Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, that: (a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder; (b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries; (c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation; (d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing; (e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options; (f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering; (g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario); (h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations; (i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares; (j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created; (k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares; (l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares; (m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; (n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending; (o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation; (p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record: (i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; (ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and (iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course; (q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended; (r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation; (u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation; (v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV; (w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments; (x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations; (y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened; (z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC; (aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time; (bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws; (cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors; (dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ee) neither the Corporation or to th
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Sources: Agency Agreement, Agency Agreement (Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.), Agency Agreement (Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered SharesDebentures, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariessubsidiaries with the exception of Tribute Pharmaceuticals International Inc.;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation OptionsDebentures;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsApplicable Securities Laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and Agreement, the Compensation Option Certificates, Debenture Documentation and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered SharesDebentures, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement and the Debenture Documentation has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsApplicable Securities Laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesDebenture Documentation, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered SharesDebentures, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares Debentures have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered SharesDebentures, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesissued;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common SharesShares and an unlimited number of preference shares, of which, as of May 20June 15, 2015, 100,675,988 119,541,156 Common Shares and no preference shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(mk) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(nl) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares Debentures or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(om) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(pn) since December 31, 20132014, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(qo) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(rp) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(sq) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(tr) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesDebenture Documentation, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered SharesDebentures, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(us) except as disclosed in the Public Record, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(vt) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(wu) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(xv) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(yw) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(zx) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aay) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bbz) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(ccaa) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations Obligations) with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddbb) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(eecc) neither the Corporation or to ththe knowledge of the Corporation any other person, is in default in the observance or performance of any term, covenant or obligation to be performed by the Corporation or such other person under any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, agreement, or arrangement to which the Corporation is a party or otherwise bound which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effec
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Sources: Agency Agreement (Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.), Agency Agreement (Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.), Agency Agreement (Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, Underwriter and acknowledges that the Agents are Underwriter is relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenants, in purchasing the Units that:
(a) each of the Corporation (i) and its Subsidiaries is a corporation duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) jurisdiction in which it was incorporated, continued or amalgamated, as the case may be, and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity is duly qualified and holds all necessary material permits, licences and authorizations necessary or required to carry on its business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted to own, lease and or operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate powerno steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, authority and capacity to createvoluntary or otherwise, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderrequiring or authorizing its dissolution or winding up;
(b) the Subsidiaries are the only subsidiaries of the Corporation. The Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge beneficially own or exercise control or direction over 10% or more of the Corporationoutstanding voting shares of any company that holds any assets or conducts any operations other than the Subsidiaries and the Corporation beneficially owns, are pending for directly or indirectly, the dissolution or liquidation percentage indicated on Schedule “B” hereto of the Corporation;
(d) issued and outstanding shares in the Corporation has conducted its business in compliancecapital of the Subsidiaries which are free and clear of all mortgages, in all material respectsliens, with all applicable lawscharges, rules and regulations (including all applicable federalpledges, nationalsecurity interests, provincialencumbrances, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements claims or demands of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawskind whatsoever, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, such shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be are validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were are outstanding as fully paid and non-non- assessable Common Shares;
(m) shares and no person has any right, agreement or option, present or future, contingent or absolute, or any right capable of becoming a right, agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading interest in any securities of such shares or for the Corporation issue or prohibiting allotment of any unissued shares in the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading capital of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease Subsidiaries or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party security convertible into or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed exchangeable for any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsshares;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement, Underwriting Agreement, Underwriting Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants and covenants to that, as of the Agentsdate given above and unless specifically given as at a particular date, and acknowledges that at the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, that:
Closing: (a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) a valid and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings subsisting company and is in good standing under such Actthe laws of the Province of British Columbia; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, is duly registered and licensed to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its carry on business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its or owns property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice where required under the laws of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
jurisdiction; (ec) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsfinancial statements, all consentsinformation circulars, approvalspress releases, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance material change reports and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly documents filed by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to Corporation within the Corporation or, to past 12 months with the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution Stock Exchange and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions ofCommissions (the “Disclosure Record”) were, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions except as may be disclosed in the Qualifying Jurisdictions Disclosure Record, true and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is correct in all material respects and did not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in compliance with the rules and regulations Securities Act (British Columbia)) as at the respective dates of such filings; (d) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation is the beneficial owner of the TSXV;
business and assets or the interests in the properties, business or assets referred to in the Disclosure Record; (we) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included contained in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects Disclosure Record and filed with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations any of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements Commissions have all been prepared in accordance with U.S. Canadian generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during applicable to public entities, accurately reflect the periods involved financial position and all known material liabilities (“GAAP”)accrued, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements absolute, contingent or otherwise) of the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present Corporation in all material respects as of the date thereof, and no adverse material changes in the financial position of the Corporation as of and for have taken place since the dates date thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, other than has been subsequently disclosed in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
Disclosure Record; (xf) neither the Corporation norhas complied and will comply fully with the requirements of all applicable corporate and securities laws and administrative policies and directions, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use the Securities Laws and the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in relation to the issue and trading of its securities and in all matters relating to the private placement of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsOffered Shares;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Subscription Agreement (Anglogold Ashanti LTD), Subscription Agreement (Anglogold Ashanti LTD), Subscription Agreement (Anglogold Ashanti LTD)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent, and acknowledges that the Agents are Agent is relying upon such representations, warranties representations and covenantswarranties, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) and each of its Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and is duly amalgamated valid and subsisting under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity power to carry on its business business, as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted by it, and to own, lease and operate its properties assets and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderproperties;
(b) the Corporation does not have any and each of its Subsidiaries is qualified to carry on business and is validly existing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it carries on a material subsidiariesportion of its business;
(c) other than 2WG Media, Inc. and Red Mile Entertainment, Pty, the Corporation has no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to Subsidiaries and the knowledge Corporation is not affiliated with nor is it a holding corporation of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporationany other body corporate;
(d) the Corporation owns all of the outstanding securities of 2WG Media, Inc. and Red Mile Entertainment, Pty, and Red Mile Entertainment, Pty does not carry on any active business;
(e) the Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance, compliance in all material respects, respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including and, in particular, all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, licensing and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing lawslegislation, regulations and or by-laws or other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of bodies applicable to it in each jurisdiction in which it carries on business, and the Corporation and each of its business is carried on Subsidiaries holds all material licences, registrations and is licensed, registered or qualified qualifications in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business which are necessary or desirable to be carried carry on the business as now conducted and its property and assets as presently proposed to be ownedconducted, leased and operated and all such licenceslicenses, registrations and or qualifications are valid, subsisting valid and existing and in good standing and it none of such licenses, registrations or qualifications contains any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation which has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to any material adverse effect on the Closing Time by business of the Corporation so and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as now conducted or as proposed to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Optionsbe conducted;
(f) except for the approval Corporation has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement , the Indenture and the Subscription Agreements and to perform its obligations set out herein and therein (including, without limitation, to cause the issuance of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement Convertible Debentures and the Compensation Option CertificatesUnderlying Securities), and this Agreement has been, and the performance of Subscription Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and therebyIndenture will on the Closing Date be, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Sharesduly authorized, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a this Agreement is, and the Subscription Agreements and the Indenture will on the Closing Date be, legal, valid and binding obligation obligations of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its termstheir respective terms subject to applicable bankruptcy, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other laws and equitable principles affecting creditors’ ' rights generally, the statutory and equitable powers of the courts in Canada and the United States to stay proceedings before them and the execution of judgments and the fact that specific performance and other injunctive relief are equitable remedies which may only be granted in the discretion of ordered by a court of competent jurisdictionin its discretion and, accordingly, may not be available as a remedy in an action to enforce a covenant and subject to the fact that the provisions thereof relating rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution set forth herein may be unenforceable under limited by applicable law and that enforceability is subject to laws or the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)public policy underlying such laws;
(hg) except the Underlying Securities have been reserved and allotted for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, issuance and when issued upon the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment conversion of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, Convertible Debentures will be validly issued as issued, fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(jh) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to definitive forms of certificates representing the Closing Time will be duly Convertible Debentures and validly authorized the Common Shares are in due and createdproper form under the laws governing the Corporation;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(li) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists solely of an unlimited number of 100,000,000 Common Shares, Shares and 15,000,000 Preferred Shares of which, as at the Closing Date (prior to the issuance of May 20Shares on the Closing Date), 201525,436,506 Common Shares, 100,675,988 Common No Series A Preferred Shares, 2,536,000 Series B Preferred Shares were outstanding as and 1,298,860 Series C Preferred Shares are issued and outstanding, which shares are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesassessable;
(mj) neither the Corporation nor its Subsidiaries is not aware a party to or bound by any agreement of guarantee, indemnification (other than an indemnification of directors and officers in accordance with the by-laws of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries and applicable laws, indemnities in favour of the Agent pursuant to this Agreement, indemnities in favour of purchasers of assets in purchase and sale agreements and indemnities and guarantees in favour of the bankers of the Corporation) or any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect other like commitment of the business, affairs, operations, assetsobligations, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of indebtedness of any other person;
(k) other than this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Indenture and the agreements set forth in Schedule 6(k) hereto, there are no material contracts or prospects of agreements which have or which might have or create any material obligation to the Corporation or from which they derive or could derive any material benefit or which are required by the Corporation to carry on its business as now conducted by it or as is now proposed to be carried on by it. For the purposes of this representation and warranty, contracts shall be deemed to give rise to a consolidated basismaterial obligation where such contract provides for expenditures by the Corporation for an aggregate of more than $100,000 during any 12 month period;
(l) other than accrued and unpaid bonuses in the amount of US$165,999, the Corporation has no loans or other indebtedness outstanding which have been made to or from any of its shareholders, officers, directors or employees or any other person not dealing at arm's length with the Corporation;
(m) except for transactions contemplated herein and except as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Agent prior to the date hereof, the Corporation has not entered into any transaction which is or may reasonably be expected to be material to the Corporation and which is not in the ordinary course of business;
(n) no order ceasing the Corporation is not in default or suspending trading in any securities breach of, and the execution and delivery of, and the performance of and compliance with the terms of, this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements by the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, does not and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened orwill not result in any breach of, to or constitute a default under, and does not and will not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a breach of or constitute a default under, any term or provision of the best articles, by-laws or resolutions of shareholders or directors of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingor any indenture, mortgage, note, contract, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease or other document to which the Corporation is a party or by which it is bound, or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, which default or breach might reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the business, operations, capital or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation, or its assets;
(o) except as disclosed to the AgentsAgent has been provided with true and correct copies of the constating documents of the Corporation and minutes of all meetings and all the resolutions of the directors, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature shareholders and committees of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31there has not been any material adverse change in the consolidated capital, 2013assets, except liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation from the position set forth in the Financial Statements (other than as has been disclosed in writing to the Public Record:Agent prior to the date hereof or as set out herein);
(iq) the books of account and other records of the Corporation, whether of a financial or accounting nature or otherwise, have been maintained in all material respects in accordance with prudent business practices;
(r) there has not been any material adverse change in the business, operations, capital or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the operations of the Corporation since the date of the Financial Statements and since that date there have been no material facts, transactions, events or occurrences which, to the knowledge of the Corporation could materially adversely affect the consolidated capital, assets, liabilities, obligations liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has which have not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in writing to the Public Record which could reasonably be expected Agent prior to have a Material Adverse Effectthe date hereof;
(s) except as disclosed the Financial Statements fairly present, in all material respects and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the Public Record (United States consistently applied, the financial position and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that condition of the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect)as at the dates thereof and reflect all liabilities (absolute, there are no threats of actionsaccrued, proceedings contingent or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf otherwise) of the CorporationCorporation as at the dates thereof;
(t) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that after due inquiry, there have not occurred any material spills, emissions or pollution on any property of the Corporation or for which the Corporation may be responsible, nor is the Corporation the subject of any outstanding stop orders, control orders, clean-up orders or reclamation orders under applicable environmental laws and regulations;
(u) to the best of the knowledge of the Corporation, no other party is in default in the observance or performance of any term or obligation to be performed by it under any contract to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound which is material to the business of the Corporation, no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would directly or indirectly constitute such a default, in any such case which default or event would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation;
(v) there are no judgments against the Corporation which are unsatisfied, nor are there any consent decrees or injunctions to which the Corporation is subject;
(w) the information and statements set forth in the Documents as at the date hereof, as they relate to the Corporation, are true, correct, and complete and did not contain any misrepresentation as of the respective dates of such information or statements, and, except as has been disclosed to the Agent, no material change (as defined in Applicable Securities Laws of the Alberta) has occurred in relation to such information and statements since the respective dates of such information and statements;
(x) other than the securities issued or to be issued pursuant to the Offering, no person, firm, corporation or other entity holds any securities convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Corporation or now has any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege (whether contractual or pre-emptive) being or capable of becoming an agreement, warrant, option or right for the purchase or other acquisition of any unissued share, securities (including convertible securities) or warrants of the Corporation except for warrants and options to purchase an aggregate of not more than 14,753,122 Common Shares and except for 3,834,860 Common Shares issuable on the conversion of Series B Preferred Shares and Series C Preferred Shares;
(y) the Corporation has duly and on a timely basis filed all tax returns required to be filed by it, has paid all taxes due and payable by it and has paid all assessments and re-assessments and all other taxes, governmental charges, penalties, interest and other fines due and payable by it and which are claimed by any governmental authority to be due and owing and adequate provision has been made for taxes payable for any completed fiscal period for which tax returns are not yet required and there are no agreements, waivers, or other arrangements providing for an extension of time with respect to the filing of any tax return or payment of any tax, governmental charge or deficiency by the Corporation and, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, information and belief, after due inquiry, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, investigations or claims threatened or pending against the Corporation in respect of taxes, governmental charges or assessments or any matters under discussion with any governmental authority relating to taxes, governmental charges or assessments asserted by any such authority;
(z) except as disclosed in the Financial Statements (i) the Corporation has no outstanding liabilities in excess of $10,000 other than those set forth in Schedule 6(z), and (ii) there are no actions, suits, proceedings or inquiries in existence or, to the Corporation's knowledge, after due inquiry, pending or threatened against or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board board, bureau, agency or agencyinstrumentality which in any way materially adversely affects, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected in any way to have a Material Adverse Effectmaterially adversely affect, the business, operations, capital or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation, or any of its assets or which affects or may affect the distribution of the Convertible Debentures or Underlying Securities and the Corporation is not aware of any existing ground on which such action, suit, proceeding or inquiry might be commenced with any reasonable likelihood of success;
(taa) other than the execution and delivery of Agent, there is no person, firm or corporation acting or purporting to act for the Corporation entitled to any brokerage or finder's fee or other fee or commission in connection with the Offering, this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment or any of the terms hereof and thereof by transactions contemplated hereby;
(bb) no Securities Commission or any other securities commission or similar regulatory authority has issued any order which is currently outstanding ceasing, halting, suspending or preventing other trading in any securities of the Corporation, including no such proceeding is, to the issuance and sale knowledge of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including pending, contemplated or threatened, the Corporation is not in default of any requirement of Applicable Securities Laws; Laws and the Corporation is entitled to avail itself of the applicable prospectus exemptions available under the Applicable Securities Laws in respect of the trades in its securities to Subscribers as contemplated by this Agreement;
(Bcc) the constating documentsCorporation is not a “reporting issuer” in Canada and no securities of the Corporation are listed on any stock exchange;
(dd) the Debenture Trustee, by-laws or resolutions at its principal offices in the City of Calgary, has been appointed Debenture Trustee for the Convertible Debentures;
(ee) to the knowledge of the Corporation; (C) , other than has been disclosed to the terms Agent, no insider of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) has any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets present intention to sell any securities of the Corporation;
(uff) except as have been provided to the Agent as at the date hereof, the Corporation is not a party to any contracts of employment which may not be terminated on one month's notice or which provide for payments occurring on a change of control of the Corporation;
(gg) other than leases of the Corporation with respect to its office premises, the Corporation does not own or lease nor has it agreed to acquire or lease, any interest in real property;
(hh) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement officer, director or securityholder of the Corporation is in force subject to any limitations or effect which restrictions on their activities or investments, including any non-competition provisions, that would in any manner affects way restrict or limit their involvement with the voting Corporation or control of any of the securities business and affairs of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aaii) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws which the Corporation has received or is entitled to receive government incentives, have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements made in accordance, in all material respects, with all applicable legislation and contain no misrepresentations of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of or omit to state any material fact which could cause any amount previously paid to the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thpreviously accru
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Agency Agreement (Red Mile Entertainment Inc), Agency Agreement (Red Mile Entertainment Inc)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to for the Agents, and acknowledges that benefit of the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatSubscribers as follows:
(a) the Corporation is (iand will be at the Closing Time) is duly amalgamated under a reporting issuer in the Business Corporations Act (Provinces of Ontario) (the “Act”) , Alberta and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings British Columbia, and is in good standing compliance with all material obligations under Applicable Securities Laws of such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderjurisdictions;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiarieshas been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of the Province of Ontario and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted is conducting its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably will at the Closing Time be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing, except in respect of matters which do not and will not result in any adverse material change in respect of the Corporation, and except for the failure to be so qualified or the absence of any such license, registration or qualification which does not and will not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis;
(ed) the Corporation has all required corporate power and authority to enter into and carry out the provisions of this subscription agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) duly authorize the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement subscription agreement and such other agreements and instruments and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby thereby and therebyso as to validly create, including issue and deliver the Debentures and Warrants subscribed thereby and to validly create and irrevocably allot for issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)Underlying Securities;
(he) except for the Corporation is neither in default or in breach in any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsmaterial respect of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof subscription agreement by the Corporation, including the issuance performance and compliance with the terms of this subscription agreement, the issue and sale of the Offered SharesDebentures and Warrants, do not and the issue of the Underlying Securities will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading result in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance breach of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed be in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether or create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time time, or both, (A) would constitute a default either directly or indirectly under any statute, rule term or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) provision of the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of Corporation or any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, material mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation it is a party or by which they are it is bound; ;
(f) the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the conversion rights under its Debentures, if and when issued in accordance with the Debentures, as applicable, and the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, if and when issued in accordance with the Warrants, as applicable, will be validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable;
(g) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required by the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery or with the performance by the Corporation of this subscription agreement except in compliance with and the rules of the TSX;
(Dh) any judgmentto the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, decree or order binding information and belief, no portion of the Corporation’s Information Record contained a misrepresentation as at its date of public dissemination;
(i) there has been no adverse material change in relation to the Corporation since March 23, 2007, and no adverse material fact exists in relation to the Corporation or the respective property its securities which, in either case, has not been generally disclosed or assets of disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record;
(uj) this subscription agreement and all other agreements required in connection with the issue and sale of the Debentures have been or will be, at or prior to the knowledge Closing Time, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and will be valid and binding obligations of the CorporationCorporation enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, no agreement is insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles or (iii) limitations under applicable law in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control respect of any rights of the securities indemnity, contribution and waiver of the Corporation;contribution); and
(vk) the Corporation is not included in a list intends that the net proceeds of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions Offering will be used substantially in the Qualifying Jurisdictions manner specified in Schedule “B” hereto.
(l) Forthwith after the Closing, the Corporation shall file such forms and in particulardocuments as may be required under the Applicable Securities Laws relating to the Offering and any further documents as may be required by any applicable regulatory authority which, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on shall include a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with Form 45-501F1 as prescribed by the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money LaunderingOntario) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced a Form 45-106F1 as prescribed by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th45-106.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Series (L) Debenture Subscription Agreement (Northcore Technologies Inc.), Debenture Subscription Agreement (Northcore Technologies Inc.)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties representations and covenantswarranties, that:
(a) since January 1, 2025, the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings has been and is in good standing compliance with its timely disclosure obligations under such ActCanadian Securities Laws and the rules and regulations of the TSXV; (ii) no confidential material change report has been filed by the Corporation under Canadian Securities Laws that remains confidential at the date of this Agreement; the Corporation has not completed a “significant acquisition”, which would require the Corporation to file a business acquisition report under Canadian Securities Laws; all requisite corporate power, authority of the material contracts and capacity to carry on agreements of the Corporation and its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described subsidiary not made in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate powerordinary course of business, authority and capacity to createif required under the Canadian Securities Laws, issue and sell have been filed with the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderCanadian Securities Commissions;
(b) other than as disclosed in the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been takenPublic Record, instituted or, to since the knowledge date of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
most recent audited balance sheet (i) the Offered Shares have beenthere has been no material change (actual, anticipated, contemplated or prior to the Closing Time will bethreatened, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(jfinancial or otherwise) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects capital of the Corporation and its subsidiary, taken as a whole, (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Corporation or its subsidiary which are material with respect to the Corporation and its subsidiary, taken as a whole, other than those in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Corporation on a consolidated basisany class of its shares;
(nc) the Corporation and its subsidiary have been duly incorporated and organized and are validly subsisting under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation and are properly registered or licensed to carry on business under the laws of all jurisdictions in which their respective businesses are carried on, except where the failure to be so registered or licensed would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the Corporation has the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to enter into the Material Agreements and to perform its obligations under the Material Agreements and the Corporation has the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to own, lease and operate its property and assets and to carry on its business as currently carried on or as proposed to be carried on;
(e) the Corporation has an authorized share capital consisting of 1,500,000,000 Common Shares with a par value of US$0.000001 per Common Share and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of US$0.000001 per share of preferred stock, of which 359,438,769 Common Shares and no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities shares of preferred stock are issued and outstanding as of the date immediately prior to the date of this Agreement. After the filing of amended and restated articles of incorporation of the Corporation or prohibiting a certificate of amendment to the sale articles of incorporation of the Offered Shares or Corporation with the trading Secretary of any State of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened orState of Nevada on or around the Closing Date, to it is anticipated that the best authorized share capital of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except Corporation will consist of 2,500,0000 Common Shares with a par value of US$0.000001 per Common Share and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of US$0.000001 per share of preferred stock. Other than as disclosed to in the AgentsPublic Record or in connection with the Teck Investor Rights Agreement, the Sprott Investor Rights Agreement and the Gemstone Investor Rights Agreement, no person now person, firm or corporation has any agreement or option option, or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, purchase from the Corporation of any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature shares of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013other than stock options, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital restricted stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business units and deferred share units issued in the ordinary course;
(qf) all of the Financial Statements issued and outstanding securities of the Corporation present fairlyhave been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation, in all material respects, and none of the financial condition outstanding securities of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for were issued in violation of the periods then endedpre-emptive or similar rights of any securityholder of the Corporation;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(sg) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to or Schedule 5(g) of the Agents that Disclosure Letter the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats is the beneficial owner and holder of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf record of all of the Corporation) that have been made issued and outstanding shares in the capital of its subsidiary, with good and valid title to the Corporation orall such shares, to the knowledge free and clear of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effectall Liens and encumbrances;
(th) the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to issue the Offered Securities;
(i) the Offered Securities at the Closing Time, and the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their terms at the time of issue of the Warrant Shares, shall be duly authorized and upon receipt of payment, validly issued, and with respect to the Unit Shares and Warrant Shares, shall be fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares and the provisions of the Unit Shares and Warrant Shares conform in all material respects with their descriptions in this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements;
(j) the Unit Shares and Warrant Shares are conditionally listed for trading on the TSXV, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions required by the TSXV;
(k) at all times prior to the expiry of the Warrants, a sufficient number of Warrant Shares shall be allocated and reserved for issuance upon due exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their terms;
(l) the Corporation is not in default or breach of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesof, and the fulfilment performance of and compliance with the terms of, the Material Agreements and the performance of any of the terms hereof and thereof transactions contemplated by the Material Agreements by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a any breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether and do not and will not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) will result in a breach of or constitute a default under any statute, rule applicable laws or regulation applicable to any term or provision of the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documentsarticles, by-laws or resolutions of the directors or stockholders of the Corporation; (C) the terms of , or any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; , or (D) any judgment, decree decree, order, statute, rule or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of regulation applicable to the Corporation;
(um) to the knowledge Material Agreements and the performance of the Corporation’s obligations under the Material Agreements have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and the Material Agreements have been duly executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation, no agreement is enforceable against the Corporation in force accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, winding-up, moratorium or effect which in any manner affects similar laws affecting the voting or control rights of any creditors generally and, with respect to this Agreement, by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the securities fact that rights of the Corporationindemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law;
(vn) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with any Governmental Authority or other person is required of the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery of, or with the performance by the Corporation of, its obligations under the Material Agreements, except as required by Applicable Securities Laws with regard to the distribution of the Offered Securities in the Selling Jurisdictions, including the filing of a material change report with the Canadian Securities Commissions, the filing of a report of exempt distribution with the Canadian Securities Commissions, the filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K, and such other filings as are required to be made under applicable provincial or state securities laws;
(o) the Corporation is not included in aware of any pending change or contemplated change to any applicable law or regulation or governmental position that would have a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXVMaterial Adverse Effect;
(wp) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles GAAP in effect from time to time applied on a consistent basis during throughout the periods involved (“GAAP”)involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto contain no misrepresentations and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and present fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the position, results of operations and cash flows for of the periods then ended, subject, in Corporation on a consolidated basis as at the case respective dates of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentssuch Financial Statements;
(xq) the Corporation maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP and maintains a system of disclosure controls and procedures that is designed to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation under Applicable Securities Laws is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified under Applicable Securities Laws and to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation under Applicable Securities Laws is accumulated and communicated to the Corporation’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure;
(r) no director or officer, former director or officer, or stockholder or employee of, or any other person not dealing at arm’s length with, the Corporation or its subsidiary will continue after the Closing to be engaged in any material transaction or arrangement with or to be a party to a material contract with, or has any indebtedness, liability or obligation to, the Corporation or its subsidiary, except as disclosed in the Documents or for employment or consulting arrangements with employees or consultants or those serving as a director or officer of the Corporation or its subsidiary as described in the Documents;
(s) neither the Corporation nornor its subsidiary has incurred any liabilities or obligations (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) that continue to be outstanding except (i) as disclosed or contemplated in the Documents, or (ii) as incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Corporation or its subsidiary, as the case may be;
(t) except as disclosed in the Public Record or Schedule 5(t) of the Disclosure Letter, there is no litigation or governmental or other proceeding or investigation at law or in equity before any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign, in progress, pending or, to the knowledge Corporation’s knowledge, threatened (and the Corporation does not know of any basis therefor) against, or involving the assets, properties or business of, the Corporation, nor are there any directormatters under discussion with any Governmental Authority relating to taxes, officergovernmental charges, agentorders or assessments asserted by any such authority and to the Corporation’s knowledge there are no facts or circumstances which would reasonably be expected to form the basis for any such litigation, employee, affiliate governmental or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of proceeding or has taken any actioninvestigation, directly taxes, governmental charges, orders or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsassessments;
(yu) the operations of the Corporation areMNP LLP, and have been conducted at all timesChartered Professional Accountants, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation is independent with respect to the Money Laundering Laws Corporation within the meaning of the rules of professional conduct applicable to auditors in Ontario and there has not been any reportable event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations of the Canadian Securities Administrators) with such firm or any other prior auditor of the Corporation or its subsidiary;
(v) except as disclosed in the Public Record or Schedule 5(v) of the Disclosure Letter, all tax returns required to be filed by the Corporation and its subsidiary on or prior to the date of this Agreement have been filed and all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding), including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto, due or claimed to be due have been paid and neither the Corporation nor its subsidiary is a party to any agreement, waiver or arrangement with any taxing authority which relates to any extension of time with respect to the filing of any tax returns, any payment of taxes or any assessment of taxes; there is no tax deficiency which has been asserted against the Corporation or its subsidiary and all material tax liabilities are adequately provided for in accordance with U.S. GAAP within the Financial Statements of the Corporation for all periods up to date of latest audited balance sheet; there are no assessments or investigations in progress, pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedthreatened against the Corporation in respect of taxes; there are no Liens for taxes upon the assets of the Corporation;
(w) each of the Corporation and its subsidiary has conducted and are conducting their business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of each jurisdiction in which they carry on business and neither the Corporation nor its subsidiary has received any notice of any alleged violation of any such laws, rules and regulations;
(x) each of the Corporation and its subsidiary possess such permits, licences, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by Governmental Authorities (collectively, “Governmental Licences”) necessary to conduct the business as currently operated by them and all such Governmental Licences are valid and existing and in good standing; each of the Corporation and its subsidiary is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licences in all material respects;
(y) to the Corporation’s knowledge, (i) neither the Corporation nor its subsidiary is in violation of any Environmental Laws, (ii) the Corporation and its subsidiary have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements in all material respects, and (iii) there are no pending administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, Liens, orders, directions, notices of non-compliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Corporation or its subsidiary, and there are no facts or circumstances which would reasonably be expected to form the basis for any such administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, Liens, orders, directions, notices of non-compliance or violation, investigation or proceedings;
(z) neither to the Corporation’s knowledge, (i) each of the Corporation norand its subsidiary is in compliance, in all material respects, with the provisions of all applicable federal, provincial, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours (collectively, “Employment Laws”), (ii) no collective labour dispute, grievance, arbitration or legal proceeding is ongoing, pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened and no individual labour dispute, grievance, arbitration or legal proceeding is ongoing, pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened with any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf employee of the Corporation or its subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, none has occurred during the past year, and (iii) no union has been accredited or otherwise designated to represent any employees of the Corporation or any of its subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no accreditation request or other representation question is pending with respect to the employees of the Corporation or its subsidiary and no collective agreement or collective bargaining agreement or modification thereof has expired or is in effect in any of the Corporation’s or its subsidiary’s facilities and none is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered being negotiated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any its subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by except as disclosed in the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid Public Record or will be promptly paid by Section 5(aa) of the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements Disclosure Letter, no existing supplier, manufacturer or contractor of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations indicated that it intends to terminate its relationship with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thCorporat
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Agency Agreement (Bunker Hill Mining Corp.), Agency Agreement (Bunker Hill Mining Corp.)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, Underwriters that each of the following representations and acknowledges that warranties is true and correct on the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatdate of this Agreement:
(a) each of the Corporation (i) and the Subsidiaries is duly amalgamated validly subsisting under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) laws of its governing jurisdiction, and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including and conduct its business as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereundercurrently conducted;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been takenhas all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and carry out its obligations hereunder, instituted orand to validly create, authorize and issue the Special Warrants and Qualified Securities and to allot, reserve and authorize the knowledge issuance of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Underlying Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesshares in the capital of the Corporation upon conversion of the Convertible Debentures or exercise of the Warrants, as applicable;
(jc) each of the Compensation Options Corporation and the Subsidiaries is current with all material filings required to be made under the laws of the provinces of Québec and Alberta and in Kenya, Uganda, Dominican Republic, Moldova, Armenia, Malta, Guernsey and Alderney, respectively, and all other jurisdictions in which it exists or carries on any material business and has all necessary licences, leases, permits, authorizations and other approvals necessary to permit it to conduct its business as it is currently conducted, except where the absence of such power and authority or failure to make any filing or obtain any license, lease, permit, authorization or other approval would not have beena Material Adverse Effect, and all such licences, leases, permits, authorizations and other approvals are in full force and effect in accordance with their terms except where the failure to so maintain such licences, leases, permits, authorizations or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and createdother approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(ld) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, Shares and of preferred shares of which, as of May 20the close of business on January 16, 20152012, 100,675,988 50,140,447 Common Shares were issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesshares in the capital of the Corporation;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(oe) except for the outstanding securities convertible into Common Shares as disclosed to the Agentsset forth in Schedule “C” attached hereto, no person now has any agreement or option or agreement, option, right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, of any securities of the Corporation from or conversion into, any unissued shares, securitiesby the Corporation and no rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible obligations into or exchangeable for, any Common Shares, are outstanding;
(f) no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or Control of any nature of the securities of the Corporation;
(pg) since December 31the Corporation has no subsidiaries other than the Subsidiaries, 2013the Corporation does not beneficially own, except as disclosed or exercise Control or direction over, 10% or more of the outstanding voting shares of any company other than the Subsidiaries and, other than with respect to Petakan Lotto CJSC, the Corporation beneficially owns, directly or indirectly all of the issued and outstanding shares in the Public Recordcapital of the Subsidiaries free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands of any kind whatsoever, all of such shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares and no person has any right, agreement or option, present or future, contingent or absolute, or any right capable of becoming a right, agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation of any interest in any of such shares or for the issue of any unissued shares in the capital of the Subsidiaries or any other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares;
(h) neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries is:
(i) there has not been in breach or violation of any material change of the terms or provisions of, or in default under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement (written or oral) or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject, which breach or violation or the consequences thereof would, alone or in the assetsaggregate, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on have a consolidated basis;Material Adverse Effect; or
(ii) there has not been in violation of the provisions of its articles, by-laws or resolutions or any material change statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties, which violation or the consequences thereof would, alone or in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairlyaggregate, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(ti) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement Agreement, the Special Warrant Indenture, the Convertible Debenture Indenture and the Compensation Option Certificates, Warrant Indenture and the fulfilment performance of the terms hereof transactions contemplated hereunder and thereof by thereunder, the Corporation, including Offering and the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do Special Warrants and Underlying Securities does not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both), any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement (Awritten or oral) or instrument to which the Corporation or any statuteof the Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject, rule other than any breach or regulation applicable to violation or the consequences thereof which would, alone or in the aggregate, not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) on a consolidated basis, nor will such action conflict with or result in any violation of the constating documentsprovisions of the articles, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; Corporation or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties which violation or the consequences thereof would, alone or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation as a whole;
(Cj) other than as will have been obtained prior to the Closing Date, no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any person, court or Governmental Authority or body is required for execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Special Warrant Indenture, the Convertible Debenture Indenture or the Warrant Indenture, or the consummation by the Corporation of the transactions contemplated herein or therein, or the issuance of the Special Warrants and Underlying Securities;
(k) the terms Underlying Shares have been duly authorized, allotted and reserved for issuance and, when issued, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of the Corporation;
(l) the Special Warrants and Qualified Securities have been duly created, authorized and allotted for issuance and, when issued, will be validly issued as fully paid securities of the Corporation;
(m) the definitive form of certificate representing the Common Shares is in proper form under the laws of Québec and complies in all material respects with the requirements of the TSXV and does not conflict with the constating documents of the Corporation or the laws of Québec;
(n) the Corporation has not declared or paid any dividends or declared or made any other payments or distributions on or in respect of any Debt Instrumentof its securities and has not, directly or indirectly, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its securities or agreed to do so or otherwise effected any return of capital with respect to such securities within the last 12 months;
(o) there is not, in the constating documents of the Corporation or in any Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenturedebenture, instrument, lease indenture or any other material agreement instrument or document to which the Corporation is a party party, any restriction upon or impediment to the declaration or payment of dividends by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the directors of the Corporation or the respective property payment of dividends by the Corporation to the holders of its Common Shares, other than pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Debenture Indenture;
(p) there are no legal or assets governmental actions, proceedings or investigations pending or to the Best of the Corporation’s Knowledge, contemplated or threatened against the Corporation or the Subsidiaries, at law or in equity or before or by any federal, provincial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which: (i) would in any way have a Material Adverse Effect; or (ii) questions the issuance, sale or delivery of the Special Warrants or Underlying Securities to be issued by the Corporation or the validity of any action taken or to be taken by the Corporation pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement;
(q) all necessary corporate action has been taken by the Corporation to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the certificates representing the Special Warrants and Qualified Securities;
(r) none of the Corporation, the Subsidiaries nor any other party to any agreement or instrument is in material default in the observance or performance of any term or obligation to be performed by it under any such agreement or instrument to which either the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries is a party and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default on the part of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries, in any such case which default or event would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Special Warrant Indenture, the Convertible Debenture Indenture and the Warrant Indenture have each been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Corporation, each constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and by the fact that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver, and the ability to sever unenforceable terms, each may be limited by applicable law;
(t) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries is the owner of its properties, business and assets or the interests in its properties, business or assets, and all agreements under which the Corporation or either of the Subsidiaries holds an interest in a property, business or asset are in good standing according to their terms except where the failure to be in such good standing does not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is a “reporting issuer”, not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in Regulators of each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Québec and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with a Securities Regulator in the Securities Commissions and Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario or Québec, except to the extent that the Offering constitutes a material change;
(v) the Corporation is will use its commercial best efforts to maintain its status as a “reporting issuer” (or the equivalent thereof) not in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations default of the TSXVrequirements of the Canadian Securities Laws of each of the Canadian jurisdictions where it is currently a “reporting issuer”, for a period of two years following the Closing Date;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements will use commercial best efforts to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and maintain a listing of:
(i) its Common Shares on the TSXV or any other documents that it is required to file under recognized stock exchange for a period of two years following the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(aClosing Date; and
(ii) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act Convertible Debentures and the rules and regulations of Warrants on the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of TSXV or any other recognized stock exchange until the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto Maturity Date or Expiry Date, as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsapplicable;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge nor any of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or Subsidiaries has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with received notice from any Governmental Authority respecting or regulatory authority of any taxes that have been paidjurisdiction in which it carries on a material part of its business, or may owns or leases any material property, of any restriction on its ability to or of a requirement for it to qualify to, nor is it otherwise aware of any restriction on its ability to or of a requirement for it to qualify to, conduct its business as currently conducted or as currently contemplated to be payable, by conducted in the Corporation, future in any casesuch jurisdiction, except where such examinations, issues or disputes that would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(eey) neither Computershare Investor Services Inc. at its principal office in Montréal has been duly appointed as the registrar and transfer agent for the Common Shares;
(z) since September 30, 2011, other than as disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record:
(i) there has not been any adverse material change or change in material fact (actual, proposed, threatened or contemplated) in the business, affairs, operations, business prospects, assets, liabilities or obligations, contingent or otherwise, or capital of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries;
(ii) there has not been any adverse material change in the consolidated financial position of the Corporation; and
(iii) there has been no material transaction entered into by the Corporation or the Subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business;
(aa) the Corporation maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to thprovide reasonable assurance that:
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations;
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles or IFRS, as the case may be, and to maintain asset accountability; and
(iii) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;
(bb) the Audited Financial Statements:
(i) have been prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP applied on a basis consistent with those of preceding fiscal periods;
(ii) present fully, fairly and correctly, in all material respects, the assets, liabilities and financial condition of the Corporation and the results of its operations and the changes in its financial position for the periods then ended;
(iii) are in accordance with the books and records of the Corporation;
(iv) contain and reflect all necessary material adjustments for a fair presentation of the results of operations and the financial condition of the business of the Corporation for the periods covered thereby; and
(v) contain and reflect adequate provision or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, expenses and losses of the Corporation;
(cc) the auditors of the Corporation who audited the Audited Financial Statements, and who provided their audit report thereon, are independent public accountants as required under Canadian Securities Laws;
(dd) there has never been a reportable event or disagreement (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations) between the Corporation and its present or former auditors;
(ee) there are no material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements or obligations (including contingent obligations) of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries with unconsolidated entities or other persons that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(ff) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has filed all federal, provincial, state, local and foreign tax returns that are required to be filed or have requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currentl
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants warrants, covenants and covenants certifies to and with the AgentsSubscriber and, if applicable, the Disclosed Purchaser that, as of the date given above and acknowledges that at the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatClosing:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) a valid and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings subsisting company incorporated and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell laws of the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderProvince of British Columbia;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesand each of its subsidiaries is duly registered and licensed to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which it carries on business or owns property where required under the laws of that jurisdiction;
(c) no proceedings have been takenall annual and quarterly reports, instituted orfinancial statements, to the knowledge of the Corporationproxy statements/information circulars, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliancepress releases, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations change reports and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly filed by or on behalf of the Corporation within the past 12 months with the Exchanges and any of the Commissions (the “Disclosure Record”) were true and correct in all material respects and did not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (British Columbia)) as at the respective dates of such filings;
(d) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation is the beneficial owner of the properties, business and assets or the interests in the properties, business or assets referred to in the Disclosure Record as being beneficially owned by the Corporation;
(e) that the financial statements of the Corporation contained in the Disclosure Record have all been made prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, accurately and fairly reflect the financial position, performance, cash flows and all liabilities (accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in all material respects as of the dates thereof;
(f) subject to the representations, warranties and certifications of the Subscriber herein contained being accurate and truthful in all material respects and the Subscriber fulfilling all of its covenants and obligations herein contained, the Corporation has complied and will comply fully with the requirements of all applicable corporate and securities laws and administrative policies and directions, including, without limitation, the Securities Laws and the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in relation to the issue and trading of its securities and in all matters relating to the private placement of the Offered Securities;
(g) there is not presently any material change, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to the Corporation oror change in any material fact, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to the knowledge any of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreignPurchased Securities, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effecthas not been fully disclosed in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Laws and the policies of the Exchanges;
(th) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance issue and sale of the Offered SharesSecurities by the Corporation does not and will not conflict with, do and does not and will not (as including, without limitation, with the case may begiving of notice, the lapse of time or the happening of any other event or condition or any combination of the foregoing) conflict with or result in a material breach or violation of of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease ’s constating documents or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(vi) the Corporation is not included in a list party to any actions, suits or proceedings which could materially affect its business or financial condition, and to the best of defaulting reporting issuers maintained the Corporation’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are contemplated or have been threatened;
(j) there are no judgments against the Corporation which are unsatisfied, nor is the Corporation subject to any consent decrees or injunctions;
(k) this Agreement has been or will be at the Closing Date duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the Securities Commissions in part of the Qualifying Jurisdictions Corporation, and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations full corporate power and authority to make timely disclosure undertake the Offering and to issue, sell and deliver the Purchased Securities;
(l) to the Corporation’s knowledge, after due enquiry, it is not in material default of all material changes relating any of the requirements of the Securities Laws or any of the administrative policies or notices of the Exchanges;
(m) to itthe Corporation’s knowledge, after due enquiry, no order ceasing or suspending trading in securities of the Corporation nor prohibiting the sale of such disclosure securities has been made on a confidential basis that issued to and is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to outstanding against the Corporation which or its directors, officers or promoters;
(n) except for as provided in the Disclosure Record, no person has occurred and with respect any right, agreement or option, present or future, contingent or absolute, or any right capable of becoming such a right, agreement or option, for the issue or allotment of any unissued shares in the capital of the Corporation, or any other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares, or to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and require the Corporation to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the issued and outstanding shares in its capital;
(o) each of the Corporation’s subsidiaries is a valid and subsisting corporation organized and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization;
(p) the Corporation and each of its subsidiaries is in all material respects conducting its business in material compliance with the all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the TSXVeach jurisdiction in which its business is carried on;
(wq) the authorized capital of the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements consists of 500,000,000 Common Shares, of which, immediately prior to file all reportsthe Closing Date, schedules116,353,638 Common Shares are issued and outstanding;
(r) as of the Closing, formsthe Purchased Securities will be validly issued and outstanding;
(s) no approval, statements authorization, consent or other order of, and other documents that it no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required to file be obtained or made by the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery by the Corporation of this Agreement or the performance by the Corporation of its obligations hereunder, except such approvals, authorizations, consents, orders, filing, registrations or recordings required under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) Securities Laws and the rules of the U.S. Exchange ActExchanges, including which shall be obtained or made by the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports Corporation prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during Closing or otherwise within the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsprescribed thereunder;
(xt) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge none of the Corporation, its subsidiaries or any directorof their respective officers, officer, agent, employee, affiliate directors or other person employees acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware or any of its subsidiaries has taken, committed to take or has been alleged to have taken any action, directly action which would cause the Corporation or indirectly, that has resulted or would result any of its subsidiaries to be in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (and the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPAregulations promulgated thereunder) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention applicable law of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations similar effect of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation areanother jurisdiction, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the CorporationCorporation no such action has been taken by any of its agents, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate representatives or person other Persons acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to or any United States sanctions administered by of its subsidiaries; and
(u) the Office of Foreign Assets Control representations, warranties, covenants and certifications in this section 7 will be true and correct both as of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds execution of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose Agreement and as of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Sources: Subscription Agreement (International Tower Hill Mines LTD)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent and the Purchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents they are relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenantscovenants in purchasing the Offered Securities, thatas follows:
(a) the Corporation (i) is a corporation duly amalgamated incorporated and validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) Province of British Columbia and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite necessary corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including assets, to carry on the Business as described in the Public Disclosure); it is currently conducted and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity proposed to create, issue and sell the Offered Sharesbe conducted, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesAgreement, and any other material agreement to carry out which it is a party, to undertake the provisions contained Offering and all other transactions contemplated herein and is not in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been takendefault of its corporate filings, instituted orand, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing its dissolution or winding- up;
(b) the Corporation has no direct or indirect subsidiaries (as such term is defined in the Securities Act (British Columbia)) other than the following (the “Subsidiary”), which is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated and has all necessary corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets, to carry on the Business as it is currently conducted and proposed to be conducted, to perform its obligations under each material agreement to which it is a party and is not in default of its corporate filings: DPM Technologies Inc. British Columbia 100%
(c) the Corporation controls all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Subsidiary ,such shares are pending free and clear of all encumbrances, claims or demands whatsoever and no person has any agreement, option, right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement, for the dissolution purchase from the Corporation or liquidation the Subsidiary of any interest in any of the Corporationshares in the capital of the Subsidiary. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Subsidiary are outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares;
(d) other than the Subsidiary, the Corporation has conducted its business does not have material investment or proposed investment in compliance, any person;
(e) the corporate records and minute books of the Corporation and the Subsidiary are complete and accurate in all material respectsrespects and contain the minutes of all meetings and all resolutions of directors and shareholders of the Corporation and the Subsidiary (in each case, subject to ordinary course updating to be completed both before and after the Closing);
(f) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of common shares of which 83,836,229 Common Shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof, all of which shares are fully paid and non-assessable;
(g) other than pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or as set forth in this Section 4(g), as of the date of this Agreement, no person, firm, corporation or other entity holds any securities convertible or exchangeable into securities of the Corporation or now has any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) being or capable of becoming an agreement, option or right for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any unissued shares, securities (including convertible securities) or warrants of the Corporation other than (i) outstanding stock options issued to directors, officers, employees and key consultants of the Corporation under the Corporation’s stock option plan exercisable into 8,997,500 Common Shares; and (ii) Common Share purchase warrants exercisable into 1,360,351 Common Shares;
(h) to the knowledge of the Corporation, there are no shareholders’ agreements, voting trusts, proxy or other agreements governing the rights of shareholders of the Corporation. The holders of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation are not entitled to pre- emptive or other rights to subscribe for the Common Shares, including after exercise or conversion of any security or right to acquire any security;
(i) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary has conducted and is conducting its Business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, Laws of each jurisdiction in which its business Business is carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business Business to be carried on as it is now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated or operated, and all such licenceslicenses, registrations and or qualifications are valid, subsisting valid and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting existing and in good standing;
(ej) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue is not in default or breach of, and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesof, and the performance compliance with the terms of, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the fulfillment of the terms thereof by it and the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby therein, and therebythe issuance, including the issuance sale and sale delivery of the Offered SharesSecurities, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action the Broker’s Warrants, the Broker Shares issuable on exercise of the Corporation Broker’s Warrants and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered the Corporate Finance Fee Shares by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, hereunder do not and will not result in a material breach of, and do not and will not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, will result in a material breach of, and do not and will not conflict with: (i) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation including, without limitation, Securities Laws and the policies, rules and regulations of the CSE; (ii) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the constating documents or by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (iii) any Material Contract to which the Corporation or the Subsidiary is a party or by which the Corporation or the Subsidiary is or will be contractually bound as of the Closing Time; (iv) any judgment, decree or order binding on the Corporation or the Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets; or (v) require the any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchangeBody, Securities Commission or other regulatory commission or agency or any third party, party except such as those that have been obtained (or such as may be required (and shall will be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created);
(k) all Material Contracts to which the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise Corporation and the Subsidiary is a party are in good standing and in full force and effect and no material default or breach exists in respect of any of them on the part of any of the Compensation Optionsparties to them and, including payment in full to the knowledge of the applicable exercise priceCorporation, will be validly issued as fully paid no event has occurred which, after the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would constitute such a default or breach and non-assessable Common Shareswhich would have a Material Adverse Effect; the foregoing includes all the presently outstanding Material Contracts entered into by the Corporation and the Subsidiary in the course of carrying out their operations and all operations related thereto;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of other than the Corporation’s issued securities has been sale of all of the issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened oroutstanding shares of Exro Europe AS, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the consolidated assets, liabilitiesliabilities or obligations (absolute, obligations contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation from the position set forth in the Financial Statements (as hereinafter defined) and there has not been any adverse material change in the business, operations, capital or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the operations of the Corporation since December 31, 2019, and since that date, except as publicly disclosed, there have been no material facts, transactions, events or occurrences relating directly to the Corporation which could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the capital, assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the operations of the Corporation;
(m) the Corporation on has not approved, is not contemplating, has not entered into, and has no knowledge of:
(i) a consolidated basischange of control (by sale or transfer of shares or sale of all or substantially all of the assets or otherwise) of the Corporation;
(ii) there has not been a proposed or planned disposition of any material change in the capital stock securities by any insider or long-term debt any shareholder who owns, directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the Corporation on a consolidated basisissued and outstanding securities of the Corporation; andor
(iii) any written or oral agreement, option, understanding or commitment or any right or privilege capable of becoming such, for the purchase, sale, transfer or other disposition of any material property or assets or any interest therein owned directly or indirectly by the Corporation;
(n) no acquisitions or dispositions have been made by the Corporation or the Subsidiary in the three most recently completed fiscal years that are “significant acquisitions” or “significant dispositions” with the exception of the Corporation’s purchase and subsequent resale of Exro Europe AS, and the Corporation is not a party to and has not approved the entering into of any contract or agreement with respect to any acquisition or disposition of material property or assets which would require disclosure under Securities Laws;
(o) as at the date hereof the Corporation has carried no reason to believe that any Person intends to cease dealing with the Corporation or the Subsidiary on its business substantially the same terms as such Person presently deals with the Corporation, which may have or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(p) the ordinary courseCorporation and the Subsidiary have good title to all real, immovable, personal and movable properties owned by it, free and clear of all Liens of any kind except for Permitted Liens;
(q) there are no actions, suits, judgements, proceedings, investigations or inquiries of any kind whatsoever outstanding, pending or to the Financial Statements best of the Corporation’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Corporation or the Subsidiary at law or in equity or before or by any federal, provincial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, which could have a Material Adverse Effect, and the Corporation has no knowledge of any basis on which any such matter might be commenced with any reasonable likelihood of success;
(r) the Corporation has not, directly or indirectly, declared or paid any dividend or declared or made any other distribution on any of its securities of any class, and has not directly or indirectly, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its Common Shares or securities or agreed to do so. Other than restrictions under Securities Laws, there is no restriction on or impediment to the declaration or payment of any dividend or other distribution on the shares in the constating documents of the Corporation or in any agreement, mortgage, note, debenture, indenture or other instrument or document to which the Corporation is a party;
(s) other than as disclosed in the Public Record, the Corporation does not owe any material amount to, nor has the Corporation made any present loans to, or borrowed any amount from or is otherwise indebted to, any officer, director, employee or security holder of the Corporation or any of its affiliates or any Person not dealing at “arm’s-length” (as such term is defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada)) with any of them except for usual employee reimbursements and compensation paid in the ordinary and normal course of the Business. Except for usual arrangements made in the ordinary and normal course of the Business, the Corporation is not a party to any material contract, agreement or understanding with any officer, director, employee or security holder of the Corporation or any of its affiliates or any other Person not dealing at arm’s-length with the Corporation;
(t) policies of insurance issued by insurers of recognized financial responsibility are maintained in respect of the operations, properties and assets, employees, directors and officers of the Corporation in such amounts and covering such risks as are prudent and customary in the Business. All such policies of insurance are in full force and effect and no material default exists under such policies of insurance as to the payment of premiums or otherwise under the terms of any such policy, there are no material claims by the Corporation under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; to the knowledge of the Corporation, the Corporation will be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its Business. The Corporation has not been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied;
(u) the Corporation is in compliance in all respects with its timely and continuous disclosure obligations under the securities laws of the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec and the policies, rules and regulations of the CSE;
(v) the audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation as at and for the financial period ended December 31, 2019 and the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of the Corporation as at and for the financial period ended March 31, 2020 (collectively, the “Financial Statements”): (i) are, in all material respects, consistent with the books and records of the Corporation; (ii) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS consistently applied throughout the periods referred to therein; and (iii) present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition position (including the assets and liabilities, whether absolute, contingent or otherwise as required by IFRS) of the Corporation on a consolidated basis as at such dates and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the periods then ended;
(r) ended and contain and reflect adequate provisions or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, expenses and losses of the Corporation does not have any liabilitiesin accordance with IFRS and, direct there has been no change in accounting policies or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that practices of the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect)since December 31, there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the 2019. The Corporation is not included in a list aware of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions any fact or circumstance presently existing that would render such Financial Statements and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXVfinancial information materially incorrect;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents provide reasonable assurances that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared transactions are executed in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”)management’s general or specific authorization, except and transactions are recorded as may be otherwise specified in such necessary to permit preparation of financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsconformity with IFRS;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations Auditors of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all timeswere during the period covered by their report, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian under applicable Securities Laws;
(cc) Laws and there has not never been any “a reportable event” (disagreement within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with between the Corporation’s Corporation and the Auditors;
(ddy) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom taxes and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable or required to be collected or withheld and remitted, by the Corporation and the Subsidiary have been paid, collected or withheld and remitted as applicable, except for where the failure to pay such taxes Taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse Effect. All The Corporation has established on its books and records reserves that are adequate for the payment of all material Taxes not yet due and payable and there are no liens for Taxes on the assets of the Corporation or the Subsidiary that are material, and there are no audits pending of the tax returns of the Corporation or the Subsidiary (whether federal, state, provincial, local or foreign). Except to the extent that failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect, all tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities Body and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Sources: Agency Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, Purchaser that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is a corporation incorporated and subsisting under the laws of the Province of Ontario, has all legal capacity and requisite corporate power to own its properties and to conduct its business as it is presently being conducted, and is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity registered or otherwise qualified to carry on business in all jurisdictions in which the nature of its assets or business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereundermakes such registration or qualification necessary or advisable;
(b) the Corporation does not Corporation’s Subsidiaries are corporations properly formed and subsisting under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation, have any material subsidiariesall legal capacity and requisite corporate power to own their respective properties and conduct their respective businesses as presently being conducted by them, and are duly registered or otherwise qualified to carry on business in all jurisdictions in which the nature of their assets or businesses make such registration or qualification necessary or advisable;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the NP Vendors are the registered and beneficial owners of approximately 80.1% of the issued and outstanding Corporation Shares, which Corporation Shares constitute approximately 80.1% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Corporation, are pending free and clear of all liens, charges, pledges, security interests, demands, adverse claims, rights or any other encumbrances whatsoever and no Person has any right, option, agreement or arrangement capable of becoming an agreement for the dissolution or liquidation acquisition of any of the CorporationCorporation Shares or any interest therein from the NP Vendors;
(d) the Corporation has conducted the full legal capacity and corporate power to enter into this Agreement and to take, perform or execute all proceedings, acts and instruments necessary or advisable to consummate the other actions and transactions contemplated in this Agreement and to fulfill their respective obligations under this Agreement;
(e) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Corporation and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its business terms, except as such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, re-organization or other laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally;
(f) neither the execution, nor delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance with and fulfillment of the terms and provisions of this Agreement will:
(i) conflict with or result in compliancea breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under:
(1) any of the constating documents or by-laws of the Corporation; or
(2) any instrument, agreement, mortgage, judgment, order, award, decree or other instrument or restriction to which the Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation is bound; and
(ii) except as otherwise described herein, require any affirmative approval, consent, authorization or other order or action by any court, governmental authority or regulatory body or by any creditor of the Corporation or any party to any agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation is bound, except as shall have been obtained prior to Closing;
(g) no person, firm or corporation has any agreement or option or any right or privilege (whether by law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, including convertible securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature, for the purchase of any unissued shares in the securities of the Corporation;
(h) the authorized capital of the Corporation is an unlimited number of common shares of which 1,000,000 shares are presently validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of the Corporation;
(i) the books and records of the Corporation fairly and correctly set out and disclose in all material respects, the financial position of the Corporation as at the dates thereof and all material financial transactions of the Corporation relating to the Corporation’s Business have been accurately recorded in such books and records;
(j) the Corporation does not have any of its records, systems, controls, data or information recorded, stored, maintained, operated or otherwise wholly or partly dependent upon or held by any means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or not) which (including all means of access thereto and therefrom) are not under the exclusive ownership and direct control of the Corporation;
(k) save and except for matters which are disclosed in the Corporation’s Financial Statements or otherwise expressly set out in this Agreement, neither the Corporation nor the Corporation’s Subsidiaries have (nor has either agreed to):
(i) incurred any debts, obligations or liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due), except debts, obligations and liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) discharged or satisfied any liens or paid any obligation or liability other than liabilities shown on the Corporation’s Financial Statements, other than in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) declared or made any payment, distribution or dividend based on its shares or purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any of the shares in its capital or other securities or obligated itself to do so;
(iv) mortgaged, pledged or subjected to lien or other security interest any of its assets, tangible or intangible other than the usual security granted to secure a bank line of credit;
(v) sold, assigned, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of any of its assets (excluding inventory) having either a book value or fair market value in excess of $5,000.00, whether or not in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) increased materially the compensation payable or to become payable by the Corporation or the Corporation’s Subsidiaries to any of its officers, directors or employees, or in any bonus payment to or arrangement made with any officer, director or employee, or made any material changes in the personnel policies or employee benefits of the Corporation or the Corporation’s Subsidiaries;
(vii) cancelled, waived, released or compromised any debt, claim or right resulting in a material adverse effect on the business, prospects or financial condition of the Corporation or the Corporation’s Subsidiaries;
(viii) significantly altered or revised any of its accounting principles, procedures, methods or practices;
(ix) changed its credit policy as to provision of services, sales of inventories or collection or accounts receivable except as dictated by competitive conditions;
(x) suffered any material damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) materially and adversely affecting the properties, business or prospects of the Corporation or the Corporation’s Subsidiaries;
(xi) entered into any transaction, contract or commitment other than in the ordinary course of business except for the transactions set forth in this Agreement;
(xii) issued or sold any shares in its capital stock or other securities, or granted any options with respect thereto; or
(xiii) suffered or experienced any material adverse change in, or event or circumstance affecting, the condition (financial or otherwise) of its properties, assets, liabilities, earnings, business, operations or and the Corporation has no knowledge, information or belief of any fact, event or circumstances which might reasonably be expected to affect materially and adversely the condition (financial or otherwise) of its properties, assets, liabilities, earnings, business operations or prospects and it has not changed any shares of its capital stock, whether by way of reclassification, stock split or otherwise;
(l) the Corporation’s Financial Statements fairly present the financial position of the Corporation as at the date thereof and fairly present the results of operations for the periods ended on such dates, all in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, save and except as stated therein. The Corporation’s and the Corporation’s Subsidiaries’ books of account reflect items of income and expense and all assets and liabilities and accruals required to be reflected therein;
(m) the corporate records and minute books of the Corporation as provided to the Purchaser or its legal counsel contain complete and accurate minutes of all meetings of and corporate actions or written consents by the directors and shareholders of the Corporation, including all by-laws and resolutions passed by the board of directors and shareholders of the Corporation since the incorporation of the Corporation and all such meetings were duly called and held;
(n) neither the Corporation nor the Corporation’s Subsidiaries operates or engages in any business activities, operations or management of any nature or kind whatsoever other than the Corporation’s Business;
(o) except as expressly referred to in the Corporation’s Financial Statements,
(i) none of the Corporation or the Corporation’s Subsidiaries have outstanding any bonds, debentures, mortgages, notes or other similar indebtedness or liabilities whatsoever and neither the Corporation nor any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries is bound under any agreement to create, issue or incur any bonds, debentures, mortgages, notes or other similar indebtedness or liabilities whatsoever; and
(ii) neither the Corporation nor any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any agreement of guarantee, indemnification, assumption or endorsement or any other like commitment of the obligations, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or indebtedness of any other person.
(p) since incorporation, no payments have been made or authorized by the Corporation or the Corporation’s Subsidiaries to their officers, directors, employees, shareholders or former directors, officers, employees or shareholders or to any person not dealing at Arm’s Length with any of the foregoing, except those expressly disclosed herein, reflected in the Corporation’s Financial Statements or made in the ordinary course of business and at the regular rates payable to them of salary, pension, bonuses or other remuneration of any nature;
(q) the Corporation and the Corporation’s Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns required to be filed by them prior to the date hereof in all applicable jurisdictions and have paid, collected and remitted all taxes, customs duties, tax installments, levies, assessments, reassessments, penalties, interest and fines due and payable, collectible or remittable by them at present. All such tax returns properly reflect, and do not in any respect understate the income, taxable income or the liability for taxes of the Corporation and the Corporation’s Subsidiaries in the relevant period and the liability of the Corporation and the Corporation’s Subsidiaries for the collection, payment and remittance of tax under applicable Tax Laws;
(r) adequate provision has been made in the Corporation’s Financial Statements for all taxes, governmental charges and assessments, including interest and penalties thereon, payable by the Corporation and the Corporation’s Subsidiaries for all periods up to the date of the balance sheets comprising part of the Corporation’s Financial Statements;
(s) the Corporation and the Corporation’s Subsidiaries have withheld and remitted all amounts required to be withheld and remitted by it in respect of any taxes, governmental charges or assessments in respect of any taxable year or portion thereof up to and including December 31, 2010;
(t) there are no actions, suits or other proceedings, investigations or claims in progress or pending and, to the best of the Corporation’s belief and knowledge, there are no actions, suits or other proceedings or investigations or claims threatened, against the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries in respect of any taxes, governmental charges or assessments. No waivers have been filed by the Corporation or the Corporation’s Subsidiaries with any taxing authority;
(u) the Corporation and the Corporation’s Subsidiaries are conducting and have always conducted the Corporation’s Business in substantial compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business the Corporation’s Business is carried on on, is not currently in breach of any such laws, rules or regulations and is licensedduly licenced, registered or qualified qualified, in all jurisdictions each jurisdiction in which it owns, the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries owns or leases or operates its property or carries on business the Corporation’s Business, to enable its business the Corporation’s Business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated operated, and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, valid and subsisting and in good standing and it none of the same contains any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation which has not received a notice or may have an adverse effect on the operation of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingthe Corporation’s Business;
(ev) to the best of its knowledge and belief, all necessary corporate action has been taken or will private placements of Corporation Shares have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation completed in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under all applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(nw) no order ceasing or suspending trading in employee has made any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened claim or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement basis for any action or option proceeding against the Corporation or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31’s Subsidiaries, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results arising out of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule ordinance or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to itdiscrimination in employment or employment practices, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basisharassment, occupational health and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) safety standards or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsworker’s compensation;
(x) neither the Corporation nornor any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries has made any agreements with any labour union or employee association nor made any commitments to or conducted any negotiations with any labour union or employee association with respect to any future agreements;
(y) no trade union, council of trade unions, employee bargaining agency or affiliated bargaining agent holds bargaining rights with respect to any of the employees or the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries by way of certification, interim certification, voluntary recognition, designation or successor rights;
(z) there is no action, lawsuit, claim, proceeding, or investigation pending or, to the best knowledge of the Corporation, any directorthreatened against, officer, agent, employee, affiliate relating to or other person acting on behalf of affecting the Corporation or the Corporation’s Subsidiaries before any court, government agency, or any arbitrator of any kind. The Corporation is not aware of any existing ground on which any such proceeding might be commenced with any reasonable likelihood of success and there is not presently outstanding against the Corporation or has taken the Corporation’s Subsidiaries any actionjudgment, directly decree, injunction, rule or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment order of any moneycourt, governmental agency, or other propertyarbitrator relating to or affecting the Corporation, giftthe Corporation’s Subsidiaries, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA Corporation’s Assets or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsCorporation’s Business;
(yaa) the operations of there is not now outstanding any arrangement (contractual or otherwise) between the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder or Corporation’s Subsidiaries and any related Person which will or similar applicable rulesmay be, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending terminated or, to the best knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge prejudicially affected as a result of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf NP Vendors’ transfer and sale of the Corporation is currently subject Shares to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, Purchaser in exchange for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing TimeExchange Shares as contemplated herein;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges no representation or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable warranty made by the Corporation have been paidin this Agreement and no statement made in any schedule, except for where the failure exhibit, certificate or other document furnished pursuant to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact this Agreement, contains, or will contain, any untrue statement of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse EffectFact or omits, or will omit, to state any Material Fact necessary to make such representation or warranty or any such statement not misleading. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the The Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would does not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination know of any tax return of fact which, if known to the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by NP Vendors would deter them from consummating the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thtransactions contemplated herein.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, 7.1 Atrium represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriters, and acknowledges that the Agents are each Underwriter is relying upon such representations, warranties representations and covenantswarranties, that:
(a) 7.1.1 the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated a validly subsisting corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (laws of Ontario) (the “Act”) , and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate powercapacity, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (assets, to carry on its business as it is currently conducted, including to conduct all of its activities as contemplated by and described in the Public Disclosure); Preliminary Prospectus and (iii) any Amendment;
7.1.2 each of the Manager and CMSC is a validly subsisting corporation incorporated under the laws of Ontario, and has all requisite corporate powercapacity, power and authority to own, lease and capacity to create, issue operate its properties and sell the Offered Sharesassets, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business as it is currently conducted, including to conduct all of its activities as contemplated by and described in the ordinary coursePreliminary Prospectus and any Amendment;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed 7.1.3 other than as set out in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (Preliminary Prospectus and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect)any Amendment, there are is no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made agreement to which the Corporation or, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation Person is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects or will affect the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) 7.1.4 the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance current with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made by it under all jurisdictions in which it exists or carries on any material business or activities and paid by the Corporation pursuant has all necessary certificates, licences, authorizations and other approvals necessary to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 permit it to conduct its business and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paidactivities, except for where the failure to pay such taxes make any filing or obtain any certificate, licence, authorization or other approval would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returnscertificates, declarationslicences, remittances authorizations and filings other approvals are complete in full force and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading effect in accordance with their terms except where the inaccuracy or failure to file so maintain such documents certificates, licences, authorizations or other approvals would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
7.1.5 each of the Manager and CMSC is current with all filings required to be made by it under all jurisdictions in which it exists or carries on any material business or activities and has all necessary certificates, licences, authorizations and other approvals necessary to permit it to conduct its business and activities, except where the failure to make any filing or obtain any certificate, licence, authorization or other approval would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and all such certificates, licences, authorizations and other approvals are in full force and effect in accordance with their terms except where the failure to so maintain such certificates, licences, authorizations or other approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
7.1.6 each of the Corporation and the Manager has all requisite power, capacity and authority, and has, or on or before the Closing Time will have, taken all actions required, to: (eei) enter into this Agreement (if it is a party hereto); (ii) enter into the Material Agreements to which it is a party; (iii) to carry out all the terms and provisions hereof and of each Material Agreement to which it is a party; and (iv) in the case of the Corporation, offer, issue, sell and deliver the Initial Debentures, the Debenture Shares and to create, grant and issue the Over-Allotment Option;
7.1.7 the Corporation is not, and will not be at the Closing Time, in breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or in default under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both): (1) any of the Material Agreements to which it is a party; (2) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement (written or oral) to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject; (3) its constating documents; or (4) any Laws or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties, in each case, where such breach, violation or default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
7.1.8 neither the Corporation Manager nor CMSC is in breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or in default under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both): (i) any of the Material Agreements to thwhich it is a party;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, Underwriters (on their own behalf and acknowledges on behalf of each of the Purchasers) that as at the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatdate hereof:
(a) the Corporation (i) has been duly incorporated and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect laws of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) its governing jurisdiction, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity is duly qualified to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, own or lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate powerpower and authority to carry out its obligations under this Agreement, authority and capacity to createthe Subscription Agreements, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement Warrant Indenture and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(wc) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reportsno subsidiaries or affiliates other than the Subsidiaries, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act each Material Subsidiary and the rules Corporation’s direct and regulations indirect holdings in each such Material Subsidiary are as set out in Part 1 of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of Schedule “B” and the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any actionbeneficially owns, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation the percentage indicated therein of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act issued and outstanding shares in the capital of 1977 the Material Subsidiaries which are free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands of any kind whatsoever, all of such shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are outstanding as fully paid shares and subject to no further call for contribution and no person has any right, agreement or option, present or future, contingent or absolute, or any right capable of becoming a right, agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation of any interest in any of such shares or for the issue or allotment of any unissued shares in the capital of any of the Subsidiaries or any other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares;
(d) each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the laws of its governing jurisdiction, has all requisite corporate power and authority and is duly qualified to carry on its business as now conducted and to own or lease its properties and assets;
(e) no Subsidiary (other than a Material Subsidiary) has any material assets or liabilities or is a party to any material agreement and no material revenues are booked through any Subsidiary (other than the Material Subsidiaries);
(f) the Corporation does not beneficially own, or exercise control or direction over, 10% or more of the outstanding voting shares of any person, other than: (i) the Subsidiaries; and (ii) approximately 16.5% of the currently outstanding voting shares of Virginia Energy Resources Inc.;
(g) all consents, approvals, permits, authorizations or filings as may be required under Applicable Securities Laws necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Warrant Indenture and the Compensation Option Certificates and the issuance of the Common Shares forming part of the Units, the Warrant Shares and the Compensation Shares and the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, have been made or obtained, as applicable subject to certain specified conditions and exceptions contained in the Exchange Letter and the Corporation filing with the Securities Commissions, within 10 days from the date of the sale of the Units, a Form 45-106F1 prepared and executed in accordance with the Applicable Securities Laws and accompanied by the prescribed fees and fee checklist form, if any, the Corporation filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a notice on Form D within 15 days after the first sale of Units in the United States and all amendments required to be filed as a result of subsequent sales of Units in the United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (Corporation filing within prescribed time periods any notices required to be filed with state securities authorities under applicable blue sky laws in connection with any securities sold pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsU.S. Securities Act;
(yh) the operations currently issued and outstanding Common Shares are listed and posted for trading on the Exchange and no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements or prohibiting the trading of any of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is proceedings for such purpose are pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(zi) neither the Corporation nor, to definitive form of certificate representing the knowledge Common Shares is in proper form under the laws of the Province of Ontario and complies with the requirements of the Exchange and does not conflict with the constating documents of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bbj) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended December September 30, 2012 and the unaudited interim financial statements of the Corporation for the three and six month periods ended March 31, 2014 2013 (collectively, the “Financial Statements”) (i) have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), consistently applied throughout the periods referred to therein, (ii) present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position (including the assets and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants liabilities, whether absolute, contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation as required by at such dates and results of operations of the Canadian Securities LawsCorporation for the periods then ended, and (iii) contain and reflect adequate provision or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, expenses and losses of the Corporation, and there has been no change in accounting policies or practices of the Corporation since the date of the Financial Statements;
(cck) there during the past three years, the Corporation has not been declared or paid any “reportable event” (within the meaning dividends or declared or made any other payments or distributions on or in respect of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations any of its shares and has not, directly or indirectly, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its shares or agreed to do so or otherwise effected any return of capital with the Corporation’s Auditorsrespect to such shares;
(ddl) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All ; all tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities governmental authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where misleading; to the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact knowledge of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Corporation, no examination of any tax return of the Corporation or any Subsidiary is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority governmental authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation or any Subsidiary;
(m) the auditors of the Corporation who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012 and who provided their audit report thereon are independent public accountants as required under Applicable Securities Laws;
(n) there has never been a reportable disagreement (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure) with the present or former auditors of the Corporation, ;
(o) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any casedifferences;
(p) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” and “internal control over financial reporting” which the Corporation’s board of directors considers reasonable and appropriate in the Corporation’s circumstances and in accordance with the provisions of IFRS;
(q) the audit committee of the Corporation is comprised and operates in accordance with the requirements of National Instrument 52-110 – Audit Committees of the Canadian Securities Administrators; each member of the audit committee is “independent” within the meaning of such instrument;
(r) as at the Closing Date, except where such examinationsin respect of the Rights Plan and except for the Warrants, issues Compensation Options and as set forth in Schedule “C” to this Agreement, no holder of outstanding securities of the Corporation will be entitled to any pre-emptive or disputes any similar rights to subscribe for any of the Common Shares or other securities of the Corporation and no rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares in the capital of the Corporation are outstanding;
(s) except as disclosed in the AIF and/or the MD&A, no legal or governmental proceedings are pending to which the Corporation or a Subsidiary is a party or to which any of their respective property is subject that would not constitute an result individually or in the aggregate in a material adverse material fact change in the operation, business or condition of the Corporation or any Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Corporation, no such proceedings have been threatened against or are contemplated with respect to the Corporation, a Subsidiary or any of their respective properties;
(t) except as disclosed in the AIF and/or MD&A, each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws and regulations of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business (including, without limitation, all applicable federal, provincial, municipal and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, including, but not limited to relevant exploration and exploitation permits and concessions) and has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which would have a material adverse effect on the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries;
(u) the Corporation is a reporting issuer under the Applicable Securities Laws in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Island, Newfoundland and Labrador; the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any requirement of the Applicable Securities Laws of the Offering Jurisdictions nor is included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions. In particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation is in compliance at the date hereof with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it and, other than in respect of material change reports previously filed on a confidential basis and thereafter made public or material change reports previously filed on a confidential basis and in respect of which no material change ever resulted, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change statement has not been filed, except to the extent that the Offering constitutes a material change;
(v) the execution and delivery of each of this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Warrant Indenture and the Compensation Option Certificates and the compliance with all provisions contemplated thereunder, the offering and sale of the Units and the issuance of the Common Shares and Warrants forming part of the Units and the Compensation Shares does not and will not:
(i) require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority, stock exchange, securities regulatory authority or other third party, except: (i) such as have been obtained; or (ii) such as may be required under the applicable by-laws, policies, regulations and prescribed forms of the Exchange;
(ii) result in a Material Adverse Effectbreach of or default under, nor create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a breach of or default under, nor conflict with:
(1) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the constating documents or resolutions of the shareholders, directors or any committee of directors of the Corporation or any Subsidiary;
(ee2) neither to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, any statute, rule, regulation or law applicable to the Corporation or any Subsidiary, including, without limitation, the Applicable Securities Laws of the Offering Jurisdictions, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Corporation or any Subsidiary; or
(3) any Material Agreement; and
(iii) give rise to thany lien, charge or claim in or with respect to the properties or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Corporation or any Subsidiary or the acceleration of or the maturity of any debt under any indenture, mortgage, lease, agreement or instrument binding or affecting the Corporation or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties;
(w) upon the execution and delivery thereof, each of this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Warrant Indenture and the Compensation Option Certificates shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation and each shall be enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought, and by the fact that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver, and the ability to sever unenforceable terms, may be limited by applicable law;
(x) at the Time of Closing, all necessary corporate action will have been taken by the Corporation to: (a) validly issue the Common Shares forming part of the Units as fully paid and non-assessable securities in the capital of the Corporation; (b) validly create, authorize and issue the Warrants and the Compensation Options; and (c) allot, reserve and authorize the issuance of the Warrant Shares and Compensation Shares, as fully paid and non-assessable securities in the capital of the Corporation upon the due exercise of the Warrants and the Compensation Options, as the case may be;
(y) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares without par value, an unlimited number of preferred shares issuable in series and an unlimited number of Series A preferred shares, of which, as of June 12, 2013, 706,151,357 Common Shares are issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares and no preferred shares are issued and outstanding;
(z) all information which has been prepared by the Corporation relating to the Corporation and its business, property and liabilities and either publicly disclosed or provided to the Underwriters, including the Disclosure Documents and all financial, marketing, sales and operational information provided to the Underwriters are, as of the date of such information, true and correct in all material respects, and no fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make such information materially misleading;
(aa) the Corporation made available to the respective authors thereof prior to the issuance of the Technical
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent and the Purchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents Agent and the Purchasers are each relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties in entering into this agreement and the Subscription Agreements or purchasing Offered Securities, warranties and covenantsas the case may be, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) has been duly incorporated and organized and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) jurisdiction of its incorporation and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate powercapacity, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted by it and as is presently proposed to be conducted by it and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderassets;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiarieshas no Subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, the Corporation is duly qualified to carry on business under the knowledge laws of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution jurisdiction in which it carries on its business or liquidation proposes to carry on business and is in good standing in each of the Corporationsuch jurisdictions;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in is actively seeking to acquire a resource or oil and gas property;
(e) the Corporation holds all material respectslicences, with all applicable lawsregistrations, rules and regulations (including all applicable federalpermits, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental consents or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction qualifications required in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business order to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets or as proposed to be ownedconducted, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations certificates, registrations, permits, consents and qualifications are valid, valid and subsisting and in good standing and it the Corporation has not received a any notice of non-complianceproceedings related to the revocation or modification of any such licence, nor knows ofregistration, nor permit, consent or qualification;
(f) the Corporation has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-conducted and is conducting its business in material compliance with any such all applicable laws, by-laws, rules and regulations of each jurisdiction in which that business is carried on and the Corporation is not aware of any fact or permits which could circumstance that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licencesmaterial adverse effect upon the condition, registrations and qualifications are validfinancial or otherwise, subsisting and in good standingor the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(eg) all necessary corporate action has been taken no consent, approval, permit, authorization, order of or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time filing with any court or governmental agency or body is required by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval execution and delivery of and the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings performance by the Corporation of its obligations under this agreement, except as may be required under the Canadian Securities Laws, the U.S. Securities Act and applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action of which have been taken or will be obtained or filed, as the case may be, in a timely manner in accordance with such laws and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offeringrules;
(gh) none of the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesAgreements, and the performance by the Corporation of the transactions contemplated hereby and therebyits obligations thereunder, including the issuance and sale of the Offered SharesSecurities hereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action the issuance of the Warrants, the issuance of the Compensation Options and the Compensation Rights to the Agent, or the issuance of the Underlying Shares will: (A) conflict with or result in a breach of or create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, will result in a breach of (i) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation; (ii) Canadian Securities Laws or any other securities laws; (iii) the constating documents, by- laws or resolutions of the directors (or any committee thereof) or shareholders of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by which are in effect at the date hereof, (iv) any mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, instrument, lease or other document to which the Corporation and constitutes is a valid and party or by which it is bound; or (v) any judgement, decree or order binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with or its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 properties or assets; (Ontario);
(hB) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authoritygovernmental authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission securities association or other third party, except except: (i) such as have been obtained obtained; or (ii) such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Canadian Securities Laws Laws; or stock exchange regulations(C) give rise to any lien, charge or claim in or with respect to the properties or assets of the Corporation or the acceleration of or the maturity of any debt under any indenture, mortgage, lease, agreement or instrument binding or affecting the Corporation or any of its properties or assets;
(i) the Offered Shares Financial Statements:
(i) have beenbeen prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with those of preceding fiscal periods;
(ii) present fully, fairly and correctly the consolidated assets, liabilities and financial condition of the Corporation as at the dates at which they were prepared and the consolidated results of its operations, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for the periods then ended;
(iii) are in accordance with the consolidated books and records of the Corporation; and
(iv) contain and reflect all necessary adjustments for the fair presentation on a consolidated basis of the results of its operations, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for the periods covered thereby, and, since September 30, 2005, other than as publicly disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record, there has not been any material adverse change in the consolidated financial position of the Corporation or the Corporation's consolidated assets, liabilities or undertaking (including, without limitation, any write-down of assets), or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation capital stock of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common SharesCorporation;
(j) the Compensation Options have beenCorporation has not filed any tax returns and the Corporation is not aware of any tax deficiencies or interest or penalties accrued or accruing, or prior alleged to be accrued or accruing, thereon with respect to the Closing Time will Corporation where, in any of the above cases, it would reasonably be duly and validly authorized and createdexpected to result in any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or business prospects of the Corporation;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise Corporation is, and will at the Closing Time be, a reporting issuer in good standing under the securities laws of the Compensation Options, including payment in full Province of British Columbia and has a class of equity securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the applicable exercise priceU.S. Exchange Act and, pursuant thereto, is obligated to file periodic and other reports and schedules with the SEC and is current in, and will at the Closing Time be validly issued as fully paid current in, filing all such periodic reports and non-assessable Common Sharesschedules and the Corporation has complied with its obligations under Canadian Securities Laws to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it and no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed under Canadian Securities Laws;
(l) the Corporation has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Shares under the U.S. Exchange Act nor has the Corporation received any notification that the SEC is contemplating terminating such registration;
(m) no portion of the Corporation’s Information Record contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, as at its date of filing;
(n) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number 100,000,000 Common Shares of Common Shareswhich as at February 26, of which, 2006 and as of May 20Closing, 2015, 100,675,988 16,600,000 Common Shares were are issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation;
(o) Computershare Trust Company, Inc. at its principal offices in the City of Golden, Colorado, has been duly appointed as the registrar and transfer agent for the Common Shares;
(mp) the Common Shares are traded on the Exchange and no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the issue and sale of securities by the Corporation has been issued and, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending, contemplated or threatened;
(q) the attributes of the Offered Securities, the Warrants, the Compensation Options and the Compensation Rights, and of all securities forming part thereof or issuable upon exercise thereof shall conform in all material respects with the description thereof in this agreement and the Subscription Agreements;
(r) each of the form of certificate representing the Common Shares, the Warrant Certificate, the Right Certificate and the Compensation Option Certificate has been duly approved by the directors of the Corporation, does not conflict with the constating documents of the Corporation and, to the extent applicable, is in proper form under the laws of the State of Nevada and complies with the rules of the Exchange;
(s) the Corporation is not a party to nor has it granted any agreement, warrant, option or right or privilege capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares other than pursuant to the Offering;
(t) each of the Agreements has been, is or will be upon execution thereof, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes, or will constitute when executed, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms except that: (i) the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally; (ii) rights of indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution thereunder may be limited under applicable law; and (iii) equitable remedies, including, without limitation, specific performance and injunctive relief, may be granted only in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction;
(u) other than the Agent, there is no person, firm or company acting or purporting to act at the request of the Corporation, who is entitled to any brokerage, agency, finder's or similar fee in connection with the transactions contemplated herein;
(v) the Corporation has not, directly or indirectly, declared or paid any dividend or declared or made any other distribution on any of its shares or securities of any class, or, directly or indirectly, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its shares or securities or agreed to do any of the foregoing;
(w) there is not, in the articles or by-laws of the Corporation or in any agreement, mortgage, note, debenture, indenture or other instrument or document to which the Corporation is a party, any restriction upon or impediment to the declaration or payment of dividends by the directors of the Corporation, the payment of dividends by the Corporation to the holders of its Common Shares or the carrying on of business as currently contemplated;
(x) the Corporation has not withheld, and will not withhold from the Agent at any time during the distribution of the Offered Securities any facts relating to the Corporation including, without limitation, facts relating to any threatened or pending legal, regulatory or administrative proceeding, or to the Offering that would be material to a prospective purchaser of the Offered Securities;
(y) at the Closing Time, all necessary corporate action will have been taken by the Corporation to (i) create the Warrants, the Rights, the Compensation Options and the Compensation Rights, (ii) authorize the Corporation to enter into the Agreements, and (iii) allot and authorize the issuance of the Underlying Shares which, when issued in the case of the Common Shares comprising part of the Units, and when issued in accordance with their terms in the case of the other Underlying Shares, will be issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares;
(z) there is no action, suit, proceeding, investigation or inquiry outstanding, pending or, to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the Corporation, threatened against or affecting the Corporation or any of its properties or assets, at law or in equity or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental or regulatory department, commission, agency or board, domestic or foreign, which would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise) of the business, properties, assets, capital, net worth or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(aa) none of the current or former directors or officers of the Corporation or any associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing had, has or intends to have any material interest, direct or indirect, in the transactions contemplated by this agreement, in any material transaction or in any proposed material transaction with the Corporation which, as the case may be, materially affects, is material to or will materially affect the Corporation;
(bb) the Corporation is in compliance in all material respects with all terms and provisions of all contracts, agreements, indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, bank loans, credit agreements, leases, policies, instruments and licences in connection with the conduct of its business and all such contracts, agreements, indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, bank loans, credit agreements, leases, policies, instruments and licences are valid and binding in accordance with their terms and in full force and effect, and no breach or default by the Corporation or event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, could constitute a material breach or material default by the Corporation exists with respect thereto;
(cc) the Corporation has all of the right, title and interest in and to its property interests, free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, claims, security interests or demands of any kind whatsoever;
(dd) since September 30, 2005, other than as disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record:
(i) there has not been any material adverse change in the capital sock, assets, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation on a consolidated basis except for the expiry of convertible securities; and
(ii) there has not been any material adverse change in the business, business prospects, conditions (financial or otherwise) or results of the operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ee) except as disclosed in the Financial Statements, the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, which materially adversely affects the Corporation or would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect, the business, prospects, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation or its properties or assets, taken as a whole. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Corporation does not have any material obligation or liability for the debts or obligations of others or has any material exposure or liability except as set forth in the Financial Statements or those arising in the ordinary course of business since the date of the Financial Statements, none of which is material to the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ff) to the knowledge of the Corporation and its directors and officers, no shareholders', pooling or other form of agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(gg) the Corporation has no insurance;
(hh) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any the Corporation owns or possesses adequate rights to use or assign all material change intellectual property used by it in the capital stock operation of its business, without making any payment to any person or longgranting any rights to any person in exchange therefor, other than in accordance with the terms of any such license, sub-term debt of license or franchise arrangement. No event has occurred during the registration or filing of, or during any other proceeding relating to such material intellectual property owned by the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) that would make invalid or unenforceable, or negate the Corporation has carried on its business in right to issuance or use of any of such material intellectual property owned by the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairlyCorporation, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does other than any such event which would not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgents and to the Purchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents are each of them is relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenantsin connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, that:
(ai) the Corporation (i) is a corporation duly amalgamated formed and validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) OBCA and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity is duly qualified and holds or has applied for all necessary material permits, licences and authorizations necessary or required to carry on its business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted in all material respects, to own, lease and or operate its properties and assets and no steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing its dissolution or winding up;
(including ii) each Subsidiary is a corporation or other legal entity duly formed, continued or amalgamated and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was formed, continued or amalgamated, as described the case may be. All of the issued and outstanding shares in the Public Disclosure); capital of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and are directly or indirectly beneficially owned by the Corporation. All of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Subsidiaries owned by the Corporation are owned free and clear of any Liens, and none of the outstanding securities of the Subsidiaries were issued in violation of the pre-emptive or similar rights of any security holder of the Subsidiaries. There exist no options, warrants, purchase rights, or other contracts or commitments that could require the Corporation to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Subsidiaries;
(iii) except as disclosed in Section 4(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Corporation has no direct or indirect subsidiary or any investment in any Person, other than the Subsidiaries;
(iv) the Corporation has all requisite corporate power, authority power and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into each of this Agency Agreement Agreement, the Subscription Receipt Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Broker Warrant Certificates and the Compensation Option CertificatesAmalgamation Agreement, and to carry out perform the provisions contained in hereunder transactions contemplated herein and thereundertherein, including, without limitation, to issue the Subscription Receipts and the Common Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Subscription Receipts;
(bv) each Cybin Entity has conducted and is conducting its business in material compliance with all Applicable Laws of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business. Each Cybin Entity holds all material requisite licences, registrations, qualifications, permits and consents necessary or appropriate for carrying on its business as currently carried on (collectively, "Licences") and all such licences, registrations, qualifications, permits and consents are valid and subsisting and in good standing in all material respects. Without limiting the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted orgenerality of the foregoing, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation no Cybin Entity has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a written notice of non-compliance, compliance nor knows does it know of, nor has have reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to would have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licencesEffect. Neither the Offering (including the proposed use of proceeds) nor the Business Combination will have any adverse impact on the Licences or require a Cybin Entity, registrations and qualifications are validas applicable, subsisting and in good standingto obtain any new licence or consent or approval thereunder;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(mvi) the Corporation is not aware of any legislationApplicable Law of any Governmental Authority having lawful jurisdiction over a Cybin Entity presently in force or any publicly disseminated or announced pending or contemplated change to any Applicable Law of any Governmental Authority having lawful jurisdiction over a Cybin Entity presently in force, that the Corporation anticipates a Cybin Entity will be unable to comply with or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent business of a Cybin Entity or otherwise) the business environment or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basislegal environment under which such entity operates;
(nvii) there are no order ceasing material actions, suits, judgments, investigations, inquiries or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading proceedings of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened kind whatsoever outstanding or, to the best of the Corporation’s 's knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed pending or threatened against or affecting any Cybin Entity or its directors, officers or employees, at law or in equity or before or by any commission, board, bureau or agency of any kind whatsoever and, to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature best of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31's knowledge, 2013there is no basis therefor and no Cybin Entity is subject to any judgment, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been order, writ, injunction, decree, award, rule, policy or regulation of any material change in the assetsGovernmental Authority, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to may have a Material Adverse EffectEffect or that would materially adversely affect the ability of the Corporation to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements and the Subscription Receipt Agreement;
(sviii) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that neither the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats nor any Subsidiary is in violation of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation its constating documents or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether default in any courtmaterial respect in the performance or observance of any material obligation, arbitration agreement, covenant or similar tribunal) condition contained in any contract, indenture, trust deed, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease, licence or before other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal which it or other governmental department, commission, board its property or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably assets may be expected to have a Material Adverse Effectbound;
(tix) at the Closing Time, all consents, approvals, permits, authorizations or filings as may be required to be made or obtained by the Corporation under Canadian Securities Laws necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement, the Subscription Receipt Agreement, the Broker Warrant Certificates, the Subscription Agreements, and the creation, issuance and sale, as applicable, of the Offered Securities and the Common Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Subscription Receipts and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will have been made or obtained, as applicable (other than the filing of reports required under applicable Canadian Securities Laws within the prescribed time periods and the confidential filing of the Presentation with applicable Securities Regulators, which documents shall be filed as soon as practicable after the applicable Closing Date and, in any event, within such deadline imposed by applicable Canadian Securities Laws);
(x) the Offered Securities and the Common Shares issuable upon the conversion or exercise, as applicable, of the Subscription Receipts and the Broker Warrants, will not be subject to a restricted period or to a statutory hold period under the Securities Laws in Canada, other than as described in the Subscription Agreements and the Broker Warrant Certificates;
(xi) each of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Subscription Receipt Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesSubscription Agreements, the performance by the Corporation of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, the issue and sale of the Offered Securities hereunder and the fulfilment consummation of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporationtransactions contemplated in this Agreement, including the issuance and sale delivery of the Offered SharesSubscription Receipts and the Broker Warrants, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both, ): (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the CorporationCorporation including, including Applicable without limitation, the Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the CorporationCorporation which are in effect at the date hereof; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(uxii) at the Closing Time, each of this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Broker Warrant Certificates and the Subscription Receipt Agreement shall have been duly authorized and executed and delivered by the Corporation and upon such execution and delivery each shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation and each shall be enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought, and by the fact that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver, and the ability to sever unenforceable terms, may be limited by applicable law;
(xiii) at the Closing Time, all necessary corporate action will have been taken by the Corporation to reserve and allot for issuance the Common Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Subscription Receipts, as fully paid and non-assessable. On the Escrow Release Date, the Common Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Subscription Receipts will be validly issued as fully-paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of the Corporation;
(xiv) the Subscription Receipts, the Common Shares and Broker Warrants shall have the attributes corresponding in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Subscription Agreements, the Subscription Receipt Agreement and this Agreement;
(xv) at the Closing Time, all necessary corporate action will have been taken by the Corporation to authorize the issuance of the Broker Warrants and to authorize, reserve and allot for issuance the Broker Warrant Shares, as fully paid and non-assessable, upon the conversion of the Broker Warrants;
(xvi) no order, ruling or determination having the effect of suspending the sale or ceasing the trading in any securities of the Corporation has been issued by any regulatory authority and is continuing in effect and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement are pending, contemplated or threatened by any regulatory authority;
(xvii) other than the Shareholder Agreement, the Corporation is in force or effect not party to any agreement, nor is the Corporation aware of any agreement, which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(vxviii) other than the Licences, no Cybin Entity is affected by any commitment, agreement or document containing any covenant which expressly and materially limits the freedom of the Cybin Entity to compete in any line of business, transfer or move any of its respective assets or operations or which adversely materially affects the business practices, operations or condition of the Cybin Entity;
(xix) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares and preferred shares, of which, as at the date hereof (prior to the completion of the Offering), 69,150,254 Common Shares are issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of the Corporation and no preferred shares are outstanding. Other than the Offered Securities and as disclosed in Schedule "C", there are no outstanding rights, warrants, options, convertible debt or any other securities or rights capable of being converted into, or exchanged or exercised for, any Common Shares or other securities of the Corporation;
(xx) other than the Corporation, the authorized capital and issued capital of each Cybin Entity is set out in Schedule "D". Other than as disclosed in the Schedule "C", there are no outstanding rights, warrants, options, convertible debt or any other securities or rights capable of being converted into, or exchanged or exercised for, any securities or any Cybin Entity;
(xxi) the Subscription Receipt Agent, at its principal office in the City of Calgary, Alberta, has been duly appointed as the subscription receipt agent in respect of the Subscription Receipts and the Escrowed Funds;
(xxii) the issue of the Subscription Receipts, the Common Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Subscription Receipts or the Broker Warrants will not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained be subject to any pre-emptive right or other contractual right to purchase securities granted by the Securities Commissions in Corporation;
(xxiii) other than the Qualifying Jurisdictions Leased Premises, each Cybin Entity is the absolute legal and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure beneficial owner of all of its material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basisassets, and there is no material change relating to other property or assets are necessary for the Corporation which has occurred conduct of their business as currently conducted. Any and with respect all of the agreements and other documents and instruments pursuant to which the requisite material change report has not been filed each Cybin Entity holds its assets (including any interest in, or right to earn an interest in, any Intellectual Property Rights) are valid and subsisting agreements, documents and instruments in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with the Securities Commissions terms thereof, and the Corporation is such properties and assets are in good standing in all material respects in compliance with under the rules applicable statutes and regulations of the TSXVjurisdictions in which they are situated, and all material leases, licenses and other agreements pursuant to which the Cybin Entities derive the interests thereof in such property are in good standing in all material respects. The Corporation does not know of any claim or the basis for any claim that might or could materially and adversely affect the right of the Cybin Entities to use, transfer or otherwise exploit their respective assets, none of the properties (or any interest in, or right to earn an interest in, any property) of the Cybin Entity is subject to any right of first refusal or purchase or acquisition right, and, no Cybin Entity has a responsibility or obligation to pay any commission, royalty, licence fee or similar payment to any person with respect to the property and assets thereof;
(wxxiv) no legal or governmental proceedings or inquiries are pending to which a Cybin Entity is a party or to which the Corporation has complied property thereof is subject that would result in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) revocation or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration modification of any such extension. As of their respective datesmaterial certificate, authority, permit or license that is necessary to conduct the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on business now conducted by a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norCybin Entity and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate no such legal or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of governmental proceedings or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and inquiries have been conducted at all times, in compliance threatened against or are contemplated with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related respect to a Cybin Entity or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending properties or assets thereof;
(xxv) there are no material actions, suits, judgments, investigations or proceedings of any kind whatsoever outstanding against or affecting any Cybin Entity, or, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, the directors, officers or employees of any Cybin Entity, or, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, pending or threatened against or affecting any Cybin Entity, or the directors, officers or employees of any Cybin Entity, at law or in equity or before or by any commission, board, bureau or agency of any kind whatsoever and, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, there is no basis therefor and no Cybin Entity is subject to any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, award, rule, policy or regulation of any Governmental Authority, which may have a Material Adverse Effect or that would materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Amalgamation Agreement;
(xxvi) to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedno counterparty to any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any material contract, indenture, trust deed, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any Cybin Entity is a party is in default in the performance or observance thereof;
(zxxvii) neither the Corporation norFinancial Statements will be prepared in accordance with IFRS, to and will contain no material misrepresentations and will present fairly, in all material respects, the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf financial condition of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by on a consolidated basis as at the Office of Foreign Assets Control date thereof and the results of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); operations and cash flows of the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, on a consolidated basis for the purpose period then ended and contain and will reflect adequate provisions or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, expenses and losses of financing the activities of any person currently subject Corporation on a consolidated basis that are required to any United States sanctions administered by OFACbe disclosed in such financial statements;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bbxxviii) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited 's auditors are, and were during the consolidated financial statements of period covered by their reports, independent with respect to the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations in accordance with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to tht
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agentsto, and acknowledges agrees with the Purchaser that as of the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties date hereof and covenants, thatas of the Closing Date:
(a) the The Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate powerpermits, authority licenses, authorizations, orders and capacity approvals of, and has made all filings, applications and registrations with, any governmental entities that are required in order to carry on its business as now presently conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any that are material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge business of the Corporation, are pending for except where the dissolution failure to have such permits, licenses, authorizations, orders and approvals or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) failure to make such filings, applications and registrations would not, individually or in the Corporation has conducted its business in complianceaggregate, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined herein); and all such licencespermits, licenses, certificates of authority, orders and approvals are in full force and effect and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no suspension or cancellation of any of them is threatened, and all such filings, applications and registrations are current.
(b) The Purchaser has reviewed the Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented (together with the documents incorporated by reference into the Offering Memorandum, the “Disclosure Materials”). As of the date hereof, each of the documents comprising a part of the Disclosure Materials, when such documents are considered together as a whole, did not contain or will not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state or will not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) Based in part upon the representations and qualifications are validwarranties of the Purchaser contained herein, subsisting the Corporation is not required by applicable law or regulation in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Notes to the Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement to register the Notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws.
(d) The Corporation, (i) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing in good standing;standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not result in any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Corporation, or which would not materially and adversely affect the assets or properties of the Corporation, or which would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Corporation to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents (individually or in the aggregate, a “Material Adverse Effect,” except that the mere filing of any action, claim, suit or order relating to any actual or threatened litigation involving the Corporation or any of its employees after the date of this Agreement (rather than the actual facts and circumstances underlying such action, claim, suit or order) shall not be deemed a Material Adverse Effect); and (iii) has all corporate power and authority necessary to own or hold its respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is currently engaged.
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, The Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action the Corporation and, when issued and authenticated by the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, will have been duly executed, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding agreements of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and this Agency Agreement other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and, when executed and constitutes delivered by the Trustee, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation agreement of the Corporation, Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other general equitable remedies may only be granted principles (whether considered in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontarioproceeding in equity or at law);.
(hf) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency This Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof has been duly authorized by the Corporation.
(g) The execution, including delivery and performance of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Offered SharesNotes in the manner contemplated hereby, do not and the consummation of the Transactions, will not require (i) conflict with or constitute a violation of, or default (with the passage of time or the delivery of notice) under, (A) any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or any agreement, lease, franchise, license, permit, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which it or its property is bound, where such conflict, violation or default would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) to the knowledge of the Corporation, any law, administrative regulation, ordinance or judgment, order or decree of any court or governmental agency, arbitration panel or authority binding upon the Corporation or any of its property, where such conflict, violation or default would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) violate any of the provisions of the Corporation’s Articles of Amendments, as amended, or the Corporation’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws; and no consent, approval, authorizationauthorization or order of, or filing or registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authorityperson (including, stock exchangewithout limitation, Securities Commission any such court or other third partygovernmental agency or body) is required for the consummation of the Transactions by the Corporation, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to under state securities laws or the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;Act.
(ih) The Corporation’s audited financial statements (including the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(jrelated notes) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, dated as of May 20February 29, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation 2020 present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge operations of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting at the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) dates and for the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesperiods indicated, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during throughout the periods involved involved.
(i) The Offering Memorandum describes the outstanding “GAAP”)senior securities” (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements amended, or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP“1940 Act”) representing indebtedness of the Corporation, and fairly present since the date specified there, there has been no material change in all material respects the financial position amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of the indebtedness of the Corporation. As of the date hereof, the Corporation is not in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect in the payment of any principal or interest on any “senior securities” representing indebtedness of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norand, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no event or condition exists with respect to any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf “senior securities” representing indebtedness of the Corporation is aware that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any moneytime, or other propertyboth, gift, promise would permit) one or more persons to give, cause such indebtedness to become due and payable before its stated maturity or authorization before its regularly scheduled dates of the giving payment.
(j) The Corporation has not changed its jurisdiction of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) incorporation or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOAorganization, as applicable, and, if violations or been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial part of the FCPA or liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action date of the most recent financial statements referred to remedy such violations;in Section 4.1(h).
(yk) No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the operations consummation of the Corporation areTransactions is in effect nor has any action been filed or is any proceeding pending that seeks any such event.
(l) No broker’s, and have been conducted at all timesfinder’s, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related investment banker’s or similar applicable rules, regulations fee or guidelines, issued, administered commission has been paid or enforced will be payable by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to, or for any services rendered to the Money Laundering Laws is Corporation ancillary to, the offer, issue and sale of the Notes contemplated by this Agreement.
(m) There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;threatened against or affecting the Corporation or any property of the Corporation in any court or before or by any governmental authority that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(zn) neither To its knowledge, the Corporation noris in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, decrees and judgments applicable to it, including, without limitation, the 1940 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, all applicable local, state and federal environmental laws and regulations, the provisions of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002, as amended (“▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act”), and the applicable federal and state banking laws, rules and regulations (collectively, the “Applicable Laws”), except where failure to be so in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Corporation has not received any notice of purported or actual non-compliance with Applicable Laws, except to the knowledge extent it would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Corporation has not received any communication from any Governmental Authority threatening to revoke any permit, license, franchise, certificate of authority or other governmental authorization.
(o) The Corporation maintains insurance (issued by insurers of recognized financial responsibility) of the types, against such losses and in the amounts, with such insurers and subject to deductibles and exclusions as are customary in the Corporation’s industry and otherwise reasonably prudent, including, without limitation, insurance covering all real and personal property owned or leased by the Corporation against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily insured against by similarly situated companies, all of which insurance is in full force and effect.
(p) None of the Corporation, any directorof its affiliates, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person and any Person acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of the Notes or solicited any offers to buy the Notes in this Offering, under circumstances that would require registration of the Notes to be sold in this Offering under the Securities Act. None of the Corporation, any of its affiliates, and any Person acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would cause this Offering of the Notes to be integrated with the current or any prior public offerings by the Corporation for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office are listed or designated. None of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, its affiliates and any Person acting on its behalf will take any action or steps referred to in the preceding sentence that would require registration of any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation Notes to be sold in this Offering under the Securities Act. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock corporation, trust or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation unincorporated organization or to thany government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, Underwriters that:
(ai) the Corporation (i) and each of the Material Subsidiaries is a corporation duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) and is up-to-date jurisdiction in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) which it was incorporated, continued or amalgamated, as the case may be, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity is duly qualified and holds all necessary material permits, licences and authorizations necessary or required to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and or operate its properties and assets (including as described in and no steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing its dissolution or winding up, and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into each of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, Certificates and to carry out the provisions contained in its obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(bii) all of the Corporation does not Subsidiaries, and the Corporation’s direct and indirect holdings and interests in each one, are as set out in the AIF under the heading “Corporate Structure”. Other than the Material Subsidiaries, none of the Subsidiaries (i) are active, (ii) hold any assets, (iii) have any material subsidiariesliabilities (iv) have generated any revenues nor (v) have incurred any expenses;
(ciii) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, except as disclosed in writing to the knowledge Underwriters, all of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications Material Subsidiaries are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-non- assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have beenshares, in each case free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued demands whatsoever and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened orperson, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now firm or corporation has any agreement or option or agreement, option, right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement agreement, for the purchase, subscription purchase from the Corporation or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of its Material Subsidiaries of any nature interest in any of the Corporationshares in the capital of any of the Material Subsidiaries;
(piv) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results each of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof performance by the CorporationCorporation of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, including the issuance issue and sale of the Offered SharesShares hereunder, the issue of the Compensation Options and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a material default under, under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both, ) (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the CorporationCorporation including, including Applicable without limitation, Canadian Securities LawsLaws and the rules and regulations of the TSX; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the CorporationCorporation which are in effect at the date hereof; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, joint venture, partnership, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective Material Subsidiaries or the property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to Corporation or the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the CorporationMaterial Subsidiaries;
(v) other than as disclosed in the Prospectus or in writing to the Underwriters, none of the Corporation or any Subsidiary has approved, is not included contemplating, has entered into any agreement in a list respect of, or has any knowledge of: (A) the purchase of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all any property material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect or assets or any interest therein or the sale, transfer or other disposition of any property material to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in or assets or any interest therein currently owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or any Subsidiary whether by asset sale, transfer of shares or otherwise; or (B) the change of control (by sale or transfer of shares or sale of all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations or substantially all of the TSXVproperty and assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or otherwise) of the Corporation or any Subsidiary;
(wvi) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”)in Canada and present fully, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto fairly and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present correctly in all material respects respects, the financial position condition of the Corporation as of and for at the dates thereof and the results of the operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, changes in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements position of the Corporation for the year periods then ended December 31and contain and reflect adequate provisions or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, 2014 expenses and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by losses of the Canadian Securities LawsCorporation and there has been no change in accounting policies or practices of the Corporation since June 30, 2007;
(ccvii) there has not been any “reportable event” (within other than as disclosed in the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with Prospectus or in writing to the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) Underwriters, all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact in respect of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Corporation. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities governmental authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading misleading, except where the inaccuracy or such failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact in respect of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Corporation. No Other than as disclosed in the Prospectus or in writing to the Underwriters, to the best of the knowledge of the Corporation, no examination of any tax return of the Corporation or any Subsidiary is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority governmental authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the CorporationCorporation or any Subsidiary, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact in respect of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Corporation;
(eeviii) the Corporation’s Auditors are independent public accountants and have participant status with the Canadian Public Accountability Board as required under Canadian Securities Laws and there has never been a reportable disagreement (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations) between the Corporation and the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ix) as at the Closing Date, except as contemplated by this Agreement and as disclosed in the Preliminary Prospectus, no holder of outstanding shares in the capital of the Corporation will be entitled to any pre-emptive or any similar rights to subscribe for any Common Shares or other securities of the Corporation and no rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares in the capital of the Corporation are outstanding;
(x) other than as set out in the Prospectus, no legal or governmental proceedings or inquiries are pending to which the Corporation, or any of its Material Subsidiaries, is a party or to which its property is subject that would result in the revocation or modification of any material certificate, authority, permit or license necessary to conduct the business now owned or operated by the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries which, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation and, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, no such legal or governmental proceedings or inquiries have been threatened against or are contemplated with respect to the Corporation or its Material Subsidiaries or with respect to their properties;
(xi) none of the Corporation nor its Material Subsidiaries is in violation of its constating documents or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, trust deed, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its property may be bound;
(xii) the Corporation and each of its Material Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use under license, sub-license or otherwise all material intellectual property used by the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries in its business, including copyrights, industrial designs, trade marks, trade secrets, know how and proprietary rights, free and clear of any and all encumbrances;
(xiii) any and all of the agreements and other documents and instruments pursuant to which the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries hold the property and assets thereof (including any interest in, or right to earn an interest in, any property) are valid and subsisting agreements, documents or instruments in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with terms thereof, neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary is in default of any of the material provisions of any such agreements, documents or instruments nor has any such default been alleged and such properties and assets are in good standing under the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situated, all leases, licences and claims pursuant to thwhich the Corporation or any Subsidiary derive the interests thereof in such property and assets are in good standing and there has been no material default under any such lease, licence or claim. None of the properties (or any interest in, or right to earn an interest in, any property) of the Corporation or any Subsidiary is subject to any right of first refusal or purchase or acquisition right which is not disclosed in the Preliminary Prospectus;
(xiv) this Agreement has been, and, when delivered, each the Compensation Options Certificates will have been duly authorized and executed and delivered by the Corporation, and do, or will, as applicable, constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principals when equitable remedies are sought, and by the fact that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver, and the ability to sever unenforceable terms, may be limited by applicable law;
(xv) at the Closing Time, all necessary corporate action will have been taken by the Corporation to allot and authorize the allotment, issuance and sale of the Offered Shares and the Broker Shares and, upon payment therefor the Offered Shares and the Broker Shares will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable securities in the capital of the Corporation;
(xvi) all notices and filings necessary as at the date hereof have been made with and all necessary consents, approvals and authorizations obtained by the Corporation from the TSX to ensure that, subject to fulfilling the Standard Listing Conditions, the Offered Shares and the Broker Shares will be listed and posted for trading on the TSX;
(xvii) no order, ruling of suspending the sale or ceasing the trading in any securities of the Corporation has been issued by any securities regulatory authority and is continuing in effect and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best knowledge of the Corporation, are pending, contemplated or threatened by any regulatory authority;
(xviii) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares without par value and an unlimited number of preferred shares without par value of which, as at the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the date hereof, 289,705,318 Common Shares and no preferred shares were issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of the Corporation;
(xix) other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Corporation has not made any loans to or guaranteed the obligations of any person other than the Material Subsidiaries;
(xx) with respect to each premises of the Corporation or its Material Subsidiaries, the Corporation or its Material Subsidiaries occupies as tenant (the “Leased Premises”), the Corporation or such Subsidiary occupies the Leased Premises and has the exclusive right to occupy and use the Leased Premises and each of the leases pursuant to which the Corporation and/or its Material Subsidiaries occupies the Leased Premises is in good standing and in full force and effect;
(xxi) the Corporation and each Subsidiary is in compliance with all laws respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, pay equity and wages, except where non-compliance with such laws could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation or any Subsidiary, and has not and is not engaged in any unfair labour practice;
(xxii) there has not been in the last two years and there is not currently any labour disruption or conflict which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation;
(xxiii) other than as set out in the Prospectus, to the best knowledge of the Corporation, none of the directors, officers or employees of the Corporation or any associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing had or has any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction or any proposed transaction with the Corporation or its Material Subsidiaries which, as the case may be, materially affects, is material to or will materially affect the Corporation;
(xxiv) the assets of the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries and their business and operations are insured against loss or damage with responsible insurers on a basis consistent with insurance obtained by reasonably prudent participants in comparable businesses, and such coverage is in full force and effect, and the Corporation has not failed to promptly give any notice of any material claim thereunder;
(xxv) the Transfer Agent at its principal offices in the City of Vancouver has been duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Common Shares;
(xxvi) the minute books and records of the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries made available to counsel for the Underwriters in connection with its due diligence investigation of the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries for the periods from their respective dates of incorporation to the date hereof are all of the minute books and records of the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries, respectively, and contain copies of all material proceedings (or certified copies thereof or drafts thereof pending approval) of the shareholders, the directors and all committees of directors of the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries to the date of review of such corporate records and minute books and there have been no other meetings, resolutions or proceedings of the shareholders, directors or any committees of the directors of the Corporation or any of its Material Subsidiaries to the date hereof not reflected in such minute books and other records, other than those which have been disclosed to the Underwriters or which are not material in the context of the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis;
(xxvii) to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, neither the Corporation nor any of its Material Subsidiaries has been in material violation of, in connection with the ownership, use, maintenance or operation of its property and assets, including the Leased Premises, any applicable federal, provincial, state, municipal or local laws, by-laws, regulations, orders, policies, permits, licences, certificates or approvals having the force of law, domestic or foreign, relating to environmental, health or safety matters (collectively the “Environmental Laws”) which would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation;
(xxviii) without limiting the generality of the subsection immediately above, the Corp
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agentsto, and acknowledges that agrees with, the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, Agent that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under has no subsidiaries, other than the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) subsidiaries (the “ActSubsidiaries”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described disclosed in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderProspectus;
(b) each of the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesand the Subsidiaries has been duly and validly incorporated and organized and is duly and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation, amalgamation or other formation, as the case may be;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, immediately prior to the knowledge filing of the Prospectus Supplement, all of the issued and outstanding securities of each of the Subsidiaries is held by held by the Corporation, are pending for directly or indirectly, free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances, claims, demands and other adverse interests of any nature or kind, other than as disclosed in the dissolution or liquidation of the CorporationProspectus;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business is a reporting issuer or the equivalent thereof in compliance, each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions where such concept exists and is not in all default in any material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements respect of any governmental or regulatory body, requirement of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Canadian Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in on a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoingAuthorities;
(e) on each Settlement Date, the Corporation has at will have filed all relevant times complied with its obligations documents that it is required to make timely have filed under the continuous disclosure and other requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws and the CSE, including but not limited to all annual and interim financial information, management discussion and analysis, annual reports, annual information forms, information circulars, press releases disclosing material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basisand material change reports, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has will have occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed and no such material change report will have been made on a confidential basis, and to the best of the Corporation's knowledge it will not be in default of any Canadian Securities Laws in any material respect;
(f) except as disclosed in the Prospectus Supplement, at the Applicable Time, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus, offering memoranda, filing statements, financial statements, management discussion and analysis, annual reports, annual information forms, information circulars, press releases, material change reports, to the extent applicable, and all other documents and information as applicable filed under Canadian Securities Laws and with the CSE (collectively, the “Public Record”) will be, at the respective dates thereof, in all material respects accurate and, at such dates, omit no facts, the omission of which makes the Public Record, or any particulars therein, incorrect or misleading;
(g) the issued and outstanding Shares are listed and posted for trading on the CSE, and all necessary notices and filings have been or will be made with, and all necessary consents, approvals and authorizations have been obtained by the Corporation from, the CSE to ensure that the Placement Shares will be listed and posted for trading on the CSE as of each the Applicable Time, and to the best of the Corporation's knowledge after due inquiry, the Corporation will not be in default of any of the listing requirements or policies of the CSE in any material respect;
(h) Odyssey Trust Company, at its principal offices in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Shares;
(i) the authorized and issued capital of the Corporation is as disclosed in the Prospectus, and the issued securities of the Corporation are all duly authorized, issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable securities, as at the respective dates thereof;
(j) except as contemplated by this Agreement or as disclosed in the Prospectus, as of the date hereof, no person is entitled to any pre-emptive or any similar rights to subscribe for any Shares or other securities of the Corporation or its subsidiaries;
(k) on each Settlement Date, no options, warrants, agreements or other rights for the purchase, subscription or issuance of shares or other securities of the Corporation or securities convertible or exchangeable for shares or other securities of the Corporation will be authorized or agreed to be issued or outstanding other than as disclosed in the Prospectus or document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, as at the dates set out therein, as applicable;
(l) the Corporation has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated herein, including, without limitation, all necessary corporate power and authority to issue the Placement Shares;
(m) the Placement Shares issued on each Settlement Date will be duly and validly authorized and issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation;
(n) the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the agreements set out under “Material Contracts” in the Prospectus to which the Corporation is a party (collectively, the “Transaction Agreements”), and all such corporate action has been taken or will be taken to authorize all such entering into, execution, delivery and performance;
(o) the Corporation has the necessary corporate power and authority to execute and file the Prospectus and, if applicable, will have the necessary corporate power and authority to execute and file any amendment to the Prospectus prior to the filing thereof, and all necessary corporate action has been taken by the Corporation to authorize the execution by it of the Prospectus and the filing thereof, as the case may be, in each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions under Canadian Securities Commissions Laws;
(p) each of the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement and the Transaction Agreements has been, or will be upon execution and delivery thereof by the Corporation, duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation, and each of the Transaction Agreements constitutes, or will constitute upon execution and delivery thereof by the Corporation, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against it in accordance with each of their respective terms subject to laws affecting enforceability including, but not limited to, bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and equitable remedies;
(q) the Corporation is not in default or breach of, and the execution and delivery by the Corporation of each of the Transaction Agreements, Base Prospectus, Prospectus Supplement the performance of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, do not and will not result in a default or breach of, and do not create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time or both will result in a default or breach of, and do not and will not conflict with, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (i) the constating documents, articles or any resolutions of the Corporation, (ii) any indenture, contract, agreement (written or oral), lease, instrument or other document to which the Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation is or will be contractually bound as of the date hereof, or (iii) to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, any statute, rule, regulation, policy, judgment, decree or order of any court, governmental authority or administrative body of any kind whatsoever having jurisdiction over the Corporation or its properties or assets;
(r) insofar as the Corporation is aware after due inquiry, no consent of any third party is required in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, other than approvals of the CSE and securities regulatory authorities in the Qualifying Jurisdictions;
(s) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize it to carry on its business as now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted and to own, lease and operate its property and assets, and the Corporation is duly registered, licensed and otherwise qualified to carry on its business and to own its property and assets, and is in all material respects good standing, in compliance with the rules jurisdictions where it carries on its business and regulations of the TSXVowns, leases and operates its property and assets;
(wt) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries holds all registrations, licenses, permits, consents or qualifications (whether governmental, regulatory or otherwise) required in order to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted, as set out in the Prospectus, and (i) all such registrations, licenses, permits, consents and qualifications are valid and subsisting and in good standing, and (ii) the Corporation has complied not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such registration, license, permit, consent or qualification which, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse effect (financial or otherwise) on the assets, properties, liabilities, obligations, conduct of the business, operations, affairs, condition or prospects of the Corporation;
(u) other than as disclosed in the Prospectus ,each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with requirements to file all reportsapplicable laws, schedulesbylaws, formsrules, statements regulations and other documents that it lawful requirements of each jurisdiction in which its business is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) carried on and of any governmental or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior regulatory bodies which are applicable to the expiration Corporation, and other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Corporation is not aware of any such extension. As of their respective dateslaw, bylaw, rule, regulation or lawful requirement presently in force or proposed to be brought into force in any jurisdiction in which its business is carried on or by any governmental or regulatory body which the SEC Reports complied in all Corporation anticipates it will be unable to comply with without having a material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements adverse effect on its business;
(v) each of the Corporation included and the Subsidiaries is the beneficial owner of or has the right to acquire the interests in the SEC Reports comply business, properties and assets as disclosed in the Prospectus, and has good and marketable title thereto free and clear of any and all material respects with applicable accounting requirements liens, charges, pledges, security interests and the rules other claims, demands and regulations encumbrances of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), any nature or kind whatsoever except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, disclosed in the case of unaudited statementsProspectus, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norand, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any directorand all agreements pursuant to which the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries will hold any such interest in such business, officerproperties or assets have been duly authorized, agentexecuted and delivered by the parties thereto, employeeare legal, affiliate or other person acting on behalf valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and are in good standing in all material respects according to their terms, and any and all such business, properties and assets are not in default in any material respect of, and are in good standing in all material respects under, the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situated;
(w) insofar as the Corporation is aware of after due inquiry, the Equipment is in good condition and suitable for its intended use or has taken purpose;
(x) the Corporation is not a party to any actionmaterial contracts other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation and to the knowledge of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Corporation, each of 1977 (United States)the material contracts disclosed in the Prospectus to which the Corporation is a party has been duly authorized, as amendedexecuted and delivered by the parties thereto and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly is in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise good standing in all material respects according to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its their respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsterms;
(y) except as disclosed in the operations of the Corporation areProspectus, and have been conducted at all timesno actions, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States)suits, as amendedinquiries, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related investigations or similar applicable rules, regulations other proceedings exist or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is are pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation or its directors and officers, are contemplated or threatened to which any of the Corporation, its directors or its officers is a party or is subject, or to which the property of the Corporation is subject that would result individually or in the aggregate in any material adverse change in or have a material adverse effect on (actual, anticipated, contingent, proposed or threatened, whether financial or otherwise) the business, operations, affairs, prospects, condition, capital or control of the Corporation, or on the Prospectus or the Transaction Agreements, or which would materially impair the ability of the Corporation to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or to duly perform and observe its covenants and obligations under the Transaction Agreements;
(z) neither since incorporation, the Corporation nor, has not entered into a transaction material in nature to the knowledge Corporation other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, and if required by law or generally accepted accounting standards, all of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf material transactions of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); have been promptly and the Corporation will not directly properly recorded or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, filed in or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFACwith its respective books and records;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or will be promptly paid by specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with applicable laws and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to financial assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the Corporation following recorded accountability for assets is compared with the Closing Timeexisting assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors former auditors of the Corporation who were engaged to audit the Financial Statements of the Corporation and deliver their report with respect thereto, are independent public accountants, and the current auditors of the Corporation who are engaged to audit the future Financial Statements of the Corporation and deliver their report with respect thereto, are and will be independent public accountants;
(cc) the audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation and the interim unaudited financial statements of the Corporation incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (collectively, the “Financial Statements”) are complete and accurate in all material respects, and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Corporation as at the dates set out therein and the results of its operations and the changes in its financial position for the year ended December 31periods then ended, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, consistently applied throughout the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditorsperiods covered thereby;
(dd) all taxes (including income taxexcept as disclosed in the Prospectus, capital taxsubsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given therein, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paidhas not incurred or accrued any material liabilities or obligations (actual, except for where anticipated, contingent, proposed or threatened, whether financial or otherwise) or entered into any transaction not in the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact ordinary course of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effectbusiness;
(ee) neither except as disclosed in the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given therein, there has been no material change in or affecting, nor any material facts, transactions, events or occurrences, which could have a material effect on (actual, anticipated, threatened, proposed or prospective, whether financial or otherwise) the assets, properties, liabilities, obligations, business, affairs, results of operations or financial position (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) or the capital or control of the Corporation;
(ff) as of the date hereof, the Corporation will not have, directly or indirectly, declared or paid any dividend or declared or made any other distribution on any of its common shares or securities of any class, or, directly or indirectly, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its common shares or securities or agreed to do any of the foregoing;
(gg) there is not, in the constating documents or the articles of the Corporation or in any agreement, mortgage, note, debenture, indenture or other agreement, instrument or document to thwhich the Corporation is a party, any restriction upon or impediment to t
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. 4.1 The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent (each on its own behalf and on behalf of the Purchasers), and acknowledges that the Agents are Agent is relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenantsin entering into this Agreement, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderno subsidiaries;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesis a valid and subsisting corporation duly existing and in good standing under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia);
(c) no proceedings have the Corporation is a reporting issuer in the Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, has been taken, instituted ora reporting issuer in such Provinces for the four months immediately preceding the date hereof and, to the knowledge best of its knowledge, is not in default of any of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation requirements of the CorporationCanadian Applicable Securities Laws;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number common shares without par value, of which 40,626,700 common shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof as fully paid and non-assessable shares (the “Issued Shares”);
(e) the common shares of the Corporation are listed and posted for trading on the Exchange and the Corporation has not been advised by the Exchange that it is in default of any of the listing requirements of the Exchange;
(f) except for the Issued Shares, the Common Shares and the Warrants comprising the Common Share Units, the FT Shares and FT Warrants comprising the FT Units, the Fee Shares and the Fee Warrants comprising the Fee Units, and the Compensation Options and any options, warrants, agreements and convertible notes disclosed in Schedule “A” to this Agreement, there are no, nor will there be immediately prior to the Time of Closing, documents, instruments or other writings of any kind whatsoever which constitute a “security” (as that term is defined under Canadian Applicable Securities Laws) of the Corporation;
(g) subject to due exercise of the instruments pursuant to which they are issued, if any, upon their issuance, the Common Shares, of whichthe Warrant Shares, as of May 20the FT Shares, 2015the FT Warrant Shares, 100,675,988 Common the Agent’s Option Shares, the Fee Shares, and the Fee Warrant Shares were will be validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharescommon shares of the Corporation;
(h) upon their issuance, the Warrants, the FT Warrants, the Compensation Options, and the Fee Warrants will be validly created, issued and outstanding, registered in the names of the holders thereof;
(i) all of the material transactions of the Corporation have been promptly and properly recorded or filed in or with the books or records of the Corporation and the minute books of the Corporation contain all records of the meetings and proceedings of the Corporation’s directors, shareholders and other committees, if any, since January 1, 2003;
(j) the Corporation holds all material licences and permits that are required for carrying on its business in the manner in which such business has been carried on and each of the foregoing is in full force and effect;
(k) the Corporation has the corporate power and capacity to own the assets owned by it and to carry on the business carried on by it and the Corporation is duly qualified to carry on business in all jurisdictions in which it carries on business;
(l) the Corporation has good and marketable title to its assets free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances of any kind whatsoever except as set out in Schedule “D”;
(m) the Corporation holds either freehold title, mining leases, mining claims or other conventional property, proprietary or contractual interests or rights, recognized in the jurisdiction in which a particular property is not aware of any legislationlocated, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects in respect of the ore bodies and minerals located in properties in which the Corporation on a consolidated basishas an interest under valid, subsisting and enforceable title documents or other recognized and enforceable agreements or instruments, sufficient to permit the Corporation to explore the minerals relating thereto, all such property, leases or claims and all property, leases or claims in which the Corporation has any interest or right have been validly located and recorded in accordance with all applicable laws and are valid and subsisting, the Corporation has all necessary surface rights, access rights and other necessary rights and interests relating to the properties in which the Corporation has an interest granting the Corporation the right and ability to explore for minerals, ore and metals for development purposes as are appropriate in view of the rights and interest therein of the Corporation, with only such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made by the Corporation of the rights or interests so held, and each of the proprietary interests or rights and each of the documents, agreements and instruments and obligations relating thereto referred to above is currently in good standing in the name of the Corporation;
(n) the Corporation is current with all material filings required to be made in all jurisdictions in which it exists or carries on any material business and the Corporation is not in default of any filings required to be made under Applicable Securities Laws;
(o) since January 1, 2003, all prospectuses, annual information forms, material change reports, shareholder communications, press releases and other disclosure documents of the Corporation, including all publicly filed financial statements, contain no order ceasing untrue statement of a Material Fact as at the date thereof nor do they omit to state a Material Fact which, at the date thereof, was required to have been stated or suspending trading was necessary to prevent a statement that was made from being false or misleading in any securities the circumstances in which it was made and were prepared in accordance with and complied with Applicable Securities Laws;
(p) the audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation or prohibiting for its fiscal year ended April 30, 2005 and the sale unaudited financial statements of the Offered Shares Corporation for the period ended July 31, 2005 (the “Financial Statements”) are true and correct in every material respect and present fairly and accurately the financial position and results of the operations of the Corporation for the periods then ended and the Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis;
(q) there are no material liabilities of the Corporation, whether direct, indirect, absolute, contingent or otherwise which are not disclosed or reflected in the Corporation’s Financial Statements except those incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Corporation since July 31, 2005 which are recorded in the books and records of the Corporation;
(r) since July 31, 2005 there has not been any adverse Material Change of any kind whatsoever in the financial position or condition of the Corporation, or any damage, loss or other change of any kind whatsoever in circumstances materially affecting the business or assets of the Corporation, or the trading right or capacity of the Corporation to carry on its business;
(s) the contracts and agreements set out in Schedule “B” hereto constitute all of the material contracts and agreements of the Corporation, and all such contracts and agreements are in good standing in all material respects and not in default in any respect;
(t) all tax returns and reports of the Corporation required by law to have been filed have been filed and are substantially true, complete and correct and all taxes and other government charges of any kind whatsoever of the Corporation have been paid or accrued in the Financial Statements;
(u) the Corporation has established on its books and records reserves which are adequate for the payment of all taxes not yet due and payable and there are no liens for taxes on the assets of the Corporation except for taxes not yet due, and there are no audits of any of the tax returns of the Corporation which are known by the Corporation’s issued securities has management to be pending, and there are no claims which have been issued and or may be asserted relating to any such tax returns which, if determined adversely, would result in the assertion by any governmental agency of any deficiency which would have a material adverse effect on the properties, business or assets of the Corporation;
(v) except as disclosed on Schedule “C” hereto, there are no actions, suits, judgments, investigations or proceedings for such purpose are threatened of any kind whatsoever outstanding, pending or, to the best of the Corporation’s its knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending threatened against or affecting the Corporation or its directors, officers or promoters at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board board, bureau or agencyagency of any kind whatsoever which would result in an adverse Material Change in the financial position, domestic business or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effectprospects of the Corporation and there is no basis therefor;
(tw) neither the Corporation nor any of its directors, officers and promoters are in breach of any law, ordinance, statute, regulation, by-law, order or decree of any kind whatsoever which breach would have a material adverse effect on the financial position, business or prospects of the Corporation;
(x) the Corporation has all requisite power and capacity and good and sufficient right and authority to enter into, deliver and carry out its obligations under this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements and to complete the transactions contemplated under this Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
(y) this Agreement has been authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with the terms thereof and, upon being executed and delivered, each of the Subscription Agreements and the certificates representing the Warrants, the FT Warrants, the Compensation Options, and Fee Warrants will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with the terms thereof;
(z) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesSubscription Agreements, the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and the fulfilment completion of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and transactions contemplated under this Agreement will not (as the case may be) conflict with with, or result in a the breach of or violation the acceleration of any of the terms or provisions ofindebtedness under, or constitute a default under, whether after notice the Memorandum or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions Articles of the Corporation; (C) the terms of Corporation or any Debt Instrument, Material Agreementindenture, mortgage, noteagreement, indenturelease, instrument, lease licence or other instrument of any other material agreement kind whatsoever to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it or any of its properties or assets is bound; , or (D) any statute or any judgment, decree decree, order, rule, policy or order binding regulation of any court, governmental authority or administrative body of any kind whatsoever applicable to the Corporation or any of its properties or assets, which could have a material adverse effect on the respective property condition, business, properties or assets results of operations of the Corporation; and
(aa) no action has been taken by any persons which would in any way limit, restrict or cause interference with any mineral exploration and development work which the Corporation currently proposes to carry out on the Corporation’s mineral properties.
4.2 The Corporation further represents, warrants, covenants and agrees that:
(a) the Corporation is a Foreign Private Issuer and reasonably believes that, both at the commencement of the Private Placement and the Closing Date, there is no Substantial US Market Interest in the Securities;
(ub) it is not, and agrees to use its best efforts not to become, at any time prior to the knowledge expiration of three years after the CorporationClosing Date, no agreement is an “investment company” as defined in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control United States Investment Company Act of any of the securities of the Corporation1940;
(vc) the Corporation is not included in a list required to file reports under Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the 1934 Act;
(d) except with respect to the offer and sale of the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoingoffered hereby, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure not, for a period of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating six months prior to the Corporation which has occurred commencement of the offering of the Securities, sold, offered for sale or solicited any offer to buy any of its securities in the United States, or to, or for the account or benefit of, a US Person in a manner that would be integrated with the offer and sale of the Securities and would cause the exemption from registration set forth in Rule 506 of Regulation D to become unavailable with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions offer and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations sale of the TSXVSecurities;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(xe) neither the Corporation nornor any of the predecessors or affiliates thereof has been subject to any order, judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction temporarily, preliminarily or permanently enjoining such person for failure to comply with Rule 503 of Regulation D concerning the knowledge filing of a notice of sales on Form D;
(f) except with respect to offers and sales in the US Private Placement in the manner described in section of this Agreement, neither the Corporation nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Agent, its respective affiliates or any person acting on their behalf, in respect of which no representation is made), has made or will make: (i) any offer to sell, or any solicitation of an offer to buy, any Securities to, or for the account or benefit of, a US Person or to a person in the United States; or (ii) any sale of the Securities unless, at the time the buy order was or will have been originated, the purchaser is (A) outside the United States and not a US Person or (B) the Corporation, its affiliates, and any person acting on their behalf reasonably believe that the purchaser is outside the United States and not a US Person;
(g) during the period in which the Securities are offered for sale, neither it nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on their behalf has taken or will take any action that would cause the exclusion from registration available under Regulation S or the exemption from registration available under Rule 506 of Regulation D to be unavailable for offers and sales of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement;
(h) none of the Corporation, its affiliates or any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on its or their behalf have engaged or will engage in any form of Directed Selling Efforts with respect to offers or sales of the Corporation is aware of Securities, or has taken or will take any actionaction in violation of Regulation M under the 1934 Act, directly or indirectlyhave engaged in or will engage in any general solicitation or advertising with respect to offers or sales of the Securities in the United States, that has resulted or would result to, or for the account or benefit of, US Persons, including advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media, or broadcast over radio, or television, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by general solicitation or general advertising or in a violation manner involving a public offering within the meaning of section 4(2) of the 1933 Act;
(i) the Corporation agrees to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to remain a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Private Issuer for a period of 1977 two years from the date hereof;
(United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canadaj) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses timely execute or procure the execution of all documents and take or cause to ensure compliance be taken all such steps as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to establish, to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel for the Agent, any and all legal requirements to enable the Agent to offer the Securities for sale in the United States under Rule 506 of Regulation D in accordance with this Agreement; and
(k) the Corporation will, within fifteen (15) days after the first sale of Securities in the United States, prepare and file with the FCPA United States Securities and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation Exchange Commission a notice on Form D with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); Securities and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) file all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings amendments required to be filed by as a result of subsequent sales of Securities in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US Persons. The Corporation have been shall also prepare and file within prescribed time periods any notices required to be filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities state securities authorities under applicable blue sky laws in connection with any securities sold pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D.
4.3 The representations and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact warranties of the Corporation or result contained in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return this Section of the Corporation is currently in progress Agreement shall be true at the Time of Closing and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact Closing Date as though they were made at the Time of Closing and the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thClosing Date and they shall s
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, Underwriter that:
(ai) each of the Corporation (i) and the Subsidiaries is a corporation duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) and is up-to-date jurisdiction in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) which it was incorporated, continued or amalgamated, as the case may be, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on no steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing its business as now conducted dissolution or winding up, and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into each of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderits obligations hereunder;
(bii) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been takenbeneficially owns, instituted ordirectly or indirectly, to the knowledge all of the Corporation, are pending for issued and outstanding shares in the dissolution or liquidation capital of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in complianceSubsidiaries free and clear of all mortgages, in all material respectsliens, with all applicable lawscharges, rules and regulations (including all applicable federalpledges, nationalsecurity interests, provincialencumbrances, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements claims or demands of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawskind whatsoever, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, such shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were are outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesshares and, except as publicly disclosed, no person has any right, agreement or option, present or future, contingent or absolute, or any right capable of becoming a right, agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation of any interest in any of such shares or for the issue or allotment of any unissued shares in the capital of the Subsidiaries or any other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares; and other than the Subsidiaries, the Corporation does not beneficially own or exercise control or direction over, 10% or more of the outstanding voting shares of any company;
(miii) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities [intentionally deleted];
(contingent or otherwiseiv) or prospects each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries holds all requisite licences, registrations, qualifications, permits and consents necessary or appropriate for carrying on its business as currently carried on and all such licences, registrations, qualifications, permits and consents are valid and subsisting and in good standing in all material respects except where the failure to hold such licences, registrations, qualifications, permits and consents would not have a consolidated basisMaterial Adverse Effect on the Corporation;
(nv) all consents, approvals, permits, authorizations or filings as may be required under Securities Laws necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance of the Units and the communication of the transaction contemplated hereby, have been made or obtained, as applicable, provided that the Corporation must file any applicable reports of trade along with the applicable filing fee and/or fee checklist, if any, including filings, pursuant to Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act;
(vi) as at January 19, 2007, the authorized capital of the Corporation consisted of an unlimited number of Common Shares of which 50,381,787 Common Shares were issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable;
(vii) the currently issued and outstanding Common Shares are listed and posted for trading on the TSX and AMEX and no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingpending or threatened;
(oviii) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable definitive form of becoming an agreement for certificate representing the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations Common Shares is in proper form under the laws of any nature Canada and complies with the requirements of AMEX and the TSX and does not conflict with the constating documents of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(qix) the Financial Statements of (i) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Canada consistently applied throughout the Corporation period referred to therein, (ii) present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition position (including the assets and liabilities, whether absolute, contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (at such dates and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats results of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements operations of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows its subsidiaries for the periods then ended, subjectand (iii) contain and reflect adequate provision or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, expenses and losses of the Corporation as required under generally accepted accounting principles in Canada, and there has been no change in accounting policies or practices of the Corporation since the date reflected in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsmost recent Financial Statements;
(x) neither since December 31, 2005, the Corporation nor, to the knowledge has not declared or paid any dividends or declared or made any other payments or distributions on or in respect of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or its shares and has taken any actionnot, directly or indirectly, that has resulted redeemed, purchased or would result in a violation otherwise acquired any of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act its shares or agreed to do so or otherwise effected any return of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise capital with respect to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsshares;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddxi) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have been paid, paid except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of with respect to the Corporation and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or result in have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Corporation and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole). All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities governmental authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of with respect to the Corporation and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or result in have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Corporation and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole). No To the best of the knowledge of the Corporation, no examination of any tax return of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority governmental authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the CorporationCorporation and the Subsidiaries, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole);
(xii) there has not been any reportable event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 of the Canadian Securities Administrators) with the auditors of the Corporation;
(xiii) the auditors of the Corporation which are the auditors who audited the Corporation’s most recent annual financial statement are independent public accountants as required under Securities Laws and are registered with the Canadian Public Accountability Board;
(xiv) except as disclosed in writing to the Underwriter or as described in the Preliminary Prospectus, none of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries has approved, is contemplating, has entered into any agreement in respect of, or has any knowledge of: (A) the purchase of any property material to the Corporation or assets or any interest therein or the sale, transfer or other disposition of any property material to the Corporation or assets or any interest therein currently owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or the Subsidiaries whether by asset sale, transfer of shares or otherwise; or (B) the change of control (by sale or transfer of shares or sale of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries or otherwise) of the Corporation or any Subsidiaries;
(xv) as at the Closing Date, except as set forth in Schedule “B” to this Agreement or as publicly disclosed, other than the Underwriter, no holder of outstanding securities of the Corporation will be entitled to any pre-emptive or any similar rights to subscribe for any of the Common Shares or other securities of the Corporation and no rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares in the capital of the Corporation are outstanding;
(xvi) no claim, litigation, legal or governmental proceeding is pending to which the Corporation or the Subsidiaries is a party or to which its property is subject that would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation and to the Corporation’s knowledge no such claim, litigation or proceedings have been threatened against or are contemplated with respect to the Corporation or the Subsidiaries or their respective properties;
(xvii) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with each material license and permit held by it and them and are not in violation of, or in default in any material respect under, the applicable statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders or decrees of any governmental entities, regulatory agencies or bodies having, asserting or claiming jurisdiction over it or over any part of its respective operations or assets, except in any case where the Corporation has received a valid and effective waiver of such violation or default, or where such violation or default would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation;
(xviii) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws and regulations of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business and has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation;
(xix) the Corporation and/or the Subsidiaries is the beneficial owner of the properties, business and assets or the interests in the properties, business or assets referred to as owned by it in the Prospectus, all agreements under which the Corporation or the Subsidiaries holds an interest in a property, business or asset are in good standing according to their terms except where the failure to be in such good standing does not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation;
(xx) the Corporation is a reporting issuer under the Securities Laws in each of the Provinces of Canada where such a concept exists; the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any requirement of such Securities Laws and the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the securities commissions of any province of Canada. In particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation is in compliance at the date hereof with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it and, since December 31, 2005 (other than in respect of material change reports previously filed on a confidential basis and thereafter made public), no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change statement has not been filed, except to the extent that the Offering and the conditional approval of the listing of the Units on AMEX or the TSX may constitute a material change;
(xxi) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereunder, the Offering at the Closing Time and any compliance by the Corporation with the other provisions of this Agreement to be complied with by it does not and will not:
(A) require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority, stock exchange, securities regulatory authority or other third party, except: (i) such as have been obtained or will have been obtained by the Closing Time; (ii) such as may be required under the applicable by-laws, policies, regulations and prescribed forms of AMEX or the TSX; and (iii) filings under Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act;
(B) result in a breach of or default under, nor create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a breach of or default under, nor conflict with:
(1) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the constating documents or resolutions of the shareholders, directors or any committee of directors of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries or any material indenture, agreement or instrument to which the Corporation or the Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or they are contractually bound; provided that the Underwriter does not sell the Units in a manner that would contravene the terms of this Agreement; or
(2) any statute, rule, regulation or law applicable to the Corporation, or the Subsidiaries including, without limitation, the Securities Laws of the Qualifying Jurisdictions, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Corporation or the Subsidiaries; or
(3) any material mortgage, note, indenture, license, permit, contract, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease or other document to which the Corporation or the Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Corporation or the Subsidiaries or a material portion of the assets of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries are bound (a “Material Agreement”), or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to any of them, which default or breach might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Corporation;
(eeC) neither give rise to any lien, charge or claim in or with respect to the properties or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Corporation or the Subsidiaries or the acceleration of or the maturity of any debt under any indenture, mortgage, lease, agreement or instrument binding or affecting any of them or any of their properties except to ththe extent that such lien, charge or claim would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation;
(xxii) none of the Corporation nor its subsidiaries is in violation of its constating documents or in default in the performance or observance of any Material Agreement;
(xxiii) upon the execution and delivery thereof, this Agreement shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation and shall be enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought, and by the fact that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver, and the ability to sever unenforceable terms, may be limited by applicable law;
(xxiv) at the Closing Time, all necessary corporate action will have been taken by the Corporation to validly create and issue the Units and the Common Shares comprising such Units shall be issued as fully paid and non-assessable securities in the capital of the Corporation;
(xxv) the Corporation shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to ensure that the common shares issuable hereunder are or will be listed and posted for trading on AMEX and the TSX upon their issue and the Corporation shall on or before the Initial Closing Date provide to the Underwriter a copy of the conditional listing approval from the TSX for the same, subject only to the fulfillment of Standard Listing Conditions;
(xxvi) all information which has been prepared by the Corporation relating to the Corporation and the Subsidiaries and their business, property and liabilities, either publicly disclosed or provided to the Underwriter, including the Prospectus and the Documents incorporated by Reference, is, as of the date of such information, true and correct in all material respects, and no fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make such information materially misleading;
(xxvii) the Corporation has, and to the best of the Corporatio
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Sources: Underwriting and Agency Agreement (Adherex Technologies Inc)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered SharesDebentures, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariessubsidiaries with the exception of Tribute Pharmaceuticals International Inc.;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation OptionsDebentures;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsApplicable Securities Laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and Agreement, the Compensation Option Certificates, Debenture Documentation and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered SharesDebentures, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement and the Debenture Documentation has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsApplicable Securities Laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesDebenture Documentation, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered SharesDebentures, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares Debentures have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered SharesDebentures, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesissued;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common SharesShares and an unlimited number of preference shares, of which, as of May 20June 15, 2015, 100,675,988 119,541,156 Common Shares and no preference shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(mk) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(nl) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares Debentures or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(om) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(pn) since December 31, 20132014, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(qo) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(rp) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(sq) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(tr) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesDebenture Documentation, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered SharesDebentures, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(us) except as disclosed in the Public Record, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(vt) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(wu) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(xv) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(yw) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(zx) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aay) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bbz) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(ccaa) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - – Continuous Disclosure Obligations Obligations) with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddbb) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(eecc) neither the Corporation or to ththe knowledge of the Corporation any other person, is in default in the observance or performance of any term, covenant or obligation to be performed by the Corporation or such other person under any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, agreement, or arrangement to which the Corporation is a party or otherwise bound which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effec
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Sources: Agency Agreement (Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. 8.1 The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent and each of the Purchasers, and acknowledges that each of the Agents are Purchasers is relying upon such representations, warranties representations and covenantswarranties, that:
(a) each of the Corporation (i) and its Subsidiary is a corporation duly incorporated and organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings qualified to carry on its business and is in good standing under in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its property and assets requires such Act; (ii) qualification, and has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and business, to own, lease and operate its properties property and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder execute, deliver and thereunderperform its obligations under this Agreement;
(b) the Corporation, either directly or indirectly, beneficially owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Subsidiary free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands of any kind whatsoever (except for security granted to Thomas Koll or the Toronto-Dominion Bank), all ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇hares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares and no person has any right, agreement or option, present or future, contingent or absolute, of any right capable of becoming a right, agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation does not have of any material subsidiariesinterest in any of such shares or for the issue or allotment of any unissued shares in the capital of the Subsidiary or any other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge each of the CorporationCorporation and the Subsidiary, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in holds all material respectslicences, with all applicable lawscertificates, rules and regulations (including all applicable federalregistrations, nationalpermits, consents or qualifications required by the appropriate state, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental municipal or federal regulatory body, of each jurisdiction agencies or bodies necessary in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business order to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations certificates, registrations, permits, consents and qualifications are valid, valid and subsisting and in good standing and it do not contain any unusual burdensome provision, condition or limitation which has a material adverse effect on the operation of the business of the Corporation or the Subsidiary, taken as a whole, as now conducted or as presently proposed to be conducted and the Corporation has not received a any notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds proceedings relating to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice the revocation or modification of non-compliance with any such lawslicenses, regulations certificates, registrations, permits, consents, or permits qualifications which, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding would adversely affect the conduct of the business, operations, financial condition or income or future prospects of the Corporation and the Subsidiary (taken as a whole);
(d) no reorganization, amalgamation, merger, acquisition or disposition of assets not in the ordinary course of business by the Corporation or other change in the business, operations or capital of the Corporation (other than the transactions contemplated herein) is pending which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingmaterial adverse effect on the market price or value of the Common Shares;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as has full corporate power and authority to validly issue undertake the Offering, the Prospectus Qualification and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Optionsall other transactions contemplated herein;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action Transaction Documents have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been or shall be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been have been, or shall be, executed and delivered by the Corporation Corporation, as applicable, and constitutes a constitute, or shall constitute upon execution and delivery, legal, valid and binding obligation obligations of the Corporation, Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its termstheir terms subject to bankruptcy, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by insolvency and other laws affecting creditors’ the rights of creditors generally, the qualification that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted only in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, jurisdiction and that the provisions thereof relating rights to indemnity, contribution indemnity and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under limited by applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)law;
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(lg) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 200,000,000 Common Shares were of which 23,411,003 Common Shares are validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislationas at November 23, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body2001, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now or other entity has any agreement or option or agreement, option, right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for or the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, right to purchase any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, issued or unissued securities of the Corporation except as disclosed in Schedule A;
(h) the Public Record:Corporation is not in default under or in breach of, and the execution, delivery, performance of and compliance by the Corporation with the terms of the Transaction Documents and, the issuance, sale and delivery of the Subject Securities and the Underlying Securities shall not result in a breach of, and shall not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, shall result in a breach of, and shall not conflict with (i) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the constating documents or by-laws of the Corporation (or its Subsidiary), (ii) any material indenture, agreement (written or oral), contract lease or other instrument to which the Corporation (or its Subsidiary) is a party or by which the Corporation (or its Subsidiary) is or shall be contractually bound as of the Closing Time, (iii) any law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation (or its Subsidiary), and (iv) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation (or its Subsidiary) or the property or assets of the Corporation (or its Subsidiary);
(i) there has not been no legal or governmental proceedings (including in respect of any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwiseclass action) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are threatened to which the Corporation and/or its Subsidiary is a party or to which the property of the Corporation and/or its Subsidiary is subject that would result individually or in the aggregate in any adverse material change in the operations, business or condition of the Corporation and its Subsidiary, taken as a whole;
(j) except as described in Schedule B, there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or affecting or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened against the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) court or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, the outcome of which could reasonably be expected to would have a Material Adverse Effectmaterial adverse effect on the business, assets, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation or which affects or may affect the distribution of the Subject Securities or the Underlying Securities and the Corporation is not aware of any existing ground on which any such action, suit or proceeding might be commenced with any reasonable likelihood of success;
(tk) each of the Corporation and its Subsidiary has good title to all of its assets and undertakings (for the purpose of this clause, the foregoing is referred to as the "Interest") and its Interest is free and clear of adverse claims, except for security granted to Thomas Koll or the Toronto-Dominion Bank and for those arising ▇n the ordinary course of business;
(l) the execution proceeds received from the Offering shall be used substantially in the manner that shall be disclosed in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and delivery any Prospectus Amendment;
(m) Computershare Trust Company of this Agency Agreement Canada, at its principal offices in the City of Vancouver and the Compensation Option CertificatesCity of Toronto is the duly appointed Transfer Agent of the Common Shares and Computershare Trust Company of Canada shall at the Closing Time be the duly appointed Purchase Warrant Agent of the Purchase Warrants pursuant to the Purchase Warrant Indenture and as Special Warrant Agent of the Special Warrants pursuant to the Special Warrant Indenture;
(n) the audited annual financial statements of the Corporation as at and for the year ended December 31, 2000 contained in the Corporation's annual report for the year ended December 31, 2000:
(i) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with those of preceding fiscal periods;
(ii) representfully, fairly and correctly the assets, liabilities and financial condition of the Corporation as at December 31, 2000 and the fulfilment results of its operations and the terms hereof changes in its financial position for the year then ended;
(iii) are in accordance with the books and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions records of the Corporation; and
(Civ) contain and reflect all necessary adjustments for the fair presentation of the results of operations and the financial condition of the business of the Corporation for the period covered thereby;
(o) the terms unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is and its Subsidiary as at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2001:
(i) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a party or by which they are bound; or basis consistent with those of preceding periods;
(Dii) any judgmentrepresent fully, decree or order binding fairly and correctly the consolidated assets, liabilities and financial condition of the Corporation or as at September 30, 2001 and the respective property or assets consolidated results of its operations and the changes in its financial position for the period then ended;
(iii) are in accordance with the books and records of the Corporation; and
(iv) contain and reflect all necessary adjustments for the fair presentation of the results of operations and the financial condition of the business of the Corporation for the period covered thereby, and there has not been any material adverse change in the financial position of the Corporation, or its business, assets, liabilities or undertaking (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) since September 30, 2001 other than as publicly disclosed;
(up) KPMG LLP, the auditors of the Corporation, are independent public accountants as required under Securities Law other than the state and federal securities laws of the United States and there has not been any disagreement (within the meaning of National Policy Statement No. 31) with the present or former auditors of the Corporation other than as disclosed in the Information Record;
(q) there are no outstanding issues or disagreements with the auditors of the Corporation in connection with the financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2000 (the "Year-End Statements") or any fact or issue that would or could lead to a disagreement with the auditors;
(r) to the knowledge of the Corporation, there are no agreement is facts or issues relating to the Corporation that would require the auditors to provide a qualified report in force connection with the Year-End Statements;
(s) the Corporation does not intend to have any write downs or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of write-offs with respect to any of the securities Corporation's assets for the year ended December 31, 2001;
(t) the Corporation is not aware of any liability for which a reserve has not been previously made;
(u) since September 30, 2001, (i) there has not been any material change or a change in a material fact in the business, affairs, financial position, operations, business prospects, undertakings, assets, liabilities or obligations, contingent or otherwise or capital of the Corporation, and (ii) there has been no transaction entered into by the Corporation, other than those in the ordinary course of business or those that have been publicly disclosed;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting "reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions issuer" in the Qualifying Jurisdictions Provinces and is not in default under Securities Laws in the Qualifying Provinces. In particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied is in compliance with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to itit and since September 30, 2001 no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXVfiled;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) no portion of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein Information Record contained a misrepresentation as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension at its date of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentspublic dissemination;
(x) neither the Corporation norSpecial Warrants, to the knowledge of the CorporationBroker's Option, Fiscal Advisor Option or any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf Underlying Securities of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation do not constitute "foreign property" within the meaning of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including), without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality amendments thereto publicly announced by the Minister of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise Finance prior to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsthat time;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of a Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department Issuer and reasonably believes that there is no substantial U.S. market interest (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, Underwriter and acknowledges that the Agents are Underwriter is relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenants, in purchasing the Units that:
(a) each of the Corporation (i) and its Subsidiaries is a corporation duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) jurisdiction in which it was incorporated, continued or amalgamated, as the case may be, and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity is duly qualified and holds all necessary material permits, licences and authorizations necessary or required to carry on its business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted to own, lease and or operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate powerno steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, authority and capacity to createvoluntary or otherwise, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderrequiring or authorizing its dissolution or winding up;
(b) the Subsidiaries are the only subsidiaries of the Corporation. The Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge beneficially own or exercise control or direction over 10% or more of the Corporationoutstanding voting shares of any company that holds any assets or conducts any operations other than the Subsidiaries and the Corporation beneficially owns, are pending for directly or indirectly, the dissolution or liquidation percentage indicated on Schedule “A” hereto of the Corporation;
(d) issued and outstanding shares in the Corporation has conducted its business in compliancecapital of the Subsidiaries which are free and clear of all mortgages, in all material respectsliens, with all applicable lawscharges, rules and regulations (including all applicable federalpledges, nationalsecurity interests, provincialencumbrances, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements claims or demands of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawskind whatsoever, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, such shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be are validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were are outstanding as fully paid and non-non- assessable Common Shares;
(m) shares and no person has any right, agreement or option, present or future, contingent or absolute, or any right capable of becoming a right, agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading interest in any securities of such shares or for the Corporation issue or prohibiting allotment of any unissued shares in the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading capital of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease Subsidiaries or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party security convertible into or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed exchangeable for any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsshares;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, Agent and acknowledges that the Agents are Agent is relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties, warranties and covenants, thatas follows:
(a) the Corporation (i) has been duly incorporated, amalgamated or continued and is duly amalgamated validly subsisting under the Business Corporations laws of Nevada;
(b) other than Clarkdale Metals Corp. and Clarkdale Minerals LLC (collectively, the “Subsidiaries”), the Corporation has no active or material Subsidiary, as such term is defined in the Securities Act (Ontario);
(c) with respect to the Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries, except to the extent that any violation or other matter referred to in this subparagraph does not have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets, properties, liabilities or operations of the Corporation or each of the Subsidiaries (the “ActProperty”)
(A) the Corporation and is up-to-date its Subsidiaries are not in violation of any applicable federal, state or local laws, regulations, orders, government decrees or ordinances with respect to environmental, health or safety matters (collectively, “Environmental Laws”);
(B) the Corporation and its Subsidiaries have operated its business at all times and have received, handled, used, stored, treated, shipped and disposed of all material corporate filings contaminants without violation of Environmental Laws;
(C) the Corporation and its Subsidiaries have had no spills, releases, deposits or discharges of hazardous or toxic substances, contaminants or wastes into the earth, air or into any body of water or any municipal or other sewer or drain water systems that have not been remedied;
(D) no orders, directions or notices have been issued and remain outstanding pursuant to any Environmental Laws relating to the business or assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries;
(E) the Corporation and its Subsidiaries have not failed to report to the proper federal, state, local or other political subdivision, government, department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign the occurrence of any event which is required to be so reported under Environmental Laws;
(F) the Corporation and its Subsidiaries hold all licenses, permits and approvals required under any Environmental Laws in good standing connection with the operation of its business and the ownership and use of its assets, all such licenses, permits and approvals are in full force and effect, and except for (A) notifications and conditions of general application to assets of the type owned by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries, and (B) notifications relating to reclamation, remediation or similar obligations under Environmental Laws, the Corporation and its Subsidiaries have not received any notification pursuant to any Environmental Laws that any work, repairs, construction or capital expenditures are required to be made by it as a condition of continued compliance with any Environmental Laws, or any licence, permit or approval issued pursuant thereto, or that any licence, permit or approval referred to above is about to be reviewed, made subject to limitation or conditions, revoked, withdrawn or terminated; and
(G) Except as allowed by law, the Property has not, does not, and will not contain any chemical or other substance that is prohibited, limited or regulated by law, or that might pose a hazard to health or safety (including, but not limited to, asbestos, asbestos-containing materials, radon gas, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and polychlorinated biphenyls; or any other substance deemed to be a “hazardous material,” “toxic substance,” “hazardous substance,” “hazardous waste” or “solid waste (collectively “Hazardous Substances”), by, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the United States Environmental Protection Agency or in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986 and Title III of the Superfund Amendment and Rehabilitation Act, Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 40 and Chapter 459, or any and all regulations promulgated under any such Actlaw; or any and all similar or successor laws.
(iid) Each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate powercapacity, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted by it and to own, lease and operate its properties assets and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder of this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements and thereunder;
(b) to undertake the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated Offering and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingother transactions contemplated herein;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by authorized capital of the Corporation so consists of 400,000,000 common shares of which 89,151,666 common shares and no preferred shares are issued and outstanding as to validly issue at the date hereof, and sell all of the Offered Shares Corporation’s issued and to issue the Compensation Optionsoutstanding shares are fully paid and non- assessable;
(f) except for the approval minutes of the TSXV Directors’ and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, Shareholders’ meetings of the Corporation as provided to Agent’s counsel are true and correct and contain all consents, approvals, authorizations the resolutions of the directors and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to shareholders as of the Offeringdate hereof;
(g) other than pursuant to the execution and delivery provisions of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesAgreement, and the performance as of the transactions contemplated hereby and therebydate of this Agreement, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Sharesno person, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action firm, corporation or other entity holds any securities convertible or exchangeable into securities of the Corporation or now has any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege (whether preemptive or contractual) being or capable of becoming an agreement, option or right for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any unissued shares, securities (including convertible securities) or warrants of the Corporation other than 18,941,003 outstanding warrants and 3,945,700 stock options issued to directors, officers, employees and key consultants of the Corporation under the Corporation’s stock option plan;
(h) each of this Agency Agreement has been Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, Broker’s Warrants and Warrants (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) have been, or will be, upon execution thereof, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes constitute, or will constitute when executed, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that terms except that: (i) the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, that (ii) rights of indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution thereunder may be limited under applicable law; and (iii) equitable remedies, including, without limitation, specific performance and other equitable remedies injunctive relief, may only be granted only in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have beenCorporation is not in default or breach of, and the execution and delivery of, and the compliance with the terms of, the Transaction Documents will not result in a material breach of, and does not and will not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, will result in a breach of, and does not and will not conflict with: (i) any material statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation; (ii) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the constating documents or by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (iii) any material trust indenture, agreement, instrument, lease or other document (“Material Contract”) to which the Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation is a party or will be contractually bound as of the Closing Time; or (iv) any material judgment, decree or order binding on the Corporation, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation any of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesits assets;
(j) all Material Contracts to which the Compensation Options Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is a party are in good standing and in full force and effect unamended and no material default or breach exists in respect of any of them on the part of any of the parties to them and no event has occurred which, after the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would constitute such a default or breach and which would have been, or prior to a material adverse effect on the Closing Time will be duly Corporation; the foregoing includes all the presently outstanding Material Contracts entered into by the Corporation in the course of carrying out its operations and validly authorized and createdall operations related thereto;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital audited annual financial statements of the Corporation consists as at and for the year ended December 31, 2005 and the unaudited financial statements of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislationfor the period ending September 30, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body2006 (collectively, which it anticipates will materially the “Financial Statements”), delivered to the Agent (i) are, in all material respects, consistent with the books and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects records of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; (ii) contain and reflect all material adjustments for the fair presentation of the consolidated results of operations and the financial condition of the business of the Corporation for the periods covered thereby in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied; and (iii) present fully, fairly and correctly, the consolidated material assets and financial condition of the Corporation as at the date thereof and the results of operations and the changes in financial position for the period then ended;
(nl) no order ceasing or suspending trading except as otherwise disclosed in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued public filings with the United States Securities and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened orExchange Commission, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the consolidated assets, liabilitiesliabilities or obligations (absolute, obligations contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation from the position set forth in the Financial Statements and there has not been any adverse material change in the business, operations, capital or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the operations of the Corporation since September 30, 2006; and since that date and except as publicly disclosed, there have been no material facts, transactions, events or occurrences which could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the capital, assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basisCorporation;
(iim) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except other than as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect)Agent, there are no threats of actions, suits, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf inquiries, including, to the best of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or’s knowledge, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or threatened against or affecting the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries claiming an amount in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate, at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board board, bureau, agency or agency, domestic or foreign, instrumentality which in any way could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the capital assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the operations of the Corporation (on a consolidated basis) or any of the material properties or assets of the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries and the Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries has no knowledge of any existing ground on which any such suit, proceeding or inquiry might be commenced with any reasonable likelihood of success;
(n) the Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries, and any predecessor corporation, have filed all necessary tax returns and notices required to be filed by them and the Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries is not aware of any tax deficiencies or interest or penalties accrued or accruing, or alleged to be accrued or accruing, thereon with respect to itself where, in any of the above cases, it could reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change in the capital, assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or results of operations of the Corporation (on a Material Adverse Effectconsolidated basis);
(o) no order ceasing or suspending trading in securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of securities by the Corporation has been issued that remains outstanding and, to its knowledge, no proceedings for this purpose have been instituted, are pending, contemplated or threatened by any securities commission or self-regulatory organization, the Corporation is not in default of any material requirement of any applicable securities legislation and, the Corporation is entitled to avail itself of the applicable prospectus exemptions available under such securities legislation in respect of the trades in its securities to Purchasers as contemplated in this Agreement;
(p) the Corporation has no reason to believe that the Engineering Report by Arrakis, Inc. and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ dated May 24, 2005, has been prepared other than in accordance with industry standards required by state and federal law;
(q) the Corporation has not, directly or indirectly, declared or paid any dividend or declared or made any other distribution on any of its securities of any class, or, directly or indirectly, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its securities or agreed to do any of the foregoing;
(r) the representations, warranties and covenants made by the Corporation in the Subscription Agreements are, or will be, true and correct as of the date at which it are made and on the Closing Date;
(s) the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to issue the Subject Securities on the applicable Closing Date, the Common Shares will be duly and validly authorized, allotted and issued as fully paid and non-assessable, the Warrants will be duly and validly authorized and issued, and the Broker’s Warrant will be validly authorized and issued;
(t) the execution Corporation and, if applicable, each of the Subsidiaries has sufficiently provided for an adequate reserve related to present or future abandonment and delivery related costs;
(u) the information and statements filed with the applicable securities regulators as at the date hereof, relating to the Corporation and each of this Agency Agreement the Subsidiaries are true, correct, and complete and do not contain any misrepresentation, as of the Compensation Option Certificatesrespective dates of such information or statements, and no material change has occurred in relation to the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries which is not disclosed in the documents filed with the applicable securities regulators, and the fulfilment Corporation has not filed any confidential material change reports which continue to be confidential;
(v) the Corporation is a “reporting company”, being an issuer that has a class of securities registered under Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) of the terms hereof Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or is required to file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 not in default of applicable securities legislation, and thereof by is not, to the Corporationbest of its knowledge, including in material default of securities legislation or subject to any cease trade order or other restriction on the issuance and transfer of its securities;
(w) no authorization, approval or consent of any court or United States federal or state governmental authority or agency is necessary in connection with the sale of the Offered SharesSecurities as contemplated hereunder, do not and will not (except such as may be required under U.S. securities laws, including, without limitation the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation Securities Act of any of the terms or provisions of1933, as amended, or constitute a default under, whether after notice the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporationstate securities laws;
(ux) Pacific Stock Transfer Company at its principal office in ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, is the duly appointed registrar and transfer agent of the Corporation with respect to the common shares;
(y) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any insider of the Corporation has a present intention to sell any securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained held by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf and all operations of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office have been conducted in accordance with good industry practices and in material compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders and directions of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); government and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFACcompetent authorities;
(aa) all filings and fees required subject to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant rights granted to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by it under the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) various option agreements referred to in the Corporation’s Auditors who audited public filings and the consolidated financial statements conditions of applicable regulatory permits, the Corporation and each of the Corporation for the year ended December 31Subsidiaries has all right, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty title and interest payable with respect thereto (collectivelyto all of its properties, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact all of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to resources on its properties including th
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriters, and acknowledges intending that the Agents are relying same may be relied upon such representations, warranties and covenantsby the Underwriters, that:
(a) each of the Corporation (i) and the Material Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and organized and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect laws of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) its jurisdiction of incorporation, continuance or amalgamation, has all requisite corporate power, authority power and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and as contemplated by the Prospectuses, and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in assets, and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderits obligations under this Agreement;
(b) the only material operating subsidiaries of the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesare listed in Schedule A;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge Corporation or one of its Material Subsidiaries owns the issued and outstanding shares of each of the CorporationMaterial Subsidiaries as set out in Schedule A, are pending for in each case free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, charge, claim or encumbrance other than as described in Schedule B or in the dissolution or liquidation of the CorporationProspectuses;
(d) the Corporation is a reporting issuer or the equivalent in each of the Qualifying Provinces and the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any of the requirements of Canadian Securities Laws;
(e) the Corporation is qualified to file a short form prospectus that is a base shelf prospectus pursuant to the Shelf Procedures and is eligible to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus under NI 44-101 in each of the Qualifying Provinces and at the respective times of filing, each of the Canadian Base Prospectus, the Canadian Pricing Prospectus, the Canadian Prospectus Supplement and any Supplementary Material, have complied and will comply with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws pursuant to which they have been or will be filed, have and will provide full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) relating to the Corporation on a consolidated basis and the Offered Securities and do not and will not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) as of the date of filing, provided that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to statements contained in such documents relating solely to the Underwriters and provided in writing by the Underwriters;
(f) no order, ruling or determination having the effect of ceasing, suspending or restricting trading in any securities of the Corporation or the sale of the Offered Securities has been issued and no proceedings, investigations or inquiries for such purpose are pending or, to the Corporation’s knowledge, threatened;
(g) the Corporation’s common shares are posted and listed for trading on the Exchanges and the GSE and the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any of the listing requirements of the Exchanges;
(h) other than pursuant to the Corporation’s Stock Option Plans, the Warrants, the convertible debentures of the Corporation outstanding as at the date hereof, the Notes to be issued pursuant to the Notes Exchange and the Notes Offering, or as set out in the Offering Documents or Documents Incorporated by Reference, the Corporation is not a party to and has not entered into any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege reasonably capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares;
(i) as at July 26, 2016, the authorized share capital of the Corporation consisted of an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of first preferred shares (the “Preferred Shares”), of which 282,727,008 Common Shares and no Preferred Shares are issued and outstanding;
(j) the Corporation and each of the Material Subsidiaries have conducted and are conducting their respective businesses in material compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and directives, including without limitation, all laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining and to mining claims, concessions or leases, and environmental, health and safety laws, rules, regulations, or policies or other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries in each jurisdiction in which the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries carries on their respective businesses, other than those in respect of which the failure to comply would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries, hold all certificates, authorities, permits, licenses, registrations and qualifications (collectively, the “Authorities”) in all jurisdictions in which each carries on its business and which are material for and necessary or desirable to carry on their respective businesses as now conducted, except for any Authorities which, if not obtained, would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, information and belief, all of the Authorities are valid and existing and in good standing and none of the Authorities contain any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation which has or is likely to have any material adverse effect on the business of the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as now conducted or as currently contemplated to be conducted during the next six months. None of the Corporation, nor any of the Material Subsidiaries, has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any of the Authorities which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding, would materially adversely affect the business, operations, financial condition, or income of the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) (a “Material Adverse Effect”) or any notice of the revocation or cancellation of, or any intention to revoke or cancel, any of the mining claims, concessions or leases comprising:
(i) the Bogoso/Prestea property;
(ii) the Prestea Underground property; and
(iii) the Wassa property. The above-noted properties are referred to, collectively, as the “Material Resource Properties” and each such property is as described in the Canadian Prospectus and Documents Incorporated by Reference;
(k) except as disclosed in the Offering Documents, there are no environmental audits, evaluations, assessments, studies or tests relating to the Corporation or its Material Subsidiaries except for ongoing assessments conducted by or on behalf of the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries in the ordinary course;
(l) the Corporation and each of its Material Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all material assets owned by them free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances, other than as described in Schedule B or in the Offering Documents or Documents Incorporated by Reference and other than such liens, charges and encumbrances that are not individually or in the aggregate material to the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(m) the Corporation made available to the respective authors, prior to issuance, of the current technical reports relating to the Material Resource Properties (the “Reports”), for the purpose of preparing the Reports, as applicable, all information requested, and no such information contained any material misrepresentation as at the relevant time the relevant information was made available;
(n) the Corporation is in compliance, in all material respects, with the provisions of NI 43-101 and has filed all applicable lawstechnical reports required thereby and, rules at the time of filing, the Reports complied, in all material respects, with the requirements of NI 43-101; all scientific and regulations technical information disclosed in the Offering Documents: (including i) is based upon information prepared, reviewed and/or verified by or under the supervision of a “qualified person” (as such term is defined in NI 43-101), (ii) has been prepared and disclosed in accordance, in all applicable federalmaterial respects, national, provincial, municipalwith NI 43-101, and local environmental anti-pollution (iii) was true, complete and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified accurate in all jurisdictions material respects at the time of filing;
(o) except as set forth in which it ownsthe Offering Documents or the Documents Incorporated by Reference or as are not individually or in the aggregate material to the Corporation and Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), leases or operates its property or carries other than as would not have a material effect on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be the value of such interests, all interests in the Material Resource Properties are owned, leased or held by the Corporation or its Material Subsidiaries as owner or lessee thereof, are so owned with good and operated marketable title or are so leased with good and valid title, are in good standing, are valid and enforceable, are free and clear of any liens, charges or encumbrances (other than as set forth in Schedule B) and no royalty is payable in respect of any of them; no other material property rights are necessary for the conduct or currently intended conduct of the Corporation’s or the Material Subsidiaries’ business (except in respect of the development and mining of Prestea Underground and Wassa Underground) and there are no restrictions on the ability of the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries to use, transfer or otherwise exploit or explore (as the case may be) any such property rights, except as set forth in the Offering Documents or the Documents Incorporated by Reference or as set forth in Schedule B;
(p) (A) the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all material terms and provisions of all contracts, agreements, indentures, leases, instruments and licences material to the conduct of their businesses taken as a whole and (B) all such licencescontracts, registrations agreements, indentures, leases, policies, instruments and qualifications licences are valid, subsisting valid and binding in good standing accordance with their terms and it has are in full force and effect;
(q) except in each case as publicly disclosed or as would not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could otherwise reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
Effect: (i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any best of the Corporation’s issued securities knowledge, information and belief none of the real property (and the buildings constructed thereon) in which the Corporation or any of the Material Subsidiaries has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened a direct or indirect interest, whether leasehold, fee simple or otherwise (the “Real Property”), or upon or within which it has operations, is currently subject to any judicial or administrative proceeding alleging the violation of any federal, provincial, state or municipal environmental, health or safety statute or regulation, domestic or foreign, or is subject to any investigation concerning whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any Hazardous Material (as defined below) into the environment; (ii) except in material compliance with applicable environmental laws, neither the Corporation nor any Material Subsidiary or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature occupier of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31Real Property, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been filed any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by notice under any federal, provincial, state, state or municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agencylaw, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have indicating past or present treatment, storage or disposal of a Hazardous Material; (iii) except in material compliance with applicable environmental laws, none of the Real Property has at any time been used by the Corporation or a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) Subsidiary or, to the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment best of the terms hereof Corporation’s knowledge, information and thereof belief by any other occupier, as a waste storage or waste disposal site; (iv) the Corporation, including on a consolidated basis, has no contingent liability of which it has knowledge in connection with any release of any Hazardous Material on or into the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of environment from any of the terms Real Property or provisions ofoperations thereon; (v) none of the Corporation or any Material Subsidiary or, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions best of the Corporation; (C) ’s knowledge, any occupier of the terms Real Property, generates, transports, treats, processes, stores or disposes of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of waste on any of the securities Real Property in material contravention of applicable federal, provincial, state or municipal laws or regulations enacted for the protection of the Corporation;
natural environment (v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata) or human health or wildlife; (vi) to the Corporation’s knowledge, no underground storage tanks or surface impoundments containing a petroleum product or Hazardous Material are located on any of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, Real Property in contravention of applicable federal, provincial, state or municipal laws or regulations, domestic or foreign, enacted for the FCPA and protection of the CFPOA; and natural environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), human health or wildlife. For the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses purposes of this Section 5(q), “Hazardous Material” means any contaminant, chemical, pollutant, subject waste, hazardous waste, deleterious substance, industrial waste, toxic matter or any other substance that when released into the natural environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata) is likely to ensure compliance with cause, at some immediate or future time, harm or degradation to the FCPA and the CFPOAnatural environment (including, as applicablewithout limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata) or risk to human health and, if violations without restricting the generality of the FCPA foregoing, includes any contaminant, chemical, pollutant, subject waste, deleterious substance, industrial waste, toxic matter or hazardous waste as defined by applicable federal, provincial, state or municipal laws or regulations enacted for the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations protection of the Corporation arenatural environment (including, and have been conducted at all timeswithout limitation, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United Statesambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations human health or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedwildlife;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Golden Star Resources Ltd.)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - – Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th
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Sources: Agency Agreement (Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants and covenants to that, as of the Agents, date given above and acknowledges that at the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatClosing:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly a valid and subsisting corporation amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell laws of the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderProvince of British Columbia;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesis duly registered and licensed to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which it carries on business or owns property where required under the laws of that jurisdiction;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to as at the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery date of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 which 80,557,999 Common Shares were are issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesas at January 25, 2022;
(md) all financial statements, information circulars, news releases, material change reports and other documents filed by the Corporation with the Commissions in Canada on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval or with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Disclosure Record”) within the past 12 months were true and correct in all material respects and did not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (British Columbia)) as at the respective dates of such filings;
(e) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation is the beneficial owner of the properties, business and assets or the interests in the properties, business or assets referred to in the Disclosure Record;
(f) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, any and all agreements pursuant to which the Corporation holds its material assets or is entitled to the use of material assets are valid and subsisting agreements in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and the Corporation is not in material default of any of the provisions of any such agreements nor has any such default been alleged, and the Corporation is not aware of any legislationdisputes with respect thereto and such assets are in good standing under the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situate, and all leases, licences, concessions, and claims pursuant to which the Corporation derives its interests in such material assets are in good standing and there has been no material default under any such leases, licenses, concessions, and claims and all taxes required to be paid with respect to such assets to the date hereof have been paid;
(g) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and directives of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business (except when the failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect) and possesses all material certificates, authorities, permits or licences issued by the appropriate provincial, state, municipal, federal or other governmental or regulatory agency or body necessary to carry on the business currently as carried on, or proposed legislation published contemplated to be carried on, by a legislative bodyit, which it anticipates will is in compliance in all material respects with such certificates, authorities, permits and licences and with all laws, regulations, tariffs, rules, orders and directives material to its operations, including, without limitation, all laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining claims, concessions, licenses, leases or other instruments and the Corporation has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificates, authorities, permits, licences, mining claims, concessions, leases or other instruments conferring mineral rights which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, order, ruling or finding, would materially and adversely affect the conduct of its business, affairs, operations, assetsfinancial condition or income of the Corporation and it has not received notice of the revocation or cancellation of, or any intention to revoke or cancel, any such licence, permit, approval, consent, certificate, registration or authorization;
(h) the financial statements of the Corporation contained in the Disclosure Record, filed with any of the Commissions have all been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, accurately reflect the financial position and all material liabilities (accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities as of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingdate thereof;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) the Corporation has complied and will comply fully with the requirements of all applicable corporate and securities laws and administrative policies and directions, including, without limitation, the Securities Laws and the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in relation to the issue and trading of its securities and in all matters relating to the private placement of the Offered Securities;
(j) there is not presently any material change, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to the Corporation or change in any material fact, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to any of the Purchased Securities, which has not been any material change fully disclosed in accordance with the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations requirements of the Corporation on a consolidated basisSecurities Laws and the policies of the Stock Exchanges;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iiik) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance issue and sale of the Offered Shares, do Securities by the Corporation does not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or with, and does not and will not result in a breach or violation of of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease ’s constating documents or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; or ;
(Dl) any judgmentexcept as described in the Disclosure Record, decree or order binding the Corporation is not a party to any actions, suits or proceedings which could materially affect its business or financial condition, and to the respective property or assets best of the Corporation’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are contemplated or have been threatened;
(um) there are no judgments against the Corporation which are unsatisfied, nor is the Corporation subject to any consent decrees or injunctions;
(n) this Agreement has been or will be at the knowledge Closing Date duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Corporation, no agreement and the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to undertake the Offering;
(o) to the Corporation’s knowledge, it is not in force or effect which default in any manner affects the voting or control material respect of any of the requirements of the Securities Laws or any of the administrative policies, notices or rules, as applicable, of the Toronto Stock Exchange;
(p) no order ceasing or suspending trading in securities of the CorporationCorporation nor prohibiting the sale of such securities has been issued to and is outstanding against the Corporation or its directors, officers or promoters or against any other companies that have common directors, officers or promoters and no investigations or proceedings for such purposes are pending or threatened;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(wq) the Corporation has complied in filed all material respects with requirements to file all reportsfederal, schedulesprovincial, forms, statements local and other documents that it is foreign tax returns which are required to file under the U.S. Exchange Actbe filed, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAPrequested extensions thereof, and fairly present in have paid all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of taxes required to be paid by them and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then endedany other assessment, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norfine or penalty levied against them, to the knowledge extent that any of the Corporationforegoing is due and payable, any directorexcept for such assessments, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of fines and penalties which are currently being contested in good faith; and
(r) the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, established on its books and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of records reserves which are adequate for the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) not yet due and payable by and there are no liens for taxes on the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact assets of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returnsits subsidiaries except for taxes not yet due, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with audits of any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, of the tax returns of the Corporation which are known by the Corporation’s management to be pending, other than such audits which are currently being contested in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thgood faith.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. (1) The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges intending that the Agents are relying same may be relied upon such representations, warranties and covenantsby the Agents, that:
(a) each of the Corporation (i) and the Material Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and organized and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect laws of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) its jurisdiction of incorporation, continuance or amalgamation, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and as contemplated by the Prospectuses, and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in assets, and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderits obligations under this Agreement;
(b) the only material operating subsidiaries of the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesare listed in Schedule A;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge Corporation or one of its Material Subsidiaries owns the issued and outstanding shares of each of the CorporationMaterial Subsidiaries as set out in Schedule A, are pending for in each case free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, charge, claim or encumbrance, other than as is described in the dissolution or liquidation of the CorporationProspectuses;
(d) no order, ruling or determination having the effect of ceasing, suspending or restricting trading in any Common Shares of the Corporation or the sale of the Common Shares has been issued and no proceedings, investigations or inquiries for such purpose are pending or, to the Corporation’s knowledge, threatened;
(e) the Corporation’s common shares are posted and listed for trading on the Exchanges and the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any of the listing requirements of the Exchanges;
(f) other than options under the Corporation’s Stock Option Plans, the Corporation is not a party to and has not entered into any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege reasonably capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for common shares other than as set out in the Prospectuses;
(g) as at December 20, 2005, the authorized share capital of the Corporation consisted of an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of First Preferred shares, of which 142,987,394 Common Shares and no First Preferred shares are issued and outstanding;
(h) the Corporation, each of the Material Subsidiaries, and, to the Corporation’s knowledge after due inquiry, St. Jude have conducted its business and are conducting their respective businesses in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and regulations (directives, including without limitation, all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining and to mining claims, concessions or leases, and environmental, health and safety laws, rules, regulations, or policies or other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of bodies having jurisdiction over the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries in each jurisdiction in which its business is carried the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries carries on their respective businesses, other than those in respect of which the failure to comply would not individually or in the aggregate be material and is licensedadverse to the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole). Each of the Corporation, registered or qualified the Material Subsidiaries, and, to the knowledge of the Corporation after due inquiry, St. Jude hold all certificates, authorities, permits, licenses, registrations and qualifications (collectively, the “Authorities”) in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or each carries on business to enable its business and which are material for and necessary or desirable to be carried carry on their respective businesses as now conducted conducted. To the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, information and its property belief all the Authorities are valid and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting existing and in good standing and it none of the Authorities contain any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation which has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to any material adverse effect on the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action business of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes Material Subsidiaries (taken as a valid and binding obligation whole) as now conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted. None of the Corporation, enforceable against any of the Material Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Corporation in accordance with its termsafter due inquiry, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generallySt. Jude has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any of the Authorities which, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted singly or in the discretion aggregate, if the subject of a court of competent jurisdictionan unfavourable decision, that ruling or finding, would materially adversely affect the provisions thereof relating to indemnitybusiness, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions operations, financial condition, or income of the Limitations ActCorporation or the Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or any notice of the revocation or cancellation of, 2002 or any intention to revoke or cancel, any of the mining claims, concessions or leases comprising:
(Ontario)i) the Bogoso/Prestea property;
(hii) except for any postthe Prestea Underground property;
(iii) the Dunkwa-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsMampon properties;
(iv) the Wassa property; and
(v) the Hwini-Butre property. The above-noted properties are referred to, collectively, as the execution “Material Resource Properties” and delivery of this Agency Agreement and each such property, other than the Compensation Option CertificatesHwini-Butre property, and is as described in the fulfilment Form 10-K of the terms hereof and thereof by the CorporationCorporation dated April 14, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations2005;
(i) the Offered Shares have beenCorporation, or prior each of its Material Subsidiaries, and, to the Closing Time will beCorporation’s knowledge after due inquiry, duly St. Jude have good and validly authorized for issuance andmarketable title to all assets owned by them free and clear of all liens, upon receipt by charges and encumbrances, other than as described in the Prospectuses, and other than such liens, charges and encumbrances that are not individually or in the aggregate material to the Corporation of or the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued Material Subsidiaries taken as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesa whole;
(j) except as set out in the Compensation Options have beenProspectuses or as are not individually or in the aggregate material to the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), or prior other than as would not have a material effect on the value of such interests, all interests in the Material Resource Properties are owned, leased or held by the Corporation, its Material Subsidiaries or, to the Closing Time will be duly Corporation’s knowledge after due inquiry, St. Jude as owner or lessee thereof, are so owned with good and validly authorized marketable title or are so leased with good and createdvalid title, are in good standing, are valid and enforceable, are free and clear of any liens, charges or encumbrances, except with respect to the litigation listed ion Schedule C, and no royalty is payable in respect of any of them; no other material property rights are necessary for the conduct or currently intended conduct of the Corporation’s, the Material Subsidiaries’ or, to the knowledge of the Corporation after due inquiry, St. Jude’s business and there are no restrictions on the ability of the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries to use, transfer or otherwise exploit or explore (as the case may be) any such property rights, except as set out in the Prospectuses;
(k) (A) the Compensation Option Shares Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all material terms and provisions of all contracts, agreements, indentures, leases, instruments and licences material to be issued upon exercise the conduct of the Compensation Optionstheir businesses taken as a whole and (B) all such contracts, including payment agreements, indentures, leases, policies, instruments and licences are valid and binding in accordance with their terms and are in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid force and non-assessable Common Shareseffect;
(l) except in each case as publicly disclosed: (i) to the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any best of the Corporation’s issued securities knowledge, information and belief none of the real property (and the buildings constructed thereon) in which the Corporation or any of the Material Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Corporation after due inquiry, St. Jude has a direct or indirect interest, whether leasehold or fee simple or otherwise (the “Real Property”), or upon or within which it has operations, is subject to any judicial or administrative proceeding alleging the violation of any federal, provincial, state or municipal environmental, health or safety statute or regulation, domestic or foreign, or is subject to any investigation concerning whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any Hazardous Material (as defined below) into the environment; (ii) except in material compliance with applicable environmental laws, neither the Corporation nor any Material Subsidiary nor, to the Corporation’s knowledge, St. Jude or any occupier of the Real Property, has filed any notice under any federal, provincial, state or municipal law, domestic or foreign, indicating past or present treatment, storage or disposal of a Hazardous Material; (iii) except in material compliance with applicable environmental laws, none of the Real Property has at any time been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened used by the Corporation or a Material Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Corporation after due inquiry, St. Jude or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
information and belief by any other occupier, as a waste storage or waste disposal site; (oiv) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there , has not been no contingent liability of which it has knowledge in connection with any material change in release of any Hazardous Material on or into the capital stock or long-term debt environment from any of the Corporation on a consolidated basisReal Property or operations thereon; and
(iiiv) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf none of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation , any Material Subsidiary or, to the Corporation’s knowledge after due inquiry, St. Jude or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, that are pending any occupier of the Real Property, generates, transports, treats, processes, stores or affecting disposes of any waste on any of the Corporation at law or Real Property in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any material contravention of applicable federal, provincial, statestate or municipal laws or regulations enacted for the protection of the natural environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata) or human health or wildlife (vi) to the Corporation’s knowledge, no underground storage tanks or surface impoundments containing a petroleum product or Hazardous Material are located on any of the Real Property in contravention of applicable federal, provincial, state or municipal laws or other governmental department, commission, board or agencyregulations, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) enacted for the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment protection of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not natural environment (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), human health or wildlife. For the purposes of this Section 6(1)(l), “Hazardous Material” means any contaminant, chemical, pollutant, subject waste, hazardous waste, deleterious substance, industrial waste, toxic matter or any other substance that when released into the natural environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata) is likely to cause, at some immediate or future time, harm or degradation to the natural environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata) or risk to human health and, without restricting the generality of the mails foregoing, includes any contaminant, chemical, pollutant, subject waste, deleterious substance, industrial waste, toxic matter or any means hazardous waste as defined by applicable federal, provincial, state or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay municipal laws or authorization regulations enacted for the protection of the payment of any moneynatural environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), or other property, gift, promise to give, human health or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationswildlife;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriters, and acknowledges intending that the Agents are relying same may be relied upon such representations, warranties and covenantsby the Underwriters, that:
(a) each of the Corporation (i) and the Material Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and organized and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect laws of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) its jurisdiction of incorporation, continuance or amalgamation, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and as contemplated by the Final Prospectus, and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in assets, and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderits obligations under this Agreement;
(b) the only material operating subsidiaries of the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesare listed in Schedule A;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge Corporation or one of its Material Subsidiaries owns the issued and outstanding shares of each of the CorporationMaterial Subsidiaries as set out in Schedule A, are pending for in each case free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, charge, claim or encumbrance other than as described in the dissolution Prospectus or liquidation of the CorporationIncorporated Documents;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business is a reporting issuer or the equivalent in complianceeach of the Qualifying Provinces and the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any of the requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws;
(e) the Corporation is eligible to use the POP System and at the respective times of filing, in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus together with any Prospectus Amendment and any Supplementary Material have complied and will comply with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws pursuant to which they have been or will be filed, have and will provide full, true and plain disclosure of all material respectsfacts (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) relating to the Corporation on a consolidated basis and to the Common Shares and do not and will not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) as of the date of filing, provided that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to statements contained in such documents relating solely to the Underwriters or Agents or provided by the Underwriters or Agents;
(f) no order, ruling or determination having the effect of ceasing, suspending or restricting trading in any securities of the Corporation or the sale of the Common Shares has been issued and no proceedings, investigations or inquiries for such purpose are pending or, to the Corporation’s knowledge, threatened;
(g) the Corporation’s common shares are posted and listed for trading on the Exchanges and the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any of the listing requirements of the Exchanges;
(h) other than options under the Corporation’s Stock Option Plans, the Corporation is not a party to and has not entered into any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege reasonably capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares other than as set out in the Final Prospectus;
(i) as at December 9, 2005, the authorized share capital of the Corporation consisted of an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of First Preferred shares, of which 142,987,394 Common Shares and no First Preferred shares are issued and outstanding;
(j) the Corporation, each of the Material Subsidiaries and, to the Corporation’s knowledge after due inquiry, St. Jude have conducted and are conducting their respective businesses in material compliance with all applicable laws, rules rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and regulations (directives, including without limitation, all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining and to mining claims, concessions or leases, and environmental, health and safety laws, rules, regulations, or policies or other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of bodies having jurisdiction over the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries in each jurisdiction in which its business is carried the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries carries on their respective businesses, other than those in respect of which the failure to comply would not individually or in the aggregate be material and is licensedadverse to the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole). Each of the Corporation, registered or qualified the Material Subsidiaries, and, to the Corporation’s knowledge after due inquiry, St. Jude hold all certificates, authorities, permits, licenses, registrations and qualifications (collectively, the “Authorities”) in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or each carries on business to enable its business and which are material for and necessary or desirable to be carried carry on their respective businesses as now conducted conducted. To the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, information and its property belief all the Authorities are valid and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting existing and in good standing and it none of the Authorities contain any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation which has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to any material adverse effect on the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action business of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes Material Subsidiaries (taken as a valid and binding obligation whole) as now conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted. None of the Corporation, enforceable against any of the Material Subsidiaries, or, to the Corporation’s knowledge after due inquiry, St. Jude has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any of the Authorities which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding, would materially adversely affect the business, operations, financial condition, or income of the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of Material Subsidiaries (taken as a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions whole) or any notice of the Limitations Actrevocation or cancellation of, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for or any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal intention to revoke or state securities lawscancel, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment any of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporationmining claims, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration concessions or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;leases comprising:
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common SharesBogoso/Prestea property;
(jii) the Compensation Options have beenPrestea Underground property;
(iii) the Dunkwa-Mampon properties;
(iv) the Wassa property; and
(v) the Hwini-Butre property. The above-noted properties are referred to, or prior to collectively, as the Closing Time will be duly “Material Resource Properties” and validly authorized and created;each such property, other than the Hwini-Butre property, is as described in the Form 10-K of the Corporation dated April 14, 2005.
(k) the Compensation Option Shares Corporation, each of its Material Subsidiaries and, to be issued upon exercise the Corporation’s knowledge after due inquiry, St. Jude, have good and marketable title to all assets owned by them free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances, other than as described in the Compensation OptionsIncorporated Documents and other than such liens, including payment charges and encumbrances that are not individually or in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued aggregate material to the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries taken as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesa whole;
(l) except as set out in the authorized capital Final Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents or as are not individually or in the aggregate material to the Corporation and Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), or other than as would not have a material effect on the value of such interests, all interests in the Material Resource Properties are owned, leased or held by the Corporation, its Material Subsidiaries or, to the Corporation’s knowledge after due inquiry, St. Jude as owner or lessee thereof, are so owned with good and marketable title or are so leased with good and valid title, are in good standing, are valid and enforceable, are free and clear of any liens, charges or encumbrances, except with respect to the litigation listed in Schedule B, and no royalty is payable in respect of any of them; no other material property rights are necessary for the conduct or currently intended conduct of the Corporation’s, the Material Subsidiaries’ or, to the knowledge of the Corporation consists after due inquiry, St. Jude’s business and there are no restrictions on the ability of an unlimited number of Common Sharesthe Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries to use, of whichtransfer or otherwise exploit or explore (as the case may be) any such property rights, except as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesset out in the Final Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents;
(m) (A) the Corporation is not aware and its Material Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all material terms and provisions of any legislationall contracts, or proposed legislation published by agreements, indentures, leases, instruments and licences material to the conduct of their businesses taken as a legislative bodywhole and (B) all such contracts, which it anticipates will materially agreements, indentures, leases, policies, instruments and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basislicences are valid and binding in accordance with their terms and are in full force and effect;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading except in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, each case as publicly disclosed: (i) to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature information and belief none of the Corporation;
real property (pand the buildings constructed thereon) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in which the Public Record:
(i) there has not been Corporation or any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the CorporationCorporation after due inquiry, that are pending St. Jude has a direct or affecting indirect interest, whether leasehold or fee simple or otherwise (the Corporation at law “Real Property”), or in equity (whether in upon or within which it has operations, is subject to any court, arbitration judicial or similar tribunal) or before or by administrative proceeding alleging the violation of any federal, provincial, statestate or municipal environmental, municipal health or other governmental department, commission, board safety statute or agencyregulation, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds investigation concerning whether any remedial action is needed to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities respond to a release of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thHazardous
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent and the Subscribers, and acknowledges that the Agents Agent and the Subscribers are relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties in connection with the purchase and sale of the Special Warrants, warranties and covenants, thatas of a Closing Date as follows:
(a) the Corporation (i) is a corporation duly amalgamated organized and validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) and is up-to-date jurisdiction in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) which it was incorporated, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity is duly qualified and holds all necessary material permits, licences and authorizations necessary or required to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and or operate its properties and assets (including as described in and no steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing its dissolution or winding up, and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into each of this Agency Agreement Agreement, the Subscription Agreements and the Compensation Option CertificatesSpecial Broker Warrant Certificate, (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to carry out the provisions contained in its obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge each of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement the Transaction Documents, the performance by the Corporation of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, the issue and sale of the Special Warrants, the performance by the Corporation of its obligations thereunder and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered SharesTransaction Documents, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a material default under, under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both, ) (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the CorporationCorporation including, including without limitation, Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the CorporationCorporation which are in effect at the date hereof; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, joint venture, partnership, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(uc) The Corporation does not beneficially own, or exercise control or direction over, 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of any company;
(d) the Corporation has not approved, is not contemplating, has not entered into any agreement in respect of, or does not have any knowledge of: (A) the purchase of any property material to the knowledge Corporation or assets or any interest therein or the sale, transfer or other disposition of any property material to the Corporation or assets or any interest therein currently owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation whether by asset sale, transfer or sale of shares or otherwise; or (B) the change of control (by sale or transfer of shares or sale of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities ) of the Corporation;
(ve) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. accounting principles generally accepted accounting principles in Canada and consistently applied on a consistent basis during throughout the periods involved (“GAAP”)period referred to herein, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto contain no misrepresentation and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAPpresent fully, fairly and fairly present correctly, in all material respects respects, the financial position condition of the Corporation as of and for at the dates thereof and the results of the operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, changes in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements position of the Corporation for the year periods then ended December 31and contain and reflect adequate provisions or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, 2014 expenses and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by losses of the Canadian Securities LawsCorporation and there has been no change in accounting policies or practices of the Corporation since September 30, 2013;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddf) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Corporation. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities governmental authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading misleading, except where the inaccuracy or such failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Corporation. No To the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, no examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority governmental authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact in respect of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Corporation;
(eeg) no holder of outstanding shares in the capital of the Corporation will be entitled to any pre-emptive or any similar rights to subscribe for any Common Shares or other securities of the Corporation and, other than as set out in Schedule B attached hereto, no rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares in the capital of the Corporation are outstanding;
(h) no legal or governmental proceedings or inquiries are pending to which the Corporation is a party or to which its property is subject that would result in the revocation or modification of any material contract, order, certificate, right, authority, permit or license necessary to conduct the business now owned or operated by the Corporation which, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no such legal or governmental proceedings or inquiries have been threatened against or are contemplated with respect to the Corporation or with respect to its properties;
(i) the Corporation is not in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, trust deed, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its property may be bound;
(j) the Corporation owns or has the right to use under license, sub-license or otherwise all material Intellectual Property used by the Corporation in its business;
(k) any and all of the agreements and other documents and instruments pursuant to which the Corporation holds the property and assets thereof (including any interest in, or right to earn an interest in, any property) are valid and subsisting agreements, documents or instruments in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with terms thereof. The Corporation is not in default of any of the material provisions of any such agreements, documents or instruments nor has any such default been alleged and such properties and assets are in good standing under the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situated, all leases, licences and claims pursuant to which the Corporation derive the interests thereof in such property and assets are in good standing and there has been no material default under any such lease, licence or claim. The properties (or any interest in, or right to earn an interest in, any property) of the Corporation are not subject to any right of first refusal or purchase or acquisition right;
(l) the Transaction Documents have been or will be duly authorized and executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitute or will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Qualifications;
(m) at the Closing Time all necessary corporate action will have been taken by the Corporation to validly issue the Special Warrants pursuant to the terms of the Special Warrant Indenture, to validly create and issue the Special Broker Warrants and to allot and reserve the Broker Warrants, Preferred Shares issuable upon exercise of the Special Warrants and Broker Shares, which upon issuance in accordance with the terms of such securities shall be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable securities in the capital of the Corporation;
(n) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited amount of Common Shares and an unlimited amount of Preferred Shares of which, as at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the date hereof, 15,687,534 Common Shares and 1,702,900 Preferred Shares were issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares of the capital of the Corporation. There is sufficient authorized capital for the issuance of all Common Shares issuable on conversion of all Securities contemplated hereby and all outstanding convertible securities of the Corporation.
(o) the Corporation has not made any loans to or guaranteed the obligations of any person;
(p) with respect to each premises of the Corporation which is material to the Corporation and which the Corporation occupies as tenant (the “Leased Premises”), the Corporation occupies the Leased Premises and has the exclusive right to occupy and use the Leased Premises and each of the leases pursuant to which the Corporation occupies the Leased Premises is in good standing and in full force and effect;
(q) the Corporation is in compliance with all applicable laws respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, pay equity and wages, except where non-compliance with such laws could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation, and the Corporation has not and is not engaged in any unfair labour practice;
(r) none of the directors, officers or employees of the Corporation or any associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing had or has any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction or any proposed transaction with the Corporation which, as the case may be, materially affects, is material to or will materially affect the Corporation;
(s) there have not been and there are not currently any material disagreements with any employee or employees of the Corporation which are adversely affecting or could adversely affect the business of the Corporation;
(t) the assets of the Corporation and its business and operations are insured against loss or damage with responsible insurers on a basis consistent with insurance obtained by reasonably prudent participants in comparable businesses, and such coverage is in full force and effect, and the Corporation has not failed to promptly give any notice of any material claim thereunder;
(u) the minute books and records of the Corporation made available to counsel for the Agent in connection with its due diligence investigation of the Corporation for the periods from the Corporation’s date of incorporation to the date hereof are all of the minute books and records of the Corporation and contain copies of all proceedings (or certified copies thereof or drafts thereof pending approval) of the shareholders, the directors and all committees of directors of the Corporation to the date of review of such corporate records and minute books and there have been no other meetings, resolutions or proceedings of the shareholders, directors or any committees of the directors of the Corporation to the date hereof not reflected in such minute books and other records, other than those which have been disclosed in writing to the Agent;
(v) in connection with the ownership, use, maintenance or operation of its property and assets, including the Leased Premises, the Corporation has not been in violation of any applicable federal, provincial, municipal or local laws, by-laws, regulations, orders, policies, permits, licences, certificates or approvals having the force of law, domestic or foreign, relating to environmental, health or safety matters (collectively the “Environmental Laws”) which violation would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation;
(w) without limiting the generality of subsection (v) immediately above, the Corporation does not have any knowledge of, and has not received any notice of, any material claim, judicial or administrative proceeding, pending or threatened against, or which may affect the Corporation or any of the property, assets or operations thereof, relating to, or alleging any violation of any Environmental Laws; to the Corporation’s knowledge, there are no facts which could give rise to any such claim or judicial or administrative proceeding; to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, neither the Corporation nor any of the property, assets or operations thereof is the subject of any investigation, evaluation, audit or review by any Governmental Authority (which term means and includes any national, federal government, province, state, municipality or other political subdivision of any of the foregoing, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to thgovernment and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled (through stock or capital ownership or otherwise) by any of the foregoing) to determine whether any violation of any Environmental Laws has occurred or is occurring or whether any remedial action is needed in connection with a release of any contaminant into the environment, except for compliance investigations conducted in the normal course by any governmental authority, in each case which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation;
(x) there are no orders, rulings or directives issued, pending or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, threatened against the Corporation under or pursuant to any Environmental Laws requiring any work, repairs, construction or capital expenditures with respect to the property or assets of the Corporation (including the Leased Premises) which would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation;
(y) other than the Agent, there is no person acting or purporting to act at the request or on behalf of the Corporation that is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(z) the Transfer Agent has been duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the securities of the Corporation;
(aa) the Corporation is the sole legal and beneficial owner of, has good and marketable title to, and owns all right, title and interest in all Corporation IP free and clear of all encumbrances, charges, covenants, conditions, options to purchase and restrictions or other adverse claims or interest of any kind or nature, and the Corporation has no knowledge of any claim of adverse ownership in respect thereof. No consent of any person is necessary to make, use, reproduce, license, sell, modify, update, enhance or otherwise exploit any Corporation IP and none of the Corporation IP comprises an improvement to Licensed IP that would give any person any rights to the Corporation IP, including, without limitation, rights to license the Corporation IP. The Corporation has a valid and enforceable right to the Licensed IP used or held for use in the business of the Corporation;
(bb) the Corporation has not received any notice or claim (whether written, oral or otherwise) challenging the Corporation’s ownership or right to use any of the Corporation IP or suggesting that any other person has any claim of legal or beneficial ownership or other claim or interest with respect thereto, nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, is there a reasonable basis for any claim that any person other than the Corporation has any claim of legal or beneficial ownership or other claim or interest in any of the Corporation IP;
(cc) all applications for registration of any Registered Corporation IP are in good standing, are recorded in the name of the Corporation and have been filed in a timely manner in the ap
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgents and to the Purchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents are each of them is relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenantsin connection with the Offering, that:
(ai) the Corporation (i) and each of its Subsidiaries is a corporation duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) and is up-to-date jurisdiction in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; which it was incorporated, continued or amalgamated, as the case may be;
(ii) the Corporation has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted enter into this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated herein (including the issuance of the Unit Shares and Warrants comprising the Units, the Warrant Shares, the Broker Warrants and the Broker Warrant Shares), and the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including and carry on its business as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate powerDisclosure Documents, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted orand, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the no steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing its dissolution or liquidation of the Corporationwinding-up;
(diii) the Corporation controls all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Subsidiaries free and clear of all Encumbrances, claims or demands whatsoever and no person has conducted any agreement, option, right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase from the Corporation or the Subsidiaries of any interest in any of the shares in the capital of the Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Subsidiaries are outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares;
(iv) other than the Subsidiaries, the Corporation has no direct or indirect subsidiaries or any investment or proposed investment in any person;
(v) the Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries is conducting its business in compliance, compliance in all material respects, respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of in each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensedholds all requisite licences, registered registrations, qualifications, permits and consents necessary or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries appropriate for carrying on business to enable its business to be as currently carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations registrations, qualifications, permits and qualifications consents are valid, subsisting valid and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(evi) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time Corporation is a reporting issuer under the Securities Laws of the Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario and is not in default of any requirement of applicable Securities Laws and is not included on a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Optionssecurities commissions or other securities regulatory authorities of such Provinces;
(fvii) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsat each Closing Time, all consents, approvals, permits, authorizations or filings as may be required to be made or obtained by the Corporation under applicable Securities Laws and corporate action have been taken the rules and all regulations of the CSE necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) for the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement Agreement, the Warrant Indenture and the Compensation Option CertificatesBroker Warrant Certificates and the creation, issuance and sale, as applicable, of the Unit Shares partially comprising the Units, the Warrants partially comprising the Units, the Warrant Shares, the Broker Warrants and the Broker Warrant Shares, and the performance consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including will have been made or obtained, as applicable (other than the issuance filing of reports required under applicable Securities Laws within the prescribed time periods and sale the filing of standard documents with the Offered CSE, which documents shall be filed as soon as practicable after each Closing Date and, in any event, within 10 Business Days of each Closing Date or within such other deadline imposed by applicable Securities Laws or the CSE);
(viii) the Unit Shares and Warrants comprising the Units, the Warrant Shares, the Broker Warrants and the Broker Warrant Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action the Corporation and the Unit Shares, the Warrant Shares and the Broker Warrant Shares have been reserved and allotted for issuance;
(ix) at each Closing Time, the Unit Shares will be duly and validly issued, and the Warrants and the Broker Warrants will be duly and validly issued and created;
(x) upon the due exercise of the Warrants or the Broker Warrants in accordance with the respective provisions thereof, the Warrant Shares and Broker Warrant Shares, respectively, will be duly and validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of the Corporation on payment of the purchase price therefor;
(xi) at each Closing Time, each of this Agreement, any certificates representing the Warrants comprising the Units, the Warrant Indenture and this Agency Agreement has the Broker Warrant Certificates shall have been duly authorized and executed and delivered by the Corporation and, upon such execution and constitutes delivery, each shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that except as enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generallybankruptcy, that specific performance insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies may only be granted in are sought, and by the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, fact that the provisions thereof relating rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution waiver, and the ability to sever unenforceable terms, may be unenforceable under limited by applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)law;
(hxii) except for no order, ruling or determination having the effect of suspending the sale or ceasing the trading in any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof Corporation has been issued by any Securities Regulator and thereof by is continuing in effect and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Sharesare pending, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration contemplated or qualification of or with threatened by any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulationsRegulator;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(lxiii) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common SharesShares without par value, of which, as at the close of business on May 2024, 20152023, 100,675,988 46,774,912 Common Shares were issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-non- assessable Common Shares;
(m) shares in the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature capital of the Corporation;
(pxiv) since December 31the outstanding Common Shares are listed and posted for trading on the CSE and all necessary notices and filings have been or at each Closing Time will have been made with the CSE to ensure that the Unit Shares partially comprising the Units, 2013the Warrant Shares and the Broker Warrant Shares will be listed and posted for trading on the CSE upon the issuance thereof, except other than the filing of standard documents with the CSE, which documents shall be filed as disclosed soon as practicable after each Closing Date and, in any event, within such other deadline imposed by the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basisCSE;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iiixv) the Corporation has carried on its business in Unit Shares and Warrants comprising the ordinary courseUnits and the Warrant Shares will not be subject to a restricted period or a statutory hold period under the Securities Laws;
(qxvi) the Financial Statements Compensation Warrants and the Compensation Warrant Shares will not be subject to a restricted period or to a statutory hold period under the Securities Laws which extends beyond four months and a day after each Closing Date, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.5 of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then endedNI 45-102;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(txvii) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement Agreement, the Warrant Indenture and the Compensation Option Broker Warrant Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof performance by the Corporation, Corporation of its obligations hereunder or thereunder (including the issuance and sale of the Offered Unit Shares and Warrants comprising the Units, the Warrant Shares, do the Broker Warrants and the Broker Warrant Shares) does not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both), (A) any law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the CorporationCorporation including the Securities Laws and the policies, including Applicable Securities Lawsrules and regulations of the CSE; (B) the constating documents, by-laws documents or resolutions of the CorporationCorporation which are in effect at the date hereof; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, joint venture, partnership, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(uxviii) the Corporation is in material compliance in all respects with its timely and continuous disclosure obligations under the Securities Laws of the Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario and the policies, rules and regulations of the CSE and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, there has not occurred any material adverse change in the assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise), capital or prospects of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, since September 30, 2022, which has not been publicly disclosed on a non- confidential basis and, except as may have been corrected by subsequent disclosure, the statements set forth in the Disclosure Documents did not contain any misrepresentation as of the date of such statements and the Corporation has not filed any confidential material change reports since the date of such statements which remain confidential as at the date hereof;
(xix) the Corporation has not made any significant acquisition as such term is defined in Part 8 of NI 51-102 in the current financial year or prior financial years and for which a business acquisition report has not been filed under NI 51-102, the Corporation has not entered into any agreement or arrangement in respect of a transaction that would be a significant acquisition for the purposes of Part 8 of NI 51-102, and there are no proposed acquisitions by the Corporation that have progressed to the state where a reasonable person would believe that the likelihood of the Corporation completing such acquisition is high and would be a significant acquisition for the purposes of Part 8 of NI 51-102 if completed as of the date of the Financing Document;
(xx) the Corporation is not an investment fund as defined under the Securities Laws of the Canadian Offering Jurisdictions;
(xxi) the Corporation does not intend to allocate the available funds disclosed in the Financing Document to effect: (i) an acquisition that is a significant acquisition under Part 8 of NI 51-102; (ii) a restructuring transaction; and (iii) any other transaction for which the Corporation requires approval of any security holder;
(xxii) on the date of the issuance of the Offering Release, the total dollar amount of the distribution under the Offering, combined with the dollar amount of all other distributions made by the Corporation under the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption during the 12 months immediately before the date of the Offering Release, will not, assuming completion of the distribution, exceed the greater of the following: (i) $5,000,000; and (ii) 10% of the aggregate market value of the Corporation’s listed securities, on the date the Corporation issues the Offering Release announcing the Offering, to a maximum of $10,000,000;
(xxiii) the distribution under the Offering, combined with all other distributions made by the Corporation under the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption during the 12 months immediately before the date of the issuance of the Offering Release, will not result in an increase of more than 50% in the Corporation’s outstanding Listed Equity Securities, as of the date that is 12 months before the date of the Offering Release;
(xxiv) at the time of the distribution, the Corporation reasonably expects that the Corporation will have available funds to meet its business objectives and liquidity requirements for a period of 12 months following the distribution;
(xxv) the Units are either of the following: (i) a Listed Equity Security; or (ii) a unit consisting of a Listed Equity Security and one-half of a warrant, each whole warrant convertible into a Listed Equity Security;
(xxvi) the Financing Document, together with any document filed under securities legislation in a jurisdiction of Canada on or after May 1, 2023 contains disclosure of all material facts relating to the Offering securities and does not contain a misrepresentation;
(xxvii) the Corporation is not, or during the 12 months immediately before the date the Corporation filed the Offering Release, the Corporation or any person with whom the Corporation completed a restructuring transaction as defined in NI 51-102 was not, either of the following: an issuer whose operations have ceased; an issuer whose principal asset is or was cash, cash equivalents, or its exchange listing, including, for greater certainty, a capital pool company, a special purpose acquisition company, a growth acquisition corporation or any similar person or company;
(xxviii) the Corporation has active business operations for the 12-month period immediately before the date of the Offering Release;
(xxix) neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries have approved or have entered into any agreement in respect of:
(A) the purchase of any material assets or any interest therein or the sale, transfer or other disposition of any material assets or any interest therein currently owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or the Subsidiaries whether by asset sale, transfer of shares or otherwise; or
(B) any change in control (by sale, transfer or other disposition of shares or sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries) of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries or any proposed or planned disposition of any of the outstanding shares of the Subsidiaries by the Corporation;
(xxx) to the knowledge of the Corporation, there is no agreement is in force proposed or effect which in planned disposition of shares by any manner affects the voting shareholder who owns, directly or control of any indirectly, 10% or more of the securities of the Corporationoutstanding Common Shares;
(vxxxi) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation included in as at and for the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements years ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 (the “Audited Financial Statements”) and the rules and regulations unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements of the Commission Corporation, as at and for the three months ended December 31, 2022 (together with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements Audited Financial Statements, the “Financial Statements”) have been prepared in accordance material compliance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”)IFRS and present fairly, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects respects, the financial position condition of the Corporation as of and for at the dates thereof and the results of the operations and cash flows of the Corporation, as applicable, for the periods then endedended and contain and reflect adequate provisions or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge expenses and losses of the Corporation, any directoras applicable, officer, agent, employee, affiliate that are required to be disclosed in such financial statements and there has been no material change in accounting policies or other person acting on behalf practices of the Corporation is aware of or since September 30, 2022, except as has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined been publicly disclosed in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsDisclosure Documents;
(yxxxii) the operations responsibilities and composition of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance Corporation’s audit committee comply with all National Instrument 52-110 – Audit Committees;
(xxxiii) there are no material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge liabilities of the Corporation, threatenedwhether direct, indirect, absolute, contingent or otherwise, required to be disclosed in the Financial Statements which are not disclosed or reflected in the Financial Statements;
(zxxxiv) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, neither the Corporation nor, nor any of its Subsidiaries have made any loans to or guaranteed the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities obligations of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFACperson;
(aaxxxv) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, or as incurred in the ordinary course of business, neither the Corporation pursuant nor any of its Subsidiaries is indebted to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Timeany person;
(bbxxxvi) the CorporationCorporation maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s Auditors who audited the consolidated general or specific authorization, and (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements of the Corporation in conformity with IFRS and to maintain accountability for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Lawsassets;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddxxxvii) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, sales taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, reassessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent, and acknowledges that the Agents are Agent is relying upon such representations, warranties representations and covenantswarranties, that:
(a) since June 30, 2013, the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings has been and is in good standing compliance with its timely disclosure obligations under such ActCanadian Securities Laws and the rules and regulations of the TSX; (ii) no confidential material change report has been filed by the Corporation under Canadian Securities Laws that remains confidential at the date hereof; the Corporation has not completed a “significant acquisition” which would require the Corporation to file a business acquisition report under Canadian Securities Laws; all requisite corporate power, authority of the material contracts and capacity to carry on agreements of the Corporation and its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described Subsidiary not made in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate powerordinary course of business, authority and capacity to createif required under Canadian Securities Laws, issue and sell have been filed with the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderapplicable Canadian Securities Regulators;
(b) the common shares of the Corporation does are listed for trading on the TSX and are quoted on the OTCBB and the Corporation is not have in default in any material subsidiariesrespect of any of the listing requirements of the TSX applicable to the Corporation;
(c) no proceedings have been takensince June 30, instituted or2013, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have beenthere has been no material change (actual, anticipated, contemplated or prior to the Closing Time will bethreatened, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(jfinancial or otherwise) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects capital of the Corporation and its Subsidiary taken as a whole, (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Corporation or its Subsidiary which are material with respect to the Corporation and its Subsidiary taken as a whole, other than those in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Corporation on a consolidated basisany class of its shares;
(nd) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities each of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities and its Subsidiary has been issued duly incorporated and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened ororganized and is validly subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and is properly registered or licensed to carry on business under the laws of all jurisdictions in which its business is carried on, except where the failure to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingbe so registered or licensed would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(oe) except the Corporation has the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement, the Subscription Receipt Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Warrant Certificates and the Compensation Warrant Certificates and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and the Corporation has the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to own, lease and operate its property and assets and to carry on its business as disclosed currently carried on or as proposed to be carried on;
(f) the Corporation has authorized share capital consisting of an unlimited number of common shares, of which 6,577,664 common shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof. Other than pursuant to the Agentsexercise of outstanding stock options, restricted share units or warrants, no person now person, firm, corporation or other entity has any agreement or option or agreement, option, right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive emptive, contractual or contractualotherwise) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription purchase or issuance of, or conversion into, acquisition from the Corporation of any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature shares of the Corporation;
(pg) since December 31all of the issued and outstanding securities of the Corporation have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation, 2013, except as disclosed and none of the outstanding securities of the Corporation were issued in violation of the Public Record:pre-emptive or similar rights of any securityholder of the Corporation;
(h) the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to issue the Securities;
(i) there has not the Subscription Receipts, at the Closing Time, the Common Shares and the Warrants, at the Conversion Date, and the Warrant Shares issued upon the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their terms, shall be duly authorized and upon receipt of payment therefor, validly issued, and with respect to the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares, fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation;
(j) on or prior to the Closing Time, the form of the certificates for the Subscription Receipts, the Common Shares, the Warrants and the Compensation Warrants will have been any material change in approved by the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results board of operations directors of the Corporation on a consolidated basisand adopted by the Corporation and will comply with all legal and stock exchange requirements and will not conflict with the Corporation’s articles or constating documents;
(iik) there has not been any material change in at all times prior to the capital stock or long-term debt expiry of the Corporation on Warrants, a consolidated basis; andsufficient number of Warrant Shares shall be allocated and reserved for issuance upon due exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their terms;
(iiil) at all times prior to the expiry of the Compensation Warrants, a sufficient number of Common Shares shall be allocated and reserved for issuance upon due exercise of the Compensation Warrants in accordance with their terms;
(m) the Corporation has carried on its business is not in default or breach of, and the ordinary course;
(q) execution and delivery of, and the Financial Statements performance of and compliance with the terms of, this Agreement, the Subscription Receipt Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Warrant Certificates and the Compensation Warrant Certificates and the performance of any of the Corporation present fairlytransactions contemplated hereby and thereby by the Corporation, do not and will not result in all material respectsany breach of, the financial condition or constitute a default under, and do not and will not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, will result in a breach of or constitute a default under any applicable laws or any term or provision of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for constating documents, articles or resolutions of the periods then ended;
directors or shareholders of the Corporation, or any mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement (r) written or oral), instrument, lease or other document to which the Corporation does not have is a party or by which it is bound, or any liabilitiesjudgment, direct decree, order, statute, rule or indirectregulation applicable to the Corporation, contingent which default or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could breach would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(n) this Agreement, the Subscription Receipt Agreement, the Warrant Certificates, the Compensation Warrant Certificates and the Subscription Agreements and the performance of the Corporation’s obligations hereunder and thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and such agreements have been, or will at Closing be, duly executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitute or will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and, with respect to this Agreement, subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law;
(o) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with any Governmental Authority or other person is required of the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery of or with the performance by the Corporation of its obligations under this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Subscription Receipt Agreement, the Warrant Certificates or the Compensation Warrant Certificates, except as required by Canadian Securities Laws with regard to the distribution of the Securities in the Selling Jurisdictions and the rules of the TSX;
(p) the Financial Statements have been prepared in Canadian dollars in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved and present fairly in all material respects the financial position, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Corporation as at the dates of such statements and for the periods indicated in such statements, as applicable;
(q) each of the Corporation and its Subsidiary maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and maintains a system of disclosure controls and procedures that is designed to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation under U.S. Securities Laws is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified under U.S. Securities Laws and to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation under U.S. Securities Laws is accumulated and communicated to the Corporation’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure;
(r) no director or officer, former director or officer, or shareholder or employee of, or any other person not dealing at arm’s length with, the Corporation or its Subsidiary is engaged in any material transaction or arrangement with or is a party to a material contract with, or has any indebtedness, liability or obligation to, the Corporation or its Subsidiary, except for employment or consulting arrangements with employees or consultants or those serving as a director or officer of the Corporation or its Subsidiary;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that audited Financial Statements, neither the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings nor its Subsidiary has incurred any liabilities or investigations obligations (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporationotherwise) that have been made continue to be outstanding except as incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Corporation oror its Subsidiary, to as the knowledge of the Corporationcase may be, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, and which could reasonably be expected to do not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) other than the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and Subsidiary, the Compensation Option CertificatesCorporation does not own, directly or indirectly, or exercise control or direction over, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do has not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation agreed to acquire outstanding securities of any other corporation or options to acquire securities of any other corporation, other than marketable securities held in the terms or provisions ofordinary course of business, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) participating interest in any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporationperson;
(u) there is no litigation or governmental or other proceeding or investigation at law or in equity before any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign, in progress, pending or, to the knowledge Corporation’s knowledge, threatened (and the Corporation does not know of any basis therefor) against, or involving the assets, properties or business of, the Corporation, no agreement is in force nor are there any matters under discussion with any Governmental Authority relating to taxes, governmental charges, orders or effect which in assessments asserted by any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of such authority and to the Corporation’s knowledge there are no facts or circumstances which would reasonably be expected to form the basis for any such litigation, governmental or other proceeding or investigation, taxes, governmental charges, orders or assessments;
(v) the Corporation PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied independent with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating respect to the Corporation which has occurred within the meaning of the rules of professional conduct applicable to auditor in the Province of British Columbia and with respect to which the requisite material change report there has not been filed any reportable event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations) with the Securities Commissions and such firm or any other prior auditor of the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXVor its Subsidiary;
(w) all tax returns required to be filed by the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) its Subsidiary on or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements date hereof have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on filed, and all taxes and other assessments of a consistent basis during the periods involved similar nature (“GAAP”whether imposed directly or through withholding), except as may including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto, due or claimed to be otherwise specified due have been paid, other than non-material amounts or those being contested in such financial statements or the notes thereto good faith and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAPfor which adequate reserves have been provided, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation nor its Subsidiary is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value party to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) agreement, waiver or arrangement with any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or taxing authority which relates to any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention extension of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation time with respect to the Money Laundering Laws filing of any tax returns, any payment of taxes or any assessment thereof; there is no tax deficiency which has been asserted against the Corporation or its Subsidiary which would have a Material Adverse Effect, and all material tax liabilities are adequately provided for in accordance with GAAP within the Financial Statements of the Corporation for all periods up to date of the balance sheet for the period ended June 30, 2013 included in the Financial Statements; there are no assessments or investigations in progress, pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedthreatened against the Corporation in respect of taxes; there are no Liens for taxes upon the assets of the Corporation;
(x) except where non-compliance does not have and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Corporation and its Subsidiary has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business and neither the Corporation nor its Subsidiary has received any notice of any alleged violation of any such laws, rules and regulations;
(y) each of the Corporation and its Subsidiary possesses such permits, licences, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by Governmental Authorities (collectively, “Governmental Licences”) necessary to conduct its business as currently conducted, except where the failure to so possess would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and all such Governmental Licences are valid and existing and in good standing. Each of the Corporation and its Subsidiary is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licences, except where the failure to so comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(z) except for such matters as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) neither the Corporation nornor its Subsidiary is in violation of any Environmental Laws, (ii) the Corporation and its Subsidiary have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, and (iii) there are no pending administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, Liens, orders, directions, notices of non-compliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Corporation or its Subsidiary, and there are no facts or circumstances which would reasonably be expected to form the basis for any such administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, Liens, orders, directions, notices of non-compliance or violation, investigation or proceedings;
(aa) (i) each of the Corporation and its Subsidiary is in compliance, in all material respects, with the provisions of all applicable federal, provincial, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours (collectively, “Employment Laws”), (ii) except as disclosed in the audited Financial Statements, no collective labour dispute, grievance, arbitration or legal proceeding is ongoing, pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened and no individual labour dispute, grievance, arbitration or legal proceeding is ongoing, pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened with any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf employee of the Corporation or its Subsidiary that would have a Material Adverse Effect, and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, none has occurred during the past year, and (iii) no union has been accredited or otherwise designated to represent any employees of the Corporation or its Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no accreditation request or other representation question is pending with respect to the employees of the Corporation or its Subsidiary, and no collective agreement or collective bargaining agreement or modification thereof has expired or is in effect in any of the Corporation or its Subsidiary’s facilities and none is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid being negotiated by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Timeits Subsidiary;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements no existing supplier, manufacturer or contractor of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations indicated that it intends to terminate its relationship with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to for the Agents, and acknowledges that benefit of the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatSubscribers as follows:
(a) the Corporation is (iand will be at the Closing Time) is duly amalgamated under a reporting issuer in the Business Corporations Act (Provinces of Ontario) (the “Act”) , Alberta and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings British Columbia, and is in good standing compliance with all material obligations under Applicable Securities Laws of such Act; jurisdictions;
(iib) the Corporation has been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of the Province of Ontario and has all requisite corporate power, power and authority to own its assets and capacity to carry on its business as currently conducted;
(c) each of the Material Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporationassets;
(d) the Corporation has conducted and each of the Material Subsidiaries is conducting its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably will at the Closing Time be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing, except in respect of matters which do not and will not result in any adverse material change in respect of the Corporation, and except for the failure to be so qualified or the absence of any such license, registration or qualification which does not and will not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis;
(ea) the Corporation has all required corporate power and authority to enter into and carry out the provisions of this subscription agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) duly authorize the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement subscription agreement and such other agreements and instruments and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby thereby and therebyso as to validly create, including issue and deliver the Debentures subscribed thereby and to validly create and irrevocably allot for issuance the Underlying Securities and sale of the Offered Warrant Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(hb) except for neither the Corporation nor any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal of its Material Subsidiaries is in default or state securities lawsin breach in any material respect of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof subscription agreement by the Corporation, including the issuance performance and compliance with the terms of this subscription agreement, the issue and sale of the Offered SharesDebentures, do not and the issue of the Underlying Securities and Warrant Shares will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading result in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance breach of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed be in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether or create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time time, or both, (A) would constitute a default either directly or indirectly under any statute, rule term or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) provision of the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) Corporation or any of the terms of Material Subsidiaries or any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, material mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation any of them is a party or by which they are any of them is bound;
(c) the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the conversion rights under its Debentures and the Warrant Shares, if and when issued in accordance with the Debentures and Warrants, as applicable, will be validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable; and the Warrants issuable upon exercise of the conversion rights under its Debentures, if and when issued, will be validly issued;
(d) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required by the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery or with the performance by the Corporation of this subscription agreement except in compliance with and the rules of the TSX;
(De) any judgmentto the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, decree or order binding information and belief, no portion of the Corporation’s Information Record contained a misrepresentation as at its date of public dissemination;
(f) there has been no adverse material change in relation to the Corporation since September 30, 2005, and no adverse material fact exists in relation to the Corporation or the respective property its securities which, in either case, has not been generally disclosed or assets of disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record;
(ug) this subscription agreement and all other agreements required in connection with the issue and sale of the Debentures have been or will be, at or prior to the knowledge Closing Time, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and will be valid and binding obligations of the CorporationCorporation enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, no agreement is insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles or (iii) limitations under applicable law in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control respect of any rights of the securities indemnity, contribution and waiver of the Corporation;contribution); and
(vh) the Corporation is not included in a list intends that the net proceeds of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions Offering will be used substantially in the Qualifying Jurisdictions manner specified in Schedule “B” hereto.
(i) Forthwith after the Closing, the Corporation shall file such forms and in particulardocuments as may be required under the Applicable Securities Laws relating to the Offering and any further documents as may be required by any applicable regulatory authority which, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on shall include a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with Form 45-501F1 as prescribed by the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money LaunderingOntario) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced a Form 45-103F4 as prescribed by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Multilateral Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants represents and covenants warrant to the AgentsAgents and to the Purchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents are each of them is relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenantsin connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, that:
(ai) the Corporation is a corporation duly formed and validly existing under the BCBCA and has all requisite corporate power and authority and is duly qualified and no steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing its dissolution or winding up;
(ii) the Corporation is currently a “reporting issuer” in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta and is in compliance, in all material respects, with all of its obligations under Securities Laws, and is not included on a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by securities regulatory authorities in any Designed Jurisdictions. Since January 1, 2016, the Corporation has not been the subject of any investigation by any stock exchange or any Securities Regulator, is current with all filings required to be made by it under Securities Laws and other laws, is not aware of any material deficiencies in the filing of any documents or reports with any Securities Regulators and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite news release or material change report has not been filed with the Securities Regulators;
(iii) all documents filed by the Corporation under Securities Laws (collectively, the “Public Record”), as of their respective dates, were true and correct in all material respects, and did not contain any misrepresentation;
(iv) since January 1, 2016 (i) there has been no material change (actual, anticipated, contemplated or threatened, financial or otherwise) in the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or capital of the Corporation, taken as a whole, other than as disclosed in the Public Record, (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Corporation which are material with respect to the Corporation, taken as a whole, other than those in the ordinary course of business or as disclosed in the Public Record, and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Corporation on any class of its shares;
(v) other than Merger Subco, the Corporation has no direct or indirect material subsidiary or any investment or proposed investment in any Person that is or will be material to the Corporation;
(vi) Merger Subco is a corporation duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) organized, validly existing and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; the laws of the state of Delaware;
(iivii) the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Merger Subco;
(viii) Merger Subco was incorporated on August 24, 2018 and has not carried on any business, acquired any assets or incurred any liabilities, other than pursuant to the Definitive Agreement;
(ix) the Corporation has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry enter into each of this Agreement, the Subscription Receipt Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Broker Warrants and the Definitive Agreement, to the extent it is a party to such agreements, and to perform the transactions contemplated in such agreements, including, without limitation, to issue the Subscription Receipts, the Subscription Receipt Shares, the Broker Warrants and the Broker Warrant Shares;
(x) the Corporation has conducted and is conducting its business in material compliance with all applicable laws and regulations of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business. The Corporation holds all material requisite licences, registrations, qualifications, permits and consents necessary or appropriate for (A) carrying on its business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted and (B) to own, lease and or operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure)assets; and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations registrations, qualifications, permits and qualifications consents are valid, valid and subsisting and in good standing and it in all material respects. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Corporation has not received a written notice of non-compliance, nor knows does it know of, nor has have reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingpermits;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(mxi) the Corporation is the absolute legal and beneficial owner of, all of the material properties and assets thereof, and no other property or assets are necessary for the conduct of the business of the Corporation as currently conducted. The Corporation does not aware know of any legislation, claim or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will the basis for any claim that might or could materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects right of the Corporation on a consolidated basisto use, transfer or otherwise exploit their respective assets, none of the properties (or any interest in, or right to earn an interest in, any property) of the Corporation is subject to any right of first refusal or purchase or acquisition right, and, the Corporation has no responsibility or obligation to pay any commission, royalty, licence fee or similar payment to any person with respect to the property and assets thereof;
(nxii) no order ceasing legal or suspending trading in any securities of governmental proceedings or inquiries are pending to which the Corporation is a party or prohibiting to which the sale property thereof is subject of which the Offered Shares Corporation has received notice;
(xiii) there are no material actions, suits, judgments, investigations or the trading proceedings of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened kind whatsoever outstanding or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingpending or threatened against or affecting the Corporation or its directors, officers or employees, at law or in equity or before or by any commission, board, bureau or agency of any kind whatsoever and, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, there is no basis therefor and the Corporation is not subject to any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, award, rule, policy or regulation of any governmental authority;
(oxiv) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement current or option proposed officer or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature director of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, nor to the knowledge of the Corporation, any employee of the Corporation, is subject to any limitations or restrictions on their activities or investments, including any non-competition provisions, that are pending would in any way limit or affecting restrict their involvement with the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration the business affairs of the Corporation as now conducted or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably presently proposed to be expected to have a Material Adverse Effectconducted;
(txv) the Corporation is not in violation of its constating documents or in default in any material respect in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, trust deed, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease, licence or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its property or assets may be bound;
(xvi) at the Closing Time, all consents, approvals, permits, authorizations or filings as may be required to be made or obtained by the Corporation under Securities Laws necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and Agreement, the Compensation Option CertificatesSubscription Receipt Agreement, the Broker Warrants, the Subscription Agreements, and the fulfilment creation, issuance and sale, as applicable, of the terms hereof Offered Securities, the Subscription Receipt Shares and thereof the Broker Warrant Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will have been made or obtained, as applicable (other than the filing of reports required under applicable Securities Laws within the prescribed time periods, which documents shall be filed as soon as practicable after the applicable Closing Date and, in any event, within such deadline imposed by applicable Securities Laws);
(xvii) the Offered Securities and the Subscription Receipt Shares issuable upon the conversion or exercise, as applicable, of the Subscription Receipts will not be subject to a restricted period or to a statutory hold period under the Securities Laws, other than as described in the Subscription Agreements;
(xviii) the Broker Warrant Shares issuable upon the conversion or exercise, as applicable, of the Broker Warrants will not be subject to a restricted period or to a statutory hold period under the Securities Laws, other than as described in the Broker Warrants;
(xix) each of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Subscription Receipt Agreement, the Broker Warrants, and the Subscription Agreements the performance by the CorporationCorporation of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, the issue and sale of the Offered Securities hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, including the issuance and sale delivery of the Offered Shares, Subscription Receipt Shares and the Broker Warrants do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (whether after notice or lapse of time or both, ): (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the CorporationCorporation including, including Applicable without limitation, the Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as are in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds date of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFACAgreement;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. 4.1 The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgents (each on its own behalf and on behalf of the Purchasers), and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenantsin entering into this Agreement, that:
(a) the Corporation has no material subsidiaries;
(ib) the Corporation is a valid and subsisting corporation duly amalgamated incorporated and in good standing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) filing of annual reports with the execution and delivery Registrar of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 Companies (Ontario);
(hc) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsthe Corporation is a reporting issuer only in the Provinces of British Columbia, the execution Alberta and delivery of this Agency Agreement Ontario and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including to the issuance and sale best of its knowledge, is not in default of any of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require requirements of the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Canadian Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulationsLaws;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(ld) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common common shares without par value of which 31,492,277 common shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof as fully paid and non-assessable;
(e) the common shares of the Corporation are listed and posted for trading on the Exchange and, to the best of its knowledge, the Corporation is not in default of any of the listing requirements of the Exchange;
(f) except for the Subscription Agreements, and the securities issuable to the Agents hereunder, and any options, warrants, agreements and convertible notes disclosed in Schedule "A" to this Agreement, there are no, nor will there be immediately prior to the Time of Closing, documents, instruments or other writings of any kind whatsoever which constitute a "security" (as that term is defined under Canadian Applicable Securities Laws) of the Corporation;
(g) subject to due exercise (including payment in full of the applicable subscription price, if any) of the instruments pursuant to which they are issued, if any, upon their issuance, the Shares, of whichthe Commission Shares, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common the Corporate Finance Fee Shares were and the Compensation Option Shares will be validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharescommon shares of the Corporation;
(h) upon their issuance, the Compensation Options will have been validly created and issued and will be outstanding, registered in the names of the holders thereof;
(i) of the material transactions of the Corporation have been promptly and properly recorded or filed in or with the books or records of the Corporation and the minute books of the Corporation contain all records of the meetings and proceedings of the Corporation's directors, shareholders and other committees, if any;
(j) with respect to the two years preceding the date hereof, all prospectuses, annual information forms, material change reports, shareholder communications, press releases, publicly filed financial statements, and other disclosure documents of the Corporation (collectively the "Disclosure Documents") contain no untrue statement of a Material Fact relating to the Corporation as at the date on which such documents were filed on SEDAR nor do they omit to state a Material Fact relating to the Corporation which, at the date on which such documents were filed on SEDAR, was required to have been stated or was necessary to prevent a statement that was made from being false or misleading in the circumstances in which it was made and were prepared in accordance with and complied with Applicable Securities Laws;
(k) the Corporation holds all material licences and permits that are required for carrying on its business in the manner in which such business has been carried on and each of the foregoing is in full force and effect;
(1) the Corporation has the corporate power and capacity to own the assets owned by it and to carry on the business carried on by it and the Corporation is duly qualified to carry on business in all jurisdictions in which it carries on business;
(m) the Corporation is not aware has good and marketable title to its assets free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances of any legislation, kind whatsoever except as detailed in the agreements with respect to the acquisition of such assets as set forth in Schedule "B" or proposed legislation published in any relevant title opinions previously obtained by a legislative body, it with respect to any -7 such assets (copies of which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect have been provided to the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwiseAgents) or prospects of set out in the Corporation on a consolidated basisCorporation's Disclosure Documents;
(n) no order ceasing the Corporation holds either exploration or suspending trading exploitation concessions or claims or other conventional property, proprietary or contractual interests or rights, recognized in the jurisdiction in which a particular mineral property is located, in respect of the minerals located in properties in which it has, or has a right to acquire, an interest under valid, subsisting and enforceable title documents or other recognized and enforceable agreements or instruments, sufficient to permit it to explore the minerals relating thereto, all such property, leases or claims and all property, leases or claims in which it has any securities interest or right have been validly located and recorded in accordance with all applicable laws and are valid and subsisting, it has all necessary surface rights, access rights and other necessary rights and interests relating to the mineral properties in which it has an interest granting it the right and ability to explore for minerals for development purposes as are appropriate in view of the rights and interest therein of it, with only such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made by it of the rights or interests so held, and each of the proprietary interests or rights and each of the documents, agreements and instruments and obligations relating thereto referred to above is currently in good standing in its name;
(o) the Corporation is current with all material filings required to be made in all jurisdictions in which it exists or carries on any material business and the Corporation is not in default of any filings required to be made under Applicable Securities Laws;
(p) the audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation or prohibiting for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 and the sale unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Offered Shares or Corporation for the trading interim six month period ended June 30, 2004 (collectively, the "Financial Statements") are true and correct in every material respect and present fairly and accurately the consolidated financial position and results of any the operations of the Corporation for the periods then ended and the Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis;
(q) there are no material liabilities of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened , whether direct, indirect, absolute or, to the best of the Corporation’s 's knowledge, pending;
(o) contingent or otherwise which are not disclosed or reflected in the Corporation's Financial Statements except as disclosed to those incurred in the Agentsordinary course of business of the Corporation since June 30, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for 2004 and which are recorded in the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature books and records of the Corporation;
(pr) since December 31June 30, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) 2004 there has not been any material change adverse Material Change of any kind whatsoever in the assetsfinancial position or condition of the Corporation, liabilitiesor any damage, obligations (absoluteloss or other change of any kind whatsoever in circumstances materially affecting the business or assets of the Corporation, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial the right or otherwise) or results of operations capacity of the Corporation to carry on a consolidated basisits business; -8
(s) the contracts and agreements set out in Schedule "B" hereto constitute all of the material contracts and agreements of the Corporation presently in force, and all such contracts and agreements are in good standing in all material respects and not in default in any respect;
(iit) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt all tax returns and reports of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business required by law to have been filed have been filed and are substantially true, complete and correct and all taxes and other government charges of any kind whatsoever of it have been paid or accrued in the ordinary courseFinancial Statements;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(su) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing Schedule "C" hereto, to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect)best of its knowledge, there are no threats of actions, suits, judgments, investigations or proceedings of any kind whatsoever outstanding, pending or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending threatened against or affecting the Corporation or its directors, officers or promoters at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board board, bureau or agencyagency of any kind whatsoever which would result in an adverse Material Change in the financial position, domestic business or foreignprospects of the Corporation and, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effectthe best of its knowledge, there is no basis therefor;
(tv) neither the Corporation nor, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, any of its directors, officers and promoters are in breach of any law, ordinance, statute, regulation, by-law, order or decree of any kind whatsoever which breach would have a material adverse effect on the financial position, business or prospects of the Corporation;
(w) the Corporation has all requisite power and capacity and good and sufficient right and authority to enter into, deliver and carry out its obligations under this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements and to complete the transactions contemplated under this Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
(x) this Agreement has been authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with the terms thereof and, upon being executed and delivered, each of the Subscription Agreements and the certificates representing the Compensation Options will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with the terms thereof, subject to laws of general application with respect to bankruptcy and creditors' rights and the principles of equity;
(y) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesSubscription Agreements, the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and the fulfilment completion of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and transactions contemplated under this Agreement will not (as the case may be) conflict with with, or result in a the breach of or violation the acceleration of any of the terms or provisions ofindebtedness under, or constitute a default under, whether after notice the Articles or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, byBy-laws or resolutions Laws of the Corporation; (C) the terms of Corporation or any Debt Instrument, Material Agreementindenture, mortgage, noteagreement, indenturelease, instrument, lease licence or other instrument of any other material agreement kind whatsoever to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it or any of its properties or assets is bound; , or, to the best of its knowledge, any statute or (D) any judgment, decree decree, order, rule, policy or order binding regulation of any court, governmental authority or administrative body of any kind whatsoever applicable to the Corporation or any of its properties or assets, which could have a material adverse effect on the condition, business, properties or results of operations of the Corporation; and
(z) except as disclosed herein and in the Disclosure Documents, to the best of its knowledge, no action has been taken by any persons which would in any way limit, restrict or cause interference with any mineral exploration and development work which either the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;Subsidiary currently proposes to carry out on its mineral properties.
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions 4.2 The representations and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements warranties of the Corporation included contained in this Section 4 of the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with Agreement shall be true at the applicable accounting requirements Time of Closing and the rules applicable Closing Date as though they were made at the applicable Time of Closing and regulations the applicable Closing Date and they shall survive the completion of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at transactions contemplated under this Agreement for a period of two years from the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agentsto, and acknowledges that agrees with, the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, Agent that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under has no subsidiaries, other than the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) subsidiaries (the “ActSubsidiaries”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described disclosed in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderProspectus;
(b) each of the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesand the Subsidiaries has been duly and validly incorporated and organized and is duly and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation, amalgamation or other formation, as the case may be;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, immediately prior to the knowledge Closing Date, all of the issued and outstanding securities of each of the Subsidiaries is held by held by the Corporation, are pending for directly or indirectly, free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances, claims, demands and other adverse interests of any nature or kind, other than as disclosed in the dissolution or liquidation of the CorporationProspectus;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business is a reporting issuer or the equivalent thereof in compliance, each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions where such concept exists and is not in all default in any material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements respect of any governmental or regulatory body, requirement of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Canadian Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in on a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in Qualifying Authorities;
(e) on the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoingClosing Date, the Corporation has at will have filed all relevant times complied with its obligations documents that it is required to make timely have filed under the continuous disclosure and other requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws and the CSE, including but not limited to all annual and interim financial information, management discussion and analysis, annual reports, annual information forms, information circulars, press releases disclosing material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basisand material change reports, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has will have occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed and no such material change report will have been made on a confidential basis, and to the best of the Corporation's knowledge it will not be in default of any Canadian Securities Laws in any material respect;
(f) except as disclosed in the Prospectus Supplement, at the Applicable Time on the Closing Date, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus, offering memoranda, filing statements, financial statements, management discussion and analysis, annual reports, annual information forms, information circulars, press releases, material change reports, to the extent applicable, and all other documents and information as applicable filed under Canadian Securities Laws and with the CSE (collectively, the “Public Record”) will be, at the respective dates thereof, in all material respects accurate and, at such dates, omit no facts, the omission of which makes the Public Record, or any particulars therein, incorrect or misleading;
(g) the issued and outstanding Shares are listed and posted for trading on the CSE, and all necessary notices and filings have been or will be made with, and all necessary consents, approvals and authorizations have been obtained by the Corporation from, the CSE to ensure that the Placement Shares, the Placement Agent Unit Shares, the Placement Agent Unit Warrant Shares, the Placement Advisory Unit Shares and the Placement Advisory unit Warrant Shares will be listed and posted for trading on the CSE as of each the Applicable Time, and to the best of the Corporation's knowledge after due inquiry, the Corporation will not be in default of any of the listing requirements or policies of the CSE in any material respect;
(h) Odyssey Trust Company, at its principal offices in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Shares;
(i) the authorized and issued capital of the Corporation is as disclosed in the Prospectus, and the issued securities of the Corporation are all duly authorized, issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable securities, as at the respective dates thereof;
(j) except as contemplated by this Agreement or as disclosed in the Prospectus, as of the date hereof, no person is entitled to any pre-emptive or any similar rights to subscribe for any Shares or other securities of the Corporation or its subsidiaries;
(k) on the Closing Date, no options, warrants, agreements or other rights for the purchase, subscription or issuance of shares or other securities of the Corporation or securities convertible or exchangeable for shares or other securities of the Corporation will be authorized or agreed to be issued or outstanding other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, as applicable;
(l) the Corporation has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated herein, including, without limitation, all necessary corporate power and authority to issue the Placement Units, the Placement Agent Warrants and the Placement Advisory Warrants;
(m) on the Closing Date:
(i) the Placement Units will be duly and validly authorized and issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation;
(ii) the Placement Warrants will be duly and validly authorized, created and issued;
(iii) the Placement Warrant Shares will be duly and validly authorized and reserved for issue upon exercise of the Placement Warrants, and when issued upon exercise of the Placement Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Indenture and receipt of full payment therefor, the Placement Warrant Shares will be duly and validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation;
(iv) the Placement Agent Warrants and the Placement Advisory Warrants will be duly and validly authorized, created and issued;
(v) the Shares underlying the Placement Agent Units and the Placement Advisory Units will be duly and validly authorized and reserved for issue upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants and the Placement Advisory Warrants, and when issued upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants and the Placement Advisory Warrants in accordance with their respective terms and receipt of full payment therefor, such Shares will be duly and validly issued as fully paid and non- assessable shares of the Corporation;
(vi) the Placement Agent Unit Warrants and Placement Advisory Unit Warrants will be duly and validly authorized and reserved for issue upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants and the Placement Advisory Warrants;
(vii) the Placement Agent Unit Warrant Shares and the Placement Advisory Unit Warrant Shares will be duly and validly authorized and reserved for issue upon exercise of the Placement Agent Unit Warrants and Placement Advisory Unit Warrants, and when issued upon exercise of the Placement Agent Unit Warrants and Placement Advisory Unit Warrants in accordance with their respective terms and receipt of full payment therefor, the Placement Agent Unit Warrant Shares and the Placement Advisory Unit Warrant Shares will be duly and validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation; and
(viii) at all times after the Closing Date until the exercise or expiry of all of the Placement Warrants, the Placement Agent Warrants, the Placement Advisory Warrants, the Placement Agent Unit Warrants and the Placement Advisory Unit Warrants, the Corporation shall have a sufficient number of Shares reserved and available for issuance to satisfy its obligations under the Placement Warrants, the Placement Agent Warrants, the Placement Advisory Warrants, the Placement Agent Unit Warrants and the Placement Advisory Unit Warrants, respectively;
(n) the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the agreements set out under “Material Contracts” in the Prospectus to which the Corporation is a party, the Warrant Indenture and the Placement Agent Warrants and the Placement Advisory Warrants (collectively, the “Transaction Agreements”), and all such corporate action has been taken or will be taken to authorize all such entering into, execution, delivery and performance;
(o) the Corporation has the necessary corporate power and authority to execute and file the Prospectus and, if applicable, will have the necessary corporate power and authority to execute and file any amendment to the Prospectus prior to the filing thereof, and all necessary corporate action has been taken by the Corporation to authorize the execution by it of the Prospectus and the filing thereof, as the case may be, in each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions under Canadian Securities Commissions Laws;
(p) each of the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement and the Transaction Agreements has been, or will be upon execution and delivery thereof by the Corporation, duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation, and each of the Transaction Agreements constitutes, or will constitute upon execution and delivery thereof by the Corporation, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against it in accordance with each of their respective terms subject to laws affecting enforceability including, but not limited to, bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and equitable remedies;
(q) the Corporation is not in default or breach of, and the execution and delivery by the Corporation of each of the Transaction Agreements, Base Prospectus, Prospectus Supplement the performance of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, do not and will not result in a default or breach of, and do not create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time or both will result in a default or breach of, and do not and will not conflict with, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (i) the constating documents, articles or any resolutions of the Corporation, (ii) any indenture, contract, agreement (written or oral), lease, instrument or other document to which the Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation is or will be contractually bound as of the Closing Date, or (iii) to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, any statute, rule, regulation, policy, judgment, decree or order of any court, governmental authority or administrative body of any kind whatsoever having jurisdiction over the Corporation or its properties or assets;
(r) insofar as the Corporation is aware after due inquiry, no consent of any third party is required in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, other than approvals of the CSE and securities regulatory authorities in the Qualifying Jurisdictions;
(s) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize it to carry on its business as now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted and to own, lease and operate its property and assets, and the Corporation is duly registered, licensed and otherwise qualified to carry on its business and to own its property and assets, and is in all material respects good standing, in compliance with the rules jurisdictions where it carries on its business and regulations of the TSXVowns, leases and operates its property and assets;
(wt) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries holds all registrations, licenses, permits, consents or qualifications (whether governmental, regulatory or otherwise) required in order to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted, as set out in the Prospectus, and (i) all such registrations, licenses, permits, consents and qualifications are valid and subsisting and in good standing, and (ii) the Corporation has complied not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such registration, license, permit, consent or qualification which, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse effect (financial or otherwise) on the assets, properties, liabilities, obligations, conduct of the business, operations, affairs, condition or prospects of the Corporation;
(u) other than as disclosed in the Prospectus ,each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with requirements to file all reportsapplicable laws, schedulesbylaws, formsrules, statements regulations and other documents that it lawful requirements of each jurisdiction in which its business is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) carried on and of any governmental or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior regulatory bodies which are applicable to the expiration Corporation, and other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Corporation is not aware of any such extension. As of their respective dateslaw, bylaw, rule, regulation or lawful requirement presently in force or proposed to be brought into force in any jurisdiction in which its business is carried on or by any governmental or regulatory body which the SEC Reports complied in all Corporation anticipates it will be unable to comply with without having a material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements adverse effect on its business;
(v) each of the Corporation included and the Subsidiaries is the beneficial owner of or has the right to acquire the interests in the SEC Reports comply business, properties and assets as disclosed in the Prospectus, and has good and marketable title thereto free and clear of any and all material respects with applicable accounting requirements liens, charges, pledges, security interests and the rules other claims, demands and regulations encumbrances of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), any nature or kind whatsoever except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, disclosed in the case of unaudited statementsProspectus, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norand, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any directorand all agreements pursuant to which the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries will hold any such interest in such business, officerproperties or assets have been duly authorized, agentexecuted and delivered by the parties thereto, employeeare legal, affiliate or other person acting on behalf valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and are in good standing in all material respects according to their terms, and any and all such business, properties and assets are not in default in any material respect of, and are in good standing in all material respects under, the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situated;
(w) insofar as the Corporation is aware of after due inquiry, the Equipment is in good condition and suitable for its intended use or has taken purpose;
(x) the Corporation is not a party to any actionmaterial contracts other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation and to the knowledge of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Corporation, each of 1977 (United States)the material contracts disclosed in the Prospectus to which the Corporation is a party has been duly authorized, as amendedexecuted and delivered by the parties thereto and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly is in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise good standing in all material respects according to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its their respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsterms;
(y) except as disclosed in the operations of the Corporation areProspectus, and have been conducted at all timesno actions, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States)suits, as amendedinquiries, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related investigations or similar applicable rules, regulations other proceedings exist or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is are pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation or its directors and officers, are contemplated or threatened to which any of the Corporation, its directors or its officers is a party or is subject, or to which the property of the Corporation is subject that would result individually or in the aggregate in any material adverse change in or have a material adverse effect on (actual, anticipated, contingent, proposed or threatened, whether financial or otherwise) the business, operations, affairs, prospects, condition, capital or control of the Corporation, or on the Prospectus or the Transaction Agreements, or which would materially impair the ability of the Corporation to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or to duly perform and observe its covenants and obligations under the Transaction Agreements;
(z) neither since incorporation, the Corporation nor, has not entered into a transaction material in nature to the knowledge Corporation other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, and if required by law or generally accepted accounting standards, all of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf material transactions of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); have been promptly and the Corporation will not directly properly recorded or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, filed in or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFACwith its respective books and records;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
specific authorizations; (bbii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with applicable laws and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to financial assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation recorded accountability for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation assets is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thcompared w
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to for the Agents, and acknowledges that benefit of the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatSubscribers as follows:
(a) the Corporation is (iand will be at the Closing Time) is duly amalgamated under a reporting issuer in the Business Corporations Act (Provinces of Ontario) (the “Act”) , Alberta and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings British Columbia, and is in good standing compliance with all material obligations under Applicable Securities Laws of such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderjurisdictions;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiarieshas been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of the Province of Ontario and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted is conducting its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably will at the Closing Time be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing, except in respect of matters which do not and will not result in any adverse material change in respect of the Corporation, and except for the failure to be so qualified or the absence of any such license, registration or qualification which does not and will not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis;
(ed) the Corporation has all required corporate power and authority to enter into and carry out the provisions of this subscription agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) duly authorize the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement subscription agreement and such other agreements and instruments and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby thereby and therebyso as to validly create, including issue and deliver the Debentures and Warrants subscribed thereby and to validly create and irrevocably allot for issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)Underlying Securities;
(he) except for the Corporation is neither in default or in breach in any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsmaterial respect of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof subscription agreement by the Corporation, including the issuance performance and compliance with the terms of this subscription agreement, the issue and sale of the Offered SharesDebentures and Warrants, do not and the issue of the Underlying Securities will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading result in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance breach of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed be in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether or create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time time, or both, (A) would constitute a default either directly or indirectly under any statute, rule term or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) provision of the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of Corporation or any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, material mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation it is a party or by which they are it is bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(uf) to the knowledge Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Corporationconversion rights under its Debentures, no agreement is if and when issued in force or effect which in any manner affects accordance with the voting or control of any Debentures, as applicable, and the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the securities of Warrants, if and when issued in accordance with the CorporationWarrants, as applicable, will be validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable;
(vg) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required by the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained connection with the execution and delivery or with the performance by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects this subscription agreement except in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXVTSX;
(wh) to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, information and belief, no portion of the Corporation’s Information Record contained a misrepresentation as at its date of public dissemination;
(i) there has been no adverse material change in relation to the Corporation since May 14, 2008, and no adverse material fact exists in relation to the Corporation or its securities which, in either case, has not been generally disclosed or disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record;
(j) this subscription agreement and all other agreements required in connection with the issue and sale of the Debentures have been or will be, at or prior to the Closing Time, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and will be valid and binding obligations of the Corporation enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles or (iii) limitations under applicable law in respect of rights of indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution); and
(k) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents intends that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) net proceeds of the U.S. Exchange ActOffering will be used substantially in the manner specified in Schedule “B” hereto.
(l) Forthwith after the Closing, including the exhibits thereto Corporation shall file such forms and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or required under the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will relating to the Offering and any further documents as may be promptly paid required by any applicable regulatory authority which, without limiting the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements generality of the Corporation for the year ended December 31foregoing, 2014 shall include a Prospectus and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants Registration Exemptions Form 45-106F1 as required prescribed by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Sources: Debenture Subscription Agreement (Northcore Technologies Inc.)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants and covenants to that, as of the Agents, date given above and acknowledges that at the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatClosing:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly a valid and subsisting corporation amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell laws of the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderProvince of British Columbia;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesis duly registered and licensed to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which it carries on business or owns property where required under the laws of that jurisdiction;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to as at the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery date of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 which 62,347,102 Common Shares were are issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesas at June 3, 2020;
(md) all financial statements, information circulars, news releases, material change reports and other documents filed by the Corporation with the Commissions in Canada on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval or with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Disclosure Record”) within the past 12 months were true and correct in all material respects and did not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (British Columbia)) as at the respective dates of such filings;
(e) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation is the beneficial owner of the properties, business and assets or the interests in the properties, business or assets referred to in the Disclosure Record;
(f) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, any and all agreements pursuant to which the Corporation holds its material assets or is entitled to the use of material assets are valid and subsisting agreements in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and the Corporation is not in material default of any of the provisions of any such agreements nor has any such default been alleged, and the Corporation is not aware of any legislationdisputes with respect thereto and such assets are in good standing under the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situate, or proposed legislation published and all leases, licences, concessions, and claims pursuant to which the Corporation derives its interests in such material assets are in good standing and there has been no material default under any such leases, licenses, concessions, and claims and all taxes required to be paid with respect to such assets to the date hereof have been paid;
(g) except as qualified by a legislative bodythe disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and directives of each jurisdiction in which it anticipates will carries on business (except when the failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect) and possesses all material certificates, authorities, permits or licences issued by the appropriate provincial, state, municipal, federal or other governmental or regulatory agency or body necessary to carry on the business currently as carried on by it, is in compliance in all material respects with such certificates, authorities, permits and licences and with all laws, regulations, tariffs, rules, orders and directives material to its operations, including, without limitation, all laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining claims, concessions, licenses, leases or other instruments and the Corporation has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificates, authorities, permits, licences, mining claims, concessions, leases or other instruments conferring mineral rights which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, order, ruling or finding, would materially and adversely affect the conduct of its business, affairs, operations, assetsfinancial condition or income of the Corporation and it has not received notice of the revocation or cancellation of, or any intention to revoke or cancel, any such licence, permit, approval, consent, certificate, registration or authorization;
(h) the financial statements of the Corporation contained in the Disclosure Record, filed with any of the Commissions have all been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, accurately reflect the financial position and all material liabilities (accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities as of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingdate thereof;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) the Corporation has complied and will comply fully with the requirements of all applicable corporate and securities laws and administrative policies and directions, including, without limitation, the Securities Laws and the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in relation to the issue and trading of its securities and in all matters relating to the private placement of the Offered Securities;
(j) there is not presently any material change, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to the Corporation or change in any material fact, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to any of the Purchased Securities, which has not been any material change fully disclosed in accordance with the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations requirements of the Corporation on a consolidated basisSecurities Laws and the policies of the Stock Exchanges;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iiik) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance issue and sale of the Offered Shares, do Securities by the Corporation does not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or with, and does not and will not result in a breach or violation of of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease ’s constating documents or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; or ;
(Dl) any judgmentexcept as described in the Disclosure Record, decree or order binding the Corporation is not a party to any actions, suits or proceedings which could materially affect its business or financial condition, and to the respective property or assets best of the Corporation’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are contemplated or have been threatened;
(um) there are no judgments against the Corporation which are unsatisfied, nor is the Corporation subject to any consent decrees or injunctions;
(n) this Agreement has been or will be at the knowledge Closing Date duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Corporation, no agreement and the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to undertake the Offering;
(o) to the Corporation’s knowledge, it is not in force or effect which default in any manner affects the voting or control material respect of any of the requirements of the Securities Laws or any of the administrative policies, notices or rules, as applicable, of the Toronto Stock Exchange;
(p) no order ceasing or suspending trading in securities of the CorporationCorporation nor prohibiting the sale of such securities has been issued to and is outstanding against the Corporation or its directors, officers or promoters or against any other companies that have common directors, officers or promoters and no investigations or proceedings for such purposes are pending or threatened;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(wq) the Corporation has complied in filed all material respects with requirements to file all reportsfederal, schedulesprovincial, forms, statements local and other documents that it is foreign tax returns which are required to file under the U.S. Exchange Actbe filed, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAPrequested extensions thereof, and fairly present in have paid all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of taxes required to be paid by them and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then endedany other assessment, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norfine or penalty levied against them, to the knowledge extent that any of the Corporationforegoing is due and payable, any directorexcept for such assessments, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of fines and penalties which are currently being contested in good faith; and
(r) the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, established on its books and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of records reserves which are adequate for the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) not yet due and payable by and there are no liens for taxes on the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact assets of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returnsits subsidiaries except for taxes not yet due, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with audits of any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, of the tax returns of the Corporation which are known by the Corporation’s management to be pending, other than such audits which are currently being contested in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thgood faith.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The By its execution of this agreement, the Corporation represents, warrants and covenants hereby agrees that the Purchasers shall have the benefit of the following provisions to be set forth in the Agency Agreement on the same basis as if the Purchasers were parties to the AgentsAgency Agreement and direct beneficiaries of such provisions:
(a) the representations and warranties made by the Corporation to the Agent and the Purchasers as purchasers of the Debentures;
(b) the covenants of the Corporation in favour of the Agent and the Purchasers as purchasers of the Debentures; and
(c) the conditions precedent to the Offering, and acknowledges to the extent that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties warranties, covenants and covenantsconditions precedent have not been varied, thatamended, altered or waived, in whole or in part, by the Agent in the manner provided for in the Agency Agreement, which representations, warranties, covenants and conditions are hereby incorporated by reference such that they form an integral part of this subscription agreement and all of which shall survive the Closing Date for a period of two years, notwithstanding the completion of the purchase of the Debentures. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this subscription agreement and the provisions of the Agency Agreement, the provisions of the Agency Agreement shall prevail. In addition, the Corporation hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Purchasers as follows:
(a) the Corporation is (iand will be at the Closing Time) is duly amalgamated under a reporting issuer in the Business Corporations Act (Provinces of Ontario) (the “Act”) , Alberta and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings British Columbia, and is in good standing compliance with all material obligations under Applicable Securities Laws of such Act; jurisdictions;
(iib) the Corporation has been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of the Province of Ontario and has all requisite corporate power, power and authority to own its assets and capacity to carry on its business as currently conducted;
(c) each of the Material Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporationassets;
(d) the Corporation has conducted and each of the Material Subsidiaries is conducting its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably will at the Closing Time be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing, except in respect of matters which do not and will not result in any adverse material change in respect of the Corporation, and except for the failure to be so qualified or the absence of any such license, registration or qualification which does not and will not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis;
(e) the Corporation has all required corporate power and authority to enter into and carry out the provisions of this subscription agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) duly authorize the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement subscription agreement and such other agreements and instruments and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby thereby and therebyso as to validly create, including issue and deliver the Debentures subscribed thereby and to validly create and irrevocably allot for issuance the Underlying Securities and sale of the Offered Warrant Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(hf) except for neither the Corporation nor any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal of its Material Subsidiaries is in default or state securities lawsin breach in any material respect of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof subscription agreement by the Corporation, including the issuance performance and compliance with the terms of this subscription agreement, the issue and sale of the Offered SharesDebentures, do not and the issue of the Underlying Securities and Warrant Shares will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading result in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance breach of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed be in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether or create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time time, or both, (A) would constitute a default either directly or indirectly under any statute, rule term or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) provision of the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) Corporation or any of the terms of Material Subsidiaries or any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, material mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation any of them is a party or by which they are any of them is bound;
(g) the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the conversion rights under its Debentures and the Warrant Shares, if and when issued in accordance with the Debentures and Warrants, as applicable, will be validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable; and the Warrants issuable upon exercise of the conversion rights under its Debentures, if and when issued, will be validly issued;
(h) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required by the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery or with the performance by the Corporation of this subscription agreement except in compliance with and the rules of the TSX;
(Di) any judgmentto the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, decree or order binding information and belief, no portion of the Corporation’s Information Record contained a misrepresentation as at its date of public dissemination;
(j) there has been no adverse material change in relation to the Corporation since June 30, 2005, and no adverse material fact exists in relation to the Corporation or the respective property its securities which, in either case, has not been generally disclosed or assets of disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record;
(uk) this subscription agreement and all other agreements required in connection with the issue and sale of the Debentures have been or will be, at or prior to the knowledge Closing Time, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and will be valid and binding obligations of the CorporationCorporation enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, no agreement is insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles or (iii) limitations under applicable law in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control respect of any rights of the securities indemnity, contribution and waiver of the Corporation;contribution); and
(vl) the Corporation is not included in a list intends that the net proceeds of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions Offering will be used substantially in the Qualifying Jurisdictions manner specified in Schedule “B” hereto.
(m) Forthwith after the Closing, the Corporation shall file such forms and in particulardocuments as may be required under the Applicable Securities Laws relating to the Offering and any further documents as may be required by any applicable regulatory authority which, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on shall include a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with Form 45-501F1 as prescribed by the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money LaunderingOntario) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced a Form 45-103F4 as prescribed by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Multilateral Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th45-103.
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Sources: Subscription Agreement (Adb Systems International LTD)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants as follows to the Agents, Investor as at the date of this Agreement and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatat each Closing Time:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) a valid and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings subsisting corporation incorporated and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell laws of the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderProvince of British Columbia;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Sharescommon shares without par value, of which, which 95,580,210 are issued and outstanding as of May 20July 21, 20152016. The aforementioned outstanding common shares of the Corporation are fully paid and non-assessable;
(c) upon payment of the First Tranche Price and Second Tranche Price therefor and their issuance, 100,675,988 Common the First Tranche Shares were outstanding and Second Tranche Shares will be duly and validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesassessable;
(md) the financial statements of the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially filed on SEDAR have all been prepared in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards accurately reflect the financial position and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, all material liabilities (accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basisas of the date thereof;
(ne) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting has complied and will comply fully with the material requirements of all applicable corporate and securities laws and administrative policies and directions, including, without limitation, the Acts and the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), in relation to all matters relating to the Investment;
(f) the issue and sale of the Offered Shares or Securities by the trading Corporation does not and will not conflict with, and does not and will not result in a breach of (i) any of the terms of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has incorporating documents or any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; it is bound or (Dii) any judgmentapplicable laws including, decree or order binding without limitation, any applicable securities laws;
(g) there are no judgments against the Corporation or its subsidiaries which are unsatisfied, nor is the respective property Corporation or assets of the Corporationits subsidiaries subject to any consent decrees or injunctions;
(uh) to each of this Agreement, the knowledge CVR, the Notes and the GSA has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Corporation, no agreement is and the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver each of this Agreement, the CVR, the Notes and the GSA and to observe and perform its obligations hereunder and, upon acceptance by the Corporation, each of this Agreement, the CVR, the Notes and the GSA will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation subject to the general qualifications that: (i) enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, winding-up, arrangement, moratorium, organization or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; and (ii) equitable remedies, including the remedies of specific performance and injunctive relief, are available only in force or effect which the discretion of the court and therefore may not be available in any manner affects particular instance;
(i) no order ceasing or suspending trading in securities of the voting Corporation nor prohibiting the sale of such securities has been issued to and is outstanding against the Corporation or control its directors, officers or promoters or against any other companies that have common directors, officers or promoters and no investigations or proceedings for such purposes are pending or threatened;
(j) except for as provided in Schedule “G” (including warrants and options granted pursuant to the Corporation’s stock option plan), no person has any right, agreement or option, present or future, contingent or absolute, or any right capable of becoming such a right, agreement or option, for the issue or allotment of any unissued shares in the capital of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, or any other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares, or to require the Corporation or its subsidiaries to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the securities of the Corporationissued and outstanding shares in its capital;
(vk) the Corporation and its subsidiaries, if any, have filed all federal, provincial, local and foreign tax returns which are required to be filed, or have requested extensions thereof, and have paid all taxes required to be paid by them and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against them, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for such assessments, fines and penalties which are currently being contested in good faith;
(l) the Corporation is a reporting issuer not included in a list default under the securities laws of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by each of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia;
(m) the Securities Commissions Corporation is duly qualified to carry on business in the Qualifying Jurisdictions Province of British Columbia and in particulareach other jurisdiction, without limiting if any, wherein the foregoingcarrying out of the activities contemplated makes such qualifications necessary;
(n) except for as provided in the disclosure in all prospectuses, financial statements, management’s discussion and analyses, information circulars, annual information forms, press releases and material change reports filed with the applicable securities regulators and on SEDAR (the “Disclosure Documents”), the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with is not a party to any actions, suits or proceedings which could materially affect its obligations respective business or financial condition, and to make timely disclosure the best of all material changes relating to it, the Corporation’s knowledge no such disclosure has actions, suits or proceedings are contemplated or have been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to threatened;
(o) as of the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which time the requisite material change report has not been Disclosure Documents were filed with the Securities Commissions applicable securities regulators and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
on SEDAR (w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reportsor, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) if amended or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated superseded by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration date of any this Agreement, then on the date of such extension. As filing): (i) each of their respective dates, the SEC Reports Disclosure Documents complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act applicable securities laws; and (ii) none of the Disclosure Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(p) all of the representations and warranties made by the Corporation in the CVR and the rules Notes are true and regulations of correct in all material respects;
(q) the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements Investor has not been provided with any information that constitutes a “material fact” or “material change” (as those terms are defined in Applicable Securities Laws) in the affairs of the Corporation included by the Corporation or any of its representatives that has not been generally disclosed to the public;
(r) there are (a) no Liens (whether created by contract, operation of law or as a result of any court order or similar order or decree issued by any governmental authority whether pursuant to insolvency proceedings or otherwise) on the Claim Proceeding Rights and (b) with respect to any Collateral other than the Claim Proceeding Rights, there are no Liens (whether created by contract, operation of law or as a result of any court order or similar order or decree issued by any governmental authority whether pursuant to insolvency proceedings or otherwise) other than Permitted Liens;
(s) with respect to the Claim Proceedings:
(i) it is the sole legal and beneficial owner of, and has good title to, the Claim Proceedings, free and clear of any adverse liens or claims from third parties;
(ii) other than pursuant to the Investment it has not disposed of, transferred, encumbered or assigned all or any portion of such Claim Proceedings (or any interest therein) or any proceeds thereof, whether by way of security or otherwise (including any set off or agreement to set off any amounts related to the Claim Proceedings);
(iii) it has not taken any steps or executed any documents, nor is it aware of any asserted or unasserted claim, lien or judgment against it, which could reasonably be expected, either individually or in the SEC Reports comply in all aggregate, to have a material respects with applicable accounting requirements and impact on the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAPClaim Proceedings, and fairly present it is not aware of anyone else doing or purporting to do so;
(iv) it has not received any notice, and is not otherwise aware, that the Claim Proceedings or any portion thereof is invalid or void; it has disclosed to the Investor all documentation and other information (in any and all material respects media) that the financial position Investor has requested and which is in its possession or control relevant to the Claim Proceedings (including the enforcement and collection of any related settlement, award or judgment);
(v) there is no information in the knowledge, possession, or control of the Corporation as or any of and for its representatives that is or is likely to be material to the dates thereof Investor’s assessment of the Claim Proceedings that has not been disclosed to the Investor; and the results Corporation believes (and does not have, and has not been informed by any of operations its representatives of, any belief to the contrary), based on the information available to it at this time, that the Claim Proceedings are meritorious and cash flows for likely to prevail; and
(vi) it has full power and authority to bring the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, Claim Proceedings and has obtained all necessary corporate and other authorizations to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsdo so;
(xt) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, nor any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate affiliate, agent or other person associated with or duly acting on behalf of the Corporation or its affiliates is, or is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectlyindirectly owned or controlled by, a person that has resulted is currently the subject or would result in a violation the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 U.S. government (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce and including, without limitation, the designation as a "specially designated national" or "blocked person"), the United States Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty's Treasury Department or any other relevant sanctions authority (“OFAC”collectively, "Sanctions"), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (each, a "Sanctioned Country"); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements no action of the Corporation for in connection with (i) the year ended December 31execution, 2014 delivery and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by performance of this Agreement, the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within Notes or the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thCVR,
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Sources: Investment Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent, and acknowledges that the Agents are Agent is relying upon such representations, warranties representations and covenantswarranties, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) and each of its Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and is duly amalgamated valid and subsisting under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity power to carry on its business business, as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted by it, and to own, lease and operate its properties assets and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderproperties;
(b) the Corporation does not have any and each of its Subsidiaries is qualified to carry on business and is validly existing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it carries on a material subsidiariesportion of its business;
(c) other than 2WG Media, Inc., Roveractive Ltd. and Red Mile Entertainment, Pty, the Corporation has no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to Subsidiaries and the knowledge Corporation is not affiliated with nor is it a holding corporation of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporationany other body corporate;
(d) the Corporation owns all of the outstanding securities of 2WG Media, Inc., Roveractive Ltd. and Red Mile Entertainment, Pty, and Red Mile Entertainment, Pty does not carry on any active business;
(e) the Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance, compliance in all material respects, respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including and, in particular, all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, licensing and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing lawslegislation, regulations and or by-laws or other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of bodies applicable to it in each jurisdiction in which it carries on business, and the Corporation and each of its business is carried on Subsidiaries holds all material licences, registrations and is licensed, registered or qualified qualifications in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business which are necessary or desirable to be carried carry on the business as now conducted and its property and assets as presently proposed to be ownedconducted, leased and operated and all such licenceslicenses, registrations and or qualifications are valid, subsisting valid and existing and in good standing and it none of such licenses, registrations or qualifications contains any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation which has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to any material adverse effect on the Closing Time by business of the Corporation so and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as now conducted or as proposed to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Optionsbe conducted;
(f) except for the approval Corporation has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement , the Indenture and the Subscription Agreements and to perform its obligations set out herein and therein (including, without limitation, to cause the issuance of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsUnits, all consentsthe Underlying Securities, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement Agent's Warrants and the Compensation Option CertificatesCommon Shares issuable on exercise of the Warrants and Agent's Warrants), and this Agreement has been, and the performance of Subscription Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and therebyWarrant Indenture will on the Closing Date be, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Sharesduly authorized, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a this Agreement is, and the Subscription Agreements and the Warrant Indenture will on the Closing Date be, legal, valid and binding obligation obligations of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its termstheir respective terms subject to applicable bankruptcy, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other laws and equitable principles affecting creditors’ ' rights generally, the statutory and equitable powers of the courts in Canada and the United States to stay proceedings before them and the execution of judgments and the fact that specific performance and other injunctive relief are equitable remedies which may only be granted in the discretion of ordered by a court of competent jurisdictionin its discretion and, accordingly, may not be available as a remedy in an action to enforce a covenant and subject to the fact that the provisions thereof relating rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution set forth herein may be unenforceable under limited by applicable law and that enforceability is subject to laws or the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)public policy underlying such laws;;
(hg) except the Common Shares and Warrants comprising the Units have been reserved and allotted for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of when issued on the Offered Shares, do not and will not require Closing Date the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior Common Shares issued pursuant to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, Offering will be validly issued as issued, fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(jh) the Compensation Options Common Shares issuable on exercise of the Warrants and Agent's Warrants have beenbeen reserved for issuance and, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation OptionsWarrants or Agent's Warrants, including payment in full of as the applicable exercise pricecase may be, will be validly issued as issued, fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(li) the definitive forms of certificates representing the Common Shares are in due and proper form under the laws governing the Corporation;
(j) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists solely of an unlimited number of 100,000,000 Common Shares, Shares and 20,000,000 Preferred Shares of which, as at the Closing Date (prior to the issuance of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as on the Closing Date), 9,661,810 Common Shares and nil Preferred Shares shall be issued and outstanding, which shares shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesassessable;
(mk) neither the Corporation nor its Subsidiaries is not aware a party to or bound by any agreement of guarantee, indemnification (other than an indemnification of directors and officers in accordance with the by-laws of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries and applicable laws, indemnities in favour of the Agent pursuant to this Agreement, indemnities in favour of purchasers of securities or assets in purchase and sale agreements and indemnities and guarantees in favour of the bankers of the Corporation, including the Agent) or any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect other like commitment of the business, affairs, operations, assetsobligations, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of indebtedness of any other person;
(l) other than this Agreement and the agreements set forth in Schedule 6(l) hereto, there are no material contracts or prospects agreements which have or which might have or create any material obligation to the Corporation or from which they derive or could derive any material benefit or which are required by the Corporation to carry on its business as now conducted by it or as is now proposed to be carried on by it. For the purposes of this representation and warranty, contracts shall be deemed to give rise to a material obligation where such contract provides for expenditures by the Corporation for an aggregate of more than $100,000 during any 12 month period;
(m) other than promissory notes owing to one of the Corporation's directors having an aggregate principal amount of $100,000, the Corporation on a consolidated basishas no loans or other indebtedness outstanding which have been made to or from any of its shareholders, officers, directors or employees or any other person not dealing at arm's length with the Corporation;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading except for transactions contemplated herein and except as otherwise disclosed in any securities of the Documents, the Corporation has not entered into any transaction which is or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, may reasonably be expected to be material to the best Corporation and which is not in the ordinary course of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingbusiness;
(o) except as disclosed to the AgentsCorporation is not in default or breach of, no person now has and the execution and delivery of, and the performance of and compliance with the terms of, this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements by the Corporation or any agreement of the transactions contemplated hereby or option or right or privilege (whether at lawthereby, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance does not and will not result in any breach of, or conversion intoconstitute a default under, and does not and will not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a breach of or constitute a default under, any unissued sharesterm or provision of the articles, securitiesby-laws or resolutions of shareholders or directors of the Corporation, warrants or convertible obligations any indenture, mortgage, note, contract, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease or other document to which the Corporation is a party or by which it is bound, or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, which default or breach might reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the business, operations, capital or condition (financial or otherwise) of any nature the Corporation, or its assets;
(p) the Corporation has provided to the Agent true and correct copies of the constating documents of the Corporation and minutes of all meetings and all the resolutions of the directors, shareholders and committees of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(iq) there has not been any material adverse change in the consolidated capital, assets, liabilitiesor liabilities (absolute, obligations accrued, contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation from the position set forth in the Financial Statements;
(r) the books of account and other records of the Corporation, whether of a financial or accounting nature or otherwise, have been maintained in all material respects in accordance with prudent business practices;
(s) there has not been any material adverse change in the business, operations, capital or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the operations of the Corporation since the date of the Financial Statements that has not been disclosed in the Documents and since that date there have been no material facts, transactions, events or occurrences which, to the knowledge of the Corporation could materially adversely affect the consolidated capital, assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basisCorporation;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(qt) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairlyfairly present, in all material respectsrespects and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States consistently applied, the financial position and condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for as at the periods then ended;
dates thereof and reflect all liabilities (r) the Corporation does not have any liabilitiesabsolute, direct or indirectaccrued, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in ) of the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse EffectCorporation as at the dates thereof;
(su) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that after due inquiry, there have not occurred any material spills, emissions or pollution on any property of the Corporation or for which the Corporation may be responsible, nor is the Corporation the subject of any outstanding stop orders, control orders, clean-up orders or reclamation orders under applicable environmental laws and regulations;
(v) to the best of the knowledge of the Corporation, no other party is in default in the observance or performance of any term or obligation to be performed by it under any contract to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound which is material to the business of the Corporation, no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would directly or indirectly constitute such a default, in any such case which default or event would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation;
(w) there are no judgments against the Corporation which are unsatisfied, nor are there any consent decrees or injunctions to which the Corporation is subject;
(x) the information and statements set forth in the Documents as at the date hereof, as they relate to the Corporation, are true, correct, and complete and did not contain any misrepresentation as of the respective dates of such information or statements, and no material change (as defined in Applicable Securities Laws of the Selling Jurisdictions) has occurred in relation to such information and statements since the respective dates of such information and statements;
(y) other than the securities issued or to be issued pursuant to the Offering, no person, firm, corporation or other entity holds any securities convertible or exchangeable into shares of the Corporation or now has any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege (whether contractual or pre-emptive) being or capable of becoming an agreement, warrant, option or right for the purchase or other acquisition of any unissued shares, securities (including convertible securities) or warrants of the Corporation except for outstanding warrants, options, Convertible Debentures, Convertible Promissory Notes and Convertible Promissory Note Warrants to purchase an aggregate of not more than 6,353,305 Common Shares;
(z) the Corporation has duly and on a timely basis filed all tax returns required to be filed by it, has paid all taxes due and payable by it and has paid all assessments and re-assessments and all other taxes, governmental charges, penalties, interest and other fines due and payable by it and which are claimed by any governmental authority to be due and owing and adequate provision has been made for taxes payable for any completed fiscal period for which tax returns are not yet required and there are no agreements, waivers, or other arrangements providing for an extension of time with respect to the filing of any tax return or payment of any tax, governmental charge or deficiency by the Corporation and, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, information and belief, after due inquiry, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, investigations or claims threatened or pending against the Corporation in respect of taxes, governmental charges or assessments or any matters under discussion with any governmental authority relating to taxes, governmental charges or assessments asserted by any such authority;
(aa) except as disclosed in the Financial Statements (i) the Corporation has no outstanding liabilities in excess of $10,000 other than those set forth in Schedule 6(aa), and (ii) there are no actions, suits, proceedings or inquiries in existence or, to the Corporation's knowledge, after due inquiry, pending or threatened against or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board board, bureau, agency or agencyinstrumentality which in any way materially adversely affects, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected in any way to have a Material Adverse Effectmaterially adversely affect, the business, operations, capital or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation, or any of its assets or which affects or may affect the distribution of the Units or Underlying Securities and the Corporation is not aware of any existing ground on which such action, suit, proceeding or inquiry might be commenced with any reasonable likelihood of success;
(tbb) other than the execution and delivery of Agent, there is no person, firm or corporation acting or purporting to act for the Corporation entitled to any brokerage or finder's fee or other fee or commission in connection with the Offering, this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment or any of the terms hereof and thereof by transactions contemplated hereby;
(cc) no Securities Commission or any other securities commission or similar regulatory authority has issued any order which is currently outstanding ceasing, halting, suspending or preventing other trading in any securities of the Corporation, including no such proceeding is, to the issuance and sale knowledge of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including pending, contemplated or threatened, the Corporation is not in default of any requirement of Applicable Securities Laws; Laws and the Corporation is entitled to avail itself of the applicable prospectus exemptions available under the Applicable Securities Laws in respect of the trades in its securities to Subscribers as contemplated by this Agreement;
(Bdd) the constating documents, byCorporation is not a “reporting issuer” or the equivalent in any jurisdiction in Canada;
(ee) the Common Shares are listed and posted for trading on the Over-laws or resolutions the-Counter Bulletin Board;
(ff) to the knowledge of the Corporation; (C) , other than as previously disclosed to the terms Agent in writing, no insider of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) has any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets present intention to sell any securities of the Corporation;
(ugg) except as have been provided to the Agent as at the date hereof, the Corporation is not a party to any contracts of employment which may not be terminated on one month's notice or which provide for payments occurring on a change of control of the Corporation;
(hh) other than leases of the Corporation with respect to its office premises, the Corporation does not own or lease nor has it agreed to acquire or lease, any interest in real property;
(ii) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement officer, director or securityholder of the Corporation is in force subject to any limitations or effect which restrictions on their activities or investments, including any non-competition provisions, that would in any manner affects way restrict or limit their involvement with the voting Corporation or control of any of the securities business and affairs of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aajj) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws which the Corporation has received or is entitled to receive government incentives, have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31made in accordance, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) in all taxes (including income taxmaterial respects, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities applicable legislation and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and contain no misrepresentations of material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make omit to state any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, Agent (and acknowledges further provides the representations and warranties appearing in the U.S. Securities Purchase Agreement attached as Schedule "C" hereto in respect of Purchasers resident in the United States) that as at the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatdate hereof:
(a) the Corporation (i) has been duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect laws of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) its governing jurisdiction, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity is duly qualified to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, own or lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate powerpower and authority to carry out its obligations under this Agreement, authority the Warrant Certificates (upon execution and capacity to createdelivery thereof), issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesWarrant Certificates (upon execution and delivery thereof) and any other document, filing, instrument or agreement delivered in connection with the Offering, and to carry out the provisions contained in its obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the CorporationCorporation to which the Corporation is a party or of which the Corporation has knowledge;
(vc) the Corporation is not included in a list the direct or indirect registered and beneficial owner of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions Corporation Subsidiaries in the Qualifying Jurisdictions proportions and manners set forth in particularSchedule "B", without limiting in each case, except as disclosed or incorporated by reference in the foregoingProspectus, free and clear of all encumbrances, liens, mortgages, hypothecations, security interests, charges or adverse interests whatsoever, and no person, firm, corporation or entity has any agreement, option, right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure or any of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations Subsidiaries of any of the TSXVshares or other securities of any Corporation Subsidiary;
(wd) each Corporation Subsidiary, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, is a corporation incorporated, amalgamated, continued or organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, amalgamation, continuation or organization (as indicated in Schedule "B" hereto) and has all requisite power, capacity and authority to carry on its business as now conducted in each of the jurisdictions it carries on business and to own, lease or operate its assets and properties and, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, none of the Corporation Subsidiaries nor any other person, has complied in taken any steps or proceedings, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing such Corporation Subsidiaries' dissolution or winding up;
(e) all material respects with requirements to file all reportsconsents, schedulesapprovals, formspermits, statements authorizations or filings as may be required under Applicable Securities Laws necessary for the execution and other documents that it is required to file under delivery of this Agreement and the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) sale of the U.S. Exchange ActOffered Securities, including and the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference thereinconsummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis have been made or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports obtained or will be obtained prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOAClosing Date, as applicable, and, if violations of subject only to the FCPA Standard Listing Conditions and any post-Closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsstate securities laws;
(yf) upon the operations execution and delivery thereof, each of this Agreement, the Warrant Certificates and the Compensation Warrant Certificates shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation areand each shall be enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought, and have been conducted at all timesby the fact that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver, and the ability to sever unenforceable terms, may be limited by Applicable Laws;
(g) the currently issued and outstanding Common Shares are listed and posted for trading on the Exchanges and no order ceasing or suspending trading in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements the Common Shares or prohibiting the trading of any of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) Common Shares has been issued and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is proceedings for such purpose are pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(zh) neither the Corporation nordefinitive form of certificate representing the Common Shares complies with the requirements of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), to complies with the knowledge requirements of the CSE and does not conflict with the constating documents of the Corporation;
(i) the Annual Financial Statements, any directorthe Trichome Financial Statements, officerand the Pro Forma Financial Statements:
(i) have been prepared in accordance with international financial reporting standards consistently applied throughout the period referred to therein;
(ii) contain no misrepresentation and present fairly, agentin all material respects, employeethe financial position (including the assets and liabilities, affiliate whether absolute, contingent or person acting on behalf otherwise) of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office and Trichome, as applicable, as at such dates and results of Foreign Assets Control operations of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); Corporation and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this OfferingTrichome, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entityas applicable, for the purpose periods then ended; and
(iii) contain and reflect adequate provision or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, expenses and losses of financing the activities Corporation and Trichome, as applicable, and there has been no change in accounting policies or practices of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered the Corporation since the date of the latest audited financial statements incorporated by OFACreference into the Offering Documents;
(aaj) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant has not declared or paid any dividends or declared or made any other payments or distributions on or in respect of any of the Common Shares and has not, directly or indirectly, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its securities or agreed to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid do so or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Timeotherwise effected any return of capital with respect to such securities;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddk) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ ' compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “"Taxes”") due and payable by the Corporation and the Corporation Subsidiaries have been paid, paid except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by each of the Corporation and the Corporation Subsidiaries have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities governmental authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or such failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse Effect. No Neither the Corporation nor any of the Corporation Subsidiaries have received any written notice regarding examination of any tax return of the Corporation is or the Corporation Subsidiaries (as applicable) currently in progress and the Corporation has no knowledge of any facts that could give rise to any such examination and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority governmental authority respecting any taxes Taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in Corporation or any case, of the Corporation Subsidiaries except where such examinations, issues or disputes examinations would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse Effect;
(eel) neither the Corporation's Auditors, which are the auditors who audited the Annual Financial Statements and who provided their audit report thereon, are independent public accountants under Applicable Securities Laws and there has never been a "reportable disagreement" (within the meaning of NI 51-102) between the Corporation and the Corporation's Auditors; similarly, Trichome's Auditors, which are the auditors who audited the Trichome Financial Statements and who provided their audit report thereon, are independent public accountants with respect to Trichome under Applicable Securities Laws of the Canadian Selling Jurisdictions and there has never been a "reportable disagreement" (within the meaning of NI 51-102) between Trichome and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇'s Auditors;
(m) the Corporation maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that:
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization;
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with international financial reporting standards and to maintain accountability for assets;
(iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and
(iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;
(n) the Corporation is in compliance with the certification requirements contained in National Instrument 52-109 – Certification of Disclosure in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings of the Canadian Securities Administrators with respect to the Corporation's annual and interim filings with Canadian Securities Regulators;
(o) the audit committee of the Corporation is comprised and operates in accordance with the requirements of National Instrument 52-110 – Audit Committees of the Canadian Securities Administrators;
(p) except for the Warrants, the Over-Allotment Warrants, the Compensation Warrants and as set forth in Schedule "A" to this Agreement, no holder of outstanding securities of the Corporation will be entitled to any pre-emptive or any similar rights to subscribe for any of the Common Shares or other securities of the Corporation (nor any of the Corporation Subsidiaries), and no rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares in the capital of the Corporation or any of the Corporation Subsidiaries are outstanding;
(q) all information which has been prepared by the Corporation relating to ththe Corporation, the Corporation Subsidiaries and its business, properties and liabilities that is or has been publicly disclosed or otherwise provided to the Agent or its counsel, including any investor or corporate presentations posted on the Corporation's website, and all financial, marketing, sales and operational information, is, as of the date of such information, true and correct in all material respects, contains no misrepresentation and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make such information misleading;
(r) except as properly disclosed in the Offering Documents, the Corporation has not approved, has not entered into any agreement in respect of, and to the knowledge of the Corporation there are no facts or circumstances in respect of:
(i) the purchase of any material property or assets or any interest therein or the sale, transfer or other disposition of any material property or assets or any interest therein currently owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or any of the Corporation Subsidiaries, whether by asset sale, transfer of shares or otherwise;
(ii) the issuance of any securities of the Corporation or a right of first refusal with respect to the issuance by the Corporation of any securities;
(iii) any change in control of the Corporation (whether by sale, transfer or other disposition of shares or sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation);
(iv) a proposed or planned disposition of shares by any shareholder who owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the outstanding shares of the Corporation; or
(v) an agreement in force or having the effect of which in any manner affects or will affect the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(s) except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Documents, no legal or governmental proceedings are pending to which the Corporation or any of the Corporation Subsidiaries is a party or to which its property is subject that would result individually or in the aggregate in a Material Adverse Effect and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no such proceedings have been threatened against, or are contemplated with respect to, the Corporation, any of the Corporation Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets;
(t) the Corporation is the legal and beneficial owner, free of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands whatsoever, of the interests in personal property referred to as owned by it in the Prospectus, and all material agreements under which the Corporation holds an interest in personal property are in good standing according to their terms;
(u) except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all contracts to which the Corporation and/or any Corporation Subsidiary is a party are, to the knowledge of the Corporation, in full force and effect and are valid and enforceable by and against the Corporation or the Corporation Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and except as limited by the application of equitable principals when equitable remedies are sought, applicable statutes of limitations and by the fact that the ability to sever unenforceable terms may be limited by applicable laws, and none of the Corporation or any Corporation Subsidiary is in material default or breach of any Material Agreement;
(v) the minute books and records of the Corporation and, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, the Corporation Subsidiaries made available to counsel for the Agent in connection with its due diligence investigations of the Corporation are all of the minute books and records of the Corporation and the Corporation Subsidiaries (as applicable) and contain copies of all material proceedings of the shareholders, the board of directors and all committees of the boards of directors of the Corporation and each of the Corporation Subsidiaries (as applicable) to the date of review of such corporate records and minute books, and there have been no other meetings, resolutions or proceedings of the shareholders, board of directors or any committees of the boards of directors of the Corporation and the Corporation Subsidiaries not reflected in such minute books and other records;
(w) the Corporation is, and will be at the Closing Time and Over-Allotment Closing Time, an Eligible Issuer and a reporting issuer under Applicable Securities Laws in the Canadian Selling Jurisdictions, and the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any requirement of Applicable Securities Laws and the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the applicable Securities Regulators. In particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation is in compliance at the date hereof with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it and, since the date of the latest audited financial statements incorporated by reference into the Offering Documents, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed, except to the extent that the Offering and the transactions contemplated thereunder may constitute a material change;
(x) the execution and delivery of each of this Agreement, the Warrant Certificates and the Compensation Warrant Certificates and the compliance with all provisions contemplated thereunder, the Offering and sale of the Qualified Securities and the issuance of the Qualified Securities and the Compensation Warrants does not and will not:
(i) require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority, stock exchange, securities regulatory authority or other third party (in each case in the Selling Jurisdictions), except: (A) such as have been obtained; or (B) such as may be required and will be obtained by the Closing Time on the Closing Date;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. (a) The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriters, and acknowledges that each of the Agents are Underwriters is relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenantsin entering into this Agreement, that:
(ai) the Corporation (i) is has been duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) incorporated and organized and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings valid and is subsisting in good standing under such Act; (ii) the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity power to carry on its business as now conducted described in the Offering Memorandum, including, without limitation, to perform its obligations under the Material Agreements, to which it is a party, and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets assets;
(including ii) Baytex has been duly incorporated and organized and is valid and subsisting in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and has all requisite corporate authority and power to carry on its business as described in the Public Disclosure); Offering Memorandum, including, without limitation, to perform its obligations under the Material Agreements, to which it is a party, and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets;
(iii) Baytex USA has been duly incorporated and organized and is valid and subsisting in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity power to create, issue and sell carry on its business as described in the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesOffering Memorandum, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder operate its properties and thereunderassets;
(biv) Baytex Partnership has been duly formed and organized and is valid and subsisting in good standing under the Corporation does not have any material subsidiarieslaws of its jurisdiction of formation, and has all requisite partnership authority and power to carry on its business as described in the Offering Memorandum, and operate its properties and assets;
(cv) no proceedings have Baytex Resources has been takenduly incorporated and organized and is valid and subsisting in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, instituted orand has all requisite corporate authority and power to carry on its business as described in the Offering Memorandum, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporationand operate its properties and assets;
(dvi) each of the Corporation and the Guarantors has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance, compliance in all material respects, respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, rules of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and or operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting valid and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(evii) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to other than the Closing Time by Baytex Subsidiaries, the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Optionshas no material subsidiaries that are actively carrying on business;
(fviii) except for subsequent to September 30, 2010:
(A) there has not been any material change in the approval capital or long-term debt of the TSXV and any post-closing notice Corporation or the Guarantors that has not been disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or in filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the OfferingSecurities Commissions;
(gB) there has not been any material change in the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesbusiness, and the performance business prospects, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action operations of the Corporation or the Guarantors that has not been disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or in filings with the Securities Commissions;
(C) other than the incurrence of $159.4 million of additional debt on February 3, 2011 in connection with the closing of the Heavy Oil Acquisition (as defined in the Offering Memorandum), the financial position of the Corporation, on a consolidated basis, has not changed in any material adverse way from that disclosed in the Financial Information; and
(D) the Corporation and the Guarantors have carried on business in the ordinary course;
(ix) this Agency Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and each of the Corporation and the Guarantors has, or, as the case may be, will have at the Closing Time, as applicable, duly authorized, executed and delivered the Supplemental Indenture and this Agreement and the Amended and Restated Indenture constitutes a and the Supplemental Indenture will constitute, when so executed and delivered, legal, valid and binding obligation obligations of each of the CorporationCorporation and the Guarantors, as applicable, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its their respective terms, provided that enforcement thereof except where enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance generally and other general principles of equity when equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating are sought and except as rights to indemnity, contribution indemnity and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under limited by applicable law laws;
(x) the Corporation has all requisite power and that enforceability is subject authority to issue and deliver the Debentures in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and in accordance with the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)Indenture;
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(lxi) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of 10,000,000 preferred shares, none of which are outstanding and an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20at January 31, 20152011, 100,675,988 114,077,129 Common Shares were are issued and outstanding; 5,493,084 Common Shares are issuable pursuant to the Common Share Rights Incentive Plan and 291,800 Common Shares are issuable pursuant to the Share Award Incentive Plan (which amount is subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Share Award Incentive Plan);
(xii) Baytex is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares and an unlimited number of Exchangeable Shares, all of which common shares that are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesare owned beneficially and of record by the Corporation, and of which no Exchangeable Shares were issued and outstanding as of the date hereof;
(mxiii) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects each of the Corporation on Baytex Subsidiaries is a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing direct or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, preindirect wholly-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature owned subsidiary of the Corporation;
(pxiv) since December 31the issuance of the Debentures by the Corporation to the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement has been authorized by all necessary action of the Corporation, 2013and upon payment therefor in accordance with this Agreement, except as disclosed in the Public Record:Debentures will be validly issued and outstanding;
(ixv) there no consent, approval, authorization, order, filing, registration or qualification of or with any court, governmental agency or body or regulatory authority is required except such as shall have been made or obtained at or before the Closing Time for the execution, delivery and performance by each of the Corporation and the Guarantors of this Agreement, the Indenture, the sale of the Debentures, as applicable, and the consummation by the Corporation and the Guarantors of the transactions contemplated herein and therein;
(xvi) neither the Corporation nor any Guarantor has received notice from any court, governmental agency or body or regulatory authority of any restriction on its ability or of a requirement for it to qualify, nor is either the Corporation or any Guarantor otherwise aware of any restriction on its ability or of a requirement for it to qualify, to conduct its business as it is now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted, and own, lease and operate its properties other than any such restriction or requirement as would not been have a material adverse effect on the Corporation or the Guarantors;
(xvii) none of (A) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Indenture, and any material change document or instrument to be executed and delivered by the Corporation or the Guarantors, as applicable, pursuant hereto or thereto; (B) the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement, or the Indenture, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and any documents or instruments to be executed and delivered by any the Corporation or the Guarantors, as applicable, pursuant hereto or thereto; or (C) the issue, sale and delivery of the Debentures, do not and will not result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, and does not and will not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a breach of or constitute a default under (A) any term or provision of the articles, by-laws or constating documents of the Guarantors; (B) any resolutions of the Shareholders or directors (or any committee thereof) or securityholders of the Corporation or the Guarantors, (C) any indenture, mortgage, note, contract, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease or other document including, without limitation, any Material Agreement, to which the Corporation or a Guarantor is a party or by which it is bound, (D) any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court, governmental agency or body or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over or binding the Corporation or a Guarantor or their properties or assets, liabilitieswhich default or breach might reasonably be expected to (1) have a material adverse effect on the business, obligations operations, capital, properties, assets, prospects, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, ownership or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on or a consolidated basisGuarantor or their respective properties or assets or (2) materially affect or impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Offering Memorandum and any Supplementary Material;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(sxviii) except as disclosed in the Public Record (Offering Memorandum or any Supplementary Material and certain other matters disclosed in writing pursuant to the Agents that Corporation’s dividend reinvestment plan, no person has any agreement, option, right or privilege with or against the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect)or the Baytex Subsidiaries for the purchase, there are no threats subscription or issuance of actions, proceedings Common Shares or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf other securities of the CorporationCorporation or shares, Exchangeable Shares, or other securities of any of the Baytex Subsidiaries;
(xix) that have been made to at or before the Closing Time, the Corporation or, to the knowledge shall have complied with and fulfilled all of the Corporation, that are pending terms and conditions of this Agreement to be complied with by it pursuant hereto at or affecting before such time;
(xx) the Corporation at law has not taken nor will take, directly or in equity (whether in indirectly, any courtaction designed to, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could that might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effectcause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Debentures;
(txxi) the execution Financial Information included and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have Offering Memorandum has been prepared in accordance conformity with U.S. Canadian generally accepted accounting principles principles, applied on a consistent basis during throughout the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position and condition of the Corporation at the dates thereof and reflects all material liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof thereof, and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, Corporation has no additional material liabilities which are not set forth in the case Financial Information or the Offering Memorandum and the assets of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsthe Corporation and the Guarantors are in all material respects as set forth in the Public Record;
(xxxii) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge nor any of the CorporationBaytex Subsidiaries has any undisclosed liabilities for taxes, any directorduties, officerassessments, agentimposts, employeelevies, affiliate including interest, penalties, fines or other person acting additions thereto, contingent or otherwise;
(xxiii) there are no actions, suits or proceedings, whether on behalf of or against the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are foundBaytex Subsidiaries, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the CorporationCorporation or Baytex, threatened against or affecting the Corporation or the Baytex Subsidiaries at law or in equity, before or by any court or federal, provincial, municipal or governmental or regulatory department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, which would have a material adverse effect upon the business, operations, capital, properties, assets, prospects, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), ownership or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation or the Baytex Subsidiaries;
(xxiv) no order, ruling or determination having the effect of ceasing, suspending or restricting trading in any securities of the Corporation or Baytex or the sale of any or all of the Debentures has been issued and no proceedings, investigations or inquiry for such purpose are pending or contemplated or threatened;
(zxxv) neither the Corporation nor, to is a “reporting issuer” or equivalent not in default under the knowledge Securities Laws in each of the CorporationProvinces of Canada;
(xxvi) each of the Material Agreements is properly described in the Public Record, any directorOffering Memorandum or the Information Circular as to parties, officerdates, agentterms, employeeconditions and amendments thereto, affiliate or person acting on behalf each of such agreements is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by and Baytex, as the Office of Foreign Assets Control case may be, enforceable against such parties in accordance with its terms and each of the United States Treasury Department Corporation and Baytex, as applicable, is in compliance in all material respects with the terms of the Material Agreements except where such non-compliance, in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the capital, assets, prospects, liabilities (“OFAC”absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise); , business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) or the results of the operations of the Corporation and Baytex (taken as a whole) and the Corporation will is not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities aware of any person currently subject to default or breach of a material nature under any United States sanctions administered Material Agreements by OFACany other party thereto;
(aaxxvii) the attributes and characteristics of the Debentures conform in all filings material respects to the attributes and fees required to be made and paid by characteristics thereof described in the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing TimeOffering Memorandum;
(bbxxviii) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited Debenture Trustee at its principal offices in the consolidated financial statements cities of Calgary and Toronto is the Corporation duly appointed registrar and transfer agent for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities LawsCommon Shares;
(ccxxix) the Debenture Trustee will be appointed transfer agent for the Debentures prior to the Closing Date;
(xxx) there has not been any “reportable event” event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with NI 51-102) between the Corporation’s Corporation or any Baytex Subsidiary and the Auditors;
(ddxxxi) all taxes the Corporation will apply the net proceeds from the issue and sale of the Debentures to be issued and sold by it hereunder, in accordance with the disclosure set forth under the heading “Use of Proceeds” in the Offering Memorandum;
(including income taxxxxii) although it does not warrant title, capital taxit has no reason to believe that the Corporation or a Baytex Susidiary, payroll taxesas applicable, employer health taxdoes not have title to or the irrevocable right to produce and sell its petroleum, workers’ compensation paymentsnatural gas and related hydrocarbons (for the purpose of this clause, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, the foregoing are referred to as the “TaxesInterest”) due and payable by does represent and warrant that the Corporation have been paidInterest is free and clear of adverse claims created by, through or under Baytex except as disclosed in the Public Record, any governmental registry or those arising in the ordinary course of business, which are not material in the aggregate, and that, to the best of its knowledge, information and belief; Baytex holds its Interest under valid and subsisting leases, licences, permits, concessions, concession agreements, contracts, subleases, reservations or other agreements, except for where the failure to pay hold such taxes would not constitute an rights in the event of such adverse material fact of claims or the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would so hold its Interest would, in the aggregate, not constitute an have a material adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by effect on the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(eexxxiii) neither the Corporation has made available to S▇▇▇▇▇▇, prior to the issuance of the S▇▇▇▇▇▇ Report, for the purpose of preparing the S▇▇▇▇▇▇ Report, all information requested by S▇▇▇▇▇▇ which information did not contain any misrepresentation at the time such information was provided and, except with respect to changes in the prices of oil and gas, the Corporation does not have any knowledge of a material adverse change in any production, cost price, reserves or other relevant information provided to thS▇▇▇▇▇▇ since the dates that such information was provided;
(xxxiv) the Corporation believes that (A) the S▇▇▇▇▇▇ Report reasonably presents the quantity and pre-tax present worth values of the oil and natural gas reserves attributable to the crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas properties evaluated in such report as at December 31, 2009 based upon information available at the time such reserves information was prepared, and (B) as at the date of such report, the report does not (and as of the date hereof, except as may be attributable to production or changes in commodity prices since the respective dates of such report does not) overstate the aggregate quantity or pre-tax prese
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, Subscriber that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is and any subsidiaries are valid and subsisting corporations duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) incorporated and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate powerthe laws of the jurisdictions in which they are incorporated, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereundercontinued or amalgamated;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiarieshas full corporate right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement and to issue the Shares to the Subscriber;
(c) no proceedings have been takenthe Corporation has complied, instituted oror will comply, to with all applicable corporate and securities laws and regulations in connection with the knowledge offer, sale and issuance of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the CorporationSecurities;
(d) no Offering Memorandum has been or will be provided to the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingSubscriber;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered SharesSecurities by the Corporation does not and will not conflict with and does not and will not result in a breach of any of the terms, have conditions or provisions of its constating documents or any agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is a party;
(f) the Offered Securities will, at the time of issue, be duly allotted, validly issued, fully paid and non- assessable and will be free of all liens, charges and encumbrances and the Corporation will reserve sufficient shares in the treasury of the Corporation to enable it to issue the Offered Securities;
(g) this Subscription Agreement when accepted has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered and, subject to acceptance by the Corporation and Corporation, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, Corporation legally binding upon it and enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for neither the Corporation nor any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal of its subsidiaries is a party to any actions, suits or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesproceedings which could materially affect its business or financial condition, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledgeknowledge no such actions, pending;
(o) except suits or proceedings have been threatened as disclosed to at the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013date hereof, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. 5.1 The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent, and acknowledges that the Agents are Agent is relying upon such representations, warranties representations and covenantswarranties, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) has been duly continued and organized and the Corporation is duly amalgamated validly subsisting under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) Yukon Territory and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity power to carry on its business business, as now conducted and as presently proposed to ownbe conducted by it, lease and operate to own its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderassets;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesis qualified to carry on business and is validly existing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business;
(c) the Corporation has no proceedings have been takensubsidiaries and the Corporation is not affiliated with, instituted ornor is it a holding corporation of, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporationany other body corporate;
(d) the Corporation has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance, compliance in all material respects, respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including and, in particular, all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, licensing and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing lawslegislation, regulations and or by-laws or other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, bodies applicable to the Corporation of each jurisdiction in which the Corporation carries on its business is carried on business, and is licensedthe Corporation holds all licences, registered or qualified registrations and qualifications in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or the Corporation carries on business to enable its business which are necessary or desirable to be carried carry on the business of the Corporation as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licenceslicenses, registrations and or qualifications are valid, subsisting valid and existing and in good standing and it none of such licenses, registrations or qualifications contains any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation which has or is likely to have any material adverse effect on the business of the Corporation as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted (other than governmental royalties and income taxes), and, except as disclosed by the Corporation in writing to the Agent, to the knowledge of the Corporation, the Corporation has not received a any notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds proceedings relating to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice the revocation or modification of non-compliance with any such lawslicenses, regulations registrations, permits, authorities or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licencesqualifications which, registrations and qualifications are validif the subject of an unfavourable decision, subsisting and in good standingruling or finding, would materially affect the business, operations, financial condition or prospects of the Corporation;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or at the Closing Time, the Warrants and the Agent’s Warrants will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatescreated, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted Common Shares included in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may Units will be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized authorized, allotted and reserved for issuance and, and upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, therefore will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(jf) the Compensation Options Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants and the Agent’s Warrants have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be been duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued allotted for issuance and, upon exercise (including payment) of the Compensation OptionsWarrants or the Agent’s Warrants, including payment in full and compliance with all other terms of the applicable exercise priceWarrants or the Agent’s Warrants, as the case may be, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;assessable.
(mg) the Corporation is not aware in default or breach of, and the execution and delivery of, and the performance of and compliance with the terms of, this agreement, the Subscription Agreement, the Warrants and the Agent’s Warrants and the performance of any legislationof the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by the Corporation, do not and will not result in any breach of, or proposed legislation published constitute a default under, and do not and will not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, will result in a breach of or constitute a default under, any applicable laws which are material to the Corporation and its operations or any term or provision of the articles, by-laws or resolutions of the directors or shareholders of the Corporation, or any mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease or other document to which the Corporation is a party or by a legislative body, which it anticipates will is bound on the Closing Date, or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation which default or breach might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities capital or condition (contingent financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on and its subsidiaries (taken as a consolidated basiswhole) or their respective properties or assets;
(nh) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to enter into this agreement and the Subscription Agreement and to create and issue the Units (including the Warrants) and the Agent’s Warrants and to perform its obligations set out herein and therein, and this agreement has been, and the Subscription Agreements, the Warrants and the Agent’s Warrants will be, on the Closing Date, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation, and this agreement is and the Subscription Agreements, the Warrants and the Agent’s Warrants will be, on the Closing Date, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the general qualifications that:
(i) enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or prohibiting other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally,
(ii) enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity, including the sale limitation that the grant of equitable remedies, including specific performance, is discretionary and may not be available,
(iii) the equitable or statutory powers of the Offered Shares or courts in Canada having jurisdiction to stay proceedings before them and the trading execution of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened orjudgments, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;and
(oiv) except as disclosed rights to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited under applicable law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change or adverse material change in the assets, liabilitiesliabilities or obligations (absolute, obligations accrued, contingent or otherwise) or in the business operations, capital or condition (financial or otherwise) or in the results of the operations of the Corporation from the position set forth in the Financial Statements or as otherwise disclosed in the Documents or in press releases made by the Corporation and publicly disseminated; and since that date there have been no material facts, transactions, events or occurrences which could materially adversely affect the capital, assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basiswhich have not been disclosed in the Public Record;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(qj) the Financial Statements of the Corporation fairly present fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Canada, consistently applied, the financial position and condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis as at the dates thereof and the results of the operations of the Corporation for the periods then endedended and reflect all assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the Corporation as at the dates thereof;
(rk) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that after due inquiry, there has not occurred any material spills, emissions or pollution on any property of the Corporation or for which the Corporation may be responsible, nor is the Corporation the subject of any outstanding stop orders, control orders, clean-up orders or reclamation orders under applicable environmental laws and regulations;
(l) except as disclosed in the Financial Statements, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or inquiries, including, to the Corporation’s knowledge, pending or threatened against or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any United States, Canadian or other federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board board, bureau, agency or agencyinstrumentality, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably in any way materially adversely affects, or may in any way materially adversely affect, the assets, properties, business, operations, capital or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation or which affects or may affect the distribution of the Units and the Corporation has no knowledge of any existing ground on which any such actual, suit, proceeding or inquiry might be expected commenced with any reasonable likelihood of success;
(m) the information and statements set forth in the Public Record as at the date hereof, as it relates to have the Corporation, are true, correct, and complete and do not contain any misrepresentation as of the respective dates of such information or statements, and no material change has occurred in relation to the Corporation which is not disclosed in the Public Record, and the Corporation has not filed any confidential material change reports which continue to be confidential;
(n) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of 100,000,000 Common Shares of which 14,373,675 Common Shares are duly issued and outstanding as at the date hereof, all of which Common Shares are fully paid and non-assessable;
(o) other than pursuant to the provisions of this agreement and other than (i) options to acquire 1,287,000 Common Shares held by officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Corporation under the Corporation’s stock option plan, and (ii) 2,448,749 warrants entitling the holders thereof to purchase 2,448,749 Common Shares, as of the date of this agreement, no person, firm, corporation or other entity holds any securities convertible or exchangeable into securities of the Corporation or now has any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) being or capable of becoming an agreement, option or right for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any unissued shares, securities (including convertible securities) or warrants of the Corporation;
(p) except as disclosed in the Public Record, the Corporation has duly and on a Material Adverse Effecttimely basis filed all material tax returns required to be filed by it, has paid all material taxes due and payable by it and has paid all material assessments and re-assessments and all other material taxes, governmental charges, penalties, interest and other fines due and payable by it and which are claimed by any governmental authority to be due and owing and adequate provision has been made for taxes payable for any completed fiscal period for which tax returns are not yet required and there are no agreements, waivers, or other arrangements providing for an extension of time with respect to the filing of any tax return or payment of any tax, governmental charge or deficiency by the Corporation and, to the Corporation’s knowledge, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, investigations or claims threatened or pending against the Corporation in respect of material taxes, governmental charges or assessments or any matters under discussion with any governmental authority relating to taxes, governmental charges or assessments asserted by any such authority;
(q) the issued and outstanding Common Shares are listed and posted for trading on the Exchange;
(r) the minute books of the Corporation are materially up-to-date and contain the minutes of all meetings and all the resolutions of directors and shareholders thereof;
(s) the Corporation is a “reporting issuer” or has equivalent status in the Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta and is not in default of any requirement in relation thereto;
(t) the execution Corporation is a “qualifying issuer” under MI 45-102;
(u) CIBC Mellon Trust Company is the duly appointed registrar and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment transfer agent of the terms hereof and thereof by Corporation with respect to its Common Shares;
(v) other than as provided for in this agreement, the Corporation has not incurred any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, for brokerage fees, finder’s fees, agent’s commission or other similar forms of compensation with respect to the transactions contemplated herein;
(w) no Securities Commission or any other securities commission or similar regulatory authority has issued any order preventing or suspending trading of any securities of the Corporation, including the issuance Corporation is not in default of any material requirement of Applicable Securities Laws and, if the representations and sale warranties made by Subscribers in the Subscription Agreements are accurate, the Corporation is entitled to avail itself of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result applicable prospectus exemptions available under such Applicable Securities Laws in a breach or violation of any respect of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse trades in its securities to Subscribers resident in the Selling Jurisdictions as contemplated by this agreement;
(x) to the knowledge of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) no other party is in default in the constating documents, by-laws observance or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease performance or any other material agreement term or obligation to be performed by it under any contract to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding it is bound which is material to the business of the Corporation and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no event has occurred with which notice or lapse of time or both would directly or indirectly constitute such a default, in any such case which default or event would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the respective property assets or assets properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation;
(uy) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any insider of the Corporation has a present intention to sell any securities of the CorporationCorporation held by it;
(vz) the Corporation is does not included in a list have reason to believe that the Corporation does not have title to or the right to produce and sell its mineral, petroleum, natural gas and related hydrocarbons (for the purposes of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoingthis clause, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively foregoing are referred to herein as the “SEC ReportsInterests”) on a timely basis and does represent and warrant that the Interests are free and clear of adverse claims created by, through or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to under the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”)Corporation, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, disclosed in the case Public Record or those arising in the ordinary course of unaudited statementsbusiness, to normalwhich are not material in the aggregate, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norand, to the knowledge of the CorporationCorporation after due inquiry, any directorthe Corporation holds its Interests under valid and subsisting leases, officerlicenses, agentpermits, employeeconcessions, affiliate concession agreements, contracts, subleases, reservations or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, agreements and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by operations of the Corporation have been paidconducted in accordance with good practices applicable to its industry of operation and in material compliance with applicable laws, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact rules, regulations, orders and directions of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances government and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thother competent authorities.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent, and acknowledges that the Agents are Agent is relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties in connection with the Offering, warranties and covenants, thatas follows:
(a) the Corporation Corporation: (i) is has been duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) incorporated, amalgamated, continued or organized and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is validly existing as a company in good standing under such Act; (ii) the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, amalgamation, continuation or organization, and has all requisite the corporate power, capacity and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties property and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Sharesassets, to enter into this Agency Agreement conduct the Business as now conducted and the Compensation Option Certificates, as currently proposed to be conducted and to carry out the provisions contained hereof; and (ii) where required, has been duly qualified as an extra-provincial or foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in hereunder and thereundergood standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property, or conducts any business;
(b) other than the Subsidiary, the Corporation does not have has no subsidiaries and the Corporation has no investment in any material subsidiariesperson. The Subsidiary is the only subsidiary of the Corporation, including with respect to the generation of revenues. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation is the direct registered and beneficial owner of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Subsidiary, in each case free and clear of all Liens or adverse interests whatsoever, and no person, firm, corporation or entity has any agreement, option, right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation or the Subsidiary of any of the shares or other securities of the Subsidiary;
(c) no proceedings have been takenthe Subsidiary: (i) is duly incorporated and is validly existing as a company in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the corporate power, instituted orcapacity and authority to own, lease and operate its property and assets, to conduct the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on Business as now conducted and its property and assets as currently proposed to be ownedconducted and to carry out the provisions hereof; and (ii) where required, leased has been duly licensed, qualified or registered as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and operated is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property, or conducts any business and all is not precluded from carrying on business or owning property in such jurisdictions by any other commitment, agreement or document. All such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingpermits;
(ed) all necessary corporate action neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary has been taken served with or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval otherwise received notice of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawslegal, all consentsgovernmental, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission regulatory or other third partyproceedings or investigations and there are no legal, except such as have been obtained governmental, regulatory or such as may be required other proceedings or investigations (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws whether or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation purportedly on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities behalf of the Corporation or prohibiting any Governmental Authority) pending to which the sale Corporation or the Subsidiary is a party or of which any property or assets of the Offered Shares Corporation or the trading of any of Subsidiary is the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened orsubject and, to the best of the Corporation’s 's knowledge, pendingno such proceedings or investigations have been threatened or contemplated by any Governmental Authority or any other parties;
(oe) except as disclosed neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary owns any real property. Any real property or building held under lease by the Corporation or the Subsidiary, which is material, individually or in the aggregate, to the AgentsCorporation or the Subsidiary, no person now has any agreement is held by it under valid and subsisting leases enforceable against the respective lessors thereof with such exceptions as are not material, individually or option or right or privilege (whether at lawin the aggregate, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of to the Corporation;
(pf) since December 31each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary is the absolute legal and beneficial owner, 2013and has good and valid title to, all of the material property or assets thereof as described in the Disclosure Record free and clear of all Liens and defects of title except such as are disclosed in the Public Disclosure Record, and (i) no other material property or assets are necessary for the conduct of the Business as currently conducted, (ii) the Corporation has no knowledge of any claim or the basis for any claim that might or could materially and adversely affect the right of the Corporation or the Subsidiary to use, transfer or otherwise exploit such property or assets, and (iii) neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary has any responsibility or obligation to pay any commission, royalty, licence fee or similar payment to any person with respect to the property and assets thereof;
(g) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary has performed all of the obligations required to be performed by it prior to the date hereof and is entitled to all benefits under, and is not in default or to its knowledge alleged to be in default in respect of, any of the Material Agreements. All Material Agreements are in good standing and in full force and effect, and no event, condition or occurrence exists that, after notice or lapse of time or both, or otherwise, would constitute a default under or breach of, by the Corporation, any Subsidiary, or any other person, any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any of the Material Agreements. To the Corporation's knowledge, there is no dispute between the Corporation or the Subsidiary and any other party under any of the Material Agreements. Neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary has received any written notice of a dispute in respect of any of the Material Agreements. None of the Material Agreements contain terms under which the execution or performance of this Agreement or the completion of the Offering would give any other contracting party the right to terminate or adversely change the terms thereof or otherwise require the consent of any other person;
(h) to the knowledge of the Corporation, the other parties have complied with the terms of the Material Agreements and none of the other parties have breached any of the terms of or defaulted under any Material Agreements;
(i) the Corporation has no intention to terminate any of the Material Agreements and to the knowledge of the Corporation none of the other parties has any intention to terminate any of the Material Agreements;
(j) the terms of the Material Agreements are consistent in all material respects with the descriptions thereof in the Disclosure Record;
(k) the Material Agreements are the only contracts that are material to the Corporation or the Subsidiary taken as a whole;
(l) the Financial Statements:
(i) there has not have been any material change prepared in the assetsaccordance with Applicable Securities Laws and International Financial Reporting Standards, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation applied on a consolidated basisconsistent basis throughout the periods referred to therein, except as otherwise disclosed therein;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and condition of the Corporation and the Subsidiary on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of its operations and the changes in its shareholder's equity and cash flows for the periods then ended, subjectand do not contain a misrepresentation; and
(iii) to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, have been audited (in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsthe annual financial statements comprising the Financial Statements) by independent public accountants within the meaning of Applicable Securities Laws and the rules of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(ym) the operations of accountants who audited the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation Financial Statements are independent with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to Corporation within the knowledge meaning of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations of the Canadian Securities Administrators) with the Corporation’s Auditorscurrent auditors or any former auditors of the Corporation during the past five financial years;
(ddn) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all there are no material liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by of the Corporation have been paidwhether direct, indirect, absolute, contingent or otherwise which are not disclosed or reflected in the Financial Statements, except for where liabilities incurred in the failure to pay such taxes ordinary course of business since June 30, 2019, and which liabilities would not constitute an adverse material fact of not, individually or in the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returnsaggregate, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(eeo) except as disclosed in the Disclosure Record, neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary has any outstanding bonds, debentures, mortgages, promissory notes or other Indebtedness, is not under any obligation to create or issue any bonds, debentures, mortgages, promissory notes or other Indebtedness, and is not a party to or bound by any agreement of guarantee, indemnification, assumption or endorsement or any other like commitment of the obligations, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or Indebtedness of any person;
(p) the audit committee's charter and composition complies with National Instrument 52-110 - Audit Committees of the Canadian Securities Administrators;
(q) except as disclosed in the Disclosure Record, none of the directors, executive officers or shareholders who beneficially own, directly or indirectly, or exercise control or direction over, more than 10% of the outstanding Common Shares or any known associate or affiliate of any such person, had or has any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction or any proposed transaction (including, without limitation, any loan made to or by any such person) with the Corporation which, as the case may be, materially affects, is material to or will materially affect the Corporation and the Subsidiary on a consolidated basis;
(r) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary has duly and on a timely basis filed all foreign, federal, state, provincial and municipal and all other tax returns required to be filed by it, has paid all taxes due and payable by the Corporation and the Subsidiary, respectively (whether or not shown as owing on such tax returns), and has paid all assessments and reassessments and all other taxes, governmental charges, penalties, interest and other fines or additions thereto due and payable by it or which are claimed by any Governmental Authority to be due and owing, and has withheld and remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority any applicable withholding taxes, and adequate provision has been made for taxes payable for any completed fiscal period for which tax returns are not yet required to be filed; there are no agreements, waivers or other arrangements providing for an extension of time with respect to the filing of any tax return or payment of any tax, governmental charge or deficiency by the Corporation or by the Subsidiary; there are no actions, suits, proceedings, investigations, audits or other claims pending or, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, threatened against the Corporation or the Subsidiary in respect of taxes, governmental charges or assessments; and there are no matters under dispute with any Governmental Authority relating to taxes, governmental charges or assessments asserted by any such authority;
(s) there are no liens for taxes on the assets of the Corporation or the Subsidiary, and, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, there are no audits pending of the tax returns of the Corporation or the Subsidiary (whether federal, state, provincial, local or foreign) and there are no claims which have been or to the Corporation's knowledge may be asserted relating to any such tax returns;
(t) the Disclosure Record sets forth a true and complete list of all material Intellectual Property owned or used by the Corporation and the Subsidiary, together with the details of any registrations and applications for registration with respect thereto;
(u) the registrations and applications for registration listed in the Disclosure Record are valid and subsisting, in good standing, and enforceable against third parties and are recorded, maintained and renewed in the name of the Corporation and/or the Subsidiary, in the appropriate registries or government offices to preserve the rights of the Corporation and/or the Subsidiary, thereof and thereto. To the best of the Corporation's knowledge, there are no facts or issues which currently exist with respect to the any patent applications listed in the Disclosure Record that are likely to result in such applications being rejected by the relevant intellectual property office;
(v) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary owns, possesses or has sufficient right, title and interest to the Intellectual Property, necessary for the operation, conduct and maintenance of the Business as such Business is currently and has historically been operated, conducted or maintained and the Offering will not impair, alter or limit in any way such ownership or rights;
(w) the Corporation and the Subsidiary have taken all reasonable steps to protect: (i) their respective rights in and to its owned Intellectual Property, in each case in accordance with industry practice; and (ii) the secrecy, confidentiality and value of any confidential elements of the Intellectual Property;
(x) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary owns and has the exclusive legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Intellectual Property in its own name, free and clear of any Liens, and none of the Intellectual Property has been licensed from or to a third party. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary are a party to or bound by any contract that limits or impairs its ability to use, sell, transfer, assign or convey, or that otherwise affects the Intellectual Property;
(y) all of the persons who either alone or in concert with others, developed, invented, improved, adapted, created, discovered, derived, programmed, designed, modified, updated, corrected or maintained any element or combination of elements in the Intellectual Property owned by the Corporation or the Subsidiary are employees, former employees, officers, former officers, directors, former directors, independent contractors, former independent contractors, partners, former partners, and agents of the Corporation and/or the Subsidiary, all of whom have, or as of Closing will have, executed valid and binding written assignments of any and all rights they may have in any element or combination of elements in any Intellectual Property in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(z) none of the employees, former employees, officers, former officers, directors, former directors, independent contractors, former independent contractors, partners former partners, agents and other agents of the Corporation or the Subsidiary has any moral rights (or other similar rights) which have not been waived in any element or combination of elements of the Intellectual Property;
(aa) neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary is a party to any action or proceeding, nor, to ththe best of the Corporation's knowledge, is or has any action or proceeding been threatened that alleges that any current or proposed conduct of the Business (including, without limitation, use or other exploitation of any Intellectual Property Rights by the Corporation, the Subsidiary or any customers, distributors or other licensees) has or will infringe, violate or misappropriate or otherwise conflict with any Intellectual Property Rights of any person;
(bb) the conduct of the Business by the Corporation and the Subsidiary (including, without limitation, the sale of their respective products and services, or the use or other exploitation of the Intellectual Property by the Corporation, the Subsidiary or any customers, distributors or other licensees thereof) has not infringed, violated, misappropriated or otherwise conflicted with any Intellectual Property Rights of any person; there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Corporation or the Subsidiary infringes or otherwise violates (or would infringe or otherwise violate upon commercialization of the Corporation's or the Subsidiary's products or services under development) any Intellectual Property of others, and the Corporation has no knowledge of any facts which form a reasonable basis for any such claim;
(cc) no element of the Intellectual Propert
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsInvestor the following matters, and acknowledges that the Agents are Investor is relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties in connection with the purchase of the Purchased Shares contemplated hereby, warranties the entering into of this Agreement and covenants, thatthe other elements of the Financing:
(a) the Corporation (i) is and the Subsidiary are corporations duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings validly existing and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated, continued or amalgamated, as the case may be, has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and or operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); Record and (iii) no steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing its dissolution or winding up, and the Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderits obligations hereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have is the registered and beneficial holder of all of the issued and outstanding securities of the Subsidiary free and clear of all Encumbrances whatsoever and no person or other entity has any material subsidiariesagreement, option, right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) to purchase or receive (or capable of becoming an agreement or a right to purchase or receive) from the Corporation or the Subsidiary any issued or unissued securities of the Subsidiary;
(c) the Corporation and the Subsidiary are qualified to carry on business as described in the Public Record under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it carries on its business;
(d) other than the Subsidiary, the Corporation has no proceedings investment in any person which is material to the business and affairs of the Corporation;
(e) the Corporation is a “reporting issuer” under Canadian Securities Laws of each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, is not in default of any requirement of such Canadian Securities Laws, and is not included on a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the securities commissions in such provinces;
(f) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by the Corporation of its obligations hereunder, including the allotment, reservation, issuance and delivery of the Purchased Shares, do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both), (a) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Canadian Securities Laws and the rules and regulations of the TSXV; (b) the Corporation’s Constating Documents or resolutions of the directors or shareholders of the Corporation and the Subsidiary which are in effect at the date hereof; (c) any mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, joint venture, partnership, instrument, lease or other document to which the Corporation or the Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound; or (d) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the Subsidiary or the property or assets thereof;
(g) the Corporation is in compliance with its timely and continuous disclosure obligations under applicable Canadian Securities Laws and the rules and regulations of the TSXV and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, there has not occurred any Material Adverse Change since December 31, 2013 which has not been disclosed on the Public Record, all statements set forth in all documents publicly filed by or on behalf of the Corporation pursuant to applicable Canadian Securities Laws since December 31, 2013, were true, correct, and complete as of the date of such statements in all material respects and did not contain any misrepresentation as of the date of such statements and the Corporation has not filed any confidential material change reports since the date of such statements which remains confidential as at the date hereof;
(h) neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary is in violation of its Constating Documents or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, trust deed, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its property may be bound, except in each case as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and the Constating Documents attached hereto as Appendix “A” are a true and correct copy of the Constating Documents of the Corporation effective the date hereof;
(i) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no counterparty to any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, trust deed, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party is in default in the performance or observance thereof except in each case as would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(j) except as disclosed in the Public Record, neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary has approved, or entered into any agreement in respect of: (a) the purchase of any material property or assets or any interest therein or the sale, transfer or other disposition of any material property or assets or any interest therein currently owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or the Subsidiary, whether by asset sale, transfer of shares or otherwise other than in the ordinary course of business; or (b) any change in control of the Corporation (by sale, transfer or other disposition of shares or sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation);
(k) the Financial Statements have been takenprepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP and present fairly in all material respects, instituted the consolidated financial condition of the Corporation and the Subsidiary as at the dates thereof and the consolidated results of the operations and cash flows of the Corporation and the Subsidiary for the periods then ended and contain and reflect adequate provisions or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, expenses and losses of the Corporation, as applicable, and there has been no material change in accounting policies or practices of the Corporation since December 31, 2013;
(l) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record: (a) there has been no change in the condition (financial or otherwise), or in the properties, capital, affairs, prospects, operations, assets or liabilities of the Corporation, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, which would have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) there have been no material transactions entered into by the Corporation, other than those in the ordinary course of business;
(m) all Taxes due and payable by the Corporation and the Subsidiary have been paid. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation and the Subsidiary have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading. To the knowledge of the Corporation, no examination of any tax return of the Corporation or the Subsidiary is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any Taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation or the Subsidiary;
(n) based upon representations made by the Corporation’s auditors to the Corporation, the Corporation’s auditors, who audited the audited Financial Statements and who provided their audit report thereon, are independent public accountants as required under Canadian Securities Laws. There has never been a “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations) between the Corporation and the Corporation’s auditors;
(o) the Corporation maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (a) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with Canadian GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets;
(p) other than as set forth in the Public Record, no person has any agreement or option, or right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) to purchase or receive (or capable of becoming an agreement or a right to purchase or receive) from the Corporation any shares or securities of the Corporation;
(q) to the knowledge of the Corporation, there is no agreement in force or effect which in any material manner affects or will affect the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation or of the Subsidiary;
(r) since December 31, 2013, none of the directors, officers or employees of the Corporation, any person who owns, directly or indirectly, more than 10% of any class of securities of the Corporation or securities of any person exchangeable for more than 10% of any class of securities of the Corporation, or any associate or Affiliate of any of the foregoing, had or has any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction or any proposed transaction (including any loan made to or by any such person) with the Corporation which, as the case may be, materially affects, is material to or will materially affect the Corporation;
(s) other than as set forth in the Public Record, there are no actions, suits, judgments, investigations, inquiries or proceedings of any kind whatsoever outstanding (whether or not purportedly on behalf of the Corporation or the Subsidiary), or to the knowledge of the Corporation, pending or threatened against or affecting the Corporation, the Subsidiary or their respective directors or officers (in their capacities as such), at law or in equity or before or by any commission, board, bureau or agency of any kind whatsoever and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary is subject to any judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree, award, rule, policy or regulation of any Governmental Authority, which, either separately or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect or would adversely affect the ability of the Corporation to perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(t) no legal or governmental proceedings or inquiries by any Governmental Authority are pending to which the Corporation or the Subsidiary is a party or to which any of its property interests or assets is subject that would result in the revocation or modification of any certificate, authority, permit or license necessary to conduct the business now conducted by the Corporation and the Subsidiary which, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no such legal or governmental proceedings or inquiries have been threatened against or are contemplated with respect to the Corporation or the Subsidiary or with respect to any of their properties and assets;
(u) the Corporation and the Subsidiary have conducted and are conducting their business in compliance with Applicable Law or other lawful requirements of any Governmental Authority applicable to it in each jurisdiction in which they carry on business, except where non-compliance with such laws could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the Corporation and the Subsidiary hold all licenses, registrations, permits, authorities and qualifications in all jurisdictions in which they carry on business which are necessary to carry on their business as now conducted except where the failure to hold such licenses, registrations, permits, authorities and qualifications could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and, all such licenses, registrations, permits, authorities and qualifications are valid and existing and in good standing, and there is no proceeding, inquiry or action by any Governmental Authority, actual, potential or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened, against the Corporation relating to the revocation or modification of any such licenses, registrations, permits, authorities or qualifications which if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) there are pending for no orders, rulings or directives issued or, to the dissolution or liquidation knowledge of the Corporation;
(d) , pending or threatened against the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all or the Subsidiary under or pursuant to any applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and municipal or local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of regulations, orders, government decrees or ordinances with respect to environmental, health or safety matters (collectively, “Environmental Laws”) requiring any governmental work, repairs, construction or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its capital expenditures with respect to the property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations the Corporation or permits the Subsidiary which could would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingEffect;
(ew) all necessary corporate action has been taken no approval, authorization, consent or will other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any Governmental Authority or other person is required by the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery of or with the performance by the Corporation of this Agreement except: (a) those which have been taken obtained or those which may be required and shall be obtained prior to the Initial Closing Time by Date or the Corporation so Second Closing Date, as applicable, under applicable Canadian Securities Laws or the rules of the TSXV, including in compliance with applicable Canadian Securities Laws with regard to validly issue the distribution of the Purchased Shares to the Investor, and sell (b) such post-closing notices, fees and filings with the Offered Shares securities commissions and to issue the Compensation OptionsTSXV as may be required in connection with the Financing;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(gx) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation Corporation, and this Agency Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that except as enforcement thereof may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that (ii) equitable remedies, including the remedies of specific performance and other equitable remedies may injunctive relief, being available only be granted in the discretion of the applicable court; (iii) the statutory and inherent powers of a court to grant relief from forfeiture, to stay execution of competent jurisdiction, that proceedings before it and to stay executions on judgments; (iv) the Applicable Law regarding limitations of actions; (v) enforceability of provisions which purport to sever any provision which is prohibited or unenforceable under Applicable Law without effecting the enforceability or validity of the remainder of such documents would be determined only in the discretion of the courts; (vi) enforceability of the provisions thereof relating exculpating a party from liability or duty otherwise owned by it may be limited under Applicable Law; and (vii) that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution under the documents may be unenforceable limited or unavailable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)Applicable Law;
(hy) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and all necessary corporate action will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt taken by the Corporation to carry out its obligations hereunder and to allot and authorize the issuance of the purchase price for the Offered Purchased Shares, and upon payment therefor, the Purchased Shares will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) shares in the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(pz) since December 31the Common Shares are listed and posted for trading on the TSXV and all necessary notices and filings will be made with and all necessary consents, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of approvals and authorizations will be obtained by the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in from the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairlyTSXV to ensure that, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing subject to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations receipt of the TSXV;
(w) ’s conditional listing approval and fulfilling the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) standard listing conditions of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective datesTSXV, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with Purchased Shares will be listed and posted for trading on the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”)TSXV upon their issuance, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered applicable hold periods as provided for by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFACApplicable Law;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid no order, ruling or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. (a) The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, Agents and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, the following representations and warranties in entering into this Agreement and covenants, thatcompleting the transactions contemplated hereunder:
(ai) the Corporation (i) is a corporation duly amalgamated created and validly existing as a corporation under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, capacity and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted own or lease and to own, lease and operate manage its properties and assets (including and to conduct the Business, all as described contemplated in the Public Disclosure); Prospectus;
(ii) the Corporation is a reporting issuer in each of the provinces of Canada and is not in default of any requirement under Securities Laws;
(iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority each Principal Subsidiary is a subsidiary of the Corporation that is material to the operations of the Business and capacity to create, issue each Principal Subsidiary is an entity duly formed and sell validly existing under the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and Laws of the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderjurisdiction of its formation;
(biv) all of the Corporation does not equity securities of each of the Corporate Entities outstanding on the date hereof have any material subsidiariesbeen duly authorized and validly issued as fully paid and, to the extent applicable, non-assessable;
(cv) no proceedings the Business has been and is being operated by the Corporate Entities in compliance in all material respects with all Laws and Authorizations and all such Authorizations are valid and existing and in good standing, except where such failure to be valid, existing and/or in good standing would not have been takena material adverse effect on the Corporate Entities taken as a whole, instituted orand none of them contains any term, provision, condition or limitation which has a material adverse effect on the Corporate Entities taken as a whole;
(vi) each of the Corporate Entities has conducted and is conducting its Business in compliance with the terms and provisions of its constating and organizational documents in all material respects;
(vii) this Agreement has been, and prior to the knowledge Time of Closing the Trust Indenture and the Series Supplement will be, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the CorporationCorporation enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, are pending for except where enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity;
(viii) the dissolution or liquidation issuance of the Debentures by the Corporation to be distributed by the Agents in accordance with the terms of this Agreement has been authorized by all necessary action of the Corporation;
(dix) no Authorization is required by any of the Corporate Entities for the execution and delivery of and the performance by the Corporation has conducted of its business in complianceobligations under this Agreement, in all material respectsthe Trust Indenture or the Series Supplement, with all applicable lawsas applicable, rules or the creation, issue, sale and regulations (including all applicable federaldistribution of the Debentures, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements except as may be required under the Securities Laws which shall have been obtained on or before the Time of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingClosing;
(ex) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
none of (f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(gi) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement Agreement, the Trust Indenture, the Series Supplement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been any other document or instrument to be executed and delivered by the Corporation pursuant hereto or thereto; (ii) the performance and constitutes a valid compliance with the terms of this Agreement, the Trust Indenture and binding obligation the Series Supplement, and any document or instrument to be executed and delivered by the Corporation pursuant hereto; or (iii) the issue and sale of the CorporationDebentures, enforceable against would result in any breach of, or be in conflict with or constitute a default under or create a state of facts which (whether after notice or lapse of time or both) would constitute, in any material respect, a default under or breach of, and none of the Corporation Corporate Entities is in accordance with its default under or in breach of, (A) the terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the conditions or provisions of their respective constating or organizational documents, or any resolution of their respective trustees, directors, unitholders, partners or shareholders, as applicable; (B) any material Contract to which any of such person is a party or by which its or their respective property or assets are bound (except where such breach or default would not have a material adverse effect on the Limitations ActCorporate Entities, 2002 taken as a whole, or the Offering); or (OntarioC) any judgment or Law applicable to any of them, including the Securities Laws (except where such breach or default would not have a material adverse effect on the Corporate Entities, taken as a whole, or the Offering);
(hxi) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been Corporation has obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have beenwill, on or prior to the Closing Time will beDate, duly obtain all required third party consents under its Contracts and validly authorized constating documents in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus, where the failure to obtain such consent would individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the Corporate Entities, taken as a whole, or the Offering;
(xii) the Corporation has prepared and filed with the Securities Commissions, in accordance with the Shelf Procedures, the Base Prospectus and has obtained from the Reviewing Authority a Decision Document for issuance the Base Prospectus. The aggregate initial offering amount of all securities issued pursuant to the Base Prospectus does not and, upon receipt by the Corporation completion of the purchase price for the Offered SharesOffering, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesnot exceed $2,000,000,000, being the maximum allowable amount thereunder. The Corporation is eligible to use the Shelf Procedures;
(jxiii) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital consolidated financial statements of the Corporation consists incorporated by reference in the Prospectus have been prepared in all material respects in accordance with IFRS and the Securities Laws and present fairly and accurately the financial condition and position, results of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, cash flows and all of the assets and liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(nxiv) other than as disclosed in the Financial Information, there are no order ceasing off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations) or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading other relationships of any of the Corporate Entities with unconsolidated entities or other persons that would or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) the Corporate Entities, taken as a whole, or (ii) the liquidity, capital, capital resources, or significant components of revenues or expenses of the Corporation’s issued securities ;
(xv) except as disclosed in the Prospectus, none of the Corporate Entities has any contingent liabilities, in excess of the liabilities that are either reflected or reserved against in the Financial Information, which would or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) the Corporate Entities, taken as a whole, or (ii) the liquidity, capital, capital resources, or significant components of revenues or expenses of the Corporation;
(xvi) the Corporation maintains a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in National Instrument 52-109 – Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings) sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS;
(xvii) except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there has not occurred any material change, financial or otherwise, in the assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise), business, financial condition or capital of the Corporate Entities, taken as a whole, since December 31, 2018;
(xviii) Ernst & Young LLP, who reported on or reviewed the financial statements of the Corporation included in the Prospectus, are independent with respect to the Corporation, as required by applicable Securities Laws;
(xix) each of the Corporate Entities has, on a timely basis, filed all necessary tax returns and notices and has paid or made provision for all applicable taxes of whatever nature for all tax years to the date hereof to the extent such taxes have become due or have been issued alleged to be due except to the extent that the failure to do any of the foregoing would not be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Corporate Entities, taken as a whole; and the Corporation has no knowledge of any material tax deficiencies or material interest or penalties accrued or accruing or alleged to be accrued or accruing thereon with respect to itself or any subsidiary which have not otherwise been provided for by the Corporation, except to the extent that any such deficiency, interest or penalty would not be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Corporate Entities, taken as a whole;
(xx) the proceeds of the Offering will be used in the manner specified in the Prospectus and for no other purpose;
(xxi) other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings for such purpose are threatened orpending to which any Corporate Entity is a party or of which any property or assets of the Corporate Entities is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Corporate Entities, would have a material adverse effect on the assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise), business, financial condition or capital of the Corporate Entities taken as a whole and, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingno such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or others;
(oxxii) except no acquisitions have been made by the Corporate Entities that are “significant acquisitions” for which the Corporation is required to file a “business acquisition report” (as disclosed such terms are defined in National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations) (other than such as have been filed prior to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractualdate hereof) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature and none of the CorporationCorporate Entities is a party to any Contract with respect to any transaction that would constitute a “proposed acquisition”, in each case which would require disclosure in the Prospectus in accordance with NI 44-101;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(ixxiii) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 51-102 - – Continuous Disclosure Obligations Obligations) with the auditors of the Corporation’s Auditors;; and
(ddxxiv) all taxes (including income taxexcept as disclosed in the Prospectus and contemplated hereby, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges there is no person acting or withholdings and all liabilities purporting to act at the request of any of the Corporate Entities who is entitled to any brokerage or agency fee in connection with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable the transactions contemplated by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thProspectus.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. (1) The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon each of such representations, representations and warranties and covenantsin completing the Closing, that:
(a) since January 1, 2019, the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings has been and is in good standing compliance in all material respects with its timely disclosure obligations under such ActCanadian Securities Laws; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority the information and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described statements set forth in the Public Disclosure)Record were true, correct and complete in all material respects and did not contain any misrepresentation as of the date of such information or statements and no confidential material change report has been filed by the Corporation under Canadian Securities Laws that remains confidential at the date of this Agreement; the Corporation has not completed a “significant acquisition” which would require the Corporation to file a business acquisition report under Canadian Securities Laws; all of the material contracts and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell agreements of the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement Corporation and the Compensation Option CertificatesMaterial Subsidiaries not made in the ordinary course of business, and to carry out if required under Canadian Securities Laws, have been filed with the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderrelevant Securities Commissions;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on except as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted disclosed in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
Public Record (i) the Offered Shares have beenthere has been no material change (actual, anticipated, contemplated or prior to the Closing Time will bethreatened, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(jfinancial or otherwise) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects capital of the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries which are material with respect to the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than those in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Corporation on a consolidated basisany class of its shares;
(nc) the Investor Presentation contains no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingmisrepresentation;
(od) except as disclosed all information prepared by the Corporation relating to the Corporation, the Material Subsidiaries and the business, property and liabilities thereof that has been provided or made available to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at lawincluding all financial, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchasemarketing, subscription or issuance ofsales and operational information, or conversion intowas, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature as of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31date of such information, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, true and correct in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then endedtaken as whole, and no fact or facts were omitted therefrom which would have made such information materially misleading;
(re) the Corporation does and each of the Material Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and is registered or licensed to carry on business under the laws of all jurisdictions in which its business is carried on, except where the failure to be so registered or licensed would not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(sf) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or and each of the Material Subsidiaries has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business, except where non-compliance with such laws, rules or regulations would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and has not received any notice of any alleged breach or violation of any such laws, rules and or regulations, and the Corporation and each of the Material Subsidiaries holds all licenses, registrations, qualifications, permits and consents which are material to it in all jurisdictions in which it carries on business as now conducted and all such licenses, registrations or qualifications are valid and existing and in good standing, except where such invalidity or non-existence would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(g) the Corporation and each of the Material Subsidiaries has the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on their businesses as currently carried on or as proposed to be carried on;
(h) the Corporation and each of the Material Subsidiaries has the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to enter into the Transaction Documents and to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents;
(i) the execution and delivery by the Corporation and each of the Material Subsidiaries, as applicable, of the Transaction Documents and the performance by the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries of their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents, and the completion of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, do not and will not:
(i) result in a violation, contravention or breach, constitute a default under, or entitle any third party to terminate, accelerate, modify or call any obligations or rights under, require any consent to be obtained under or give rise to any termination rights under (as applicable), there are no threats any provision of:
1. the notice of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf articles and articles of the Corporation;
2. the constating documents of any of the Material Subsidiaries;
3. any resolutions of the directors or shareholders of the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries;
4. any applicable law, including Canadian Securities Laws;
5. any Material Agreement to which the Corporation or any of the Material Subsidiaries is bound or is subject to or of which the Corporation or any of the Material Subsidiaries is the beneficiary;
6. any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation; in each case, which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) that cause any indebtedness owing by the Corporation or any of the Material Subsidiaries to come due before its stated maturity or cause any available credit to cease to be available which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) result in the imposition of any Lien upon any of the property or assets of the Corporation or any of the Material Subsidiaries, or give any person the right to acquire any assets of the Corporation or any of the Material Subsidiaries, or restrict, hinder, impair or limit the ability of the Corporation or any of the Material Subsidiaries to conduct its business as it is now being conducted, which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) result in or accelerate the time for payment or vesting of, or increase the amount of any severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute”, change of control provision, bonus, termination payments, retention bonus or otherwise, becoming due to any director or officer of the Corporation or any of the Material Subsidiaries or increase any benefits otherwise payable under any pension or benefits plan of the Corporation or any of the Material Subsidiaries or result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits; or
(j) the Corporation has authorized share capital consisting of an unlimited number of LEAF Shares, of which 213,441,250 LEAF Shares are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. Other than (i) options outstanding to acquire up to 6,980,680 LEAF Shares and (ii) LEAF Share purchase warrants (including broker warrants) outstanding to acquire up to 412,500 LEAF Shares, no person, firm or corporation has any agreement or option, or right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase or acquisition from the Corporation of any unissued LEAF Shares;
(k) all of the issued and outstanding securities of the Corporation have been made duly and validly authorized and issued and none of the outstanding securities of the Corporation were issued in violation of the pre-emptive or similar rights of any securityholder of the Corporation;
(l) all of the issued and outstanding LEAF Shares and are fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation,
(m) the Corporation is the beneficial owner and holder of record, either directly or indirectly, of all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Material Subsidiaries, with good and valid title to all such shares, free and clear of any Liens (except as may be created pursuant to the Offering);
(A) the Corporation orhas full corporate power and authority to issue the Subscription Receipts, to Broker Warrants, the knowledge Underlying Securities and grant the Over-Allotment Option on the Closing Date; (B) the Broker Warrants will be validly created and issued by the Corporation on the Closing Date; and (C) upon exercise of the Broker Warrants, the Broker Shares will be duly and validly authorized, allotted and issued as fully paid and non- assessable LEAF Shares;
(o) the Subscription Receipts have been duly authorized for issuance and, at the Closing Time and, if applicable, the Option Closing Time, will be validly issued and created, and shall constitute binding obligations of the Corporation, that are pending enforceable in accordance with the terms of the Subscription Receipt Agreement;
(p) the Underlying Securities have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, on the Conversion Date, the LEAF Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Subscription Receipts in accordance with the Subscription Receipt Agreement shall be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable;
(q) the Over-Allotment Option has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action;
(r) the forms of certificate for the Subscription Receipts (as set out in the Subscription Receipt Agreement) and Broker Warrants have been approved by the board of directors of the Corporation and adopted by the Corporation;
(s) the Broker Shares issuable upon exercise of the Broker Warrants have been conditionally approved for listing on the TSX-V, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions required by such exchange, and upon exercise thereof will be duly and validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable;
(t) the Transaction Documents and the performance of the Corporation’s obligations under the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and this Agreement has been, and as of the Closing Time each of the other Transaction Documents will be, duly executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law;
(u) on or prior to the Conversion Date, each of the agreements included in the Documents to Satisfy Release Conditions will be duly executed and delivered by the Corporation, and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation at and the Material Subsidiaries in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law;
(v) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with any Governmental Authority or other person is required of the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery of or with the performance by the Corporation of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, except as required by the TSX-V and Canadian Securities Laws or other applicable securities laws in the Offering Jurisdictions with regard to the distribution of the Subscription Receipts, the Broker Warrants and the Broker Shares, as applicable, in the Offering Jurisdictions;
(w) the Corporation is not aware of any pending change or contemplated change to any applicable law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration regulation or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could position that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(tx) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) applied on a consistent basis during throughout the periods involved (“GAAP”)involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto contain no misrepresentations and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and present fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware on a consolidated basis as at the dates of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsstatements;
(y) the operations Corporation maintains a process of internal controls over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and maintains a system of disclosure controls and procedures that is designed to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation under Canadian Securities Laws is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified under Canadian Securities Laws and to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation under Canadian Securities Laws is accumulated and communicated to the Corporation’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure;
(z) no director or officer, former director or officer, or shareholder or employee of, or any other person not dealing at arm’s length with, the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries is engaged in any material transaction or arrangement with or to be a party to a material contract with, or has any indebtedness, liability or obligation to, the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries;
(aa) neither the Corporation nor any of the Material Subsidiaries has incurred any material liabilities or obligations (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) that continue to be outstanding except (i) as disclosed or contemplated in the Documents, or (ii) as incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Corporation areor the Material Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and which would not reasonably be expected to have been conducted a Material Adverse Effect;
(bb) there is no litigation or governmental or other proceeding or investigation at all timeslaw or in equity before any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States)progress, as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation’s knowledge, threatened;
threatened (z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will does not directly know of any basis for any such litigation or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offeringgovernmental or other proceeding or investigation) against, or lendinvolving the assets, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person properties or entitybusiness of, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant or any Material Subsidiary, except as would not reasonably be expected to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid a Material Adverse Effect, nor are there any matters under discussion with any Governmental Authority relating to taxes, governmental charges, orders or will be promptly paid assessments asserted by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) any such authority and to the Corporation’s Auditors who audited knowledge there are no facts or circumstances which would reasonably be expected to form the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation basis for the year ended December 31any such litigation, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Lawsgovernmental or other proceeding or investigation, taxes, governmental charges, orders or assessments;
(cc) D&H Group LLP is independent with respect to the Corporation within the meaning of the rules of professional conduct applicable to auditors and there has not been any “reportable event” event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 51-102 - – Continuous Disclosure Obligations of the Canadian Securities Administrators) with such firm or any other prior auditor of the Corporation’s AuditorsCorporation or any of its subsidiaries;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings returns required to be filed by the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries on or prior to the date of this Agreement have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities filed, and all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding), including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable to such returnstaxes or other assessments, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact due or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure claimed to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that be due have been paid, other than non-material amounts or may be payablethose being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) and neither the Corporation nor any of the Material Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement, waiver or arrangement with any taxing authority which relates to thany extension of time with respect to the filing of any
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsLead Agent and to the Purchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents are each of them is relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenantsin connection with the completion of the Offering, that:
(ai) the Corporation (i) and the Subsidiary has been duly incorporated, or formed, and organized and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) jurisdiction in which it was incorporated, formed, amalgamated or continued, as the case may be and is up-to-date in respect no steps or proceedings have been taken by any Person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing the dissolution or winding up of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; the Corporation or the Subsidiary;
(ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority the Corporation and capacity the Subsidiary is duly qualified to carry on its business as now conducted in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its Assets and Properties requires such qualification and has all requisite corporate power and authority to conduct its business and own, lease and operate its properties Assets and assets (including as described in Properties and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate powerTransaction Documents, authority and capacity to createthe Warrant Certificates, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Definitive Agreement and any other document, filing, instrument or agreement delivered in connection with the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement Offering and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)Business Acquisition;
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business is a “reporting issuer” within the meaning of applicable Securities Laws in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements Provinces of the Corporation present fairlyBritish Columbia, in all material respectsAlberta and Ontario, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation good standing and is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the applicable Securities Commissions Regulators in such provinces, and is in compliance, in all material respects, with all of its obligations as a reporting issuer and has not been the subject of any investigation by any stock exchange or any Securities Regulator, is current with all filings required to be made by it under Securities Laws and other Laws, is not aware of any deficiencies in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied filing of any documents or reports with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, any Securities Regulators and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite news release or material change report has not been filed with the DBDC02\DMS\WDOCS\CLNTFLS\5221\009\D0019749 Securities Commissions Regulators, and no securities commission, securities exchange or court has issued any order or obtained any undertaking that adversely impacts, delays or prevents, or that could adversely impact, delay or prevent, the Business Acquisition, as currently contemplated;
(iv) the Common Shares are listed and posted for trading on the CSE and the Corporation has not taken any action which could be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of such Common Shares on or from the CSE and the Corporation is in all material respects currently in compliance with the rules and regulations policies of the TSXVCSE;
(wv) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable applicable Securities Laws and the rules and policies of the CSE have been paid or will be promptly paid made and paid;
(vi) all documents and information filed by the Corporation following on SEDAR contain all material facts pertaining to the Closing Timesecurities of the Corporation and does not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. The Corporation has been in compliance in all material respects with its timely and continuous disclosure obligations under applicable securities laws in Canada, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, there has been no material change or material fact as to the Corporation that has occurred, which has not been publicly disclosed. The Corporation has not filed any confidential material change reports which remain confidential as at the date hereof and there are no circumstances presently existing under which liability is or would reasonably be expected to be incurred under Part 16.1 – Civil Liability for Secondary Market Disclosure of the Securities Act (British Columbia) and analogous provisions under applicable Securities Laws in the Provinces of Alberta and Ontario;
(bbvii) no order, ruling or determination having the effect of suspending the sale or ceasing the trading in any securities of the Corporation have been issued by any regulatory authority and are continuing in effect and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending, contemplated or threatened by any regulatory authority;
(viii) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year years ended December July, 2018 and 2017 and the 3 month period ended January 31, 2014 2019 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants 2018 (i) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applicable to publicly accountable enterprises, and (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations, the changes in its financial position and cash flows of the Corporation as required by of the Canadian Securities Lawsdates thereof and for the periods covered thereby;
(ccix) since January 31, 2019: except for the Corporation entering into the share purchase agreement dated March 18, 2019 with Olimax NT SP. Z.O.O and the shareholders of Olimax NT SP. Z.O.O (i) there has not been any “reportable event” material change in the business, assets, liabilities, obligations (within the meaning absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or results of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with operations of the Corporation’s Auditors;
; (ddii) all taxes (including income tax, there has not been any material change in the equity capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact long-term debt of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th; and
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants and covenants to that, as of the Agents, date given above and acknowledges that at the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatClosing:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly a valid and subsisting corporation amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell laws of the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderProvince of British Columbia;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesis duly registered and licensed to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which it carries on business or owns property where required under the laws of that jurisdiction;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to as at the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery date of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 which 33,821,961 Common Shares were are issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesas at June 24, 2019;
(md) all financial statements, information circulars, news releases, material change reports and other documents filed by the Corporation with the Commissions in Canada on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval or with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Disclosure Record”) within the past 12 months were true and correct in all material respects and did not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (British Columbia)) as at the respective dates of such filings;
(e) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation is the beneficial owner of the properties, business and assets or the interests in the properties, business or assets referred to in the Disclosure Record;
(f) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, any and all agreements pursuant to which the Corporation holds its material assets or is entitled to the use of material assets are valid and subsisting agreements in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and the Corporation is not in material default of any of the provisions of any such agreements nor has any such default been alleged, and the Corporation is not aware of any legislationdisputes with respect thereto and such assets are in good standing under the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situate, and all leases, licences, concessions, and claims pursuant to which the Corporation derives its interests in such material assets are in good standing and there has been no material default under any such leases, licenses, concessions, and claims and all taxes required to be paid with respect to such assets to the date hereof have been paid;
(g) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and directives of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business (except when the failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect) and possesses all material certificates, authorities, permits or licences issued by the appropriate provincial, state, municipal, federal or other governmental or regulatory agency or body necessary to carry on the business currently as carried on, or proposed legislation published contemplated to be carried on, by a legislative bodyit, which it anticipates will is in compliance in all material respects with such certificates, authorities, permits and licences and with all laws, regulations, tariffs, rules, orders and directives material to its operations, including, without limitation, all laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining claims, concessions, licenses, leases or other instruments and the Corporation has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificates, authorities, permits, licences, mining claims, concessions, leases or other instruments conferring mineral rights which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, order, ruling or finding, would materially and adversely affect the conduct of its business, affairs, operations, assetsfinancial condition or income of the Corporation and it has not received notice of the revocation or cancellation of, or any intention to revoke or cancel, any such licence, permit, approval, consent, certificate, registration or authorization;
(h) the financial statements of the Corporation contained in the Disclosure Record, filed with any of the Commissions have all been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, accurately reflect the financial position and all material liabilities (accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities as of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingdate thereof;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) the Corporation has complied and will comply fully with the requirements of all applicable corporate and securities laws and administrative policies and directions, including, without limitation, the Securities Laws and the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in relation to the issue and trading of its securities and in all matters relating to the private placement of the Offered Securities;
(j) there is not presently any material change, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to the Corporation or change in any material fact, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to any of the Purchased Securities, which has not been any material change fully disclosed in accordance with the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations requirements of the Corporation on a consolidated basisSecurities Laws and the policies of the Stock Exchanges;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iiik) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance issue and sale of the Offered Shares, do Securities by the Corporation does not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or with, and does not and will not result in a breach or violation of of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease ’s constating documents or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; or ;
(Dl) any judgmentexcept as described in the Disclosure Record, decree or order binding the Corporation is not a party to any actions, suits or proceedings which could materially affect its business or financial condition, and to the respective property or assets best of the Corporation’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are contemplated or have been threatened;
(um) there are no judgments against the Corporation which are unsatisfied, nor is the Corporation subject to any consent decrees or injunctions;
(n) this Agreement has been or will be at the knowledge Closing Date duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Corporation, no agreement and the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to undertake the Offering;
(o) to the Corporation’s knowledge, it is not in force or effect which default in any manner affects the voting or control material respect of any of the requirements of the Securities Laws or any of the administrative policies, notices or rules, as applicable, of the Toronto Stock Exchange;
(p) no order ceasing or suspending trading in securities of the CorporationCorporation nor prohibiting the sale of such securities has been issued to and is outstanding against the Corporation or its directors, officers or promoters or against any other companies that have common directors, officers or promoters and no investigations or proceedings for such purposes are pending or threatened;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(wq) the Corporation has complied in filed all material respects with requirements to file all reportsfederal, schedulesprovincial, forms, statements local and other documents that it is foreign tax returns which are required to file under the U.S. Exchange Actbe filed, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAPrequested extensions thereof, and fairly present in have paid all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of taxes required to be paid by them and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then endedany other assessment, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norfine or penalty levied against them, to the knowledge extent that any of the Corporationforegoing is due and payable, any directorexcept for such assessments, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of fines and penalties which are currently being contested in good faith; and
(r) the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, established on its books and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of records reserves which are adequate for the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) not yet due and payable by and there are no liens for taxes on the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact assets of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returnsits subsidiaries except for taxes not yet due, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with audits of any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, of the tax returns of the Corporation which are known by the Corporation’s management to be pending, other than such audits which are currently being contested in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thgood faith.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriters as of the date hereof, and acknowledges that the Agents Underwriters are relying upon each of such representations, representations and warranties and covenantsin completing the Closing, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”British Columbia) and is and will at the Closing Time be up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Actthe Business Corporations Act (British Columbia); (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority power and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure)assets; and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered SharesSecurities, to grant the Over- Allotment Option, to issue the Broker Warrants, to enter into this Agency Agreement Agreement, the Warrant Indenture and the Compensation Option Certificates, Broker Warrant Certificates and to carry out the provisions contained in its obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Subsidiaries are the only subsidiaries of the Corporation does not have any which are material subsidiariesto the Corporation and all securities of each Subsidiary are held directly or indirectly by the Corporation free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims and demands whatsoever;
(c) except as set out in the Prospectus, no person, firm or corporation has any agreement, option, right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries;
(d) each Subsidiary (i) has been incorporated in its jurisdiction of incorporation and is and will at each applicable Closing Time be up-to-date in all material corporate filings and in good standing under the laws of such jurisdiction; and (ii) has all requisite corporate power and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets;
(e) no steps or proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, or are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the CorporationCorporation or any Subsidiary;
(df) each of the Corporation has conducted and each of the Subsidiaries is, conducting its business respective businesses in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, nationalprovincial, provincialstate, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, including relevant exploration concessions and permits) of each jurisdiction in which its business is respective businesses are carried on and each is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits and which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are will at each applicable Closing Time be valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement Agreement, the Warrant Indenture and the Compensation Option Certificates, Broker Warrants and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and upon execution and delivery thereof, each of this Agency Agreement has been executed Agreement, the Warrant Indenture and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes Broker Warrant Certificates will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, and that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 Limitation Act (OntarioBritish Columbia);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and Agreement, the Compensation Option CertificatesWarrant Indenture, the Broker Warrant Certificates and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the CorporationCorporation and the issuance, including the issuance sale and sale delivery of the Offered SharesSecurities to be issued and sold by the Corporation, the grant of the Over-Allotment Option and the issuance of the Broker Warrants at each applicable Closing Time do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of of, or with with, any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission exchange or other third party, except such as except: (i) those which have been obtained or such as those which may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) Time under Applicable the Securities Laws or stock exchange regulationsthe rules of the TSX, including in compliance with the Securities Laws regarding the distribution of the Offered Securities, the Over-Allotment Option and the Broker Warrants in the Qualifying Provinces, and (ii) such customary post-closing notices or filings required to be submitted within the applicable time frame pursuant to Securities Laws and any “blue sky laws” in the United States, as may be required in connection with the Offering, including without limitation, those filings required in connection with the Standard Listing Conditions;
(i) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Offered Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly: (i) issue and sell the Unit Shares as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares; (ii) validly create and issue the Warrants and Broker Warrants; (iii) grant the Over-Allotment Option; (iv) issue the Additional Units upon exercise of the Over-Allotment Option; and (iv) validly create and reserve for issuance the Warrant Shares, Broker Unit Shares, Broker Unit Warrants and Broker Shares;
(j) the Unit Shares to be issued and sold have been, or prior to the each applicable Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized and allotted for issuance by the Corporation and, upon receipt by the Corporation payment of the purchase price for applicable Offering Price, the Offered Shares, Unit Shares will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(jk) the Compensation Options Warrants to be issued and sold have been, or prior to the each applicable Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and createdcreated and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the aggregate Offering Price for the Units, the Warrants will be validly issued;
(kl) the Compensation Option Broker Warrants to be issued have been, or prior to each applicable Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized and created and when the Broker Warrant Certificates have been executed, issued and delivered by the Corporation, the Broker Warrants will be validly issued;
(m) the Broker Unit Shares and the Broker Unit Warrants issuable upon exercise of the Broker Warrants have been duly and validly authorized, created and reserved for issuance, as applicable, and upon due exercise of the Broker Warrants in accordance with its terms, the Broker Unit Shares will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares and the Broker Unit Warrants will be validly issued;
(n) the Warrant Shares and the Broker Shares to be issued and sold have been, or prior to each applicable Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon due exercise of the Compensation OptionsWarrants and the Broker Unit Warrants, including payment respectively, in full of accordance with their terms, the applicable exercise price, Warrant Shares and the Broker Shares will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(lo) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20the date hereof, 2015, 100,675,988 102,607,688 Common Shares were are issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesshares in the capital of the Corporation;
(mp) there is no legislation, regulation, by-law or other lawful requirement of any governmental body having lawful jurisdiction over the Corporation is not aware of or any legislationSubsidiary presently in force or, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect to the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects knowledge of the Corporation acquired in its ordinary course of business, proposed to be brought into force (including any threatened or pending change in the existing legislation), that the Corporation anticipates it or any of its Subsidiaries will be unable to comply with, to the extent that compliance is necessary, and which non-compliance would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation and any Subsidiary on a consolidated basis;
(nq) the currently issued and outstanding Common Shares are listed and posted for trading on the TSX and no order order, ruling or determination having the effect of ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares Securities or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingpending or threatened;
(or) except as disclosed neither the Corporation nor its Subsidiaries has taken any action which would be reasonably expected to result in the Agents, no person now has any agreement delisting or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature suspension of the CorporationCommon Shares on or from the TSX and the Corporation is currently in material compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSX;
(ps) the Financial Statements present fairly and correctly, the consolidated financial position of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries as at the dates thereof and the consolidated results of the operations and cash flows of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries for the periods then ended and contain and reflect adequate provisions or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, expenses and losses of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries and there has been no change in accounting policies or practices of the Corporation since September 30, 2013, except as has been publicly disclosed in the Documents Incorporated by Reference;
(t) there are no material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations or liabilities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary whether direct, indirect, absolute, contingent or otherwise which are required to be disclosed and are not disclosed or reflected in the Financial Statements;
(u) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public RecordProspectus:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation and any Subsidiary, on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation and any Subsidiary, on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has and each Subsidiary have carried on its business their respective businesses in the ordinary coursecourse as a development stage company;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(sv) except as disclosed set out in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect)Prospectus, there are no threats of material actions, suits, judgments, investigations, inquires or proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation any kind whatsoever outstanding, or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or, threatened against or affecting the Corporation Corporation, the Subsidiaries or their respective directors or officers, at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board board, bureau or agencyagency of any kind whatsoever which, domestic or foreignin the aggregate, which could reasonably be expected to may have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Corporation and any Subsidiary, on a consolidated basis;
(tw) neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary is in default or in breach of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement Agreement, the Warrant Indenture, the Broker Warrant Certificates and the Compensation Option Certificates, performance and the fulfilment of compliance with the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including and the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not Securities (including the grant of the Over- Allotment Option and the issuance of the Broker Warrants by the Corporation) will not (as the case may be) result in any material breach of, or be in conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether or create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time time, or both, would constitute a default, having a Material Adverse Effect, under any term or provision of: (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, Corporation including Applicable applicable Securities LawsLaws and the rules and regulations of the TSX; (B) the constating documents, by-laws documents or resolutions of the Corporationdirectors or shareholders of the Corporation which are in effect at the date hereof; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are boundContract; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective Subsidiaries or the property or assets of the Corporationthereof;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(vx) the Corporation is, and will at each applicable Closing Time be, an Eligible Issuer and a “reporting issuer” (as that term is defined under Canadian Securities Laws), not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers (or equivalent) maintained by the Canadian Securities Commissions Regulators, and the Corporation is in compliance with its timely and continuous disclosure obligations under the Qualifying Jurisdictions Canadian Securities Laws and in particularthe policies, rules and regulations of the TSX and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, it and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Canadian Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsRegulators;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Canadian Securities Laws and general corporate law have been made and paid and the information and statements set forth in the Information Record were true, correct and complete in all material respects at the date of such information or will be promptly paid by statement and did not contain any misrepresentation as of the date of such information or statement that have not since been corrected or rectified, and the Corporation following the Closing Timehas not filed any confidential material change reports with any Canadian Securities Regulator that is still maintained on a confidential basis;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddz) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, goods and services tax, harmonized sales tax, Canada Pension Plan and provincial pension plan contributions, unemployment insurance payments, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation or the Subsidiaries have been paid, paid except for where the failure to pay such taxes Taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax Tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all each appropriate Governmental Authorities Authority and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax Tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes Taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(eeaa) neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary is in default in any material respect in the observance or performance of any term, covenant or obligation to thbe performed by the Corporation or any Subsidiary under any Contract, and all such Contracts are in good standing, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default by the Corporation or any Subsidiary;
(bb) Computershare Investor Services Inc. has been appointed as the registrar and transfer agent for the Common Shares at its office in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia;
(cc) prior to the Closing Time, Computershare Trust Company of Canada will be appointed as the Warrant Agent for the Warrants and the Broker Unit Warrants at its office in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia;
(dd) except as
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsPurchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents are each of them is relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties, warranties that (it being agreed that any representation and covenants, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date warranty made in respect of all material corporate filings the Target and its subsidiaries is in good standing made to the Best of the Corporation’s Knowledge):
4.1.1 each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries is validly subsisting under such Act; (ii) the laws of its governing jurisdiction, and has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including and conduct its business as described in currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted;
4.1.2 the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, Acquisition Agreement and carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder authorize and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsSecurities and, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale upon exchange of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action Preferred Shares or exercise of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsWarrants, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Underlying Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common SharesShares in the capital of the Corporation;
(j) 4.1.3 each of the Compensation Options Corporation and the Subsidiaries is current with all material filings required to be made under the laws of the jurisdictions in which it exists or carries on any material business and has all necessary licences, leases, permits, authorizations and other approvals necessary to permit it to conduct its business as it is currently conducted, except where the absence of such power and authority or failure to make any filing or obtain any license, lease, permit, authorization or other approval would not have beena Material Adverse Effect, and all such licences, leases, permits, authorizations and other approvals are in full force and effect in accordance with their terms except where the failure to so maintain such licences, leases, permits, authorizations or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and createdother approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) 4.1.4 the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, Shares and of 1,139,356 Preferred Shares of which, as of May 20the close of business on July 30, 20152014, 100,675,988 95,261,306 Common Shares were issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) shares in the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any capital of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) 4.1.5 except as disclosed to the Agentsset forth in Schedule D attached hereto, no person now has any agreement or option or agreement, option, right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, of any securities of the Corporation from or conversion into, any unissued shares, securitiesby the Corporation and no rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible obligations into or exchangeable for, any Common Shares, are outstanding;
4.1.6 no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or Control of any nature of the securities of the Corporation, except for the Voting Disenfranchisement Agreement to be entered into as of the Closing as well as the voting disenfranchisement agreement to be entered into with BlackRock;
4.1.7 the Corporation has no material subsidiaries other than the Material Subsidiaries and, from and after Closing, the Target ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities;
4.1.8 except as described in Schedule G and except for (pi) since 1,900,000 common shares of The Intertain Group Ltd. (“Intertain”); (ii) CDN$3,850,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.0% unsecured subordinate convertible debentures of Intertain maturing on December 31,2018, which are convertible at the option of the holder into common shares of Intertain at a price of CDN$6.00 per common share; and (iii) 353,000 Intertain common share purchase warrants, with each whole warrant being exercisable by the holder for one Intertain common share at an exercise price of CDN$5.00 per share until December 31, 20132015, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not beneficially own, or exercise Control or direction over, 10% or more of the outstanding voting shares of any company other than its Subsidiaries and the Corporation beneficially owns, directly or indirectly all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Subsidiaries free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands of any kind whatsoever, all of such shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares and no person has any liabilitiesright, direct agreement or indirectoption, present or future, contingent or otherwiseabsolute, not disclosed or any right capable of becoming a right, agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation of any interest in any of such shares or for the issue of any unissued shares in the Public Record capital of the Subsidiaries or any other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares;
4.1.9 neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries is:
(a) in breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or in default under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement (written or oral) or instrument to which could reasonably be expected it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject, which breach or violation or the consequences thereof would, alone or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(b) in violation of the provisions of (i) its articles, by-laws or resolutions or (ii) any statute (including the PATRIOT Act) or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties, which (in the case of clause (ii) above) violation or the consequences thereof would, alone or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) 4.1.10 the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, Acquisition Agreement and the fulfilment performance of the terms hereof transactions contemplated hereunder and thereof by thereunder, the Corporation, including Issuance and the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do Securities and the Underlying Shares does not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both), any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement (Awritten or oral) or instrument to which the Corporation or any statuteof the Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject, rule other than any breach or regulation applicable to violation the Corporationconsequences thereof which would, including Applicable Securities Laws; alone or in the aggregate, not have a Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action conflict with or result in any violation of (Bi) the constating documentsprovisions of the articles, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; Corporation or (Cii) the terms any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any Debt Instrumentcourt or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties which (in the case of clause (ii) above) violation or the consequences thereof, alone or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
4.1.11 other than as will have been obtained prior to the Closing Date and other than the approval of the shareholders of the Corporation required to be obtained at the Meeting, no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority or body is required for execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Acquisition Agreement, or the consummation by the Corporation of the transactions contemplated herein or therein, or the issuance of the Offered Securities and the Underlying Shares;
4.1.12 the Offered Securities have been duly authorized and allotted for issuance and the Underlying Shares, when issued, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares in the capital of the Corporation, and the Offered Securities will have the attributes set out in this Agreement;
4.1.13 the definitive form of certificate representing the Underlying Shares complies in all material respects with the requirements of the TSX and such form and those representing the Warrants do not conflict with the constating documents of the Corporation or the laws of Québec;
4.1.14 the Corporation has not declared or paid any dividends or declared or made any other payments or distributions on or in respect of any of its securities and has not, directly or indirectly, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its securities or agreed to do so or otherwise effected any return of capital with respect to such securities within the last 12 months other than in connection with the purchases of Common Shares made in accordance with the Corporation’s normal course issuer bid;
4.1.15 the Corporation has not completed any “significant acquisition” (as such term is defined in National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations) since December 31, 2013 and, other than the Acquisition, the Corporation is not contemplating any such “significant acquisition”;
4.1.16 there is not, in the constating documents of the Corporation or in any Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenturedebenture, instrument, lease indenture or any other material agreement instrument or document to which the Corporation or its Subsidiary is a party party, any restriction upon or impediment to the declaration or payment of dividends on the Common Shares by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the directors of the Corporation or the respective property payment of dividends by a Subsidiary to its parent or assets the Corporation to the holders of its Common Shares, other than pursuant to the terms of: (i) the Cadillac ▇▇▇▇ Credit Agreements, (ii) the supplemental debenture indenture dated February 7, 2013 between the Corporation and Computershare Trust Company of Canada; (iii) the subordinated debt agreement with Capital Régional et Coopératif Desjardins referenced in Schedule D hereto; and (iv) the Credit Facilities Documents;
4.1.17 the Corporation is not aware, based on its due diligence to date of the Target, including financial due diligence, of any fact or circumstance which would be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect following completion of the Acquisition;
4.1.18 the Acquisition Agreement as provided to the Purchasers is complete, true and accurate and has not been amended, terminated or rescinded;
4.1.19 the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement, the BlackRock Subscription Agreement and the Subscription Receipt Underwriting Agreement as provided to the Purchasers are complete, true and accurate and have not been amended, terminated or rescinded;
4.1.20 the Credit Facilities Documents as provided to the Purchasers are complete, true and accurate and have not been amended, terminated or rescinded;
4.1.21 as of the Closing Time, the representations and warranties of the Corporation in the Acquisition Agreement shall be true and correct except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
4.1.22 as of the date hereof, to the Best of the Corporation’s Knowledge, the representations and warranties of the sellers and the Target contained in the Acquisition Agreement are true and correct except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(u) 4.1.23 the Corporation is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would cause it to believe that the Acquisition Agreement, the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement, the BlackRock Subscription Agreement, the Subscription Receipt Underwriting Agreement or the Credit Facilities Documents will be terminated;
4.1.24 there are no legal or governmental actions, proceedings or investigations pending or to the knowledge Best of the Corporation’s Knowledge, contemplated or threatened against the Corporation or the Subsidiaries, at law or in equity or before or by any federal, provincial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which: (i) would in any way have a Material Adverse Effect; or (ii) questions the issuance, sale or delivery of the Offered Securities and the Underlying Shares to be issued by the Corporation or the validity of any action taken or to be taken by the Corporation pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or the Acquisition Agreement;
4.1.25 all necessary corporate action has been taken by the Corporation to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the certificates, if any, representing the Offered Securities and the Underlying Shares;
4.1.26 none of the Corporation, no the Subsidiaries nor any other party to any agreement or instrument is in force material default in the observance or effect performance of any term or obligation to be performed by it under any such agreement or instrument to which in any manner affects either the voting Corporation or control of any of the securities Subsidiaries is a party and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default on the part of the CorporationCorporation or the Subsidiaries, in any such case which default or event would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) 4.1.27 this Agreement and the Acquisition Agreement have each been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Corporation, each constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and by the fact that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver, and the ability to sever unenforceable terms, each may be limited by applicable law;
4.1.28 each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries is the owner of its properties, business and assets or the interests in its properties, business or assets, and all agreements under which the Corporation or either of the Subsidiaries holds an interest in a property, business or asset are in good standing according to their terms except where the failure to be in such good standing does not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect;
4.1.29 the Corporation is a “reporting issuer”, not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in Regulators of each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Québec and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with a Securities Regulator in the Securities Commissions Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario or Québec, except material change reports with respect to the Acquisition and financing thereof;
4.1.30 all forward-looking information and statements of the Corporation contained in the Corporation’s Information Record, including any forecasts and estimates, expressions of opinion, intention and expectation have been based on assumptions that are reasonable in the circumstances, and the Corporation is in all material respects has updated such forward-looking information and statements as required by and in compliance with the rules and regulations Applicable Securities Laws of the TSXVJurisdictions;
(w) 4.1.31 the Corporation has documents forming the Corporation’s Information Record complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reportsCanadian Securities Laws at the time they were filed and such documents, schedules, forms, and the statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference set forth therein, being collectively referred to herein as were true and correct in all material respects and contained no misrepresentations at the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to they were filed;
4.1.32 the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied Circular complies in all material respects with Canadian Securities Laws and as at the respective requirements date of the U.S. Exchange Act its filing it was true and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply correct in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements respects, contained no misrepresentations and did not omit any fact required to be stated in such document or necessary to make any statement in such document not misleading;
4.1.33 no securities commission, stock exchange or comparable authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the rules and regulations offer, sale or distribution of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements Offered Securities or the notes thereto and except Underlying Shares in the manner contemplated herein, nor instituted proceedings for that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAPpurpose and, and fairly present in all material respects to the financial position Best of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then endedCorporation’s Knowledge, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsno such proceedings are pending or contemplated;
(x) 4.1.34 neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge nor any of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or Subsidiaries has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with received notice from any Governmental Authority respecting of any taxes that have been paidjurisdiction in which it carries on a material part of its business, or may be payableowns or leases any material property, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to than
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriters, and acknowledges that the Agents Underwriters are relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties in purchasing the Purchased Shares and the Additional Shares, warranties and covenantsif any, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) has been duly incorporated and is valid and subsisting as a corporation under the laws of Canada with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Offering Documents, and is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is upregistered to do business as an extra-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings provincial corporation or a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate powerjurisdiction which requires such registration, authority and capacity except where the failure to carry on its business as now conducted and to ownbe so registered or in good standing would not singly, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described or in the Public Disclosureaggregate, be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise); , prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder“Material Adverse Effect”);
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
Corporation’s principal subsidiaries are the principal subsidiaries listed under the heading “Corporate Structure” in the Corporation’s annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed on SEDAR (c) no proceedings have collectively, the “Material Subsidiaries”). Each Material Subsidiary has been takenduly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation, instituted or, to limited liability company or partnership in good standing under the knowledge laws of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, with full power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business is carried on as described in the Offering Documents, and is licensed, duly qualified or registered to do business as an extra-jurisdictional entity or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance foreign entity and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingis in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification or registration, except where the failure to be so registered or in good standing would not singly, or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(oc) the Corporation has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Offering Documents and all of the issued shares of the Corporation have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and all the outstanding shares, or other ownership interests, of each Material Subsidiary of the Corporation (the term “subsidiary” as used hereinafter includes partnerships and other equity interests unless otherwise indicated and, for greater certainty, all references herein to “subsidiary” shall not include Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc.) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, as applicable, and, except: (i) as otherwise set forth in the Offering Documents; and (ii) for security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all outstanding shares, or other ownership interests, of the subsidiaries are owned by the Corporation either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances;
(d) the statements in the Offering Documents under the headings “Certain Income Tax Considerations, “Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations”, “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”, “Description of Share Capital”, “Description of Warrants” and “Description of Subscription Receipts” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries, in all material respects, of such legal matters;
(e) the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation, and is a valid and binding agreement of the Corporation, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as to rights of indemnification and contribution under this Agreement which may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement of this Agreement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles;
(f) except as otherwise disclosed in writing to the AgentsUnderwriters prior to the date of this Agreement, and as of the date hereof, no person now “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the U.S. Securities Act, nor the DBRS rating agency in Canada: (i) has imposed (or has informed the Corporation that it is considering imposing) any agreement condition (financial or option otherwise) on the Corporation’s retaining any rating assigned to the Corporation or right any securities of the Corporation or privilege (whether at lawii) has indicated to the Corporation that it is considering (A) the downgrading, pre-emptive suspension, or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance withdrawal of, or conversion intoany review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change in, any unissued shares, securities, warrants rating so assigned or convertible obligations (B) any change in the outlook for any rating of the Corporation or any securities of the Corporation other than an upgrade of any nature rating of the Corporation or any securities of the Corporation;
(pg) since December 31, 2013, except the respective dates as disclosed of which information is given in the Public Record:
Offering Documents, other than as set forth in the Offering Documents, (i) there has not been occurred any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in the assetscondition, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent financial or otherwise), or the earnings, business, condition (financial management or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on and its subsidiaries, taken as a consolidated basis;
whole, (ii) there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in the share capital stock or in the long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
or any of its subsidiaries and (iii) neither the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries has carried on its business incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, which liabilities or obligations in the ordinary courseaggregate would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(qh) the Financial Statements Corporation is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Offering Documents, will not be required to be registered as an “investment company” as defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder;
(i) no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, except such as have been obtained or will be obtained prior to the Closing Date, under the Applicable Securities Laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Offering Documents;
(j) neither the issue and sale of the Shares, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement, will conflict with, result in a breach or violation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Corporation present fairlyor any of its Material Subsidiaries pursuant to, in all material respects, (i) the financial condition articles or by-laws of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
or any of its Material Subsidiaries, (rii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Corporation does or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of any Governmental Authority, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except with respect to (ii) and (iii) above for such conflicts, breaches, violations or impositions which would not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(sk) the consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of the Corporation included in the Offering Documents present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Corporation as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws and the U.S. Securities Act and have been prepared in conformity with Canadian GAAP and have been reconciled to U.S. GAAP in accordance with the provisions of Item 18 of Form 20-F under the U.S. Exchange Act, and in each case applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein);
(l) except as disclosed set forth in or contemplated in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that Offering Documents, no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority or any arbitrator involving the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats or any of actions, proceedings its subsidiaries or investigations (whether its or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation their property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law threatened, except such as would not, individually or in equity (whether in any courtthe aggregate, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(tm) except as set forth in or contemplated in the execution and delivery Offering Documents, neither the Corporation nor any subsidiary is in violation or default of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (Ai) any statute, rule provision of its articles or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; other constating documents, (Cii) the terms of any Debt Instrumentindenture, Material Agreementcontract, lease, mortgage, notedeed of trust, indenturenote agreement, instrumentloan agreement or other agreement, lease obligation, condition, covenant or any other material agreement instrument to which the Corporation it is a party or by bound or to which they are bound; its property is subject, or (Diii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Authority, arbitrator or order binding other authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation or the respective property such subsidiary or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particularits properties, without limiting the foregoingas applicable, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) violation or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subjectdefault would, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
clauses (x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United Statesi), as amended(ii) and (iii) above, either individually or in the aggregate with all other violations and the rules and regulations thereunder defaults referred to in this paragraph (the “FCPA”if any), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise would be reasonably expected to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(een) Ernst & Young LLP, Chartered Accountants, who have expressed their opinions and delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Documents, are independent chartered accountants with respect to the Corporation within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and are independent within the meaning of the rules of professional conduct governing auditors in the Province of Alberta;
(o) except as set forth in or contemplated in the Offering Documents, the Corporation and each of its Material Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Corporation believes are prudent and customary for the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect, except where the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Corporation and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects, except where such noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Corporation nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, except where such refusal would not reasonably be expected to thhave a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Corporation nor any such subsidiary has received written notice of non-renewal of any material policy of the Corporation or any subsidiary except in those situations where the Corporation believes it will be able to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers at market rates;
(p) except as set forth in or contemplated in the Offering Documents, the Corporation and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate foreign, federal, provincial, state, municipal or local regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess any such license, certificate, permit or other authorization would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Corporation nor any Material Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(q) the Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting that complies in all material respects with the requirements of NI 52-109 and the U.S. Exchange Act sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with Canadian GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences, except where the failure to maintain such a system would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; management of the Corporation has assessed the effectiveness of the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting, as at December 31, 2008, and has concluded that such internal control over financial reporting was effective as of such date;
(r) the Corporation maintains disclosure controls and procedures that comply with the requirements of NI 52-109 and the U.S. Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation in the reports that it files or submits under Canadian Securities Laws and U.S. Securities Laws is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in such securities laws; such disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2008 at a reasonable assurance level;
(s) the Corporation has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under Applicable Securities Laws or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Corporation to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares;
(t) except as set forth in or contemplated in the Offering Documents, the Corporation and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, provincial, state, municipal and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive or comply with required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability, as applicable, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUS Agent, and acknowledges that the Agents are US Agent is relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties, warranties and covenants, thatas follows:
(a) the The Corporation (i) has been incorporated and organized and is duly amalgamated validly subsisting under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) State of Delaware, and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity is duly qualified or authorized to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate own its properties property and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); all jurisdictions where such qualification or authorization is required and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesSubscription Agreement (collectively, the "Material Contracts") and to carry out the provisions contained in its obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(b) The Corporation is not a reporting issuer or the equivalent thereof in any Canadian province. The Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;is a reporting Corporation under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
(c) no proceedings have been takenAll press releases, instituted or, reports and other documents and filings filed by or on behalf of the Corporation with the securities regulatory authorities or the NASD during the last two years were true and correct in all material respects (except as information therein relates to the knowledge capitalization of the Corporation, are pending for Corporation or to the dissolution or liquidation timing of the Corporation;acquisition of SoftQuad Software Inc.).
(d) The Corporation has two subsidiaries, Softquad Software, Inc. and Softquad Acquisition Corp., which are material to the Corporation.
(e) The Corporation has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance, compliance in all material respects, respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business and possesses all material certificates, authorities, permits, licences, trademarks, copyrights, patents or other intellectual property rights issued by the appropriate provincial, state, municipal, federal or other regulatory agency or body necessary to enable its carry on the business to be currently carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be ownedby it, leased and operated and is in compliance in all material respects with such certificates, authorities, permits, licences, registrations trademarks, copyrights, patents or other intellectual property rights and qualifications are validwith all laws, subsisting regulations, tariffs, rules, orders and in good standing directives material to its operation, and it the Corporation has not received a any notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds proceedings relating to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice the revocation or modification of non-compliance with any such lawscertificates, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such authorities, permits, licences, registrations and qualifications are validtrademarks, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken copyrights, patents or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal other intellectual property rights which, singly or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdictionaggregate, that if the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Sharesunfavourable decision, of whichorder, as of May 20ruling or finding, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will would materially and adversely affect the conduct of the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent financial condition or otherwise) or prospects income of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;.
(nf) no order ceasing or suspending trading For the preceding twelve months the Corporation has filed with the SEC in any securities a timely manner all reports, statements, and other materials required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act ("SEC Filings"). Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings and in all press releases issued to date (collectively the "Disclosure Documents") of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as otherwise disclosed to the AgentsU.S. Agent, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance Corporation is the legal and beneficial owner of, or conversion intoand has good and marketable title to, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature all of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge assets of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions described in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) Disclosure Documents including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offerall patents, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or trademarks and other intellectual property, giftfree of all mortgages, promise to giveliens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (demands whatsoever other than as such term is defined disclosed in the FCPA) Disclosure Documents or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect otherwise disclosed to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thU.S.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsPurchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents are each of them is relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties, warranties that (it being agreed that any representation and covenants, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date warranty made in respect of all material corporate filings the Target and its subsidiaries is in good standing made to the Best of the Corporation’s Knowledge):
4.1.1 each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries is validly subsisting under such Act; (ii) the laws of its governing jurisdiction, and has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including and conduct its business as described in currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted;
4.1.2 the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, Acquisition Agreement and carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder authorize and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsSecurities and, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale upon exchange of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action Preferred Shares or exercise of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsWarrants, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Underlying Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common SharesShares in the capital of the Corporation;
(j) 4.1.3 each of the Compensation Options Corporation and the Subsidiaries is current with all material filings required to be made under the laws of the jurisdictions in which it exists or carries on any material business and has all necessary licences, leases, permits, authorizations and other approvals necessary to permit it to conduct its business as it is currently conducted, except where the absence of such power and authority or failure to make any filing or obtain any license, lease, permit, authorization or other approval would not have beena Material Adverse Effect, and all such licences, leases, permits, authorizations and other approvals are in full force and effect in accordance with their terms except where the failure to so maintain such licences, leases, permits, authorizations or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and createdother approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) 4.1.4 the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, Shares and of 1,139,356 Preferred Shares of which, as of May 20the close of business on July 30, 20152014, 100,675,988 95,261,306 Common Shares were issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) shares in the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any capital of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) 4.1.5 except as disclosed to the Agentsset forth in Schedule D attached hereto, no person now has any agreement or option or agreement, option, right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, of any securities of the Corporation from or conversion into, any unissued shares, securitiesby the Corporation and no rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible obligations into or exchangeable for, any Common Shares, are outstanding;
4.1.6 no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or Control of any nature of the securities of the Corporation, except for the Voting Disenfranchisement Agreement to be entered into as of the Closing as well as the voting disenfranchisement agreement to be entered into with certain funds and/or accounts managed or advised by GSO;
4.1.7 the Corporation has no material subsidiaries other than the Material Subsidiaries and, from and after Closing, the Target ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities;
4.1.8 except as described in Schedule G and except for (pi) since 1,900,000 common shares of The Intertain Group Ltd. (“Intertain”); (ii) CDN$3,850,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.0% unsecured subordinate convertible debentures of Intertain maturing on December 31, 20132018, except as disclosed in which are convertible at the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations option of the Corporation on holder into common shares of Intertain at a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt price of the Corporation on a consolidated basisCDN$6.00 per common share; and
and (iii) 353,000 Intertain common share purchase warrants, with each whole warrant being exercisable by the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements holder for one Intertain common share at an exercise price of the Corporation present fairlyCDN$5.00 per share until December 31, in all material respects2015, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not beneficially own, or exercise Control or direction over, 10% or more of the outstanding voting shares of any company other than its Subsidiaries and the Corporation beneficially owns, directly or indirectly all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Subsidiaries free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands of any kind whatsoever, all of such shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares and no person has any liabilitiesright, direct agreement or indirectoption, present or future, contingent or otherwiseabsolute, not disclosed or any right capable of becoming a right, agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation of any interest in any of such shares or for the issue of any unissued shares in the Public Record capital of the Subsidiaries or any other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares;
4.1.9 neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries is:
(a) in breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or in default under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement (written or oral) or instrument to which could reasonably be expected it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject, which breach or violation or the consequences thereof would, alone or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(b) in violation of the provisions of (i) its articles, by-laws or resolutions or (ii) any statute (including the PATRIOT Act) or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties, which (in the case of clause (ii) above) violation or the consequences thereof would, alone or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) 4.1.10 the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, Acquisition Agreement and the fulfilment performance of the terms hereof transactions contemplated hereunder and thereof by thereunder, the Corporation, including Issuance and the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do Securities and the Underlying Shares does not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both), any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement (Awritten or oral) or instrument to which the Corporation or any statuteof the Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject, rule other than any breach or regulation applicable to violation the Corporationconsequences thereof which would, including Applicable Securities Laws; alone or in the aggregate, not have a Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action conflict with or result in any violation of (Bi) the constating documentsprovisions of the articles, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; Corporation or (Cii) the terms any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any Debt Instrumentcourt or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties which (in the case of clause (ii) above) violation or the consequences thereof, alone or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
4.1.11 other than as will have been obtained prior to the Closing Date and other than the approval of the shareholders of the Corporation required to be obtained at the Meeting, no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority or body is required for execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Acquisition Agreement, or the consummation by the Corporation of the transactions contemplated herein or therein, or the issuance of the Offered Securities and the Underlying Shares;
4.1.12 the Offered Securities have been duly authorized and allotted for issuance and the Underlying Shares, when issued, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares in the capital of the Corporation, and the Offered Securities will have the attributes set out in this Agreement;
4.1.13 the definitive form of certificate representing the Underlying Shares complies in all material respects with the requirements of the TSX and such form and those representing the Warrants do not conflict with the constating documents of the Corporation or the laws of Québec;
4.1.14 the Corporation has not declared or paid any dividends or declared or made any other payments or distributions on or in respect of any of its securities and has not, directly or indirectly, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its securities or agreed to do so or otherwise effected any return of capital with respect to such securities within the last 12 months other than in connection with the purchases of Common Shares made in accordance with the Corporation’s normal course issuer bid;
4.1.15 the Corporation has not completed any “significant acquisition” (as such term is defined in National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations) since December 31, 2013 and, other than the Acquisition, the Corporation is not contemplating any such “significant acquisition”;
4.1.16 there is not, in the constating documents of the Corporation or in any Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenturedebenture, instrument, lease indenture or any other material agreement instrument or document to which the Corporation or its Subsidiary is a party party, any restriction upon or impediment to the declaration or payment of dividends on the Common Shares by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the directors of the Corporation or the respective property payment of dividends by a Subsidiary to its parent or assets the Corporation to the holders of its Common Shares, other than pursuant to the terms of: (i) the Cadillac ▇▇▇▇ Credit Agreements, (ii) the supplemental debenture indenture dated February 7, 2013 between the Corporation and Computershare Trust Company of Canada; (iii) the subordinated debt agreement with Capital Régional et Coopératif Desjardins referenced in Schedule D hereto; and (iv) the Credit Facilities Documents;
4.1.17 the Corporation is not aware, based on its due diligence to date of the Target, including financial due diligence, of any fact or circumstance which would be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect following completion of the Acquisition;
4.1.18 the Acquisition Agreement as provided to the Purchasers is complete, true and accurate and has not been amended, terminated or rescinded;
4.1.19 the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement, the BlackRock Subscription Agreement and the Subscription Receipt Underwriting Agreement as provided to the Purchasers are complete, true and accurate and have not been amended, terminated or rescinded;
4.1.20 the Credit Facilities Documents as provided to the Purchasers are complete, true and accurate and have not been amended, terminated or rescinded;
4.1.21 as of the Closing Time, the representations and warranties of the Corporation in the Acquisition Agreement shall be true and correct except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
4.1.22 as of the date hereof, to the Best of the Corporation’s Knowledge, the representations and warranties of the sellers and the Target contained in the Acquisition Agreement are true and correct except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(u) 4.1.23 the Corporation is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would cause it to believe that the Acquisition Agreement, the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement, the BlackRock Subscription Agreement, the Subscription Receipt Underwriting Agreement or the Credit Facilities Documents will be terminated;
4.1.24 there are no legal or governmental actions, proceedings or investigations pending or to the knowledge Best of the Corporation’s Knowledge, contemplated or threatened against the Corporation or the Subsidiaries, at law or in equity or before or by any federal, provincial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which: (i) would in any way have a Material Adverse Effect; or (ii) questions the issuance, sale or delivery of the Offered Securities and the Underlying Shares to be issued by the Corporation or the validity of any action taken or to be taken by the Corporation pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or the Acquisition Agreement;
4.1.25 all necessary corporate action has been taken by the Corporation to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the certificates, if any, representing the Offered Securities and the Underlying Shares;
4.1.26 none of the Corporation, no the Subsidiaries nor any other party to any agreement or instrument is in force material default in the observance or effect performance of any term or obligation to be performed by it under any such agreement or instrument to which in any manner affects either the voting Corporation or control of any of the securities Subsidiaries is a party and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default on the part of the CorporationCorporation or the Subsidiaries, in any such case which default or event would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) 4.1.27 this Agreement and the Acquisition Agreement have each been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Corporation, each constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and by the fact that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver, and the ability to sever unenforceable terms, each may be limited by applicable law;
4.1.28 each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries is the owner of its properties, business and assets or the interests in its properties, business or assets, and all agreements under which the Corporation or either of the Subsidiaries holds an interest in a property, business or asset are in good standing according to their terms except where the failure to be in such good standing does not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect;
4.1.29 the Corporation is a “reporting issuer”, not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in Regulators of each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Québec and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with a Securities Regulator in the Securities Commissions Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario or Québec, except material change reports with respect to the Acquisition and financing thereof;
4.1.30 all forward-looking information and statements of the Corporation contained in the Corporation’s Information Record, including any forecasts and estimates, expressions of opinion, intention and expectation have been based on assumptions that are reasonable in the circumstances, and the Corporation is in all material respects has updated such forward-looking information and statements as required by and in compliance with the rules and regulations Applicable Securities Laws of the TSXVJurisdictions;
(w) 4.1.31 the Corporation has documents forming the Corporation’s Information Record complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reportsCanadian Securities Laws at the time they were filed and such documents, schedules, forms, and the statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference set forth therein, being collectively referred to herein as were true and correct in all material respects and contained no misrepresentations at the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to they were filed;
4.1.32 the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied Circular complies in all material respects with Canadian Securities Laws and as at the respective requirements date of the U.S. Exchange Act its filing it was true and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply correct in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements respects, contained no misrepresentations and did not omit any fact required to be stated in such document or necessary to make any statement in such document not misleading;
4.1.33 no securities commission, stock exchange or comparable authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the rules and regulations offer, sale or distribution of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements Offered Securities or the notes thereto and except Underlying Shares in the manner contemplated herein, nor instituted proceedings for that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAPpurpose and, and fairly present in all material respects to the financial position Best of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then endedCorporation’s Knowledge, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsno such proceedings are pending or contemplated;
(x) 4.1.34 neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge nor any of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or Subsidiaries has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with received notice from any Governmental Authority respecting of any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, jurisdiction in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse which it carries on a material fact part of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thits business,
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Sources: Subscription Agreement (Amaya Inc.)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to for the Agents, and acknowledges that benefit of the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatPurchasers as follows:
(a) the Corporation is (iand will be at the Closing Time) is duly amalgamated under a reporting issuer in the Business Corporations Act (Provinces of Ontario) (the “Act”) , Alberta and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings British Columbia, and is in good standing compliance with all material obligations under Applicable Securities Laws of such Act; jurisdictions;
(iib) the Corporation has been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of the Province of Ontario and has all requisite corporate power, power and authority to own its assets and capacity to carry on its business as currently conducted;
(c) each of the Material Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporationassets;
(d) the Corporation has conducted and each of the Material Subsidiaries is conducting its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably will at the Closing Time be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing, except in respect of matters which do not and will not result in any adverse material change in respect of the Corporation, and except for the failure to be so qualified or the absence of any such license, registration or qualification which does not and will not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis;
(e) the Corporation has all required corporate power and authority to enter into and carry out the provisions of this subscription agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) duly authorize the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement subscription agreement and such other agreements and instruments and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby thereby and therebyso as to validly create, including issue and deliver the Convertible Notes subscribed thereby and to validly create and irrevocably allot for issuance the Underlying Securities and sale of the Offered Warrant Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(hf) except for neither the Corporation nor any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal of its Material Subsidiaries is in default or state securities lawsin breach in any material respect of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof subscription agreement by the Corporation, including the issuance performance and compliance with the terms of this subscription agreement, the issue and sale of the Offered SharesConvertible Notes, do not and the issue of the Underlying Securities and Warrant Shares will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading result in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance breach of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed be in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether or create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time time, or both, (A) would constitute a default either directly or indirectly under any statute, rule term or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) provision of the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) Corporation or any of the terms of Material Subsidiaries or any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, material mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation any of them is a party or by which they are any of them is bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(ug) to the knowledge Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with conversion rights under its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions Convertible Notes and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules Warrant Shares, if and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared when issued in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto Convertible Notes and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOAWarrants, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsbe validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable;
(yh) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required by the operations Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery or with the performance by the Corporation of this subscription agreement except in compliance with and the rules of the TSX;
(i) to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, information and belief, no portion of the Corporation’s Information Record contained a misrepresentation as at its date of public dissemination;
(j) there has been no adverse material change in relation to the Corporation since December 31, 2003, and no adverse material fact exists in relation to the Corporation or its securities which, in either case, has not been generally disclosed or disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record;
(k) this subscription agreement and all other agreements required in connection with the issue and sale of the Convertible Notes have been or will be, at or prior to the Closing Time, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and will be valid and binding obligations of the Corporation areenforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles or (iii) limitations under applicable law in respect of rights of indemnity, contribution and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements waiver of contribution); and
(l) the Corporation intends that the net proceeds of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or Offering will be promptly paid by used substantially in the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any manner specified in Schedule “reportable eventB” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thhereto.
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Sources: Subscription Agreement (Adb Systems International LTD)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriter that, and acknowledges that the Agents are Underwriter is relying upon upon, such representations, representations and warranties and covenants, thatin purchasing the Underwritten Shares:
(a) the Corporation is a company duly continued, organized and validly existing under the laws of Alberta and is properly registered under the laws of all jurisdictions in which its business is carried on except where the failure to be so registered would not have a material adverse effect on the business or operations of the Corporation;
(b) the Corporation is (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date a reporting issuer not in default in any material respect of all material corporate filings any requirement under Canadian Securities Laws, and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) not in default in any material respect of any requirement under U.S. Securities Laws;
(c) the Corporation has all the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted enter into this Agreement and to own, lease perform the transactions contemplated herein and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to createown, issue lease and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement operate its property and the Compensation Option Certificates, assets including licences or other similar rights and to carry out on the provisions contained in hereunder business customarily carried on by it and thereunder;
(b) has all the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as currently carried on or as currently proposed to be carried on. The Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted is conducting its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated except where such non-compliance or failure to obtain such licence, registration or qualification would not have a material adverse effect on the business or operations of the Corporation and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting valid and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(d) the Corporation has authorized share capital consisting of an unlimited number of Class A Shares and 50,000 Common Shares of which 40,000 Common Shares and 94,296,320 Class A Shares and no more are validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable. No person, firm or corporation has any agreement or option, or right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation of any unissued shares of the Corporation except as otherwise referred to in the Final Prospectuses;
(e) all necessary corporate except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectuses, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, there is no action, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Corporation before or by any federal, provincial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which is reasonably expected to result in any material change in the business or in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation or its properties or assets (taken as a whole), or which questions the validity of any action has been taken or will have been to be taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or as to validly issue contemplated by the Disclosure Package and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation OptionsFinal Prospectuses;
(f) since January 31, 2006, there have been no changes in the assets or liabilities of the Corporation from the position thereof as set forth therein, except changes arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business which, in the aggregate, have not been material to the Corporation and except for changes that are disclosed in the approval of Disclosure Package and the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the OfferingFinal Prospectuses;
(g) the financial statements of the Corporation, including the notes thereto, incorporated in Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectuses and the Registration Statement have been prepared in conformity with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and in a manner that is consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and in accordance with the 1933 Act and the Rules, including the requirements of Form F-10, in each case applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved;
(h) the financial statements of the Corporation as incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectuses present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as at the dates of such statements;
(i) the Corporation is not in material violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesperformance by the Corporation of its obligations under this Agreement will not result in any material breach or, and the performance violation of, or be in material conflict with, or constitute a material default under, or create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material default under any term or provision of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action charter documents or by-laws of the Corporation or any resolution of the directors or shareholders of the Corporation or any material contract, mortgage, note, indenture, joint venture or partnership arrangement, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, licence or regulation applicable to the Corporation;
(j) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required of the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery or with the performance by the Corporation of this Agency Agreement except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectuses and compliance with the Applicable Securities Laws with regard to the distribution of the Underwritten Shares in the Qualifying Provinces and the United States;
(k) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that except as enforcement thereof hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ the rights generally, that specific performance of creditors generally and other except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law and enforceability of paragraph 12 would be determined only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharescourt;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force securities commission, stock exchange or effect which comparable authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the use or effectiveness of the Preliminary Prospectuses, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectuses, the Registration Statement or any Prospectus Amendment or preventing the distribution of the Underwritten Shares in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements Province or the notes thereto and except United States nor instituted proceedings for that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norpurpose and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate no such proceedings are pending or other person acting on behalf of contemplated;
(m) the Corporation is aware eligible in accordance with the provisions of or has taken any actionNational Instrument 44-101 to file a short form prospectus with Canadian Securities Regulators;
(n) the Corporation is not, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation and upon consummation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices transactions contemplated hereby will not be, an "investment company" or an entity "controlled by an investment company" as such terms are defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1977 (United States)1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(yo) CIBC Mellon Trust Company, at its principal office in the operations Cities of Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver has been duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Corporation areClass A Shares in Canada, and have Mellon Investor Services LLC, at its principal office in New York, has been conducted at all times, duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Class A Shares in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime ;
(Money Launderingp) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedthe Corporation is not a "related issuer" or "connected issuer" (as such terms are defined under the Canadian Securities Laws) of the Underwriter;
(zq) neither the Corporation norhas prepared and filed with the SEC an appointment of agent for service of process upon the Corporation on Form F-X;
(r) the Corporation meets the general eligibility requirements for use of Form F-10 under the 1933 Act;
(s) as at their respective dates, the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus does, and the Canadian Final Prospectus will, comply in all material respects with the Canadian Securities Laws and, at the time of delivery of the Underwritten Shares to the Underwriter, the Canadian Final Prospectus will comply in all material respects with the Canadian Securities Laws; (t)
(i) the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus conforms and the U.S. Final Prospectus will conform to the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus and Canadian Final Prospectus, respectively, except for such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the "Rules"); (ii) the Registration Statement as amended or supplemented, does not and, on the Effective Date, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iii) the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus and the Corporation's Form F-X comply, and the U.S. Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, will comply, in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the Rules; (iv) the Disclosure Package does not, and at the time of each sale of the Class A Shares in connection with the offering when the U.S. Final Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date will not, and the U.S. Final Prospectus will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (v) the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus contains, and the Canadian Final Prospectus will contain, full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts required to be stated therein relating to the Corporation, the operations of the Corporation, and the Underwritten Shares, and as of the date of its filing will contain no untrue statement of a material fact and will not omit to state a material fact regarding the Corporation and its business and affairs that is necessary to make any statement therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which it was made; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished in writing to the Corporation by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectuses, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectuses or the Registration Statement;
(u) there are no reports or information that in accordance with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Regulators or the SEC must be made publicly available or filed in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Shares that have not been made publicly available or filed as required;
(v) the delivery by the Corporation of any signed Prospectus Amendment or material change report required to be filed under the Applicable Securities Laws will constitute a representation and warranty by the Corporation to the Underwriter that all the information and statements contained therein (except information and statements relating to the Underwriter) are true and correct and that no material information has been omitted therefrom which is necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading;
(w) the Corporation is in material compliance with each material license held by it and is not in violation of, or in default in any material respect under, the applicable statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders or decrees (including, without limitation, "Environmental Laws" as defined below) of any governmental entities, regulatory agencies or bodies asserting or claiming jurisdiction over it or over any part of its operations or assets, except for such violations and defaults which, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation;
(x) to the best of the knowledge of the Corporation, there are no foreign, federal, provincial, state or local laws or regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental Laws") which affect or otherwise have any directorapplication to the Corporation or its business, officerproperties and assets (taken as a whole), agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of to which the Corporation is currently subject to otherwise subject. The Corporation does not require any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner license or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of approval under any person currently subject Environmental Laws to any United States sanctions administered by OFACconduct its business;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(ccy) there has not been any “reportable event” event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations No. 51-102) with the auditors of the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddz) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom the Company shall use its best efforts to arrange for the listing and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except posting for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact trading of the Corporation Underwritten Shares on the Stock Exchanges on or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by before the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any Time of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of Closing; and
(aa) the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by using the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact net proceeds of the Corporation or result offering of the Underwritten Shares for the purposes described in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thPreliminary Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agentsto, and acknowledges agrees with each Purchaser that as of the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties date hereof and covenants, thatas of the Closing Date:
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Corporation consists of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock of which 51,865,044 shares of Common Stock are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement.
(ib) is duly amalgamated under Since December 31, 2008, the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) Corporation has filed all material reports, registrations and statements, together with any required amendments thereto, that it was required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Act”"SEC") and is up-to-date any other applicable federal or state securities authorities. All such reports and statements filed with any such regulatory body or authority are collectively referred to herein as the "Corporation Reports." As of their respective dates, the Corporation Reports complied as to form in respect of all material corporate filings respects with all the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and any other applicable foreign, federal or state securities authorities, as the case may be.
(c) Except as previously disclosed in writing to the Purchasers, since December 31, 2008, no change has occurred and no circumstances exist (including any changes, occurrences, circumstances or facts existing prior to December 31, 2008 but which become known on or after December 31, 2008) that is not disclosed in good standing under such Act; the Disclosure Materials (iias defined below) which, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) The Corporation has all requisite corporate powerpermits, authority licenses, authorizations, orders and capacity approvals of, and has made all filings, applications and registrations with, any governmental entities that are required in order to carry on its business as now presently conducted and that are material to ownthe business of the Corporation, lease except where the failure to have such permits, licenses, authorizations, orders and operate its properties approvals or the failure to make such filings, applications and assets (including as described registrations would not, individually or in the Public Disclosureaggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and all such permits, licenses, certificates of authority, orders and approvals are in full force and effect and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no suspension or cancellation of any of them is threatened, and all such filings, applications and registrations are current.
(e) Each of the following publicly filed documents is available via the E▇▇▇▇ system to the Purchaser: (i) the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2009; (ii) the Corporation's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the quarters ended March 31, 2009, December 31, 2008 and September 30, 2008; (iii) the Corporation's proxy statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on February 12, 2009; and (iv) the Corporation's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC since December 31, 2008, pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Exchange Act") (items (i) through (iv) collectively, the "Disclosure Materials"), which Disclosure Materials include, among other things, the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. and the Corporation, dated as of August 3, 2009, audited consolidated balance sheets of the Corporation as of June 30, 2009 and 2008 and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in net assets and cash flow for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2009. As of the date hereof, each of the documents comprising a part of the Disclosure Materials, when such documents are considered together as a whole, did not contain or will not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state or will not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) Based in part upon the representations and warranties of each Purchaser contained herein, the Corporation is not required by applicable law or regulation in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Shares to the Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement to register the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws.
(g) The Corporation, (i) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not result in any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Corporation, or which would not materially and adversely affect the assets or properties of the Corporation, or which would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Corporation to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents (individually or in the aggregate, a "Material Adverse Effect," except that the mere filing of any action, claim, suit or order relating to any actual or threatened litigation involving the Corporation or any of its employees after the date of this Agreement (rather than the actual facts and circumstances underlying such action, claim, suit or order) shall not be deemed a Material Adverse Effect); and (iii) has all requisite corporate powerpower and authority necessary to own or hold its respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is currently engaged.
(h) All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Corporation have been duly and validly authorized and issued, authority are fully paid and capacity non-assessable and no such shares were issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any security holder of the Corporation. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, no person has any preemptive or similar statutory or contractual right to createpurchase any shares of capital stock of the Corporation. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, there are no outstanding warrants, options or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any of the Corporation's capital stock and no restrictions upon the voting or transfer of any capital stock of the Corporation pursuant to the Corporation's charter or bylaws or any agreement or other instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation is bound.
(i) The Shares have been duly authorized by the Corporation and, when issued and delivered by the Corporation against payment therefor in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, and sell the Offered Shares, issuance of the Shares will not obligate the Corporation to enter into this Agency issue shares of capital stock to any person.
(j) This Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesRegistration Rights Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and to carry out the provisions contained general equitable principles (whether considered in hereunder and thereunder;a proceeding in equity or at law).
(bk) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares in the manner contemplated hereby, and the consummation of the Transactions, will not (i) conflict with or constitute a violation of, or default (with the passage of time or the delivery of notice) under, (A) any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or any agreement, lease, franchise, license, permit, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution is a party or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in by which it owns, leases or operates its property is bound, where such conflict, violation or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could default would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licencesEffect, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
or (eB) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation knowledge of the Corporation, enforceable against any law, administrative regulation, ordinance or judgment, order or decree of any court or governmental agency, arbitration panel or authority binding upon the Corporation in accordance with or any of its termsproperty, provided that enforcement thereof may where such conflict, violation or default would reasonably be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generallyexpected to have a Material Adverse Effect, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion or (ii) violate any of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations ActArticles of Amendment and Restatement, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsAmended and Restated Bylaws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof Corporation; and thereof no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with any such person (including, without limitation, any such court or governmental agency or body) is required for the consummation of the Transactions by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to under state securities laws or Regulation D under the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have beenAct, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt required by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
The NASDAQ Stock Market (j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;"NASDAQ").
(l) The audited consolidated financial statements (including the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(mrelated notes) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, included or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed incorporated in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation Disclosure Materials present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge operations of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting at the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) dates and for the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesperiods indicated, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during throughout the periods involved involved.
(“GAAP”), except m) Except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, disclosed in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, Disclosure Materials or as previously disclosed to the knowledge of the CorporationPurchasers, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation there is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding before or by or before any court or governmental agency, authority agency or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is labor dispute now pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;threatened against the Corporation, which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(zn) neither No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Transactions is in effect nor has any action been filed or is any proceeding pending that seeks any such event.
(o) Except for payments made or to be made to the Corporation's placement agent, no broker's, finder's, investment banker's or similar fee or commission has been paid or will be payable by the Corporation norwith respect to, or for any services rendered to the Corporation ancillary to, the offer, issue and sale of the Shares contemplated by this Agreement. Any such fee or commission shall be payable by the Corporation and not any of the Purchasers.
(p) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Materials, the Corporation does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any "Significant Subsidiary" as defined in SEC Regulation S-X.
(q) The Corporation has filed on a timely basis all material federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed by it through the date hereof or had properly requested extension thereof and has paid all material taxes shown as due thereon, and any related material assessments, fines or penalties, except where the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Corporation has made reasonably adequate charges, accruals and reserves in the applicable financial statements referred to in this Section 4.1(q) in respect of all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Corporation has not been finally determined. The Corporation has no knowledge of a material tax deficiency which has been or is reasonably likely to be asserted or threatened against it.
(r) To its knowledge, the Corporation is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, decrees and judgments applicable to it, including, without limitation, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder, all applicable local, state and federal environmental laws and regulations and the provisions of the S▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002, as amended ("S▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act") and the applicable federal and state banking laws, rules and regulations, together with the S▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act, the "Applicable Laws"), except where failure to be so in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Corporation has not received any notice of purported or actual non-compliance with Applicable Laws, except to the extent it would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Corporation has not received any communication from any Governmental Authority threatening to revoke any permit, license, franchise, certificate of authority or other governmental authorization.
(s) To its knowledge, the Corporation's Common Stock is in compliance with all the requirements of NASDAQ for continued listing of the Common Stock thereon. Furthermore, the Corporation has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminate the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or de-listing the Common Stock from NASDAQ, nor has the Corporation received any notification that the SEC or NASDAQ is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.
(t) The Corporation maintains insurance (issued by insurers of recognized financial responsibility) of the types, against such losses and in the amounts, with such insurers and subject to deductibles and exclusions as are customary in the Corporation's industry and otherwise reasonably prudent, including, without limitation, insurance covering all real and personal property owned or leased by the Corporation against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily insured against by similarly situated companies, all of which insurance is in full force and effect.
(u) The Corporation has satisfied the conditions for use of Form N-2 as set forth in the General Instructions to such Form.
(v) The Corporation has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Corporation to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(w) None of the Corporation, any directorof its affiliates, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person and any Person acting on behalf its behalf, including the Corporation's placement agent has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of the Corporation is currently subject Shares or solicited any offers to any United States sanctions administered by buy the Office of Foreign Assets Control Shares, under circumstances that would require registration of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and Shares under the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use Securities Act. For the proceeds purposes of this OfferingAgreement, or lend"Person" shall mean any individual, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiarycorporation, partnership, joint venture partner venture, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock corporation, trust or other person unincorporated organization or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid government or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges agency or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thpolitical subdivision thereof.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation representsrepresents and warrants to, warrants and covenants to with, the AgentsAgents and the Purchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents are each of them is relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenantscovenants in entering into this Agreement and completing the Closing, thatthat as of the date hereof and the Closing Time or as of such other time as is contemplated by any representation, warranty or covenant set forth below:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) laws of British Columbia and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, capacity and authority to: (i) own, lease and capacity to carry on operate its assets and conduct its business as now conducted described in the Prospectus and to execute, deliver and carry out its obligations under this Agreement and all Ancillary Documents, and to do all acts and things and execute and deliver all documents as are required hereunder and thereunder in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; (ii) create, offer, issue and sell the Offered Units and CFF Units in accordance with this Agreement; (iii) to create, issue and deliver the Warrants, the Compensation Warrants, Broker Warrants and CFF Warrants in accordance with this Agreement; and (iv) to allot, reserve, issue and deliver the Unit Shares, the Warrant Shares, the Broker Shares, the Broker Warrant Shares, the CFF Shares and the CFF Warrant Shares, as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares, in accordance with this Agreement;
(b) each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has all requisite corporate power, capacity and authority to own, lease and operate its properties property and assets (including and conduct its business as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesProspectus, and to carry out where required, has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the provisions contained transaction of business and is in hereunder good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property, or conducts any business and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does is not have precluded from carrying on business or owning property in such jurisdictions by any material subsidiariesother commitment, agreement or document;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge Subsidiaries listed in Schedule “A” hereto are the only subsidiaries of the Corporation, and the Corporation has no subsidiaries and no investment in any person which is or would be material to the business and affairs of the Corporation other than the Subsidiaries. The Corporation beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, the percentage indicated on Schedule “A” hereto of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Subsidiaries which are pending free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands of any kind whatsoever, all of such shares have been duly authorized and are validly issued and are outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares and no person has any right, agreement or option, present or future, contingent or absolute, or any right capable of becoming a right, agreement or option, for the dissolution purchase from the Corporation of any interest in any of such shares or liquidation for the issue or allotment of any unissued shares in the capital of any of the CorporationSubsidiaries or any other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares;
(d) the Corporation has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document and to observe and perform the provisions of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document in accordance with the provisions hereof and thereof, including the creation and issue of the Offered Units, the Compensation Warrants and the CFF Units upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and the issue and delivery of the Unit Shares, CFF Shares and Warrants, the issue and delivery of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the Warrants, the issue and delivery of the Broker Shares and Broker Warrants upon the exercise of the Compensation Warrants, the issue and delivery of the Broker Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the Broker Warrants and the issue and delivery of the CFF Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the CFF Warrants;
(e) the Over‐Allotment Option has been duly and validly authorized and granted by the Corporation and the creation, issuance and sale, as applicable, of the Additional Units, the Unit Shares and Warrants comprising the Additional Units and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the additional CFF Units, CFF Shares and CFF Warrants and CFF Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the CFF Warrants, upon the exercise of the Over‐Allotment Option have been duly and validly allotted and reserved for issuance, as applicable, by the Corporation and, upon the exercise of the Over‐ Allotment Option for Additional Units including receipt by the Corporation of payment in full therefor, the Unit Shares, Warrant Shares, CFF Shares and CFF Warrant Shares will have been duly and validly authorized and issued and will be outstanding as fully‐paid and non‐ assessable shares in the capital of the Corporation;
(f) none of the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries has committed an act of bankruptcy and is insolvent, has proposed a compromise or arrangement to any of its creditors, has had a petition or a receiving order in bankruptcy filed against it, has made a voluntary assignment in bankruptcy, has taken any action with respect to a compromise or arrangement, has taken any action to have itself declared bankrupt or wound-up, has taken any action to have a receiver appointed for any of its property or has had any execution or distress become enforceable or levied upon any of its property or assets;
(g) each of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules laws and regulations (including and, in particular, all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, licensing and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing lawslegislation, regulations and or by- laws or other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, bodies applicable to it of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business and each of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries holds all material requisite licences, registrations, qualifications, permits and consents necessary or appropriate for carrying on its business is as currently carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations registrations, qualifications, permits and qualifications consents (collectively, the “Authorizations”) are valid, valid and subsisting and in good standing and it in all material respects. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries has not received a written notice of non-non- compliance, nor knows does it know of, nor has have reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(h) neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiaries have taken any action which may prevent any pending applications made by them for any Authorization from being granted, including, for greater certainty, E.G.G. Limited, Askott Entertainment Inc. and McBookie Limited’s license applications to the UK Gambling Commission submitted on March 3, 2021;
(i) neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiaries have received at any time within the last three years any written notice from any Gaming Regulatory Authority anywhere in the world alleging that the business as operated by the Corporation or the Subsidiaries, or their predecessors, infringes the gambling laws and/or regulations enforced by such Gaming Regulatory Authority or is aware or has reasonable grounds to know of or be aware of any infringement in gambling laws and/or regulations by such Gaming Regulatory Authority;
(j) neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiaries have, in relation to its business, been the subject of any investigation or enquiry by any Gaming Regulatory Authority and neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiaries have taken any action which could give rise to any such investigation or enquiry;
(k) the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have complied with all applicable privacy and consumer protection legislation and has not collected, received, stored, disclosed, transferred, used, misused or permitted unauthorized access to any information protected by privacy laws, whether collected directly or from third parties, in an unlawful manner. The Corporation and the Subsidiaries have taken all reasonable steps to protect the personal information under their respective custody or control by making reasonable security arrangements to prevent unauthorized access, collection, disclosure, copy use, modification or disposal or similar risks;
(l) each of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries is the absolute legal and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, all of the material properties and assets thereof, free and clear of any Liens, and no other property or assets are necessary for the conduct of the business of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted. Any and all of the agreements and other documents and instruments pursuant to which each of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries holds the property and assets thereof are valid and subsisting agreements, documents and instruments in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof, and such properties and assets are in good standing under the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situated, and all material leases, licenses and other agreements pursuant to which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries derives the interests thereof in such property are in good standing. The Corporation does not know of any claim or the basis for any claim that might or could materially and adversely affect the right of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to use, transfer or otherwise exploit their respective assets, and neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries has any responsibility or obligation to pay any commission, royalty, licence fee or similar payment to any person with respect to the property and assets thereof;
(m) the Corporation owns no real property. Any real property or building held under lease by the Corporation or any Subsidiary, which is material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Corporation or any Subsidiary, is held by it under valid and subsisting leases enforceable against the respective lessors thereof with such exceptions as are not material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Corporation;
(n) no legal or governmental proceedings or inquiries are pending to which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or to which the property thereof is subject that would result in the revocation or modification of any certificate, authority, permit or license necessary to conduct the business now owned or operated by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries which, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken legal or will governmental proceedings or inquiries have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal threatened against or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed are contemplated with respect to the OfferingCorporation or any of its Subsidiaries or with respect to the properties or assets thereof;
(go) there are no actions, suits, judgments, investigations or proceedings of any kind whatsoever outstanding or, to the execution best of the Corporation ’s knowledge, pending or threatened against or affecting the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, or the directors, officers or employees thereof, at law or in equity or before or by any commission, board, bureau or agency of any kind whatsoever and, to the best of the Corporation ’s knowledge, there is no basis therefor and delivery neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, award, rule, policy or regulation of any Governmental Authority, which, either separately or in the aggregate, is or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or that would adversely affect the ability of the Corporation to perform its obligations under this Agency Agreement and or any of the Compensation Option Certificates, and Ancillary Documents;
(p) neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of its constating documents or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, trust deed, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease, licence or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its property or assets may be bound;
(q) there exists no actual or, to the knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby and therebyCorporation, including threatened termination, cancellation or limitation of, or any material adverse modification or material change in, the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action business relationship of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Subsidiaries, with any partner, supplier or customer, or any group of suppliers or customers whose business with or whose purchases or inventories/components provided to the business of the Corporation and constitutes a valid the Subsidiaries are individually or in the aggregate material to the assets, business, properties, operations or financial condition of the Corporation and binding obligation the Subsidiaries. All such business relationships are intact and mutually cooperative, and there exists no condition or state of fact or circumstances that would prevent the Corporation and the Subsidiaries from conducting such business with any such partner, supplier or customer, or group of suppliers or customers in the same manner in all material respects as currently conducted;
(r) to the knowledge of the Corporation, enforceable against no counterparty to any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, trust deed, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is a party is in default in the performance or observance thereof, except where such violation or default in performance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) each Material Agreement is valid, subsisting, in good standing and in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with its termsthe terms thereof. The Corporation and the Subsidiaries, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generallyas applicable, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted have performed all material obligations in a timely manner under each Material Agreement. None of the discretion of a court of competent jurisdictionCorporation nor the Subsidiaries is in violation, breach or default nor has it received any notification from any party claiming that the provisions thereof relating to indemnityCorporation or Subsidiaries, contribution as applicable, is in breach, violation or default under any Material Agreement and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject no other party, to the provisions knowledge of the Limitations ActCorporation, 2002 (Ontario)is in breach, violation or default of any term under any Material Agreement;
(ht) except for as disclosed in the Public Record, neither the Corporation nor any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal of its Subsidiaries has approved, or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with has entered into any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
agreement in respect of: (i) the Offered Shares have beenpurchase of any material property or assets or any interest therein or the sale, transfer or prior to the Closing Time will beother disposition of any material property or assets or any interest therein currently owned, duly and validly authorized for issuance anddirectly or indirectly, upon receipt by the Corporation whether by asset sale, transfer of shares or otherwise; (ii) the change in control (by sale, transfer or other disposition of shares or sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the purchase price for property and assets of the Offered SharesCorporation or any of its Subsidiaries) of the Corporation; or (iii) a proposed or planned disposition of shares by any shareholder who owns, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesdirectly or indirectly, 10% or more of the outstanding shares of the Corporation ;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(lu) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, which as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 the date hereof,183,819,807 Common Shares were issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares. As of the date hereof, other than: (i) outstanding stock options to acquire an aggregate of 8,322,537 Common Shares;
; (mii) outstanding share purchase warrants to acquire an aggregate of 16,314,323 Common Shares; (iii) the Corporation is not aware of Warrants; (iv) the Compensation Warrants; (v) the Broker Warrants; and (vi) the CFF Warrants; no Person will hold any legislation, securities convertible or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any exchangeable into securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of have any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened oragreement, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledgeoption, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive emptive, contractual or contractualotherwise) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thbecoming
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. (1) The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgents and to the Purchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents are each of them is relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenantsin connection with the completion of the Offering, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated a corporation incorporated and validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) laws of British Columbia and is up-to-date in respect of have all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite necessary corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and conduct its business as currently conducted;
(including as described in b) each of the Public Disclosure); Subsidiaries are corporations incorporated and (iii) has validly existing under the laws of its respective jurisdictions and have all requisite necessary corporate power, authority and capacity to createown, issue lease and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement operate its properties and the Compensation Option Certificates, assets and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesconduct its business as currently conducted;
(c) no proceedings the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding shares or ownership interests of each of the Subsidiaries, free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands of any kind whatsoever, all of such shares and interests have been takenduly authorized and validly issued and are outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares and interests and no person has any right, instituted oragreement or option, present or future, contingent or absolute, or any right capable of becoming a right, agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation or the Subsidiaries of any interest in any of such shares or interests or for the issue or allotment of any unissued shares, interests or other securities in the capital of the Subsidiaries, including any other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares or interests;
(d) other than in respect of certain United States federal laws relating to the cultivation, distribution or possession of cannabis in the United States, as disclosed in the Risk Factors in the Corporate Presentation, and other related judgments, orders or decrees (collectively, the “U.S. Cannabis Laws”), each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has conducted, and is conducting, its business in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business except where the failure to so comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiaries has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a written notice of non-compliance, nor knows does it know of, nor has have reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected (other than with respect to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingthe U.S. Cannabis Laws);
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to except for the Closing Time by U.S. Cannabis Laws, the Corporation so as is not aware of any pending or contemplated change to validly issue and sell any applicable law, regulation or governmental position or rule of the Offered Shares and to issue Exchange that would materially adversely affect the Compensation Optionsbusiness of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries or the business or legal environment under which the Corporation or the Subsidiaries operate;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsU.S. Cannabis Laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed the Subsidiaries are duly qualified and delivered by hold all material permits, licences, registrations, permits, qualifications, consents and authorizations necessary or required to carry on their business as now conducted and to own, lease or operate each of their assets and properties except where the Corporation failure to obtain any permits, licences, registrations, permits, qualifications, consents and constitutes authorizations would not have a valid Material Adverse Effect, and binding obligation of the Corporationall such permits, enforceable against the Corporation licences, registrations, permits, qualifications, consents and authorizations are in full force and effect in accordance with its termstheir terms except where the failure to so maintain permits, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generallylicences, that specific performance registrations, permits, qualifications, consents and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do authorizations would not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(sg) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect)has all requisite corporate power and authority to create, there are no threats of actionsissue and sell, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of as applicable, the Corporation) that have been made to Securities, and neither the Corporation ornor the Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending any other Person, has taken any steps or affecting proceedings, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing the Corporation’s or any of the Subsidiaries’ dissolution or winding up, and the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any courtand the Subsidiaries, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federalas applicable, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, have all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to enter into each of the Operative Agreements to which could reasonably be expected to have it is a Material Adverse Effectparty;
(th) at the Closing Date, all consents, approvals, permits, authorizations or filings as may be required under Securities Laws or by the Exchange for the execution and delivery of the Operative Agreements and the issue and sale, as applicable, of the Securities have been made or obtained, as applicable, and the Offering, other than the final filings with the Exchange and receipt of the final Exchange approval and the filing with applicable securities commissions within the prescribed time periods of a report in Form 45-106F1;
(i) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement each of the Operative Agreements, the performance by the Corporation of its obligations thereunder and the Compensation Option Certificatesissue and sale, and the fulfilment as applicable, of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered SharesSecurities, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (whether after notice or lapse of time or both, ): (Ai) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (Bii) the constating documents, by-laws articles, notice of articles or resolutions of the CorporationCorporation which are in effect at the date hereof; (Ciii) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, material mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, joint venture, partnership, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation is a party to or by which they are boundbound by; or (Div) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or any of its assets and properties;
(j) neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiaries are in violation of its constating documents;
(k) at the Closing Time, the Operative Agreements shall have been duly authorized and executed by the Corporation and upon such execution each shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation and each of the Operative Agreements shall be enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principals when equitable remedies are sought, and by the fact that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver, and the ability to sever unenforceable terms, may be limited by applicable law;
(l) the Debentures and the Warrants that comprise the Units will be duly and validly created, authorized and issued on payment of the Purchase Price therefor (or in the case of the Agents’ Securities, as consideration for the services performed by the Agents hereunder), such Debentures and Warrants having attributes corresponding in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Operative Agreements;
(m) upon exercise of any Warrants, the Debentures (other than the Initial Debentures) will be duly and validly created, authorized and issued, in accordance with their terms;
(n) on or prior to the Closing Date, the Corporation shall have reserved a sufficient number of Common Shares for issuance upon the conversion of the Debentures in accordance with their terms;
(o) in connection with the issuance and sale, as applicable, of the Securities, the Corporation will execute and file with Securities Regulators all forms, notices, reports and certificates required to be filed pursuant to applicable Securities Laws within the prescribed time periods;
(p) Computershare Investor Services Inc. has been duly appointed as the registrar and transfer agent of the Corporation with respect to the Common Shares and on or prior to the Closing Date,
(q) on or prior to the Closing Date, the Trustee will have been duly appointed as trustee under the Indentures;
(r) except for the Previously Announced Acquisitions, neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries is currently party to any agreement in respect of: (i) the purchase of any material property or assets or any interest therein or the sale, transfer or other disposition of any material assets and properties or any interest therein currently owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or the Subsidiaries, as applicable, whether by asset sale, transfer of shares or otherwise; or (ii) the change of control of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries, as applicable (whether by sale or transfer of shares or sale of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the Corporation or the Subsidiary or otherwise);
(i) the condensed consolidated interim financial statements of the Corporation, as applicable, for the six months ended July 31, 2018; and (ii) the audited financial statements for the years ended January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2017 (the “Financial Statements”) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS consistently applied throughout the periods referred to therein;
(t) except as disclosed to the Lead Agent, the Corporation’s Financial Statements accurately reflect all of the Corporation’s liabilities or indebtedness (absolute, contingent, accrued or otherwise) of any kind whatsoever, whether or not of the nature normally required to be disclosed for financial statement purposes under IFRS, except for legal fees and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and except for any such liabilities and indebtedness incurred in connection with ongoing operations in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(u) there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or threatened against or affecting the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries at law or in equity, or before any arbitrator of any kind, or before or by any Governmental Body, domestic or foreign, and, except for the U.S. Cannabis Laws, the Corporation is not aware of any existing ground on which any such action or proceeding might be commenced with any reasonable likelihood of success. Neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries is subject to any outstanding orders, writs, injunctions, decrees, judgments, awards, determinations, work orders or directions of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Body;
(v) except for the Previously Announced Acquisitions, the Operative Agreements and agreements entered into in the ordinary course, neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to, or otherwise bound by, any agreement, written or oral, including with respect to any indebtedness, guarantee, indemnification, lease or joint venture;
(w) except in connection with the Previously Announced Acquisitions, neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries is committed to make any capital expenditures, nor have any capital expenditures been authorized by the Corporation or the Subsidiaries;
(x) except in connection with the Previously Announced Acquisitions, neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries, as applicable, has directly or indirectly: (i) made or authorized any loans to any Person, including its officers, directors, former directors, shareholders and employees and any person not dealing at arm’s length with any of the foregoing; (ii) made any payments or distributions in kind to its shareholders or former shareholders or declared any dividends on the outstanding common shares of the Corporation or other securities of the Corporation; or (iii) agreed to do any of the foregoing;
(y) except as disclosed to the Agents and as disclosed in its public filings, the Corporation has no employees or consultants;
(z) neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries is in material breach or default, has not received any notice of default or violation, and is not aware of any potential or threatened notice of alleged default or violation, of the provisions of any contracts, agreements, indentures or instruments to which the Corporation or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound;
(aa) except for the U.S. Cannabis Laws, all laws, regulations, and orders of any Governmental Body having jurisdiction over the Corporation and the Subsidiaries are being, and have been, complied with in all material respects by the Corporation;
(ubb) the Corporation is a taxable Canadian Corporation within the meaning of the Tax Act;
(cc) the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have in a due and timely manner, filed or caused to be filed all Returns and all information and data in connection therewith, required to be filed by the Corporation and the Subsidiaries or on the Corporation’s and the Subsidiaries’ behalf with any Governmental Body to whom the Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries is subject;
(dd) all Returns filed by the Corporation and the Subsidiaries are true, complete and correct in all material respects and all Taxes shown to be payable on the Returns or on subsequent assessments with respect thereto have been paid in full on a timely basis, and no other Taxes are payable by the Corporation and the Subsidiaries with respect to items or periods covered by such Returns;
(ee) the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have paid all Taxes and any interest, penalties and fines in connection therewith, properly due and payable, and has paid all of same in connection with all known assessments, reassessments and adjustments;
(ff) no material deficiencies exist or have been asserted with respect to Taxes of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries, as applicable, and no other Taxes nor any interest, penalties and fines have been claimed by any Governmental Body or are known to the Corporation and the Subsidiaries, as applicable, to be due and owning by the Corporation and the Subsidiaries or are pending or threatened (including all tax instalments) or by reason of the transactions herein contemplated will become due and owing by the Corporation and the Subsidiaries, as applicable, and there are no matters of dispute or under discussion with any Governmental Body, relating to Taxes by such Governmental Body;
(gg) the Corporation has withheld all amounts required to be withheld, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all amounts required to be withheld under the Tax Act, for employee deductions, unemployment insurance, the Canada Pension Plan and Goods and Services Tax payable under the Excise Tax Act (Canada) and any other amounts required by law to be withheld from any payments made to non- residents and any of its officers, directors and employees, and has paid the same to the proper taxing authority or receiving offices where the deadline for such payment has occurred, on a timely basis;
(hh) the Subsidiaries have withheld all amounts required to be withheld under the applicable tax laws;
(ii) there are no agreements, waivers (including a waiver in respect of time within which a reassessment may be made by any taxing authority) or other arrangements providing for any extension of time with respect to the filing of any Returns by, or payment of any Tax, governmental charge or deficiency against, the Corporation and the Subsidiaries;
(jj) there are no actions, audits, assessments, reassessments, suits, proceedings, investigations or claims threatened or pending against the Corporation and the Subsidiaries in respect of Taxes, governmental charges or assessments, or any other matters under discussion with any Governmental Body relating to Taxes asserted by any such Governmental Body;
(kk) neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries is party to any agreement or arrangement providing for the allocation, indemnification or sharing of Taxes or have been a member of a combined, consolidated, unitary or affiliated group for purposes of paying Taxes;
(ll) neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries is subject to any written agreement entered into with, or private ruling issued by, any Governmental Body with respect to Tax matters that is currently in effect;
(mm) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant and the Subsidiaries under which they have received or are entitled to Applicable Securities Laws government incentives have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result made in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to tha
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent and the Purchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents Agent and the Purchasers are relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties, warranties and covenants, thatas follows:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under is, and will at the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (Time of Closing be, a reporting issuer or the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is equivalent in good standing under the securities laws of each of Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia and is in compliance with the by-laws, rules and regulation of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") and no material change relating .to the Corporation has occurred with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed under the securities laws of Ontario and no such Act; disclosure has been made on a confidential basis;
(b) each of the Corporation and:
(i) 1209786 Ontario Inc.;
(ii) 1339384 Ontario Inc.;
(iii) 1262181 Ontario Inc.; and
(iv) Berkley Homes (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇) Inc., a corporation incorporated pursuant to the laws of the Province of Ontario, (individually, a "Subsidiary" and collectively, the "Subsidiaries") has been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of the Province of Ontario and has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity is duly qualified or authorized to carry on its business respective businesses as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties property and assets (including as described in all jurisdictions where such qualification or authorization is required and, in the Public Disclosure); case of the Corporation, to enter into this agreement, the Warrant Indenture and (iii) has all requisite corporate powerthe Subscription Agreements, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered SharesSecurities, to enter into this Agency Agreement create and issue the Warrants (and the Compensation Option Certificatescertificates representing the same) and the Agent's Warrants (and the certificates representing the same) (collectively, the "Documents") and to carry out the provisions contained in its obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(bc) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
will, at the Time of Closing be a "qualifying issuer" as such term is defined in Multilateral Instrument 45-102 of the Canadian -5- Securities Administrators (c) no proceedings have been taken"MI 45-102"), instituted orsuch that the Common Shares comprising part of the Units, the Warrants and the Flow-Through Shares will be subject, in each of the Qualifying Provinces, to a four month hold period from the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the CorporationClosing Date;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of nonfrom any securities regulatory authority that its current annual information form (as defined in MI 45-compliance102), nor knows ofincluding any technical reports, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingis unacceptable;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue is the direct or indirect legal, beneficial and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval registered holder of all of the TSXV issued and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery outstanding shares of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance each of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 Subsidiaries (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) Berkley Homes (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇) Inc., the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation shares of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially owns 50%; and adversely affect (ii) 1339384 Ontario Inc. and 1262181 Ontario Inc. all the businessshares of which are owned by 1209786 Ontario Inc.) in each case, affairsfree and clear of all mortgages, operationsliens, assetscharges, liabilities (contingent pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued demands whatsoever and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchasepurchase of all or any part of such securities, subscription and all such securities have been validly issued and are outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable;
(f) the Corporation has no subsidiaries (as that term is defined in the Securities Act (Ontario) (the "Ontario Act") which are material to the Corporation taken as a whole;
(g) none of the Subsidiaries have any material assets or issuance liabilities;
(h) the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have conducted and are conducting their businesses in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and directives, including without limitation, all laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining and to mining claims, concessions or leases, and environmental, health and safety legislation, regulations or by-laws or other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory bodies applicable to the Corporation and the Subsidiaries in each jurisdiction in which each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries carries on a material portion of its business, and each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries holds all material certificates, authorities, permits, licences, registrations and qualifications issued by the appropriate provincial, state, municipal, federal or other governmental or regulatory agency or body (collectively, the "Authorities") which are material for the Corporation on a consolidated basis in all jurisdictions in which each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries carries on its business which are necessary or desirable to carry on the business of the Corporation on a consolidated basis as now conducted or contemplated to be carried on by it, and all the Authorities are valid and existing and in good standing and none of the Authorities contain any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation which has or is likely to have any material adverse effect on the business of the Corporation on a consolidated basis as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted, and neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any of the Authorities which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding, would materially and adversely affect the conduct of the business, operations, financial condition, or income of the Corporation on a consolidated basis or any notice of the revocation or cancellation of, or conversion intoany intention to revoke or cancel, any unissued sharesof the mining claims, securitiesconcessions, warrants options, or convertible obligations leases of the Corporation as disclosed in the Public Record (collectively, the "Resource Properties"), including without limitation those comprising: (i) 117 claim units in 51 unpatented mineral claims in the Red Lake Birch Uchi Belt located approximately 60 kilometres east-northeast of Red Lake, Ontario (the "▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Property"); (ii) the Achook Property, the Conjurer Property, the Flex Property and the McPhoo Property located in the Bear Structured Province of the Northwest Territories; and (iii) the seven properties comprising 22,375 hectares located in the Central Mineral Belt of Labrador; any and all agreements pursuant to which the Corporation and the Subsidiaries hold their material assets and Resource Properties or have the right to acquire material assets, including without limitation the property option agreement between the Corporation and Perry English ("English") dated as of December 30, 2002, as amended on January 7, 2003 and on February 25, 2003 (the "English Option Agreement") and the exploration option agreement between the Corporation and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Dodge Corporation of Canada, Limited dated as of October 4, 2002 (the "▇▇▇▇▇▇ Option Agreement"), which English Option Agreement and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Option Agreement have not been amended as at the date hereof, except to the extent noted in this subsection, and all such agreements are legal, valid and subsisting agreements, are in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto and are in good standing except that: (i) the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, (ii) rights of indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution thereunder may be limited under applicable law and (iii) equitable remedies, including, without limitation, specific performance and injunctive relief, may be granted only in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction and neither the English Option Agreement nor the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Option Agreement have been amended as of the date hereof, and neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiaries are in material default of any nature of the provisions of any such agreements nor has any such default been alleged and such material assets are in good standing under the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situate, all leases, licences, concessions and claims, and options pursuant to which the Corporation or the Subsidiaries derive their interest in such material assets are in good standing and there has been no material default under any such leases and all real or other property taxes required to be paid with respect to such assets to the date hereof have been paid; to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, none of the real property (and the buildings constructed thereon) in which the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries has a direct or indirect interest whether leasehold or fee simple or otherwise (the "Real Property") or operations is subject to any judicial or administrative proceeding alleging the violation of any federal, provincial, state or municipal environmental, health or safety statute or regulation or is subject to any investigation concerning whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any Hazardous Material (as defined below) into the environment that would have a material adverse effect on the Corporation and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Neither the Corporation nor, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, any occupier of the Real Property, has filed any notice under any federal, provincial, state or municipal law indicating past or present treatment, storage or disposal of a Hazardous Material in any of the Real Property. Except in material compliance with applicable environmental laws, none of the Real Property has at any time been used by the Corporation or, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge by any other occupier, as a waste storage or waste disposal site or to operate a waste management business. The Corporation has no contingent liability of which it has knowledge or reasonably should have knowledge in connection with any release of any Hazardous Material on or into the environment from any of the Real Property and operations thereon. Neither the Corporation nor, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, any occupier of the Real Property, generates, transports, treats, stores or disposes of any waste, subject waste, hazardous waste, deleterious substance, industrial waste (as defined in applicable federal, provincial, state or municipal legislation) on any of the Real Property in contravention of applicable federal, provincial, state or municipal laws or regulations enacted for the protection of the natural environment or human health. To the best of the Corporation's knowledge, no underground storage tanks or surface impoundments containing a petroleum product or Hazardous Material are located on any of the Real Property in contravention of applicable federal, provincial, state or municipal laws or regulations enacted for the protection of the natural environment or human health. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "Hazardous Material" means any contaminant, pollutant, subject waste, hazardous waste, deleterious substance, industrial waste, toxic matter or any other substance that when released into the natural environment is likely to cause, at some immediate or future time, material harm or degradation to the natural environment or material risk to human health and, without restricting . the generality of the foregoing, includes any contaminant, pollutant, subject waste, deleterious substance, industrial waste, toxic matter or hazardous waste as defined by applicable federal, provincial, state or municipal laws or regulations enacted for the protection of the natural environment or human health;
(k) the Corporation and the Subsidiaries are the owners or authorized licensees of all the Intellectual Property (as defined below) necessary to properly conduct the business of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries, respectively. The Corporation is not aware of a claim of any infringement or breach of any industrial or intellectual property rights of any other entity by the Corporation or a Subsidiary, nor has the Corporation or any Subsidiary received any notice that the conduct of the business of the Corporation or a Subsidiary, including the use of the Intellectual Property, infringes upon or breaches any industrial or intellectual property rights of any other entity and the Corporation has no knowledge of any infringement or violation of any of its material rights in the Intellectual Property. To the best of its knowledge, the conduct of its consolidated business does not infringe upon in any material respect the patents, trade marks, licences, trade names, business names, copyright or other industrial or intellectual property rights, domestic or foreign, of any other entity. The Corporation is not aware of any state of facts that casts doubt on the validity or enforceability of any of the Intellectual Property. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "Intellectual Property" means (i) any trade marks, trade names, business names, brand names, service marks, computer software, computer programs, copyrights, including any performing, author or moral rights, designs, inventions, patents, franchises, formulae, processes, know-how, technology and related goodwill, (ii) any applications, registrations, issued patents, continuations in part, divisional applications or analogous rights or licence rights therefor, and (iii) other intellectual or industrial property, in each case owned or used by the Corporation or a Subsidiary; the execution and delivery of each of the Documents and the performance and compliance with the terms of the Documents will not result in a breach of, and do not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, will result in a breach or default of and do not and will not conflict with: (i) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation; (ii) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the constating documents or by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (iii) any material mortgage, note, contract, trust indenture, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease or other document to which the Corporation is a party or will be contractually bound as of the. Time of Closing; (iv) any judgment, decree or order binding on the Corporation, or any of its assets, which could have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, properties, net worth, or results of operations of the Corporation, on a consolidated basis; (v) do not and will not result in the violation of any law, or (vi) do not and will not give rise to any lien, mortgage, charge, pledge, hypothecation, security interest, assignment, charge, title retention agreement or restrictive covenant or other encumbrance of any nature; the Corporation's audited annual consolidated financial statements as at, and for the year ended, December 31, 2002, together with the auditors' report thereon and the notes thereto, and the unaudited interim financial statements for the Corporation as at, and for the three month period ended March 31, 2003 and the notes thereto (collectively, the "Financial Statements") (i) have been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with prior periods (except as disclosed in the Financial Statements and except for the note disclosure contained in the interim financial statements for the Corporation as at, and for the three month period ended March 31, 2003); (ii) are, in all material respects, consistent with the books and records of the Corporation; (iii) contain and reflect all material adjustments for the fair presentation of the results of operations and the financial condition of the business of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods covered thereby; and (iv) present fairly, on a consolidated basis, in all material respects, the financial position of the Corporation as at the dates thereof and the results of its operations and the changes in its financial position for the periods then ended;
(n) there has never been any reportable disagreement (within the meaning of National Policy Statement No. 31 of the Canadian Securities Administrators) with any present or former auditor of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(io) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change , from the position set forth in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the most recent Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, other Parties that:
(a) it is a corporation duly organized and in good standing under the Corporation (i) Applicable Laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated and is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings licensed or qualified to do business and is in good standing under such Act; in each of the jurisdictions in which the failure to be so licensed or qualified would have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or its ability to perform its obligations hereunder;
(iib) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of Preference Shares;
(c) the Corporation has all requisite corporate the full power, authority and capacity to carry on enter into and perform its business as now conducted obligations under this Agreement and all transactions contemplated herein, and all corporate and other actions, consents and authorizations required to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, authorize it to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been properly taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted execution, delivery and performance of its business obligations under this Agreement will not conflict with, accelerate the performance required by, result in complianceany breach or contravention of, constitute a default under or result in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements the creation of any governmental Encumbrance under or regulatory bodypursuant to the provisions of: (i) the Corporation’s constating documents or any resolutions of its shareholders, of each jurisdiction in directors or members; (ii) any agreement or other instrument to which its business the Corporation is carried on and is licensed, registered a party or qualified in all jurisdictions in by which it owns, leases is bound; or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and (iii) any Applicable Laws in good standing and it has not received a notice respect of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;the Corporation must comply; and
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the upon its execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesAgreement, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and therebywill constitute a legal, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Recordthat:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basisenforceability may be limited by an Insolvency Event;
(ii) there has not been any material change equitable remedies, including the remedies of specific performance and injunctive relief, are available only in the capital stock or long-term debt discretion of the Corporation on applicable court;
(iii) a consolidated basiscourt may stay proceedings before it by virtue of equitable or statutory powers; and
(iiiiv) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements rights of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as indemnity thereunder may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering limited under Applicable Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Sources: Shareholders Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The By accepting this offer, the Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatPurchaser as follows:
(a) the Corporation (i) has been duly incorporated and is duly amalgamated validly subsisting and in good standing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) Yukon Territory), and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority power and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderits obligations under this Subscription Agreement;
(b) on the Closing Date, the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior all corporate steps and proceedings necessary to approve the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawstransactions contemplated hereby, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) including the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)Subscription Agreement;
(hc) except the outstanding Shares are listed and posted for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, trading on the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulationsExchanges;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(nd) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any the securities of the Corporation or nor prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued such securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened orto the Corporation or its directors, officers or promoters and, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force investigations or effect which in any manner affects the voting proceedings for such purposes are pending or control of any of the securities of the Corporationthreatened;
(ve) prior to the Closing Date, the Corporation will have obtained all required approvals from the Exchanges in order to permit the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(f) the Corporation is not included a reporting issuer in good standing under the securities laws of the Reporting Provinces and is a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by company under the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis1934 Act, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with under any applicable securities laws in the Securities Commissions Reporting Provinces and no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis;
(g) the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to undertake the Offering, to issue the Securities, and at the Closing Time, the Shares and the Warrants will be duly and validly created, authorized and issued, and all Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants will be duly and validly authorized, allotted and reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Warrants and will, upon exercise of the Warrants be issued as fully-paid and non-assessable Shares;
(h) the Corporation and its subsidiaries are the beneficial owners of or have the right to acquire the interests in the properties, business and assets referred to in the Public Record, and any and all agreements pursuant to which the Corporation or its subsidiaries holds or will hold any such interests in properties, business or assets are in good standing in all material respects according to their terms, and the properties are in good standing in all material respects under the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situated;
(i) the Public Record is in all material respects in compliance with accurate and omits no facts, the rules and regulations omission of which makes the TSXVPublic Record or any particulars therein, misleading or incorrect;
(wj) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein except as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included disclosed in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”)Public Record, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements no actions, suits, inquiries or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA proceedings are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedare contemplated or threatened to which the Corporation or its subsidiaries is a party or to which the property of the Corporation or its subsidiaries is subject that would result individually or in the aggregate in any material adverse change in the operations, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation or its subsidiaries;
(zk) neither the Corporation norFinancial Statements present fairly, to in all material respects, the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf financial position of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as at the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); dates set out therein and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use results of their operations and the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, changes in their financial position for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFACperiods then ended, in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles;
(aal) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by except as disclosed in the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31Public Record, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” material change in the assets, liabilities or obligations (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddabsolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result its subsidiaries, as set forth in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returnsthe Financial Statements, declarationsand there has not been any material adverse change in the business, remittances and filings required to be filed by operations or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact operations of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress its subsidiaries, since June 30, 2005 and since that date there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paidno material facts, transactions, events or may be payable, by occurrences which could materially adversely affect the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact business of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effectits subsidiaries;
(eem) the Corporation and its subsidiaries have conducted and are conducting their businesses in material compliance with all applicable laws, by-laws, rules and regulations of each jurisdiction in which their businesses are carried on and hold all licences, registrations, permits, consents or qualifications (whether governmental, regulatory or otherwise) required in order to enable their businesses to be carried on as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted, and all such licences, registrations, permits, consents and qualifications are valid and subsisting and in good standing and neither the Corporation nor its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, registration, permit, consent or qualification which, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding, would materially adversely affect the conduct of the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or income of the Corporation or its subsidiaries;
(n) the Corporation has taken or will take all steps as may be necessary for it to thcomply with the requirements of the applicable securities laws of the Reporting Provinces, the United States and such other jurisdictions in which the Units are sold, and the Corporation is entitled to avail itself of the applicable prospectus and registration exemptions available under the applicable securities laws of the Reporting Provinces and the United States in respect of the offer and sale of the Units; and
(o) the Corporation has filed all documents that it is required to file under the continuous disclosure provisions of applicable securities laws in Canada and the United States, including annual and interim financial information and annual reports, press releases disclosing material changes and material change reports, and all periodic reports required by Section 13(a) of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriters, and acknowledges that the Agents Underwriters are relying upon such representations, warranties representations and covenantswarranties, that:
(a) since January 1, 2015, the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings has been and is in good standing compliance in all material respects with its timely disclosure obligations under such ActApplicable Securities Laws and the rules and regulations of the TSX; (ii) since October 7, 2015, the Corporation has been and is in compliance in all requisite corporate powermaterial respects with its timely disclosure obligations under U.S. Securities Laws and the rules and regulations of the NYSE MKT; no confidential material change report has been filed by the Corporation under Applicable Securities Laws that remains confidential at the date of this Agreement; since January 1, authority 2015, the Corporation has not completed a “significant acquisition” which would require the Corporation to file a business acquisition report under Applicable Securities Laws; all of the material contracts and capacity to carry on agreements of the Corporation and its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described subsidiaries not made in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate powerordinary course of business, authority and capacity to createif required under the Applicable Securities Laws, issue and sell have been filed with the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderSecurities Commissions;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on than as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted disclosed in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdictionPublic Record, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnitysince August 31, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
2015 there (i) the Offered Shares have beenhas been no material change (actual, anticipated, contemplated or prior to the Closing Time will bethreatened, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(jfinancial or otherwise) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects capital of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) have been no transactions entered into by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries which are material with respect to the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than those in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Corporation on a consolidated basisany class of its shares;
(nc) no order ceasing the Corporation and each of its subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and is properly registered or suspending trading licensed to carry on business under the laws of all jurisdictions in any securities which its business is carried on, except where the failure to be so registered or licensed could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the Corporation has the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to enter into the Material Agreements and to perform its obligations under the Material Agreements and the Corporation and each of its subsidiaries has the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to own, lease and operate its property and assets and to carry on its business as currently carried on or as proposed to be carried on;
(e) the Corporation has authorized share capital consisting of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which 145,456,628 Common Shares are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. Other than options and warrants outstanding to acquire up to 12,718,590 Common Shares, restricted share units outstanding entitling the holders to receive, in aggregate, up to 1,195,794 Common Shares and pursuant to employment agreements between the Corporation or prohibiting and its executive officers and the sale of retainer agreement between the Offered Shares or Corporation and the trading of any Non-Executive Chairman of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now person, firm or corporation has any agreement or option option, or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive preemptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, purchase from the Corporation of any unissued sharesCommon Shares;
(f) all of the issued and outstanding securities of the Corporation have been duly and validly authorized and issued and all of the issued and outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation are fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation, securities, warrants and none of the outstanding securities of the Corporation were issued in violation of the pre-emptive or convertible obligations similar rights of any nature securityholder of the Corporation;
(pg) since December 31, 2013, except other than as disclosed in the Public Record:, the Corporation is the beneficial owner and holder of record of all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of each of its subsidiaries, with good and valid title to all such shares, free and clear of all Liens and encumbrances;
(h) the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to issue the Subscription Receipts, the Special Warrants and the Underlying Shares;
(i) there has not been any material change the Subscription Receipts, at the Closing Time, the Special Warrants at the time of issuance and the Underlying Shares issuable upon the exercise or deemed exercise of the Special Warrants in accordance with their terms, at the assetstime of issue of the Underlying Shares, liabilitiesshall be duly authorized, obligations (absolutevalidly issued, accruedand with respect to the Underlying Shares, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation on a consolidated basisand the provisions of the Underlying Shares conform in all material respects with their descriptions in this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements;
(iij) there has not on or prior to the Closing Time, the forms of the certificates for the Subscription Receipts, the Special Warrants and the Underlying Shares will have been any material change in approved by the capital stock or long-term debt board of directors of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; andand adopted by the Corporation and will comply with all legal and stock exchange requirements and will not conflict with the Corporation’s constating documents;
(iiik) the Underlying Shares are conditionally listed for trading on the TSX and approved for listing on the NYSE MKT, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions required by the TSX;
(l) the Corporation has carried on its business is not in default or breach of, and the ordinary course;
(q) execution and delivery of, and the Financial Statements performance of and compliance with the terms of, the Material Agreements and the performance of any of the Corporation present fairlytransactions contemplated by the Material Agreements by the Corporation, do not and will not result in all material respectsany breach of, the financial condition or constitute a default under, and do not and will not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, will result in a breach of or constitute a default under any applicable laws or any term or provision of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for articles, notice of articles or resolutions of the periods then ended;
directors or shareholders of the Corporation, or any mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement (r) written or oral), instrument, lease or other document to which the Corporation does not have is a party or by which it is bound, or any liabilitiesjudgment, direct decree, order, statute, rule or indirectregulation applicable to the Corporation, contingent which default or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could breach might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(sm) the Material Agreements and the performance of the Corporation’s obligations under the Material Agreements have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and the Material Agreements have been duly executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and, with respect to this Agreement, by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law;
(n) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with any Governmental Authority or other person is required of the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery of or with the performance by the Corporation of its obligations under this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Subscription Receipt Agreement and the Special Warrant Indenture, except as required by Applicable Securities Laws with regard to the distribution of the Subscription Receipts, Special Warrants and Underlying Shares, if any, in the Selling Jurisdictions;
(o) the Corporation is not aware of any pending change or contemplated change to any applicable law or regulation or governmental position that would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(p) the Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, contain no misrepresentations and present fairly in all material respects the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Corporation on a consolidated basis as at the dates of such statements;
(q) the Corporation maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and maintains a system of disclosure controls and procedures that is designed to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation under Applicable Securities Laws is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified under Applicable Securities Laws and to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation under Applicable Securities Laws is accumulated and communicated to the Corporation’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure;
(r) no director or officer, former director or officer, or shareholder or employee of, or any other person not dealing at arm’s length with, the Corporation or its subsidiaries will continue after the Closing to be engaged in any material transaction or arrangement with or to be a party to a material contract with, or has any indebtedness, liability or obligation to, the Corporation or its subsidiaries, except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that Documents or for employment or consulting arrangements with employees or consultants or those serving as a director or officer of the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats or its subsidiaries as described in the Documents;
(s) neither the Corporation nor any of actions, proceedings its subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities or investigations obligations (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporationotherwise) that have been made continue to be outstanding except (i) as disclosed or contemplated in the Documents, or (ii) as incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Corporation oror its subsidiaries, to as the knowledge of the Corporationcase may be, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, and which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) except as would not be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, other than as disclosed in the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement Documents, there is no litigation or governmental or other proceeding or investigation at law or in equity before any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign, in progress, pending or, to the Corporation’s knowledge, threatened (and the Compensation Option CertificatesCorporation does not know of any basis for any such litigation or governmental or other proceeding or investigation) against, and or involving the fulfilment of assets, the terms hereof and thereof by Material Properties or other properties or business of, the Corporation, including the issuance nor are there any matters under discussion with any Governmental Authority relating to taxes, governmental charges, orders or assessments asserted by any such authority and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation’s knowledge there are no facts or circumstances which would reasonably be expected to form the basis for any such litigation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documentsgovernmental or other proceeding or investigation, by-laws taxes, governmental charges, orders or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporationassessments;
(u) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is independent with respect to the knowledge Corporation within the meaning of the Corporation, no agreement is rules of professional conduct applicable to auditors in force British Columbia and there has not been any reportable event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations of the Canadian Securities Administrators) with such firm or effect which in any manner affects other prior auditor of the voting Corporation or control of any of the securities of the Corporationits subsidiaries;
(v) all tax returns required to be filed by the Corporation is not included and its subsidiaries on or prior to the date of this Agreement have been filed, and all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding), including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable to such taxes or other assessments, due or claimed to be due have been paid, other than non-material amounts or those being contested in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions good faith and in particularfor which adequate reserves have been provided, without limiting the foregoing, and neither the Corporation has at all relevant times complied nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any agreement, waiver or arrangement with its obligations any taxing authority which relates to make timely disclosure any extension of all material changes relating time with respect to itthe filing of any tax returns, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and any payment of taxes or any assessment of taxes; there is no material change relating to tax deficiency which has been asserted against the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries which has occurred would have a Material Adverse Effect, and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared tax liabilities are adequately provided for in accordance with U.S. Canadian generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during within the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position Financial Statements of the Corporation as for all periods up to date of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then endedlatest audited balance sheet; there are no assessments or investigations in progress, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedthreatened against the Corporation in respect of taxes; there are no Liens for taxes upon the assets of the Corporation;
(zw) each of the Corporation and its subsidiaries has conducted and are conducting their business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of each jurisdiction in which they carry on business and neither the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of any alleged material violation of any such laws, rules and regulations;
(x) each of the Corporation and its subsidiaries possesses such permits, licences, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by Governmental Authorities (collectively, “Governmental Licences”) necessary to conduct the business now operated by them and currently proposed to be operated by them, except where the failure to so possess could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and all such Governmental Licences are valid and existing and in good standing. Each of the Corporation and its subsidiaries is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licences, except where the failure to so comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(y) except for such matters as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect (i) neither the Corporation nornor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any applicable federal, state, provincial, municipal or local laws, regulations, orders, government decrees or ordinances with respect to environmental, health or safety matters (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) the Corporation and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, and (iii) there are no pending administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, Liens, orders, directions, notices of non-compliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Corporation or its subsidiaries, and there are no facts or circumstances which would reasonably be expected to form the basis for any such administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, Liens, orders, directions, notices of non-compliance or violation, investigation or proceedings;
(i) each of the Corporation and its subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with the provisions of all applicable federal, provincial, state, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours (collectively, “Employment Laws”), (ii) no collective labour dispute, grievance, arbitration or legal proceeding is ongoing, pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any directorthreatened and, officerexcept as disclosed in the Documents, agentno individual labour dispute, employeegrievance, affiliate arbitration or person acting on behalf legal proceeding is ongoing, pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation is currently subject to Corporation, threatened with any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact employee of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to its subsidiaries that could reasonably be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thexpected
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent, and acknowledges that the Agents are Agent is relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties in connection with the Offering, warranties and covenants, thatas follows:
(a) the Corporation Corporation: (i) is has been duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) incorporated, amalgamated, continued or organized and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is validly existing as a company in good standing under such Act; (ii) the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, amalgamation, continuation or organization, and has all requisite the corporate power, capacity and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties property and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Sharesassets, to enter into this Agency Agreement conduct the Business as now conducted and the Compensation Option Certificates, as currently proposed to be conducted and to carry out the provisions contained hereof; and (ii) where required, has been duly qualified as an extra-provincial or foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in hereunder and thereundergood standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property, or conducts any business;
(b) other than the Subsidiary, the Corporation does not have has no subsidiaries and the Corporation has no investment in any material subsidiariesperson. The Subsidiary is the only subsidiary of the Corporation, including with respect to the generation of revenues. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation is the direct registered and beneficial owner of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Subsidiary, in each case free and clear of all Liens or adverse interests whatsoever, and no person, firm, corporation or entity has any agreement, option, right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation or the Subsidiary of any of the shares or other securities of the Subsidiary;
(c) no proceedings have been takenthe Subsidiary: (i) is duly incorporated and is validly existing as a company in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the corporate power, instituted orcapacity and authority to own, lease and operate its property and assets, to conduct the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on Business as now conducted and its property and assets as currently proposed to be ownedconducted and to carry out the provisions hereof; and (ii) where required, leased has been duly licensed, qualified or registered as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and operated is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property, or conducts any business and all is not precluded from carrying on business or owning property in such jurisdictions by any other commitment, agreement or document. All such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingpermits;
(ed) all necessary corporate action neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary has been taken served with or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval otherwise received notice of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawslegal, all consentsgovernmental, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission regulatory or other third partyproceedings or investigations and there are no legal, except such as have been obtained governmental, regulatory or such as may be required other proceedings or investigations (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws whether or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation purportedly on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities behalf of the Corporation or prohibiting any Governmental Authority) pending to which the sale Corporation or the Subsidiary is a party or of which any property or assets of the Offered Shares Corporation or the trading of any of Subsidiary is the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened orsubject and, to the best of the Corporation’s 's knowledge, pendingno such proceedings or investigations have been threatened or contemplated by any Governmental Authority or any other parties;
(oe) except as disclosed neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary owns any real property. Any real property or building held under lease by the Corporation or the Subsidiary, which is material, individually or in the aggregate, to the AgentsCorporation or the Subsidiary, no person now has any agreement is held by it under valid and subsisting leases enforceable against the respective lessors thereof with such exceptions as are not material, individually or option or right or privilege (whether at lawin the aggregate, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of to the Corporation;
(pf) since December 31each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary is the absolute legal and beneficial owner, 2013and has good and valid title to, all of the material property or assets thereof as described in the Disclosure Record free and clear of all Liens and defects of title except such as are disclosed in the Public Disclosure Record, and (i) no other material property or assets are necessary for the conduct of the Business as currently conducted, (ii) the Corporation has no knowledge of any claim or the basis for any claim that might or could materially and adversely affect the right of the Corporation or the Subsidiary to use, transfer or otherwise exploit such property or assets, and (iii) neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary has any responsibility or obligation to pay any commission, royalty, licence fee or similar payment to any person with respect to the property and assets thereof;
(g) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary has performed all of the obligations required to be performed by it prior to the date hereof and is entitled to all benefits under, and is not in default or to its knowledge alleged to be in default in respect of, any of the Material Agreements. All Material Agreements are in good standing and in full force and effect, and no event, condition or occurrence exists that, after notice or lapse of time or both, or otherwise, would constitute a default under or breach of, by the Corporation, any Subsidiary, or any other person, any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any of the Material Agreements. To the Corporation's knowledge, there is no dispute between the Corporation or the Subsidiary and any other party under any of the Material Agreements. Neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary has received any written notice of a dispute in respect of any of the Material Agreements. None of the Material Agreements contain terms under which the execution or performance of this Agreement or the completion of the Offering would give any other contracting party the right to terminate or adversely change the terms thereof or otherwise require the consent of any other person;
(h) to the knowledge of the Corporation, the other parties have complied with the terms of the Material Agreements and none of the other parties have breached any of the terms of or defaulted under any Material Agreements;
(i) the Corporation has no intention to terminate any of the Material Agreements and to the knowledge of the Corporation none of the other parties has any intention to terminate any of the Material Agreements;
(j) the terms of the Material Agreements are consistent in all material respects with the descriptions thereof in the Disclosure Record;
(k) the Material Agreements are the only contracts that are material to the Corporation or the Subsidiary taken as a whole;
(l) the Financial Statements:
(i) there has not have been any material change prepared in the assetsaccordance with Applicable Securities Laws and International Financial Reporting Standards, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation applied on a consolidated basisconsistent basis throughout the periods referred to therein, except as otherwise disclosed therein;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and condition of the Corporation and the Subsidiary on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of its operations and the changes in its shareholder's equity and cash flows for the periods then ended, subjectand do not contain a misrepresentation; and
(iii) to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, have been audited (in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsthe annual financial statements comprising the Financial Statements) by independent public accountants within the meaning of Applicable Securities Laws and the rules of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(ym) the operations of accountants who audited the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation Financial Statements are independent with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to Corporation within the knowledge meaning of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations of the Canadian Securities Administrators) with the Corporation’s Auditorscurrent auditors or any former auditors of the Corporation during the past five financial years;
(ddn) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all there are no material liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by of the Corporation have been paidwhether direct, indirect, absolute, contingent or otherwise which are not disclosed or reflected in the Financial Statements, except for where liabilities incurred in the failure to pay such taxes ordinary course of business since September 30, 2019, and which liabilities would not constitute an adverse material fact of not, individually or in the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returnsaggregate, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(eeo) except as disclosed in the Disclosure Record, neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary has any outstanding bonds, debentures, mortgages, promissory notes or other Indebtedness, is not under any obligation to create or issue any bonds, debentures, mortgages, promissory notes or other Indebtedness, and is not a party to or bound by any agreement of guarantee, indemnification, assumption or endorsement or any other like commitment of the obligations, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or Indebtedness of any person;
(p) the audit committee's charter and composition complies with National Instrument 52-110 - Audit Committees of the Canadian Securities Administrators;
(q) except as disclosed in the Disclosure Record, none of the directors, executive officers or shareholders who beneficially own, directly or indirectly, or exercise control or direction over, more than 10% of the outstanding Common Shares or any known associate or affiliate of any such person, had or has any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction or any proposed transaction (including, without limitation, any loan made to or by any such person) with the Corporation which, as the case may be, materially affects, is material to or will materially affect the Corporation and the Subsidiary on a consolidated basis;
(r) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary has duly and on a timely basis filed all foreign, federal, state, provincial and municipal and all other tax returns required to be filed by it, has paid all taxes due and payable by the Corporation and the Subsidiary, respectively (whether or not shown as owing on such tax returns), and has paid all assessments and reassessments and all other taxes, governmental charges, penalties, interest and other fines or additions thereto due and payable by it or which are claimed by any Governmental Authority to be due and owing, and has withheld and remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority any applicable withholding taxes, and adequate provision has been made for taxes payable for any completed fiscal period for which tax returns are not yet required to be filed; there are no agreements, waivers or other arrangements providing for an extension of time with respect to the filing of any tax return or payment of any tax, governmental charge or deficiency by the Corporation or by the Subsidiary; there are no actions, suits, proceedings, investigations, audits or other claims pending or, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, threatened against the Corporation or the Subsidiary in respect of taxes, governmental charges or assessments; and there are no matters under dispute with any Governmental Authority relating to taxes, governmental charges or assessments asserted by any such authority;
(s) there are no liens for taxes on the assets of the Corporation or the Subsidiary, and, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, there are no audits pending of the tax returns of the Corporation or the Subsidiary (whether federal, state, provincial, local or foreign) and there are no claims which have been or to the Corporation's knowledge may be asserted relating to any such tax returns;
(t) the Disclosure Record sets forth a true and complete list of all material Intellectual Property owned or used by the Corporation and the Subsidiary, together with the details of any registrations and applications for registration with respect thereto;
(u) the registrations and applications for registration listed in the Disclosure Record are valid and subsisting, in good standing, and enforceable against third parties and are recorded, maintained and renewed in the name of the Corporation and/or the Subsidiary, in the appropriate registries or government offices to preserve the rights of the Corporation and/or the Subsidiary, thereof and thereto. To the best of the Corporation's knowledge, there are no facts or issues which currently exist with respect to the any patent applications listed in the Disclosure Record that are likely to result in such applications being rejected by the relevant intellectual property office;
(v) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary owns, possesses or has sufficient right, title and interest to the Intellectual Property, necessary for the operation, conduct and maintenance of the Business as such Business is currently and has historically been operated, conducted or maintained and the Offering will not impair, alter or limit in any way such ownership or rights;
(w) the Corporation and the Subsidiary have taken all reasonable steps to protect: (i) their respective rights in and to its owned Intellectual Property, in each case in accordance with industry practice; and (ii) the secrecy, confidentiality and value of any confidential elements of the Intellectual Property;
(x) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary owns and has the exclusive legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Intellectual Property in its own name, free and clear of any Liens, and none of the Intellectual Property has been licensed from or to a third party. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary are a party to or bound by any contract that limits or impairs its ability to use, sell, transfer, assign or convey, or that otherwise affects the Intellectual Property;
(y) all of the persons who either alone or in concert with others, developed, invented, improved, adapted, created, discovered, derived, programmed, designed, modified, updated, corrected or maintained any element or combination of elements in the Intellectual Property owned by the Corporation or the Subsidiary are employees, former employees, officers, former officers, directors, former directors, independent contractors, former independent contractors, partners, former partners, and agents of the Corporation and/or the Subsidiary, all of whom have, or as of Closing will have, executed valid and binding written assignments of any and all rights they may have in any element or combination of elements in any Intellectual Property in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(z) none of the employees, former employees, officers, former officers, directors, former directors, independent contractors, former independent contractors, partners former partners, agents and other agents of the Corporation or the Subsidiary has any moral rights (or other similar rights) which have not been waived in any element or combination of elements of the Intellectual Property;
(aa) neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary is a party to any action or proceeding, nor, to ththe best of the Corporation's knowledge, is or has any action or proceeding been threatened that alleges that any current or proposed conduct of the Business (including, without limitation, use or other exploitation of any Intellectual Property Rights by the Corporation, the Subsidiary or any customers, distributors or other licensees) has or will infringe, violate or misappropriate or otherwise conflict with any Intellectual Property Rights of any person;
(bb) the conduct of the Business by the Corporation and the Subsidiary (including, without limitation, the sale of their respective products and services, or the use or other exploitation of the Intellectual Property by the Corporation, the Subsidiary or any customers, distributors or other licensees thereof) has not infringed, violated, misappropriated or otherwise conflicted with any Intellectual Property Rights of any person; there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Corporation or the Subsidiary infringes or otherwise violates (or would infringe or otherwise violate upon commercialization of the Corporation's or the Subsidiary's products or services under development) any Intellectual Property of others, and the Corporation has no knowledge of any facts which form a reasonable basis for any such claim;
(cc) no element of the Intellectual Prop
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Sources: Agency Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, covenants and agrees with and represents and warrants and covenants as follows to the Agents, Vendor as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date and acknowledges and confirms that the Agents are Vendor is relying upon on such representations, warranties and covenants, thatagreements, representations and warranties in connection with the purchase of the Purchased Shares:
(a) the Corporation has delivered the GGB GSA to the Vendor free from any conditions of escrow;
(ib) the Corporation is a company duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) organized, validly existing and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) the laws of the Province of Ontario and has all requisite corporate power, the power and authority and capacity all authorizations to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesconducted;
(c) no proceedings have been takenthe entering into of this agreement and the GGB GSA and the completion of the transactions contemplated by such agreements does not and will not result in a violation or breach of, instituted oror constitute a default under, or conflict with, any of the terms and provisions of any law, regulation, order or ruling applicable, or of any agreement, contract or indenture, written or oral, to the knowledge which it is or may be a party or by which it is or may be bound, or of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution ’s constating documents or liquidation any resolutions of the Corporationits directors or shareholders;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules the authority and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, capacity to enter into this agreement and local environmental anti-pollution the GGB GSA and licensing laws, regulations to carry out the terms contemplated hereunder and other lawful requirements thereunder. Each of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on this agreement and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action the GGB GSA has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation obligations of the Corporation, each enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms;
(e) the Corporation has received an oral opinion from its independent financial advisor, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generallyCanaccord Genuity Corp. (Canaccord), that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, stating that the provisions thereof relating to indemnityPurchase Price is fair, contribution and waiver from a financial point of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject view, to the provisions of Corporation’s shareholders (other than the Limitations Act, 2002 (OntarioVendor);
(hf) except the Corporation has received an oral opinion from Canaccord stating that (i) a liquid market exists for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment common shares of the terms hereof Corporation (the GGB Shares); and thereof (ii) it is reasonable to conclude that, following the completion of the acquisition of the Purchased Shares, there will be a market for holders of GGB Shares that are not acquired by the Corporation, including Corporation that is not materially less liquid than the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained market that existed prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation acquisition of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Purchased Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(mg) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published has received exemptive relief from the Ontario Securities Commission to complete the transactions contemplated by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect this agreement (the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwiseOSC Order), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iiih) the Corporation has carried on its business in received the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements written consent of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition holders of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants GGB Shares as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact terms of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thOSC Order.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Share Purchase Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges intending that the Agents are relying same may be relied upon such representations, warranties and covenantsby the Agents, that:
(a) each of the Corporation (i) and the Material Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and organized and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect laws of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) its jurisdiction of incorporation, continuance or amalgamation, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted conducted, and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in assets, and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderits obligations under this Agreement;
(b) the only material operating subsidiaries of the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesare listed in Schedule “A”;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge Corporation or one of its Material Subsidiaries owns the issued and outstanding shares of each of the CorporationMaterial Subsidiaries as set out in Schedule “A”, are pending for the dissolution in each case free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, charge, claim or liquidation of the Corporationencumbrance other than as described in Schedule “B”;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business is a reporting issuer or the equivalent in compliance, each of the Qualifying Provinces and the Corporation is not in all default in any material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful respect of any of the requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingCanadian Securities Laws;
(e) as of the date hereof, the Corporation has complied with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws pursuant to which it is subject and has provided full, true and plain disclosure of all necessary corporate action material facts (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) relating to the Corporation on a consolidated basis in the Company Public Disclosure Documents and the Company Public Disclosure Documents do not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) as of the date hereof, provided that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to statements contained in such documents relating solely to the Agents, the U.S. Placement Agents or Selling Firms or provided by the Agents, the U.S. Placement Agents or Selling Firms and to the extent that any information or statement in a Company Public Disclosure Document has been taken superseded by any subsequent information or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Optionsstatement in a subsequent Company Public Disclosure Document;
(f) except for no order, ruling or determination having the approval effect of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal ceasing, suspending or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending restricting trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities Debentures has been issued and no proceedings proceedings, investigations or inquiries for such purpose are threatened pending or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingthreatened;
(og) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed ’s Common Shares are posted and listed for trading on the Exchanges and the Corporation is not in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been default in any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation respect of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions listing requirements of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the CorporationExchanges;
(uh) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times each Company Public Disclosure Document complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been when so filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reportsCanadian Securities Laws as interpreted and applied by the Canadian securities regulatory authorities, schedulesand each document filed with the SEC since December 31, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including 2005 pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has Act complied when so filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements U.S. Securities Laws; and none of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect such documents contained, at the time of its filing. Such financial , any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted at the time of its filing to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements have been prepared therein, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during light of the periods involved (“GAAP”)circumstances under which they were or are made, not misleading, except as may be otherwise specified to the extent superseded by any subsequent information or statement in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsa subsequent Company Public Disclosure Document;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cci) there has not been any a “reportable event” (within the meaning as that term is defined in Part V of National Instrument 51- 51-102 - – Continuous Disclosure Obligations of the Canadian Securities Administrators) with the auditors of the Corporation;
(j) other than as set forth in the Company Public Disclosure Documents, or in the Corporation’s AuditorsStock Option Plans, the Corporation is not a party to and has not entered into any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege reasonably capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares;
(ddk) all taxes (including income taxas at November 6, 2007, the authorized share capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by of the Corporation consisted of an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of First Preferred shares, of which 233,545,281 Common Shares and no First Preferred shares are issued and outstanding;
(l) the Corporation and each of the Material Subsidiaries have been paidconducted and are conducting their respective businesses in material compliance with all applicable laws, except for where rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and directives, including without limitation, all laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining and to mining claims, concessions or leases, and environmental, health and safety laws, rules, regulations, or policies or other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries in each jurisdiction in which the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries carries on their respective businesses, other than those in respect of which the failure to pay such taxes comply would not constitute an individually or in the aggregate be material and adverse material fact of to the Corporation or result in a and the Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to for the Agents, and acknowledges that benefit of the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatSubscribers as follows:
(a) the Corporation is (iand will be at the Closing Time) is duly amalgamated under a reporting issuer in the Business Corporations Act (Provinces of Ontario) (the “Act”) , Alberta and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings British Columbia, and is in good standing compliance with all material obligations under Applicable Securities Laws of such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderjurisdictions;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiarieshas been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of the Province of Ontario and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted is conducting its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably will at the Closing Time be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing, except in respect of matters which do not and will not result in any adverse material change in respect of the Corporation, and except for the failure to be so qualified or the absence of any such license, registration or qualification which does not and will not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis;
(ed) the Corporation has all required corporate power and authority to enter into and carry out the provisions of this subscription agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) duly authorize the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement subscription agreement and such other agreements and instruments and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby thereby and therebyso as to validly create, including issue and deliver the Debentures and Warrants subscribed thereby and to validly create and irrevocably allot for issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)Underlying Securities;
(he) except for the Corporation is neither in default or in breach in any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsmaterial respect of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof subscription agreement by the Corporation, including the issuance performance and compliance with the terms of this subscription agreement, the issue and sale of the Offered SharesDebentures and Warrants, do not and the issue of the Underlying Securities will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading result in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance breach of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed be in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether or create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time time, or both, (A) would constitute a default either directly or indirectly under any statute, rule term or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) provision of the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of Corporation or any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, material mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation it is a party or by which they are it is bound; ;
(f) the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the conversion rights under its Debentures, if and when issued in accordance with the Debentures, as applicable, and the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, if and when issued in accordance with the Warrants, as applicable, will be validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable;
(g) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required by the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery or with the performance by the Corporation of this subscription agreement except in compliance with and the rules of the TSX;
(Dh) any judgmentto the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, decree or order binding information and belief, no portion of the Corporation’s Information Record contained a misrepresentation as at its date of public dissemination;
(i) there has been no adverse material change in relation to the Corporation since May 14, 2008, and no adverse material fact exists in relation to the Corporation or the respective property its securities which, in either case, has not been generally disclosed or assets of disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record;
(uj) this subscription agreement and all other agreements required in connection with the issue and sale of the Debentures have been or will be, at or prior to the knowledge Closing Time, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and will be valid and binding obligations of the CorporationCorporation enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, no agreement is insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles or (iii) limitations under applicable law in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control respect of any rights of the securities indemnity, contribution and waiver of the Corporation;contribution); and
(vk) the Corporation is not included in a list intends that the net proceeds of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions Offering will be used substantially in the Qualifying Jurisdictions manner specified in Schedule “B” hereto.
(l) Forthwith after the Closing, the Corporation shall file such forms and in particulardocuments as may be required under the Applicable Securities Laws relating to the Offering and any further documents as may be required by any applicable regulatory authority which, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on shall include a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with Form 45-501F1 as prescribed by the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money LaunderingOntario) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced a Form 45-106F1 as prescribed by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Sources: Debenture Subscription Agreement (Northcore Technologies Inc.)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. 4.1 The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent (on its own behalf and on behalf of the Purchasers), and acknowledges that the Agents are Agent is relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenantsin entering into this Agreement, that:
(a) the Corporation has no material subsidiaries other than
(i) Fronteer de Mexico S.A. de C.V.;
(ii) Fronteer Eurasia Madencilik Limited Sirketi;
(iii) Fronteer Holdings Inc.; and
(iv) Fronteer Investment Inc. (the "Subsidiaries")
(b) the Corporation is a valid and subsisting corporation duly amalgamated incorporated and in good standing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) filing of annual reports with the execution and delivery Registrar of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 Companies (Ontario);
(hc) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsthe Corporation is a reporting issuer only in the Provinces of British Columbia, the execution Alberta and delivery of this Agency Agreement Ontario and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including to the issuance and sale best of its knowledge, is not in default of any of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require requirements of the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Canadian Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulationsLaws;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(ld) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common common shares without par value of which 45,213,734 common shares (the "Issued Shares") are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof as fully paid and non-assessable;
(e) the common shares of the Corporation are listed and posted for trading on the Exchange and, to the best of its knowledge, the Corporation is not in default of any of the listing requirements of the Exchange;
(f) except for the Subscription Agreements, Issued Shares, any Shares issued at Closing and the securities issuable to the Agent hereunder, and any options, warrants, agreements and convertible notes disclosed in Schedule "A" to this Agreement, there are no, nor will there be immediately prior to the Time of whichClosing, documents, instruments or other writings of any kind whatsoever which constitute a "security" (as that term is defined under Canadian Applicable Securities Laws) of May 20the Corporation;
(g) subject to due exercise (including payment in full of the applicable subscription price, 2015if any) of the instruments pursuant to which they are issued, 100,675,988 Common if any, upon their issuance, the Shares, the Commission Shares were and the Agent's Option Shares will be validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharescommon shares of the Corporation;
(h) upon their issuance, the Agent's Options will have been validly created and issued and will be outstanding, registered in the names of the holders thereof;
(i) all of the material transactions of the Corporation have been promptly and properly recorded or filed in or with the books or records of the Corporation and the minute books of the Corporation contain all records of the meetings and proceedings of the Corporation's directors, shareholders and other committees, if any;
(j) with respect to the two years preceding the date hereof, all prospectuses, annual information forms, material change reports, shareholder communications, press releases, publicly filed financial statements, and other disclosure documents of the Corporation (collectively the "Disclosure Documents") contain no untrue statement of a Material Fact relating to the Corporation as at the date on which such documents were filed on SEDAR nor do they omit to state a Material Fact relating to the Corporation which, at the date on which such documents were filed on SEDAR, was required to have been stated or was necessary to prevent a statement that was made from being false or misleading in the circumstances in which it was made and were prepared in accordance with and complied with Applicable Securities Laws;
(k) the Corporation holds all material licences and permits that are required for carrying on its business in the manner in which such business has been carried on and each of the foregoing is in full force and effect;
(l) the Corporation has the corporate power and capacity to own the assets owned by it and to carry on the business carried on by it and the Corporation is duly qualified to carry on business in all jurisdictions in which it carries on business;
(m) the Corporation is not aware has good and marketable title to its assets free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances of any legislation, kind whatsoever except as detailed in the agreements with respect to the acquisition of such assets as set forth in Schedule "B" or proposed legislation published in any relevant title opinions previously obtained by a legislative body, it with respect to any such assets (copies of which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect have been provided to the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwiseAgent) or prospects of set out in the Corporation on a consolidated basisCorporation's Disclosure Documents;
(n) no order ceasing the Corporation holds either exploration or suspending trading exploitation concessions or claims or other conventional property, proprietary or contractual interests or rights, recognized in the jurisdiction in which a particular mineral property is located, in respect of the minerals located in properties in which it has, or has a right to acquire, an interest under valid, subsisting and enforceable title documents or other recognized and enforceable agreements or instruments, sufficient to permit it to explore the minerals relating thereto, all such property, leases or claims and all property, leases or claims in which it has any securities interest or right have been validly located and recorded in accordance with all applicable laws and are valid and subsisting, it has all necessary surface rights, access rights and other necessary rights and interests relating to the mineral properties in which it has an interest granting it the right and ability to explore for minerals for development purposes as are appropriate in view of the rights and interest therein of it, with only such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made by it of the rights or interests so held, and each of the proprietary interests or rights and each of the documents, agreements and instruments and obligations relating thereto referred to above is currently in good standing in its name;
(o) the Corporation is current with all material filings required to be made in all jurisdictions in which it exists or carries on any material business and the Corporation is not in default of any filings required to be made under Applicable Securities Laws;
(p) the audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation or prohibiting for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 and the sale unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Offered Shares or Corporation for the trading interim three month period ended March 31, 2005 (collectively, the "Financial Statements") are true and correct in every material respect and present fairly and accurately the consolidated financial position and results of any the operations of the Corporation for the periods then ended and the Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis;
(q) there are no material liabilities of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened , whether direct, indirect, absolute or, to the best of the Corporation’s 's knowledge, pending;
(o) contingent or otherwise which are not disclosed or reflected in the Corporation's Financial Statements except as disclosed to those incurred in the Agentsordinary course of business of the Corporation since March 31, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for 2005 and which are recorded in the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature books and records of the Corporation;
(pr) since December March 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) 2005 there has not been any material change adverse Material Change of any kind whatsoever in the assetsfinancial position or condition of the Corporation, liabilitiesor any damage, obligations (absoluteloss or other change of any kind whatsoever in circumstances materially affecting the business or assets of the Corporation, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial the right or otherwise) or results of operations capacity of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried to carry on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effectbusiness;
(s) the contracts and agreements set out in Schedule "B" hereto constitute all of the material contracts and agreements of the Corporation under which the Corporation is obligated to pay or expend more than $50,000 per year presently in
(a) force, and all such contracts and agreements are in good standing in all material respects and not in default in any respect;
(t) all tax returns and reports of the Corporation required by law to have been filed have been filed and are substantially true, complete and correct and all taxes and other government charges of any kind whatsoever of it have been paid or accrued in the Financial Statements;
(u) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing Schedule "C" hereto, to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect)best of its knowledge, there are no threats of actions, suits, judgments, investigations or proceedings of any kind whatsoever outstanding, pending or investigations threatened against or affecting the Corporation or its directors (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf in their capacity as directors of the Corporation), officers (in their capacity as officers of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge or promoters (in their capacity as promoters of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation ) at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board board, bureau or agencyagency of any kind whatsoever which would result in an adverse Material Change in the financial position, domestic business or foreignprospects of the Corporation and, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effectthe best of its knowledge, there is no basis therefor;
(tv) neither the Corporation nor, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, any of its directors, officers and promoters are in breach of any law, ordinance, statute, regulation, by-law, order or decree of any kind whatsoever which breach would have a material adverse effect on the financial position, business or prospects of the Corporation;
(w) the Corporation has all requisite power and capacity and good and sufficient right and authority to enter into, deliver and carry out its obligations under this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements and to complete the transactions contemplated under this Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
(x) this Agreement has been authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with the terms thereof and, upon being executed and delivered, each of the Subscription Agreements and the certificates representing the Agent's Options will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with the terms thereof, subject to laws of general application with respect to bankruptcy and creditors' rights and the principles of equity;
(y) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesSubscription Agreements, the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and the fulfilment completion of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and transactions contemplated under this Agreement will not (as the case may be) conflict with with, or result in a the breach of or violation the acceleration of any of the terms or provisions ofindebtedness under, or constitute a default under, whether after notice the Articles or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, byBy-laws or resolutions Laws of the Corporation; (C) the terms of Corporation or any Debt Instrument, Material Agreementindenture, mortgage, noteagreement, indenturelease, instrument, lease licence or other instrument of any other material agreement kind whatsoever to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; it or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property of its properties or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporationis bound, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge best of its knowledge, any statute or any judgment, decree, order, rule, policy or regulation of any court, governmental authority or administrative body of any kind whatsoever applicable to the Corporation or any of its properties or assets, which could have a material adverse effect on the condition, business, properties or results of operations of the Corporation, threatened;; and
(z) neither except as disclosed herein and in the Corporation norDisclosure Documents, to the knowledge best of its knowledge, no action has been taken by any persons which would in any way limit, restrict or cause interference with any mineral exploration and development work which either the Corporation or any of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting Subsidiaries currently proposes to carry out on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use its mineral properties using the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;Private Placement.
(aa) all filings 4.2 The representations and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements warranties of the Corporation for contained in this Section 4 of this Agreement shall be true at the year ended December 31, 2014 applicable Time of Closing and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants the applicable Closing Date as required by though they were made at the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within applicable Time of Closing and the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with applicable Closing Date and they shall survive the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact completion of the Corporation or result in transactions contemplated under this Agreement for a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by period of two years from the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thapplicable Closing Date.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to each of the AgentsUnderwriters that, and acknowledges that the Agents Underwriters are relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties in purchasing the Offered Shares, warranties and covenants, thatif any:
(a) the Corporation is a corporation existing under the laws of British Columbia and is properly registered under the laws of all jurisdictions in which its business is carried on except where the failure to be so registered would not have a material adverse effect on the business or operations of the Corporation;
(ib) each Subsidiary is duly amalgamated incorporated and validly existing under the Business Corporations Act laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation;
(Ontarioc) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) Corporation has all the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted enter into this Agreement and to own, lease perform the transactions contemplated herein and operate its properties each of the Corporation and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Subsidiaries has all the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to createown, issue lease and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement operate its property and the Compensation Option Certificates, assets including licences or other similar rights and to carry out on the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, business as currently carried on or as currently proposed to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporationbe carried on;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in complianceauthorized share capital consisting of an unlimited number of common shares, in all material respectsof which 1,659,169 common shares are currently issued and outstanding. No person, with all applicable lawsfirm or corporation has any agreement or option, rules and regulations or right or privilege (including all applicable federalwhether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements for the purchase from the Corporation of any governmental or regulatory body, unissued shares of each jurisdiction the Corporation except as otherwise referred to in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingthe Final Prospectus;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or the Corporation will have been taken effected the Consolidation on or prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation OptionsTime;
(f) except for the approval financial statements of the TSXV Corporation in the Preliminary Prospectus and any postthe Amended Preliminary Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Corporation for each of the two fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015 and the nine-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsmonth period ended January 31, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action 2017 have been taken prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, applied on a consistent basis, and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed do not contain any misrepresentations, with respect to the Offeringperiod covered by such financial statements;
(g) the financial statements of the Corporation in the Final Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Corporation for each of the two fiscal years ended April 30, 2017 and April 30, 2016 have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, applied on a consistent basis, and do not contain any misrepresentations, with respect to the period covered by such financial statements;
(h) with respect to forward-looking information contained in the Prospectus: (i) the Corporation has a reasonable basis for the forward-looking information; all material forward-looking information is identified as such, and all such documents cautions users of forward-looking information that actual results may vary from the forward-looking information and identifies material risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward- looking information, and accurately states the material factors or assumptions used to develop forward-looking information; and (iii) the Corporation has not published any future oriented financial information or financial outlook in the Prospectus;
(i) the Corporation is not in material violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesperformance by the Corporation of its obligations under this Agreement will not result in any material breach or violation of, or be in material conflict with, or constitute a material default under, or create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material default under any term or provision of the constating documents or by-laws of the Corporation or any resolution of the directors or shareholders of the Corporation or any material contract, mortgage, note, indenture, joint venture or partnership arrangement, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, licence or regulation applicable to the Corporation;
(j) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and the performance no filing, registration or recording with, any Governmental Authority is required of the transactions contemplated hereby Corporation in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Corporation of this Agreement except as disclosed in the Final Prospectus and thereby, including compliance with the issuance and sale Canadian Securities Laws with regard to the distribution of the Offered Shares and the Cobalt Contract Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of if any, in the Corporation and Qualifying Jurisdictions;
(k) this Agency Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that except as enforcement thereof hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ the rights generally, that specific performance of creditors generally and other except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies may only be granted in are sought and subject to the discretion fact that rights of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution indemnity and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under limited by applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shareslaw;
(l) the Offered Shares and Cobalt Contract Shares are duly and validly authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesissued;
(m) to the Corporation is not aware knowledge of the Corporation, no securities commission, stock exchange or comparable authority has issued any legislationorder preventing or suspending the use or effectiveness of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Amended Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect any Prospectus Amendment or preventing the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale distribution of the Offered Shares or the trading of Cobalt Contract Shares, if any, in any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no Qualifying Jurisdiction nor instituted proceedings for such that purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that no such proceedings are pending or affecting contemplated;
(n) TSX Trust Company, at its principal offices in Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia, has been duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Corporation common shares of the Corporation;
(o) there is no litigation or governmental or other proceeding or investigation at law or in equity (whether in before any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) court or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental or public department, commission, board board, agency or agencybody, domestic or foreign, pending or, to the Corporation’s best knowledge, threatened (and the Corporation does not know of any basis therefor) against, or involving the assets, properties or business of, the Corporation or the Subsidiaries nor are there any matters under discussion with any Governmental Authority relating to taxes, governmental charges or assessments asserted by any such authority which could would materially adversely affect the value or the operation of such assets or properties or the business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(p) no person, firm or corporation has (or will have at the Closing Time) any agreement or option, or right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation of any unissued equity securities of the Corporation except as described in the Final Prospectus;
(A) none of the officers or employees of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries,
(B) no person who owns, directly or indirectly, more than 10% of any class of securities of the Corporation or securities of any person exchangeable, convertible or exercisable for more than 10% of any class of securities of the Corporation, and (C) no associate or Affiliate of any of the foregoing, had or has any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction or any proposed transaction with the Corporation or the Subsidiaries, except as disclosed in the Prospectus;
(r) the Corporation has not made any payment or loan to, or borrowed any moneys from nor is otherwise indebted to, any director, employee, shareholder or any person not dealing at arm’s length (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any Affiliate (as this term is defined in the Business Corporations Act (Ontario)) of any of the foregoing, except as specifically identified and quantified in the Prospectus;
(s) there are no off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations) or other relationships of the Corporation with unconsolidated entities or other persons that may have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, changes in financial conditions, results of operations, earnings, cash flow, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources or significant components of revenue or expenses of the Corporation or that would reasonably be expected to have be material to an investor in making a Material Adverse Effectdecision to purchase the Offered Shares;
(t) the execution Corporation has no outstanding indebtedness or liabilities and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesis not a party to or bound by any suretyship, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporationguarantee, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Sharesindemnification or assumption agreement, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions endorsement of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable other similar commitment with respect to the Corporationobligations, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws liabilities or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms indebtedness of any Debt Instrumentperson, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which than those specifically identified in the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the CorporationProspectus;
(u) to the knowledge each of the Corporation, no agreement is in force Wolrige ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP and Charlton & Company are or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
were (v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United Statesrelevant time(s), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canadaapplicable) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation independent with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to Corporation within the knowledge meaning of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the applicable Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) , and there has not been any “reportable event” disagreement (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - – Continuous Disclosure Obligations with of the Canadian Securities Regulators) between the Corporation and Wolrige ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP and/or Charlton & Company during the last three completed fiscal years of the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddv) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or result specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity International Financial Reporting Standards to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded carrying value for assets is compared with the recoverable value for assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;
(w) except with respect to such matters as would not be material to the entity required to make such filings, (A) the Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries has duly and in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax timely manner filed all returns, declarations, remittances elections and filings designations relating to taxes which are required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed it with any Governmental Authority; (B) all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all of such returns, declarations, remittances elections and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts designations have been omitted therefrom prepared and made in accordance with applicable law and have completely and correctly reported all income and expenses and other amounts and information required to be reported thereon; (C) the Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries has duly and timely paid all taxes, including all installments on account of taxes for the current year, that are due and payable prior to the date hereof, other than those which would make are being contested in good faith and in respect of which adequate reserves have been provided in the financial statements in the Prospectus. Provision has been made in such financial statements for amounts at least equal to the amount of all taxes owing by the Corporation and the Subsidiaries that are not yet due and payable and that relate to periods ending on or prior to the Closing. Neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary has requested any extension of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure time within which to file any tax return, which tax return has not since been filed. The Corporation and the Subsidiaries have not received any refund of taxes to which it is not entitled; (D) there are no actions, suits, proceedings, investigations or claims pending or threatened against the Corporation or the Subsidiaries in respect of taxes, or any matters under discussion with any Governmental Authority relating to taxes asserted by any such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact authority; (E) neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary has executed any outstanding waivers or comparable consents regarding the application of the statute of limitations with respect to any taxes or tax returns. There are no liens for taxes upon any asset of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries; and (F) all taxes and other contributions that the Corporation or the Subsidiaries are required by law to withhold, collect or remit including, without limitation, for employee income tax, unemployment insurance, sales tax, goods and services tax, revenue taxes and non-resident withholding tax, have been duly withheld or collected and will be duly withheld or collected up until Closing Time, and have been paid or will in a timely manner be paid over to the proper Governmental Authority or held by them or on behalf of them;
(x) the Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business including, without limitation, all applicable Canadian federal, provincial, municipal and local laws and regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have, or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effectmaterial adverse effect;
(y) the Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries holds in good standing all material permits, licenses, registrations and qualifications, necessary for the conduct of its business as presently conducted. No examination The Corporation is in compliance, in all material respects, with each licence and permit held by it and no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination of any tax return such permit or license or has resulted, or after notice or lapse of time would result, in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such permit or license;
(z) the Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries and their properties, assets and operations are in compliance with, and hold all material permits, authorizations and approvals which the Corporation and the Subsidiaries are required to hold under Environmental Laws (as defined below); there are no past, present or reasonably anticipated future events, conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, actions, omissions or plans that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any material costs or liabilities to the Corporation or the Subsidiaries, or to interfere with or prevent compliance by the Corporation or the Subsidiaries with, Environmental Laws; neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries (A) is the subject of any investigation, (B) has received any notice or claim, (C) is a party to or affected by any pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries after due inquiry, threatened action, suit or proceeding, (D) is currently in progress and there are no issues bound by any judgment, decree or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paidorder, or may be payable, by the Corporation(E) is a party to any agreement, in each case relating to any case, except where such examinations, issues alleged violation of any Environmental Law or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact any actual or alleged release or threatened release or cleanup at any location of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effectany Hazardous Materials;
(eeaa) neither except for the contracts listed under the “Material Contracts” section of the Prospectus (including, without limitation, the Cobalt Contracts) (collectively, the “Material Contracts”), the Corporation is not party to any other material contract or agreement, including, without limitation, any contract or agreement for the purchase of physical cobalt or the acquisition of cobalt- related streams and royalties. Full, correct and complete copies of the Material Contracts have been delivered by the Corporation to ththe Underwriters. The Corporation has performed all of the obligations required to be performed by it and is entitled to all benefits under the Material Contracts. The Corporation is not alleged to be in default of any Material Contrac
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, Agent (on its own behalf and acknowledges on behalf of each of the Purchasers) that as at the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatdate hereof:
(a) each of the Corporation (i) and the Subsidiary has been duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect laws of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) its governing jurisdiction, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity is duly qualified to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, own or lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, capacity and authority and capacity to createcarry out its obligations under this Agreement, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement Warrant Indenture and the Compensation Option Certificates, and any other document, filing, instrument or agreement delivered in connection with the Offering, and to carry out the provisions contained in its obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(b) no agreement or instrument is in force or effect and there is no order or ruling which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesor the Subsidiary;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge Corporation beneficially owns and controls all of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation issued and outstanding voting shares and other securities of the Corporation;
(d) Subsidiary and does not beneficially own or exercise control or direction over the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements outstanding voting shares of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated company other than the Subsidiary and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV issued and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance outstanding shares of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly Subsidiary are issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesshares, free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands whatsoever and no person, firm or corporation has any agreement, option, right or privilege (whether present or future, contingent or absolute, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase from the Corporation of any interest in any of the shares or for the issue or allotment of any unissued shares in the capital of the Subsidiary or any other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares;
(jd) all consents, approvals, permits, authorizations or filings as may be required under Applicable Securities Laws necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Warrant Indenture, the Compensation Options Certificates and the sale of the Offered Units and the issuance and delivery of the Offered Securities and the Compensation Options, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, have been, been made or obtained or will be obtained prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and createdDate, as applicable, subject only to the Standard Listing Conditions;
(ke) the Compensation Option Shares to be currently issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 outstanding Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid are listed and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) posted for trading on the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially TSXV and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(zf) neither the Corporation nordefinitive form of certificate representing the Common Shares complies with the requirements of the OBCA, to complies with the knowledge requirements of the TSXV Corporate Finance Manual and does not conflict with the constating documents of the Corporation;
(g) the Audited Financial Statements and the Interim Financial Statements:
(i) have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards consistently applied throughout the period referred to therein;
(ii) contain no misrepresentation and present fairly, any directorin all material respects, officerthe financial position (including the assets and liabilities, agentwhether absolute, employee, affiliate contingent or person acting on behalf otherwise) of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office as at such dates and results of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements operations of the Corporation for the year ended December 31periods then ended; and
(iii) contain and reflect adequate provision or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, 2014 expenses and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by losses of the Canadian Securities LawsCorporation, and there has been no change in accounting policies or practices of the Corporation since the date of the Audited Financial Statements;
(cch) there the Corporation:
(i) has not made any significant acquisition, as such term is defined in Part 8 of NI 51-102, in its current financial year or prior financial years in respect of which historical and/or pro forma financial statements or other information would be required to be included or incorporated by reference into the Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus and for which a business acquisition report has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditorsfiled under NI 51-102;
(ddii) has not entered into any agreement or arrangement in respect of a transaction that would be a significant acquisition for purposes of Part 8 of NI 51-102; and
(iii) there are no proposed acquisitions by the Corporation that have progressed to the state where a reasonable person would believe that the likelihood of the Corporation completing the acquisition is high and would be a significant acquisition for the purposes of Part 8 of NI 51-102 if completed as of the date of the Final Prospectus;
(i) the Corporation has not declared or paid any dividends or declared or made any other payments or distributions on or in respect of any of its shares and has not, directly or indirectly, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its securities or agreed to do so or otherwise effected any return of capital with respect to such securities;
(j) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities governmental authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where misleading. Except as disclosed to the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of Agent, neither the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No nor the Subsidiary has received any written notice regarding the examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress or the Subsidiary and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority governmental authority respecting any taxes Taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation or the Subsidiary;
(k) the Corporation’s Auditors, which are the auditors who audited the Audited Financial Statements and who provided their audit report thereon, are independent public accountants under Applicable Securities Laws;
(l) there has never been a “reportable disagreement” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations) between the Corporation and the Corporation’s Auditors or with any former auditors of the Corporation;
(m) the Corporation maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that:
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization;
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets;
(iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and
(iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;
(n) the Corporation is in compliance with the certification requirements contained in National Instrument 52-109 – Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings of the Canadian Securities Administrators with respect to the Corporation’s annual and interim filings with Canadian securities regulators;
(o) the audit committee of the Corporation is comprised and operates in accordance with the requirements of National Instrument 52-110 – Audit Committees of the Canadian Securities Administrators, the majority of whom are “independent” within the meaning of such instrument;
(p) as at the Closing Date, except for the Warrants, Compensation Options and as set forth in Schedule “A” to this Agreement, no holder of outstanding securities of the Corporation will be entitled to any pre-emptive or any similar rights to subscribe for any of the Common Shares or other securities of the Corporation and, except as disclosed in Schedule “A”, no rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares in the capital of the Corporation are outstanding;
(q) no legal or governmental proceedings are pending to which the Corporation or the Subsidiary is a party or to which either of their properties is subject that would result individually or in the aggregate in a Material Adverse Change and, to the knowledge of the Corporation and the Subsidiary, no such proceedings have been threatened against or are contemplated with respect to the Corporation or the Subsidiary or any of their respective properties;
(r) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary is the legal and beneficial owner, free of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands whatsoever, of the interests in personal property referred to as owned by it in the Disclosure Record and described in the Disclosure Record, and all agreements under which each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary holds an interest in personal property are in good standing according to their terms;
(s) the minute books and records of the Corporation and the Subsidiary made available to counsel for the Agent in connection with its due diligence investigations are all of the minute books and records of the Corporation and the Subsidiary and contain copies of all material proceedings of the shareholders, the board of directors and all committees of the board of directors of the Corporation and the Subsidiary to the date of review of such corporate records and minute books and there have been no other meetings, resolutions or proceedings of the shareholders, board of directors or any committees of the board of directors of the Corporation and the Subsidiary not reflected in such minute books and other records;
(t) the Corporation is, and will be at the Closing Time, an Eligible Issuer and a reporting issuer in the Qualifying Jurisdictions under Applicable Securities Laws and is eligible to file a short form prospectus under NI 44-101; the Corporation is not in default in any casematerial respect of any requirement of Applicable Securities Laws and the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Canadian Securities Regulators. In particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation is in compliance at the date hereof with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it and, other than in respect of any material change reports previously filed on a confidential basis and thereafter made public or any material change reports previously filed on a confidential basis and in respect of which no material change ever resulted, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change statement has not been filed, except where to the extent that the Offering and the transactions contemplated thereunder may constitute a material change;
(u) on November 3, 2014, the Corporation filed the Preliminary Prospectus in each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions and obtained, pursuant to the Passport System, a receipt dated November 4, 2014 from the Principal Regulator therefor, evidencing the issuance by the Canadian Securities Regulators of receipts for the Preliminary Prospectus;
(v) the execution and delivery of each of this Agreement, the Warrant Indenture and the Compensation Option Certificates and the compliance with all provisions contemplated thereunder, the offering and sale of the Offered Units and the issuance of the Offered Securities and the Compensation Options does not and will not:
(i) require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority, stock exchange, securities regulatory authority or other third party, except: (A) such examinationsas have been obtained; or (B) such as may be required and will be obtained by the Closing Time;
(ii) result in a breach of or default under, issues nor create a state of facts which, after notice or disputes lapse of time or both, would not constitute an adverse material fact result in a breach of or default under, nor conflict with:
1. any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the constating documents or resolutions of the shareholders, board of directors or any committee of the board of directors of the Corporation or result the Subsidiary;
2. any Applicable Law applicable to the Corporation or the Subsidiary, including, without limitation, Applicable Securities Laws, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Corporation; or
3. any Material Agreement; or
(iii) give rise to any lien, charge or claim in or with respect to the properties or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Corporation or the Subsidiary or the acceleration of or the maturity of any debt under any indenture, mortgage, lease, agreement or instrument binding or affecting the Corporation or the Subsidiary or any of their respective properties;
(w) upon the execution and delivery thereof, each of this Agreement, the Warrant Indenture and the Compensation Option Certificates shall constitute a Material Adverse Effectvalid and binding obligation of the Corporation and each shall be enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought, and by the fact that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver, and the ability to sever unenforceable terms, may be limited by Applicable Law;
(x) at the Closing Time, all necessary corporate action will have been taken by the Corporation to: (i) validly create, authorize and issue the Warrants, Additional Warrants and the Compensation Options; and (ii) allot, reserve and authorize the issuance of each of the Unit Shares, as well as the Warrant Shares, Additional Shares, Compensation Warrants, and the Compensation Shares (upon the due exercise of the Warrants, Additional Warrants, Compensation Options, or Compensation Warrants, respectively, in accordance with the terms thereof) as fully paid and non-assessable securities in the capital of the Corporation;
(y) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares of which 18,912,155 Common Shares are issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable as at the date hereof;
(z) other than as contemplated hereby, there is no person acting or purporting to act at the request or on behalf of the Corporation that is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(aa) no person is entitled to demand the proceeds of the Offering or any part thereof;
(bb) all disclosure filings required to be made by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been made and such disclosure and filings contained no misrepresentation as at the respective dates thereof;
(cc) neither the Corporation nor the Subsidiary has knowledge of any legislation, or proposed legislation (published by a legislative body), which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation or the Subsidiary;
(dd) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiary is in material compliance with all Applicable Laws respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, pay equity and wages;
(ee) neither the Corporation there has not been and there is not currently any labour disruption or conflict which could reasonably be expected to thcau
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Agency Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsCorporation, and acknowledges that the Agents are Purchaser is relying upon on such representations, representations and warranties and covenantsin agreeing to purchase the Purchased Units, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is has been duly amalgamated incorporated and organized and validly subsists under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) jurisdiction of its incorporation, and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate powerpower and authority, authority as the case may be, to, and capacity to is qualified to, carry on its business as now conducted and to own, own or lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in all jurisdictions in which it currently carries on business and/or owns or leases its properties and assets and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate powerpower and authority to execute and deliver the Subscription Agreement, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Registration Rights Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance, compliance in all material respects, with all applicable laws, statutes, by-laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensedholds all material licenses, registered registrations, permits, consents or qualified qualifications required in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business order to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be ownedconducted, leased and operated and all such licenceslicenses, registrations registrations, permits, consents and qualifications are valid, valid and subsisting and in good standing and it in all respects;
(c) the Corporation has not received committed an act of bankruptcy or is insolvent, has proposed a notice of non-compliancecompromise or arrangement to its creditors generally, nor knows ofhas had a petition for a receiving order in bankruptcy filed against it, nor has reasonable grounds to know ofmade a voluntary assignment in bankruptcy, has taken any facts that could give rise proceedings with respect to a notice of noncompromise or arrangement, has taken any proceedings to have itself declared bankrupt, wound-compliance with up or dissolved, has taken any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected proceedings to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingreceiver appointed to any of its property or has had any execution or distress become enforceable or become levied upon any of its properties;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(ld) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of whichShares and, as at the date of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 the hereof the number of shares of Common Shares were Stock reflected in the Corporation’s most recent SEC filings reflects the number of shares of Common Stock currently issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesassessable;
(me) the Corporation there is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement instrument or document to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; , and which imposes restriction upon, or (D) any judgmentimpediment to, decree the declaration or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets payment of dividends by the Corporation;
(uf) to the knowledge execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the performance of the Corporationtransaction contemplated hereunder and thereunder, no agreement is the issuance of the First Units at the Closing Time, and compliance by the Corporation with the other provisions of this Subscription Agreement to be complied with by it, will not at the Closing Time:
(i) create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, will result in force a breach of or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of default under, and will not conflict with:
(A) any of the securities terms, conditions or provisions of the Corporation;
(v) articles, by-laws or resolutions of the shareholders, directors or any committee of directors of the Corporation or any indenture, agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained party or by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particularwhich it or they are contractually bound; or
(B) any statute, without limiting the foregoingrule, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to itregulation, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating by-law or law applicable to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails Canadian Securities Laws, or any means judgment, order or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment decree of any moneygovernmental body, agency or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of court having jurisdiction over the giving of anything of value Corporation ; or
(ii) give rise to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined lien, charge or claim in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending orproperties or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Corporation or the acceleration of or the maturity of any debt or other obligation under any indenture, to the knowledge mortgage, lease, agreement or instrument binding or affecting any of the Corporation, threatenedthem or any of their properties;
(zg) neither Each of this Subscription Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement has been or will be upon the execution thereof, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation norand constitutes or will constitute when executed, to the knowledge of the Corporationa legal, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf valid and binding obligation of the Corporation is currently enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, except that: (i) the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; (ii) rights of indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution thereunder may be limited under applicable law; and (iii) equitable remedies, including, without limitation, specific performance and injunctive relief, may be granted only in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction;
(h) upon completion of all of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement: (i) the Common Shares and Warrants comprising the First Units, and the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants, will have been validly authorized and issued by the Corporation; (ii) the Common Shares, and the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants, will be duly issued as fully paid and non-assessable and none of such securities will have been issued in violation of or subject to any United States sanctions administered pre-emptive rights or other contractual rights to purchase securities issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”)Corporation; and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;and
(aai) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress the legal and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paidbeneficial owner of, or may be payablehas good and marketable title to, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact and possesses all of the Corporation or result assets material to its business free and clear of any encumbrances (other than leased equipment used in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thordinary course of business).
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. (1) The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriters, and acknowledges intending that the Agents are relying same may be relied upon such representations, warranties and covenantsby the Underwriters, that:
(a) each of the Corporation (i) and the Material Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and organized and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect laws of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) its jurisdiction of incorporation, continuance or amalgamation, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and as contemplated by the Final Prospectus, and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in assets, and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderits obligations under this Agreement;
(b) the only material operating subsidiaries of the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesare listed in Schedule A;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge Corporation or one of its Material Subsidiaries owns the issued and outstanding shares of each of the CorporationMaterial Subsidiaries as set out in Schedule A, are pending for in each case free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, charge, claim or encumbrance other than as described in the dissolution Final Prospectus or liquidation of the CorporationIncorporated Documents;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business is a reporting issuer or the equivalent in complianceeach of the Qualifying Provinces and the Corporation is not in default of any of the requirements of the securities laws of such jurisdictions;
(e) the Corporation was and is eligible to use the POP System and at the respective times of filing, in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus together with any Prospectus Amendment and any Supplementary Material have and will comply with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws pursuant to which they have been filed, have and will provide full, true and plain disclosure of all material respectsfacts (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) relating to the Corporation on a consolidated basis and to the Common Shares and will not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)), provided that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to statements contained in such documents relating solely to the Underwriters;
(f) no order, ruling or determination having the effect of ceasing, suspending or restricting trading in any securities of the Corporation or the sale of the Common Shares has been issued and no proceedings, investigations or inquiries for such purpose are pending or, to the Corporation’s knowledge, threatened;
(g) the Corporation’s common shares are, and the Common Shares will be, posted and listed for trading on the Exchanges and the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any of the listing requirements of the Exchanges;
(h) other than options under the Corporation’s Stock Option Plans, the Corporation is not a party to and has not entered into any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege reasonably capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares other than as set out in Schedule B;
(i) as at December 5, 2003, the authorized share capital of the Corporation consisted of an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of First Preferred shares, of which 125,439,306 Common Shares and no First Preferred shares are issued and outstanding;
(j) the Corporation and each of the Material Subsidiaries have conducted and are conducting their respective businesses in compliance with all applicable laws, rules rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and regulations (directives, including without limitation, all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining and to mining claims, concessions or leases, and environmental, health and safety laws, rules, regulations, or policies or other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of bodies having jurisdiction over the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries in each jurisdiction in which its business is carried the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries carries on their respective businesses, other than those in respect of which the failure to comply would not individually or in the aggregate be material. Each of the Corporation and is licensedthe Material Subsidiaries holds all certificates, registered or qualified authorities, permits, licenses, registrations and qualifications (collectively, the “Authorities”) in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or each carries on business to enable its business and which are material for and necessary or desirable to be carried carry on their respective businesses as now conducted conducted. To the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, information and its property belief all the Authorities are valid and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting existing and in good standing and it none of the Authorities contain any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation which has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to any material adverse effect on the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action business of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted. Neither the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation nor any of the CorporationMaterial Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any of the Authorities which, enforceable against singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding, would materially adversely affect the business, operations, financial condition, or income of the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in or the discretion of Material Subsidiaries (taken as a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions whole) or any notice of the Limitations Actrevocation or cancellation of, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for or any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal intention to revoke or state securities lawscancel, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment any of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporationmining claims, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration concessions or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;leases comprising:
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common SharesBogoso/Prestea property;
(jii) the Compensation Options have beenMampon property;
(iii) the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ property;
(iv) the Yaou and Dorlin properties; and
(v) the Wassa property. The above-noted properties are referred to, or prior to collectively, as the Closing Time will be duly “Resource Properties” and validly authorized each such property, other than the Mampon property, is as described in the Form 10-K of the Corporation dated March 25, 2003. The Bogoso/Prestea property, the Mampon property and created;the Wassa property, are referred to, collectively, as the “Material Resource Properties”.
(k) the Compensation Option Shares Corporation and each of its Material Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to be issued upon exercise all assets owned by them free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances, other than as described in the Compensation OptionsIncorporated Documents and other than such liens, including payment charges and encumbrances that are not individually or in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesaggregate material to the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries;
(l) all interests in the authorized capital Resource Properties are owned, leased or held by the Corporation or its Material Subsidiaries as owner or lessee thereof, are so owned with good and marketable title or are so leased with good and valid title, are in good standing, are valid and enforceable, are free and clear of any liens, charges or encumbrances and no royalty is payable in respect of any of them, except as set out in the Final Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents or as are not individually or in the aggregate material to the Corporation or Material Subsidiaries, or other than as would not have a material effect on the value of such interests; no other material property rights are necessary for the conduct or intended conduct of the Corporation’s or the Material Subsidiaries’ business and there are no restrictions on the ability of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Sharesor the Material Subsidiaries to use, of whichtransfer or otherwise exploit any such property rights, except as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesset out in the Final Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents;
(m) (A) the Corporation is not aware and its Material Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all material terms and provisions of any legislationall contracts, or proposed legislation published by a legislative bodyagreements, which it anticipates will materially indentures, leases, instruments and adversely affect licences material to the businessconduct of its business and (B) all such contracts, affairsagreements, operationsindentures, assetsleases, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basispolicies, instruments and licences are valid and binding in accordance with their terms and in full force and effect;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
information and belief none of the real property (oand the buildings constructed thereon) except as disclosed to in which the AgentsCorporation or any of the Material Subsidiaries has a direct or indirect interest, no person now has any agreement whether leasehold or option fee simple or right or privilege otherwise (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of“Real Property”), or conversion intoupon or within which it has operations, is subject to any unissued shares, securities, warrants judicial or convertible obligations administrative proceeding alleging the violation of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, statestate or municipal environmental, municipal health or other governmental department, commission, board safety statute or agencyregulation, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds investigation concerning whether any remedial action is needed to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities respond to a release of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
Hazardous Material (aaas defined below) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by into the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations environment. Except in material compliance with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thapplicable environmental
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to for the Agents, and acknowledges that benefit of the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatSubscribers as follows:
(a) the Corporation is (iand will be at the Closing Time) is duly amalgamated under a reporting issuer in the Business Corporations Act (Provinces of Ontario) (the “Act”) , Alberta and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings British Columbia, and is in good standing compliance with all material obligations under Applicable Securities Laws of such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderjurisdictions;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiarieshas been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of the Province of Ontario and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted is conducting its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably will at the Closing Time be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing, except in respect of matters which do not and will not result in any adverse material change in respect of the Corporation, and except for the failure to be so qualified or the absence of any such license, registration or qualification which does not and will not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis;
(ed) the Corporation has all required corporate power and authority to enter into and carry out the provisions of this subscription agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) duly authorize the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement subscription agreement and such other agreements and instruments and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby thereby and so as to validly create and irrevocably allot for issuance the Common Shares subscribed thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of .
(e) the Corporation is neither in default or in breach in any material respect of, and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof subscription agreement by the Corporation, including the issuance performance and compliance with the terms of this subscription agreement, the issue and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and Common Shares will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading result in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance breach of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed be in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether or create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time time, or both, (A) would constitute a default either directly or indirectly under any statute, rule term or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) provision of the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of Corporation or any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, material mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation it is a party or by which they are it is bound; ;
(f) the Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Offering will be validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable;
(g) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required by the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery or with the performance by the Corporation of this subscription agreement except in compliance with and the rules of the TSX;
(Dh) any judgmentto the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, decree or order binding information and belief, no portion of the Corporation’s Information Record contained a misrepresentation as at its date of public dissemination;
(i) there has been no adverse material change in relation to the Corporation since March 23, 2007, and no adverse material fact exists in relation to the Corporation or the respective property its securities which, in either case, has not been generally disclosed or assets of disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record;
(uj) this subscription agreement and all other agreements required in connection with the issue and sale of the Common Shares have been or will be, at or prior to the knowledge Closing Time, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and will be valid and binding obligations of the CorporationCorporation enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, no agreement is insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles or (iii) limitations under applicable law in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control respect of any rights of the securities indemnity, contribution and waiver of the Corporation;contribution); and
(vk) the Corporation is not included in a list intends that the net proceeds of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions Offering will be used substantially in the Qualifying Jurisdictions manner specified in Schedule “B” hereto.
(l) Forthwith after the Closing, the Corporation shall file such forms and in particulardocuments as may be required under the Applicable Securities Laws relating to the Offering and any further documents as may be required by any applicable regulatory authority which, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on shall include a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with Form 45-501F1 as prescribed by the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money LaunderingOntario) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced a Form 45-106F1 as prescribed by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th45-106.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriters, and acknowledges intending that the Agents are relying same may be relied upon such representations, warranties and covenantsby the Underwriters, that:
(a) each of the Corporation (i) and the Material Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and organized and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect laws of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) its jurisdiction of incorporation, continuance or amalgamation, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and as contemplated by the Final Prospectus, and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in assets, and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderits obligations under this Agreement;
(b) the only material operating subsidiaries of the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesare listed in Schedule A;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge Corporation or one of its Material Subsidiaries owns the issued and outstanding shares of each of the CorporationMaterial Subsidiaries as set out in Schedule A, are pending for in each case free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, charge, claim or encumbrance other than as described in the dissolution Prospectus or liquidation of the CorporationIncorporated Documents;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business is a reporting issuer or the equivalent in complianceeach of the Qualifying Provinces and the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any of the requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws;
(e) the Corporation is eligible to use the POP System and at the respective times of filing, in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus together with any Prospectus Amendment and any Supplementary Material have complied and will comply with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws pursuant to which they have been or will be filed, have and will provide full, true and plain disclosure of all material respectsfacts (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) relating to the Corporation on a consolidated basis and to the Common Shares and do not and will not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) as of the date of filing, provided that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to statements contained in such documents relating solely to the Underwriters or Agents or provided by the Underwriters or Agents;
(f) no order, ruling or determination having the effect of ceasing, suspending or restricting trading in any securities of the Corporation or the sale of the Common Shares has been issued and no proceedings, investigations or inquiries for such purpose are pending or, to the Corporation’s knowledge, threatened;
(g) the Corporation’s common shares are posted and listed for trading on the Exchanges and the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any of the listing requirements of the Exchanges;
(h) other than options under the Corporation’s Stock Option Plans or as set out in the Final Prospectus or Incorporated Documents, the Corporation is not a party to and has not entered into any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege reasonably capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares other than as set out in the Final Prospectus;
(i) as at February 16, the authorized share capital of the Corporation consisted of an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of First Preferred shares, of which 207,938,661 Common Shares and no First Preferred shares are issued and outstanding;
(j) the Corporation, and each of the Material Subsidiaries have conducted and are conducting their respective businesses in material compliance with all applicable laws, rules rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and regulations (directives, including without limitation, all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining and to mining claims, concessions or leases, and environmental, health and safety laws, rules, regulations, or policies or other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of bodies having jurisdiction over the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries in each jurisdiction in which its business is carried the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries carries on their respective businesses, other than those in respect of which the failure to comply would not individually or in the aggregate be material and is licensedadverse to the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole). Each of the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries, registered or qualified hold all certificates, authorities, permits, licenses, registrations and qualifications (collectively, the “Authorities”) in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or each carries on business to enable its business and which are material for and necessary or desirable to be carried carry on their respective businesses as now conducted conducted. To the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, information and its property belief all the Authorities are valid and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting existing and in good standing and it none of the Authorities contain any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation which has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to any material adverse effect on the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action business of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes Material Subsidiaries (taken as a valid and binding obligation whole) as now conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted. None of the Corporation, enforceable against nor any of the Material Subsidiaries, has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any of the Authorities which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding, would materially adversely affect the business, operations, financial condition, or income of the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of Material Subsidiaries (taken as a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions whole) or any notice of the Limitations Actrevocation or cancellation of, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for or any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal intention to revoke or state securities lawscancel, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment any of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporationmining claims, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration concessions or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;leases comprising:
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common SharesBogoso/Prestea property;
(jii) the Compensation Options have beenPrestea Underground property;
(iii) the Wassa property; and
(iv) the Hwini-Butre and B▇▇▇▇ property. The above-noted properties are referred to, or prior to collectively, as the Closing Time will be duly “Material Resource Properties” and validly authorized each such property is as described in the Final Prospectus and created;Incorporated Documents.
(k) the Compensation Option Shares Corporation, and each of its Material Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to be issued upon exercise all assets owned by them free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances, other than as set forth is Schedule B hereto or the Compensation OptionsFinal Prospectus or Incorporated Documents and other than such liens, including payment charges and encumbrances that are not individually or in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued aggregate material to the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries taken as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesa whole;
(l) except as set out in the authorized capital Final Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents or as are not individually or in the aggregate material to the Corporation and Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), or other than as would not have a material effect on the value of such interests, all interests in the Material Resource Properties are owned, leased or held by the Corporation, or its Material Subsidiaries as owner or lessee thereof, are so owned with good and marketable title or are so leased with good and valid title, are in good standing, are valid and enforceable, are free and clear of any liens, charges or encumbrances and no royalty is payable in respect of any of them; no other material property rights are necessary for the conduct or currently intended conduct of the Corporation’s, or the Material Subsidiaries’ business and there are no restrictions on the ability of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Sharesor the Material Subsidiaries to use, of whichtransfer or otherwise exploit or explore (as the case may be) any such property rights, except as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesset out in the Final Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents;
(m) (A) the Corporation is not aware and its Material Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all material terms and provisions of any legislationall contracts, or proposed legislation published by agreements, indentures, leases, instruments and licences material to the conduct of their businesses taken as a legislative bodywhole and (B) all such contracts, which it anticipates will materially agreements, indentures, leases, policies, instruments and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basislicences are valid and binding in accordance with their terms and are in full force and effect;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading except in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, each case as publicly disclosed: (i) to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
information and belief none of the real property (oand the buildings constructed thereon) except as disclosed to in which the AgentsCorporation or any of the Material Subsidiaries has a direct or indirect interest, no person now has any agreement whether leasehold, fee simple or option or right or privilege otherwise (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of“Real Property”), or conversion intoupon or within which it has operations, is currently subject to any unissued shares, securities, warrants judicial or convertible obligations administrative proceeding alleging the violation of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, statestate or municipal environmental, municipal health or other governmental department, commission, board safety statute or agencyregulation, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected or is subject to have any investigation concerning whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any Hazardous Material Adverse Effect;
(tas defined below) into the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and environment; (ii) except in material compliance with applicable environmental laws, neither the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment Corporation nor any Material Subsidiary or any occupier of the terms hereof and thereof by the CorporationReal Property, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration notice under any federal, provincial, state or municipal law, domestic or foreign, indicating past or present treatment, storage or disposal of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The By accepting this offer, the Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, and acknowledges that the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatPurchaser as follows:
(a) the Corporation (i) has been duly incorporated and is duly amalgamated validly subsisting and in good standing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) Yukon Territory), and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority power and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderits obligations under this Subscription Agreement;
(b) on the Closing Date, the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior all corporate steps and proceedings necessary to approve the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawstransactions contemplated hereby, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) including the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)Subscription Agreement;
(hc) except the outstanding Shares are listed and posted for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, trading on the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulationsExchanges;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(nd) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any the securities of the Corporation or nor prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued such securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened orto the Corporation or its directors, officers or promoters and, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force investigations or effect which in any manner affects the voting proceedings for such purposes are pending or control of any of the securities of the Corporationthreatened;
(ve) prior to the Closing Date, the Corporation will have obtained all required approvals from the Exchanges in order to permit the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(f) the Corporation is not included a reporting issuer in good standing under the securities laws of the Reporting Provinces and is a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by company under the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis1934 Act, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with under any applicable securities laws in the Securities Commissions Reporting Provinces and no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis;
(g) the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to undertake the Offering, to issue the Securities, and at the Closing Time, the Shares and the Warrants will be duly and validly created, authorized and issued, and all Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants will be duly and validly authorized, allotted and reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Warrants and will, upon exercise of the Warrants be issued as fully-paid and non-assessable Shares;
(h) the Corporation and its subsidiaries are the beneficial owners of or have the right to acquire the interests in the properties, business and assets referred to in the Public Record, and any and all agreements pursuant to which the Corporation or its subsidiaries holds or will hold any such interests in properties, business or assets are in good standing in all material respects according to their terms, and the properties are in good standing in all material respects under the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situated;
(i) the Public Record is in all material respects in compliance with accurate and omits no facts, the rules and regulations omission of which makes the TSXVPublic Record or any particulars therein, misleading or incorrect;
(wj) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein except as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included disclosed in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”)Public Record, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements no actions, suits, inquiries or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA proceedings are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedare contemplated or threatened to which the Corporation or its subsidiaries is a party or to which the property of the Corporation or its subsidiaries is subject that would result individually or in the aggregate in any material adverse change in the operations, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation or its subsidiaries;
(zk) neither the Corporation norFinancial Statements present fairly, to in all material respects, the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf financial position of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as at the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); dates set out therein and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use results of their operations and the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, changes in their financial position for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFACperiods then ended, in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles;
(aal) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by except as disclosed in the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31Public Record, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” material change in the assets, liabilities or obligations (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddabsolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result its subsidiaries, as set forth in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returnsthe Financial Statements, declarationsand there has not been any material adverse change in the business, remittances and filings required to be filed by operations or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact operations of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress its subsidiaries, since September 30, 2005 and since that date there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paidno material facts, transactions, events or may be payable, by occurrences which could materially adversely affect the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact business of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effectits subsidiaries;
(eem) the Corporation and its subsidiaries have conducted and are conducting their businesses in material compliance with all applicable laws, by-laws, rules and regulations of each jurisdiction in which their businesses are carried on and hold all licences, registrations, permits, consents or qualifications (whether governmental, regulatory or otherwise) required in order to enable their businesses to be carried on as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted, and all such licences, registrations, permits, consents and qualifications are valid and subsisting and in good standing and neither the Corporation nor its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, registration, permit, consent or qualification which, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding, would materially adversely affect the conduct of the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or income of the Corporation or its subsidiaries;
(n) the Corporation has taken or will take all steps as may be necessary for it to thcomply with the requirements of the applicable securities laws of the Reporting Provinces, the United States and such other jurisdictions in which the Units are sold, and the Corporation is entitled to avail itself of the applicable prospectus and registration exemptions available under the applicable securities laws of the Reporting Provinces and the United States in respect of the offer and sale of the Units;
(o) the Corporation has filed all documents that it is required to file under the continuous disclosure provisions of applicable securities laws in Canada and the United States, including annual and interim financial information and annual reports, press releases disclosing material changes and material change reports, and all periodic reports required by Section 13(a) of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; and
(p) no form of general solicitation or general advertising as such terms are used in Rule 502(c) under the 1933 Act (including advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over radio or television, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees had been invited by general solicitation or general advertising) was or is being used by the Corporation in respect of or in connection with the offer and sale of the Units.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants and covenants to that, as of the Agents, date given above and acknowledges that at the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatClosing:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly a valid and subsisting corporation amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell laws of the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderProvince of British Columbia;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesis duly registered and licensed to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which it carries on business or owns property where required under the laws of that jurisdiction;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to as at the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery date of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 which 29,671,832 Common Shares were are issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesas at January 22, 2019;
(md) all financial statements, information circulars, news releases, material change reports and other documents filed by the Corporation with the Commissions in Canada on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval or with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Disclosure Record”) within the past 12 months were true and correct in all material respects and did not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (British Columbia)) as at the respective dates of such filings;
(e) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation is the beneficial owner of the properties, business and assets or the interests in the properties, business or assets referred to in the Disclosure Record;
(f) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, any and all agreements pursuant to which the Corporation holds its material assets or is entitled to the use of material assets are valid and subsisting agreements in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and the Corporation is not in material default of any of the provisions of any such agreements nor has any such default been alleged, and the Corporation is not aware of any legislationdisputes with respect thereto and such assets are in good standing under the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situate, and all leases, licences, concessions, and claims pursuant to which the Corporation derives its interests in such material assets are in good standing and there has been no material default under any such leases, licenses, concessions, and claims and all taxes required to be paid with respect to such assets to the date hereof have been paid;
(g) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and directives of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business (except when the failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect) and possesses all material certificates, authorities, permits or licences issued by the appropriate provincial, state, municipal, federal or other governmental or regulatory agency or body necessary to carry on the business currently as carried on, or proposed legislation published contemplated to be carried on, by a legislative bodyit, which it anticipates will is in compliance in all material respects with such certificates, authorities, permits and licences and with all laws, regulations, tariffs, rules, orders and directives material to its operations, including, without limitation, all laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining claims, concessions, licenses, leases or other instruments and the Corporation has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificates, authorities, permits, licences, mining claims, concessions, leases or other instruments conferring mineral rights which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, order, ruling or finding, would materially and adversely affect the conduct of its business, affairs, operations, assetsfinancial condition or income of the Corporation and it has not received notice of the revocation or cancellation of, or any intention to revoke or cancel, any such licence, permit, approval, consent, certificate, registration or authorization;
(h) the financial statements of the Corporation contained in the Disclosure Record, filed with any of the Commissions have all been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, accurately reflect the financial position and all material liabilities (accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities as of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingdate thereof;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) the Corporation has complied and will comply fully with the requirements of all applicable corporate and securities laws and administrative policies and directions, including, without limitation, the Securities Laws and the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in relation to the issue and trading of its securities and in all matters relating to the private placement of the Offered Securities;
(j) there is not presently any material change, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to the Corporation or change in any material fact, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to any of the Purchased Securities, which has not been any material change fully disclosed in accordance with the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations requirements of the Corporation on a consolidated basisSecurities Laws and the policies of the Stock Exchanges;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iiik) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance issue and sale of the Offered Shares, do Securities by the Corporation does not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or with, and does not and will not result in a breach or violation of of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease ’s constating documents or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; or ;
(Dl) any judgmentexcept as described in the Disclosure Record, decree or order binding the Corporation is not a party to any actions, suits or proceedings which could materially affect its business or financial condition, and to the respective property or assets best of the Corporation’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are contemplated or have been threatened;
(um) there are no judgments against the Corporation which are unsatisfied, nor is the Corporation subject to any consent decrees or injunctions;
(n) this Agreement has been or will be at the knowledge Closing Date duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Corporation, no agreement and the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to undertake the Offering;
(o) to the Corporation’s knowledge, it is not in force or effect which default in any manner affects the voting or control material respect of any of the requirements of the Securities Laws or any of the administrative policies, notices or rules, as applicable, of the Toronto Stock Exchange;
(p) no order ceasing or suspending trading in securities of the CorporationCorporation nor prohibiting the sale of such securities has been issued to and is outstanding against the Corporation or its directors, officers or promoters or against any other companies that have common directors, officers or promoters and no investigations or proceedings for such purposes are pending or threatened;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(wq) the Corporation has complied in filed all material respects with requirements to file all reportsfederal, schedulesprovincial, forms, statements local and other documents that it is foreign tax returns which are required to file under the U.S. Exchange Actbe filed, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAPrequested extensions thereof, and fairly present in have paid all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of taxes required to be paid by them and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then endedany other assessment, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norfine or penalty levied against them, to the knowledge extent that any of the Corporationforegoing is due and payable, any directorexcept for such assessments, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of fines and penalties which are currently being contested in good faith; and
(r) the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, established on its books and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of records reserves which are adequate for the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) not yet due and payable by and there are no liens for taxes on the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact assets of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returnsits subsidiaries except for taxes not yet due, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with audits of any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, of the tax returns of the Corporation which are known by the Corporation’s management to be pending, other than such audits which are currently being contested in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thgood faith.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. (1) The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriters, and acknowledges intending that the Agents are relying same may be relied upon such representations, warranties and covenantsby the Underwriters, that:
(a) each of the Corporation (i) and the Material Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and organized and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect laws of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) its jurisdiction of incorporation, continuance or amalgamation, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and as contemplated by the Final Prospectus, and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in assets, and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderits obligations under this Agreement;
(b) the only major operating subsidiaries of the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesare listed in Schedule A;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge Corporation or one of its Material Subsidiaries owns the issued and outstanding shares of each of the CorporationMaterial Subsidiaries as set out in Schedule A, are pending for in each case free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, charge, claim or encumbrance other than as described in the dissolution Final Prospectus or liquidation of the CorporationIncorporated Documents;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business is a reporting issuer or the equivalent in complianceeach of the Qualifying Provinces and the Corporation is not in default of any of the requirements of the securities laws of such jurisdictions;
(e) the Corporation was and is eligible to use the POP System and at the respective times of filing, in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus together with any Prospectus Amendment and any Supplementary Material have and will comply with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws pursuant to which they have been filed, have and will provide full, true and plain disclosure of all material respectsfacts (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) relating to the Corporation on a consolidated basis and to the Common Shares and will not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)), provided that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to statements contained in such documents relating solely to the Underwriters;
(f) no order, ruling or determination having the effect of ceasing, suspending or restricting trading in any securities of the Corporation or the sale of the Common Shares has been issued and no proceedings, investigations or inquiries for such purpose are pending or, to the Corporation's knowledge, threatened;
(g) the Corporation's common shares are, and the Common Shares will be, posted and listed for trading on the Exchanges and the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any of the listing requirements of the Exchanges;
(h) other than options under the Corporation's Stock Option Plans, the Corporation is not a party to and has not entered into any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege reasonably capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares other than as set out in Schedule B;
(i) as at August 1, 2003, the authorized share capital of the Corporation consisted of an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of First Preferred shares, of which 108,831,244 Common Shares and no First Preferred shares are issued and outstanding;
(j) the Corporation and each of the Material Subsidiaries have conducted and are conducting their respective businesses in compliance with all applicable laws, rules rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and regulations (directives, including without limitation, all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining and to mining claims, concessions or leases, and environmental, health and safety laws, rules, regulations, or policies or other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of bodies having jurisdiction over the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries in each jurisdiction in which its business is carried the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries carries on their respective businesses, other than those in respect of which the failure to comply would not individually or in the aggregate be material. Each of the Corporation and is licensedthe Material Subsidiaries holds all certificates, registered or qualified authorities, permits, licenses, registrations and qualifications (collectively, the "Authorities") in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or each carries on business to enable its business and which are material for and necessary or desirable to be carried carry on their respective businesses as now conducted conducted. To the best of the Corporation's knowledge, information and its property belief all the Authorities are valid and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting existing and in good standing and it none of the Authorities contain any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation which has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to any material adverse effect on the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action business of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted. Neither the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation nor any of the CorporationMaterial Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any of the Authorities which, enforceable against singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding, would materially adversely affect the business, operations, financial condition, or income of the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in or the discretion of Material Subsidiaries (taken as a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions whole) or any notice of the Limitations Actrevocation or cancellation of, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for or any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal intention to revoke or state securities lawscancel, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment any of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporationmining claims, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration concessions or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;leases comprising:
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common SharesBogoso/Prestea property;
(jii) the Compensation Options have beenMampon property;
(iii) the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ property;
(iv) the Yaou and Dorlin properties; and
(v) the Wassa property; (each as described in the Form 10-K of the Corporation dated March 25, or prior 2003, collectively referred to herein as the Closing Time will be duly "Resource Properties", and validly authorized the Bogoso/Prestea property, the Mampon property and createdthe Wassa property, collectively being referred to herein as the "Material Resource Properties");
(k) the Compensation Option Shares Corporation and each of its Material Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to be issued upon exercise all assets owned by them free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances, other than as described in the Compensation OptionsIncorporated Documents and other than such liens, including payment charges and encumbrances that are not individually or in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesaggregate material to the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries;
(l) all interests in the authorized capital Resource Properties are owned, leased or held by the Corporation or its Material Subsidiaries as owner or lessee thereof, are so owned with good and marketable title or are so leased with good and valid title, are in good standing, are valid and enforceable, are free and clear of any liens, charges or encumbrances and no royalty is payable in respect of any of them, except as set out in the Final Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents or as are not individually or in the aggregate material to the Corporation or Material Subsidiaries, or other than as would not have a material effect on the value of such interests; no other material property rights are necessary for the conduct or intended conduct of the Corporation's or the Material Subsidiaries' business and there are no restrictions on the ability of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Sharesor the Material Subsidiaries to use, of whichtransfer or otherwise exploit any such property rights, except as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesset out in the Final Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents;
(mA) the Corporation is not aware and its Material Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all material terms and provisions of any legislationall contracts, or proposed legislation published by a legislative bodyagreements, which it anticipates will materially indentures, leases, instruments and adversely affect licences material to the businessconduct of its business and (B) all such contracts, affairsagreements, operationsindentures, assetsleases, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basispolicies, instruments and licences are valid and binding in accordance with their terms and in full force and effect;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, information and belief none of the real property (and the buildings constructed thereon) in any securities of which the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Material Subsidiaries has a direct or indirect interest, whether leasehold or fee simple or otherwise (the "Real Property"), or upon or within which it has operations, is subject to any judicial or administrative proceeding alleging the violation of any federal, provincial, state or municipal environmental, health or safety statute or regulation, domestic or foreign, or is subject to any investigation concerning whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any Hazardous Material (as defined below) into the environment. Except in material compliance with applicable environmental laws, neither the Corporation nor any Material Subsidiary nor, to the Corporation’s issued securities 's knowledge, any occupier of the Real Property, has filed any notice under any federal, provincial, state or municipal law, domestic or foreign, indicating past or present treatment, storage or disposal of a Hazardous Material. Except in material compliance with applicable environmental laws, none of the Real Property has at any time been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened used by the Corporation or a Material Subsidiary or, to the best of the Corporation’s 's knowledge, pending;
(o) except information and belief by any other occupier, as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement a waste storage or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except waste disposal site. Except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in Final Prospectus, the assetsCorporation, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there , has not been no contingent liability of which it has knowledge in connection with any material change in release of any Hazardous Material on or into the capital stock or long-term debt environment from any of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) Real Property or operations thereon. Neither the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairlynor any Material Subsidiary nor, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf best of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or's knowledge, to the knowledge any occupier of the CorporationReal Property, that are pending generates, transports, treats, processes, stores or affecting disposes of any waste on any of the Corporation at law or Real Property in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any material contravention of applicable federal, provincial, statestate or municipal laws or regulations enacted for the protection of the natural environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata) or human health or wildlife. To the Corporation's knowledge, no underground storage tanks or surface impoundments containing a petroleum product or Hazardous Material are located on any of the Real Property in contravention of applicable federal, provincial, state or municipal laws or other governmental department, commission, board or agencyregulations, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) enacted for the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment protection of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not natural environment (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United Statessubsurface strata), as amended, human health or wildlife. For the Proceeds purposes of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canadathis Section 6(1)(n), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriter that, and acknowledges that the Agents are Underwriter is relying upon upon, such representations, representations and warranties and covenants, thatin purchasing the Underwritten Shares:
(a) the Corporation is a company duly continued, organized and validly existing under the laws of Alberta and is properly registered under the laws of all jurisdictions in which its business is carried on except where the failure to be so registered would not have a material adverse effect on the business or operations of the Corporation;
(b) the Corporation is (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date a reporting issuer not in default in any material respect of all material corporate filings any requirement under Canadian Securities Laws, and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) not in default in any material respect of any requirement under U.S. Securities Laws;
(c) the Corporation has all the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted enter into this Agreement and to own, lease perform the transactions contemplated herein and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to createown, issue lease and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement operate its property and the Compensation Option Certificates, assets including licences or other similar rights and to carry out on the provisions contained in hereunder business customarily carried on by it and thereunder;
(b) has all the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as currently carried on or as currently proposed to be carried on. The Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted is conducting its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated except where such non-compliance or failure to obtain such licence, registration or qualification would not have a material adverse effect on the business or operations of the Corporation and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting valid and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(d) the Corporation has authorized share capital consisting of an unlimited number of Class A Shares and 50,000 Common Shares of which 40,000 Common Shares and 97,504,532 Class A Shares and no more are validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable. No person, firm or corporation has any agreement or option, or right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation of any unissued shares of the Corporation except as otherwise referred to in the Final Prospectuses;
(e) all necessary corporate except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectuses, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, there is no action, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Corporation before or by any federal, provincial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which is reasonably expected to result in any material change in the business or in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation or its properties or assets (taken as a whole), or which questions the validity of any action has been taken or will have been to be taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or as to validly issue contemplated by the Disclosure Package and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation OptionsFinal Prospectuses;
(f) since April 30, 2006, there have been no changes in the assets or liabilities of the Corporation from the position thereof as set forth therein, except changes arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business which, in the aggregate, have not been material to the Corporation and except for changes that are disclosed in the approval of Disclosure Package and the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the OfferingFinal Prospectuses;
(g) the financial statements of the Corporation, including the notes thereto, incorporated in Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectuses and the Registration Statement have been prepared in conformity with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and in a manner that is consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and in accordance with the 1933 Act and the Rules, including the requirements of Form F-10, in each case applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved;
(h) the financial statements of the Corporation as incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectuses present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as at the dates of such statements;
(i) the Corporation is not in material violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesperformance by the Corporation of its obligations under this Agreement will not result in any material breach or, and the performance violation of, or be in material conflict with, or constitute a material default under, or create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material default under any term or provision of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action charter documents or by-laws of the Corporation or any resolution of the directors or shareholders of the Corporation or any material contract, mortgage, note, indenture, joint venture or partnership arrangement, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, licence or regulation applicable to the Corporation;
(j) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required of the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery or with the performance by the Corporation of this Agency Agreement except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectuses and compliance with the Applicable Securities Laws with regard to the distribution of the Underwritten Shares in the Qualifying Provinces and the United States;
(k) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that except as enforcement thereof hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ the rights generally, that specific performance of creditors generally and other except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law and enforceability of paragraph 12 would be determined only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharescourt;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force securities commission, stock exchange or effect which comparable authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the use or effectiveness of the Preliminary Prospectuses, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectuses, the Registration Statement or any Prospectus Amendment or preventing the distribution of the Underwritten Shares in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements Province or the notes thereto and except United States nor instituted proceedings for that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norpurpose and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate no such proceedings are pending or other person acting on behalf of contemplated;
(m) the Corporation is aware eligible in accordance with the provisions of or has taken any actionNational Instrument 44-101 to file a short form prospectus with Canadian Securities Regulators;
(n) the Corporation is not, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation and upon consummation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices transactions contemplated hereby will not be, an "investment company" or an entity "controlled by an investment company" as such terms are defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1977 (United States)1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(yo) CIBC Mellon Trust Company, at its principal office in the operations Cities of Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver has been duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Corporation areClass A Shares in Canada, and have Mellon Investor Services LLC, at its principal office in New York, has been conducted at all times, duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Class A Shares in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime ;
(Money Launderingp) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedthe Corporation is not a "related issuer" or "connected issuer" (as such terms are defined under the Canadian Securities Laws) of the Underwriter;
(zq) neither the Corporation norhas prepared and filed with the SEC an appointment of agent for service of process upon the Corporation on Form F-X;
(r) the Corporation meets the general eligibility requirements for use of Form F-10 under the 1933 Act;
(s) as at their respective dates, the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus does, and the Canadian Final Prospectus will, comply in all material respects with the Canadian Securities Laws and, at the time of delivery of the Underwritten Shares to the Underwriter, the Canadian Final Prospectus will comply in all material respects with the Canadian Securities Laws; (t)
(i) the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus conforms and the U.S. Final Prospectus will conform to the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus and Canadian Final Prospectus, respectively, except for such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the "Rules"); (ii) the Registration Statement as amended or supplemented, does not and, on the Effective Date, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iii) the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus and the Corporation's Form F-X comply, and the U.S. Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, will comply, in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the Rules; (iv) the Disclosure Package does not, and at the time of each sale of the Class A Shares in connection with the offering when the U.S. Final Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date will not, and the U.S. Final Prospectus will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (v) the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus contains, and the Canadian Final Prospectus will contain, full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts required to be stated therein relating to the Corporation, the operations of the Corporation, and the Underwritten Shares, and as of the date of its filing will contain no untrue statement of a material fact and will not omit to state a material fact regarding the Corporation and its business and affairs that is necessary to make any statement therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which it was made; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished in writing to the Corporation by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectuses, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectuses or the Registration Statement;
(u) there are no reports or information that in accordance with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Regulators or the SEC must be made publicly available or filed in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Shares that have not been made publicly available or filed as required;
(v) the delivery by the Corporation of any signed Prospectus Amendment or material change report required to be filed under the Applicable Securities Laws will constitute a representation and warranty by the Corporation to the Underwriter that all the information and statements contained therein (except information and statements relating to the Underwriter) are true and correct and that no material information has been omitted therefrom which is necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading;
(w) the Corporation is in material compliance with each material license held by it and is not in violation of, or in default in any material respect under, the applicable statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders or decrees (including, without limitation, "Environmental Laws" as defined below) of any governmental entities, regulatory agencies or bodies asserting or claiming jurisdiction over it or over any part of its operations or assets, except for such violations and defaults which, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation;
(x) to the best of the knowledge of the Corporation, there are no foreign, federal, provincial, state or local laws or regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental Laws") which affect or otherwise have any directorapplication to the Corporation or its business, officerproperties and assets (taken as a whole), agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of to which the Corporation is currently subject to otherwise subject. The Corporation does not require any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner license or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of approval under any person currently subject Environmental Laws to any United States sanctions administered by OFACconduct its business;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(ccy) there has not been any “reportable event” event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations No. 51-102) with the auditors of the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddz) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom the Company shall use its best efforts to arrange for the listing and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except posting for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact trading of the Corporation Underwritten Shares on the Stock Exchanges on or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by before the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any Time of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of Closing; and
(aa) the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by using the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact net proceeds of the Corporation or result offering of the Underwritten Shares for the purposes described in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thPreliminary Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants warrants, covenants and covenants certifies to and with the AgentsSubscriber and, if applicable, the Disclosed Purchaser that, as of the date given above and acknowledges that at the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatClosing:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) a valid and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings subsisting company incorporated and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell laws of the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderProvince of British Columbia;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesand each of its subsidiaries is duly registered and licensed to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which it carries on business or owns property where required under the laws of that jurisdiction;
(c) no proceedings have been takenall annual and quarterly reports, instituted orfinancial statements, to the knowledge of the Corporationproxy statements/information circulars, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliancepress releases, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations change reports and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly filed by or on behalf of the Corporation within the past 12 months with the Exchanges and any of the Commissions (the “Disclosure Record”) were true and correct in all material respects and did not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (British Columbia)) as at the respective dates of such filings;
(d) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation is the beneficial owner of the properties, business and assets or the interests in the properties, business or assets referred to in the Disclosure Record as being beneficially owned by the Corporation;
(e) that the financial statements of the Corporation contained in the Disclosure Record have all been made prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, accurately and fairly reflect the financial position, performance, cash flows and all liabilities (accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in all material respects as of the dates thereof;
(f) subject to the representations, warranties and certifications of the Subscriber herein contained being accurate and truthful in all material respects and the Subscriber fulfilling all of its covenants and obligations herein contained, the Corporation has complied and will comply fully with the requirements of all applicable corporate and securities laws and administrative policies and directions, including, without limitation, the Securities Laws and the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in relation to the issue and trading of its securities and in all matters relating to the private placement of the Offered Securities;
(g) there is not presently any material change, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to the Corporation oror change in any material fact, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to the knowledge any of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreignPurchased Securities, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effecthas not been fully disclosed in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Laws and the policies of the Exchange;
(th) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance issue and sale of the Offered SharesSecurities by the Corporation does not and will not conflict with, do and does not and will not (as including, without limitation, with the case may begiving of notice, the lapse of time or the happening of any other event or condition or any combination of the foregoing) conflict with or result in a material breach or violation of of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease ’s constating documents or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(vi) the Corporation is not included in a list party to any actions, suits or proceedings which could materially affect its business or financial condition, and to the best of defaulting reporting issuers maintained the Corporation’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are contemplated or have been threatened;
(j) there are no judgments against the Corporation which are unsatisfied, nor is the Corporation subject to any consent decrees or injunctions;
(k) this Agreement has been or will be at the Closing Date duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the Securities Commissions in part of the Qualifying Jurisdictions Corporation, and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations full corporate power and authority to make timely disclosure undertake the Offering and to issue, sell and deliver the Purchased Securities;
(l) to the Corporation’s knowledge, after due enquiry, it is not in material default of all material changes relating any of the requirements of the Securities Laws or any of the administrative policies or notices of the Exchange;
(m) to itthe Corporation’s knowledge, after due enquiry, no order ceasing or suspending trading in securities of the Corporation nor prohibiting the sale of such disclosure securities has been made on a confidential basis that issued to and is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to outstanding against the Corporation which or its directors, officers or promoters;
(n) except for as provided in the Disclosure Record, no person has occurred and with respect any right, agreement or option, present or future, contingent or absolute, or any right capable of becoming such a right, agreement or option, for the issue or allotment of any unissued shares in the capital of the Corporation, or any other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares, or to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and require the Corporation to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the issued and outstanding shares in its capital;
(o) each of the Corporation’s subsidiaries is a valid and subsisting corporation organized and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization;
(p) the Corporation and each of its subsidiaries is in all material respects conducting its business in material compliance with the all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the TSXVeach jurisdiction in which its business is carried on;
(wq) the authorized capital of the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements consists of 500,000,000 Common Shares, of which, immediately prior to file all reportsthe Closing Date, schedules98,068,638 Common Shares are issued and outstanding;
(r) as of the Closing, formsthe Purchased Securities will be validly issued and outstanding;
(s) no approval, statements authorization, consent or other order of, and other documents that it no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required to file be obtained or made by the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery by the Corporation of this Agreement or the performance by the Corporation of its obligations hereunder, except such approvals, authorizations, consents, orders, filing, registrations or recordings required under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) Securities Laws and the rules of the U.S. Exchange ActExchanges, including which shall be obtained or made by the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports Corporation prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during Closing or otherwise within the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsprescribed thereunder;
(xt) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge none of the Corporation, its subsidiaries or any directorof their respective officers, officer, agent, employee, affiliate directors or other person employees acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware or any of its subsidiaries has taken, committed to take or has been alleged to have taken any action, directly action which would cause the Corporation or indirectly, that has resulted or would result any of its subsidiaries to be in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (and the “CFPOA”regulations promulgated thereunder) includingor any applicable law of similar effect of another jurisdiction, without limitation, making use and to the knowledge of the mails Corporation no such action has been taken by any of its agents, representatives or other Persons acting on behalf of the Corporation or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of its subsidiaries;
(u) the Offering constitutes an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign officialExempt Acquisition” (as such term is defined in the FCPAAmended and Restated Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement dated August 26, 2009, as amended and restated on September 19, 2012, between the Corporation and Computershare Investor Services Inc., as may be further amended, supplemented or restated from time to time; and
(v) or any “foreign public official” (the representations, warranties, covenants and certifications in this Section 7 will be true and correct both as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA execution of this Agreement and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thDate.
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Sources: Subscription Agreement (International Tower Hill Mines LTD)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to for the Agents, and acknowledges that benefit of the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatSubscribers as follows:
(a) the Corporation is (iand will be at the Closing Time) is duly amalgamated under a reporting issuer in the Business Corporations Act (Provinces of Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings , and is in good standing compliance with all material obligations under Applicable Securities Laws of such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderjurisdictions;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiarieshas been duly incorporated and organized and is validly subsisting under the laws of the Province of Ontario and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted is conducting its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably will at the Closing Time be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing, except in respect of matters which do not and will not result in any adverse material change in respect of the Corporation, and except for the failure to be so qualified or the absence of any such license, registration or qualification which does not and will not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis;
(ed) the Corporation has all required corporate power and authority to enter into and carry out the provisions of this subscription agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) duly authorize the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement subscription agreement and such other agreements and instruments and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby thereby and therebyso as to validly create, including issue and deliver the Debentures and Warrants subscribed thereby and to validly create and irrevocably allot for issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)Underlying Securities;
(he) except for the Corporation is neither in default or in breach in any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsmaterial respect of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof subscription agreement by the Corporation, including the issuance performance and compliance with the terms of this subscription agreement, the issue and sale of the Offered SharesDebentures and Warrants, do not and the issue of the Underlying Securities will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading result in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance breach of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed be in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether or create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time time, or both, (A) would constitute a default either directly or indirectly under any statute, rule term or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) provision of the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of Corporation or any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, material mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation it is a party or by which they are it is bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(uf) to the knowledge Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Corporationconversion rights under its Debentures, no agreement is if and when issued in force or effect which in any manner affects accordance with the voting or control of any Debentures, as applicable, and the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the securities of Warrants, if and when issued in accordance with the CorporationWarrants, as applicable, will be validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable;
(vg) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required by the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained connection with the execution and delivery or with the performance by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects this subscription agreement except in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXVTSX;
(wh) to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, information and belief, no portion of the Corporation’s Information Record contained a misrepresentation as at its date of public dissemination;
(i) there has been no adverse material change in relation to the Corporation since November 11, 2008, and no adverse material fact exists in relation to the Corporation or its securities which, in either case, has not been generally disclosed or disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record;
(j) this subscription agreement and all other agreements required in connection with the issue and sale of the Debentures have been or will be, at or prior to the Closing Time, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and will be valid and binding obligations of the Corporation enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles or (iii) limitations under applicable law in respect of rights of indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution); and
(k) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents intends that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) net proceeds of the U.S. Exchange ActOffering will be used substantially in the manner specified in Schedule “B” hereto.
(l) Forthwith after the Closing, including the exhibits thereto Corporation shall file such forms and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or required under the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will relating to the Offering and any further documents as may be promptly paid required by any applicable regulatory authority which, without limiting the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements generality of the Corporation for the year ended December 31foregoing, 2014 shall include a Prospectus and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants Registration Exemptions Form 45-106F1 as required prescribed by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 45-106 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom Prospectus and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thRegistration Exemptions.
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Sources: Debenture Subscription Agreement (Northcore Technologies Inc.)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriters, and acknowledges that the Agents Underwriters are relying upon such representations, warranties representations and covenantswarranties, that:
(a) since September 30, 2019, the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings has been and is in good standing compliance with its timely disclosure obligations under such ActApplicable Securities Laws and the rules and regulations of the CSE; (ii) no confidential material change report has been filed by the Corporation under Applicable Securities Laws that remains confidential at the date hereof; all requisite corporate power, authority of the material contracts and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described agreements of the Corporation not made in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate powerordinary course of business, authority and capacity to createif required under the Applicable Securities Laws, issue and sell have been filed with the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderApplicable Securities Commissions;
(b) other than as disclosed in the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been takenPublic Record, instituted or, to since the knowledge date of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
most recent audited balance sheet (i) the Offered Shares have beenthere has been no material change (actual, anticipated, contemplated or prior to the Closing Time will bethreatened, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(jfinancial or otherwise) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects capital of the Corporation, (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Corporation which are material with respect to the Corporation, other than those in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Corporation on a consolidated basisany class of its shares;
(nc) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued duly incorporated and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened ororganized and is validly subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and is properly registered or licensed to carry on business under the laws of all jurisdictions in which its business is carried on, except where the failure to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingbe so registered or licensed would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(od) except the Corporation has the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to enter into the Offering Agreements and to perform its obligations under the Offering Agreements and the Corporation has the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to own, lease and operate its property and assets and to carry on its business as currently carried on or as proposed to be carried on;
(e) the Corporation has authorized share capital consisting of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which 108,267,399 Common Shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof. Other than as disclosed to in the AgentsPublic Record, no person now person, firm or corporation has any agreement or option option, or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, purchase from the Corporation of any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature shares of the Corporation;
(pf) since December 31all of the issued and outstanding securities of the Corporation have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation, 2013and none of the outstanding securities of the Corporation were issued in violation of the pre-emptive or similar rights of any securityholder of the Corporation;
(g) the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to issue the Offered Securities, except as disclosed and to incur and renounce to Subscribers for FT Shares, Resource Expenses in an amount equal to the Public Record:Commitment Amount;
(h) the Offered Securities, at the Closing Time, and the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their terms, at the time of issue of the Warrant Shares, shall be duly authorized and upon receipt of payment therefor, validly issued, and with respect to the FT Shares and Warrant Shares, fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares of the Corporation, and the provisions of the FT Shares and Warrant Shares conform in all material respects with their descriptions in this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements;
(i) there has not on or prior to the Closing Time, the forms of the certificates for the Common Shares and Warrants will have been any material change in approved by the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results board of operations directors of the Corporation on a consolidated basisand adopted by the Corporation and will comply with all legal and stock exchange requirements and will not conflict with the Corporation's by-laws or constating documents;
(iij) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt FT Shares and Warrant Shares are approved to be listed for trading on the CSE, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions required by such exchange;
(k) at all times prior to the expiry of the Corporation on Warrants, a consolidated basis; andsufficient number of Warrant Shares shall be allocated and reserved for issuance upon due exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their terms;
(iiil) the Corporation has carried on its business is not in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairlydefault or breach of, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesof, and the fulfilment performance of and compliance with the terms of, the Offering Agreements and the performance of any of the terms hereof and thereof transactions contemplated thereby by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a any breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether and do not and will not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) will result in a breach of or constitute a default under any statute, rule applicable laws or regulation applicable to any term or provision of the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documentsarticles, by-laws or resolutions of the directors or shareholders of the Corporation; (C) the terms of , or any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; , or (D) any judgment, decree decree, order, statute, rule or order binding regulation applicable to the Corporation or Corporations;
(m) the respective property or assets Offering Agreements and the performance of the Corporation;
(u) to 's obligations under the knowledge Offering Agreements have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and the Offering Agreements have been duly executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation, no agreement is enforceable against the Corporation in force accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or effect which in any manner affects similar laws affecting the voting or control rights of any creditors generally and, with respect to this Agreement, by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the securities fact that rights of the Corporationindemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law;
(vn) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with any Governmental Authority or other person is required of the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery of or with the performance by the Corporation of its obligations under the Offering Agreements, except as required by Applicable Securities Laws and as required by the policies of the CSE with regard to the distribution of the Offered Securities, if any, in the Selling Jurisdictions;
(o) the Corporation is not included in aware of any pending change or contemplated change to any applicable law or regulation or governmental position that would have a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXVMaterial Adverse Effect;
(wp) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles IFRS applied on a consistent basis during throughout the periods involved (“GAAP”)involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto contain no misrepresentations and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and present fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the position, results of operations and cash flows for of the periods then ended, subject, in Corporation on a consolidated basis as at the case dates of unaudited such statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(xq) neither the Corporation normaintains a system of internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and maintains a system of disclosure controls and procedures that is designed to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation under Applicable Securities Laws is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified under Applicable Securities Laws and to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation under Applicable Securities Laws is accumulated and communicated to the Corporation's management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure;
(r) no director or officer, former director or officer, or shareholder or employee of, or any other person not dealing at arm's length with, the Corporation is engaged in any material transaction or arrangement with or is a party to a material contract with, or has any indebtedness, liability or obligation to, the Corporation, except as disclosed in the Public Record or for employment or consulting arrangements with employees or consultants or those serving as a director or officer of the Corporation as described in the Public Record;
(s) the Corporation has not incurred any liabilities or obligations (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) that continue to be outstanding except (i) as disclosed or contemplated in the Public Record, or (ii) as incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Corporation;
(t) there is no litigation or governmental or other proceeding or investigation at law or in equity before any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign, in progress, pending or, to the knowledge Corporation's knowledge, threatened (and the Corporation does not know of any basis therefor) against, or involving the assets, properties or business of, the Corporation, nor are there any directormatters under discussion with any Governmental Authority relating to taxes, officergovernmental charges, agentorders or assessments asserted by any such authority and to the Corporation's knowledge there are no facts or circumstances which would reasonably be expected to form the basis for any such litigation, employee, affiliate governmental or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of proceeding or has taken any actioninvestigation, directly taxes, governmental charges, orders or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsassessments;
(yu) the operations of the Corporation are▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, and have been conducted at all timesChartered Professional Accountants, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation is independent with respect to the Money Laundering Laws Corporation within the meaning of the rules of professional conduct applicable to auditors in Ontario and there has not been any reportable event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure
(v) all tax returns required to be filed by the Corporation on or prior to the date hereof have been filed, and all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding), including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto, due or claimed to be due have been paid, other than non-material amounts or those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided, and the Corporation is not a party to any agreement, waiver or arrangement with any taxing authority which relates to any extension of time with respect to the filing of any tax returns, any payment of taxes or any assessment thereof; there is no tax deficiency which has been asserted against the Corporation and all material tax liabilities are adequately provided for in accordance with IFRS within the Financial Statements of the Corporation for all periods up to date of latest audited balance sheet; there are no assessments or investigations in progress, pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedthreatened against the Corporation in respect of taxes; there are no Liens for taxes upon the assets of the Corporation;
(zw) neither the Corporation norhas conducted and are conducting its business in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business and the Corporation has not received any notice of any alleged violation of any such laws, rules and regulations;
(x) to the knowledge of the Corporation, the Corporation possesses such permits, licences, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by Governmental Authorities (collectively, “Governmental Licences”) necessary to conduct the business now operated by them and currently proposed to be operated by it, and all such Governmental Licences are valid and existing and in good standing. The Corporation is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licences;
(y) to the knowledge of the Corporation: (i) the Corporation is not in violation of any Environmental Laws, (ii) the Corporation has all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, and (iii) there are no pending administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, Liens, orders, directions, notices of non-compliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Corporation, and there are no facts or circumstances which would reasonably be expected to form the basis for any such administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, Liens, orders, directions, notices of non-compliance or violation, investigation or proceedings;
(i) the Corporation is in compliance, in all material respects, with the provisions of all applicable federal, provincial, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours (collectively, “Employment Laws”), (ii) no collective labour dispute, grievance, arbitration or legal proceeding is ongoing, pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened and no individual labour dispute, grievance, arbitration or legal proceeding is ongoing, pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened with any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf employee of the Corporation and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, other than as set out in the Public Disclosure Record, none has occurred during the past year, and (iii) no union has been accredited or otherwise designated to represent any employees of the Corporation and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no accreditation request or other representation question is pending with respect to the employees of the Corporation, and no collective agreement or collective bargaining agreement or modification thereof has expired or is in effect in any of the Corporation's facilities and none is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered being negotiated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFACCorporation;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by no material existing supplier, manufacturer or contractor of the Corporation pursuant has indicated that it intends to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid terminate its relationship with the Corporation or that it will be promptly paid by unable to meet the Corporation following the Closing TimeCorporation's supply, manufacturing or contracting requirements;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited Corporation is not in default or breach, in any material respect, of any real property lease, and the consolidated financial statements Corporation has not received any notice or other communication from the owner or manager of any real property leased by the Corporation that the Corporation is not in compliance with any real property lease, and to the knowledge of the Corporation for the year ended December 31Corporation, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Lawsno such notice or other communication is pending or has been threatened;
(cc) there has the Corporation maintains such policies of insurance, issued by responsible insurers, as are appropriate to its operations, property and assets, in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily carried and insured against by owners of comparable businesses, properties and assets and all such policies of insurance will at Closing continue to be in full force and effect; and the Corporation is not been in default as to the payment of premiums or otherwise, under the terms of any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditorssuch policy;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paidhas good and marketable title to all of its assets and property including the Material Properties and, except for where the failure sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business, no person has any contract or any right or privilege capable of becoming a right to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of purchase the Corporation Material Properties or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by personal property from the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Material Properties are the only properties which are currently considered to be material to the Corporation for the purposes of NI 43-101;
(ff) the Corporation controls or has legal rights to, through map-designated mining titles, mining leases and mining concessions, all of the rights, titles and interests materially necessary or appropriate to thauthorize and enable it to carry on mineral exploration on the Material Properties as currently being undertaken by it and has obtained or, upon performance of all conditions precedent expects that it will be able to obtain such rights, titles and interests as may be required to implement its plans on the Material Properties and the Corporation is not in default of such rights, titles and interests;
(gg) all assessments or other work re
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriter that, and acknowledges that the Agents are Underwriter is relying upon upon, such representations, representations and warranties and covenants, thatin purchasing the Underwritten Shares:
(a) the Corporation is a company duly continued, organized and validly existing under the laws of Alberta and is properly registered under the laws of all jurisdictions in which its operations are carried on except where the failure to be so registered would not have a material adverse effect on the operations of the Corporation;
(b) the Corporation is (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date a reporting issuer not in default in any material respect of all material corporate filings any requirement under Canadian Securities Laws, and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) not in default in any material respect of any requirement under U.S. Securities Laws;
(c) the Corporation has all the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted enter into this Agreement and to own, lease perform the transactions contemplated herein and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue own its property and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, assets including licences or other similar rights and to carry out on the provisions contained affairs customarily carried on by it and has all the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its affairs as currently carried on or as currently proposed to be carried on. The Corporation is conducting its affairs in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is affairs are carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates owns its property or carries on business affairs to enable its business affairs to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated except where such non-compliance or failure to obtain such licence, registration or qualification would not have a material adverse effect on the affairs of the Corporation and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting valid and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(d) the Corporation has authorized share capital consisting of an unlimited number of Class A Shares and 50,000 Common Shares of which 40,000 Common Shares and 152,467,713 Class A Shares and no more are validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable. No person, firm or corporation has any agreement or option, or right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation of any unissued shares of the Corporation except as otherwise referred to in the Disclosure Package and the Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplements;
(e) all necessary corporate except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplements, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, there is no action, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Corporation before or by any federal, provincial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which is reasonably expected to result in any material change in the affairs or in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation or its properties or assets (taken as a whole), or which questions the validity of any action has been taken or will have been to be taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or as to validly issue contemplated by the Disclosure Package and sell the Offered Shares and to issue Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Compensation OptionsProspectus Supplements;
(f) since October 31, 2008, there have been no changes in the assets or liabilities of the Corporation from the position thereof as set forth therein, except changes arising from transactions in the ordinary course of its affairs which, in the aggregate, have not been material to the Corporation and except for changes that are disclosed in the approval of Disclosure Package and the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the OfferingProspectus Supplements;
(g) the financial statements of the Corporation, including the notes thereto, incorporated in Disclosure Package, the Prospectus Supplements and the Registration Statement have been prepared in conformity with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and in a manner that is consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and in accordance with the 1933 Act and the Rules, including the requirements of Form F-10, in each case applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved;
(h) the financial statements of the Corporation as incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplements present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as at the dates of such statements;
(i) the Corporation is not in material violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesperformance by the Corporation of its obligations under this Agreement will not result in any material breach or, and the performance violation of, or be in material conflict with, or constitute a material default under, or create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material default under any term or provision of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action charter documents or by-laws of the Corporation or any resolution of the directors or shareholders of the Corporation or any material contract, mortgage, note, indenture, joint venture or partnership arrangement, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, licence or regulation applicable to the Corporation;
(j) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required of the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery or with the performance by the Corporation of this Agency Agreement except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplements and compliance with the Applicable Securities Laws with regard to the distribution of the Underwritten Shares in the Qualifying Canadian Jurisdictions and the United States;
(k) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that except as enforcement thereof hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ the rights generally, that specific performance of creditors generally and other except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law and enforceability of paragraph 11 would be determined only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)court;
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(il) the Offered Underwritten Shares hereinbefore described have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt when a certificate for such shares is countersigned by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered SharesCanadian Transfer Agent and issued, delivered and paid for, such shares will be validly issued as issued, fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) and all statements made in the Compensation Options have been, or prior to Disclosure Package and the Closing Time Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplements describing such shares will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment accurate in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesall material respects;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects form of the share certificate representing the Class A Shares has been approved and adopted by the Corporation on a consolidated basisand complies with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including the requirements of the Toronto Stock Exchange;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force securities commission, stock exchange or effect which comparable authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the use or effectiveness of the Shelf Prospectuses, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus Supplements, the Registration Statement or any Prospectus Amendment or preventing the distribution of the Underwritten Shares in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements Canadian Jurisdiction or the notes thereto and except United States nor instituted proceedings for that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norpurpose and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate no such proceedings are pending or other person acting on behalf of contemplated;
(o) the Corporation is aware eligible in accordance with the provisions of or has taken any actionNational Instrument 44-101 to file a short form prospectus under National Instrument 44-102 with Canadian Securities Regulators;
(p) the Corporation is not, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation and upon consummation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices transactions contemplated hereby will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled by an investment company” as such terms are defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1977 (United States)1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(yq) CIBC Mellon Trust Company, at its principal office in the operations Cities of Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver has been duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Corporation areClass A Shares in Canada, and have Mellon Investor Services LLC, at its principal office in New York, has been conducted at all times, duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Class A Shares in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime ;
(Money Launderingr) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedthe Corporation is not a “related issuer” or “connected issuer” (as such terms are defined under the Canadian Securities Laws) of the Underwriter;
(zs) neither the Corporation nor, to has prepared and filed with the knowledge SEC an appointment of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf agent for service of process upon the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFACon Form F-X;
(aat) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by meets the Corporation following general eligibility requirements for use of Form F-10 under the Closing Time1933 Act;
(bbu) as at their respective dates, the Corporation’s Auditors who audited Canadian Shelf Prospectus does, and the consolidated financial statements Canadian Prospectus Supplement will, comply in all material respects with the Canadian Securities Laws and, at the time of delivery of the Corporation for Underwritten Shares to the year ended December 31Underwriter, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Prospectus Supplement will comply in all material respects with the Canadian Securities Laws;
(ccv) (i) the U.S. Shelf Prospectus conforms and the U.S. Prospectus Supplement will conform to the Canadian Shelf Prospectus and Canadian Prospectus Supplement, respectively, except for such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “Rules”); (ii) the Registration Statement as amended or supplemented, on the Effective Date and on the date hereof did not and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iii) the U.S. Shelf Prospectus, the Corporation’s Form F-X and the Registration Statement comply, and the U.S. Prospectus Supplement will comply, in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the Rules; (iv) the Disclosure Package does not, and at the Applicable Time, the time of each sale of the Class A Shares in connection with the offering when the U.S. Prospectus Supplement is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date will not, and the U.S. Shelf Prospectus as supplemented by the U.S. Prospectus Supplement as of its date and as of the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (v) the Canadian Shelf Prospectus contains, and the Canadian Prospectus Supplement will contain, full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts required to be stated therein relating to the Corporation, the affairs of the Corporation, and the Underwritten Shares, and as of the date of its filing will contain no untrue statement of a material fact and will not omit to state a material fact regarding the Corporation and its affairs that is necessary to make any statement therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which it was made; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished in writing to the Corporation by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Shelf Prospectuses, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus Supplements or the Registration Statement;
(w) there are no reports or information that in accordance with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Regulators or the SEC must be made publicly available or filed in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Shares that have not been made publicly available or filed as required;
(x) the delivery by the Corporation of any signed Prospectus Amendment or material change report required to be filed under the Applicable Securities Laws will constitute a representation and warranty by the Corporation to the Underwriter that all the information and statements contained therein (except information and statements relating to the Underwriter) are true and correct and that no material information has been omitted therefrom which is necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading;
(y) the Corporation is in material compliance with each material license held by it and is not in violation of, or in default in any material respect under, the applicable statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders or decrees (including, without limitation, “Environmental Laws” as defined below) of any governmental entities, regulatory agencies or bodies asserting or claiming jurisdiction over it or over any part of its affairs or assets, except for such violations and defaults which, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, affairs, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation;
(z) to the best of the knowledge of the Corporation, there are no foreign, federal, provincial, state or local laws or regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”) which affect or otherwise have any application to the Corporation or its affairs, properties and assets (taken as a whole), or to which the Corporation is otherwise subject. The Corporation does not require any license or other approval under any Environmental Laws to conduct its operations;
(aa) there has not been any “reportable event” event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations 51-102) with the auditors of the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddbb) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom the Company shall use its best efforts to arrange for the listing and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except posting for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact trading of the Corporation Underwritten Shares on the Stock Exchanges on or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by before the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any Time of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of Closing; and
(cc) the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by using the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact net proceeds of the Corporation or result offering of the Underwritten Shares for the purposes described in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thShelf Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Central Fund of Canada LTD)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants and covenants to that, as of the Agents, date given above and acknowledges that at the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatClosing:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) a valid and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings subsisting company continued and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell laws of the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderProvince of British Columbia;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesis duly registered and licensed to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which it carries on business or owns property where required under the laws of that jurisdiction;
(c) no proceedings have been takenall annual information forms, instituted orfinancial statements, to the knowledge of the Corporationinformation circulars, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliancepress releases, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations change reports and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly filed by or on behalf of the Corporation within the past 12 months with the Exchanges and any of the Commissions (the “Disclosure Record”) were true and correct in all material respects and did not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (British Columbia)) as at the respective dates of such filings;
(d) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation is the beneficial owner of the properties, business and assets or the interests in the properties, business or assets referred to in the Disclosure Record as being beneficially owned by the Corporation;
(e) that the financial statements of the Corporation contained in the Disclosure Record, filed with any of the Commissions have all been made prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, accurately reflect the financial position and all known material liabilities (accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation in all material respects as of the dates thereof;
(f) subject to the representations and warranties of the Subscriber herein contained being accurate and truthful in all material respects and the Subscriber fulfilling all of its covenants and obligations herein contained, the Corporation has complied and will comply fully with the requirements of all applicable corporate and securities laws and administrative policies and directions, including, without limitation, the Securities Laws and the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in relation to the issue and trading of its securities and in all matters relating to the private placement of the Offered Securities;
(g) there is not presently any material change, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to the Corporation oror change in any material fact, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to the knowledge any of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreignPurchased Securities, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effecthas not been fully disclosed in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Laws and the policies of the Exchange;
(th) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance issue and sale of the Offered Shares, do Securities by the Corporation does not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or with, and does not and will not result in a material breach or violation of of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease ’s constating documents or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(vi) the Corporation is not included in a list party to any actions, suits or proceedings which could materially affect its business or financial condition, and to the best of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to itCorporation’s knowledge, no such disclosure has actions, suits or proceedings are contemplated or have been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and threatened;
(j) there is are no material change relating to judgments against the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and are unsatisfied, nor is the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXVsubject to any consent decrees or injunctions;
(wk) the Corporation this Agreement has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) been or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect will be at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied Closing Date duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge part of the Corporation, and the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to undertake the Offering;
(l) to the Corporation’s knowledge, it is not in material default of any directorof the requirements of the Securities Laws or any of the administrative policies or notices of the Exchange;
(m) to the Corporation’s knowledge, officer, agent, employee, affiliate no order ceasing or other person acting on behalf suspending trading in securities of the Corporation nor prohibiting the sale of such securities has been issued to and is aware of outstanding against the Corporation or its directors, officers or promoters; and
(n) except for as provided in the Disclosure Record, no person has taken any actionright, directly agreement or indirectlyoption, that has resulted present or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States)future, as amendedcontingent or absolute, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means right capable of becoming such a right, agreement or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offeroption, payment, promise to pay for the issue or authorization of the payment allotment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined unissued shares in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge capital of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither or any other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares, or to require the Corporation norto purchase, to the knowledge redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); issued and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result outstanding shares in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thits capital.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Subscription Agreement (International Tower Hill Mines LTD)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent and to the Purchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents are each of them is relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties in acting as agent, warranties in the case of the Agent, and covenantsin purchasing the Units under the Offering, in the case of the Purchasers, that:: Prospectus
(a) The delivery to the Agent of the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus, U.S. Prospectus and Registration Statement shall constitute the representation and warranty of the Corporation to the Agent and the U.S. Affiliates that: (i) is duly amalgamated under each such document at the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their its respective dates, the SEC Reports delivery fully complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”)Securities Laws pursuant to which it was or is prepared, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOAand, as applicable, andfiled, if violations and that all the information and statements contained therein are at the respective dates of delivery thereof, true and correct, in all material respects, contain no misrepresentation and constitute full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts relating to the Corporation and the Subsidiaries, taken together, and the Units and the Over-Allotment Units as required by applicable Securities Laws; and (ii) no material fact or information has been omitted from such disclosure which is required to be stated in such disclosure or is necessary to make the statements or information contained in such disclosure not misleading in the light of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;circumstances under which they were made.
(yb) A registration statement on Form S-1 together with amendments to the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency Registration Statement (collectively, the “Money Laundering LawsInitial Registration Statement”) in respect of the Units, Over-Allotment Units, as applicable, the Broker Warrants and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Broker Shares shall be filed with the SEC under the U.S. Securities Act; the Corporation shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto delivered, each in the form as shall be delivered to the Agents, to be declared effective by the SEC in such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the U.S. Securities Act, no other document with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending orInitial Registration Statement shall be filed with the SEC; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the SEC.
(c) The Corporation consents to the knowledge use by the Agent of such documents in connection with the distribution of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither Units and the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of Over-Allotment Units in the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and in compliance with the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds provisions of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thAgreement.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Agency Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent and to the Purchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents are each of them is relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties in connection with the completion of the Offering, warranties and covenants, that:that:
(ai) the Corporation (i) has been duly incorporated and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) Province of Ontario and is up-to-date in respect no steps or proceedings have been taken by any Person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing the dissolution or winding up of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; the Corporation;
(ii) the Corporation is duly qualified to carry on its Business in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its Business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its Assets and Properties requires such qualification and has all requisite corporate power, capacity and authority and capacity to carry on conduct its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties Assets and assets (including as described in Properties and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate powerTransaction Documents to which it is a party, authority and capacity to createthe Warrant Certificates, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Definitive Agreement and any other document, filing, instrument or agreement delivered in connection with the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out Offering or the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderBusiness Combination;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(diii) the Corporation has conducted no direct or indirect subsidiaries or any investment or proposed investment in any Person which would otherwise be material to the business and affairs of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(iv) the Corporation: (i) conducts and has been conducting its business in compliance, compliance in all material respects, respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, Laws of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted services are provided and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it the Corporation has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such lawsLaws; and (ii) is not in breach or violation of any judgment, regulations order or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingdecree of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation;
(eA) the Corporation is the absolute legal and beneficial owner, and has good and valid title to, all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior of the material Assets and Properties thereof, including all Contracts that are material to the Closing Time by Business, free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands whatsoever and no other material assets or properties are necessary for the conduct of the Business as currently conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted, (B) the Corporation so as to validly issue does not know of any claim or the basis for any claim that might or could materially and sell adversely affect the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval right of the TSXV Corporation to use, transfer or otherwise exploit such Assets and Properties, and (C) the Corporation does not have any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal responsibility or state securities lawsobligation to pay any commission, all consentsroyalty, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed licence fee or similar payment to any Person with respect to the OfferingAssets and Properties thereof;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(lvi) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common SharesShares without par value, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 the date hereof 1,940,681 Common Shares were are issued and outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation have been duly and validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesassessable, none of the outstanding shares of the Corporation were issued in violation of any pre-emptive or similar rights of any securityholder of the Corporation, including but not limited to the Shareholder’s Agreement, and, except as provided for in the Shareholders’ Agreement, which for certainty shall be terminated in advance of, or immediately following, the completion of the Business Combination, no holder of outstanding shares in the capital of the Corporation is entitled to any pre-emptive or any similar rights to subscribe for any shares or other securities of the Corporation;
(mvii) at the Corporation is not aware of any legislationClosing Time, no rights to acquire, or proposed legislation published by a legislative bodyinstruments convertible into or exchangeable for, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect any shares in the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects capital of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued will be outstanding and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now Person has any agreement or option or agreement, option, right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive contractual or contractualotherwise) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription purchase or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations acquisition of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed interest in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent shares or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge securities of the Corporation, that are pending other than (a) the Prior Offering Convertible Debentures, (b) convertible debentures convertible into Common Shares on the same or affecting substantially similar economic terms as the Prior Offering Convertible Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $1,483,000, (c) stock options of the Corporation at law or exercisable to acquire up to 180,000 Common Shares, (d) warrants of the Corporation exercisable to acquire up to 484,071 Common Shares, (e) 27 Unit Compensation Warrants, and (f) broker warrants of the Corporation, that, when exchanged for broker warrants of the Resulting Issuer in equity (whether in any courtaccordance with the Definitive Agreement, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably will be expected exercisable to have a Material Adverse Effectacquire up to 495,467 Resulting Issuer Shares;
(tviii) at the Closing Time, all consents, approvals, permits, authorizations or filings as may be required to be made or obtained by the Corporation under applicable Securities Laws necessary for the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the Warrant Certificates and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby will have been made or obtained, as applicable (other than the filing of reports required under applicable Securities Laws within the prescribed time periods, which documents shall be filed as soon as practicable after the Closing Date and, in any event, within 10 Business Days of the Closing Date or within such other deadline imposed by applicable Securities Laws);
(ix) the execution and delivery of this Agency each of the Transaction Documents, the Warrant Certificates and the Definitive Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesperformance by the Corporation of its obligations thereunder, the issue and sale of the Subscription Receipts and the fulfilment Compensation Warrants and the consummation of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporationtransactions contemplated in this Agreement, including the issuance and sale delivery of the Offered SharesJasper Underlying Securities, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both), (Ai) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Agency Agreement
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriter that, and acknowledges that the Agents are Underwriter is relying upon upon, such representations, representations and warranties and covenants, thatin purchasing the Underwritten Shares:
(a) the Corporation is a company duly continued, organized and validly existing under the laws of Alberta and is properly registered under the laws of all jurisdictions in which its business is carried on except where the failure to be so registered would not have a material adverse effect on the business of the Corporation;
(b) the Corporation is (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date a reporting issuer not in default in any material respect of all material corporate filings any requirement under Canadian Securities Laws, and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) not in default in any material respect of any requirement under U.S. Securities Laws;
(c) the Corporation has all the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted enter into this Agreement and to own, lease perform the transactions contemplated herein and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue own its property and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, assets including licences or other similar rights and to carry out on the provisions contained affairs customarily carried on by it and has all the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its affairs as currently carried on or as currently proposed to be carried on. The Corporation is conducting its affairs in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is affairs are carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates owns its property or carries on business affairs to enable its business affairs to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated except where such non-compliance or failure to obtain such licence, registration or qualification would not have a material adverse effect on the affairs of the Corporation and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting valid and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(d) the Corporation has authorized share capital consisting of an unlimited number of Class A Shares and 50,000 Common Shares of which 40,000 Common Shares and 129,452,713 Class A Shares and no more are validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable. No person, firm or corporation has any agreement or option, or right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation of any unissued shares of the Corporation except as otherwise referred to in the Disclosure Package and the Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplements;
(e) all necessary corporate except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplements, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, there is no action, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Corporation before or by any federal, provincial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which is reasonably expected to result in any material change in the affairs or in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation or its properties or assets (taken as a whole), or which questions the validity of any action has been taken or will have been to be taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or as to validly issue contemplated by the Disclosure Package and sell the Offered Shares and to issue Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Compensation OptionsProspectus Supplements;
(f) since April 30, 2008, there have been no changes in the assets or liabilities of the Corporation from the position thereof as set forth therein, except changes arising from transactions in the ordinary course of its affairs which, in the aggregate, have not been material to the Corporation and except for changes that are disclosed in the approval of Disclosure Package and the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the OfferingProspectus Supplements;
(g) the financial statements of the Corporation, including the notes thereto, incorporated in Disclosure Package, the Prospectus Supplements and the Registration Statement have been prepared in conformity with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and in a manner that is consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and in accordance with the 1933 Act and the Rules, including the requirements of Form F-10, in each case applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved;
(h) the financial statements of the Corporation as incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplements present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as at the dates of such statements;
(i) the Corporation is not in material violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesperformance by the Corporation of its obligations under this Agreement will not result in any material breach or, and the performance violation of, or be in material conflict with, or constitute a material default under, or create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material default under any term or provision of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action charter documents or by-laws of the Corporation or any resolution of the directors or shareholders of the Corporation or any material contract, mortgage, note, indenture, joint venture or partnership arrangement, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, licence or regulation applicable to the Corporation;
(j) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required of the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery or with the performance by the Corporation of this Agency Agreement except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplements and compliance with the Applicable Securities Laws with regard to the distribution of the Underwritten Shares in the Qualifying Canadian Jurisdictions and the United States;
(k) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that except as enforcement thereof hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ the rights generally, that specific performance of creditors generally and other except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law and enforceability of paragraph 12 would be determined only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharescourt;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force securities commission, stock exchange or effect which comparable authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the use or effectiveness of the Shelf Prospectuses, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus Supplements, the Registration Statement or any Prospectus Amendment or preventing the distribution of the Underwritten Shares in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements Canadian Jurisdiction or the notes thereto and except United States nor instituted proceedings for that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norpurpose and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate no such proceedings are pending or other person acting on behalf of contemplated;
(m) the Corporation is aware eligible in accordance with the provisions of or has taken any actionNational Instrument 44-101 to file a short form prospectus under National Instrument 44-102 with Canadian Securities Regulators;
(n) the Corporation is not, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation and upon consummation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices transactions contemplated hereby will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled by an investment company” as such terms are defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1977 (United States)1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(yo) CIBC Mellon Trust Company, at its principal office in the operations Cities of Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver has been duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Corporation areClass A Shares in Canada, and have BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, at its principal office in New York, has been conducted at all times, duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Class A Shares in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime ;
(Money Launderingp) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedthe Corporation is not a “related issuer” or “connected issuer” (as such terms are defined under the Canadian Securities Laws) of the Underwriter;
(zq) neither the Corporation nor, to has prepared and filed with the knowledge SEC an appointment of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf agent for service of process upon the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFACon Form F-X;
(aar) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by meets the Corporation following general eligibility requirements for use of Form F-10 under the Closing Time1933 Act;
(bbs) as at their respective dates, the Corporation’s Auditors who audited Canadian Shelf Prospectus does, and the consolidated financial statements Canadian Prospectus Supplement will, comply in all material respects with the Canadian Securities Laws and, at the time of delivery of the Corporation for Underwritten Shares to the year ended December 31Underwriter, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Prospectus Supplement will comply in all material respects with the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cct) (i) the U.S. Shelf Prospectus conforms and the U.S. Prospectus Supplement will conform to the Canadian Shelf Prospectus and Canadian Prospectus Supplement, respectively, except for such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “Rules”); (ii) the Registration Statement as amended or supplemented, on the Effective Date and on the date hereof did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iii) the U.S. Shelf Prospectus, the Corporation’s Form F-X and the Registration Statement comply, and the U.S. Prospectus Supplement will comply, in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the Rules; (iv) the Disclosure Package does not, and at the Applicable Time, the time of each sale of the Class A Shares in connection with the offering when the U.S. Prospectus Supplement is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date will not, and the U.S. Shelf Prospectus as supplemented by the U.S. Prospectus Supplement as of its date and as of the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (v) the Canadian Shelf Prospectus contains, and the Canadian Prospectus Supplement will contain, full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts required to be stated therein relating to the Corporation, the affairs of the Corporation, and the Underwritten Shares, and as of the date of its filing will contain no untrue statement of a material fact and will not omit to state a material fact regarding the Corporation and its affairs that is necessary to make any statement therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which it was made; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished in writing to the Corporation by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Shelf Prospectuses, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus Supplements or the Registration Statement;
(u) there are no reports or information that in accordance with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Regulators or the SEC must be made publicly available or filed in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Shares that have not been made publicly available or filed as required;
(v) the delivery by the Corporation of any signed Prospectus Amendment or material change report required to be filed under the Applicable Securities Laws will constitute a representation and warranty by the Corporation to the Underwriter that all the information and statements contained therein (except information and statements relating to the Underwriter) are true and correct and that no material information has been omitted therefrom which is necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading;
(w) the Corporation is in material compliance with each material license held by it and is not in violation of, or in default in any material respect under, the applicable statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders or decrees (including, without limitation, “Environmental Laws” as defined below) of any governmental entities, regulatory agencies or bodies asserting or claiming jurisdiction over it or over any part of its affairs or assets, except for such violations and defaults which, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, affairs, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation;
(x) to the best of the knowledge of the Corporation, there are no foreign, federal, provincial, state or local laws or regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”) which affect or otherwise have any application to the Corporation or its affairs, properties and assets (taken as a whole), or to which the Corporation is otherwise subject. The Corporation does not require any license or other approval under any Environmental Laws to conduct its business;
(y) there has not been any “reportable event” event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations No. 51-102) with the auditors of the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddz) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom the Company shall use its best efforts to arrange for the listing and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except posting for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact trading of the Corporation Underwritten Shares on the Stock Exchanges on or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by before the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any Time of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of Closing; and
(aa) the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by using the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact net proceeds of the Corporation or result offering of the Underwritten Shares for the purposes described in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thShelf Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Central Fund of Canada LTD)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriter that, and acknowledges that the Agents are Underwriter is relying upon upon, such representations, representations and warranties and covenants, thatin purchasing the Underwritten Shares:
(a) the Corporation is a company duly continued, organized and validly existing under the laws of Alberta and is properly registered under the laws of all jurisdictions in which its operations are carried on except where the failure to be so registered would not have a material adverse effect on the operations of the Corporation;
(b) the Corporation is (i) is duly amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date a reporting issuer not in default in any material respect of all material corporate filings any requirement under Canadian Securities Laws, and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) not in default in any material respect of any requirement under U.S. Securities Laws;
(c) the Corporation has all the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted enter into this Agreement and to own, lease perform the transactions contemplated herein and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue own its property and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, assets including licences or other similar rights and to carry out on the provisions contained affairs customarily carried on by it and has all the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its affairs as currently carried on or as currently proposed to be carried on. The Corporation is conducting its affairs in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is affairs are carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates owns its property or carries on business affairs to enable its business affairs to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated except where such non-compliance or failure to obtain such licence, registration or qualification would not have a material adverse effect on the affairs of the Corporation and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting valid and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(d) the Corporation has authorized share capital consisting of an unlimited number of Class A Shares and 50,000 Common Shares of which 40,000 Common Shares and 140,567,713 Class A Shares and no more are validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable. No person, firm or corporation has any agreement or option, or right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation of any unissued shares of the Corporation except as otherwise referred to in the Disclosure Package and the Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplements;
(e) all necessary corporate except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplements, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, there is no action, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Corporation before or by any federal, provincial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which is reasonably expected to result in any material change in the affairs or in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation or its properties or assets (taken as a whole), or which questions the validity of any action has been taken or will have been to be taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or as to validly issue contemplated by the Disclosure Package and sell the Offered Shares and to issue Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Compensation OptionsProspectus Supplements;
(f) since July 31, 2008, there have been no changes in the assets or liabilities of the Corporation from the position thereof as set forth therein, except changes arising from transactions in the ordinary course of its affairs which, in the aggregate, have not been material to the Corporation and except for changes that are disclosed in the approval of Disclosure Package and the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the OfferingProspectus Supplements;
(g) the financial statements of the Corporation, including the notes thereto, incorporated in Disclosure Package, the Prospectus Supplements and the Registration Statement have been prepared in conformity with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and in a manner that is consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and in accordance with the 1933 Act and the Rules, including the requirements of Form F-10, in each case applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved;
(h) the financial statements of the Corporation as incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplements present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as at the dates of such statements;
(i) the Corporation is not in material violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesperformance by the Corporation of its obligations under this Agreement will not result in any material breach or, and the performance violation of, or be in material conflict with, or constitute a material default under, or create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material default under any term or provision of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action charter documents or by-laws of the Corporation or any resolution of the directors or shareholders of the Corporation or any material contract, mortgage, note, indenture, joint venture or partnership arrangement, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, licence or regulation applicable to the Corporation;
(j) no approval, authorization, consent or other order of, and no filing, registration or recording with, any governmental authority is required of the Corporation in connection with the execution and delivery or with the performance by the Corporation of this Agency Agreement except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Shelf Prospectuses as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplements and compliance with the Applicable Securities Laws with regard to the distribution of the Underwritten Shares in the Qualifying Canadian Jurisdictions and the United States;
(k) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that except as enforcement thereof hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ the rights generally, that specific performance of creditors generally and other except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law and enforceability of paragraph 12 would be determined only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharescourt;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force securities commission, stock exchange or effect which comparable authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the use or effectiveness of the Shelf Prospectuses, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus Supplements, the Registration Statement or any Prospectus Amendment or preventing the distribution of the Underwritten Shares in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements Canadian Jurisdiction or the notes thereto and except United States nor instituted proceedings for that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norpurpose and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate no such proceedings are pending or other person acting on behalf of contemplated;
(m) the Corporation is aware eligible in accordance with the provisions of or has taken any actionNational Instrument 44-101 to file a short form prospectus under National Instrument 44-102 with Canadian Securities Regulators;
(n) the Corporation is not, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation and upon consummation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices transactions contemplated hereby will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled by an investment company” as such terms are defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1977 (United States)1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(yo) CIBC Mellon Trust Company, at its principal office in the operations Cities of Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver has been duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Corporation areClass A Shares in Canada, and have BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, at its principal office in New York, has been conducted at all times, duly appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Class A Shares in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime ;
(Money Launderingp) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedthe Corporation is not a “related issuer” or “connected issuer” (as such terms are defined under the Canadian Securities Laws) of the Underwriter;
(zq) neither the Corporation nor, to has prepared and filed with the knowledge SEC an appointment of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf agent for service of process upon the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFACon Form F-X;
(aar) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by meets the Corporation following general eligibility requirements for use of Form F-10 under the Closing Time1933 Act;
(bbs) as at their respective dates, the Corporation’s Auditors who audited Canadian Shelf Prospectus does, and the consolidated financial statements Canadian Prospectus Supplement will, comply in all material respects with the Canadian Securities Laws and, at the time of delivery of the Corporation for Underwritten Shares to the year ended December 31Underwriter, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Prospectus Supplement will comply in all material respects with the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cct) (i) the U.S. Shelf Prospectus conforms and the U.S. Prospectus Supplement will conform to the Canadian Shelf Prospectus and Canadian Prospectus Supplement, respectively, except for such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “Rules”); (ii) the Registration Statement as amended or supplemented, on the Effective Date and on the date hereof did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iii) the U.S. Shelf Prospectus, the Corporation’s Form F-X and the Registration Statement comply, and the U.S. Prospectus Supplement will comply, in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the Rules; (iv) the Disclosure Package does not, and at the Applicable Time, the time of each sale of the Class A Shares in connection with the offering when the U.S. Prospectus Supplement is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date will not, and the U.S. Shelf Prospectus as supplemented by the U.S. Prospectus Supplement as of its date and as of the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (v) the Canadian Shelf Prospectus contains, and the Canadian Prospectus Supplement will contain, full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts required to be stated therein relating to the Corporation, the affairs of the Corporation, and the Underwritten Shares, and as of the date of its filing will contain no untrue statement of a material fact and will not omit to state a material fact regarding the Corporation and its affairs that is necessary to make any statement therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which it was made; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished in writing to the Corporation by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Shelf Prospectuses, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus Supplements or the Registration Statement;
(u) there are no reports or information that in accordance with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Regulators or the SEC must be made publicly available or filed in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Shares that have not been made publicly available or filed as required;
(v) the delivery by the Corporation of any signed Prospectus Amendment or material change report required to be filed under the Applicable Securities Laws will constitute a representation and warranty by the Corporation to the Underwriter that all the information and statements contained therein (except information and statements relating to the Underwriter) are true and correct and that no material information has been omitted therefrom which is necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading;
(w) the Corporation is in material compliance with each material license held by it and is not in violation of, or in default in any material respect under, the applicable statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders or decrees (including, without limitation, “Environmental Laws” as defined below) of any governmental entities, regulatory agencies or bodies asserting or claiming jurisdiction over it or over any part of its affairs or assets, except for such violations and defaults which, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, affairs, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation;
(x) to the best of the knowledge of the Corporation, there are no foreign, federal, provincial, state or local laws or regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”) which affect or otherwise have any application to the Corporation or its affairs, properties and assets (taken as a whole), or to which the Corporation is otherwise subject. The Corporation does not require any license or other approval under any Environmental Laws to conduct its operations;
(y) there has not been any “reportable event” event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations No. 51-102) with the auditors of the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddz) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom the Company shall use its best efforts to arrange for the listing and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except posting for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact trading of the Corporation Underwritten Shares on the Stock Exchanges on or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by before the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any Time of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of Closing; and
(aa) the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by using the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact net proceeds of the Corporation or result offering of the Underwritten Shares for the purposes described in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thShelf Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Central Fund of Canada LTD)
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, Underwriters (on their own behalf and acknowledges on behalf of each of the Purchasers) that as at the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatdate hereof:
(a) the Corporation (i) has been duly incorporated and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect laws of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) its governing jurisdiction, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity is duly qualified to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, own or lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into carry out its obligations under this Agency Agreement and the certificates representing the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderWarrants;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(wc) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reportsno subsidiaries or affiliates other than the Subsidiaries, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act each Material Subsidiary and the rules Corporation’s direct and regulations indirect holdings in each such Material Subsidiary are as set out in Part 1 of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of Schedule “B” and the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any actionbeneficially owns, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation the percentage indicated therein of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, issued and outstanding shares in the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use capital of the mails Material Subsidiaries which are free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands of any kind whatsoever, all of such shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are outstanding as fully paid shares and subject to no further call for contribution and no person has any right, agreement or option, present or future, contingent or absolute, or any means right capable of becoming a right, agreement or instrumentality option, for the purchase from the Corporation of interstate commerce corruptly any interest in furtherance any of an offer, payment, promise to pay such shares or authorization for the issue or allotment of any unissued shares in the capital of any of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) Subsidiaries or any “foreign public official” (as other security convertible into or exchangeable for any such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violationsshares;
(yd) each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing under the laws of its governing jurisdiction, has all requisite power and authority and is duly qualified to carry on its business as now conducted and to own or lease its properties and assets;
(e) no Subsidiary (other than a Material Subsidiary) has any assets or liabilities which are material to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or is a party to any agreement which is material to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and no material revenues are booked through any Subsidiary (other than the Material Subsidiaries);
(f) the operations Corporation does not beneficially own, or exercise control or direction over, 10% or more of the outstanding voting shares of any person, other than: (i) the Subsidiaries; and (ii) approximately 16.5% of the currently outstanding voting shares of Virginia Energy Resources Inc.;
(g) all consents, approvals, permits, authorizations or filings as may be required under Applicable Securities Laws necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the certificates representing the Compensation Warrants and the issuance of the Offered Shares and the Compensation Warrant Shares and the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, have been made or obtained, subject to (i) the Corporation making application to the Exchange to accept notice of the Offering and list the Offered Shares and Compensation Warrant Shares, and any conditions and exceptions specified by the Exchange as a condition of accepting such notice and listing the Offered Shares and Compensation Warrant Shares, (ii) the Corporation filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a notice on Form D within 15 days after the first sale of Offered Shares in the United States, if applicable, and all amendments required to be filed as a result of subsequent sales of Offered Shares in the United States, if applicable, and (iii) the Corporation filing within prescribed time periods any notices required to be filed with state securities authorities under applicable blue sky laws in connection with any securities sold pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act;
(h) the currently issued and outstanding Common Shares are listed and posted for trading on the Exchange and no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements or prohibiting the trading of any of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is proceedings for such purpose are pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(zi) neither the Corporation nor, to definitive form of certificate representing the knowledge Common Shares is in proper form under the laws of the Province of Ontario and complies with the requirements of the Exchange and does not conflict with the constating documents of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bbj) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31September 30, 2014 2012 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the three and nine month periods ended June 30, 2013 (collectively, the “Financial Statements”) (i) have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), consistently applied throughout the periods referred to therein, (ii) present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position (including the assets and liabilities, whether absolute, contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation as required by at such dates and results of operations of the Canadian Securities LawsCorporation for the periods then ended, and (iii) contain and reflect adequate provision or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, expenses and losses of the Corporation, and there has been no change in accounting policies or practices of the Corporation since the date of the Financial Statements;
(cck) there during the past three years, the Corporation has not been declared or paid any “reportable event” (within the meaning dividends or declared or made any other payments or distributions on or in respect of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations any of its shares and has not, directly or indirectly, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its shares or agreed to do so or otherwise effected any return of capital with the Corporation’s Auditorsrespect to such shares;
(ddl) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All ; all tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities governmental authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where misleading; to the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact knowledge of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Corporation, no examination of any tax return of the Corporation or any Subsidiary is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority governmental authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation or any Subsidiary;
(m) the auditors of the Corporation who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012 and who provided their audit report thereon are independent public accountants as required under Applicable Securities Laws;
(n) there has never been a reportable disagreement (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure) with the present or former auditors of the Corporation, ;
(o) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any casedifferences;
(p) each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” and “internal control over financial reporting” which the Corporation’s board of directors considers reasonable and appropriate in the Corporation’s circumstances and in accordance with the provisions of IFRS;
(q) the audit committee of the Corporation is comprised and operates in accordance with the requirements of National Instrument 52-110 – Audit Committees of the Canadian Securities Administrators; each member of the audit committee is “independent” within the meaning of such instrument;
(r) as at the Closing Date, except where such examinationsin respect of the Rights Plan and except for the Compensation Warrants and as set forth in Schedule “C” to this Agreement, issues no holder of outstanding securities of the Corporation will be entitled to any pre-emptive or disputes any similar rights to subscribe for any of the Common Shares or other securities of the Corporation and no rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares in the capital of the Corporation are outstanding;
(s) except as disclosed in the AIF and/or the MD&A, no legal or governmental proceedings are pending to which the Corporation or a Subsidiary is a party or to which any of their respective property is subject that would not constitute an result individually or in the aggregate in a material adverse material fact change in the operation, business or condition of the Corporation or any Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Corporation, no such proceedings have been threatened against or are contemplated with respect to the Corporation, a Subsidiary or any of their respective properties;
(t) except as disclosed in the AIF and/or MD&A, each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws and regulations of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business (including, without limitation, all applicable federal, provincial, municipal and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, including, but not limited to relevant exploration and exploitation permits and concessions) and has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which would have a material adverse effect on the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries;
(u) the Corporation is a reporting issuer under the Applicable Securities Laws in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Island, Newfoundland and Labrador; the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any requirement of the Applicable Securities Laws of the Qualifying Jurisdictions nor is included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions. In particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation is in compliance at the date hereof with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it and, other than in respect of material change reports previously filed on a confidential basis and thereafter made public or material change reports previously filed on a confidential basis and in respect of which no material change ever resulted, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change statement has not been filed, except to the extent that the Offering constitutes a material change;
(v) the execution and delivery of each of this Agreement and the certificates representing the Compensation Warrants and the compliance with all provisions contemplated thereunder, the offering and sale of the Offered Shares and the issuance of the Compensation Warrant Shares does not and will not:
(i) require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority, stock exchange, securities regulatory authority or other third party, except: (i) such as have been obtained; or (ii) such as may be required under the applicable by-laws, policies, regulations and prescribed forms of the Exchange;
(ii) result in a Material Adverse Effectbreach of or default under, nor create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a breach of or default under, nor conflict with:
(1) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the constating documents or resolutions of the shareholders, directors or any committee of directors of the Corporation or any Subsidiary;
(ee2) neither to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, any statute, rule, regulation or law applicable to the Corporation or any Subsidiary, including, without limitation, the Applicable Securities Laws of the Qualifying Jurisdictions, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Corporation or any Subsidiary; or
(3) any Material Agreement; and
(iii) give rise to thany lien, charge or claim in or with respect to the properties or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Corporation or any Subsidiary or the acceleration of or the maturity of any debt under any indenture, mortgage, lease, agreement or instrument binding or affecting the Corporation or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties;
(w) upon the execution and delivery thereof, each of this Agreement and the certificates representing the Compensation Warrants shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation and each shall be enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought, and by the fact that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver, and the ability to sever unenforceable terms, may be limited by applicable law;
(x) at the Time of Closing, all necessary corporate action will have been taken by the Corporation to: (a) validly issue the Offered Shares as fully paid and non-assessable securities in the capital of the Corporation; (b) validly create, authorize and issue the Compensation Warrants; and (c) allot, reserve and authorize the issuance of the Compensation Warrant Shares, as fully paid and non-assessable securities in the capital of the Corporation upon the due exercise of the Compensation Warrants;
(y) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares without par value, an unlimited number of preferred shares issuable in series and an unlimited number of Series A preferred shares, of which, as of September 27, 2013, 949,860,428 Common Shares are issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares and no preferred shares are issued and outstanding;
(z) all information which has been prepared by the Corporation relating to the Corporation and its business, property and liabilities and either publicly disclosed or provided to the Underwriters, including the Disclosure Documents and all financial, marketing, sales and operational information provided to the Underwriters are, as of the date of such information, true and correct in all material respects, and no fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make such information materially misleading;
(aa) the Corporation made available to the respective authors thereof prior to the issuance of the Technical Reports, for the purpose of preparing the Technical Reports, as applicable, all information requested, and to the knowledge of the Corporation,
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent and to each of the Purchasers and their permitted assigns, that each of the following representations and acknowledges that warranties is true and correct on the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatdate of this Agreement:
(a) the Corporation (i) and each of the Subsidiaries is a corporation duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) and is up-to-date jurisdiction in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) which it was incorporated, continued or amalgamated, as the case may be, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity is duly qualified and holds all necessary material permits, licences and authorizations necessary or required to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and or operate its properties and assets (including as described in and no steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing its dissolution or winding up, and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into each of this Agency Agreement Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Special Warrant Certificates and the Compensation Option CertificatesSpecial Warrant Indenture, and to carry out the provisions contained in its obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(b) other than the Subsidiaries, the Corporation does not have beneficially own, or exercise control or direction over, 10% or more of the outstanding voting shares of any material subsidiariesentity;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge all of the Subsidiaries, and the Corporation’s direct and indirect holdings and interests in each one, are pending for as set out in the dissolution or liquidation of AIF under the Corporationheading “Item 1. Business – Corporate Organization Chart;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV issued and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance outstanding shares of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly Subsidiaries are issued as fully paid shares, in each case free and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have beenclear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued demands whatsoever and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened orperson, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now firm or corporation has any agreement or option or agreement, option, right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement agreement, for the purchase, subscription purchase from the Corporation or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of its Subsidiaries of any nature interest in any of the Corporationshares in the capital of any of the Subsidiaries;
(pe) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results each of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Special Warrant Certificates and the Compensation Option CertificatesSpecial Warrant Indenture, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof performance by the CorporationCorporation of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, including the issuance issue and sale of the Offered SharesSpecial Warrants hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Special Warrant Certificates and the Special Warrant Indenture, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a material default under, under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both, ) (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the CorporationCorporation including, including Applicable without limitation, Canadian Securities Laws, the rules and regulations of the TSX and NYSE Amex, and United States federal and state securities laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the CorporationCorporation which are in effect at the date hereof; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement, joint venture, partnership, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective Subsidiaries or the property or assets of the CorporationCorporation or the Subsidiaries;
(uf) none of the Corporation or any Subsidiary has approved, is contemplating, has entered into any agreement in respect of, or has any knowledge of: (A) the purchase of any property material to the knowledge Corporation or assets or any interest therein or the sale, transfer or other disposition of any property material to the Corporation or assets or any interest therein currently owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or any Subsidiary whether by asset sale, transfer of shares or otherwise; or (B) the change of control (by sale or transfer of shares or sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any property and assets of the securities Corporation or any Subsidiary or otherwise) of the CorporationCorporation or any Subsidiary;
(vg) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during Canadian GAAP and, together with certifications of the periods involved (“GAAP”)Corporation’s annual filings for 2009 and 2010, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto present fully, fairly and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present correctly in all material respects respects, the financial position condition of the Corporation as of and for at the dates thereof and the results of the operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, changes in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements position of the Corporation for the year periods then ended and contain and reflect adequate provisions or allowance for all reasonably anticipated liabilities, expenses and losses of the Corporation and there has been no change in accounting policies or practices of the Corporation since December 31, 2014 2009. The Financial Statements have been reconciled to the generally accepted accounting principles of the United States in accordance with the U.S. Securities Act and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities LawsSEC’s rules and guidelines;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(ddh) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact in respect of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Corporation. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities governmental authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading misleading, except where the inaccuracy or such failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact in respect of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Corporation. No To the best of the knowledge of the Corporation, no examination of any tax return of the Corporation or any Subsidiary is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority governmental authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the CorporationCorporation or any Subsidiary, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact in respect of the Corporation or result in have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Corporation;
(eei) the Corporation’s Auditors are independent public accountants as required by the U.S. Securities Act and the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and are independent with respect to the Corporation under applicable Canadian Securities Laws and there has never been a reportable disagreement (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure) between the Corporation and its Auditors;
(j) the Corporation has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the U.S. Exchange Act) and “internal controls over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the 1934 Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Corporation, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer by others within those entities, and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they were established; and the Corporation has taken all reasonably necessary actions to ensure that, the Corporation and the Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors, in their capacities as such, will be in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
(k) the Corporation maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;
(l) the Corporation is in compliance with the certification requirements with respect to the Corporation’s annual and interim filings with the Canadian Securities Regulators;
(m) the audit committee of the Corporation is comprised and operates in accordance with the requirements of National Instrument 52-110 – Audit Committees of the Canadian Securities Administrators;
(n) the Corporation is a reporting issuer not in default for purposes of Canadian Securities Laws in jurisdictions which recognize the concept of reporting issuer status. Further, the Corporation is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 of the U.S. Securities Act) as of the eligibility determination date for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the U.S. Securities Act with respect to the Offering.
(o) as at the Closing Date, except as contemplated by this Agreement and as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, other than restricted stock units (“RSU”) and stock options issued to employees and executive officers of the Corporation during the last fiscal quarter, no holder of outstanding shares in the capital of the Corporation will be entitled to any pre-emptive or any similar rights to subscribe for any Common Shares or other securities of the Corporation and no rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares in the capital of the Corporation are outstanding;
(p) except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, no legal or governmental proceedings or inquiries are pending to which the Corporation, or any of its Subsidiaries, is a party or to which its property is subject that would result in the revocation or modification of any material certificate, authority, permit or license necessary to conduct the business now owned or operated by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries which, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation and, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, no such legal or governmental proceedings or inquiries have been threatened against or are contemplated with respect to the Corporation or its Subsidiaries or with respect to their properties;
(q) none of the Corporation nor its Subsidiaries is in violation of its constating documents or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, trust deed, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its property may be bound;
(r) the Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use under license, sub-license or otherwise all material intellectual property used by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries in its business, including copyrights, industrial designs, trade marks, trade secrets, know how and proprietary rights, free and clear of any and all encumbrances;
(s) any and all of the agreements and other documents and instruments pursuant to which the Corporation and its Subsidiaries hold the property and assets thereof (including any interest in, or right to earn an interest in, any property) are valid and subsisting agreements, documents or instruments in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof, neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary is in default of any of the provisions of any such agreements, documents or instruments nor has any such default been alleged that, in each case could reasonably be expected to thhave a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation, and such properties and assets are in good standing under the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situated and all leases, licences and claims pursuant to which the Corporation or any Subsidiary derive the interests thereof in such property and assets are in good standing and there has been no default under any such lease, licence or claim that could reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect on the Corporation. None of the properties (or any interest in, or right to earn an interest in, any property) of the Corporation or any Subsidiary is subject to any right of first refusal or purchase or acquisition right; (t) each of this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Special Warrant Certificates and the Special Warrant Indenture has been or will be duly authorized and executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes or will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principals when equitable remedies are sought, and by the fact that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver, and the ability to sever unenforceable terms, may be limited by applicable law;
(u) at the Closing Time, all necessary corporate action will have been taken by the Corporation (i) to allot and authorize the creation, issuance and sale of the Special Warrants, (ii) to allot and authorize the creation and issuance of the Warrants and the Compensation Warrants, (iii) to allot and reserve for issuance, the Shares upon the deemed exercise of the Special Warrants, Warrant Shares upon the due exercise of the Warrants and Compensation Warrant Shares upon the due exercise of the Compensation Warrants;
(v) no order or ruling suspending the sale or ceasing the trading in any securities of the Corporation (including the Special Warrants) has been issued by any securities regulatory authority and is continuing in effect and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best knowledge of the Corporation, are pending, contemplated or threatened by any regulatory authority;
(w) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of preferred shares, which, as at the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the date hereof, (i) 46,596,708 Common Shares and no preferred shares were issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of the Corporation, and (ii) 177,500 RSUs, 2,563,661 stock options and 200,000 warrants were issued and outstanding;
(x) the Corporation has not made any loans to or guaranteed the obligations of any person other than the Subsidiaries;
(y) with respect to each premises of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries which is material to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries occupies as tenant (the “Leased Premises”), the Corporation or such Subsidiary occupies the Leased Premises and has the exclusive right to occupy and use the Leased Premises and each of the leases pursuant to which the Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries occupies the Leased Premises is in good standing and in full force and effect;
(z) the Corporation and each Subsidiary is in compliance with all laws respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, pay equity and wages, except where non-compliance with such laws could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Corporation or any Subsidiary, and has not and is not engaged in any unfair labour practice;
(aa) no labour dispute with the employees of the Corporation or any Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, is imminent, and the Corporation is
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agentsto, and acknowledges agrees with each Purchaser that as of the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties date hereof and covenants, thatas of the Closing Date:
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Corporation consists of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock of which 48,415,358 shares of Common Stock are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement.
(ib) is duly amalgamated under Since December 31, 2008, the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) Corporation has filed all material reports, registrations and statements, together with any required amendments thereto, that it was required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Act”"SEC") and is up-to-date any other applicable federal or state securities authorities. All such reports and statements filed with any such regulatory body or authority are collectively referred to herein as the "Corporation Reports." As of their respective dates, the Corporation Reports complied as to form in respect of all material corporate filings respects with all the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and any other applicable foreign, federal or state securities authorities, as the case may be.
(c) Except as previously disclosed in writing to the Purchasers, since December 31, 2008, no change has occurred and no circumstances exist (including any changes, occurrences, circumstances or facts existing prior to December 31, 2008 but which become known on or after December 31, 2008) that is not disclosed in good standing under such Act; the Disclosure Materials (iias defined below) which, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) The Corporation has all requisite corporate powerpermits, authority licenses, authorizations, orders and capacity approvals of, and has made all filings, applications and registrations with, any governmental entities that are required in order to carry on its business as now presently conducted and that are material to ownthe business of the Corporation, lease except where the failure to have such permits, licenses, authorizations, orders and operate its properties approvals or the failure to make such filings, applications and assets (including as described registrations would not, individually or in the Public Disclosureaggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and all such permits, licenses, certificates of authority, orders and approvals are in full force and effect and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, no suspension or cancellation of any of them is threatened, and all such filings, applications and registrations are current.
(e) Each of the following publicly filed documents is available via the E▇▇▇▇ system to the Purchaser: (i) the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2008, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A as filed on March 19, 2009; (ii) the Corporation's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the quarters ended March 31, 2009, December 31, 2008 and September 30, 2008; (iii) the Corporation's proxy statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on February 12, 2009; and (iv) the Corporation's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC since December 31, 2008, pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Exchange Act") (items (i) through (iv) collectively, the "Disclosure Materials"), which Disclosure Materials include, among other things, the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. and the Corporation, dated as of August 3, 2009, audited consolidated balance sheets of the Corporation as of June 30, 2008 and 2007 and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in net assets and cash flow for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2008. As of the date hereof, each of the documents comprising a part of the Disclosure Materials, when such documents are considered together as a whole, did not contain or will not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state or will not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) Based in part upon the representations and warranties of each Purchaser contained herein, the Corporation is not required by applicable law or regulation in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Shares to the Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement to register the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws.
(g) The Corporation, (i) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not result in any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Corporation, or which would not materially and adversely affect the assets or properties of the Corporation, or which would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Corporation to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents (individually or in the aggregate, a "Material Adverse Effect," except that the mere filing of any action, claim, suit or order relating to any actual or threatened litigation involving the Corporation or any of its employees after the date of this Agreement (rather than the actual facts and circumstances underlying such action, claim, suit or order) shall not be deemed a Material Adverse Effect); and (iii) has all requisite corporate powerpower and authority necessary to own or hold its respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is currently engaged.
(h) All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Corporation have been duly and validly authorized and issued, authority are fully paid and capacity non-assessable and no such shares were issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any security holder of the Corporation. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, no person has any preemptive or similar statutory or contractual right to createpurchase any shares of capital stock of the Corporation. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, there are no outstanding warrants, options or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any of the Corporation's capital stock and no restrictions upon the voting or transfer of any capital stock of the Corporation pursuant to the Corporation's charter or bylaws or any agreement or other instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation is bound.
(i) The Shares have been duly authorized by the Corporation and, when issued and delivered by the Corporation against payment therefor in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, and sell the Offered Shares, issuance of the Shares will not obligate the Corporation to enter into this Agency issue shares of capital stock to any person.
(j) This Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesRegistration Rights Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and to carry out the provisions contained general equitable principles (whether considered in hereunder and thereunder;a proceeding in equity or at law).
(bk) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares in the manner contemplated hereby, and the consummation of the Transactions, will not (i) conflict with or constitute a violation of, or default (with the passage of time or the delivery of notice) under, (A) any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or any agreement, lease, franchise, license, permit, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution is a party or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in by which it owns, leases or operates its property is bound, where such conflict, violation or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could default would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licencesEffect, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
or (eB) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation knowledge of the Corporation, enforceable against any law, administrative regulation, ordinance or judgment, order or decree of any court or governmental agency, arbitration panel or authority binding upon the Corporation in accordance with or any of its termsproperty, provided that enforcement thereof may where such conflict, violation or default would reasonably be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generallyexpected to have a Material Adverse Effect, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion or (ii) violate any of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations ActArticles of Amendment and Restatement, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsAmended and Restated Bylaws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof Corporation; and thereof no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with any such person (including, without limitation, any such court or governmental agency or body) is required for the consummation of the Transactions by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to under state securities laws or Regulation D under the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have beenAct, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt required by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
The NASDAQ Stock Market (j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;"NASDAQ").
(l) The audited consolidated financial statements (including the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(mrelated notes) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, included or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed incorporated in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation Disclosure Materials present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge operations of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting at the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) dates and for the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesperiods indicated, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during throughout the periods involved involved.
(“GAAP”), except m) Except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, disclosed in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, Disclosure Materials or as previously disclosed to the knowledge of the CorporationPurchasers, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation there is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding before or by or before any court or governmental agency, authority agency or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is labor dispute now pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;threatened against the Corporation, which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(zn) neither No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Transactions is in effect nor has any action been filed or is any proceeding pending that seeks any such event.
(o) Except for payments made or to be made to the Corporation's placement agent, no broker's, finder's, investment banker's or similar fee or commission has been paid or will be payable by the Corporation norwith respect to, or for any services rendered to the Corporation ancillary to, the offer, issue and sale of the Shares contemplated by this Agreement. Any such fee or commission shall be payable by the Corporation and not any of the Purchasers.
(p) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Materials, the Corporation does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any "Significant Subsidiary" as defined in SEC Regulation S-X.
(q) The Corporation has filed on a timely basis all material federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed by it through the date hereof or had properly requested extension thereof and has paid all material taxes shown as due thereon, and any related material assessments, fines or penalties, except where the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Corporation has made reasonably adequate charges, accruals and reserves in the applicable financial statements referred to in this Section 4.1(q) in respect of all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Corporation has not been finally determined. The Corporation has no knowledge of a material tax deficiency which has been or is reasonably likely to be asserted or threatened against it.
(r) To its knowledge, the Corporation is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, decrees and judgments applicable to it, including, without limitation, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder, all applicable local, state and federal environmental laws and regulations and the provisions of the S▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002, as amended ("S▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act") and the applicable federal and state banking laws, rules and regulations, together with the S▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act, the "Applicable Laws"), except where failure to be so in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Corporation has not received any notice of purported or actual non-compliance with Applicable Laws, except to the extent it would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Corporation has not received any communication from any Governmental Authority threatening to revoke any permit, license, franchise, certificate of authority or other governmental authorization.
(s) To its knowledge, the Corporation's Common Stock is in compliance with all the requirements of NASDAQ for continued listing of the Common Stock thereon. Furthermore, the Corporation has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminate the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or de-listing the Common Stock from NASDAQ, nor has the Corporation received any notification that the SEC or NASDAQ is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.
(t) The Corporation maintains insurance (issued by insurers of recognized financial responsibility) of the types, against such losses and in the amounts, with such insurers and subject to deductibles and exclusions as are customary in the Corporation's industry and otherwise reasonably prudent, including, without limitation, insurance covering all real and personal property owned or leased by the Corporation against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily insured against by similarly situated companies, all of which insurance is in full force and effect.
(u) The Corporation has satisfied the conditions for use of Form N-2 as set forth in the General Instructions to such Form.
(v) The Corporation has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Corporation to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(w) None of the Corporation, any directorof its affiliates, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person and any Person acting on its behalf, including the Corporation's placement agent has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of the Shares or solicited any offers to buy the Shares, under circumstances that would require registration of the Shares under the Securities Act. None of the Corporation, any of its affiliates, and any Person acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by the Corporation for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office are listed or designated. None of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, its affiliates and any Person acting on its behalf will take any action or steps referred to in the preceding sentence that would require registration of any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation Shares under the Securities Act. For the purposes of this Agreement, "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock corporation, trust or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation unincorporated organization or to thany government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. 3.1 The Corporation hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the AgentsAgent and the Purchasers as follows, and acknowledges that the Agents Agent and the Purchasers are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenantscovenants (and confirms, that:for greater certainty, that the Purchasers, in addition to the Agent, shall have the benefit of such representations and warranties). The representations and warranties of the Corporation contained in this Section 3 shall be true and correct on and as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if then made by the Corporation. All references in this Section 3.1 to the Corporation shall, to the extent that the representations and warranties below are applicable to each Material Subsidiary, be deemed to include the Material Subsidiary.
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated organized and validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect State of all material corporate filings and Florida, is in good standing under such Act; (ii) standing, current and up to date with all material filings required to be made by it and has all requisite corporate powercapacity, power and authority and capacity to is qualified or authorized to: (i) carry on its business as now conducted and to own, own or lease and operate its properties property and assets in all jurisdictions where such qualification or authorization is required; (ii) undertake the Offering and to carry out all other obligations and transactions contemplated herein, including as described in entering into, executing and delivering the Public Disclosure)Documents and carrying out its obligations thereunder; and (iii) has all requisite corporate powercreate and issue the Agent's Compensation Options; (iv) create, authority and capacity to createoffer, issue and sell the Offered SharesUnits, to enter into this Agency Agreement the Common Shares and the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement; and (v) allot, reserve, issue and deliver the Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants and the Agent's Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out Shares underlying the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderAgent's Compensation Options;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Common Shares and to issue Warrants comprising the Compensation Options;
(f) except for Units, the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement Warrant Shares and the Agent's Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject allotted for issuance to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement Purchasers and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not Agent (as the case may be) conflict with and will not be subject to pre emptive or result in a breach or violation of any similar rights, and upon the due exercise of the terms or provisions ofWarrants and the Agent's Compensation Options in accordance with their respective terms, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) Warrant Shares and Agent's Compensation Shares will be validly issued and fully paid and non assessable shares in the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions capital of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease Corporation and will not be subject to pre emptive or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporationsimilar rights;
(uc) as at the Time of Closing, all necessary notices and filings will have been made with the Exchange (with the exception of items (1), 8(v) and 8(xiv) set forth in the conditional approval letter dated August 25, 2011 from the Exchange regarding the Corporation's application for listing its Common Shares on the Exchange); and all necessary approvals and authorizations obtained by the Corporation from the Exchange to ensure that the knowledge Common Shares comprising a portion of the CorporationUnits, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the securities Warrants, and the Agent's Compensation Shares issuable upon exercise of the CorporationAgent's Compensation Options, will be listed and posted for trading on the Exchange as soon as possible after their issuance;
(vd) Schedule "3.1(d)" to this Agreement sets out the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements subsidiaries of the Corporation included (the "Material Subsidiaries") and specifies the Corporation's direct or indirect equity interest in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filingMaterial Subsidiaries. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation The Material Subsidiaries are, and have been conducted will be at all timesthe Closing Date, duly organized and validly existing under their respective governing law, are in compliance good standing under their respective governing law, and current and up to date with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made by them and paid by have all requisite corporate capacity, power and authority and are qualified or authorized to carry on their business as now conducted and to own or lease and operate their respective property and assets in all jurisdictions where such qualification or authorization is required. All of the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Material Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paidand, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result as otherwise noted in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thSchedule "3.1
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriters and to the Purchasers, and acknowledges that the Agents are each of them is relying upon such representations, representations and warranties and covenantsin connection with the Offering, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) and each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated, amalgamated, continued or formed, and organized and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (laws of the “Act”) and is up-to-date jurisdiction in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate powerwhich it was incorporated, authority and capacity to carry on its business amalgamated, continued or formed, as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatescase may be, and to carry out no steps or proceedings have been taken by any Person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderdissolution or winding up of the Corporation or any Subsidiary;
(b) the Corporation does not have and each Subsidiary is duly qualified to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its Assets and Properties requires such qualification and has all requisite corporate power, capacity and authority to conduct its business and own, lease and operate its Assets and Properties and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and any material subsidiariesother document, filing, instrument or agreement delivered in connection with the Offering;
(c) other than the Subsidiaries, the Corporation has no proceedings have been takendirect or indirect subsidiaries or any investment or except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, instituted or, proposed investment in any Person which would otherwise be material to the knowledge business and affairs of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the CorporationCorporation on a consolidated basis;
(d) the Corporation and each Subsidiary: (i) conducts and has conducted been conducting its business in compliance, compliance in all material respects, respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, Laws of each state and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted services are provided and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such lawsLaws, regulations or permits other than the San Francisco Letter, in respect of which could reasonably be expected to the matters of non-compliance set out therein have a Material Adverse Effect and all been resolved such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and that the Hometown Permit is in good standingstanding and not subject to revocation as a result of the circumstances set out in the San Francisco Letter, and (ii) except for the U.S. Marijuana Laws, is not in breach or violation of any judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation or such Subsidiary, as applicable;
(e) the Corporation directly owns all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to of the Closing Time issued and outstanding securities of each Subsidiary (other than Hometown Heart, which is managed by the Corporation so as to validly issue under the Hometown MSA) and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval all of the TSXV issued and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state outstanding securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly Subsidiaries are issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise securities. Other than liens in favour of the Compensation Optionslenders under the Credit Facility Agreement, including payment in full all of the applicable exercise priceissued and outstanding securities of each Subsidiary (other than Hometown Heart, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital by virtue of the Corporation consists Hometown Option Agreement) are free and clear of an unlimited number of Common Sharesall mortgages, of whichliens, as of May 20charges, 2015pledges, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislationsecurity interests, encumbrances, claims or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued demands whatsoever and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now Person has any agreement or option or agreement, option, right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement agreement, for the purchase, subscription purchase from the Corporation or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations Subsidiary of any nature interest in any of the Corporationsecurities or other interests in the capital of such Subsidiary;
(pf) since December 31neither Herban Industries NJ LLC, 2013Herban Industries CO LLC, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
Herban Industries NV LLC or DionyMed, Inc.: (i) there has not been any is material change in to the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations business of the Corporation taken as a whole; (ii) hold any material property or assets; (iii) are party to any material Contract; or
(iv) carry on a consolidated basisany active business;
(iig) there has not been other than material assets or properties which the Corporation or any material change Subsidiary is in the capital stock or long-term debt process of purchasing an interest as described in the Disclosure Documents, the Hometown Shares which Herban has an irrevocable right to acquire pursuant to the Hometown Option Agreement and other than liens on the assets of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
and the Subsidiaries in favour of the lenders under the Credit Facility Agreement (iiiA) the Corporation and each Subsidiary is the absolute legal and beneficial owner, and has carried on its business good and valid title to, all of the material Assets and Properties thereof as described in the ordinary course;
(q) Disclosure Documents, including all Contracts that are material to the Financial Statements business of the Corporation present fairlyand the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands whatsoever and no other material respects, assets or properties are necessary for the financial condition conduct of the business of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for or the periods then ended;
Subsidiaries as currently conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted, (rB) the Corporation does not have know of any liabilitiesclaim or the basis for any claim that might or could materially and adversely affect the right of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries to use, direct transfer or indirectotherwise exploit such Assets and Properties, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
and (sC) except other than as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect)Disclosure Documents, there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, nor any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate Subsidiary has any responsibility or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise obligation to pay any commission, royalty, licence fee or authorization of the similar payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation Person with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatenedAssets and Properties thereof;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, Agent and acknowledges that the Agents are Agent is relying upon such representations, warranties representations and covenantswarranties, that, except as disclosed to the Agent on April 17, 2000:
(a) the The Corporation (i) has been incorporated and organized and is duly amalgamated validly subsisting under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement Agreement, the Special Warrant Certificates, the Share Purchase Warrant Indenture and the Agent's Compensation Option Certificates, Warrants (collectively the "Material Contracts") and to carry out the provisions contained in its obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(b) The Corporation is not a reporting issuer or the equivalent thereof, in any Canadian province. The Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;is a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(c) no proceedings have been takenAll press releases, instituted or, material change reports and other documents filed by or on behalf of the Corporation with the securities regulatory authorities or the NASD during the last two years were true and correct in all material respects (except to the knowledge extent that information therein relates to the capitalization of the Corporation, are pending for Corporation or to the dissolution or liquidation timing of the Corporation;acquisition of SoftQuad Software Inc.)
(d) The Corporation has two subsidiaries (as that term is defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) Softquad Software, Inc. and Softquad Acquisition Corp. (the "Subsidiaries"), which are material to the Corporation. For the balance of this Section 3, the Corporation shall mean the Corporation and its Subsidiaries.
(e) The Corporation has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance, compliance in all material respects, respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its it carries on business is and possess all material certificates, authorities, pen-nits, licences, trademarks, copyrights, patents or other intellectual property rights issued by the appropriate provincial, state, municipal, federal or other regulatory agency or body necessary to carry on the business currently carried on and by it, is licensed, registered or qualified in compliance in all material respects with such certificates, authorities, permits, licences, trademarks, copyrights, patents or other intellectual property rights and with all laws, regulations, tariffs, rules, orders and directives material to its operation, and the Corporation has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificates, authorities, permits, licences, trademarks, copyrights, patents or other intellectual property rights which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, order, ruling or finding, would materially and adversely affect the conduct of the business, operations, financial condition or income of the Corporation on a consolidated basis.
(f) Except as disclosed in the documents which have been filed by the Corporation with the Securities Exchange Commission and in all press releases (the "Disclosure Documents") of the Corporation, the Corporation is the legal and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, all of the material assets of the Corporation, as described in the Disclosure Documents including, without limitation, all patents, trademarks and other intellectual property, free of all mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands whatsoever other than as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents. No other material property rights are necessary for the conduct of the Corporation's business. There are no restrictions on the ability of the Corporation to use, transfer or otherwise exploit any such property rights, and the Corporation does not know of any claim or basis for a claim that may adversely affect such rights.
(g) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents any and all agreements pursuant to which the Corporation holds its assets are valid and subsisting agreements in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (subject to customary qualifications concerning the application of laws affecting creditors rights and the availability of equitable remedies being in the discretion of courts), the Corporation is not in material default of any of the provisions of any such agreements nor has any such default been alleged and such assets are in good standing under the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which it ownsthey are situate, all leases or operates pursuant to which the Corporation derives its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and interest in such assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it there has been no material default under any such leases and all real or other property taxes required to be paid with respect to such assets to the date hereof have been paid.
(h) Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Disclosure Documents:
(i) the Corporation has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, paid or declared any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with dividends or incurred any such laws, regulations material capital expenditure or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingmade any commitment therefor;
(eii) all the Corporation has not incurred any obligation or liability, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, except in the ordinary course of business and which is not material; and
(iii) the Corporation has not entered into any material transaction;
(i) Other than as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, the Corporation has not approved, is not contemplating, has not entered into any agreement in respect of, and has no knowledge of:
(j) To the best of the knowledge of the Corporation, none of the directors or officers of the Corporation or any associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing had, has or intends to have any material interest, direct or indirect, in the transactions contemplated by this agreement or in any proposed material transaction with the Corporation which, as the case may be, materially affects, is material to or will materially affect the Corporation.
(k) The authorized capital of the Corporation consists of 50,000,000 Common Shares and 25,000,000 Preference Shares and one Special Voting Share. As of the date hereof, the Corporation has outstanding options, warrants and other outstanding rights to acquire 1,878,368, 3,863,500 and 5,773,605 Common Shares, respectively.
(l) Except as set forth in Schedule C and except for options, warrants and rights referred to in clause (k) above, no person has any agreement or option, or right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any of the unissued shares, securities, warrants (including convertible securities or warrants) of the Corporation.
(m) Certain common shares in the share capital of the Corporation are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board.
(n) The Warrant Agent has been duly appointed as warrant agent under the Share Purchase Warrant Indenture.
(o) All necessary corporate action has been taken or to duly authorize the issue, sale and delivery of the Units (and the securities comprising same) and, upon payment of the requisite consideration therefor, the Units (and the securities comprising same) will have been taken prior to be validly issued.
(p) At the Closing Time and any Additional Closing, (i) the Agent's Compensation Warrants will be duly and validly created and issued, (ii) the Shares will be duly and validly allotted and reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the Special Warrants, (iii) the Compensation Shares will be duly and validly allotted and reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the Compensation Options; and (iv) the Warrant Shares will be duly and validly allotted and reserved for issuance upon the due exercise of the Share Purchase Warrants.
(q) The offering and sale in the Qualifying Provinces of the Units, the compliance by the Corporation so with the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions referred to herein do not (i) require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority, stock exchange, securities regulatory authority or other third party, except (A) such as have been obtained, and (B) such as may be required (and shall be obtained as provided in this Agreement) under the Securities Laws of the Qualifying Province, or (ii) conflict with or result in any breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other agreement or instrument to validly issue and sell which the Offered Shares and Corporation or any of its properties is bound, or the articles or by-laws of the Corporation or any statute or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation of any court or other governmental authority or any arbitrator, or stock exchange or securities regulatory authority applicable to issue the Compensation Options;Corporation or any of its properties or assets which could have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, properties, net worth, or results of operations of the Corporation, on a consolidated basis.
(fr) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the The execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and each of the Compensation Option Certificates, Material Contracts and the performance and compliance with the terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and therebyMaterial Contracts will not result in any material breach of, including the issuance and sale or be in conflict with, or constitute a material default under or create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time or both, constitutes a material default under, any term or provisions of the Offered Sharesarticles, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by-laws or resolutions of the directors or shareholders of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement or any mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement (written or oral), instrument, lease, license or other document, to which the Corporation is a party or to which it is subject or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation.
(s) Each of the Material Contracts has been (or will be at the Closing Date) duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes or will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided except that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generallybankruptcy, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation representsrepresents and warrants to, warrants and covenants to with, the AgentsAgent, and acknowledges that the Agents are Agent is relying upon such representations, warranties and covenantscovenants in entering into this Agreement, that:
(a) the Corporation (i) and each of its subsidiaries is duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings validly existing and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated, continued or amalgamated, as the case may be, has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business business, as now conducted and as presently proposed to ownbe conducted by it, lease and operate to own its properties and assets (including as described in and no steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing its dissolution or winding up, and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderits obligations hereunder;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesand each of its subsidiaries is duly registered and qualified to carry on business and is validly existing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business;
(c) other than Northern Dominion Metals Corporation (“NDMC”), the Corporation does not have any subsidiaries and the Corporation has no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution shareholdings in any other corporation or liquidation of the Corporationbusiness organization;
(d) to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, information and belief, there are no defects, failures or impairments in the title of any of the assets or properties acquired pursuant to the share purchase agreement dated October 30, 2020 among the Corporation, NDMC and the shareholders of NDMC (the “Share Purchase Agreement”);
(e) the Corporation has no reason to believe that any of the representations and warranties of NDMC or any of the representations and warranties of the shareholders of NDMC in Share Purchase Agreement were not true and correct as of the date of the closing of the purchase and sale under the Share Purchase Agreement;
(f) the Corporation and each of its subsidiaries has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable lawsApplicable Laws, rules and regulations (including and, in particular, all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, licensing and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing lawslegislation, regulations and or by-laws or other lawful requirements requirement of any governmental or regulatory bodybodies, applicable to the Corporation and its subsidiaries, of each jurisdiction in which the Corporation and/or its business is carried subsidiaries carry on business, and is licensedthe Corporation and its subsidiaries hold all material licences, registered or qualified registrations and qualifications in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates the Corporation and/or its property or carries subsidiaries carry on business which are necessary or desirable to enable carry on the business of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, except where the failure to so conduct its business or to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all hold such licences, registrations and or qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has would not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting valid and existing and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action standing and none of such licences, registrations or qualifications contains any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation which has been taken or will is likely to have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the OfferingMaterial Adverse Effect;
(g) the Corporation is not in default or breach of, and the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesof, and the performance of and compliance with the terms of this Agreement, the Warrant Indenture and the Subscription Agreements or any of the transactions contemplated hereby and or thereby, including the issuance does not and sale will not result in any breach of, or be in conflict with or constitute a default under, or create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would result in a breach of or constitute a default under: (i) any term or provision of the Offered Sharesarticles, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action laws or resolutions of the directors (or any committee thereof) or shareholders of the Corporation; (ii) any mortgage, note, indenture or Contract to which the Corporation is a party or by which it is bound; or (iii) any law, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation or its properties or assets; which default or breach might reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the business, operations, capital or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by or would impair the ability of the Corporation to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or to duly observe and constitutes a valid perform any of its covenants or obligations contained in this Agreement, the Warrant Indenture and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario)Subscription Agreements;
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment Corporation is a “reporting issuer” in each of the terms hereof provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and thereof by Ontario (the Corporation, including “Reporting Provinces”) and not on the issuance and sale list of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) reporting issuers in default under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulationsin each of the Reporting Provinces, and is in compliance with all applicable Securities Laws in all material respects;
(i) neither the Offered Shares have beenCorporation nor any of its subsidiaries has committed an act of bankruptcy or sought protection from the creditors thereof before any court or pursuant to any legislation, proposed a compromise or prior arrangement to the creditors thereof generally, taken any proceeding with respect to a compromise or arrangement, taken any proceeding to be declared bankrupt or wound up, taken any proceeding to have a receiver appointed of any of the assets thereof, had any person holding any encumbrance, lien, charge, hypothec, pledge, mortgage, title retention agreement or other security interest or receiver take possession of any of the property thereof, had an execution or distress become enforceable or levied upon any portion of the property thereof or had any petition for a receiving order in bankruptcy filed against it;
(j) the financial statements of the Corporation contained in the Public Record: (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations under the Applicable Securities Laws; (ii) were reported in accordance with the Canadian generally accepted accounting principles or IFRS, as the case may be; and (iii) present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, if any, as of the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, if any, for the periods covered thereby;
(k) there is no material fact or material change in the affairs of the Corporation that has not been generally disclosed to the public;
(l) the minute books of the Corporation and each of its subsidiaries, including NDMC, contain full, true and correct copies of the constating documents of the Corporation (which constating documents do not contain any restrictions on the transfer of shares of the Corporation) or its subsidiaries, as applicable, and contain copies of all minutes of all meetings and all consent resolutions of the directors, committees of directors and shareholders of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, as applicable, and all such meetings were duly called and properly held and all consent resolutions were properly adopted;
(m) the books of account and other records of the Corporation, whether of a financial or accounting nature or otherwise, have been maintained in accordance with prudent business practices;
(n) the Corporation has full corporate capacity, power and authority to issue: (i) the FT Shares and Warrants comprising the FT Units, and the Compensation Options, all as of the Closing Time Date, respectively; (ii) the Compensation Shares and Compensation Warrants issuable upon the exercise of the Compensation Options; and (iii) the Warrant Shares issuable on the exercise of the Warrants and Compensation Warrants, and all of the above will be, be duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance andissuance, and upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase or exercise price for the Offered Sharestherefor, as applicable, all Common Shares will be duly and validly authorized and issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesshares in the capital of the Corporation;
(jo) the Compensation Options form and terms of the definitive certificates representing the Common Shares and Warrants, if any, have beenbeen approved and adopted by the Corporation, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized comply with all corporate and createdlegal requirements relating thereto;
(kp) the Compensation Option Shares Corporation has full corporate capacity, power and authority to be issued upon exercise enter into this Agreement, the Warrant Indenture and the Subscription Agreements and to perform its obligations set out herein and therein (including, without limitation, to issue the Offered Securities), and this Agreement has been, and the Subscription Agreements will, on the Closing Date, be, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and this Agreement is, and the Subscription Agreements will, on the Closing Date, be, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Compensation OptionsCorporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms, except that the validity, binding effect and enforceability are subject to the qualification that such validity, binding effect and enforceability may be limited by:
(i) bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws of general application affecting creditors’ rights;
(ii) equitable remedies, including payment the remedies of specific performance and injunctive relief, which are available only in full the discretion of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharescourt;
(liii) the equitable or statutory powers of the courts in Canada to stay proceedings before them and the execution of judgments;
(iv) rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver hereunder which may be limited or unavailable under Applicable Law;
(v) the Applicable Laws regarding limitations of actions;
(vi) the enforceability of provisions which purport to sever any provision which is prohibited or unenforceable under Applicable Law without affecting the enforceability or validity of the remainder of such document which would be determined only in the discretion of the court;
(vii) the enforceability of the provisions exculpating a party from liability or duty otherwise owed by it to another and certain remedial terms and waivers of equitable defences provided for in such agreement or other document which may be limited under Applicable Law;
(viii) the requirement of a court that the discretionary powers expressed to be conferred on any party to such agreement, indenture or other document be exercised reasonably and in good faith notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary and the possibility that such court may decline to accept as conclusive factual or legal determinations described as conclusive therein; or
(ix) the fact that costs of and incidental to all proceedings authorized to be taken in court are in the discretion of the court and that the court has full power to determine by whom and to what extent such costs shall be paid;
(q) all agreements with third parties in connection with the Corporation’s business have been entered into and are being performed by the Corporation and, to the knowledge of the Corporation, by all other third parties thereto, in compliance, in all material respects, with their terms. There exists no actual or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened termination, cancellation or limitation of, or any material modification or material change in, the business relationship of the Corporation, with any supplier or contractor, or any group of suppliers or contractors whose business with or whose purchases or inventories/components provided to the business of the Corporation that is material to the assets, business, properties, operations or financial condition of the Corporation. All such business relationships are intact and mutually cooperative, and there exists no condition or state of fact or circumstances that would prevent the Corporation from conducting such business with any such third parties in the same manner in all material respects as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted;
(r) there are no actions, suits, proceedings or inquiries pending or, to the Corporation’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Corporation or its subsidiaries at law or in equity, or before or by any federal, provincial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality which in any way materially adversely affects, or may be reasonably expected to in any way materially adversely affect, the capital, assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of the operations of the Corporation, its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets or which affects or may be reasonably expected to affect the distribution of the Offered Securities and the Corporation is not aware of any existing ground on which such action, suit, proceeding or inquiry might be commenced with any reasonable likelihood of success;
(s) except for this Agreement, the Corporation and its subsidiaries are not a party to or bound by any agreement of guarantee, indemnification (other than an indemnification of directors and officers in accordance with Applicable Laws and the by-laws of the Corporation) or any other like commitment of the obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of indebtedness of any other person;
(t) neither the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries are, and to the Corporation’s knowledge, no other party is, in default in the observance or performance of any term or obligation to be performed by it under any Contract to which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound which is material to the business of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would directly or indirectly constitute such a default, in any such case which default or event would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(u) the Corporation does not have any loans or other indebtedness outstanding which have been made to or from any of its shareholders, officers, directors or employees or any other person not dealing at arm’s length with the Corporation that are currently outstanding and it is not indebted to any third party (other than accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);
(v) no current or proposed officer or director of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, nor to the Corporation’s knowledge, any employee or shareholder of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, is subject to any limitations or restrictions on their activities or investments, including any non-competition provisions, that would in any way limit or restrict their involvement with the Corporation, any of its subsidiaries or the business of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries;
(w) the information and statements in respect of the Corporation set forth in the Subscription Agreements are true and correct in all material respects, and will not contain any misrepresentation as of the date of delivery of such Subscription Agreements to the Agent and as of the applicable Closing Time;
(x) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common SharesShares without nominal or par value, of which, as of May 20at the date hereof, 2015, 100,675,988 [22,265,754] Common Shares were are outstanding as validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesshares of the Corporation;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ny) no Securities Commission, other securities commission or similar regulatory authority or stock exchange in Canada or the United States has issued any order ceasing which is currently outstanding preventing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued , and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened orproceeding is, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement contemplated or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (threatened and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration default of any such extension. As requirement of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Applicable Securities Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, Due Diligence Responses will be true and correct where they relate to the knowledge matters of fact and such responses taken as a whole shall not omit any fact or information necessary to make any of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf responses not misleading in light of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); circumstances in which such responses were given, and the Corporation and its directors and officers will not directly have responded in a thorough and complete fashion. Where the Due Diligence Responses reflect the opinion or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact view of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returnsits directors or officers (including, declarationsDue Diligence Responses or portions of such Due Diligence Responses that are forward looking or otherwise relate to projections, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation representsInterim Receiver, solely in its capacity as Interim Receiver and not in its personal capacity, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, Investor on behalf of the Corporation (and acknowledges that the Agents are Investor is relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thereon) that:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly amalgamated a validly subsisting corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect t he laws of all material corporate filings and Canada, is in good standing under such Act; (ii) applicable corporate law, has all the requisite corporate power, authority power and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted carried on and to ownown its assets, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option CertificatesInterim Receiver, on behalf of the Corporation, has full corporate power and authority to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderperform each of its obligations as herein contemplated;
(b) the Interim Receiver, on behalf of the Corporation, has the full corporate right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement pursuant to the Expanded Powers Order, and the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesmay issue the New Common Shares to the Investor pursuant to the Approval Order;
(c) no proceedings have been takenthis Agreement, instituted or, to when accepted by the knowledge Interim Receiver on behalf of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the CorporationCorporation enforceable in accordance with its terms pursuant to the Expanded Powers Order and the Approval Order;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in complianceIssue Price will be used by the Trustee, in all material respects, accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental antithe Re-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingAmended Proposal;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by knowledge of the Interim Receiver, after reasonable enquiry, since the date of the Approval Order, there has not been any change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results of the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell that has, individually or in the Offered Shares and to issue aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Compensation OptionsCorporation;
(f) except for to the approval knowledge of the TSXV and Interim Receiver, after reasonable enquiry, since the date of the Approval Order, there has not been any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect change in the Corporation's application to Health Canada to become a "Licensed Producer" pursuant to the OfferingAccess to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations;
(g) it acknowledges that:
(i) no securities commission or similar regulatory authority has reviewed or passed on the execution merits of the Aurora Shares comprising the Aurora Share Component;
(ii) there is no government or other insurance covering the Aurora Share Component;
(iii) there are risks associated with the purchase of the Aurora Share Component; and
(iv) the Investor has advised the Corporation that the Investor is relying on an exemption from the requirements to prepare and delivery of this Agency Agreement and provide the Compensation Option CertificatesCorporation with a prospectus, and as a consequence of acquiring the performance of Aurora Shares comprising the transactions contemplated hereby Aurora Share Component pursuant to this exemption, certain protections, rights and therebyremedies provided by the Securities Act (Ontario) and other applicable Securities Laws, including the issuance and sale statutory rights of the Offered Sharesrescission or damages, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of will not be available to the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number the New Common Shares. As of the date hereof, the Corporation has not agreed to issue any securities of the Corporation to any person, and no person has any pre-emptive rights to acquire securities of the Corporation; and
(i) the New Common Shares, of whichwhen issued, as of May 20sold and delivered in accordance with the terms and for the consideration set forth in this Agreement, 2015will be validly issued, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iii) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities of the Corporation;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. (1) The Corporation represents, hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the AgentsUnderwriters, and acknowledges intending that the Agents are relying same may be relied upon such representations, warranties and covenantsby the Underwriters, that:
(a) each of the Corporation (i) and the Material Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and organized and is duly amalgamated validly existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect laws of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) its jurisdiction of incorporation, continuance or amalgamation, has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and as contemplated by the Final Prospectus, and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in assets, and the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderits obligations under this Agreement;
(b) the only major operating subsidiaries of the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesare listed in Schedule A;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge Corporation or one of its Material Subsidiaries owns the issued and outstanding shares of each of the CorporationMaterial Subsidiaries as set out in Schedule A, are pending for in each case free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, charge, claim or encumbrance other than as described in the dissolution Final Prospectus or liquidation of the CorporationIncorporated Documents;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business is a reporting issuer or the equivalent in complianceeach of the provinces of Canada and the Corporation is not in default of any of the requirements of the securities laws of such jurisdictions;
(e) the Corporation was and is eligible to use the POP System and at the respective times of filing, in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus together with any Prospectus Amendment and any Supplementary Material have and will comply with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws pursuant to which they have been filed, have and will provide full, true and plain disclosure of all material respectsfacts (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) relating to the Corporation on a consolidated basis and to the Securities and will not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)), provided that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to statements contained in such documents relating solely to the Underwriters;
(f) no order, ruling or determination having the effect of ceasing, suspending or restricting trading in any securities of the Corporation or the sale of the Common Shares or Warrants comprised in the Securities has been issued and no proceedings, investigations or inquiries for such purpose are pending or, to the Corporation's knowledge, threatened;
(g) the Corporation's Common Shares are posted and listed for trading on the Exchanges and the Corporation is not in default in any material respect of any of the listing requirements of the Exchanges;
(h) other than options under the Corporation's Stock Option Plans, the Corporation is not a party to and has not entered into any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege reasonably capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares other than as set out in Schedule B;
(i) as at January 31, 2003, the authorized share capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of First Preferred shares, of which 87,696,002 Common Shares and no First Preferred shares are issued and outstanding;
(j) the Corporation and each of the Material Subsidiaries have conducted and are conducting their respective businesses in compliance with all applicable laws, rules rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and regulations (directives, including without limitation, all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining and to mining claims, concessions or leases, and environmental, health and safety laws, rules, regulations, or policies or other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of bodies having jurisdiction over the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries in each jurisdiction in which its business is carried the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries carries on their respective businesses, other than those in respect of which the failure to comply would not individually or in the aggregate be material. Each of the Corporation and is licensedthe Material Subsidiaries holds all certificates, registered or qualified authorities, permits, licenses, registrations and qualifications (collectively, the "AUTHORITIES") in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or each carries on business to enable its business and which are material for and necessary or desirable to be carried carry on their respective businesses as now conducted conducted. To the best of the Corporation's knowledge, information and its property belief all the Authorities are valid and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting existing and in good standing and it none of the Authorities contain any burdensome term, provision, condition or limitation which has not or is likely to have any material adverse effect on the business of the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted. Neither the Corporation nor any of the Material Subsidiaries has received a any notice of non-complianceproceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any of the Authorities which, nor knows singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding, would materially adversely affect the business, operations, financial condition, or income of the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or any notice of the revocation or cancellation of, nor has reasonable grounds or any intention to know ofrevoke or cancel, any facts of the mining claims, concessions or leases comprising:
(i) the Bogoso property;
(ii) the Prestea property;
(iii) the Paul Isnard property;
(iv) theYaou and Dorlin properties; and
(v) the Wassa property; (each as described in the Form 10-K of the Corporation dated March 25, 2002, collectively referred to herein as the "RESOURCE PROPERTIES", and the Bogoso property, the Prestea property and the Wassa property, collectively being referred to herein as the "MATERIAL RESOURCE PROPERTIES");
(k) the Corporation and each of its Material Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all assets owned by them free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances, other than as described in the Incorporated Documents and other than such liens, charges and encumbrances that could give rise are not individually or in the aggregate material to a notice of non-compliance the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries;
(l) all interests in the Resource Properties are owned, leased or held by the Corporation or its Material Subsidiaries as owner or lessee thereof, are so owned with any such lawsgood and marketable title or are so leased with good and valid title, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing, are valid and enforceable, are free and clear of any liens, charges or encumbrances and no royalty is payable in respect of any of them, except as set out in the Final Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents or as are not individually or in the aggregate material to the Corporation or Material Subsidiaries, or other than as would not have a material effect on the value of such interests; no other material property rights are necessary for the conduct or intended conduct of the Corporation's or the Material Subsidiaries' business and there are no restrictions on the ability of the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries to use, transfer or otherwise exploit any such property rights, except as set out in the Final Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents; (m) (A) the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all material terms and provisions of all contracts, agreements, indentures, leases, instruments and licences material to the conduct of its business and (B) all such contracts, agreements, indentures, leases, policies, instruments and licences are valid and binding in accordance with their terms and in full force and effect;
(en) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time best of the Corporation's knowledge, information and belief none of the real property (and the buildings constructed thereon) in which the Corporation or any of the Material Subsidiaries has a direct or indirect interest, whether leasehold or fee simple or otherwise (the "REAL PROPERTY"), or upon or within which it has operations, is subject to any judicial or administrative proceeding alleging the violation of any federal, provincial, state or municipal environmental, health or safety statute or regulation, domestic or foreign, or is subject to any investigation concerning whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any Hazardous Material (as defined below) into the environment. Except in material compliance with applicable environmental laws, neither the Corporation nor any Material Subsidiary nor, to the Corporation's knowledge, any occupier of the Real Property, has filed any notice under any federal, provincial, state or municipal law, domestic or foreign, indicating past or present treatment, storage or disposal of a Hazardous Material. Except in material compliance with applicable environmental laws, none of the Real Property has at any time been used by the Corporation so or a Material Subsidiary or, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, information and belief by any other occupier, as a waste storage or waste disposal site. Except as disclosed in the Final Prospectus, the Corporation, on a consolidated basis, has no contingent liability of which it has knowledge in connection with any release of any Hazardous Material on or into the environment from any of the Real Property or operations thereon. Neither the Corporation nor any Material Subsidiary nor, to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and best of the Corporation's knowledge, any occupier of the Real Property, generates, transports, treats, processes, stores or disposes of any waste on any of the Real Property in material contravention of applicable federal, provincial, state or municipal laws or regulations enacted for the protection of the natural environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata) or human health or wildlife. To the Corporation's knowledge, no underground storage tanks or surface impoundments containing a petroleum product or Hazardous Material are located on any of the Real Property in contravention of applicable federal, provincial, state or municipal laws or regulations, domestic or foreign, enacted for the protection of the natural environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), human health or wildlife. For the purposes of this Section 6(1)(n), "HAZARDOUS MATERIAL" means any contaminant, chemical, pollutant, subject waste, hazardous waste, deleterious substance, industrial waste, toxic matter or any other substance that when released into the natural environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata) is likely to issue cause, at some immediate or future time, harm or degradation to the Compensation Optionsnatural environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata) or risk to human health and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, includes any contaminant, chemical, pollutant, subject waste, deleterious substance, industrial waste, toxic matter or hazardous waste as defined by applicable federal, provincial, state or municipal laws or regulations enacted for the protection of the natural environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), or human health or wildlife;
(fo) except as disclosed in the Final Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents, the Corporation and each of its Material Subsidiaries maintain appropriate insurance against loss of, or damage to, their assets for the approval all insurable risks on a repair, reinstatement or replacement cost basis, and all of the TSXV policies in respect of such insurance coverage are in good standing in all respects and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offeringnot in default;
(gp) the consolidated audited financial statements of the Corporation for its fiscal years ended December 31, 1999, December 31, 2000 and December 31, 2001 and the unaudited interim financial statements of the Corporation for the quarters ended March 31, 2002, June 30, 2002 and September 30, 2002 (collectively the "CORPORATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS"), copies of which are incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, including any reconciliation of financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Canada and with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, are true and correct in every material respect and present fairly and accurately the financial position and results of the operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended and the Corporation's Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Canada applied on a consistent basis, and comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and the U.S. Exchange Act, as applicable, and the related published rules and regulations thereunder;
(q) the execution and delivery of and the performance by the Corporation of this Agreement and the Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered SharesCommon Shares comprised in the Securities, the creation, issuance and sale of the Warrants comprised in the Securities, and the creation and issuance of the Underwriters' Warrants have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Corporation Corporation;
(r) this Agreement and this the Agency Agreement has have been duly executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes each such agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Corporationof, and is enforceable against against, the Corporation in accordance with its termsterms (subject to bankruptcy, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by insolvency or other laws affecting creditors’ the rights of creditors generally, that specific performance and other the availability of equitable remedies may only be granted in and the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, qualification that the provisions thereof relating rights to indemnity, contribution indemnity and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject contrary to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontariopublic policy);
(hs) except the Final Prospectus complies fully, in all respects, with the requirements of Canadian Securities Laws; for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities lawsgreater certainty, the execution and delivery documents incorporated by reference therein, at the time they were filed, complied in all respects of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Canadian Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulationsLaws;
(it) except as included or incorporated by reference therein, there are no financial statements or other documents required to be included in the Offered Shares have beenPreliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus as a result of a "significant acquisition" or "significant disposition", or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued each as fully paid and nondescribed in NI 44-assessable Common Shares101;
(ju) except as disclosed in the Compensation Options have beenFinal Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
since September 30, 2002: (kA) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment there has been no material change in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(m) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, financial condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iiiB) no material change reports or other documents have been filed on a confidential basis with the Qualifying Authorities; (C) there has been no transaction entered into by the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, and not disclosed in the Public Record Incorporated Documents which could reasonably be expected is material to the Corporation; (D) the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the Public Record ordinary course of business, nor entered into any material transaction or agreement not in the ordinary course of business; and (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect)E) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, there are no threats of actions, proceedings paid or investigations (whether or not purportedly made by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, except for dividends paid to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease or any other material agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are bound; or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or its Material Subsidiaries, any of its Material Subsidiaries, on any class of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the respective property Corporation or assets any of the Corporation;
(u) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control its Material Subsidiaries of any class of the securities of the Corporationcapital stock;
(v) the directors and officers of the Corporation is not included in a list and their compensation arrangements with the Corporation, whether as directors, officers or employees of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions Corporation, are as disclosed in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions Final Prospectus and the Corporation is U.S. Prospectus or in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXVIncorporated Documents if required to be so disclosed;
(w) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto material contracts and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements agreements of the Corporation included and of its Material Subsidiaries not made in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and ordinary course of business (collectively the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements "MATERIAL CONTRACTS") have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, disclosed in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustmentsIncorporated Documents;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarationsreports, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returnselections, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, represents and warrants and covenants to the Agents, Agent and acknowledges that the Agents are Agent is relying upon such representationsrepresentations and warranties, warranties and covenants, thatas follows:
(a) the Corporation (i) has been duly incorporated, amalgamated or continued and is duly amalgamated validly subsisting under the Business Corporations Act (OntarioBritish Columbia) (“BCBCA”) and Nutaq Innovation Inc., its only subsidiary (the “ActSubsidiary”) is a corporation duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated, continued or amalgamated, as the case may be, and no steps or proceedings have been taken by any person, voluntary or otherwise, requiring or authorizing their dissolution or winding up;
(b) the Subsidiary is upwholly-toowned by the Corporation, all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Subsidiary, all of which are issued and fully paid and non-date in respect assessable shares, are free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands whatsoever and no person, firm or corporation has any agreement, option, right or privilege (whether preemptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase from the Corporation of the Subsidiary or of any interest in the Subsidiary or any of the shares in the capital of the Subsidiary;
(c) the Corporation and the Subsidiary are each qualified to carry on business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which they carry on a material corporate filings portion of their business;
(d) each of the Corporation and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) the Subsidiary has all requisite corporate powercapacity, power and authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted by it and to own, lease and operate its properties assets and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) Corporation has all requisite corporate power, power and authority and capacity to create, issue and sell the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunder;
(b) of this Agreement, the Corporation does not have any material subsidiaries;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipalSubscription Agreements, and local environmental anti-pollution the certificates representing the Broker Warrants and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated undertake the Offering and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standingother transactions contemplated herein;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Sharescommon shares of which 42,420,220 common shares are issued and outstanding, all of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 Common Shares were outstanding as which shares are fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesassessable;
(mf) the Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects minute books of the Corporation on a consolidated basisand the Subsidiary are true and correct and contain full true and correct copies of the constating documents of the Corporation and the Subsidiary and the minutes of all meetings and all the resolutions of the directors and shareholders thereof;
(ng) other than pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement, no order ceasing person, firm, corporation or suspending trading in other entity holds any securities convertible or exchangeable into securities of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pending;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive preemptive or contractual) being or capable of becoming an agreement agreement, option or right for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, of any unissued shares, securities (including convertible securities, ) or warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the CorporationCorporation other than common share purchase warrants exercisable for 4,899,998 Common Shares and 0 stock options, all of which in the aggregate are exercisable for 4,899,998 Common Shares;
(ph) since December 31each of this Agreement, 2013the Subscription Agreements and the Broker Warrant Certificates (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) have been, or will be, upon execution thereof, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitute, or will constitute when executed, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable in accordance with its terms except as disclosed that: (i) the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) rights of indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution thereunder may be limited under applicable law; and (iii) equitable remedies, including, without limitation, specific performance and injunctive relief, may be granted only in the Public Record:discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction;
(i) there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations issuance of the Units will not be subject to any pre-emptive rights or other contractual right to purchase securities granted by the Corporation on a consolidated basisor to which the Corporation is subject;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iiij) the Corporation has carried on its business is not in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairlydefault or breach of, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificatesof, and the fulfilment of compliance with the terms hereof of, the Transaction Documents will not result in a material breach of, and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or result in create a breach or violation state of any of the terms or provisions offacts which, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, will result in a material breach of, and do not and will not conflict with: (Ai) any material statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (Bii) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the constating documents, by-documents or articles laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (Ciii) the terms of any Debt Instrumentmaterial trust indenture, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indentureagreement, instrument, lease or any other material agreement document (“Material Contract”) to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are boundthe Corporation is or will be contractually bound as of the Closing Time; or (Div) any material judgment, decree or order binding the Corporation or the respective property or assets of on the Corporation, or any of its assets;
(uk) all Material Contracts to which the Corporation and the Subsidiary is a party are in good standing and in full force and effect unamended and no material default or breach exists in respect of any of them on the part of any of the parties to them and no event has occurred which, after the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would constitute such a material default or breach and which would have a material adverse effect on the Corporation and the Subsidiary, taken as a whole; the foregoing includes all the presently outstanding Material Contracts entered into by the Corporation and or the Subsidiary in the course of carrying out its operations and all operations related thereto;
(l) the audited annual financial statements of the Corporation as at and for the year ended October 31, 2015 (the “Financial Statements”) (i) are, in all material respects, consistent with the books and records of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; (ii) contain and reflect all material adjustments for the fair presentation of the consolidated results of operations and the financial condition of the business of the Corporation for the periods covered thereby in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, consistently applied; and (iii) present fully, fairly and correctly, the consolidated material assets and financial condition of the Corporation as at the date thereof and the results of operations and the changes in financial position for the period then ended;
(m) the Corporation maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards and to maintain accountability for assets and liabilities;
(n) to the knowledge of the Corporation, no agreement is in force or effect which in any manner affects the voting or control of any auditors of the securities Corporation who audited the financial statements of the Corporation for the most recent financial year-end and who provided their audit report thereon are independent public accountants as required under applicable legislation and there has never been a reportable disagreement (within the meaning of NI 51-102) with the present auditors of the Corporation;
(vo) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers and the Subsidiary maintain insurance coverage and insurance policies similar to those maintained by the Securities Commissions other companies doing business in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, industries similar to those of the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is Subsidiary (other than directors’ and officers’ liability insurance), their insurance policies and insurance coverages are sufficient for the purposes of their business, all payments under such policies are up to date and all such policies are in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXVgood standing;
(wp) the Corporation has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents that it is required to file under the U.S. Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge none of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate its officers or person acting on behalf of the Corporation directors is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities aware of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required circumstances presently existing under which liability is or could reasonably be expected to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 incurred under Part XXIII - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) due and payable by the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returns, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by the Corporation, in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to th–
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Representations and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation represents, warrants and covenants to that, as of the Agents, date given above and acknowledges that at the Agents are relying upon such representations, warranties and covenants, thatClosing:
(a) the Corporation (i) is duly a valid and subsisting corporation amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Act”) and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings and is in good standing under such Act; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets (including as described in the Public Disclosure); and (iii) has all requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to create, issue and sell laws of the Offered Shares, to enter into this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and to carry out the provisions contained in hereunder and thereunderProvince of British Columbia;
(b) the Corporation does not have any material subsidiariesis duly registered and licensed to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which it carries on business or owns property where required under the laws of that jurisdiction;
(c) no proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to as at the knowledge of the Corporation, are pending for the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;
(d) the Corporation has conducted its business in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including all applicable federal, national, provincial, municipal, and local environmental anti-pollution and licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory body, of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned, leased and operated and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such licences, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing;
(e) all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have been taken prior to the Closing Time by the Corporation so as to validly issue and sell the Offered Shares and to issue the Compensation Options;
(f) except for the approval of the TSXV and any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, all consents, approvals, authorizations and corporate action have been taken and all necessary documents have been delivered and executed with respect to the Offering;
(g) the execution and delivery date of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Corporation and this Agency Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, provided that enforcement thereof may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, that specific performance and other equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, that the provisions thereof relating to indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution may be unenforceable under applicable law and that enforceability is subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario);
(h) except for any post-closing notice filings required under applicable United States federal or state securities laws, the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, do not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority, stock exchange, Securities Commission or other third party, except such as have been obtained or such as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under Applicable Securities Laws or stock exchange regulations;
(i) the Offered Shares have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be, duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price for the Offered Shares, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(j) the Compensation Options have been, or prior to the Closing Time will be duly and validly authorized and created;
(k) the Compensation Option Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Compensation Options, including payment in full of the applicable exercise price, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares;
(l) the authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which, as of May 20, 2015, 100,675,988 which 66,140,579 Common Shares were are issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable Common Sharesas at October 9th, 2020;
(md) all financial statements, information circulars, news releases, material change reports and other documents filed by the Corporation with the Commissions in Canada on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval or with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Disclosure Record”) within the past 12 months were true and correct in all material respects and did not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (British Columbia)) as at the respective dates of such filings;
(e) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation is the beneficial owner of the properties, business and assets or the interests in the properties, business or assets referred to in the Disclosure Record;
(f) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, any and all agreements pursuant to which the Corporation holds its material assets or is entitled to the use of material assets are valid and subsisting agreements in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and the Corporation is not in material default of any of the provisions of any such agreements nor has any such default been alleged, and the Corporation is not aware of any legislationdisputes with respect thereto and such assets are in good standing under the applicable statutes and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situate, and all leases, licences, concessions, and claims pursuant to which the Corporation derives its interests in such material assets are in good standing and there has been no material default under any such leases, licenses, concessions, and claims and all taxes required to be paid with respect to such assets to the date hereof have been paid;
(g) except as qualified by the disclosure in the Disclosure Record, the Corporation has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, tariffs, orders and directives of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business (except when the failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect) and possesses all material certificates, authorities, permits or licences issued by the appropriate provincial, state, municipal, federal or other governmental or regulatory agency or body necessary to carry on the business currently as carried on, or proposed legislation published contemplated to be carried on, by a legislative bodyit, which it anticipates will is in compliance in all material respects with such certificates, authorities, permits and licences and with all laws, regulations, tariffs, rules, orders and directives material to its operations, including, without limitation, all laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining claims, concessions, licenses, leases or other instruments and the Corporation has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificates, authorities, permits, licences, mining claims, concessions, leases or other instruments conferring mineral rights which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision, order, ruling or finding, would materially and adversely affect the conduct of its business, affairs, operations, assetsfinancial condition or income of the Corporation and it has not received notice of the revocation or cancellation of, or any intention to revoke or cancel, any such licence, permit, approval, consent, certificate, registration or authorization;
(h) the financial statements of the Corporation contained in the Disclosure Record, filed with any of the Commissions have all been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, accurately reflect the financial position and all material liabilities (accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
(n) no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities as of the Corporation or prohibiting the sale of the Offered Shares or the trading of any of the Corporation’s issued securities has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose are threatened or, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, pendingdate thereof;
(o) except as disclosed to the Agents, no person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription or issuance of, or conversion into, any unissued shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of the Corporation;
(p) since December 31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Public Record:
(i) the Corporation has complied and will comply fully with the requirements of all applicable corporate and securities laws and administrative policies and directions, including, without limitation, the Securities Laws and the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in relation to the issue and trading of its securities and in all matters relating to the private placement of the Offered Securities;
(j) there is not presently any material change, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to the Corporation or change in any material fact, as defined in the Securities Laws, relating to any of the Purchased Securities, which has not been any material change fully disclosed in accordance with the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations requirements of the Corporation on a consolidated basisSecurities Laws and the policies of the Stock Exchanges;
(ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Corporation on a consolidated basis; and
(iiik) the Corporation has carried on its business in the ordinary course;
(q) the Financial Statements of the Corporation present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the periods then ended;
(r) the Corporation does not have any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, not disclosed in the Public Record which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) except as disclosed in the Public Record (and certain other matters disclosed in writing to the Agents that the Corporation believes are without merit and/or would not have a Material Adverse Effect), there are no threats of actions, proceedings or investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of the Corporation) that have been made to the Corporation or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, that are pending or affecting the Corporation at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(t) the execution and delivery of this Agency Agreement and the Compensation Option Certificates, and the fulfilment of the terms hereof and thereof by the Corporation, including the issuance issue and sale of the Offered Shares, do Securities by the Corporation does not and will not (as the case may be) conflict with or with, and does not and will not result in a breach or violation of of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, whether after notice or lapse of time or both, (A) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, including Applicable Securities Laws; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of the Corporation; (C) the terms of any Debt Instrument, Material Agreement, mortgage, note, indenture, instrument, lease ’s constating documents or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which they are it is bound; or ;
(Dl) any judgmentexcept as described in the Disclosure Record, decree or order binding the Corporation is not a party to any actions, suits or proceedings which could materially affect its business or financial condition, and to the respective property or assets best of the Corporation’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are contemplated or have been threatened;
(um) there are no judgments against the Corporation which are unsatisfied, nor is the Corporation subject to any consent decrees or injunctions;
(n) this Agreement has been or will be at the knowledge Closing Date duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Corporation, no agreement and the Corporation has full corporate power and authority to undertake the Offering;
(o) to the Corporation’s knowledge, it is not in force or effect which default in any manner affects the voting or control material respect of any of the requirements of the Securities Laws or any of the administrative policies, notices or rules, as applicable, of the Toronto Stock Exchange;
(p) no order ceasing or suspending trading in securities of the CorporationCorporation nor prohibiting the sale of such securities has been issued to and is outstanding against the Corporation or its directors, officers or promoters or against any other companies that have common directors, officers or promoters and no investigations or proceedings for such purposes are pending or threatened;
(v) the Corporation is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Securities Commissions in the Qualifying Jurisdictions and in particular, without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation has at all relevant times complied with its obligations to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to it, no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis that is still maintained on a confidential basis, and there is no material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and with respect to which the requisite material change report has not been filed with the Securities Commissions and the Corporation is in all material respects in compliance with the rules and regulations of the TSXV;
(wq) the Corporation has complied in filed all material respects with requirements to file all reportsfederal, schedulesprovincial, forms, statements local and other documents that it is foreign tax returns which are required to file under the U.S. Exchange Actbe filed, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the respective requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The financial statements of the Corporation included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAPrequested extensions thereof, and fairly present in have paid all material respects the financial position of the Corporation as of taxes required to be paid by them and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then endedany other assessment, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments;
(x) neither the Corporation norfine or penalty levied against them, to the knowledge extent that any of the Corporationforegoing is due and payable, any directorexcept for such assessments, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of fines and penalties which are currently being contested in good faith; and
(r) the Corporation is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), as amended, established on its books and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (the “CFPOA”) including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of records reserves which are adequate for the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the CFPOA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA; and the Corporation will monitor its respective businesses to ensure compliance with the FCPA and the CFPOA, as applicable, and, if violations of the FCPA or the CFPOA are found, will take remedial action to remedy such violations;
(y) the operations of the Corporation are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with all material applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (United States), as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Corporation with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened;
(z) neither the Corporation nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Corporation is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Corporation will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC;
(aa) all filings and fees required to be made and paid by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws have been paid or will be promptly paid by the Corporation following the Closing Time;
(bb) the Corporation’s Auditors who audited the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014 and delivered their auditors’ report thereto are independent public accountants as required by the Canadian Securities Laws;
(cc) there has not been any “reportable event” (within the meaning of National Instrument 51- 102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations with the Corporation’s Auditors;
(dd) all taxes (including income tax, capital tax, payroll taxes, employer health tax, workers’ compensation payments, property taxes, custom and land transfer taxes), duties, royalties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto including any penalty and interest payable with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) not yet due and payable by and there are no liens for taxes on the Corporation have been paid, except for where the failure to pay such taxes would not constitute an adverse material fact assets of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. All tax returnsits subsidiaries except for taxes not yet due, declarations, remittances and filings required to be filed by the Corporation have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and all such returns, declarations, remittances and filings are complete and materially accurate and no material fact or facts have been omitted therefrom which would make any of them misleading except where the inaccuracy or failure to file such documents would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No examination of any tax return of the Corporation is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with audits of any Governmental Authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, of the tax returns of the Corporation which are known by the Corporation’s management to be pending, other than such audits which are currently being contested in any case, except where such examinations, issues or disputes would not constitute an adverse material fact of the Corporation or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ee) neither the Corporation or to thgood faith.
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