, as applicable, is in good faith contesting any obligations, Tax or assessments as contemplated herein, (A) it shall have established to the satisfaction of the Purchaser (acting reasonably) a reserve in accordance with GAAP unless there is a reasonable likelihood that the amount will be required to be paid in which case it shall establish sufficient reserve for or deposit with a court of competent jurisdiction or the assessing authority, sufficient funds or a surety bond for the total amount claimed to be secured by such liens, where the application of such reserve, funds or bond would result in their discharge and (B) such lien shall only be a Permitted Encumbrance for so long as such contestation effectively postpones or stays the enforcement of the rights of the Purchaser thereof; | |||
(ggg) | “Note Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a) of this Agreement; | ||
(hhh) | “Notes” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals, and shall be comprised of the “Initial Notes” and the “Subsequent Notes”; |
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(iii) | “Option Letter” means the letter sent by the Corporation to each holder of an Existing Note dated March 16, 2009, as amended by letter dated March 24, 2009, the form of which option letter is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1(iii); | ||
(jjj) | “Order” means any order, judgment, ruling, injunction, assessment, award, decree or writ of any Governmental Authority; | ||
(kkk) | “Owned Entity” means any corporation, partnership or other similar entity that the Corporation owns an interest of more than twenty five percent (25%) but not more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities or voting interests therein; | ||
(lll) | “Parties” means the parties hereto and “Party” means any one of them; | ||
(mmm) | “PCMLA” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.9 of this Agreement; | ||
(nnn) | “Permit” means any license, permit, authorization, certificate of authority, qualification or similar document or authority that has been issued or granted by any Governmental Authority; | ||
(ooo) | “Permitted Encumbrances” means any of the following: |
(i) | Encumbrances listed in Schedule 1.1(ooo); | ||
(ii) | Encumbrances created by the Security Documents; | ||
(iii) | Encumbrances granted pursuant to any Permitted Senior Indebtedness; | ||
(iv) | Normal Course Liens; | ||
(v) | Encumbrances granted pursuant to the Vitus Notes; | ||
(vi) | Encumbrances granted pursuant to the Third-Party Notes; | ||
(vii) | Encumbrances on the Restructured Notes; | ||
(viii) | operating leases of vehicles, equipment or other property which are entered into in the ordinary course of business; | ||
(ix) | Purchase Money Liens; | ||
(x) | liens granted or created by the Security Documents; | ||
(xi) | liens granted or created in connection with the fulfillment of ordinary course operating obligations; |
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(xii) | liens granted in favour of the landlord under the Premises Lease, as amended by the Amendment to the Premises Lease, or under Applicable Law in connection with the performance of the Corporation’s obligations thereunder; | ||
(xiii) | liens, deposits or pledges to secure statutory obligations or performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of money) or leases; and | ||
(xiv) | any right reserved to, or vested in, any applicable Governmental Authority by the terms of any Applicable Laws, any applicable authorization by a Governmental Authority, or any property interest, easement, right-of-way or servitude issued or granted by Applicable Laws or by any applicable authorization by a Governmental Authority, to terminate any such authorization, easement, right-of-way or servitude or to purchase, expropriate, appropriate or recapture or designate a purchaser of any property; |
(ppp) | “Permitted Indebtedness” means any of the following: |
(i) | the Permitted Senior Indebtedness; | ||
(ii) | indebtedness under the Surviving Existing Notes or under the notes issued to the landlord pursuant to the Amendment to the Premises Lease; | ||
(iii) | unsecured Indebtedness of: (i) the Corporation to any Subsidiary; and (ii) any Subsidiary to the Corporation or any other Subsidiary; | ||
(iv) | unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Corporation or any Subsidiary relating to ordinary course operating obligations of the Corporation or such Subsidiary (including Indebtedness incurred by the Corporation under its Premises Lease, as amended by the Amendment to the Premises Lease); | ||
(v) | letters of credit and letters of guarantee issued by the Corporation in the normal course of business related to tender offers or other bids for contracts by any Subsidiary in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time; | ||
(vi) | Indebtedness secured by, and not exceeding the principal amount of, the Restructured Notes; and | ||
(vii) | Indebtedness under the Vitus Notes and the Third-Party Notes; |
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(qqq) | “Permitted Issuance” means any of the following: |
(i) | the issuance of options to acquire Common Shares pursuant to the Corporation’s employee share option plan, as modified or amended from time to time and the issuance of Common Shares upon the exercise of such options; | ||
(ii) | the issuance to the landlord of Common Shares in accordance with the terms of the Amendment to the Premises Lease; | ||
(iii) | any issuance of Note Shares; | ||
(iv) | any issuance of Preferred Shares to the holders of Existing Notes who have exercised the First Option and any issuance of Common Shares upon the conversion of the Preferred Shares or as payment of dividends due in respect of such Preferred Shares; | ||
(v) | any issuance of Common Shares to the holders of Surviving Existing Notes upon the conversion of the Surviving Existing Notes and in payment of interest due in respect of such Surviving Existing Notes; and | ||
(vi) | any issuance of Common Shares upon exercise of any rights, options or warrants, pursuant to the terms governing such securities as of the date hereof; |
(rrr) | “Permitted Senior Encumbrances” means any Encumbrance listed in Schedule 1.1(ooo) and any Encumbrance granted pursuant to any Permitted Senior Indebtedness and any Encumbrances on the Restructured Notes; | ||
(sss) | “Permitted Senior Indebtedness” means the National Bank Facility or any Replacement Facility; | ||
(ttt) | “Permitted Transferee” means any Affiliate of any Purchaser or other entity whose decision making is controlled by such Purchaser; | ||
(uuu) | “Person” an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, syndicate, association, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity or organization, whether or not recognized as a legal entity; | ||
(vvv) | “Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.27(a) of this Agreement; | ||
(www) | “Pre-Emptive Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.12(a) of this Agreement; |
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(xxx) | “Preferred Shares” means the preferred shares of the Corporation having the characteristics set forth in Exhibit 1.1(xxx); | ||
(yyy) | “Premises Lease” means the lease of the Corporation’s facility located at 000 Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, dated November 17, 2005, as amended; | ||
(zzz) | “Principal Amount” means a principal amount of $5,000,000 in respect of the Initial Note and a principal amount of $5,500,000 in respect of the Subsequent Note for an aggregate principal amount of $10,500,000, as notionally increased by the amount of any accrued but unpaid interest to be satisfied by the Corporation in-kind; | ||
(aaaa) | “Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding, claim, arbitration, mediation or investigation before any Governmental Authority or before any arbitrator or mediator or similar party, or any investigation or review by any Governmental Authority or similar party; | ||
(bbbb) | “Proprietary Assets” means: |
(i) | any patent, patent application, trademark (whether registered or unregistered), trademark application, trade name, fictitious business name, service xxxx (whether registered or unregistered), service xxxx application, copyright (whether registered or unregistered), copyright application, application, trade secret, know-how, customer list, franchise, system, computer software, computer program, source code, invention, design, blueprint, engineering drawing, proprietary product, technology, proprietary right or other intellectual property right or intangible asset; and | ||
(ii) | any right to use or exploit any of the foregoing; |
(cccc) | “Purchase Money Lien” means a lien, including retention of title, incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure the purchase price of an asset, or to secure debt used only to finance the purchase of an asset; | ||
(dddd) | “Purchaser” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals to this Agreement; | ||
(eeee) | “Purchaser Indemnified Party” and “Purchaser Indemnified Parties” have the meanings set forth in Section 8.1 of this Agreement; | ||
(ffff) | “Purchaser Nominees” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b) of this Agreement; | ||
(gggg) | “Registered” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2 of this Agreement; |
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(hhhh) | “Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2 of this Agreement; | ||
(iiii) | “Release” has the meaning prescribed in any Environmental Law and includes any sudden, intermittent or gradual release, spill, leak, pumping, addition, pouring, emission, emptying, discharge, migration, injection, escape, leaching, disposal, dumping, deposit, spraying, burial, abandonment, incineration, seepage, placement or introduction of a Hazardous Substance, whether accidental or intentional, into the environment; | ||
(jjjj) | “Replacement Facility” means a credit facility: |
(i) | approved by the Board; | ||
(ii) | that replaces, supersedes or amends the National Bank Facility; | ||
(iii) | is secured by a first-rank hypothec on the Corporation’s investments in the Restructured Notes and on all shares, notes, commercial paper, warrants, bonds, debentures, certificates, units, claims, sums of money, deposits and any other securities or instruments or investments, present and future, held in or related to securities account numbers 314150, 314151 and 314152 of the Corporation with the Natcan Trust Company or in any other accounts replacing such accounts; | ||
(iv) | has an aggregate availability of not more than US$6,000,000.00; and | ||
(v) | is also secured by a first- ranking hypothec over all of the assets of the Corporation provided that the principal amount secured by such charge does not exceed $1,875,000.00; |
(kkkk) | “Restructured Notes” means the notes issued to (or to be issued to) the Corporation or XXXXXX Health (Innodia) Inc. pursuant to the ABCP Plan in replacement of the commercial paper held by them and subject to the ABCP Plan; | ||
(llll) | “Sale Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.12(c) of this Agreement; | ||
(mmmm) | “SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; | ||
(nnnn) | “Second Closing Date” means June 3, 2009 or such other date as shall be mutually agreed to by the Parties; | ||
(oooo) | “Second Issue Price” means $5,500,000.00; | ||
(pppp) | “Second Option” means the option described in the Option Letter under the heading “Debt Option” to have the Existing Notes amended as described therein; |
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(qqqq) | “Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a) of this Agreement; | ||
(rrrr) | “Securities Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(b) of this Agreement; | ||
(ssss) | “Security” means the security provided under the Security Documents; | ||
(tttt) | “Security Documents” means the Additional Security Agreements, the Guarantees, the Hypothec, the Lux Pledge Agreement, the Swiss IP Security and the Additional Pledge Agreements; | ||
(uuuu) | “Senior Indebtedness” means any senior secured indebtedness of the Corporation, on a consolidated basis, that ranks pari passu with the Notes, namely, the Vitus Notes and any Third-Party Notes; | ||
(vvvv) | “Subject Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.12(a) of this Agreement; | ||
(wwww) | “Subsequent Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) of this Agreement; | ||
(xxxx) | “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” means: (i) any corporation or company of which at least a majority of the outstanding securities having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of such corporation or company is at the time directly, indirectly or beneficially owned or controlled by the Corporation, or one or more of its subsidiaries, or the Corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries; (ii) any partnership of which, at the time, the Corporation, or one or more of its subsidiaries, or the Corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries directly, indirectly or beneficially own or control at least a majority of the voting interests (however designated) thereof, or otherwise control such partnership; and (iii) any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interests (however designated) are at the time directly, indirectly or beneficially owned or controlled by the Corporation, or one or more of its subsidiaries, or the Corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries; | ||
(yyyy) | “Surviving Existing Notes” means those Existing Notes in the aggregate principal amount of U.S. $13,500,000.00 which have been amended in accordance with the Second Option set forth in the Option Letter; | ||
(zzzz) | “Swiss Covenant” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(v); | ||
(aaaaa) | “Swiss IP Security” means a hypothec or equivalent security in favour of the Purchaser or Fonde de Pouvoir or collateral agent acting on its behalf evidencing a first-ranking security interest or hypothec or equivalent security in the bank accounts and current and future registered patents of XXXXXX Health (International) Limited, to be dated and delivered as soon as reasonably practicable but in any event no later than the Clean-Up Date, to the extent |
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permitted under Applicable Law and to the extent that the costs associated with obtaining such pledges or equivalent security are not excessive, given the benefits to be obtained therefrom (as determined by the holders of the Xxxxxx Notes, which determination shall be communicated to the Corporation by the Trustee); | |||
(bbbbb) | “Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada); | ||
(ccccc) | “Tax Returns” means all reports, form, elections, designations, schedules, statements, estimates, declarations of estimated tax, information statements and returns required to be filed with a Governmental Authority with respect to any Tax; | ||
(ddddd) | “Taxes” means all taxes of any kind or nature whatsoever, including without limitation, income taxes, sales taxes, capital taxes, levies, imposts, stamp taxes, duties, royalties, charges to tax, real property taxes and assessments, fees, deductions, contributions, premiums, withholding taxes, business transfer, multistage, goods and services or value added taxes and similar impositions payable, levied, collected, withheld or assessed as of the date of this Agreement or at any time in the future by any Governmental Authority of or within Canada or any other jurisdiction whatsoever having power to tax together with penalties, fines, additions to tax and interest thereon; | ||
(eeeee) | “Technology” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10(e) of this Agreement; | ||
(fffff) | “Third-Party Notes” means senior secured convertible notes of the Corporation which may be issued to any Person (other than the Purchaser and Vitus Investments III Private Limited) commencing on or before June 3, 2009, up to an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000; | ||
(ggggg) | “Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Board Representation Agreement, the Swiss Covenant and the Interlender Agreement; | ||
(hhhhh) | “Transaction Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.5(a)(i) of this Agreement; | ||
(iiiii) | “Trustee” means Picchio Pharma Inc. or any successor thereof appointed as Trustee pursuant to the Interlender Agreement; | ||
(jjjjj) | “TSX” means the Toronto Stock Exchange; | ||
(kkkkk) | “Voting Shares” means shares in the capital of the Corporation or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, which carry the right to vote in the election of the directors of the Corporation or a Subsidiary, as the case may be; and |
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(lllll) | “Vitus Notes” means senior secured convertible notes of the Corporation to be issued to Vitus Investments III Private Limited concurrently with the issuance of the Notes, up to an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000. |
1.2 | Schedules |
Schedule 1.1(ooo)
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- | List of Encumbrances ranking prior to the Security | ||
Schedule 3.2(j)
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1.3 | Exhibits |
Exhibit 1.1(g)
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- | Copy of Amendment to Premises Lease | ||
Exhibit 1.1(rr)
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- | Copy of Interlender Agreement | ||
Exhibit 1.1(zz)
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- | Form of Lux Pledge Agreement | ||
Exhibit 1.1(iii)
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- | Form of Option Letter | ||
Exhibit 1.1(xxx)
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- | Form of Preferred Shares | ||
Exhibit 2.1(a)
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- | Form of Initial Note | ||
Exhibit 2.1(b)
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- | Form of Subsequent Note | ||
Exhibit 3.2(k)
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- | Forms of Hypothec | ||
Exhibit 3.2(k)(ii)
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- | Forms of Guarantee | ||
Exhibit 3.2(q)
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- | Forms of Board Representation Agreement | ||
Exhibit 3.2(s)
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- | Form of Resolution Regarding Preferred Shares | ||
Exhibit 3.2(s)(i)
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- | Form of Surviving Existing Notes | ||
Exhibit 3.2(v)
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- | Form of Swiss Subs Covenant |
ISSUANCE AND SALE
2.1 | Issuance and Sale of the Notes |
(a) | In reliance upon the representations, warranties and covenants of the Parties set forth herein, and subject to satisfaction of the relevant conditions set forth in Section 3.2 hereof, on the Initial Closing Date, the Corporation shall issue, sell and deliver to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase from the Corporation, a note having an aggregate Principal Amount of $5,000,000.00 for proceeds equal to the Initial Issue Price. The note issued on the Initial Closing Date (the “Initial Note”) shall be convertible into common shares in the capital |
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of the Corporation (the “Common Shares”) in accordance with the terms thereof, shall mature five (5) years and one (1) day from the Initial Closing Date, and shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1(a). |
(b) | In reliance upon the representations, warranties and covenants of the Parties set forth herein, and subject to satisfaction of the relevant conditions set forth in Section 3.3 hereof, on the Second Closing Date, the Corporation shall issue, sell and deliver to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase from the Corporation, a note having an aggregate Principal Amount of $5,500,000.00 for proceeds equal to the Second Issue Price. The note issued on the Second Closing Date (the “Subsequent Note”) shall be convertible into Common Shares in accordance with the terms thereof, shall mature five (5) years and one (1) day from the Second Closing Date, and shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1(b). |
2.2 | Closings |
(a) | Closing of the issuance of the Initial Note shall take place at 10:00 a.m. (Montreal time) (the “Closing Time”) at the offices of Davies Xxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, located at 1501 XxXxxx College Avenue, 26th Floor, Montréal, Québec, on the Initial Closing Date or at such other times and places as shall be mutually agreed to by the Parties. On the Initial Closing Date, the Purchaser shall pay and deliver to the Corporation the Initial Issue Price by cheque issued from the trust account of the Purchaser’s counsel. | ||
(b) | Closing of the issuance of the Subsequent Note shall take place at the Closing Time at the offices of Davies Xxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, located at 1500 XxXxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, on the Second Closing Date or at such other times and places as shall be mutually agreed to by the Parties. On the Second Closing Date, the Purchaser shall pay the Second Issue Price by wire transfer or other mutually acceptable means. |
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
3.1 | Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations |
(a) | no temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order or decree issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition which has the effect of preventing the consummation of |
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the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents is in effect; and |
(b) | all consents of Governmental Authority required in connection with the transactions described in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have been obtained or made, and are in full force and effect. |
3.2 | Conditions to Obligations of the Purchaser at Initial Closing Date |
(a) | Required Approvals. The Corporation shall have obtained all necessary approvals in connection with the issuance of the Notes and the securities of the Corporation contemplated therein as required by the TSX and Applicable Laws. | ||
(b) | No Shareholder Approval. The Corporation shall not be required by the TSX or under Applicable Law to obtain the consent of the shareholders of the Corporation to (i) the issuance of the Notes, or (ii) the issuance of the Preferred Shares to the holders of the Existing Notes who have exercised the First Option, or (iii) the conversion of the Preferred Shares into Common Shares pursuant to the First Option, or (iv) the issuance of Common Shares pursuant to the Premises Lease, as amended by the Amendment to the Premises Lease, or (v) the issuance of Common Shares pursuant to the Surviving Existing Notes; | ||
(c) | Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries set forth in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the applicable Closing Date with the same effect as though made as of the date of this Agreement and the date of such other Transaction Documents, except that the accuracy of representations and warranties that by their terms speak as of a specified date will be determined as of such date. | ||
(d) | Performance of Obligations. The Corporation and each Subsidiary shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with by it under this Agreement, the Hypothec and the other Transaction Documents at or prior to the Initial Closing Date. | ||
(e) | Stock Exchange. The Corporation shall have not received a notice from the TSX that it intends to delist the Corporation. | ||
(f) | Officer’s Certificate. The Corporation shall have delivered to the Purchaser a certificate, executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation, dated as of |
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the Initial Closing Date, certifying the authenticity and continued effectiveness of attached copies of the Corporation’s articles of incorporation, bylaws and resolutions of the Board approving the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents, and authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Corporation. |
(g) | Compliance Certificate. The Purchaser shall have received a certificate dated as of the Initial Closing Date and signed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on behalf of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries stating that the conditions specified in Sections 3.2(a) and 3.2(b), 3.2(c) and 3.2(d) have been satisfied. | ||
(h) | Notes. The applicable Notes shall have been executed and delivered by the Corporation to the Purchaser. | ||
(i) | Permitted Senior Indebtedness. The Corporation shall not be in default in any material respect under any document governing any Permitted Senior Indebtedness. | ||
(j) | Capitalization. The total capitalization of the Corporation as at the Initial Closing Date shall be as set forth in Schedule 3.2(j) hereto. | ||
(k) | Security Documents. The Hypothec, in the applicable forms attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2(k), shall have been executed and delivered by the Corporation and by 4166591 Canada Inc and by XXXXXX Health (Innodia) Inc. to the Purchaser or Fonde de Pouvoir acting on its behalf and the Corporation shall have delivered to the Purchaser a guarantee in the applicable forms attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2(k)(ii) (collectively, the “Guarantee”), duly executed by each Guarantor and the Lux Pledge Agreement shall have been executed by XXXXXX Health Luxco I S.à.x.x in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1(zz)and delivered by the Corporation to the Purchaser or Fonde de Pouvoir acting on its behalf. | ||
(l) | Delivery of Pledged Shares. The Corporation shall have delivered to the Purchaser or Fonde de Pouvoir acting on its behalf all certificates or documents evidencing any share, interest or securities ownership in any securities and instruments pledged pursuant to the Hypothec executed by 4166591 Canada Inc. and the Lux Pledge Agreement together with appropriate endorsements and stock transfer forms in blank. | ||
(m) | Interlender Agreement. The Interlender Agreement shall have been executed by all of the parties thereto, other than the Purchaser. | ||
(n) | Security Filings. The Corporation shall have executed and delivered to the Purchaser all filings necessary or appropriate for the perfection of the security |
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interests or hypothecs granted pursuant to the Hypothec and the Lux Pledge Agreement, other than any such filings authorized pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, to take place following the Closing, as the result of which the Purchaser shall have first-ranking security over the assets covered thereby, subject only to Permitted Senior Encumbrances. |
(o) | Opinions of Corporation’s Counsel. The Purchaser shall have received a legal opinion of Davies Xxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Corporation, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser, in respect of the purchase and sale of the Notes and the Security Documents that are governed by Quebec law and intended to be executed at or prior to the Initial Closing Date (it being understood that such opinion shall be updated post-closing to reflect the registration of such Security Documents). In addition, the Purchaser shall have received a legal opinion from the Corporation’s Luxembourg counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser, in respect of the Lux Pledge Agreement, including that same creates a valid and binding first-ranking security interest or hypothec or equivalent security in the securities pledged pursuant thereto. | ||
(p) | Amended Lease. The Corporation shall have delivered to the Purchaser a true copy of the Amendment to the Premises Lease executed by the landlord and the Corporation. | ||
(q) | Board Representation Agreement. The Corporation shall have executed a board representation agreement establishing the right of the Purchaser to have two (2) nominees on the Board in the form attached hereto in Exhibit 3.2(q) (the “Board Representation Agreement”). | ||
(r) | Consents and Waivers. The Corporation shall have received all required consents, approvals, authorizations, permits and waivers of third parties necessary for the Corporation to consummate the transactions contemplated in and by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, with respect to the sale of the Notes to the Purchaser, the issue of the Preferred Shares to the holders of the Existing Notes who have exercised the First Option, as well as any approvals and consents from the TSX and any consent required from the National Bank of Canada and the landlord under the Premises Lease with respect to the Security (including a consent and waiver by such landlord). | ||
(s) | Amendment to Existing Notes. The Corporation shall have delivered to the Purchaser, to the satisfaction of the Purchaser, acting reasonably, proof that (i) all of the holders of the Existing Notes (other than the Purchaser) have exercised either the First Option or the Second Option, (ii) the Board has adopted a resolution creating the Preferred Shares, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2(s), (iii) all holders of Existing Notes who have exercised the |
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First Option have provided to the Corporation a notice of exercise of the conversion of their Existing Notes into Preferred Shares and have been issued the Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms of such First Option, and (iv) all holders of Existing Notes who have exercised the Second Option have agreed to the Surviving Notes being in the form set forth in Exhibit 3.2(s)(i). |
(t) | Vitus Subscription. Vitus Investments III Private Limited shall have entered into an agreement with the Corporation substantially upon the same terms and conditions as this Agreement pursuant to which Vitus Investments III Private Limited shall have agreed to subscribe for the Vitus Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000.00 on substantially the same terms and conditions as those set forth herein as relates to the Notes. | ||
(u) | Material Adverse Effect. No event shall have occurred or be reasonably likely to occur that would have a Material Adverse Effect. | ||
(v) | Covenant of Swiss Subs. The Corporation shall have delivered an undertaking from each of the Corporation, XXXXXX Health Holdings Limited and XXXXXX Health (International) Limited in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2(v) (collectively, the “Swiss Covenant”). | ||
(w) | Other Documents and Undertakings. The Purchaser shall have received from the Corporation such other documents as it may reasonably request. |
3.3 | Conditions to the Obligations of the Purchaser on the Second Closing Date |
(a) | The receipt by the Purchaser of a certificate of the Corporation attesting to the matters provided for in Sections 3.2(a), 3.2(b), 3.2(c), 3.2(d), 3.2(e), 3.2(h), 3.2(i), 3.2(n), 3.2(r), 3.2(t) and 3.2(v) being true and complete as at the Second Closing Date in respect of the Notes being acquired by the Purchaser on such Second Closing Date and the Security granted by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries in connection therewith; | ||
(b) | The Corporation and the applicable Subsidiaries having performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with by it under this Agreement, the Hypothec and the other Transaction Documents at or prior to the Second Closing Date; | ||
(c) | The Corporation having paid to the Purchaser an aggregate set-up fee of 1.5% of the aggregate principal amount of all Xxxxxx Notes, which set-up fee shall be paid by the issuance to the Purchaser of Notes in the principal amount equal to such set-up fee; |
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(d) | Vitus Investments III Private Limited having paid in full for the Vitus Notes to be issued to it on the Second Closing Date pursuant to the agreement referred to in Section 3.2(t); and | ||
(e) | There being no Event of Default continuing on the Second Closing Date under the terms of the Notes that were issued on the Initial Closing Date. |
3.4 | Conditions to Obligations of the Corporation on the Initial Closing Date |
(a) | Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties of Purchaser set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the Initial Closing Date with the same effect as though made as of the date of this Agreement, except that the accuracy of representations and warranties that by their terms speak as of a specified date will be determined as of such date; | ||
(b) | Performance of Obligations. The Purchaser shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing; | ||
(c) | Closing Certificate. The Purchaser shall have delivered to the Corporation a certificate, executed by authorized representatives of the Purchaser, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, certifying to: |
(i) | the Purchaser’s authority to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; and | ||
(ii) | that the conditions specified in Sections 3.2(a) and 3.2(b) have been satisfied. |
(d) | Payment. The Purchaser shall have provided payment for the Notes in accordance with Section 2.1(a); | ||
(e) | Approvals. All necessary approvals of the TSX shall have been obtained. |
3.5 | Conditions to the Obligations of the Corporation on the Second Closing Date |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CORPORATION
4.1 | Organization and Qualification |
4.2 | Ownership of Subsidiaries |
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(a) | repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its securities or with respect to the voting or disposition of any outstanding securities of any Subsidiaries of the Corporation; | ||
(b) | make any investment in or provide any funds to (whether in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) any Person, other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation; or | ||
(c) | provide any guarantee with respect to any Person (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation). |
4.3 | Authority Relative to this Agreement |
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4.4 | Reporting Status and Securities Laws Matters |
4.5 | Authorization |
(a) | Corporation Action. All corporate and legal action on the part of the Corporation, its officers, directors and shareholders necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the sale and issuance of the Notes or any Common Shares issuable upon conversion of any Note (“Note Shares”, and together with the Notes, the “Securities”), and the performance of the Corporation’s obligations hereunder and thereunder, has been taken. | ||
(b) | Subsidiary Action. All corporate and legal action on the part of each Subsidiary, its officers, directors, shareholders and members necessary for the execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which such Subsidiary is a party, and the performance of all of its obligations thereunder, has been taken. | ||
(c) | Valid Issuance. The Securities, when issued against payment in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, will be validly issued and, in the case of |
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any such issued Securities, will be fully paid and non-assessable and delivered to the Purchaser, or any other holder thereof, free and clear of any Encumbrances. |
(d) | No Voting Rights. There are no agreements to which the Corporation or any Subsidiary is a party with respect to the voting or transfer of any securities of the Corporation or such Subsidiary other than the Transaction Documents or as set forth in the Corporation Organizational Documents, as amended, and, in respect of transfer of securities, its listing agreement with the TSX, its ordinary-course agreements with its transfer agent and the restrictions on transfer of options and warrants imposed by its existing option and warrant agreements. | ||
(e) | Noncontravention. None of the execution, delivery and performance of and compliance with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, nor the issuance of any of the Securities or the issuance of the Preferred Shares will result in or constitute any breach, default or violation of: |
(i) | any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument or commitment (oral or written) to which the Corporation or a Subsidiary is a party or is bound; or | ||
(ii) | any Law, rule, regulation, statute or order applicable to the Corporation or any Subsidiary or their respective properties, including, without limitation, any rule imposed by the TSX, or result in the creation of any Encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (other than as contemplated by the Transaction Documents). |
4.6 | Consents |
(a) | any filing required pursuant to the rules of the TSX or the prospectus and registration exemptions relied upon by the Corporation under applicable provincial securities laws of Canada; | ||
(b) | any filing that may be required under Regulation D under the United States Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); and | ||
(c) | if required, filings or qualifications under applicable state securities laws, which filings or qualifications, if required, will be timely filed or obtained by the Corporation. |
(a) | repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its securities; | ||
(b) | make any investment in or provide any funds to (whether in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) any person; or | ||
(c) | provide any guarantee with respect to any person. |
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(a) | The Corporation and its Subsidiaries own all right, title and interest in and to, or are validly licensed (and are not in material breach of such licenses), under all Proprietary Assets and all other intellectual property and proprietary rights that are material to the conduct of the business, as presently conducted, of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; | ||
(b) | all such Proprietary Assets are sufficient, in all material respects, for conducting the business, as presently conducted, of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; | ||
(c) | to the knowledge of the Corporation, all such Proprietary Assets are valid and enforceable (subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally), and do not infringe in any material way upon any third parties’ intellectual property and proprietary rights, and no event will occur as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby that would render invalid or unenforceable any such Proprietary Assets; | ||
(d) | to the knowledge of the Corporation, no third party is infringing upon such Proprietary Assets in a manner that currently would reasonably be expected to adversely affect such Proprietary Assets in any material respect; | ||
(e) | all computer hardware and their associated firmware and operating systems, application software, database engines and processed data, technology infrastructure and other computer systems used in connection with the conduct of the business, as presently conducted, of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (collectively, the “Technology”) are up-to-date and sufficient, in all material respects, for conducting the business, as presently conducted, of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; |
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(f) | the Corporation and its Subsidiaries own or have validly licensed (and are not in material breach of such licenses) such Technology and have commercially reasonable virus protection and security measures in place in relation to such Technology; and | ||
(g) | the Corporation and its Subsidiaries have reasonable back-up systems and audited procedures and disaster recovery strategies adequate to ensure the continuing availability of the functionality provided by the Technology, and have ownership of or a valid license to the Proprietary Assets necessary to allow them to continue to provide, in all material respects, the functionality provided by the Technology in the event of any malfunction of the Technology or other form of disaster affecting the Technology. The Corporation has provided the Purchaser with a list of trademarks, trade names, service marks and patents in which the Corporation or its Subsidiary hold any right, tile and interest as well as the Proprietary Assets that are licensed or owned by the Corporation or a Subsidiary to a third party. |
(a) | None of the Corporation, or its Subsidiaries is in material breach or violation of, or default (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, any Contract listed below (the Contracts described in Sections 4.11(a)(i) through 4.11(a)(viii), together with all exhibits and schedules thereto being, the “Material Contracts”) and none of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries has received or given any notice of default under any such Material Contract which remains uncured and to the knowledge of the Corporation, there exists no state of facts which after notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a material default or breach of such Material Contract (it being agreed that for the purposes of this Section 4.11(a), the term “material” signifies that the breach or violation or default in question would reasonably be expected to cause or did cause a Material Adverse Effect): |
(i) | any lease of real property by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, as tenant, with third parties providing for annual rentals of $250,000 or more; | ||
(ii) | any Contract under which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is obliged to make payments on an annual basis in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate; | ||
(iii) | any partnership, limited liability company agreement, joint venture, alliance agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement relating to the formation, creation, operation, management, business or control of any partnership or joint venture which is not a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (other than any such agreement or arrangement relating to the operation or business of a property in the ordinary course and which is not |
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material with respect to such property) where the Corporation’s or any Subsidiary’s obligations with respect to any such partnership or joint venture exceed $250,000.00 individually; |
(iv) | any Contract (other than with or among wholly-owned subsidiaries) under which Indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $250,000.00 is outstanding or may be incurred or pursuant to which any property or asset of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries is mortgaged, pledged or otherwise subject to an Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrances), or any Contract restricting the incurrence of Indebtedness by the Corporation or any wholly-owned subsidiary or the incurrence of Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances) on any Leased Properties (as defined below) or securities of wholly-owned subsidiaries or restricting the payment of dividends; |
(v) | any Contract that purports to limit the right of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates to, in any material respect: |
A. | engage in any line of business; or | ||
B. | compete with any person or operate in any location; |
(vi) | any Contract providing for the sale or exchange of, or option to sell or exchange, any Leased Property with a fair market value in excess of $250,000.00, or for the purchase or exchange of, or option to purchase or exchange, any Leased Property with a fair market value in excess of $250,000.00 entered into in the past twelve (12) months or in respect of which the applicable transaction has not been consummated; |
(vii) | any Contract entered into in the past twelve (12) months or in respect of which the applicable transaction has not yet been consummated for the acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly (by amalgamation, merger or otherwise), of assets (other than Contracts referenced in Section 4.11(a)(v)B) or capital stock or other equity interests of another person for aggregate consideration in excess of $250,000.00, in each case other than in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice; |
(viii) | any standstill or similar Contract currently restricting the ability of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to offer to purchase or purchase the assets or equity securities of another person; and |
(ix) | any Contract (other than Contracts referenced in Sections 4.11(a)(i) through 4.11(a)(viii)) which has been filed by the Corporation or its affiliates with securities regulatory authorities as a material contract and forming part of the Corporation’s public disclosure record. |
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(b) | There are no Contracts that provide for an obligation of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary of $250,000 or more per year other than as Filed, described in any Filing or as listed in writing for the benefit of the Purchaser in the context of due diligence. |
(a) | any Material Adverse Change; |
(b) | any resignation or termination of any officer, key employee or groups of employees of the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any Owned Entity; |
(c) | any material change, except in the ordinary course of business, in the contingent obligations of the Corporation, its Subsidiaries or any Owned Entity by way of Guarantee, endorsement, indemnity, warranty or other contractual arrangement; |
(d) | any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
(e) | any waiver by the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any Owned Entity of a material right or of a material debt owed to it; |
(f) | any material increase in any compensation arrangement or agreement with any employee, officer or director other than routine annual increases in compensation or promotions or bonuses awarded in the ordinary course of business; |
(g) | to the knowledge of the Corporation, any labour organization activity related to the Corporation or any Subsidiary; |
(h) | any Indebtedness, obligation or liability incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any Owned Entity, except for immaterial amounts and for current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
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(i) | any sale, assignment or transfer of any Proprietary Asset, other than the nonexclusive license by the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any Owned Entity of such Proprietary Assets to customers, suppliers or contract manufacturers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; |
(j) | any change in any Material Contract to which the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any Owned Entity is a party or by which it is bound, which change has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
(k) | any arrangement or commitment by the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any Owned Entity to do any of the acts described in this Section 4.13. |
(a) | the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their respective property or assets at law or in equity before or by any Governmental Authority; or |
(b) | any director or officer of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or any employee of the Corporation, which Legal Actions would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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(a) | Except as set forth in Section 4.17 of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries has: |
(i) | as relates to income and sales Taxes, duly and timely filed, or caused to be filed, all material Tax Returns required to be filed by it prior to the date hereof, other than those which have been administratively waived, and all such Tax Returns are true and correct in all material respects; |
(ii) | except as has been disclosed to the Purchaser’s representatives, paid on a timely basis all Tax and all assessments and reassessments of Tax due on or before the date hereof, other than Tax which is being or has been contested in good faith and for which, in the reasonable opinion of the Corporation, adequate reserves have been provided in the Financial Statements, and other than Tax the failure to pay which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; |
(iii) | duly and timely withheld, or caused to be withheld, all Tax required by Law to be withheld by it (including Tax and other amounts required to be withheld by it in respect of any amount paid or credited or deemed to be paid or credited by it to or for the account of any Person, including any employees, officers or directors and any non resident Person) and duly and timely remitted, or caused to be remitted, to the appropriate Tax authority |
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such Tax required by Law to be remitted by it, except to the extent that such failure would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and |
(iv) | duly and timely collected, or caused to be collected, any sales or transfer taxes, including goods and services, harmonized sales and provincial or territorial sales taxes, required by Law to be collected by it and duly and timely remitted to the appropriate Tax authority any such amounts required by Law to be remitted by it, except to the extent that such failure would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
(b) | the unpaid Tax of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries did not, as of the date of the Financial Statements, exceed the reserves and provisions for Tax accrued but not yet due as reflected in the Financial Statements, and Tax payable by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the Initial Closing Date and the Second Closing Date will not exceed such reserves and provisions for Tax as adjusted through the applicable closing date in accordance with the past custom and practice of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries; |
(c) | no deficiencies, litigation, proposed adjustments or matters in controversy with respect to Tax exists or has been asserted which remain unresolved at the date hereof, and no action or proceeding for assessment or collection of Tax has been taken, asserted, or to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened, against the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, except, in each case, as disclosed or provided for in the Financial Statements or except such deficiencies, litigation, proposed adjustments, confirmations, actions or proceedings that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
(d) | there are no currently effective elections, agreements or waivers extending the statutory period or providing for an extension of time with respect to the assessment or reassessment of any Tax of, or the filing of any Tax Return or any payment of any Tax by, the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries; |
(e) | the Corporation is a “taxable Canadian corporation” as defined in the Tax Act; |
(f) | there are no Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances, for Tax upon any of the assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries; |
(g) | the Corporation and its Subsidiaries are substantially in compliance with the Laws of Canada, Switzerland, Luxemburg and the State of Delaware, including any documentation and recordkeeping requirements thereunder, applicable to the allocation of income and deductions and transactions among related taxpayers; and |
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(h) | neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any indemnification, allocation or sharing agreement with respect to Tax that could give rise to a payment or indemnification obligation (other than agreements among the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and other than customary Tax indemnification provisions contained in credit or loan agreements or agreements related thereto or other transactions entered into in the ordinary course) and neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability for Tax of any Person (other than the Corporation and its Subsidiaries) as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise. |
(a) | in respect of the employees of the Corporation, except for the Contracts with those individuals listed in Section 4.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and employment offer and letters delivered in the ordinary course of business: |
(i) | any existing employment agreement with any member of the Corporation’s management or any other officer of the Corporation; or |
(ii) | any change of control agreement with any officer or senior employee or any written or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, oral agreement, arrangement or understanding providing for an existing retention, severance or termination compensation or benefits to any officer or senior employee; or |
(b) | except as otherwise provided in Section 4.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, any existing collective bargaining or union agreements. |
(a) | Neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries own any immovable or real property or have any option or agreement capable of becoming an option to purchase any interest in any immovable or real property. |
(b) | Each property currently leased or subleased by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries from a third party other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Leased Properties”) is listed in Section 4.19 of |
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the Disclosure Schedule identifying the name of the lessee (i.e., the Corporation or its Subsidiary) and the documents under which such lease is created (collectively, the “Lease Documents”). The Corporation or its applicable Subsidiary holds good and valid leases in the Leased Properties, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances. Each of the Lease Documents is valid, binding and in full force and effect as against the Corporation or its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, as against the other party thereto. None of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any of the other parties to the Lease Documents, is in breach or violation or default (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under any of the Lease Documents which breach, violation or default has not been cured and would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries has received or given any notice of default under any such agreement which remains uncured which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Corporation, neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any covenants, or not in compliance with any condition, restrictions or Permitted Encumbrances, affecting any Leased Properties which violations or non-compliances would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
(c) | The Leased Properties and all buildings and improvements thereon are in good operating condition and repair, subject to normal wear and tear. To the Corporation’s knowledge, there are no latent defects of adverse physical conditions affecting any Leased Property or the buildings or improvements thereon, other than those that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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(a) | the policy is in full force and effect and all premiums due thereon have been paid; |
(b) | none of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or default, and none of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action or failed to take any action which, with notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default, or permit termination or modification of, any such policy; |
(c) | to the knowledge of the Corporation, no insurer on any such policy has been declared insolvent or placed in receivership, debt restructuring proceedings or liquidation, and no notice of cancellation or termination has been received by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any such policy; |
(d) | none of such policies will terminate or lapse by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; |
(e) | no insurer under any such policy has cancelled or generally disclaimed liability under any such policy or indicated any intent to do so or not to renew any such policy; |
(f) | there is no claim by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries pending under any such policy that has been denied or disputed by the insurer; and |
(g) | all claims under such policies have been filed in a timely fashion. |
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(a) | None of the Corporation’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Affiliates, officers, directors, members or employees, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, or to the Corporation’s knowledge, any shareholder disclosed in public filings with Canadian securities regulators, any supplier, distributor or customer of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries, has any material interest in any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, including Proprietary Assets used in or pertaining to the business of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries, except for the normal rights of a stockholder or member. |
(b) | Other than intercompany settlements and arrangements in the ordinary course of business since 2003, there are no agreements, understandings or proposed transactions between either the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries and any of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders or Affiliates. |
(c) | No officer or director of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries has any material direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries has a material business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes in any material respect with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries. To the Corporation’s knowledge, no member of the immediate family of any officer or director of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is directly or indirectly interested in any Material Contract. |
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(a) | violate, conflict with, or result in a material breach of any provision of, require any consent, approval or notice under, or constitute a default (or an event which with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default) under, or result in granting to a third party a right to reduce fees or other payments to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries under, or result in granting to a third party a right of first refusal, first opportunity, or other right or option to acquire properties or assets of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries under, or grant to a third party a right to force the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to purchase one or more assets under, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, or result in the creation of any Encumbrance upon, any of the properties or assets of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or cause any Indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to come due before its stated maturity or cause any credit commitment to cease to be available or cause any payment or other obligation to be imposed on the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of: |
(i) | their respective charters or by-laws or other comparable organizational documents; or |
(ii) | any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, loan agreement, deed of trust, Encumbrance, or other Contract to which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or to which any of them, or any of their respective properties or assets, may be subject or by which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is bound; or |
(b) | subject to obtaining regulatory approvals and the shareholder approval, as required and except for complying with applicable corporate, securities, competition and antitrust Laws: |
(i) | violate in any material manner any Law applicable to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets; or |
(ii) | cause the suspension or revocation of any material Permit currently in effect (except, in the case of Sections 4.24(a)(ii) and 4.24(b) above, for such violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults, terminations, accelerations or creations of Encumbrances which, or any consents, approvals or notices which, if not given or received, or any Permits which, if suspended or revoked, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect). |
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(a) | Section 4.27 of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all health, welfare, supplemental unemployment benefit, bonus, profit sharing, option, insurance, incentive, incentive compensation, deferred compensation, share purchase, share compensation, disability, pension or retirement plans and other material employee or director compensation or benefit plans, policies, trusts, funds, agreements or arrangements for the benefit of directors or former directors of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, employees or former employees of the Corporation, which are maintained by or binding upon the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or in respect of which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries has any actual or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, potential liability (including the stock option plan of the Corporation) (collectively, the “Plans”). |
(b) | All of the Plans are and have been established, registered, qualified and, in all material respects, administered in accordance with all Applicable Laws, and in accordance with their terms and the terms of agreements between the Corporation and/or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and their respective employees and former employees who are members of, or beneficiaries under, the Plans. |
(c) | All current obligations of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries regarding the Plans have been satisfied in all material respects. All contributions, premiums or taxes required to be made or paid by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, under the terms of each Plan or by Applicable Laws in respect of the Plans have been made in a timely fashion in accordance with Applicable Laws in all material respects and in accordance with the terms of the applicable Plan. The obligations of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to any of the Plans that are multi-employer plans are restricted to providing information and making contributions. |
(d) | As of the date hereof, no currently outstanding notice of under-funding, non-compliance, failure to be in good standing or otherwise has been received by |
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the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries from any applicable Governmental Authorities in respect of any Plan that is a pension or retirement plan; and no such Plan provides any non-pension post-retirement or post-employment benefits. No Plan is a defined benefit pension plan (whether registered or not) and no Plan that is a defined contribution pension plan is an unfunded plan. The Corporation would not incur any material withdrawal liability from withdrawing from any such Plan. |
(e) | To the knowledge of the Corporation, no Plan is subject to any pending investigation, examination or other proceeding, action or claim initiated by any Governmental Authority, or by any other party (other than routine claims for benefits) and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, there exists no state of facts which after notice or lapse of time or both would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such investigation, examination or other proceeding, action or claim or to affect the registration or qualification of any Plan required to be registered or qualified. |
(f) | None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Corporation or consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or compliance by the Corporation with any of the provisions hereof shall result in any payment (including severance, unemployment compensation, bonuses or otherwise) becoming due to any director of the Corporation or employee of the Corporation or result in any increase or acceleration of contributions, liabilities or benefits, or acceleration of vesting, under any Plan or restriction held in connection with a Plan. |
(a) | Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all, and has not violated any, Environmental Laws. |
(b) | Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: |
(i) | neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries has Released, and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no other Person has Released, any Hazardous Substances (in each case except in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws) on, at, in, under or from any of the immovable Properties or real properties (including the workplace environment) currently or, to the Corporation’s knowledge, previously owned, leased or operated by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries; and |
(ii) | to the knowledge of the Corporation, there are no Hazardous Substances or other conditions that could reasonably be expected to result in liability |
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of or adversely affect the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries under or related to any Environmental Law on, at, in, under or from any of the immovable Properties or real properties (including the workplace environment) currently or, to the Corporation’s knowledge, previously owned, leased or operated by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries. |
(c) | Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no pending claims or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened claims, against the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries arising out of any Environmental Laws. |
(d) | No Encumbrance in favour of a Governmental Authority arising under Environmental Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened, affecting the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or any real property owned, or leased by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY PURCHASER
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(a) | certain protections, rights and remedies provided by the Securities Act (Quebec), including statutory rights of rescission or damages, will not be available to the Purchaser; and |
(b) | the Securities will be subject to resale restrictions and the certificates representing the Securities will bear a legend indicating that the resale of the Securities is restricted. |
(a) | none of the subscription funds to be provided to pay the Initial Issue Price or the Second Issue Price, as the case may be: |
(i) | has been or will be derived from or related to any activity that is deemed criminal under the laws of Canada, the United States or any other jurisdiction; or |
(ii) | are being tendered on behalf of a person or entity who has not been identified to the Purchaser; and |
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(b) | the Purchaser shall promptly notify the Corporation if any of them discovers that any of such representations ceases to be true, and will provide the Corporation with all appropriate information in connection therewith. |
COVENANTS
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(a) | The Corporation shall take all such actions as are necessary such that the approval of its shareholders for the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents is not required under Applicable Law or the requirements of the TSX. |
(b) | As soon as practicable but in any event no later than the next Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation occurring immediately after the execution of this Agreement, the Corporation shall take all such commercially reasonable actions as are necessary to decrease the size of the Board to eight (8) members and shall include two (2) nominees of the Purchaser (the “Purchaser Nominees”) among the management nominees for election to the Board, the whole as contemplated in the Board Representation Agreement. Thereafter in accordance with the terms of the Board Representation Agreement, the Corporation shall take all such commercially reasonable actions necessary to have the Purchaser Nominees (or any replacements appointed by the Purchaser in its sole discretion, subject to any necessary legal, regulatory, corporate or shareholder approvals) continue to serve as members of the Board for so long as the Purchaser or any Permitted Transferees hold any Securities. Such actions shall be limited to causing management to nominate and support the Purchaser Nominees in a slate of directors proposed by the Corporation at any meeting of shareholders of the Corporation. |
(c) | The Purchaser Nominees shall be compensated and reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses on the same basis as the other directors of the Corporation and shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by Law from and against all Losses incurred in connection with their duties as directors of the Corporation. |
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(a) | As and from the moment that the Corporation ceases to be a “reporting issuer” in Canada (under applicable Canadian securities Laws) and for so long as the Purchaser holds the Notes, the Corporation shall provide to the Purchaser: |
(i) | not later than ninety (90) days following the Corporation’s fiscal year end, an audited balance sheet, statement of income and statement of cash flows for the fiscal year then ended; |
(ii) | not later than forty-five (45) days following the end of each fiscal quarter, an unaudited balance sheet, statement of income and statement of cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended; and |
(iii) | any information necessary to assist any Purchaser with its tax filing obligations in a timely manner. |
(b) | All material non-public information and data, in whatever form, obtained by the Purchaser in respect of the Corporation and the subject-matter of this Agreement (the “Confidential Information”) shall be held by the Purchaser in |
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the strictest confidence and shall not be disclosed to any third party; provided that such Confidential Information may be disclosed if the disclosure: |
(i) | is made with the consent of the Corporation; |
(ii) | is made to an Affiliate (including any limited partner, general partner, member, manager, shareholder, director, officer or employee) of the Purchaser and such Affiliate agrees to be subject to such confidentiality provisions; |
(iii) | is required by Law or by a Governmental Authority; |
(iv) | is in respect of information or data that is in the public domain at the time of the disclosure through no fault of the Purchaser or any party to which it has disclosed the information; |
(v) | is made to the Purchaser’s advisors or representatives, which agree to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information; or |
(vi) | is received from a third party not subject to confidentiality obligations with respect to such information. |
(a) | pay all applicable maintenance fees and renewal fees in connection with each material item of intellectual property, unless the Corporation determines, on a commercially reasonable basis, that such item of intellectual property is no longer material to the conduct of its business or such item is sold or disposed of; |
(b) | take commercially reasonable steps to enforce intellectual property rights against any known infringers of any material item of intellectual property and advise the Purchaser of any such infringement; |
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(c) | continue to use all of its material intellectual property in a manner that will not result in the abandonment or lead to the expungement of any such material intellectual property, provided, however that the Corporation may abandon any intellectual property that the Corporation determines, in its commercially reasonable judgment, is no longer necessary or useful in any material respect to its business. |
(a) | In the event that the Corporation or any Subsidiary wishes to issue or pursue an offering of treasury shares, Common Shares, preferred shares, securities convertible or exchangeable into Common Shares or preferred shares, or promissory notes or debentures (collectively, the “Subject Securities”) other than securities comprising a Permitted Issuance and other than any Subject Securities to be issued by any Subsidiary in favour of another Subsidiary or an Affiliate, or to be issued as settlement of any transaction between any Subsidiary and an Affiliate thereof, then the Purchaser shall have the right (the “Pre-Emptive Right”), subject to TSX approval and compliance with Applicable Laws, to subscribe for and purchase such Subject Securities, on the same terms and at the same price that the Corporation or the applicable Subsidiary is prepared to issue the Subject Securities to other prospective purchasers. |
(b) | If the Subject Securities are being offered by the Corporation or the applicable Subsidiary on different terms to different purchasers, then each such transaction shall be treated as a separate offering for the purposes of this Section 6.12. |
(c) | The Corporation shall give to the Purchaser a written notice (the “Sale Notice”) not less than eight (8) Business Days prior to offering or issuing the Subject Securities, which shall specify the number and the class of Subject Securities and the terms and conditions on which they are being or are proposed to be issued. |
(d) | The Purchaser may elect to purchase all or a portion of the Subject Securities by giving a written notice of its election (the “Election Notice”) to the Corporation on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day after receiving the Sale Notice. The Election Notice shall state the number of securities that the Purchaser wishes to purchase. If the Purchaser does not deliver an Election Notice within such time-period herein, the Purchaser shall be deemed to have elected not to exercise the Pre-Emptive Right. |
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(e) | Any purchase of the Subject Securities by Purchaser pursuant to this Section 6.12 shall close no later than thirty (30) days following receipt by the Purchaser of the Sale Notice, subject to any requirements to obtain the approval of the shareholders of the Corporation or any other Applicable Laws, but shall in any case be completed on the basis negotiated by the Corporation or the applicable Subsidiary with other purchasers. If the Purchaser delivers an Election Notice, the Purchaser shall be obligated to complete the purchase of the Subject Securities on the same basis as other purchasers. |
(f) | Where a holder of Xxxxxx Notes, other than the Purchaser, has exercised an equivalent right that it may have with respect to the Subject Securities, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.12, the Purchaser shall only be entitled to purchase its proportionate share of the Subject Securities (such proportionate share to be determined on the basis of the value of the Notes held by the Purchaser as percentage of the total value of all of the Xxxxxx Notes at the time of receipt by the Purchaser of the Sale Notice pursuant to this Section 6.12). |
LEGENDS
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(a) | a receipt is obtained for a prospectus in all applicable provinces qualifying the Securities; or |
(b) | the hold period applicable to the Securities under applicable provincial securities laws has expired. |
INDEMNIFICATION
(a) | The Corporation hereby agrees to indemnify and defend and hold harmless each of the Purchaser, its Affiliates, successors and assigns and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (a “Purchaser Indemnified Party” or collectively the “Purchaser Indemnified Parties”) from and against, and agrees to pay or cause to be paid to the Purchaser Indemnified Parties all amounts equal to the sum of, any and all claims, demands, costs, expenses, losses and other liabilities of any kind, other than loss of profits of such Purchaser Indemnified Parties or consequential damages (“Losses”) that the Purchaser Indemnified Parties may incur or suffer (including without limitation all reasonable legal fees and expenses) which arise or result from any breach by the Corporation of any of its representations or warranties, or failure by the Corporation to perform any of its covenants or agreements, in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document or in any certificate or document delivered pursuant hereto or any other Transaction Document, including but not limited to any third party claims arising or resulting from such breach or failure, except to the extent such Losses arise out of the intentional or gross fault, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Purchaser, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents. The rights of the Purchaser hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies which may be available to it by Law. |
(b) | The Purchaser hereby agrees to indemnify and defend and hold harmless the Corporation, each of its Affiliates, successors and assigns and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (a “Corporation Indemnified Party” or collectively the “Corporation Indemnified Parties”) from and against, and agrees to pay or cause to be paid to the Corporation Indemnified Parties all Losses that the Corporation Indemnified Parties may |
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incur or suffer (including without limitation all reasonable legal fees and expenses) which arise or result from any breach by the Purchaser of any of its representations or warranties, or failure by the Purchaser to perform any of its covenants or agreements, in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document or in any certificate or document delivered pursuant hereto or any other Transaction Document, including but not limited to any third party claims arising or resulting from such breach or failure, except to the extent such Losses arise out of the intentional or gross fault, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Corporation or its respective Affiliates, successors and assigns and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for purposes of this Section 8.1(b), in determining the existence of any inaccuracy in, or misrepresentation or breach of, any representation or warranty by the Purchaser, and the amount of any Losses, no effect shall be given to any qualification as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” in such representations and warranties. The rights of the Corporation hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies which may be available to it by Law or under the Transaction Documents. In no event shall the liability of the Purchaser hereunder exceed, in the aggregate, the amount paid to the Corporation in respect of the Initial Note and the Subsequent Note. Furthermore, in no event shall the liability of the Corporation hereunder exceed, in the aggregate, the amount paid by the Purchaser to the Corporation in respect of the Initial Note and the Subsequent Note together with the interest accrued thereon as provided in the Notes to the date that the indemnification paid to the Purchaser Indemnified Parties pursuant to this Article 8 equals the aggregate principal amount of such Notes. |
(a) | If a third party shall notify a Purchaser Indemnified Party or a Corporation Indemnified Party (an “Indemnified Party”) with respect to any matter that may give rise to a claim for indemnification under the indemnities set forth above in Section 8.1, the procedure set forth below shall be followed. |
(i) | Notice. The respective Indemnified Party shall give to the party providing indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) written notice of any claim, suit, judgment or matter for which indemnity may be sought under Section 8.1 promptly but in any event within thirty (30) days after the Indemnified Party receives notice thereof; provided, however, that failure by the Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability it shall otherwise have pursuant to this Agreement except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure. Such notice shall set forth in reasonable detail: |
A. | the basis for such potential claim; and |
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B. the dollar amount of such claim. |
The Indemnifying Party shall have a period of thirty (30) days within which to respond thereto. If the Indemnifying Party does not respond within such 30-day period, the Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have accepted responsibility for such indemnity. |
(ii) | Defense of Claim. With respect to a claim by a third party against an Indemnified Party for which indemnification may be sought under this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall have the right, at its option, to be represented by counsel of its choice and to assume the defense or otherwise control the handling of any claim, suit, judgment or matter for which indemnity is sought, which is set forth in the notice sent by the Indemnified Party, by notifying the Indemnified Party in writing to such effect within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice; provided, however, that the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ counsel to represent it if, in the Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment based upon the advice of counsel, it is advisable in light of the separate interests of the Indemnified Party, to be represented by separate counsel, and in that event the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party but only in respect of one counsel (chosen by the Purchaser) plus appropriate local counsel, if applicable, for all Indemnified Parties. If the Indemnifying Party does not give timely notice in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have given notice that it does not wish to control the handling of such claim, suit or judgment. In the event the Indemnifying Party elects (by notice in writing within such 30-day period) to assume the defense of or otherwise control the handling of any such claim, suit, judgment or matter for which indemnity is sought, the Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Party from and against any and all reasonable professional fees (including attorneys’ fees, accountants, consultants and engineering fees) and investigation expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party after it provides notice under Section 8.2(a)(i) and prior to such election, notwithstanding the fact that the Indemnifying Party may not have been so liable to the Indemnified Party had the Indemnifying Party not elected to assume the defense of or to otherwise control the handling of such claim, suit, judgment or other matter. In the event that the Indemnifying Party does not assume the defense or otherwise control the handling of such matter, the Indemnified Party may retain counsel, as an indemnification expense, to defend such claim, suit, judgment or matter. |
(iii) | Final Authority. The Parties shall cooperate in the defense of any such claim or litigation and each shall make available all books and records which are relevant in connection with such claim or litigation. In |
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connection with any claim, suit or other proceeding with respect to which the Indemnifying Party has assumed the defense or control, the Indemnifying Party will not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to any matter which does not include a provision whereby the plaintiff or claimant in the matter releases the Indemnified Party from all liability with respect thereto, without the written consent of the Indemnified Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. In connection with any claim, suit or other proceeding with respect to which the Indemnifying Party has not assumed the defense or control, the Indemnified Party may not compromise or settle such claim without the consent of the Indemnifying Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. |
(b) | Any claim for indemnification under this Agreement which does not result from the assertion of a claim by a third party shall be asserted by written notice given by the Indemnified Party to the Indemnifying Party. The Indemnifying Party shall have a period of thirty (30) days within which to respond thereto. |
MISCELLANEOUS
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(a) | Closing Fee; Reimbursement of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and fees and disbursements of its attorneys, notaries and accountants, incurred by the Purchaser in connection with: |
(i) | the negotiation and consummation of the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, including any due diligence or other review conducted prior to the negotiation of this Agreement as well as any filing fees related to the Security; and |
(ii) | any amendment, modification or waiver, or consent with respect to, any of the Transaction Documents or any documentation or agreements in connection therewith (“Transaction Expenses”). |
(b) | Expenses Incurred as Directors. The Corporation shall pay all out-of-pocket expenses and fees and disbursements incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the attendance by any representative of the Purchaser that is a member of the Corporation’s Board of any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof, or any meeting of the Corporation’s shareholders. |
(c) | Other Expenses. The Corporation shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and fees and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by or on behalf of the Purchaser in connection with any attempt to enforce any right of Purchaser against the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, or any person or other entity that may be obligated to the Purchaser by virtue of any of the Transaction Documents, to the extent a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Purchaser are entitled to enforce such right. |
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If to the Corporation: | ||||
000 Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Xxxx. | ||||
Xxxxx, Xxxxxx | ||||
X0X 0X0 | ||||
Attention: | Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | |||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
and with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice): | ||||
Davies Xxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP | ||||
0000 XxXxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx | ||||
X0X 0X0 | ||||
Attention: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
If to the Purchaser: | ||||
Victoria Square Ventures Inc. | ||||
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx | ||||
X0X 0X0 | ||||
Attention: | the President | |||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
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with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice): | ||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP | ||||
0000 Xxxx-Xxxxxxxx Xxxx. Xxxx | ||||
Xxxxx 0000 | ||||
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx | ||||
X0X 0X0 | ||||
Attention: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
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(a) | with the consent of each Party hereto to the termination of this Agreement; or |
(b) | at any time prior to the Closing by the Purchaser in writing, if the Corporation has, or by the Corporation in writing, if the Purchaser has, in any material respect, breached: |
(i) | any covenant or agreement contained herein; or |
(ii) | any representation or warranty contained herein, and in either case if such breach has not been cured by the date thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such breach is given to the Party committing such breach; |
(c) | at any time prior to the Closing, by the Purchaser or the Corporation, in writing, if the applications for prior approval referred to in Section 3.1(b) hereof have been denied, and the time period for appeals and requests for reconsideration has elapsed; or |
(d) | by the Purchaser or the Corporation, in writing, if the Closing has not occurred within forty-five (45) days of the date of this Agreement; provided that neither Party may terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.11(d) if the failure of such Party to perform its obligations hereunder contributed materially to the delay in consummating the transaction contemplated to be consummated at the Closing. |
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(e) | Purchaser’ obligation to hold information in strict confidence pursuant to Section 6.9 shall continue to remain in effect for a period of one year thereafter; |
(f) | the Corporation’s obligations to provide the Purchaser with a pre-emptive right on additional issuances pursuant to Section 6.12 shall continue until pursuant to the terms thereof; |
(g) | the obligations of Article 8 shall continue for a period of one (1) year thereafter; and |
(h) | the provisions set forth in Section 6.2, Section 6.6, Section 6.7, Section 6.8, Section 9.1, Section 9.2, Section 9.3, Section 9.5(b), Section 9.5(c), Section 9.11, Section 9.12 and Section 9.13 shall remain in full force and effect, each shall survive such termination indefinitely; |
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XXXXXX HEALTH INC. | ||||||
Per: | (signed) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||||
Title | Vice-President | |||||
& Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
Per: | (signed) Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Title | Vice-President, General Counsel | |||||
and Corporate Secretary |
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VICTORIA SQUARE VENTURES INC. | ||||||
Per: | (signed) Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||||
Title President and CEO | ||||||
Per: | (signed) Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||||
Title Vice-President |
List of Encumbrances ranking prior to the Security
Registration | ||||||||||||
number | ||||||||||||
Registration Date | Nature | |||||||||||
Expiration Date | Amount | Parties | Description of Property (Summary) | Comments | ||||||||
1. | 97-0104247-0001 August 26, 1997 August 26, 2007 Renewed until August 24, 2012 |
Conventional hypothec without
delivery $250,000.00 |
Creditor: Centre d’Initiative Technologique de Montréal- CITEC Debtor: Neurochem Inc. |
The universality of all the present and future, corporeal and incorporeal movable property, furniture, stock-in-trade, inventory, trade fixtures and equipment of the grantor of whatsoever nature or kind, present and future, situated in, on, about or near the premises leased by the grantor and located at 0000 Xxxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx xxxxxx, xxxxx 000, xx the city of St-Laurent, province of Quebec, including, without limitation, sums of money, shares, bonds, other securities, works of art, books and records and all indemnities payable pursuant to and rights resulting from all contracts of insurance relating to the aforesaid property. | Deed under private writing dated August 21,
1997 Assignment of a right 00-0000000-0000 on January 6, 2000: Assignor: Centre d’Initiative Technologique de Montréal- CITEC Assignee: Société Immobilière Technologique de Montréal Inc. Assignments of rank: 00-0000000-0000 00-0000000-0000 00-0000000-0000 00-0000000-0000 00-0000000-0000 (See SCHEDULE 2) |
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2. | 01-0032400-0001 February 2, 2001 February 1, 2011 Renewed until August 24, 2012 |
Conventional hypothec without
delivery $250,000.00 |
Creditor: Société Immobilière Technologique de Montréal Inc. Debtor: Neurochem Inc. |
See SCHEDULE 1 | Deed under private writing dated December 14,
2000. Assignments of rank: 00-0000000-0000 00-0000000-0000 00-0000000-0000 00-0000000-0000 00-0000000-0000 (See SCHEDULE 2) |
Registration | ||||||||||||
number | ||||||||||||
Registration Date | Nature | |||||||||||
Expiration Date | Amount | Parties | Description of Property (Summary) | Comments | ||||||||
3. | 03-0366263-0007 July 16, 2003 August 1, 2009 |
Rights resulting from a lease | Lessor: Minolta Business Equipment (Canada), Ltd.; Equipment de commerce Minolta (Canada) Ltee Lessee: Neurochem Inc. |
1-DI550 PLUS DIGITAL COPIER WITH EDH-3 FEEDER, LARGE CAPACITY CABINET, FINISHER, PTR CONTROLLER, NETWORK INTERFACE CD NC-2 WITH ALL ATTACHMENTS, ACCESSORIES AND PROCEEDS THEREOF INCLUDING INSURANCE PROCEEDS AND INDEMNITIES. | Deed under private writing dated July 8, 2003. Lease term is 66 months and monthly lease payment is $650.00 plus applicable taxes. |
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4. | 04-0327583-0001 June 3, 2004 June 3, 2010 |
Rights resulting from a lease | Lessor: Praxair Canada Inc. Lessee: Neurochem Inc. |
ALL PRESENT AND FUTURE BULK CRYOGENIC STORAGE TANKS USED FOR THE STORAGE, FILLING AND DELIVERY OF INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL GASES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION: ARGON, CARBON DIOXIDE, NITROGEN, NITRIOUS OXIDE AND OXYGEN; CRYOGENIC FREEZER; AND ANY AND ALL RELATED EQUIPMENT, ACCESSORIES, PARTS, COMPONENTS AND ATTACHMENTS THEREOF. | No mention of the constituting deed. This is a global registration pursuant to Article 2961.1 of the Civil Code of Quebec. |
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5. | 05-0239775-0001 April 28, 2005 April 24, 2015 |
Conventional hypothec without
delivery $12,000,000 including an additional hypothec of $2,000,000 |
Creditor: National Bank of Canada Debtor: Neurochem Inc. |
The universality of all shares, notes, commercial paper, warrants, bonds, debentures, certificates, units, claims, sums of money, deposits and any other securities or instruments or investments, present and future (hereinafter collectively called the “Investments”) held in or related to account number TR199617US of the “Constituant’s” with the treasury division of the National Bank of Canada or any other account replacing such account, as well as all Investments which may be susbstitued therefor and their renewals and additions and the principal thereof, the revenues therefrom and any rights attached thereto. | Deed under private writing dated April 25,
2005. Change of name 00-0000000-0000 on November 7, 2008: Former name: Neurochem Inc. New name: Xxxxxx Health Inc.; Xxxxxx Xxxxx Inc. Assignment of rank: 00-0000000-0000 (See SCHEDULE 2) |
Registration | ||||||||||||
number | ||||||||||||
Registration Date | Nature | |||||||||||
Expiration Date | Amount | Parties | Description of Property (Summary) | Comments | ||||||||
6. | 05-0330454-0014 June 7, 2005 June 6, 2009 |
Rights resulting from a lease | Lessor: CBSC Capital Inc. Lessee: Neurochem Inc. |
COPIER IR6020I WITH ALL ATTACHMENTS, ACCESSORIES AND PROCEEDS THEREOF INCLUDING INSURANCE PROCEEDS AND INDEMNITIES |
Deed under private writing dated June 6, 2005. Lease term is 48 months with 16 payments of $1,551.00 plus applicable taxes. |
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7. | 05-0665089-0001 November 23, 2005 November 16, 2015 |
Conventional hypothec without
delivery $840,000.00 (including an additional hypothec of $140,000.00) |
Creditor: National Bank of Canada Debtor: Neurochem Inc. |
The universality of all shares, notes, commercial paper, warrants, bonds, debentures, certificates, units, claims, sums of money, deposits and any other securities or instruments or investments, present and future (hereinafter collectively called the “Investments”) held in or deposited to account number BEN378 of the “Constituant” with the treasury division of the National Bank of Canada or any other account replacing such account, as well as all Investments which may be susbstitued therefore and their renewals and additions and the principal thereof, the revenues therefrom and any rights and claims attached thereto. | Deed under private writing dated November 17,
2005. Change of name 00-0000000-0000 on November 7, 2008: Former name: Neurochem Inc. New name: Xxxxxx Health Inc.; Xxxxxx Xxxxx Inc. |
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8. | 08-0160527-0001 March 28, 2008 March 26, 2018 |
Conventional hypothec without
delivery $180,000.00 (including an additional hypothec of $30,000.00) |
Creditor: National Bank of Canada Debtor: Neurochem Inc. |
The sums which now are or may in the future be to the “Constituant"'s account number 0000 0000 0000 with the National Bank of Canada or any other account in substitution thereof, up to the amount of $150,000, in Canadian Dollars, as well as the principal revenues and rights attached thereto. | Deed under private writing dated March 27,
2008. Change of name 00-0000000-0000 on November 7, 2008: Former name: Neurochem Inc. New name: Xxxxxx Health Inc.; Xxxxxx Xxxxx Inc. Assignment of rank: 00-0000000-0000 (See SCHEDULE 2) |
Registration | ||||||||||||
number | ||||||||||||
Registration Date | Nature | |||||||||||
Expiration Date | Amount | Parties | Description of Property (Summary) | Comments | ||||||||
9. | 08-0702966-0001 December 9, 2008 December 7, 2014 |
Rights of ownership of the lessor | Lessor: GE Canada Equipment Financing G.P. Lessee: Xxxxxx Xxxxx Inc. |
All present and future acquired telephone and communication systems, including without limitation, all related equipment components, attachments, accessories, replacements and proceeds, supplied by Xxxx Canada and/or any affiliates. | Deed under private writing dated December 8, 2008. |
Registration | ||||||||||||
number | ||||||||||||
Registration Date | Nature | |||||||||||
Expiration Date | Amount | Parties | Description of Property (Summary) | Comments | ||||||||
1. | 04-0414569-0001 July 14, 2004 July 13, 2014 |
Conventional hypothec without delivery |
Creditor: Investissement Québec Debtor: |
See SCHEDULE 3 | Deed under private writing dated July 9, 2004. Assignment of rank 00-0000000-0000 on September 21, 2007: |
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$20,500,000 with interest at the rate of 25% including an additional hypothec of $3,500,000 | Innodia Inc. | Assignor: Investissement Québec Assignee: National Bank of Canada Re: Hypothecs: 00-0000000-0000 00-0000000-0000 |
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Assignment of a right 00-0000000-0000 on July
17, 2008: Assignor: Investissement Quebec Assignee: Xxxxxx Health Inc.; Xxxxxx Xxxxx Inc. |
Registration | ||||||||||||
number | ||||||||||||
Registration Date | Nature | |||||||||||
Expiration Date | Amount | Parties | Description of Property (Summary) | Comments | ||||||||
2. | 07-0532511-0001 September 17, 2007 September 12, 2017 |
Conventional
hypothec without
delivery $8,400,000 including an additional hypothec of $1,400,000 |
Creditor: National Bank of Canada Debtor: Innodia Inc. |
The following shares, securities, certificates and negotiable instruments, as well as shares, securities, certificates and negotiable instruments which may be substituted therefor (hereinafter collectively called the “Securities”) and the principal thereof, the revenues therefrom and any rights attached thereto. Description Aurora A TR CP, reference number BQV559, CDN$500,000, CUSIP number 00000XXX0, maturity date August 31, 2007 New Shore Canadian Trust B, reference number BOZ954, CDN$1,000,000, cusip number 00000XXX0, maturity date August 31, 2007 PC Rocket Trust A, reference number BRC910, CDN$1,000,000, cusip number 000000X00, maturity date September 6, 2007 Apsley Trust A CP CAD, reference number BRC914, CDN$1,500,000, cusip number 00000XX00, maturity date September 6, 2007 Aria A Trust CP, reference number BRC918, CDN$1,500,000, cusip number 000000X00, maturity date September 6, 2007 Symphony Trust, reference number BPH228, CDN$1,500,000, cusip number 000000XX0, maturity date September 28, 2007. | Deed under private writing dated September
13, 2007. Change of name 00-0000000-0000 on November 7, 2008: Former name: Innodia Inc. New name: Xxxxxx Health (Innodia) Inc.; Xxxxxx Xxxxx (Innodia) Inc. Assignment of rank 00-0000000-0000 on September 21, 2007: Assignor: Investissement Québec Assignee: National Bank of Canada Re: Hypothecs: 00-0000000-0000 00-0000000-0000 |
Registration | ||||||||||||
number | ||||||||||||
Registration Date | Nature | |||||||||||
Expiration Date | Amount | Parties | Description of Property (Summary) | Comments | ||||||||
1. | 08-0557695-0001 September 25, 2008 September 17, 2018 |
Conventional
hypothec without
delivery $92,000.00 with interest at the prime rate plus 0.000% |
Creditor: Banque Royale du Canada Debtor: Ovos Santé Naturelle Inc.; Ovos Natural Health Inc. |
See SCHEDULE 4 | Deed under private writing dated September 17, 2008. |
Assignor:
Société Immobilière Technologique de Montréal Inc.
Banque Royale du Canada
00-0000000-0000
00-0000000-0000
00-0000000-0000 (this registration has been radiated)
Assignor:
Dundee Properties Q-Tech Holdings Inc. (formerly Société Immobilière Technologique de Montréal Inc.)
Banque Royale du Canada
00-0000000-0000 (this registration has been radiated)
00-0000000-0000 (this registration has been radiated)
00-0000000-0000
00-0000000-0000
Assignor:
Gestion Immobilière Dundee
Banque Royale du Canada
00-0000000-0000 (this registration has been radiated)
00-0000000-0000
00-0000000-0000
Assignor:
Société Dundee de Portefeuille Q-Tech Inc.
National Bank of Canada
00-0000000-0000
00-0000000-0000
00-0000000-0000
Assignor:
Société Dundee de Portefeille Q-Tech Inc.
National Bank of Canada
00-0000000-0000
00-0000000-0000
00-0000000-0000
Numéro | ||||
d'enregistrement | ||||
Produit breveté ou sous | ou Numéro | |||
demande | Juridiction | de demande | ||
Utilisation d’acides
aminés pour la fabrication
de médicaments destinés
aux traitements des
insulino résistances
|
France | 2,797,767 | ||
Utilisation d’acides
aminés pour la fabrication
de médicaments destinés
aux traitements des
insulino résistances
|
Demande internationale |
PCT/FR00/02361 WO 01/15689 |
||
Utilisation d’acides
aminés pour la fabrication
de médicaments destinés
aux traitements des
insulino résistances
|
Canada | 2,382,835 | ||
Utilisation d’acides
aminés pour la fabrication
de médicaments destinés
aux traitements des
insulino résistances
|
Europe | EP1206257 | ||
Amino-acids for making
medicines for treating
insulino-resistance
|
Australie | 7015700 | ||
Use of amino-acids for
making medicines
for treating
insulino-resistance
|
Chine | 1376062T | ||
Use of amino-acids
for making medicines
for treating
insulino-resistance
|
Japon | 2003508435T | ||
Nouveau procédé de
criblage d’inhibiteurs
de la liaison entre la
protéine oxyde nitrique
synthase neuronale et la
protéine inhibitrice
|
France | 2,823,854 |
Numéro | ||||
d’enregistrement | ||||
Produit breveté ou sous | ou Numéro | |||
demande | Juridiction | de demande | ||
de l’oxyde nitrique
synthase neuronale |
||||
Nouveau procédé de
criblage d’inhibiteurs
de la liaison entre la
protéine oxyde nitrique
synthase neuronale et
la protéine inhibitrice
de l’oxyde nitride
synthase neuronale
|
Demande internationale |
PCT/FR02/01327 WO 02/083936 |
||
Novel methods for
screening inhibitors
of a linkage between
neuronal nitric oxide
synthese associated
protein and the protein
inhibiting neuronal
nitric oxide synthese
|
Europe | EP1379876 | ||
Novel methods for
screening inhibitors
of a linkage between
neuronal nitric oxide
synthese associated
protein and the protein
inhibiting neuronal
nitric oxide synthese
|
Canada | 2,445,029 |
-LES PRODUITS ET CREANCES RESULTANT DE LEUR DISPOSITION OU LOCATION;
-LES FRUITS ET REVENUS QU’ILS PRODUISENT, INCLUANT LES INDEMNITES D’ASSURANCE OU D’EXPROPRIATION EN DECOULANT;
-LES DROITS, TITRES ET DOCUMENTS, DE QUELQUE FORME OU NATURE, SE RAPPORTANT A CEUX-CI; ET
-LES BIENS DE REMPLACEMENT, RENOUVELLEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, ADDITION OU TRANSFORMATION DE CES BIENS, Y COMPRIS LES SOMMES D’ARGENT EN TENANT LIEU.
Capitalization
AMONG:
|
VICTORIA SQUARE VENTURES INC., | |
(“VSV”) | ||
-and- | ||
VITUS INVESTMENTS III PRIVATE LIMITED | ||
(“Vitus”) | ||
-and- | ||
PICCHIO PHARMA INC | ||
(“Picchio”) |
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1. | Preamble | |
The preamble hereto shall form an integral part hereof as if written at length herein. | ||
2. | Definitions | |
2.1 | Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Current Noteholders Agreements. In addition, as used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set out below: |
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2.1.1 | “Agreement” and “Interlender Agreement” means this present agreement as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time; | ||
2.1.2 | “Xxxxxx” means Xxxxxx Health Inc. / Xxxxxx Xxxxx inc., its successors or permitted assigns; | ||
2.1.3 | “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which banks are open for business in Montréal, Québec and Toronto, Ontario; | ||
2.1.4 | “Deed of Hypothec” means that certain deed of hypothec dated April 16, 2009 (as amended, restated, cancelled or replaced from time to time), granted by Xxxxxx in favour of the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf and for the equal and rateable benefit of the Noteholders; | ||
2.1.5 | “Demand for Payment” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.2 of this Agreement; | ||
2.1.6 | “Event of Default” means the occurrence or existence of any event, condition or circumstance which, pursuant to the terms of the Xxxxxx Notes constitutes an event of default; | ||
2.1.7 | “Insolvency Administrator” means a trustee in bankruptcy, a liquidator, a receiver, a monitor and any other person performing similar functions under any bankruptcy, restructuring, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or insolvency proceeding; | ||
2.1.8 | “Noteholders” means VSV, Vitus and any and all Third-party Subscribers, their successors or permitted assigns; | ||
2.1.9 | “Noteholders Agreements” means the Current Noteholders Agreements and any similar agreements to be entered into by and for the benefit of Third-party Subscribers, as same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time; | ||
2.1.10 | “Noteholders’ Instrument” means at any time a document signed by any or all the holders of the Notes at such time outstanding; | ||
2.1.11 | “Required Noteholders” means, at any time, the Noteholder or Noteholders of at least 66.67 % in principal nominal amount of the Xxxxxx Notes then outstanding, save and except that where the event requiring Noteholders’ approval relates to the approval for any amendment or modification to any particular provision of any Transaction Document of a particular Noteholder and such provision is not found in the Transaction Document of one or more of the other Noteholders, then in such circumstance only the consent of Noteholders of at least 66.67 % in principal nominal amount of the Xxxxxx Notes then outstanding who have |
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such provision in the relevant Transaction Document shall be required to amend or modify such provision; | |||
2.1.12 | “Secured Obligations” means all obligations, present and future, under the Xxxxxx Notes, the Noteholders Agreements and the Security Documents; | ||
2.1.13 | “Security” means any hypothec, security interest, right of preference, pledge, assignment by way of security or any other similar right that secures the performance of the Secured Obligations; | ||
2.1.14 | “Security Document” means any present and future agreement and deed reflecting the Security, as amended from time to time, including, without limitation, the Deed of Hypothec; and | ||
2.1.15 | “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” means any present or future subsidiary of Xxxxxx, including their successors or permitted assigns. |
3. | Xxxxxx Notes | |
3.1 | The Xxxxxx Notes shall rank equally and be equally and rateably secured by the Security notwithstanding the date of their issuance or the date of their registration with the Collateral Agent. | |
4. | Ranking and Distributions Pari Passu | |
4.1 | All payments or amounts received from enforcement of any Security, realization of assets subject to the Security or distributions made by an Insolvency Administrator from proceeds of assets subject to the Security will be applied and distributed by the recipient as follows: |
(a) | first, to the extent all the Noteholders agree, to any person having a right of preference over any of the related asset in priority to the Security; | ||
(b) | second, to payment of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in the exercise of the Noteholders rights or powers under the Security, including in connection with the enforcement or realization of the Security; and | ||
(c) | third, on a pro rata and pari passu basis among all of the Noteholders. |
5. | Scope of the Ordering of Priorities | |
5.1 | The ordering of priorities and order of distribution provided in Article 4 are applicable irrespective of any rule of law to the contrary, including irrespective of the time, manner or order of creation, effectiveness or perfection of any Security, or the time of order of any registration or of filing in respect of the Security. Such ordering of priorities and order of distribution will remain effective |
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notwithstanding any amendment, extension, renewal or restatement of any of the Xxxxxx Notes, the Noteholders Agreements and any Security Document. | ||
6. | Enforcement | |
6.1 | The Security is to be enforced by the Collateral Agent according to the proceedings established in the Deed of Hypothec, as completed by this Agreement. | |
6.2 | Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Security shall have become enforceable, the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of a Noteholders’ Instrument signed by the Required Noteholders, by notice in writing to the grantor of the relevant Security (with a copy to all Noteholders), demand payment (the “Demand for Payment”) of the principal of and interest on all Notes then outstanding and other moneys secured thereby or owing by the grantor thereunder and the same shall forthwith be and become immediately due and payable by the said grantor to the Collateral Agent and the said grantor shall forthwith pay to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Noteholders all such principal, interest and other moneys. Any such payment then made by the said grantor shall be deemed to have been made in discharge of its obligations thereunder or under the Xxxxxx Notes, and any monies so received by the Collateral Agent shall be applied in the same manner as if they were proceeds of realization of the Charged Property under the relevant Security Document. | |
6.3 | In the event that the Security shall have become enforceable and its grantor shall have failed to pay the Collateral Agent, on demand, the principal of and interest on all Xxxxxx Notes outstanding together with any other amounts secured hereby or owing by the grantor thereunder, the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of a Noteholders’ Instrument signed by the Required Noteholders, proceed to realize the Security and to exercise any right, recourse or remedy of the Collateral Agent and of the Noteholders under the Security or provided for by law, including without limitation any of the hypothecary rights and recourses provided for under the Civil Code of Québec or remedies provided to secured parties under any applicable personal property security legislation or under any Applicable Law. | |
6.4 | No holder of the Xxxxxx Notes shall have directly institute any action or proceeding or to directly exercise any other remedy authorized by the Security or by law for the purpose of enforcing payment of principal or interest or of realizing any Security. In the event that a Noteholders’ Instrument shall have been tendered to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Agent shall have failed to act within a reasonable time thereafter, the Collateral Agent shall then be replaced pursuant to the procedure in such respect under Section 14.6 of the Deed of Hypothec. | |
7. | Concerning the Noteholders | |
7.1 | Notwithstanding any contrary provisions contained herein but subject to the provisions set forth under Section 7.2, (i) any action by the Collateral Agent, |
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(ii) any decision and/or instruction by the Noteholders to the Collateral Agent, and (iii) any amendment to any term, covenant, agreement or condition set forth herein and in any Transaction Document shall be approved by the Required Noteholders. | ||
7.2 | The prior written consent of the Required Noteholders is necessary in order to amend or modify the terms of any Xxxxxx Note or any other Transaction Document of a Noteholder, it being understood that any amendment or modification to any particular provision of any Xxxxxx Note or Transaction Document of a Noteholder must be made concurrently to all of the Xxxxxx Notes and other Transaction Documents, without deviation, unless such provision is not found in a particular Xxxxxx Note or other Transaction Document, in which circumstance the amendment or modification shall only be required to be made to the Xxxxxx Note or other Transaction Document containing such provision. For greater certainty, the consent of the Required Noteholders shall not be required, subject to Section 7.3, with respect to any waiver, decision, election or exercise of any other particular right or option of a particular Noteholder contemplated in, or in respect of, the Xxxxxx Notes of such Noteholder (or in any other Transaction Document of such Noteholder) including, without limitation, the right to declare a default under Xxxxxx Notes of such Noteholder and to demand full and immediate payment of the Xxxxxx Note of such Noteholder, other than where such waiver, decision, election or exercise of any other particular right or option in such Transaction Document is expressly in favour of the Collateral Agent or in favour of all of the Noteholders. In this regard, it is acknowledged and agreed that any such waiver, decision, election or exercise of any other such particular right or option in favour of a particular Noteholder shall be at the sole discretion of such Noteholder (it being understood that the Noteholders shall seek to keep each other informed in a timely manner of any such determination but that the failure to do so shall not be a breach of this Agreement). | |
7.3 | Without the prior written consent of the Required Noteholders, no decision, amendment or waiver shall: |
7.3.1 | permit any subordination in right of payment of the principal of or interest of any Xxxxxx Notes or other obligations under the Security; | ||
7.3.2 | reduce the amount of any fees or indemnities owed to the Noteholders; | ||
7.3.3 | be made to the definition of “Required Noteholders”; | ||
7.3.4 | permit the subordination of the priority of the Security to any other lien securing other obligations of its relevant grantor; | ||
7.3.5 | release or permit the release of all or part of the Security; | ||
7.3.6 | any change to the remuneration paid to the Collateral Agent or to the terms of engagement thereof; and |
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7.3.7 | be made to the provisions of this Article 7. |
7.4 | Each Noteholder shall forthwith notify the other Noteholders in writing of any default under any underlying obligations in respect of which the Xxxxxx Notes held by such Noteholders are issued or if a Noteholders’ Instrument is delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the Collateral Agent hereby undertakes to deliver, upon request, all addresses and coordinates of all Noteholders in order to facilitate the performance of the notification obligation set forth hereunder. | |
7.5 | No Noteholder shall be liable to third parties for acts performed by the Collateral Agent (or any other Person appointed by the Collateral Agent to perform all or any of its rights, powers, trusts or duties hereunder) during the exercise of its rights, powers and the performance of its duties under this Agreement or under the Security or for injury caused to such parties by the fault of the Collateral Agent (or any such person), or for contracts entered into in favour of such parties, during such performance and the Collateral Agent (or any such Person) alone shall be so liable subject to any rights or recourses which the Collateral Agent (or any such person) may have hereunder or under law against the grantor of any Security or any other Person (other than a Noteholder) in connection with any such liability. | |
7.6 | Where more than one Noteholder has exercised its right to purchase Subject Securities pursuant to the Noteholders Agreements and the aggregate number of Subject Securities available for purchase by the Noteholders is less than the aggregate number of Subject Securities which the Noteholders wish to purchase, each Noteholder shall be entitled to its proportionate share of the Subject Securities, such proportionate share to be determined on the basis of the value of the Xxxxxx Notes held by each Holder as percentage of the total value of all of the outstanding Xxxxxx Notes at the time of receipt by the Holder of the Sale Notice. | |
7.7 | Each Noteholder shall promptly provide to the other Noteholders and the Collateral Agent a true copy of each Transaction Document of such Noteholder, together with any amendments and modifications thereto. | |
8. | Appointment of the Collateral Agent | |
8.1 | By virtue of these presents, the Noteholders hereby appoint Picchio to act as their sub-agent for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing the Security, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto, acting in such capacity as Collateral Agent. | |
8.2 | In performing its duties and exercising its rights and powers as Collateral Agent under the Security, Picchio shall at all times be subject to and be governed by Sections 2, 12 and 14 of the Deed of Hypothec. |
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8.3 | Without limiting the powers of the Noteholders under the Xxxxxx Notes, the undersigned Noteholders hereby acknowledge that in connection with the rights, title and interest created by Xxxxxx and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Security Documents and the Encumbrances granted thereunder to secure the performance of, inter alia, the payment of the Secured Obligations, Picchio shall hold such Encumbrances and such rights, title and interest, as Collateral Agent for its own benefit and on behalf and for the benefit of the Noteholders. | |
8.4 | The Noteholders hereby covenant and agree to pay to the Collateral Agent its fee for its services as fondé de pouvoir or collateral agent under the Security in accordance with the tariffs and terms applied by the Collateral Agent or as may have otherwise been agreed between the Noteholders and the Collateral Agent and shall, upon demand, reimburse all amounts which may have been paid by the Collateral Agent for any expenses whatsoever reasonably incurred by the Collateral Agent in execution of the rights hereby created or in the course of such execution. In this regard, Picchio and the Current Noteholders have agreed that Picchio shall be paid an annual fee of $7,500.00 for acting as the Collateral Agent. | |
8.5 | Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in a Noteholders’ Instrument, (a) the Collateral Agent shall not be entitled to receive from the Noteholders any remuneration or compensation for any services rendered by the Collateral Agent hereunder or reimbursement of any costs, expenses, liabilities, disbursements or advances incurred or made by the Collateral Agent in accordance with any provision of this Agreement or interest thereon; (b) no Noteholder shall be liable to compensate the Collateral Agent for any injury suffered by it by reason of the performance of its rights, powers or duties hereunder subject to any rights or recourses which the Collateral Agent may have hereunder or under any applicable law against the Collateral Agent or any other person (other than a Noteholder) in connection with such injury; and (c) the Collateral Agent shall not be obliged to render any account to the Noteholders nor return to the Noteholders any amounts which it has received in the performance of its duties hereunder nor pay any interest to the Noteholders on such amounts. | |
8.6 | Any Noteholder may at any time and for any reason by notice (the “Termination Notice”) to the other Noteholders require that Picchio be replaced as Collateral Agent, in which circumstance the Noteholders shall jointly agree upon the replacement Collateral Agent and failing such joint agreement within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Termination Notice by the other Noteholders, any Noteholder may apply to the Superior Court sitting in Montreal, Quebec to have same select the replacement Collateral Agent, which selection shall be final and binding upon the parties and may not be appealed. Upon its replacement being determined in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.6, Picchio shall cease to be the Collateral Agent and its replacement shall be automatically vested in all rights of Picchio under this Agreement. |
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8.7 | Any Person replacing Picchio as Collateral Agent shall consent to the present Agreement and be bound by its terms and conditions. No amendment or modification to any right or obligation of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall bind the Collateral Agent unless the Collateral Agent consents in writing to be bound thereby, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. | |
8.8 | The receipt by the Collateral Agent of any Noteholder Instrument requiring the Collateral Agent to perform any obligation under the Security shall be conclusive evidence of its content. The Collateral Agent may act upon any such instrument without inquiring further as to its validity. The Collateral Agent is hereby fully indemnified and hold harmless by the Noteholders in such respect for any mistake resulting from a Noteholder Instrument not complying with the requirements hereunder. | |
8.9 | For the purposes of any determination required to be made pursuant to any Noteholder Agreement and Xxxxxx Notes relating to the cost/benefit analysis for any Additional Pledge Agreement or Additional Security Agreement, same shall be made by the Required Noteholders, acting reasonably, and communicated to Xxxxxx by the Collateral Agent. | |
9. | General Provisions | |
9.1 | The parties agree to do all acts and things and execute all agreements, instruments and other documents as may reasonably be required to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement. | |
9.2 | This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Québec and the laws of Canada applicable therein. The parties hereto hereby submit and attorn to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Québec for the purposes of all legal proceedings arising out or relating to this Agreement or the matters contemplated thereby. | |
9.3 | The Current Noteholders shall seek to have any Third-party Subscriber execute a joinder to this Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to them, acting reasonably, pursuant to which such Third-party Subscriber shall agree to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement. The Current Noteholders shall immediately inform the Collateral Agent of the identity of, and other relevant information about, any Third-party Subscriber who subscribes for Xxxxxx Notes. | |
9.4 | This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts. This Agreement, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re- |
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execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense. | ||
9.5 | The parties confirm that it is their wish that this Agreement as well as all other documents relating to this Agreement, including notices, be drawn up in English only. Les parties aux présentes confirment que c’est leur volonté que le présent contrat de même que tous les documents, y compris xxx xxxx, s’y rattachant, soient rédigés en anglais seulement. | |
10. | Notices | |
10.1 | Any demand, notice or other communication to be made or given hereunder to a party to this Agreement will be in writing and may be made or given by personal delivery, by a reputable delivery service, or by telecopier at its address specified in Schedule “A” hereof or at such other address as may be specified pursuant to this Article 10. | |
10.2 | Any notice given by personal delivery or by a delivery service will be conclusively deemed to have been given at the time of such delivery and, if given by telecopier, on the day of transmittal, if before 3:00 p.m. on a Business Day, or on the following Business Day if such transmission occurs on a day which is not a Business Day or after 3:00 p.m. on a Business Day. If the telecopy system suffers any interruptions by way of a strike, slow-down, a force majeure, or any other cause, a party giving a notice must do so using another means of communication not affected by the disruption. |
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VICTORIA SQUARE VENTURES INC. | VITUS INVESTMENTS III PRIVATE LIMITED | |||||
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(signed) Xxxxx Xxxxx | Per: | (signed) Ban Su Mei | |||
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(signed) Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||||
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000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
X0X 0X0
Attention: the President
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
00, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, 000000
Facsimile: x(00)0000-0000
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
X0X 0X0
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
SHARE PLEDGE AGREEMENT BET EEN XXXXXX Health Luxco I S.a x.x. & Cie S.C.S. as Pledgor AND Picchio Pharma Inc. as Agent AND XXXXXX Health Luxco II S.a rl. as Company Dated April , 2009 loyensloeff AVOCATS A LA COUR 00, xxx Xx xxx Xxxxxxxx X 0000 XXXXXXXXXX |
INDEX Clause Page 2. PLEDGE 6 3. PERFECTION OF THE PLEDGE 6 4. EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PLEDGE 7 5. REPRESENTATIONS, ARRANTIES AND COVENANTS 8 6. RIGHT TO VOTE, RIGHT TO DIVIDENDS 10 7. FURTHER ASSURANCES 11 8. PO ER OF ATTORNEY 11 9. ENFORCEMENT OF THE PLEDGE 11 10. RELEASE OF PLEDGE 12 11. RIGHTS OF RECOURSE 13 12. LIABILITY 13 13. AIVERS AND AMENDMENTS 13 14. NOTICES 13 15. ASSIGNMENT 14 16. SEVERABILITY 14 17. CONFLICTS BET EEN DOCUMENTS 15 18. GOVERNING LA AND JURISDICTION 15 2. |
THIS SHARE PLEDGE AGREEMENT, as amended, restated, supplemented or novated from time to time, (the Agreement) is dated April , 2009 and made BET EEN: 1. XXXXXX Health Luxco I S.a x.x. & Cie S.C.S., a limited partnership (soc/efe en commandite simple) formed under the la s of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 00, xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, L 1331, having a unit capital of CAD 95,996,003 and registered ith the Luxembourg register of Commerce and Companies under number 94.026 (the Pledgor); 2. Picchio Pharma Inc., a company duly amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act., having its registered office at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X 0X0, registered as a federal corporation under number 447020 6 and ith the Quebec registration number 1160515251, acting as security agent in the name and on behalf of the Noteholders, as defined belo (the Agent); 3. XXXXXX Health Luxco II S.a rl., a Luxembourg private limited liability company {societe a responsabilitS limitee), having its registered office at 00, xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, L 1331, registered ith the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies, under number 94.027 and ith a share capital of EUR 59,765,775 {the Company). HEREAS (A) On the date hereof, the Pledgor is the sole shareholder of the Company. (B) Pursuant to the Notes (as defined belo ), certain loan facilities as made available to the Pledgor by the Noteholders. (C) As a condition precedent under the Note Purchase Agreements (as defined belo ) and the Notes , the Pledgor has agreed, for the payment and discharge of, and as security for, all the Secured Obligations (as defined belo ), to enter into this Agreement. IT IS AGREED as follo s: 1. INTERPRETATION 1.1. Recitals Recitals (A) to and including (C) above are an integral part of this Agreement. 1.2. Definitions |
(a) In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears or the context other ise requires: Business Day means a day {other than Saturday or Sunday) on hich banks are open for general business in Luxembourg and Canada. Xxxxx xx means XXXXXX Health Inc, a company duly incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act., having its registered office at 000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XXX X0X0X0 Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, registered as a federal corporation under number 293086 2 and ith the Quebec registration number 1146133807. Deed of Hypothec means a deed of hypothec dated as of the date hereof entered into by the Agent and the Xxxxx xx, as same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time. Event of Default means any event or any event of default specified as such in the Deed of Hypothec. La means the Luxembourg la of August 5, 2005 on financial collateral arrangements. Luxembourg means the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Notes has the meaning ascribed to them in the Note Purchase Agreements. Noteholders means Victoria Square Ventures Inc., Vitus Investments III Private Limited and any other person in hose name Notes are issued or registered pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreements in accordance ith the provisions thereof. Note Purchase Agreements has the meaning ascribed to it in the Deed of Hypothec. Pledge means the first ranking security interest {gage de premier rang) over the Shares created by, and in accordance ith, this Agreement. Register means the register of shareholders (registre des associes) of the Company. Rights of Recourse means: any rights, actions or claims the Pledgor may have against the Company or any other person having granted security or given a guarantee for, or being liable for, the payment of some or all the Secured Obligations, arising pursuant to the enforcement of this Pledge, including in particular, the Pledgor’s right of recourse against any such persons under article 2028 et seq, of the |
Luxembourg Civil Code (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any right of recourse prior to enforcement); any right of recourse by ay of subrogation; and any other similar right, action or claim under any applicable la . Secured Obligations means: all obligations and liabilities (in any currency, hether present or future, actual or contingent, o ed jointly or severally, as principal or surety or in any other capacity) of the Xxxxx xx to the Noteholders or Agent under or in connection ith the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes and the Security Documents, including this agreement; and ithout limitation, all interest accruing thereon, as ell as all costs, charges, expenses, commissions, fees and indemnities payable in connection there ith (including any amounts due as a result of a breach of any of the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes and the Security Documents or this Agreement). Security Documents means any documents specified as such in the Note Purchase Agreements and in the Notes, as amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time. Security Period means the period starting on the date of this Agreement and ending on the date upon hich the Secured Obligations have been unconditionally and irrevocably paid and discharged in full, as determined by the Agent. Shares means: the t o million three hundred ninety thousand six hundred and thirty first (2,390,631) shares (parts sociates) of the Company in registered form, having a par value of t enty five euro {EUR 25) each, held by the Pledgor, in the Company, representing on the date of this Agreement, 100% of the subscribed share capital of the Company; as ell as any shares acquired or offered in substitution or in addition to such shares, including those hich may be subscribed by the Pledgor further to an increase in the share capital of the Company, exchange, merger, consolidation, division, free attribution, contribution in kind or in cash or for any other reason, and, generally, all such shares of the Company no , or at any time hereafter, o xxx by the Pledgor (the Future Shares); and all dividends or interest thereon, redemption distribution, bonus, preference, option rights or other rights in respect thereof. (b) Clause headings are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall be 5 |
ignored in construing this Agreement. (c) A reference to a person in this Agreement includes its successors, transferees, assignees or novated parties, save that ith respect to the Pledgor, the terms of clause 16.1 of this Agreement shall apply. (d) ords importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa. (e) All terms capitalized herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meaning set forth in the Deed of Hypothec, or if not defined therein, in the Notes. (f) The Agreement may be executed in one or several original counterparts, all of hich taken together constitute one and the same Agreement. 2. PLEDGE As a continuing first ranking security (“gage de premier rang”) for the due and full payment and discharge of the Secured Obligations, the Pledgor, as legal and beneficial o ner of the Shares, hereby pledges the Shares to, and in favour of, the Agent, in the name and on behalf of the Noteholders and the Agent hereby accepts the Pledge. 3. PERFECTION OF THE PLEDGE 3.1. The Pledge is perfected by the ackno ledgement and acceptance thereof by the Company and the entry (inscription) of the Pledge in the Register at the date of execution of this Agreement. 3.2. By executing this Agreement, the Company expressly: (a) ackno ledges and accepts the Pledge; (b) undertakes to enter the Pledge in the Register, on the date of execution of this Agreement, by making the follo ing inscription: “All shares, hether present or future (in any form and of any type hatsoever), o xxx from time to time by Xxxxxx Health Luxco I S.a x.x. & Cie S.C.S on the date of this registration, have been pledged pursuant to a share pledge agreement dated April , 2009, as a first ranking security for the benefit ofPicchio Pharma Inc.” (c) undertakes to provide to the Agent, on the date of this Agreement, a certified true copy of the Register evidencing such entry and to reiterate the above formalities every time the Pledge is extended to Future Shares. 3.2. The parties appoint and instruct any manager of the Company, acting individually, ith full po er of substitution, to enter the Pledge in the Register. 6 |
3.3 The Pledgor irrevocably (i) authorises the Agent, ith full po er of substitution, to take or cause any steps to be taken, to perfect this Pledge and (ii) undertakes to take any such steps, at its o n expense, if so requested by the Agent. 3.4 For the avoidance of doubt and to the extent necessary {taking into account the provisions of article 12 of the La ), the Pledgor, acting as sole shareholder of the Company, hereby accepts the Agent, or any potential transferee(s) of the Shares, as ne shareholder(s) of the Company, in the case of an enforcement of the Pledge. 4. EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PLEDGE 4.1. The Pledge shall be a continuing first ranking security and shall not be considered as satisfied, discharged or prejudiced by the settlement of any part of the Secured Obligations and shall remain in full force and effect until it has been released in accordance ith this Agreement, 4.2. The rights of the Agent hereunder are additional to and independant of those provided by la , any agreement ith, or any other security in favour of, the Agent or any Secured Party, in respect of the Secured Obligations. The Pledge shall not be prejudicial to, or prejudiced by, any other such rights. 4.3. The Pledge shall not be prejudiced by any time or indulgence granted to any person, or any abstention or delay by the Agent or any Secured Party in perfecting or enforcing any security interest, rights or remedies that the latter may, no or at any time in the future, have from or against the Pledgor, the Company or any other person. 4.4. No failure or delay by the Agent or any Secured Party, in exercising any of its rights under this Agreement shall operate as a aiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any further or other exercise of that or any other rights. 4.5. Neither the obligations of the Pledgor hereunder, nor the rights granted to the Agent and the Noteholders, by this Agreement or by la , nor the Pledge, shall be discharged or other ise affected by: (a) any amendment to, aiver or release of, any obligation of the Pledgor, the Company or any other person under the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes and the Security Documents; (b) any failure to take, or to fully take, any security contemplated by the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes and the Security Documents or other ise agreed to be taken in respect of the obligations of the Pledgor, the Company or any other party under the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes and the Security Documents; 7 |
(c) any failure to realise or to fully realise the value of any security taken in respect of the obligations of the Pledgor, the Company or any other party under the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes and the Security Documents; (d) any release, exchange or substitution of any security taken in respect of the obligations of the Pledgor, the Company or any other party under the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes and the Security Documents; or (e) any other act, event or omission hich might discharge or other ise affect any of the obligations of the Pledgor in this Agreement, or any of the rights and remedies conferred upon the Agent and the Noteholders by the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes and the Security Documents, this Agreement or by la . 5. REPRESENTATIONSJ ARRANTIES AND COVENANTS Borro er’s representations, arranties and covenants ith respect to the Xxxxx xx, as set forth in the Deed of Hypothec, are hereby incorporated herein by reference and the Pledgor agrees to be bound by the Borro er’s representations, arranties and covenants in the Deed of hypothec to the extent they relate to the activities of the Pledgor, as though such representations, arranties and covenants ere set forth herein to the extent permissible under applicable la . If there is a conflict bet een the representations, arranties and covenants in the Deed of Hypothec and those set forth herein, to the extent permissible under applicable la , the covenants in the Deed of Hypothec shall govern. 5.1. Representations and arranties The Pledgor and the Company hereby represent and xxxxxx to the Agent that: (a) the Pledgor is a limited partnership duly incorporated and validly existing under the la s of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; (b) the Pledgor (i) has the corporate po er to execute this Agreement and to perform the obligations expressed to be assumed by it under this Agreement, (ii) has taken all corporate action and has obtained all authorisations necessary to authorise the execution and performance of this Agreement, and (iii) has duly executed this Agreement; (c) this Agreement (i) constitutes legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Pledgor and, (ii) upon registration of the Pledge in the Register, ill create a valid, enforceable and perfected first ranking security interest over the Shares in favour of the Agent, save (i) that an order for specific performance is at the discretion of the courts and (ii) for all la s affecting creditors’ rights generally; a |
(d) the Company is a company duly incorporated and validly existing under the the la s of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; (e) the Shares represent, on the date of execution of this Agreement, 100% of the issued and paid up share capital of the Company; (f) the Shares are, and shall remain, in registered form throughout the Security Period; (g) the Pledgor is the sole legal and beneficial o ner of the Shares, and has neither sold, transferred, lent assigned, disposed of, pledged nor in any ay encumbered the Shares, other than pursuant to this Agreement; (h) the Pledgor ill not lease, sell, dispose of, pledge or other ise encumber, all or any part of the Shares (including any Shares hich may be released pursuant to a partial release), except as permitted under the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes or the Security Documents; (i) the Shares are not subject to any option to purchase, to sell or to any similar rights; (j) the Pledgor ill not take or permit any action to be taken, hich could alter or dilute the rights attached to the Shares or as a result of hich the value of the Shares could be adversely affected (in particular, any disposal of the assets of the Company), except as permitted under the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes or the Security Documents; (I) any proposed change in the corporate form of the Company is subject to the prior xxxxxx consent of the Agent, and the Pledgor ill not amend the Company’s articles of incorporation in any ay that ould adversely affect the Agent’s rights under the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes or the Security Documents or this Agreement; 5.2. Covenants The Pledgor hereby covenants that during the Security Period: (a) it ill take any necessary action to maintain the validity, perfection and enforceability of the Pledge and not take or omit to take any action hich ould, directly or indirectly, adversely affect the validity and enforceability of the Pledge; (b) it ill, and ill cause the Company, to assist the Agent, and generally make its best efforts, to obtain all necessary consents, approvals and authorisations from any relevant person(s) and/or authorities to permit the exercise by the Agentof its rights and po ers under this Agreement upon enforcement of the Pledge; and g |
(c) it ill not take any action that is inconsistent or conflicts ith its obligations under the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes or the Security Documents. 5.3. Repetition of representations, arranties and covenants The representations, arranties and covenants set out in this clause 5 are made on the date of this Agreement and are deemed to be repeated throughout the Security Period ith reference to the then existing facts and circumstances. 6. RIGHT TO VOTE, RIGHT TO DIVIDENDS 6.1. (a) Until the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, the Pledgor shall remain the legal o ner of the Shares and, accordingly, shall have the right to vote at the general meetings of shareholders of the Company and to receive dividends paid in cash or other interests, distributions or rights to distributions in cash in relation to the Shares, (b) Except as permitted under the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes or the Security Documents, the Pledgor shall not, ithout the prior xxxxxx consent of the Agent, exercise its voting rights in any ay that ould: adversely affect the Pledge or the validity and enforceability of the latter; have a material adverse effect on the value of the Shares; be inconsistent or conflict ith the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes or the Security Documents; or be inconsistent ith clause 5 of this Agreement. 6.2. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, and ithout prejudice to clause 9 of this Agreement: (a) the Pledgor shall no longer, ithout the prior xxxxxx consent of the Agent, exercise any voting rights or any other rights in relation to the Shares; (b) the Agent shall be entitled to exercise the voting rights in relation to the Shares in all general meetings of shareholders of the Company, in any manner it deems fit for the purpose of protecting and/enforcing its rights hereunder; the Pledgor and the Company undertake to give timely notice to the agent of all general meetings of shareholders of the Company, as ell as of the agenda thereof; (c) the Agent shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other moneys due to the shareholders of the Company and to apply them to ards the discharge of the Secured Obligations, in accordance ith the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes or the Security Documents. 10 |
The Pledgor shall do hatever is necessary, including the issue of a xxxxxx po er of attorney in any form or any other document required by the Agent to exercise, independently and ithout any limitations, the rights detailed in this clause. 6.3. This clause shall apply to resolutions of the shareholders adopted in general meetings as ell as by ay of circular resolutions. 7. FURTHER ASSURANCES The Pledgor shall, at its o n reasonable expense, promptly execute and do all such assurances, acts and things as the Agent may reasonably require for protecting its rights under this Agreement. The Pledgor shall, in particular, execute all documents or instruments and give all notices, orders and directions and make all registrations hich the Agent may reasonably think expedient. B. PO ER OF ATTORNEY 8.1. Follo ing an Event of Default that is continuing, the Pledgor irrevocably and unconditionally appoints the Agent as its attorney ( ith full po er of substitution), to, in its name and on its behalf: execute and perfect all documents (including any share transfer forms and other instruments of transfer); and do all things the Agent may require for (i) carrying out any obligation of the Pledgor under this Agreement or (ii) exercising any right of the Agent under this Agreement or by la , it being understood that the enforcement of the Pledge must be carried out in accordance ith clause 9 of this Agreement. 8.2. The Pledgor shall ratify and confirm all things done and all documents executed by the Agent in the exercise of this po er of attorney. 9. ENFORCEMENT OF THE PLEDGE Section 12 of the Deed of Hypothec is hereby incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to the Pledgor mutatis mutandis to the extent applicable to the Pledge and permissible under applicable la . If there is a conflict bet een the provisions of Section 12 of the Deed of Hypothec and this Section 9, Section 12 of the Deed of Hypothec shall govern to the extent permissible under applicable la . 9.1. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, the Agent shall, ithout further notice (mise en demeure), be entitled to exercise its rights hereunder and enforce the Pledge in the most favourable manner provided by the La . 11 |
In particular, the Agent shall be entitled to: (a) sell any of the Shares in a private sale on arms’ length commercial terms (conditions commerciaies normales), in a sale organised by a stock exchange or a public sale (organised at the discretion of the Agent and hich does not need to be made by or ithin a stock exchange); (b) appropriate any of the Shares at their fair market value, as determined by an independent external auditor {reviseur d’entreprises), appointed by the Agent, on the basis of the last published annual accounts, any subsequent interim accounts (if any) of the Company or such other factual basis as such auditor shall deem appropriate; (c) request a judicial attribution of the Shares in discharge of the Secured Obligations, follo ing a valuation of the Shares by a court appointed expert; or (d) proceed to a set off bet een the Secured Obligations and the Shares at their fair market value of the Shares, as determined by an independent external auditor (reviseur d’entreprises) appointed by the Agent, on the basis of the last published annual accounts, any subsequent interim accounts (if any) of the Company or such other factual basis as such auditor shall deem appropriate. 9.2. Any moneys received by the Agent upon enforcement of the Pledge shall be applied to pay all or any part of the then outstanding Secured Obligations, in accordance ith the Notes, ithout prejudice to the rights of the Agent to recover any shortfall from the Pledgor and any other obligor ith regard to the Secured Obligations. Any surplus moneys received by the Agent after the Secured Obligations have been unconditionally and irrevocably paid and discharged shall be paid to the Pledgor or such other person(s) entitled to it. 10. RELEASE OF PLEDGE 10.1. At the end of the Security Period, the Agent shall, at the xxxxxx request and exclusive cost of the Pledgor, execute and do all such acts and things as may be necessary to release the Pledge and (if required) discharge the Pledgor from its liability and the security created under this Agreement. The Agent shall inform the Company of such release and instruct the Company to record the release of the Pledge in the Register. 10.2. If after the release of the Pledge, the payment of any Secured Obligation is cancelled by a court or other ise, the Pledgor shall grant a ne first ranking security on identical terms over the Shares until such Secured Obligation is paid in full and the Security Period shall be reinstated and extended until such time. 12 |
11. RIGHTS OF RECOURSE 11.1. The Pledgor undertakes not to exercise the Rights of Recourse or any other similar rights (including provisional measures such as provisional attachment (saisie arret conservatoire) or set off), except as other ise permitted in riting by the Agent. 11.2. In particular, the Pledgor expressly aives any right it may have of first requiring the Agent to proceed against any other person or enforce any guarantee or security before enforcing this Pledge and its rights (if any) under article 2037 of the Luxembourg Civil Code. 11.3. This clause shall remain in full force during the Security Period and shall, to the extent required, survive any termination or discharge of this Pledge Agreement. 12. LIABILITY Section 13.10 of the Deed of Hypothec is hereby incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to the Pledgor mutatis mutandis to the extent permissible under applicable la . 13. AIVERS AND AMENDMENTS A aiver, discharge, amendment or termination of any of the terms of this Agreement shall only be in riting, signed by the Agent and the Pledgor and on such terms as the latter sees fit. 14. NOTICES All notices or other communications under this Agreement shall be in riting and in English and, unless other ise provided in the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes and the Security Documents, made by facsimile, registered mail (charges prepaid) or delivered in person. The addresses of each party to this Agreement are the follo ing: 15.1. To the Pledgor: Address : 00, xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, X 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Facsimile: 352 26 38 35 09 Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 15.2. To the Agent 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X 0X0 Attention: the Chief Executive Officer 15.3. To the Company: 13 |
Address : 00, xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, X 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Facsimile: 352.26.19.04.75. Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Or any other address notified by the relevant party to the other parties thereto by not less than five (5) Business Days” notice. Any notice or other communication under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given and received: if sent by facsimile, hen transmitted and confirmation received; if delivered by hand delivery, upon delivery; if mailed, hen received or three (3) Business Day after having been posted, hichever occurs first. A notice given in accordance ith the above but received on a day hich is not a Business Day or after business hours at the place of receipt, shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. 15. ASSIGNMENT 16.1. The Pledgor may not assign, transfer or novate any of its rights under this Agreement. 16.2. The Agent may assign, transfer or novate all or any part of their rights under this Agreement. Such assignment, transfer or novation shall be enforceable to ards the Pledgor, in accordance ith article 1690 of the Luxembourg Civil Code. 16.3. In the case of an assignment, transfer or novation by the Agent to one or several transferees, of all or any part of its rights and obligations under the Note Purchase Agreements, the Notes and the Security Documents, the Agent and the Pledgor hereby agree that, to the extent required under applicable la s, the Agent shall preserve all of its rights under this Agreement, as permitted under articles 1278 to 1281 of the Luxembourg Civil Code, so that the security constituted by this Agreement shall automatically, and ithout any formality, benefit to any such transferees. 16. SEVERABILITY If a provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, this shall not affect: the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provisions of this Agreement; and 14 |
the legality, validity or enforceability in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision in this Agreement. The illegal, prohibited or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a ne provision reflecting the intention of the parties to this Agreement. 17. CONFLICTS BET EEN DOCUMENTS If there is any conflict bet een the provisions of the Deed of Hypothec and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of the Deed of Hypothec shall govern to the extent permissible under applicable la . 18. GOVERNING LA AND JURISDICTION 18.1. This Agreement is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance ith, Luxembourg la . 18.2. Any dispute in connection ith this Agreement shall be submitted to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the district of Luxembourg City. [Remainder of page left intentionally blank Signature page follo s) |
Signature page to a share pledge agreement dated April , 2009 IN WITNESS THEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement in three (3) original copies on the day and year first written above. The Pledgor The Agent XXXXXX Health Luxco I S.a x.x. & Cie Picchio Pharma Inc. S.C.S. By: Xxxx-ChristopheDAUPHIN By: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx. Title:Menager and authorised signatory Title: Director The Company XXXXXX Health Luxco II S.a rl. hereby expressly accepts the Pledge created by this Agreement and (so far as the Company is concerned) the terms and conditions thereof, in particular clause 3. By: Xxxx-Xxxxxxxxxx XXXXXXX Title:Manager xxx authorised signatory 16 |
March 16, 2009 Confidential By e mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxX.xxx Xx. Xxxxxxx X’Xxxx Enable Partners Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 XXX Re : Convertible Notes Dear Xx. X’Xxxx, Further to recent discussions, e confirm that Xxxxxx Health Inc. (“Xxxxxx”) has received proposals from each of FMRC Family Trust and Victoria Square Ventures Inc. (the “Ne Investment”) in an amount of 10 million Canadian dollars each. The Ne Investment ill be made available by one or more dra do ns evidenced by secured notes convertible into common shares of Xxxxxx at the higher of (i) $0 20 Canadian and (ii) the market price of Xxxxxx common shares at the closing date of the Ne Investment (the “Conversion Price”). Interest at the rate of fifteen per cent (15%) per annum ill be capitalized annually ith the notes maturing 5 years from issuance. Security ill be a first charge on all of Xxxxxx’ movable property. In order to obtain this investment, Xxxxxx must restructure its outstanding convertible notes to the satisfaction of the shareholders making the Ne Investment, in addition to achieving other cost reductions. Our records indicate that you are the holder of: Enable Gro th Partners LP US$3.400,000 Aggregate Principle Amount Senior Notes Due in 2027 e are hereby proposing the follo ing to all holders of existing notes of Xxxxxx: (i) amendment to the terms of the notes to make them convertible into preferred shares of Xxxxxx (at 100% of the face value of your notes) and immediate conversion into such ne preferred shares to be issued from treasury; XXXXXX Health Inc. O IB R If 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx. 0“BEUd Xxxxx, XX X0X 0X0 XXXXXX HEALTH T 450 680 4500 F 000 000 0000 XxxxxxXxxxxx.xxx |
2 (ii) ne preferred shares to be convertible at the option of the holder into common shares of Bellus at any time at a price equal to 325% of the Conversion Price ( hich Conversion Price shall not be less than $0.20 Canadian); (iii) preferred shares to be entitled to a 3% cumulative annual stock dividend; and (iv) automatic conversion after 5 years at a price equal to 325% of the Conversion Price ( hich Conversion Price shall not be less than $0.20 Canadian). The special committee of the Board of Directors of Xxxxxx has determined that this proposal is fair and reasonable to existing noteholders in the circumstances, as ell as in the best interest of Xxxxxx and is necessary in order to secure the Ne Investment required by the Company. It is imperative that e move for ard quickly ith this process. Accordingly, e ould ask you to indicate your consent to the above proposal by returning a signed copy of this letter by facsimile ( 1 450 680 4501) to the undersigned on or before 4:00 p.m., Montreal time, on March 20, 2009, after hich time this offer ill lapse and be of no further effect. Should you have any questions of comments regarding this proposal, please contact Xx. Xxxx xxxxx, at RSM Xxxxxxx Inc., by calling him on 1 514 934 3531 or e mailing him at a xxxxx(£>,xxxxxxxxxx.xxx. Also, hen returning a signed copy of this proposal to the undersigned, please also send a copy to Xx. xxxxx by e mail or by facsimile ( 1 514 934 3504). You must return a signed copy of this letter by the deadline. Formal documentation ill follo as required in due course. Sincerely, XXXXXX HEALTH INC. Vice Pfesident, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
I consent to the proposal set forth in the foregoing letter dated March 16, 2009, from XXXXXX Health Inc. in relation to the US$3,400,000 Aggregate Principle Amount Senior Notes Due in 2027 referred to therein. March ,2009. Signature Name of person signing Name of beneficial holder |
March 16, 2009 Confidential By e mail: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Xx. Xxxxxxx X’Xxxx Enable Partners Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 XXX Re: Convertible Notes Dear Xx. X’Xxxx, Further to recent discussions, e confirm that Xxxxxx Health Inc. (“Xxxxxx”) has received proposals from each of FMRC Family Trust and Victoria Square Ventures Inc. (the “Ne Investment”) in an amount of 10 million Canadian dollars each. The Ne Investment ill be made available by one or more dra do ns evidenced by secured notes convertible into common shares of Xxxxxx at the higher of (i) $0.20 Canadian and (ii) the market price of Xxxxxx common shares at the closing date of the Ne Investment (the “Conversion Price”). Interest at the rate of fifteen per cent (15%) per annum ill be capitalized annually ith the notes maturing 5 years from issuance. Security ill be a first charge on all of Xxxxxx’ movable property. In order to obtain this investment, Xxxxxx must restructure its outstanding convertible notes to the satisfaction of the shareholders making the Ne Investment, in addition to achieving other cost reductions. Our records indicate that you are the holder of: Enable Opportunity Partners LP US$600,000 Aggregate Principle Amount Senior Notes Due in 2027 e are hereby proposing the follo ing to all holders of existing notes of Xxxxxx: (i) amendment to the terms of the notes to make them convertible into preferred shares of Xxxxxx (at 100% of the face value of your notes) and immediate conversion into such ne preferred shares to be issued from treasury; XXXXXX Health Inc. IQ fc HI. . 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx. 00XXxx Xxxxx, XX X0X 0X0 XXXXXX HEALTH T 450 680 4500 F 000 000 0000 XxxxxxXxxxxx.xxx |
2 (ii) ne preferred shares to be convertible at the option of the holder into common shares of Bellus at any time at a price equal to 325% of the Conversion Price ( hich Conversion Price shall not be less than $0.20 Canadian); (iii) preferred shares to be entitled to a 3% cumulative annual stock dividend; and (iv) automatic conversion after 5 years at a price equal to 325% of the Conversion Price ( hich Conversion Price shall not be less than $0.20 Canadian). The special committee of the Board of Directors of Xxxxxx has determined that this proposal is fair and reasonable to existing noteholders in the circumstances, as ell as in the best interest of Xxxxxx and is necessary in order to secure the Ne Investment required by the Company. It is imperative that e move for ard quickly ith this process. Accordingly, e ould ask you to indicate your consent to the above proposal by returning a signed copy of this letter by facsimile ( 1 450 680 4501) to the undersigned on or before 4:00 p.m., Montreal time, on March 20, 2009, after hich time this offer ill lapse and be of no further effect. Should you have any questions of comments regarding this proposal, please contact Xx. Xxxx xxxxx, at RSM Xxxxxxx Inc., by calling him on 1 514 934 3531 or e mailing him at a xxxxx(£),rs xxxxxxxx.xxx. Also, hen returning a signed copy of this proposal to the undersigned, please also send a copy to Xx. xxxxx by e mail or by facsimile ( 1 514 934 3504). You must return a signed copy of this letter by the deadline. Formal documentation ill follo as required in due course. Sincerely, XXXXXX HEALTH INC. Per: j ** ‘ Xxxxx $Kmn& Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
3 I consent to the proposal set forth in the foregoing letter dated March 16, 2009, from XXXXXX Health Inc. in relation to the US$600,000 Aggregate Principle Amount Senior Notes Due in 2027 referred to therein. March , 2009. Signature Name of person signing Name of beneficial holder |
March 16, 2009 Confidential By e mail: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Mr. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx CEO CSO ViroChem Pharma Inc. 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx. Xxxxx, XX X0X 0X0 RE: Convertible Notes Dear Xx. Xxxxxx, Further to recent discussions, e confirm that Xxxxxx Health Inc. (“Bellus”) has received proposals from each of FMRC Family Trust and Victoria Square Ventures Inc. (the “Ne Investment”) in an amount of 10 million Canadian dollars each. The Ne Investment ill be made available by one or more dra do ns evidenced by secured notes convertible into common shares of Xxxxxx at the higher of (i) $0.20 Canadian and (ii) the market price of Xxxxxx common shares at the closing date of the Ne Investment (the “Conversion Price”). Interest at the rate of fifteen per cent (15%) per annum ill be capitalized annually ith the notes maturing 5 years from issuance. Security ill be a first charge on all of Xxxxxx’ movable property. In order to obtain this investment, Xxxxxx must restructure its outstanding convertible notes to the satisfaction of the shareholders making the Ne Investment, in addition to achieving other cost reductions. Our records indicate that you are the holder of: US $500,000 Principal amount of 2006 Convertible Notes e are hereby proposing the follo ing to all holders of existing notes of Xxxxxx: (i) amendment to the terms of the notes to make them convertible into preferred shares of Xxxxxx (at 100% of the face value of your notes) and immediate conversion into such ne preferred shares to be issued from treasury; XXXXXX Health inc. B A I I B B 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx XxXX Xxxxx. XX X0X 0X0 XXXXXX HEALTH T 450 680 4500 F 000 000 0000 XxxxxxXxxxxx.xxx |
(ii) ne preferred shares to be convertible at the option of the holder into common shares of Bellus at any time at a price equal to 325% of the Conversion Price ( hich Conversion Price shall not be less than $0.20 Canadian); (iii) preferred shares to be entitled to a 3% cumulative annual stock dividend; and (iv) automatic conversion after 5 years at a price equal to 325% of the Conversion Price ( hich Conversion Price shall not be less than $0.20 Canadian). The special committee of the Board of Directors of Xxxxxx has determined that this proposal is fair and reasonable to existing noteholders in the circumstances, as ell as in the best interest of Xxxxxx and is necessary in order to secure the Ne Investment required by the Company. It is imperative that e move for ard quickly ith this process. Accordingly, e ould ask you to indicate your consent to the above proposal by returning a signed copy of this letter by facsimile ( 1 450 680 4501) to the undersigned on or before 4:00 p.m., Montreal time, on March 20, 2009, after hich time this offer ill lapse and be of no further effect. Should you have any questions of comments regarding this proposal, please contact Xx. Xxxx xxxxx, at RSM Rienter Inc., by calling him on 1 514 934 3531 or e mailing him at a xxxxx(a),r xxxxxxxxx.xxx. Also, hen returning a signed copy of this proposal to the undersigned, please also send a copy to Xx. xxxxx by e mail or by facsimile ( 1 514 934 3504). If you are a beneficial holder of the notes due in 2026, you must return a copy of this letter signed by you by this deadline. ith respect to the definitive documentation, a signature ill also be required of your broker, CIBC orld Markets (DTCC Participant No. 5030) as DTC participant and instructions ill be sent to you in this regard ith the definitive documentation. Formal documentation ill follo as required in due course. Sincerely, XXXXXX HEALTH INC. Per: 4AA DavidSfafmer Vice Resident, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Mtl: 1674927.4 |
3 I consent to the proposal set forth in the foregoing letter dated March 16, 2008, from XXXXXX Health Inc. in relation to the US$500,000 Principal amount of 2006 Convertible Notes referred to therein. March ,2009. Signature Name of person signing Xxx: 1674927.4 |
1.1.1 | “Canadian Dollars” or “Cdn$” means the legal currency in Canada; | ||
1.1.2 | “Charged Property” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3 hereof; | ||
1.1.3 | “Default” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11 hereof; | ||
1.1.4 | “Grantor” means XXXXXX Health Inc. and any of its permitted successors or assigns; | ||
1.1.5 | “Hypothec” means the hypothec created pursuant to Section 3 hereof and the pledge of a securities contemplated in Section 7.1 hereof; | ||
1.1.6 | “Interlender Agreement” means that certain interlender agreement dated April 16, 2009 entered into between the existing Noteholders and the Trustee, as same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time, a copy of which is attached hereto as Schedule “A” after having been acknowledged as true and signed for identification by the representatives of the parties, in the presence of the undersigned Notary; | ||
1.1.7 | “Noteholder (s)” or “Holder (s)” means Victoria Square Ventures Inc., Vitus Investments III Private Limited and any other person in whose name the Notes are issued or registered pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreements in accordance with the provisions thereof; |
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1.1.8 | “Noteholders Instrument” means a written direction executed by Holder(s) of not less than 662/3% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding; | ||
1.1.9 | “Note Purchase Agreements” means the note purchase agreements entered into on or about April 16, 2009 between Grantor, as issuer, and each of Victoria Square Ventures Inc. and Vitus Investments III Private Limited as purchasers, as well as any note purchase agreement entered into subsequent to the date hereof with any purchaser of XXXXXX Notes, in each case, and as same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time; | ||
1.1.10 | “Notes” means the notes issued from time to time pursuant to Note Purchase Agreements and outstanding thereunder, including without limitation, the Secured Convertible Promissory Notes; | ||
1.1.11 | “Plan” means the second amended plan of compromise and arrangement, proposed and supported by the Pan-Canadian Investors Committee for Third-Party Asset Backed Commercial Paper pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) as initially sanctioned by Ontario Superior Court of Justice on June 5, 2008 and as definitely approved further to certain amendments on January 12, 2009; | ||
1.1.12 | “Restructured Notes” means the notes issued to (or to be issued to) the Grantor pursuant to the Plan in replacement of the commercial paper held by the Grantor and subject to the Plan; | ||
1.1.13 | “Secured Obligations” means all of the obligations secured by the Hypothec pursuant to Section 5 hereof; |
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1.1.14 | “Secured Convertible Promissory Notes” means collectively, the secured convertible promissory notes executed by Grantor in favour of Victoria Square Ventures Inc. and Vitus Investments III Private Limited on the Closing Date as well as any secured convertible promissory notes executed by XXXXXX Health Inc. in favour of any other holder of Notes other than Victoria Square Ventures Inc. and Vitus Investments III Private Limited in each case, as said may be amended, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time; | ||
1.1.15 | “This Deed”, “these presents”, “herein”, “hereby”, “hereunder”, “hereof” and similar expressions refer to this Deed, and to any deed or document supplemental or complementary hereto or restating this Deed; | ||
1.1.16 | “Trustee” means the person appointed as Fondé de pouvoir for the Noteholders pursuant to Section 2 hereof and shall include its successors or assigns appointed pursuant to the provisions hereof. |
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7.4.1 | The Grantor may exercise all rights to vote and to exercise all rights of conversion or retraction or other similar rights with respect to any hypothecated securities; provided that no such exercise will have an adverse effect on the value of such hypothecated securities or the effectiveness of the security created hereunder, and all reasonable expenses of |
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the Trustee in connection therewith have been paid in full and provided further that, upon the exercise of the conversion or retraction right, the additional hypothecated securities resulting therefrom shall be paid or delivered to the Trustee; | |||
7.4.2 | The Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain all dividends (whether paid or distributed in cash, hypothecated securities, or other property) and interest declared and paid or distributed in respect of the hypothecated securities which it would otherwise be entitled to receive, but all dividends, distributions, returns of capital or other distributions made on or in respect of the hypothecated securities, resulting from a subdivision, combination, redemption or reclassification of such hypothecated securities or any part thereof, or received in exchange for such hypothecated securities or any part thereof, or received as a result or any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which any issuer may be a party or otherwise, or as a result of any exercise of any share purchase or subscription right, shall be and become part of the hypothecated securities hereunder. |
7.4.3 | the Grantor shall have no rights to vote or take any other action with respect to any hypothecated securities; | ||
7.4.4 | the Trustee may, but shall not be obliged to, vote and take all other action with respect to any hypothecated securities; and | ||
7.4.5 | the Grantor shall cease to be entitled to receive any dividends, interest, whether declared or payable before or after the occurrence of the Default, in respect of the hypothecated securities and the Trustee will have the sole and exclusive right and |
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authority to receive and retain the cash dividends, interest and other forms of cash distribution the Grantor would otherwise be authorized to retain pursuant to section 7.4.2. |
9.1 | Its domicile, registered office, head office and chief executive office are all located in the Province of Quebec and have always been located therein. It has no places of business outside the Province of Québec; | ||
9.2 | It uses no business or firm name (nor has it used in the past) other than those referred to in Schedule “D” hereof; | ||
9.3 | It does not hold any claims which are subject to Sections 67 and 68 of the Financial Administration Act; | ||
9.4 | Other than a claim granted by XXXXXX Health (Innodia) Inc. in favour of the Grantor, it does not hold any claim secured by registered hypothec; and |
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9.5 | Any corporeal movable included in the Charged Property, other than the property referred to in paragraphs 3.2 and 3.6 hereinabove and property in transit, is located in the premises described in Schedule “D” hereof, and is not intended to be used in more than one province or country. |
10.1.1 | any change whatsoever in the representations and warranties contained in paragraphs 9.1 through 9.5 hereof; | ||
10.1.2 | the name of any guarantor or debtor having granted security for the payment of any Hypothecated Claim and, in such cases, to provide the Trustee, upon demand, with satisfactory proof that such security has been registered or published in accordance with applicable law in order for the rights of the Trustee to be set up against third parties; | ||
10.1.3 | of the existence of any security, hypothec or property right retained or assigned securing claims and other Charged Property referred to in Section 3.2 hereof and, in such cases, to provide the Trustee, upon demand, with satisfactory proof that such security or hypothec has been registered or published in accordance with applicable law in order for the rights of the Trustee to be set up against third persons; | ||
10.1.4 | of the existence and details of any new claim falling under Article 8 hereof. |
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12.2.1 | the Trustee may, in its discretion, at the Grantor’s expense: |
12.2.1.1 | pursue the transformation of the Charged Property or any work in progress or unfinished goods comprised in the Charged Property and complete the manufacture or processing thereof or proceed with any operations to which such property is submitted by the Grantor in the ordinary course of its business and acquire property for such purposes; | ||
12.2.1.2 | alienate or dispose of any Charged Property which may be obsolete, may perish or is likely to depreciate rapidly; | ||
12.2.1.3 | use for its benefit all information obtained while exercising its rights; | ||
12.2.1.4 | perform any of the Grantor’s obligations or covenants hereunder; | ||
12.2.1.5 | exercise any right attached to the Charged Property on such conditions and in such manner as it may determine, acting reasonably; |
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12.2.1.6 | for the exercise of any of its rights, utilize without charge the Grantor’s plant, equipment, machinery, process, information, records, computer programs and intellectual property; | ||
12.2.1.7 | borrow monies or lend monies and, in such cases the monies borrowed or lent by the Trustee shall bear interest at the rate then obtained by the Trustee in the case of monies borrowed or determined reasonably by the Trustee in the case of monies lent by it; these monies shall be reimbursed by the Grantor on demand and, until they have been repaid in full, such monies and interest thereon shall be secured by the present Hypothec and be paid in priority of any other sums secured hereby; | ||
12.2.1.8 | ensure the maintenance or repair, restore or renovate the Charged property, the whole at the Grantor’s costs; |
12.2.2 | the Trustee may, directly or indirectly, purchase or otherwise acquire the Charged Property; | ||
12.2.3 | the Trustee, where reasonably required in the exercise of its rights, may waive any right of the Grantor, with or without consideration therefor; | ||
12.2.4 | the Trustee shall have no obligation to make an inventory of the Charged Property, to take out any kind of insurance with respect thereof or to grant any security whatsoever; | ||
12.2.5 | the Trustee shall not be bound to continue to carry on the Grantor’s enterprise or to make |
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any productive use of the Charged Property or to maintain such property in operating condition; | |||
12.2.6 | the Grantor shall, upon request of the Trustee, move the Charged Property and render it available to the Trustee unto premises designated by the Trustee and which, in its opinion, shall be more suitable in the circumstances. |
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Hypothecated Securities
OVOS Natural Health Inc.
XXXXXX Health U.S. LLC
XXXXXX Health Luxco I S.a.r.l. & Cie. S.C.S.
XXXXXX Health Luxco I S.a.r.l.
4166591 Canada Inc.
XXXXXX Health (Innodia) Inc.
Trademarks
Country | Trademark | Application No | Status | |||
Canada |
Alzhemed | 1,383,233 | Pending | |||
Canada |
Xxxxxx | 1,402,093 | Pending | |||
Canada |
XXXXXX Health | 1,383,890 | Pending | |||
Canada |
Xxxxxx Xxxxx | 1,384,572 | Pending | |||
Canada |
Shield & Design | 1,402,092 | Pending |
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XXXXXX
Business and Firm Names
Current names (French and English):
XXXXXX Xxxxx Inc.
XXXXXX Health Inc.
Previous names (French and English):
Neurochem Inc.
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XXXXXX HEALTH INC. | ||||||
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Forms of Guarantee
TO: | Picchio Pharma Inc., in its capacity as Agent (as defined herein); |
AND TO: | Victoria Square Ventures Inc., in its capacity as lender pursuant to the secured convertible promissory note issued on April ____, 2009 by XXXXXX Health Inc. (the “Borrower”) in favour of Victoria Square Ventures Inc. in the aggregate principal amount of CDN$10,500,000 (as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced, renewed, extended or otherwise modified from time to time the “VSV Note”); |
AND TO: | Vitus Investments III Private Limited, in its capacity as lender pursuant to the secured convertible promissory note issued on April ____, 2009 by the Borrower in favour of Vitus Investments III Private Limited in the aggregate principal amount of CDN$10 million (as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced, renewed, extended or otherwise modified from time to time the “Vitus Note”). |
(a) | Without limiting the generality of Section 3, as between the Agent, the Secured Parties, the Borrower and the Guarantor, the Guarantor is and shall continue to be liable under this Agreement notwithstanding: |
(i) | any transaction which may take place between the Agent, the Secured Parties and the Borrower and whether or not the Borrower has been given notice of such transaction and whether or not the Borrower has consented thereto; | ||
(ii) | any act, omission, neglect or default of the Agent or any Secured Party which might otherwise operate as a discharge, either partial or absolute, of the Borrower, and, whether or not the Borrower has been given notice of such act, omission, neglect or default and whether or not the Borrower has consented thereto; | ||
(iii) | the Agent or any Secured Party failing to or abstaining from perfecting any Security which may be offered by the Borrower or the Guarantor; | ||
(iv) | the release, discharge, renewal, modification, variation or amendment, in whole or in part, of the terms of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any Security (including without restriction any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of any of the Notes, applicable interest rates, fees, or any extension or reduction in the Maturity Date); | ||
(v) | the granting of any time or other indulgences to the Borrower or anyone else now or hereafter liable to the Secured Parties in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations; | ||
(vi) | the taking of collateral security or additional guarantees by the Agent or the Secured Parties; | ||
(vii) | the Agent or any Secured Party failing to or abstaining from realizing upon any Security which may be available; | ||
(viii) | the acceptance, by the Agent or the Secured Parties, of any composition or arrangement involving any Security which is available, or the variation or termination of any contract or agreement between the Borrower and the Agent or the Secured Parties; | ||
(ix) | the release, howsoever obtained or caused, of the Borrower from any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; | ||
(x) | any Insolvency Proceeding affecting the Borrower, the Guarantor, the Agent, any Secured Party or any other Person at any time, or any other judicial proceedings relating to the dissolution of the Borrower, the Agent, the Guarantor, any Secured Party or any other Person at any time; |
(xi) | any compromise, reduction or disallowance of any of the Borrower’s obligations by virtue of the application of any Insolvency Proceeding or similar such proceeding and laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or general principles of equity; | ||
(xii) | the existence of any claims, set-off or other rights that the Guarantor may have against the Borrower, any Secured Party or any other Person, whether or not related to the transactions contemplated by the Notes; | ||
(xiii) | any invalidity, illegality, irregularity or unenforceability for any reason of the Notes or in any part thereof as regards the Borrower or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower of the principal of or interest on any amount payable by the Borrower under the Notes (including but not limited to any defect or limitation with respect to power and capacity of the Borrower); | ||
(xiv) | any non-compliance with or contravention by the Guarantor of any provision of any corporate statute applicable to such Guarantor relative to guarantees or other financial assistance given by such Guarantor; | ||
(xv) | any contest by the Borrower or any Person as to the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations; | ||
(xvi) | any loss of, or in respect of, any Security by or on behalf of any Secured Party from the Borrower, the Guarantor or any other Person, whether occasioned through the fault of any Secured Party or otherwise; | ||
(xvii) | any loss or impairment of any right of the Guarantor for subrogation, reimbursement or contribution, whether or not as a result of any action taken or omitted to be taken by any Secured Party; | ||
(xviii) | the recovery of any judgment against the Borrower or any action to enforce the same; | ||
(xix) | the transfer of the Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to any Secured Party or to anyone else, or the assumption of any Security with or without the release of the Borrower and with or without consent of the Agent, the Secured Parties, the Borrower or the Guarantor; | ||
(xx) | the termination, for any cause or reason whatsoever, of any right of the Agent or the Secured Parties held against the Borrower or anyone else pursuant to the Guaranteed Obligations represented by the Notes; | ||
(xxi) | the taking, compromise, exchange, or refusal or neglect to take up or enforce any rights or remedies against, or any security over assets of, the Borrower or any other person or any non-presentment or non-observance |
of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instruments or any failure to realise the full value of any other security; | |||
(xxii) | any legal limitation, disability, incapacity or lack of powers, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of or other circumstance relating to the Borrower or any other person; | ||
(xxiii) | any replacement of a Transaction Document or any other document or Security so that references to that Transaction Document or other documents or Security in this Agreement shall include each such replacement; | ||
(xxiv) | any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or frustration of any obligation of the Borrower or any other person under any Transaction Document or any other document or security, or any failure of any other person to become bound by the terms of any Transaction Document, in each case whether through any want of power or authority or otherwise; or | ||
(xxv) | any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower, any Secured Party or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge, defense, limitation or restriction with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations. |
The Agent, in its absolute discretion and without diminishing the liability of the Borrower or the Guarantor hereunder, or incurring any responsibility or liability to the Borrower or the Guarantor, may do, commit or cause all acts, omission and results which are contemplated by the foregoing subparagraphs (i) through (xxv). | |||
(b) | Any account settled or stated by or between the Agent or any Secured Party and the Borrower, or admitted by or on behalf of the Borrower, may be adduced by the Agent or the Secured Party and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence as against the Borrower and the Guarantor that the balance or amount appearing therein is the sum of money due by the Borrower and the Guarantor to the Agent. | ||
(c) | Any rights of subrogation acquired by the Guarantor by reason of payment under this Agreement shall not be exercised until all of the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid or repaid in full. In the event of the Guarantor paying to the Agent (or otherwise making provision for repayment in accordance with the Notes) all of the Guaranteed Obligations, then the Guarantor shall be entitled, on demand made by it in writing to the Agent or the Secured Parties, to the assignment of so much of the Security, if any, which remains in the Agent’s or any Secured Party’s possession at the time of receipt of the said payment only when and to the extent the value of the Security exceeds that of the Guaranteed Obligations. |
(d) | The Agent shall not be bound to exhaust its legal remedies against the Borrower, any other parties, or any additional or collateral security which it may hold, prior to becoming entitled to payment hereunder. | ||
(e) | The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be direct and unconditional and independent of the obligations of any other guarantor, and a separate action or actions may be brought and maintained against the Guarantor without the necessity of joining or previously proceeding against or exhausting any other remedy against the Borrower or any other guarantor, or any Security then held. | ||
(f) | If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, then the Guarantor shall forthwith on demand of the Agent pay to the Agent, for the account of the Secured Parties, all obligations of such Guarantor hereunder owing or payable at that time. | ||
(g) | It is expressly acknowledged and agreed by the Guarantor that should the Agent obtain a judgment or judgments from a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to a default by the Guarantor with respect to any of the covenants contained in this Agreement, then interest shall accrue, be calculated, and be payable to the Secured Parties by the Guarantor at the applicable Default Interest Rate per annum and at the times as are stipulated in each of the Notes, as applicable. Such interest shall commence on the date when the applicable default occurs and shall continue to be payable until the judgment monies, including accrued interest, have been paid to the Secured Parties. | ||
(h) | In its absolute discretion, the Agent may obtain an additional guarantee or guarantees of the Guaranteed Obligations. The taking of any additional guarantee shall not reduce the liability of the Guarantor, which liability shall be solidary (joint and several) with any other additional guarantors. | ||
(i) | The Guarantor’s liability shall not be diminished or affected, where any person expected or believed by the Borrower to be or to become an additional guarantor, is not an additional guarantor and does not for any reason whatsoever become an additional guarantor. Further, the Guarantor’s liability shall not be diminished or affected by any transaction whatsoever which may take place between the Agent or any Secured Party and any other guarantor, including but not restricted to any act, omission, neglect or default of the Agent or any Secured Party which may vary or terminate in whole or in part the liability of such other guarantor. | ||
(j) | No change in the name, objects, share capital, business, director’s powers, organization (including but not limited to any reorganization, amalgamation, merger or continuation under the laws of any other jurisdiction), Organizational Documents or management of the Borrower or the Guarantor shall in any way affect the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder, either with respect to transactions occurring before or after any such change, it being understood that this Agreement is to extend to the person or persons or corporation or trust or other business entity for the time being and from time to time carrying on the |
business now carried on by the Borrower notwithstanding any change or changes in the name or capitalization of the Borrower and notwithstanding any reorganization of the Borrower or the Guarantor or its amalgamation with any other or others or the sale or disposal of its business in whole or in part to another or others. | |||
(k) | Demands under this Guarantee may be made from time to time, and the liabilities and obligations of the Guarantor may be enforced irrespective of whether any demands, steps or proceedings are being or have been made or taken against the Borrower and/or any third party or whether or in what order any Security to which the Agent or any Secured Party may be entitled in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is enforced. |
(a) | All debts and claims against the Borrower now or subsequently held by the Guarantor and the Guarantor’s rights of subrogation against the Borrower (all such debts, claims and rights, the “Claims”) are postponed to the repayment and performance in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. Until the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, Guarantor may receive payment in respect of the Claims except as prohibited under the Notes. | ||
(b) | The Agent shall have no duty, obligation or liability as a result of the assignment of the Claims to the Agent to protect, preserve or to ensure that the Claims do not become prescribed by statute or otherwise invalidated or rendered unenforceable. |
(a) | to accelerate the Guaranteed Obligations or proceed and exhaust any recourse against the Borrower, the Guarantor or any other Person; | ||
(b) | to value or realize on any Security that it holds; | ||
(c) | to xxxxxxxx the assets of any of the Borrower, the Guarantor or any other Person or proceed against the Borrower, the Guarantor or any other Person in any particular order; or | ||
(d) | to pursue any other remedy that the Guarantor may not be able to pursue itself and that might limit or reduce such Guarantor’s burden. The Guarantor hereby irrevocably renounces the benefits of discussion and division. |
(a) | Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Security Documents, the Guarantor agrees to indemnify the Agent and the Secured Parties against, and hold the Agent and the Secured Parties harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent and the Secured Parties, including the documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Agent and |
the Secured Parties, incurred by or asserted against the Agent and the Secured Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing agreements or instruments contemplated hereby, including any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder, whether or not the Agent or any Secured Parties is a party thereto, (ii) any other aspect of this Agreement, or (iii) the enforcement of rights of the Agent or the Secured Parties’ hereunder; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any of the Agent and the Secured Parties, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses resulted from (x) the intentional or gross fault of the Agent or any of the Secured Parties or of any affiliate, director, officer, employee, counsel, agent or attorney-in-fact thereof or (y) a material breach of any Security Document by the Agent or any of the Secured Parties or of any of their affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsels, agents or attorneys-in-fact thereof; | |||
(b) | Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional obligations of the Guarantor guaranteed hereunder. The provisions of this Section 11 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Security Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or obligations hereunder, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Security Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent or any Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 11 shall be payable to the Agent for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties within ten days of written demand therefor as herein provided. |
(a) | The Guarantor covenants and agrees that it will comply, and will cause each of its subsidiaries to comply, as applicable, with all of the provisions, covenants and agreements contained in each of the Security Documents to the extent that such provisions, covenants and agreements apply to the Guarantor or its subsidiaries and will, and will cause each of its subsidiaries, as applicable, to take, or refrain from taking, as the case may be, all actions that are necessary to be taken or not taken so that no violation of any provision, covenant or agreement contained in ay of the Security Documents, and so that no Default or Event of Default under any of the Security Documents, is caused by the actions or inactions of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries. |
(b) | The Guarantor will remain the legal and beneficial owner of 1,904,464 Common Shares and 835,547 class A1 preferred shares of XXXXXX Health (Innodia) Inc. free of all Encumbrances except Permitted Encumbrances. |
(a) | The Guarantor agrees that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any and all deposits, general or special, term or demand, provisional or final, matured or unmatured, at any time held by the Secured Parties and any other obligations at any time owing by the Secured Parties to the Guarantor or for the credit or account of the Guarantor, may be set- |
off and applied at any time and from time to time, without notice (such notice being expressly waived by such Guarantor), against and on account of the Guaranteed Obligations even if any of them are unmatured, and irrespective of whether the Agent shall have made a demand pursuant to Section 2 hereof, or under any other Security Document. Rights under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) which the Agent and each Secured Party may have. | |||
(b) | All payments to be made by the Guarantor hereunder will be made without set-off or counterclaim and without deduction for any taxes, levies, duties, fees, deductions, withholdings, restrictions or conditions of any nature whatsoever. If at any time any applicable law requires the Guarantor to make any such deduction or withholding from any such payment, the sum due from the Guarantor with respect to such payment will be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such deduction or withholding, the Agent receives a net sum equal to the sum which it would have received had no deduction or withholding been required. |
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Form of Surviving Existing Notes
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VICTORIA SQUARE VENTURES INC. | |
DATE:
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April , 2009 |
1. | This undertaking is delivered in accordance with Section 3.2(w) of the Note Purchase Agreement. | |
2. | All defined terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Note Purchase Agreement. | |
3. | Each of the undersigned hereby agrees and undertakes that XXXXXX Health Holdings Limited and XXXXXX Health (International) Limited (collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) shall not, for so long as the Notes are outstanding: |
4. | Each of the undersigned hereby also agrees and undertakes that each of the Subsidiaries shall, for so long as the Notes are outstanding, make or pay, as and when due, all filings and payments required to maintain any interest or right of the Subsidiaries in any asset owned by, or licensed to, either of the Subsidiaries, to the extent, in each case, that the costs associated with such filings and that such payments are not excessive given the benefits to be obtained therefrom (as determined by Victoria, acting reasonably). | |
5. | This undertaking does not, for the avoidance of any doubt, create an obligation of the Subsidiaries to enter into the Guarantee, and/or to provide the other security interests referred to herein. Only if the provision of such guarantee, and/or security interests is fully compliant with Swiss law will the Subsidiaries enter into such obligations. | |
6. | Each of the undersigned acknowledges that Victoria is relying on this undertaking in connection with Victoria’s subscription for Notes in accordance with the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement and that any breach of any provision of this undertaking shall constitute an Event of Default (as defined in the Notes). | |
7. | The agreements and undertakings contained herein shall survive to the extent that the Subsidiaries can continue to meet their obligations towards third parties (other than affiliates of XXXXXX). | |
8. | This undertaking will terminate on the earlier of (a) the repayment or the conversion of the Notes in full; and (b) the date on which a first-ranking security interest is perfected on all of the present and future registered patents and on the principal bank account of XXXXXX Health (International) Limited. | |
9. | No supplement, modification or amendment of this undertaking shall be binding unless executed in writing by Victoria and the undersigned. | |
10. | Subject to Applicable Laws, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, permitted transferees, executors and administrators of the parties hereto. | |
11. | This undertaking shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Quebec, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. |
12. | Any action or proceeding brought by a party arising out of or in connection with this undertaking, may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction located in the Province of Québec. The parties agree not to contest such jurisdiction or seek to transfer any action relating to such dispute brought in the Province of Québec to any other jurisdiction. | |
13. | This undertaking may be executed in any number of counterparts. This undertaking, and any amendments hereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto, each other party hereto shall re-execute original forms hereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto shall raise the use of a facsimile machine to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense. | |
14. | The parties confirm that it is their wish that this undertaking be drawn up in English only. Les parties aux présentes confirment que c’est leur volonté que la présente entente soit rédigée en anglais seulement. |
XXXXXX HEALTH INC. |
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Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer |
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Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
XXXXXX HEALTH HOLDINGS LIMITED |
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XXXXXX HEALTH (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED |
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