UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 6-K

 

 

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of October 2020

 

Commission File Number: 001-35400

 

 

 

Just Energy Group Inc.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

 

 

 

 

100 King Street West, Suite 2630
Toronto, Ontario M5X 1E1

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F [   ]      Form 40-F [ X ]

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  Just Energy Group Inc.
  (Registrant)
     
     
Date: October 1, 2020 By:  /s/ Jonah T. Davids        
  Name: Jonah T. Davids
  Title: EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit Number   Description of Document
     
99.1   Material Change Report, dated September 30, 2020
     
99.2   Certificate of Arrangement, dated September 28, 2020
     
99.3   Investor Rights Agreement, dated September 28, 2020, between Just Energy Group Inc. and the parties named therein
     
99.4   Trust Indenture, dated September 28, 2020, between Just Energy Group Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada
     
99.5   First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated September 28, 2020, among, inter alios, Just Energy Group Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada
     
99.6   Ninth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated September 28, 2020, among, inter alios, Just Energy Ontario L.P., Just Energy (U.S.) Corp. and National Bank of Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT

 

1. Name and Address of Company

 

Just Energy Group Inc. (the “Company”)

6345 Dixie Road, Suite 200

Mississauga, ON

L5T 236

 

2. Date of Material Change

 

September 28, 2020

 

3. News Release

 

A news release with respect to the material change summarized in this material change report was issued by the Company on September 28, 2020, through the facilities of Globenewswire and filed on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR”). A copy of the news release is attached hereto as Schedule “A”.

 

4. Summary of Material Change

 

The Company has successfully completed its recapitalization including the plan of arrangement under Section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act to implement certain transactions thereunder, all as described in the Company’s management proxy circular dated July 17, 2020 and press releases dated August 26, 2020, September 3, 2020,

September 17, 2020 and September 23, 2020.

 

5. Full Description of Material Change

 

A full description of the material change is set forth in Schedule “A”.

 

6. Reliance on Subsection 7.1(2) of National Instrument 51-102

 

Not applicable.

 

7. Omitted Information

 

None.

 

8. Executive Officer

 

For further information, contact Scott Gahn, Chief Executive Officer at (713) 412-8314.

 

9. Date of Report

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

 

Schedule “A”

News Release

 

See attached.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just Energy Announces the Closing of its Recapitalization Plan and Reconstitution of the Board of Directors

 

Reconstitution of the Board of Directors with five new directors

 

Financially strengthened Just Energy well-positioned for sustainable growth as an independent industry leader

 

TORONTO, Sept. 28, 2020 -- Just Energy Group Inc. (“Just Energy” or the “Company”) (TSX:JE; NYSE:JE), a retail energy provider specializing in electricity and natural gas commodities and bringing energy efficient solutions and renewable energy options to customers, today announced the closing of its previously announced recapitalization plan (the “Recapitalization”) and the reconstitution of its board of directors (the “Board”).

 

Together, these actions reduce debt, increase liquidity and refresh Just Energy’s governance. The Recapitalization strengthens and de-risks the business and positions Just Energy for sustainable growth as an independent industry leader.

 

“With the closing of our Recapitalization, Just Energy can confidently move forward with a solid financial position, focused on executing our strategy and serving our clients,” said R. Scott Gahn, Just Energy’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

“I would like to thank all our employees for their continued dedication and hard work during the past several months. Our reconstituted board, improved financial flexibility and increased liquidity position us well for future success and I look forward to the next chapter for Just Energy.”

 

The slate of seven previously announced director candidates were appointed to the Board upon closing of the Recapitalization. They possess a wide spectrum of skills and expertise, including deep knowledge of the energy industry, and will help maintain the Company’s commitment to strong and transparent governance. The reconstituted Board is as follows:

 

James Bell (new)
Anthony Horton (new)
Steven Murray (new)
Stephen Schaefer (new)
Marcie Zlotnik (new)
R. Scott Gahn (incumbent)
Dallas Ross (incumbent)

 

The Recapitalization provided for, among other things:

 

The consolidation of the Company’s common shares (TSX:JE; NYSE:JE ) on a 1-for-33 basis. The Company’s common shares will begin trading on the TSX and the NYSE on a post-consolidation basis at the market open on September 29, 2020;

 

The exchange of C$160 million 6.75% convertible unsecured senior subordinated debentures due December 31, 2021 (TSX: JE.DB.C) and C$100 million 6.75% convertible unsecured senior subordinated debentures due March 31, 2023 (TSX: JE.DB.D) (collectively, the “Convertible Debentures”) for new common shares and new subordinated notes. The Convertible Debentures will be delisted from the TSX at the market close on September 28, 2020;

 

The exchange of the Company’s existing senior unsecured term loan due September 12, 2023 (the “Term Loan”) and the Company’s remaining convertible bonds due December 31, 2020 (the “Eurobonds”) for a new term loan due March 2024 with initial interest to be paid-in-kind and new common equity;

 

The exchange of all 8.50%, fixed-to-floating rate, cumulative, redeemable, perpetual preferred shares (TSX: JE.PR.U) (NYSE: JE.PRA) (the “Preferred Shares”) for new common shares. The Preferred Shares will be delisted from the TSX and the NYSE at the market close on September 28, 2020;

 

The Company’s existing senior secured credit facility was amended to provide for an extension of C$335 million credit facilities by three years to December 2023, with revised covenants and a schedule of commitment reductions throughout the term;

 

Holders of Just Energy’s existing Term Loan, Eurobonds Convertible Debentures, Preferred Shares and common shares as of July 23, 2020 were entitled to subscribe for post-consolidation common shares at a price per share of C$3.412. The equity subscription option received interest from all security classes, with subscriptions totaling 15,174,950 common shares which resulted in cash proceeds for Just Energy of approximately C$52 million. Pursuant to the previously announced backstop commitments, the backstop parties have acquired the remaining common shares not subscribed for by eligible holders under the equity subscription option, totaling 14,137,580 common shares, on a post- consolidation basis. The aggregate proceeds from the equity subscription option are approximately C$100 million and will be used to reduce debt and for general corporate purposes;

 

 

 

The issuance of C$3.67 million of common shares by way of an additional private placement to the Company’s term loan lenders at the same subscription price available to all securityholders pursuant to the new equity subscription offering;

 

The settlement of litigation related to the 2018 acquisition of Filter Group Inc. pursuant to which shareholders of the Filter Group received an aggregate of $1.8 million in cash and 429,958 common shares; and

 

Implementation of a new management equity incentive plan that will permit the granting of various types of equity awards, including stock options, share appreciation rights, restricted shares, and deferred shares.

 

The aforementioned new subordinated notes were issued to the holders of Just Energy’s Convertible Debentures in the United States pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and will be “restricted securities” subject to applicable resale restrictions thereunder.

 

About Just Energy Group Inc.

 

Just Energy is a consumer company focused on essential needs, including electricity and natural gas health and well-being, such as water quality and filtration devices; and utility conservation, bringing energy efficient solutions and renewable energy options to consumers. Currently operating in the United States and Canada, Just Energy serves residential and commercial customers. Just Energy is the parent company of Amigo Energy, EdgePower Inc., Filter Group Inc., Hudson Energy, Interactive Energy Group, Tara Energy, and TerraPass. Visit https://investors.justenergy.com/ to learn more. Also, find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated. These statements are based on current expectations that involve several risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, risks with respect to the proposed recapitalization transaction resulting in a financially stronger Company; the value of existing equity following the completion of a recapitalization; the impact of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business, operations and sales; reliance on suppliers; uncertainties relating to the ultimate spread, severity and duration of COVID-19 and related adverse effects on the economies and financial markets of countries in which the Company operates; the ability of the Company to successfully implement its business continuity plans with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic; the Company’s ability to access sufficient capital to provide liquidity to manage its cash flow requirements; general economic, business and market conditions; the ability of management to execute its business plan; levels of customer natural gas and electricity consumption; extreme weather conditions; rates of customer additions and renewals; customer credit risk; rates of customer attrition; fluctuations in natural gas and electricity prices; interest and exchange rates; actions taken by governmental authorities including energy marketing regulation; increases in taxes and changes in government regulations and incentive programs; changes in regulatory regimes; results of litigation and decisions by regulatory authorities; competition; the performance of acquired companies and dependence on certain suppliers. Additional information on these and other factors that could affect Just Energy’s operations, financial results or dividend levels are included in Just Energy’s annual information form and other reports on file with Canadian securities regulatory authorities which can be accessed through the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov or through Just Energy’s website at www.justenergygroup.com.

 

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor the New York Stock Exchange has approved nor disapproved of the information contained herein.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

 

Jim Brown

Chief Financial Officer Just Energy

713-544-8191

jbrown@justenergy.com

 

or

 

Investors

Michael Cummings Alpha IR

Phone: (617) 982-0475

JE@alpha-ir.com

 

Media

Boyd Erman

Longview Communications Phone: 416-523-5885

berman@longviewcomms.ca

 

Source: Just Energy Group Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

 

 

  Certificate of Arrangement   Certificat d'arrangement  
         
  Canada Business Corporations Act   Loi canadienne sur les sociétés par actions  
         
  12175592 Canada Inc.   1217559-2  
         
  Just Energy Group Inc.   750207-9  
         
         
  Corporate name(s) of CBCA applicants / Dénomination(s) sociale(s) de la ou des sociétés LCSA requérantes   Corporation number(s) / Numéro(s) de la ou des sociétés  
         
         
         
  I HEREBY CERTIFY that the arrangement set out in the attached articles of arrangement has been effected under section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act.   JE CERTIFIE que l'arrangement mentionné dans les clauses d'arrangement annexées a pris effet en vertu de l'article 192 de la Loi canadienne sur les sociétés par actions.  
         

       
   
    Raymond Edwards    
  Director / Directeur  
     
  2020-09-28  
  Date of Arrangement (YYYY-MM-DD)  
  Date de l'arrangement (AAAA-MM-JJ)  
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

   

   

 

 

Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA)

FORM 14.1

ARTICLES OF ARRANGEMENT

(Section 192)

 

 

1- Name of the applicant corporation(s)   Corporation number
Just Energy Group Inc.        750207-9
12175592 Canada Inc.        1217559-2
     

 

2- Name of the corporation(s) the articles of which are amended, if applicable   Corporation number
Just Energy Group Inc.        750207-9
12175592 Canada Inc.        1217559-2
     

 

3- Name of the corporation(s) created by amalgamation, if applicable   Corporation number
N/A  
 
     

 

4- Name of the dissolved corporation(s), if applicable   Corporation number
N/A  
 
     

 

5- Name of the other bodies corporate involved, if applicable   Corporation number
 
8704104 Canada Inc.        870410-4
     

  

6 - In accordance with the order approving the arrangement, the plan of arrangement attached hereto, involving the above named body(ies) corporate, is hereby effected.
In accordance with the plan of arrangement,
☒    a. the articles of the corporation(s) indicated in item 2, are amended.
       If the amendment includes a name change, indicate the change below:
 

 

 

 
☐    b. the following bodies corporate and/or corporations are amalgamated (for CBCA corporations include the corporation number):  
 

 

 

 
 ☐    c. the corporation(s) indicated in item 4 is(are) liquidated and dissolved:  
 

 

 

 
     

 

7- I hereby certify that I am a director or an authorized officer of one of the applicant corporations.
  Signature:  
 
  Print name: Jonah Davids  
 
 
Note: Misrepresentation constitutes an offence and, on summary conviction, a person is liable to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both (subsection 250(1) of the CBCA).

2020-09-28

 

   

   

 

 

Court File No. CV-20-00643596-00CL

 

ONTARIO

SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE

COMMERCIAL LIST

 

IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 192 OF THE

CANADA BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-44, AS AMENDED

 

AND IN THE MATTER OF RULE 14.05(2) OF THE RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

 

AND IN THE MATTER OF A PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT OF JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. AND 12175592 CANADA INC.

 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT

 

 

 

August 25, 2020

 

As amended and restated September 2, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page  
     
ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION 1  
1.1 Definitions 1  
1.2 Articles of Reference 14  
1.3 Interpretation Not Affected by Headings 15  
1.4 Gender and Number 15  
1.5 Date for any Action 15  
1.6 Time 15  
1.7 Statutory References 15  
1.8 Successors and Assigns 15  
1.9 Currency 15  
1.10 Governing Law 15  

 

ARTICLE 2 TREATMENT OF NOTEHOLDERS AND EXISTING SHAREHOLDERS 16  
2.1 Treatment of Senior Unsecured Debtholders 16  
2.2 Treatment of Convertible Debentureholders 16  
2.3 Treatment of Existing Equity Holders 17  
2.4 Treatment of Backstoppers 17  
2.5 Treatment of Class A Special Shareholders 18  
2.6 Unaffected Persons 18  

 

ARTICLE 3 PRIVATE PLACEMENT 18  
3.1 Issuance of Private Placement Shares 18  

 

ARTICLE 4 ISSUANCES, DISTRIBUTIONS AND ELECTIONS 18  
4.1 Delivery of New Term Loans 18  
4.2 Delivery of New Subordinated Notes 19  
4.3 Delivery of New Common Shares 19  
4.4 No Liability in Respect of Deliveries 19  
4.5 Election to Participate in New Equity Offering 20  

 

ARTICLE 5 ARRANGEMENT 20  
5.1 Corporate Authorizations 20  
5.2 Articles of Arrangement and Effective Date 20  
5.3 Binding Effect 21  
5.4 The Arrangement 21  
5.5 Securities Law Matters 26  
5.6 Stated Capital 27  

 

ARTICLE 6 IMPLEMENTATION OF ARRANGEMENT 27  
6.1 Withholding Rights 27  
6.2 Allocation of Payments 27  
6.3 Fractional Interests 28  
6.4 Calculations 28  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

  Page  
     
ARTICLE 7 RELEASES 28  
7.1 Release of Released Parties and Extinguishment of Affected Equity Claims 28  
7.2 Injunctions 29  
7.3 Existing Equity Class Action Claims 29  

 

ARTICLE 8 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO PLAN IMPLEMENTATION 29  
8.1 Conditions Precedent to Implementation of this Plan 29  
8.2 Effectiveness 30  

 

ARTICLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS 31  
9.1 Waiver of Defaults 31  
9.2 Amendments to the Plan of Arrangement 31  
9.3 Consents, Waivers and Agreements 32  
9.4 Paramountcy 33  
9.5 Credit Facility Lenders 33  
9.6 Deeming Provisions 33  
9.7 Severability 33  
9.8 Term Loan Debtholders and Initial Backstoppers 33  
9.9 Convertible Debentureholders 34  
9.10 Notices 34  
9.11 Further Assurances 35  

 

 

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PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT

UNDER SECTION 192 OF THE

CANADA BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

 

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

 

1.1 Definitions

 

$100 Million Convertible Debentures” means the $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% convertible unsecured senior subordinated debentures of the Company maturing March 31, 2023, issued on February 22, 2018 pursuant to the $100 Million Debenture Indenture.

 

$100 Million Debenture Indenture” means the trust indenture made as of February 22, 2018 between the Company and the $100 Million Debenture Trustee, as may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time.

 

$100 Million Debenture Trustee” means Computershare as trustee under the $100 Million Debenture Indenture.

 

121 Canada” means 12175592 Canada Inc.

 

$150 Million Bond Trustee” means U.S. Bank Trustees Limited as trustee under the $150 Million Convertible Bonds Trust Deed.

 

$150 Million Convertible Bonds” means the US$150 million aggregate principal amount of the 6.5% convertible bonds of the Company issued on January 29, 2014, pursuant to the $150 Million Convertible Bonds Trust Deed.

 

$150 Million Convertible Bonds Trust Deed” means the trust deed dated as of January 29, 2014, between the Company, the $150 Million Bond Trustee and Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch.

 

$160 Million Convertible Debentures” means the $160,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% convertible unsecured senior subordinated debentures of the Company maturing December 31, 2021, issued on October 5, 2016 pursuant to the $160 Million Debenture Indenture.

 

$160 Million Debenture Indenture” means the trust indenture made as of October 5, 2016 between the Company and the $160 Million Debenture Trustee as may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time.

 

$160 Million Debenture Trustee” means Computershare as trustee under the $160 Million Debenture Indenture.

 

8704104” means 8704104 Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Just Energy.

 

Additional Subscription Shares” means the “Additional Subscription Shares” (as defined in the Backstop Commitment Letter) that may be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to the Backstoppers pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Letter and Section 5.4 of this Plan.

 

 

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Affected Equity” means the securities referred to in clause (ii) of the definition of “Existing Equity”.

 

Affected Equity Claims” means an equity claim (as defined in section 2(1) of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act) in respect of the Just Energy Entities, other than an Existing Equity Class Action Claim.

 

Allotted Offered Shares” means, with respect to a Participating Securityholder, the number of Offered Shares determined by dividing that Participating Securityholder’s Subscription Amount by the Subscription Price.

 

Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement” means the amended and restated Term Loan Agreement, in the form appended to the Support Agreement, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not constitute a Senior Unsecured Debt Document.

 

Amended & Restated Term Loan Documents” means the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement and all related documentation required under the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement, including without limitation, all guarantees and security documentation related thereto and required by Section 3.01 thereof to be delivered as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement and for greater certainty, includes the Continuing Guarantees.

 

Applicants” means, collectively, Just Energy and 121 Canada.

 

Arrangement” means an arrangement under section 192 of the CBCA on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Plan, subject to any amendments or variations thereto made in accordance with the Support Agreement, the Backstop Commitment Letter and this Plan or made at the direction of the Court in the Interim Order or the Final Order.

 

Arrangement Resolution” means, collectively, the resolutions of the Senior Unsecured Debtholders, the Convertible Debentureholders and the Shareholders, in substantially the form attached to the Information Circular, to be considered at the Meetings to, among other things, approve the Arrangement and this Plan.

 

Articles of Arrangement” means the articles of arrangement of the Applicants in respect of the Arrangement required under Subsection 192(6) of the CBCA to be sent to the Director after the Final Order is made, which shall include this Plan, with any such modifications as may be acceptable to the Applicants and made in accordance with the terms of the Support Agreement and the Backstop Commitment Letter.

 

Backstop Commitment” means the commitment of each Backstopper to purchase its share of the Backstopped Shares, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Plan, the Interim Order, the Final Order and the Backstop Commitment Letter.

 

Backstop Commitment Fee” means a cash commitment fee in the amount of US$2,190,000, which is payable in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter and shall be applied by the Initial Backstoppers to purchase the Backstop Commitment Fee Shares.

 

 

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Backstop Commitment Fee Shares” means the aggregate of 367,040 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to the Initial Backstoppers in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter and Section 5.4 of this Plan.

 

Backstop Commitment Letter” means the backstop commitment letter dated as of July 8, 2020 among Just Energy and the Backstoppers, pursuant to which the Backstoppers agreed to, among other things, acquire any of the Offered Shares not otherwise purchased by Eligible Securityholders pursuant to the New Equity Offering.

 

Backstop Funding Fee” means a cash funding fee in the amount of US$2,920,000, which is payable in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter and shall be applied by the applicable Backstoppers to purchase the Backstop Funding Fee Shares.

 

Backstop Funding Fee Shares” means the aggregate of 489,386 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to the applicable Backstoppers in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter and Section 5.4 of this Plan.

 

Backstop Percentage” means, with respect to each Backstopper, its Backstop Commitment divided by the aggregate Backstop Commitments of all Backstoppers.

 

Backstopped Shares” means the Offered Shares, excluding the Offered Shares to be issued to Participating Securityholders.

 

Backstoppers” means those Persons who have entered into the Backstop Commitment Letter and any Person (or their permitted assigns) that executes a Joinder (as defined in the Backstop Commitment Letter) and becomes a party to the Backstop Commitment Letter in accordance therewith.

 

Bondholders” means holders of the $150 Million Convertible Bonds.

 

Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday or civic holiday, on which commercial banks are generally open for business in Toronto, Ontario.

 

Canadian Securities Commissions” means, collectively, the applicable securities commissions or regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada.

 

Canadian Securities Laws” means, collectively, and, as the context may require, the applicable securities laws of each of the provinces and territories of Canada, and the respective regulations and rules made under those securities laws together with all applicable published policy statements, instruments, blanket orders and rulings of the Canadian Securities Commissions and all discretionary orders or rulings, if any, of the Canadian Securities Commissions made in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement together with applicable published policy statements of the Canadian Securities Administrators, as the context may require.

 

CBCA” means the Canada Business Corporations Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-44.

 

CDS” means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc., or any of its successors or assigns.

 

 

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Certificate of Arrangement” means the certificate of arrangement to be issued by the Director pursuant to Section 192(7) of the CBCA giving effect to the Articles of Arrangement and this Plan in accordance with Section 262 of the CBCA.

 

Claims” means any right or claim of any Person that may be asserted or made in whole or in part against the applicable Persons, or any of them, in any capacity, whether or not asserted or made, in connection with any indebtedness, liability or obligation of any kind whatsoever, and any interest accrued thereon or costs payable in respect thereof, whether at law or in equity, including by reason of the commission of a tort (intentional or unintentional), by reason of any breach of contract or other agreement (oral or written), by reason of any breach of duty (including, any legal, statutory, equitable or fiduciary duty) or by reason of any equity interest, right of ownership of or title to property or assets or right to a trust or deemed trust (statutory, express, implied, resulting, constructive or otherwise), and together with any security enforcement costs or legal costs associated with any such claim, and whether or not any indebtedness, liability or obligation is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, unsecured, perfected, unperfected, present or future, known or unknown, by guarantee, warranty, surety or otherwise, and whether or not any right or claim is executory or anticipatory in nature, including any claim made or asserted against the applicable Persons, or any of them, through any affiliate, subsidiary, associated or related Person, or any right or ability of any Person to advance a claim for an accounting, reconciliation, contribution, indemnity, restitution or otherwise with respect to any matter, grievance, action (including any class action or proceeding before an administrative or regulatory tribunal), cause or chose in action, whether existing at present or commenced in the future.

 

Class A Minority Shareholder Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Class A Minority Shareholder, the percentage that the number of such Class A Minority Shareholder’s Class A Special Shares bears to the total number of Class A Special Shares held by all Class A Minority Shareholders.

 

Class A Minority Shareholder Settlement Shares” means the 69,348 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to the Class A Minority Shareholders in accordance with Section 5.4 of this Plan, subject to Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

Class A Minority Shareholders” means the Class A Special Shareholders other than the Class A Principal Shareholder.

 

Class A Principal Shareholder” means the Class A Special Shareholder holding the majority of the Class A Special Shares.

 

Class A Principal Shareholder Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement” means that certain confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation agreement between Just Energy and the Class A Principal Shareholder and appended as Exhibit A to the Class A Principal Shareholder Employment Agreement.

 

 

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Class A Principal Shareholder Employment Agreement” means that certain executive employment agreement between Just Energy and the Class A Principal Shareholder.

 

Class A Principal Shareholder Settlement Shares” means the 360,610 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to the Class A Principal Shareholder in accordance with Section 5.4 of this Plan.

 

Class A Special Share Claims” means any and all Claims arising under or relating to the Class A Special Shares, the Class A Special Share Documents and the articles of 8704104 (as amended pursuant to the certificate of amendment dated September 28, 2018).

 

Class A Special Share Documents” means, collectively, (i) that certain purchase agreement dated September 10, 2018, among Just Energy, 8704104, and the sellers and other shareholders party thereto, (ii) that certain call rights agreement dated September 30, 2018, among Just Energy and the shareholders party thereto, (iii) the Class A Principal Shareholder Employment Agreement, and (iv) and any and all the documents ancillary thereto or otherwise relating to the Class A Special Shares; provided however that, the Class A Special Share Documents shall not include the Class A Principal Shareholder Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement.

 

Class A Special Shareholder” means a holder of Class A Special Shares.

 

Class A Special Shares” means the Class A Special Shares in the capital of 8704104.

 

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, or any of its successors or assigns.

 

Collateral Agent” means National Bank of Canada, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Senior Secured Creditors.

 

Common Share Consolidation” means the consolidation of the Existing Common Shares on the basis of one (1) Common Share for every thirty-three (33) Existing Common Shares. As a result, the Existing Common Shares will be consolidated into 4,595,169 Common Shares following the Common Share Consolidation.

 

Common Shareholder” means a holder of Common Shares.

 

Common Shares” means common shares in the capital of Just Energy.

 

Company” or “Just Energy” means Just Energy Group Inc.

 

Computershare” means Computershare Trust Company of Canada.

 

Continuing Guarantees” means any guarantee or lien documentation provided by any Person other than a Just Energy Entity in favour of the Term Loan Agent on behalf of the lenders under the Term Loan Agreement which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not constitute a Senior Unsecured Debt Document.

 

Convertible Debenture Debt Documents” means, collectively: (i) the $160 Million Debenture Indenture; (ii) the $100 Million Debenture Indenture; and (iii) all related documentation.

 

Convertible Debenture Exchange Shares” means the aggregate 9,339,379 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to Convertible Debentureholders in exchange for their Convertible Debentureholder Claims in accordance with Section 5.4 of this Plan, subject to Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

 

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Convertible Debentureholder Claims” means all Obligations in respect of the Convertible Debentures and the Convertible Debenture Debt Documents.

 

Convertible Debentureholder Pro Rata Share” means the percentage that the principal amount of Convertible Debentures held by a Convertible Debentureholder bears to the aggregate principal amount of all Convertible Debentures immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement” means the support agreement (and all schedules and exhibits thereto) among Just Energy and certain Convertible Debentureholders dated August 25, 2020, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Convertible Debentureholders” means the holders of the Convertible Debentures.

 

Convertible Debentureholders’ Meeting” means the meeting of the Convertible Debentureholders to be held on the Meeting Date in accordance with the Interim Order to consider and, if deemed advisable, approve the Arrangement Resolution and to consider such other matters as may properly come before such meeting, and any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.

 

Convertible Debentures” means, collectively, the $160 Million Convertible Debentures and the

$100 Million Convertible Debentures.

 

Corporation Released Parties” means, collectively, the Just Energy Entities, and each of their respective current and former directors, officers, managers, partners, employees, auditors, financial advisors, legal counsel and agents.

 

Court” means the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List).

 

Credit Agreement” means the eighth amended and restated credit agreement dated as of April 18, 2018, by and among Just Energy Ontario L.P., Just Energy (U.S.) Corp., as borrowers, the Credit Facility Administrative Agent and the Credit Facility Lenders, as such credit agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Credit Facility Administrative Agent” means National Bank of Canada, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Credit Facility Lenders.

 

Credit Facility Lenders” means each of the lenders party to the Credit Agreement from time to time and each of their respective affiliates that is a cash management services provider and/or a hedge provider to any of the Just Energy Entities.

 

Debt” means the debt outstanding under the Debt Documents.

 

Debt Documents” means, collectively, the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents and the Convertible Debenture Debt Documents.

 

 

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Debtholder Claims” means, collectively, the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims and the Convertible Debentureholder Claims.

 

Debtholders” means, collectively, the Senior Unsecured Debtholders and the Convertible Debentureholders.

 

Director” means the Director appointed under Section 260 of the CBCA.

 

DSGs” means deferred share grants of the Company issued pursuant to the 2010 Directors’ Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

DTC” means the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, or any of its successors or assigns.

 

Effective Date” means the date shown on the Certificate of Arrangement issued by the Director.

 

Effective Time” means 12:01 a.m. on the Effective Date or such other date or time as the Applicants may determine.

 

Eligible Securityholder” means a Person that: (i) is on the Record Date a Senior Unsecured Debtholder, Convertible Debentureholder or Common Shareholder; or (ii) a Holding Preferred Shareholder; and (iii) if such Person referred to in (i) or (ii) is resident outside of Canada or the United States, is qualified to participate in the New Equity Offering in accordance with the laws of its jurisdiction of residence and has provided evidence satisfactory to Just Energy to demonstrate such qualification.

 

Equity Allocation” means:

 

(i) in respect of the Senior Unsecured Debtholders, 1,476,957 Offered Shares;

 

(i) in respect of the Convertible Debentureholders, 16,781,687 Offered Shares;

 

(ii) in respect of the Preferred Shareholders, 2,796,948 Offered Shares; and
     
  (iii)  in respect of the Common Shareholders, 8,256,938 of the Offered Shares.

  

Escrow Agent” means the escrow agent appointed pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.

 

Escrow Agreement” means an escrow agreement on customary terms and conditions to be entered into in connection with the New Equity Offering, in form and substance acceptable to the Company and the Initial Backstoppers, each acting reasonably.

 

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear System, or any of its successors or assigns.

 

Existing Common Shareholders” means holders of Existing Common Shares.

 

Existing Common Shares” means the Common Shares of Just Energy issued and outstanding on the Effective Date immediately prior to the Effective Time but excluding, for greater certainty, the Offered Shares.

 

 

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Existing Equity” means: (i) all Existing Common Shares, Existing Preferred Shares, RSGs, PBGs and DSGs and (ii) all options, warrants, rights or similar instruments derived from, relating to, or exercisable, convertible or exchangeable therefor (including, for the avoidance of doubt, such rights existing under the Class A Special Shares and the Class A Special Share Documents), in each case that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

Existing Equity Class Action Claims” means, collectively: (i) Civil Action 20-590 Thaddeus White, et al. v. Just Energy Group Inc., et al.; (ii) Gilchrist v. Just Energy Group Inc,. et al. (Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Court File No. CV-19-627174-00CP) commenced on September 11, 2019; (iii) Saha v. Just Energy Group Inc., et al. (Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Court File No. CV-19-630737-00CP); and (iv) any claim for contribution or indemnity in respect of or related to those claims listed in (i) to (iii) above.

 

Existing Equity Holders” means holders of any Existing Equity.

 

Existing Preferred Shareholders” means holders of Existing Preferred Shares.

 

Existing Preferred Shares” means the Preferred Shares of Just Energy issued and outstanding on the Effective Date immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

Final Order” means the final order of the Court approving this Plan and providing for the treatment of Existing Equity Class Action Claims and Affected Equity Claims as contemplated herein, as such order may be amended at any time prior to the Effective Date or, if appealed, then unless such appeal is withdrawn or denied, as affirmed or amended on appeal.

 

Governmental Entity” means any government, regulatory authority, governmental department, agency, commission, bureau, official, minister, Crown corporation, court, board, tribunal or dispute settlement panel or other law, rule or regulation-making organization or entity: (a) having or purporting to have jurisdiction on behalf of any nation, province, territory or state or any other geographic or political subdivision of any of them; or (b) exercising, or entitled or purporting to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, policy, regulatory or axing authority or power.

 

Holding Preferred Shareholder” in respect of a Preferred Share, means a Preferred Shareholder of such Preferred Share as of the Record Date that continues to hold all such Preferred Shares held as of the Record Date until the Effective Date.

 

Information Circular” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Interim Order.

 

Initial Backstoppers” means the Backstoppers that executed the Backstop Commitment Letter on July 8, 2020.

 

Insurance Policies” means, collectively, the insurance policies of Just Energy that are available to pay insured claims in respect of Just Energy or its current or former directors and officers including, without limitation, Existing Equity Class Action Claims.

 

Interim Order” means the interim order of the Court pursuant to Section 192(4) of the CBCA, containing declarations and directions with respect to the Arrangement and the Meetings issued pursuant to the application of the Applicants, as such order may be amended or supplemented by further order of the Court at any time prior to the Effective Date or, if appealed, then unless such appeal is withdrawn or denied, as affirmed or amended on appeal.

 

 

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Intermediary” means a broker, custodian, investment dealer, nominee, bank, trust company or other intermediary, and “Intermediaries” means more than one Intermediary.

 

Just Energy Entities” means, collectively, Just Energy and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

 

Law” or “Laws” means any law, statute, order, decree, consent decree, judgment, rule regulation, ordinance or other pronouncement having the effect of law whether in Canada, the United States or any other country, or any domestic or foreign state, county, province, city or other political subdivision or of any Governmental Entity.

 

Majority Supporting Convertible Debentureholders” means, collectively, Supporting Convertible Debentureholders holding in aggregate more than half (50%) of the aggregate principal amount of Convertible Debentures held by all Supporting Convertible Debentureholders, at the applicable time.

 

Management Incentive Plan” means a new management incentive plan for employees of the Just Energy Entities, which shall provide for the granting of awards comprised of shares of Just Energy as determined by the board of directors of the reorganized Just Energy (or the applicable compensation committee) following the Effective Date, with grants thereunder not to exceed 5% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares following the Effective Date.

 

Meeting Date” means August 25, 2020, subject to any postponement or adjournment of that date pursuant to the Interim Order or any other Order.

 

Meetings” means, collectively, the Shareholders’ Meeting, the Senior Unsecured Debtholders’ Meeting and the Convertible Debentureholders’ Meeting.

 

New Common Shares” means, collectively, the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Exchange Shares, the Convertible Debenture Exchange Shares, the Preferred Shareholder Exchange Shares, the Offered Shares, the Private Placement Shares, the Class A Principal Shareholder Settlement Shares and Class A Minority Shareholder Settlement Shares.

 

New Directors” means James Bell, Scott Gahn, Tony Horton, Steven Murray, Dallas Ross, Steven Schaefer and Marcie Zlotnik.

 

New Equity Offering” means the offering of Offered Shares to Eligible Securityholders pursuant to this Plan.

 

New Equity Offering Right” means the right of each Eligible Securityholder to participate in the New Equity Offering, in accordance with the terms of this Plan. For greater certainty, in respect of a New Equity Offering Right granted to an Eligible Securityholder that is a Common Shareholder as of the Record Date, such New Equity Offering Right applies identically in respect of each Existing Common Share.

 

 

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New Subordinated Notes” means the new subordinated notes to be issued by Just Energy pursuant to the New Subordinated Notes Indenture and allocated among the Convertible Debentureholders in a principal amount equal to their applicable Convertible Debentureholder Pro Rata Share, which shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $15 million and shall (i) be denominated in Canadian dollars, (ii) have a 6-year maturity, (iii) have an annual interest rate of 7%, which shall be payable semi-annually in kind, (iv) be callable by Just Energy at any time at par plus accrued interest for cash (with no call protections), (v) require Just Energy to offer to repurchase the New Subordinated Notes at a price equal to 101% of par upon a change of control, (vi)   require unanimous holder consent to any amendment to the maturity date, the principal, the interest rate, or the amount or timing of payment of principal or interest, (vii) not provide for a conversion right into equity of Just Energy or any of its affiliates, (viii) not be listed for trading on any securities exchange, (ix) be subordinated to the Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the New Term Loans in all respects (in the same manner and on the same terms as contained in the Convertible Debenture Debt Documents, including Article 5 of the $100 Million Debenture Indenture and $160 Million Debenture Indenture), (x) not be secured against any assets or property of Just Energy or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries; (xi) not be guaranteed by any direct or indirect subsidiary of Just Energy; and (xii) except as provided in the foregoing, shall be substantially similar to the terms of the Convertible Debentures, or as otherwise agreed by Just Energy, the Term Loan Debtholders and the Majority Supporting Convertible Debentureholders, each acting reasonably.

 

New Subordinated Notes Indenture” means the indenture to be entered into on the Effective Date by Just Energy and the New Subordinated Notes Trustee pursuant to which the New Senior Secured Notes will be issued.

 

New Subordinated Notes Trustee” means the indenture trustee under the New Subordinated Notes Indenture, as agreed to by the Applicants and the Majority Supporting Convertible Debentureholders, each acting reasonably.

 

New Term Loan Lender Information” means such information and documentation as the Term Loan Agent may require from recipients of the New Term Loans in order to comply with any anti- money laundering, know your client, proceeds of crime and other applicable Laws to the Term Loan Agent, or any applicable customary policies or procedures of the Term Loan Agent.

 

New Term Loans” means the new senior unsecured term loans to be issued pursuant to the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement in the principal amount of US $205,900,000 and allocated among the Senior Unsecured Debtholders in a principal amount equal to their applicable Senior Unsecured Debtholder Pro Rata Share.

 

Obligations” means all liabilities, duties and obligations, including without limitation principal and interest, any make whole, redemption or similar premiums, reimbursement obligations, fees, penalties, damages, guarantees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise, and any other liabilities, duties or obligations, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the applicable Debt Document.

 

 

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Offered Shares” means 29,312,530 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to the Eligible Securityholders pursuant to this Plan, subject to Section 6.3 of this Plan, and to the Backstoppers in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter and this Plan.

 

Offered Shares Participation Form” means a certification and participation form delivered to Securityholders and completed by Eligible Securityholders in advance of the Participation Deadline in order to make certain acknowledgments, agreements and certifications (as applicable to the applicable Eligible Securityholder) and to participate in the New Equity Offering.

 

Offering Right Value” means the fair market value as of the Effective Date of the New Equity Offering Right, as determined by the directors of Just Energy on or prior to the Effective Date and agreed to by the Term Loan Debtholders, acting reasonably.

 

Order” means any order of the Court in these proceedings, including, without limitation, the Interim Order and the Final Order.

 

Outside Date” means October 5, 2020, or such other date as determined in accordance with the Support Agreement and the Backstop Agreement.

 

Participating Securityholder” has the meaning ascribed in Section 4.5.

 

Participation Deadline” shall mean 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on August 28, 2020 or such other date as the Applicants and the Backstoppers may mutually determine, each acting reasonably.

 

PBGs” means the performance bonus grants of the Company granted pursuant to the Company’s 2013 Performance Bonus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

Person” includes any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, venture capital fund, association, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, legal personal representative, estate, group, body corporate (including a limited liability company and an unlimited liability company), corporation, unincorporated association or organization, governmental authority, syndicate or other entity, whether or not having legal status.

 

Plan” means this plan of arrangement proposed under Section 192 of the CBCA, and any amendments or variations made in accordance with the terms of this Plan or made at the direction of the Court in the Final Order.

 

Preferred Shareholder” means a holder of Preferred Shares.

 

Preferred Shareholder Exchange Shares” means the aggregate 1,556,563 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to Preferred Shareholders in exchange for their Preferred Shares, subject to Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

Preferred Shareholder Pro Rata Share” means the percentage that the number of Preferred Shares held by a Preferred Shareholder bears to the aggregate number of all Preferred Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

Preferred Shares” means preferred shares in the capital of Just Energy.

 

 

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Private Placement” means the private placement pursuant to which the Term Loan Debtholders will purchase the Private Placement Shares in the aggregate amount of approximately $3,670,000 at the Subscription Price, in accordance with the Support Agreement Supplement.

 

Private Placement Shares” means New Common Shares to be issued to the Term Loan Debtholders pursuant to the Private Placement following the Common Share Consolidation.

 

Private Placement Subscription Amount” means, in respect of a Term Loan Debtholder, an amount such Term Loan Debtholder has agreed to subscribe for pursuant to the Support Agreement Supplement at the Subscription Price.

 

Record Date” means July 23, 2020.

 

Released Claims” means, collectively, the matters that are subject to release and discharge pursuant to Article 7.

 

Released Parties” means, collectively, the Corporation Released Parties and the Securityholder Released Parties, as applicable.

 

RSGs” means restricted share grants of the Company granted pursuant to the Company’s 2010 Restricted Share Grant Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

Securities Laws” means, collectively, Canadian Securities Laws and U.S. Securities Laws.

 

Securityholder Released Parties” means, collectively, (i) the Trustees and the Term Loan Agent, (ii) the Term Loan Debtholders, (iii) the Backstoppers, (iv) Supporting Convertible Debentureholders, (v) for each of the entities named in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), each of their respective current and former directors, officers, managers, partners, employees, auditors, financial advisors, legal counsel and agents, and (vi) the Class A Special Shareholders and each of their respective financial advisors and legal counsel.

 

Securityholder Subscription Share Percentage” means:

 

(i)   in respect of the Senior Unsecured Debtholders, the percentage that the principal amount of Senior Unsecured Debt held by a Senior Unsecured Debtholder bears to the aggregate principal amount of all Senior Unsecured Debt as of the Record Date;
       
(ii)   in respect of the Convertible Debentures, the percentage that the principal amount of Convertible Debentures held by a Convertible Debentureholder bears to the aggregate principal amount of all Convertible Debentures as of the Record Date;
       
(iii)   in respect of the Preferred Shareholders, the percentage that the number of Preferred Shares held by a Preferred Shareholder bears to the aggregate number of all Preferred Shares as of the Record Date; and
       
(iv)   in respect of the Common Shareholders, the percentage that the number of Common Shares held by a Common Shareholder bears to the aggregate number of all Common Shares as of the Record Date.

 

 

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Securityholders” means collectively, all Persons that are Senior Unsecured Debtholders, Convertible Debentureholders, Common Shareholders or Preferred Shareholders as of the Record Date.

 

Senior Secured Creditors” has the meaning ascribed to “Senior Creditor” in the sixth amended and restated intercreditor agreement made as of September 1, 2015 between, among others, the Just Energy Entities party thereto from time to time, the Credit Facility Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as such intercreditor agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Senior Unsecured Debt” means, collectively, the debt outstanding under the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents.

 

Senior Unsecured Debt Documents” means, collectively: (i) the Term Loan Agreement, (ii) the

$150 Million Convertible Bonds Trust Deed; and (iii) all related documentation, including, without limitation, all guarantee and security documentation, related to the foregoing.

 

Senior Unsecured Debtholder” means a holder of Senior Unsecured Debt, in its capacity as such.

 

Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims” means all Obligations in respect of the Senior Unsecured Debt and the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents.

 

Senior Unsecured Debtholder Exchange Shares” means the aggregate 821,959 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to Senior Unsecured Debtholder in exchange for their Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims in accordance with Section 5.4 of this Plan, subject to Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

Senior Unsecured Debtholder Pro Rata Share” means the percentage that the principal amount of Senior Unsecured Debt held by a Senior Unsecured Debtholder bears to the aggregate principal amount of all Senior Unsecured Debt immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

Senior Unsecured Debtholders’ Meeting” means the meeting of the Senior Unsecured Debtholders to be held on the Meeting Date in accordance with the Interim Order to consider and, if deemed advisable, approve the Arrangement Resolution and to consider such other matters as may properly come before such meeting, and any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof

 

Shareholder” means a holder of Common Shares or Preferred Shares, in its capacity as such.

 

Shareholders’ Meeting” means the meeting of the Shareholders as of the Record Date to be held, pursuant to the Interim Order, to consider, among other things, the approval of the Arrangement.

 

Strategic Review” means the Company’s strategic review announced on June 6, 2019, as further described in the affidavit of James Brown dated July 13, 2020, filed in these proceedings.

 

Subscription Amount” means, in respect of a Participating Securityholder, an amount such Participating Securityholder has agreed to subscribe for, up to the maximum amount of its Securityholder Subscription Share Percentage of the applicable Equity Allocation, at the Subscription Price.

 

 

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Subscription Price” means $3.412 per Offered Share.

 

Support Agreement” means the support agreement (and all schedules and exhibits thereto) among Just Energy and the Term Loan Debtholders dated July 8, 2020, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Support Agreement Supplement” means the supplement to the Support Agreement among Just Energy and the Term Loan Debtholders dated August 25, 2020.

 

Supporting Convertible Debentureholders” means, collectively, the Convertible Debentureholders that executed the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement on August 25, 2020.

 

Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada).

 

Term Loan Agent” means National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent under the Term Loan Agreement.

 

Term Loan Agreement” means the US$250 million loan agreement dated as of September 12, 2018, between the Company, the Term Loan Agent, Sagard Credit Partners, LP and the other Term Loan Debtholders party thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Effective Date.

 

Term Loan Debtholders” means the lenders under the Term Loan Agreement.

 

Transfer Agent” means Computershare Investor Services Inc.

 

Trustees” means, collectively, the $100 Million Debenture Trustee, the $160 Million Debenture Trustee and the $150 Million Bond Trustee.

 

TSX” means the Toronto Stock Exchange.

 

U.S. Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

U.S. Securities Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute.

 

U.S. Securities Laws” means, collectively, the U.S. Securities Act, the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

1.2 Articles of Reference

 

The terms “hereof”, “hereunder”, “herein” and similar expressions refer to this Plan and not to any particular article, section, subsection, clause or paragraph of this Plan, and include any agreements supplemental thereto. In this Plan, a reference to an article, section, subsection, clause or paragraph shall, unless otherwise stated, refer to an article, section, subsection, clause or paragraph of this Plan.

 

 

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1.3 Interpretation Not Affected by Headings

 

The division of this Plan into articles, sections, subsections, clauses and paragraphs and other portions, and the insertion of headings and a table of contents, are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Plan.

 

1.4 Gender and Number

 

In this Plan where the context requires, words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and words importing the use of any gender shall include all genders.

 

1.5 Date for any Action

 

In the event that the date on which any action is required to be taken hereunder is not a Business Day, such action shall be required to be taken on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day.

 

1.6 Time

 

All times expressed herein are local time in Toronto, Ontario, Canada unless otherwise specified.

 

1.7 Statutory References

 

Any reference in this Plan to a statute includes all rules, regulations, published policies and blanket orders made thereunder, and any and all amendments to the foregoing in force from time to time.

 

1.8 Successors and Assigns

 

This Plan shall be binding upon and shall enure to the benefit of the heirs, administrators, executors, legal personal representatives, successors and assigns of any Person named or referred to in this Plan.

 

1.9 Currency

 

Unless otherwise stated, all references herein to sums of money, cash or currency are expressed in lawful money of the Canada.

 

1.10 Governing Law

 

This Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of Ontario and the federal Laws of Canada applicable therein. All questions as to the interpretation or application of this Plan and all proceedings taken in connection with this Plan shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court.

 

 

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ARTICLE 2

TREATMENT OF NOTEHOLDERS AND EXISTING SHAREHOLDERS

 

2.1 Treatment of Senior Unsecured Debtholders

 

(a) On the Effective Date, in accordance with the steps and sequence set forth in Section 5.4, each Senior Unsecured Debtholder shall receive its Senior Unsecured Debtholder Pro Rata Share of (i) the New Term Loans, and (ii) the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Exchange Shares, subject to the treatment of fractional interests in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

(b) The compensation, the reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys, advisors or agents retained or utilized by the Term Loan Agent, the Term Loan Debtholders and the $150 Million Bond Trustee, as applicable, acting reasonably), in accordance with the applicable Senior Unsecured Debt Documents shall be paid in full in cash by the Applicants pursuant to the applicable Senior Unsecured Debt Documents.

 

(c) After giving effect to the terms of this Section 2.1, (i) the Obligations of the Just Energy Entities with respect to the Senior Unsecured Debt, the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents and the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims shall, and shall be deemed to, have been irrevocably and finally extinguished, (ii) each Senior Unsecured Debtholder shall have no further right, title or interest in or to the Senior Unsecured Debt or its Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims, and (iii) the Senior Unsecured Debt, the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents and the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims shall be cancelled.

 

2.2 Treatment of Convertible Debentureholders

 

(a) On the Effective Date, in accordance with the steps and sequence set forth in Section 5.4, (i) Just Energy shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest in cash on the Convertible Debentures up to and including the Effective Date, and (ii) each Convertible Debentureholder shall receive its Convertible Debentureholder Pro Rata Share of (A) the New Subordinated Notes, and (B) the Convertible Debenture Exchange Shares, subject to the treatment of fractional interests in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

(b) The compensation, the reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys, advisors or agents retained or utilized by the $100 Million Debenture Trustee and the $160 Million Debenture Trustee, as applicable, acting reasonably), in accordance with the applicable Convertible Debenture Documents shall be paid in full in cash by Just Energy pursuant to the applicable Convertible Debenture Documents.

 

(c) After giving effect to the terms of this Section 2.2, (i) the Obligations of the Just Energy Entities with respect to the Convertible Debentures, the Convertible Debentureholder Claims and the Convertible Debenture Documents shall, and shall be deemed to, have been irrevocably and finally extinguished, (ii) each Convertible Debentureholder shall have no further right, title or interest in or to the Convertible Debentures or its Convertible Debentureholder Claims, and (iii) the Convertible Debentures, the Convertible Debentureholder Claims and the Convertible Debenture Documents shall be cancelled.

 

 

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2.3 Treatment of Existing Equity Holders

 

(a) On the Effective Date, in accordance with the steps and sequence set forth in Section 5.4:

 

(i) Each Existing Common Shareholder shall retain its Existing Common Shares, subject to the Common Share Consolidation, subject to the treatment of fractional interests in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

(ii) Each Holding Preferred Shareholder, in its capacity as such, shall be deemed to have been issued its New Equity Offering Rights based on its Securityholder Subscription Share Percentage of the Preferred Shareholder Equity Allocation.

 

(iii) Each Existing Preferred Shareholder shall receive its Preferred Shareholder Pro Rata Share of the Preferred Shareholder Exchange Shares, subject to the treatment of fractional interests in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

(iv) After giving effect to the terms of Section 2.3(a)(ii), the Existing Preferred Shares shall be cancelled.

 

(v) Unless otherwise agreed by Just Energy in accordance with the Support Agreement and the Backstop Agreement, and subject to the treatment of the Existing Equity Class Action Claims as provided herein, all of the Affected Equity shall be terminated and cancelled, and shall be deemed to be terminated and cancelled without the need for any repayment of capital thereof or any other liability, payment or compensation therefor and, for greater certainty, no holder of Affected Equity shall be entitled to receive any interest, dividends, premium or other payment in connection therewith.

 

(vi) The Affected Equity Claims shall constitute Released Claims and be treated in the manner set forth in Section 5.4.

 

2.4 Treatment of Backstoppers

 

On the Effective Date, in accordance with the steps and sequence set forth in Section 5.4, each Backstopper shall purchase and receive its applicable portion of the Backstopped Shares and/or Additional Subscription Shares, the Backstop Funding Fee (and Backstop Funding Fee Shares) and the Backstop Commitment Fee (and Backstop Commitment Fee Shares), in each case in accordance with the terms of the Backstop Commitment Letter, the Interim Order and this Plan.

 

 

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2.5 Treatment of Class A Special Shareholders

 

(a) On the Effective Date, in accordance with the steps and sequence set forth in Section 5.4:

 

(i) Just Energy shall purchase the Class A Principal Shareholder’s Class A Special Shares for (A) $1.3 million, and (B) the Class A Principal Shareholder Settlement Shares.

 

(ii) Just Energy shall purchase each Class A Minority Shareholder’s Class A Special Shares for (A) its Class A Minority Shareholder Pro Rata Share of

$500,000, and (B) its Class A Minority Shareholder Pro Rata Share of the Class A Minority Shareholder Settlement Shares, subject to the treatment of fractional interests in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

(iii) After giving effect to the terms of Sections 2.5(a)(i) and 2.5(a)(ii), (A) the Class A Special Share Claims shall, and shall be deemed to be, irrevocably and finally extinguished and settled, (B) the Class A Special Shareholders shall have no further right, title or interest in and to the Class A Special Shares or the Class A Special Share Documents, and (C) the Class A Special Share Documents shall be terminated and cancelled.

 

2.6 Unaffected Persons

 

The Claims of all Persons other than those specified in this Article 2 shall be unaffected by this Plan, except as otherwise provided herein.

 

ARTICLE 3

PRIVATE PLACEMENT

 

3.1 Issuance of Private Placement Shares

 

On the Effective Date, subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Support Agreement Supplement, and in accordance with the times, steps and sequences set forth in Section, 5.4 Just Energy shall cause to be issued and delivered to each Term Loan Debtholder its Private Placement Shares at the Subscription Price. The Private Placement Shares shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the Private Placement Shares shall be subject to the applicable transfer restrictions under U.S. Securities Laws.

 

ARTICLE 4

ISSUANCES, DISTRIBUTIONS AND ELECTIONS

 

4.1 Delivery of New Term Loans

 

The delivery of the New Term Loans (and any certificates or other evidence of holdings thereof) to be issued pursuant to this Plan shall be made in accordance with standing procedures in place with the Term Loan Agent, and a register of holders of the New Term Loans will be maintained by the Term Loan Agent. Each Senior Unsecured Debtholder receiving New Term Loans shall be deemed to be a party to the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement as a lender thereunder. In the event that a Senior Unsecured Debtholder has not delivered its New Term Loan Lender Information to the Term Loan Agent prior to the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the expected Effective Date, such Senior Unsecured Debtholder’s New Term Loans shall be held by the Term Loan Agent until such time as the Senior Unsecured Debtholder provides its New Term Loan Lender Information.

 

 

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4.2 Delivery of New Subordinated Notes

 

The delivery of the New Subordinated Notes to be distributed under this Plan will be made by way of a global note issued to CDS (or its nominee) pursuant to the New Subordinated Notes Indenture in respect of the New Subordinated Notes and delivered directly to CDS which, in turn, will make delivery of such New Subordinated Notes to the holders of the New Subordinated Notes pursuant to the standing instructions and customary practices of CDS.

 

4.3 Delivery of New Common Shares

 

(a) On the Effective Date, all New Common Shares issued in connection with this Plan shall be deemed to be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(b) On the Effective Date, Just Energy shall deliver a treasury direction to the Transfer Agent that directs the Transfer Agent to issue all New Common Shares, to be distributed under this Plan and direct the Transfer Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the New Common Shares to be distributed under this Plan to be distributed by no later than the second Business Day following the Effective Date.

 

(c) The delivery of New Common Shares to be distributed under this Plan will be made either (i) through the facilities of CDS, DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream to Intermediaries who, in turn, will make delivery of the New Common Shares to the ultimate beneficial recipients thereof pursuant to standing instructions and customary practices of CDS, DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, as applicable, or (ii) by providing Direct Registration System advices or confirmations in the name of the applicable recipient thereof (or its Intermediary) and registered electronically in Just Energy’s records which will be maintained by the Transfer Agent.

 

4.4 No Liability in Respect of Deliveries

 

(a) None of the Just Energy Entities, nor their respective directors or officers, shall have any liability or obligation in respect of any deliveries, directly or indirectly, from (i) the Term Loan Agent, (ii) the Trustees, (iii) DTC, (iv) CDS, (v) Euroclear,

(vi) Clearstream or (vii) the Intermediaries, in each case to the ultimate beneficial recipients of any consideration payable or deliverable by the Just Energy Entities pursuant to this Plan.

 

(b) None of the Trustees or the Term Loan Agent shall incur, and each is hereby released and exculpated from, any liability as a result of carrying out any provisions of this Plan and any actions related or incidental thereto, save and except for any gross negligence or wilful misconduct (as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) on its part. For the avoidance of doubt, this exculpation shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, all other releases, indemnities and exculpations, and any other applicable law or rules protecting any of the Trustees and the Term Loan Agent from liability. On the Effective Date after the completion of the transactions set forth in Section 5.4, all duties and responsibilities of the Trustees and the Term Loan Agent arising under or related to the Debt Documents, as applicable, shall be discharged except to the extent required in order to effectuate this Plan.

 

 

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4.5 Election to Participate in New Equity Offering

 

Each Eligible Securityholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to elect irrevocably to participate in the New Equity Offering and to subscribe for and purchase its Securityholder Subscription Share Percentage of the applicable Equity Allocation by (and subject to) returning a duly executed Offered Shares Participation Form (or other acceptable form of instruction) together with such Eligible Securityholder’s Subscription Amount pursuant to the procedures established by Just Energy and communicated to Eligible Securityholders on or prior to the Record Date. Any Offered Shares Participation Form (or other acceptable form of instruction) received after the Participation Deadline or not accompanied by such Eligible Securityholder’s Subscription Amount will be invalid and not effective and shall be disregarded for all purposes of this Plan.

 

Submission of an Offered Shares Participation Form (or other acceptable form of instruction) in accordance with the terms thereof and this Section 3.4 and acceptance thereof by Just Energy, shall constitute an irrevocable subscription by the applicable Eligible Securityholder (each, a “Participating Securityholder”) for and a commitment by the applicable Participating Securityholder to participate in the New Equity Offering by purchasing up to its Securityholder Subscription Share Percentage of the applicable Equity Allocation.

 

ARTICLE 5

ARRANGEMENT

 

5.1 Corporate Authorizations

 

The adoption, execution, delivery, implementation and consummation of all matters contemplated under this Plan, including those involving corporate action of any member of the Just Energy Entities, will occur and be effective as of the Effective Date (or such other date as determined by the Applicants), and will be authorized and approved under this Plan and by the Court, where appropriate, as part of the Final Order, in all respects and for all purposes without any requirement of further action by shareholders, directors or officers of the Just Energy Entities. All necessary approvals to take actions shall be deemed to have been obtained from the directors or the shareholders of the Just Energy Entities, as applicable.

 

5.2 Articles of Arrangement and Effective Date

 

As soon as practicable after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article 8 (excluding conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied until the Effective Date, but subject to the satisfaction of those conditions as of the Effective Date), unless another time or date is agreed in writing among Just Energy and the Term Loan Debtholders, the Articles of Arrangement shall be filed by the Applicants with the Director. The Certificate of Arrangement shall implement this Plan.

 

 

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5.3 Binding Effect

 

On and from the Effective Time, this Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be final and binding upon, and be deemed to have been consented and agreed upon by the Just Energy Entities, the Senior Unsecured Debtholders, the Convertible Debentureholders, the Trustees, the Term Loan Agent, the Existing Common Shareholders, the Existing Preferred Shareholders, the Class A Special Shareholders and any other Person affected by or named in this Plan, including the respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of each of the foregoing, without any further act or formality required on the part of any Person and, subject to the implementation and effectiveness of the Plan in accordance with its terms and delivery to the Term Loan Agent on behalf of the Senior Unsecured Debtholders of all of the documentation required pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement, shall constitute a full, final and absolute settlement of all rights of the beneficial and legal owners of the Senior Unsecured Debt, the Convertible Debentures, the Preferred Shares and the Class A Special Shares attaching thereto or arising there from and an absolute release and discharge of and from all Obligations of the Just Energy Entities to the Debtholders, the Existing Preferred Shareholders and the Class A Special Shareholders, as applicable (for certainty, other than Obligations under the Amended and Restated Term Loan Documents).

 

On and from the Effective Time, and, subject to the implementation and effectiveness of the Plan in accordance with its terms, without limiting the foregoing, Just Energy, the Senior Unsecured Debtholders, the Convertible Debentureholders, the Trustees, the Term Loan Agent, the Existing Common Shareholders, the Existing Preferred Shareholders, the Class A Special Shareholders and any other Person affected by or named in this Plan and any other Person affected by or named in this Plan will be deemed to have executed and delivered to Just Energy and its affiliates all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to implement and carry out this Plan.

 

5.4 The Arrangement

 

Commencing at the Effective Time, the following events or transactions will occur, or be deemed to have occurred and be taken and effected, in the following order in five minute increments (unless otherwise indicated) and at the times set out in this Section 5.4 (or in such other manner or order or at such other time or times as the Applicants may determine in accordance with the Support Agreement, the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement and the Backstop Commitment Letter), without any further act or formality required on the part of any Person, except as may be expressly provided herein:

 

(a) The New Equity Offering Rights afforded to the Convertible Debentureholders and Senior Unsecured Debtholders that are Eligible Securityholders shall be deemed to have been issued on July 23, 2020 as a partial repayment of the principal amount outstanding thereunder in the amount of the Offering Right Value of such New Equity Offering Rights; provided, however, that such repayment shall not be considered for the purposes of calculating a Senior Unsecured Debtholder Pro Rata Share, Convertible Debentureholder Pro Rata Share, Securityholder Subscription Share Percentage, or entitlement to interest under 5.4(e);

 

 

 

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(b) All Affected Equity shall be terminated and cancelled for no consideration;

 

(c) The Common Share Consolidation shall be completed. Any fractional interests in the consolidated Existing Common Shares will, without any further act or formality, be cancelled without payment of any consideration therefor. Notwithstanding any provision of the CBCA, immediately following the completion of the Common Share Consolidation, the stated capital of the Common Shares shall be equal to the stated capital of the Common Shares immediately prior to such consolidation.

 

(d) Just Energy shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the Convertible Debentures up to and including the Effective Date and any other accrued and unpaid interest (including default interest) in respect of the Convertible Debentures shall be forgiven, settled and extinguished for no consideration.

 

(e) Just Energy shall issue to each Term Loan Debtholder, pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement and as evidence of amounts owing thereunder immediately prior to the Effective Time, promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount of US$197.1 million (the “Series 1 Notes”) and promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount in U.S. dollars equal to the amount by which the amount then owing under the Term Loan Agreement exceeds the principal amount of the Series 1 Notes (the “Series 2 Notes”). The Series 1 Notes and the Series 2 Notes shall be issued to each Term Loan Debtholder in an amount based on such Term Loan Debtholder’s pro rata share of the Obligations under the Term Loan Agreement.

 

(f) The terms and conditions of the Series 1 Notes shall be amended to confer a right on the holders thereof to exchange such Series 1 Notes for promissory notes or other evidence of U.S. dollar indebtedness of the same principal amount issuable under the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement pursuant to the terms of this Plan.

 

(g) In exchange for, and in full and final settlement of, the Existing Preferred Shares, Just Energy shall deliver to each (i) Holding Preferred Shareholder, in its capacity as such, its applicable New Equity Offering Rights with respect to those Preferred Shares held from the Record Date through to the Effective Date; and (ii) Existing Preferred Shareholder, its Preferred Shareholder Pro Rata Share of the Preferred Shareholder Exchange Shares. The Existing Preferred Shares shall thereafter be terminated and cancelled, and shall be deemed to be terminated and cancelled.

 

(h) The following shall occur concurrently with the steps set forth in Section 5.4(g) above and Section 5.4(i) below:

 

(i) holders of the Series 1 Notes that have previously filed a written notice with Just Energy to exercise the right referred to Section 5.4(f) shall be deemed to have exercised the right referred to in Section 5.4(f) to exchange the Series 1 Notes held by such holders for promissory notes or other evidence of indebtedness with the same U.S. dollar principal amount issued to such holders under the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement, in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement, and such exchange of the Series 1 Notes shall be deemed to have occurred;

 

 

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(ii) holders of the Series 1 Notes other than such holders referred to in Section 5.4(h)(i) are deemed to have exchanged such Series 1 Notes for New Term Loans with the same U.S. dollar principal amount;

 

(iii) Just Energy, the Just Energy Entities (as applicable) and the Term Loan Agent shall enter into, and the Senior Unsecured Debtholders shall enter into or be deemed to enter into, the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement, the Amended & Restated Term Loan Documents and such additional documentation as may be agreed by Just Energy and the Term Loan Agent, each acting reasonably;

 

(iv) in exchange for, and in full and final settlement of, the Senior Unsecured Debt, including the Series 1 Notes and Series 2 Notes, Just Energy shall deliver to each Senior Unsecured Debtholder (A) its Senior Unsecured Debtholder Pro Rata Share of the New Term Loans (together with the promissory notes or other evidence of indebtedness with respect to the Term Loan Debtholders, in respect of the Series 1 Notes and in satisfaction of the exercise of the right referred to in Section 5.4(f)) and (B) the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Exchange Shares (with respect to the Term Loan Debtholders, in respect of the Series 2 Notes), and Just Energy shall add an amount equal to the aggregate fair market value of the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Exchange Shares on the Effective Date to the stated capital for the Common Shares in respect of the issuance of the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Exchange Shares. Consequently, the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims shall, and shall be deemed to be, irrevocably and finally extinguished and the Senior Unsecured Debtholders shall have no further right, title or interest in and to the Senior Unsecured Debt or the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims; and

 

(v) the Senior Unsecured Debt, the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents, and the Series 1 Notes and Series 2 Notes shall be cancelled, provided that the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents shall remain in effect solely to allow the Term Loan Agent and the $150 Million Bond Trustee to make the distributions set forth in this Plan.

 

(i) The following shall occur concurrently with steps set forth in Section 5.4(g) and 5.4(h) above:

 

(i) in exchange for, and in full and final settlement of, the Convertible Debentures, Just Energy shall deliver to each Convertible Debentureholder its Convertible Debentureholder Pro Rata Share of (A) the New Subordinated Notes, and (B) the Convertible Debenture Exchange Shares, and Just Energy shall add an amount equal to the aggregate of the fair market value of the Convertible Debenture Exchange Shares to the stated capital for the Common Shares in respect of the issuance of the Convertible Debenture Exchange Shares;

 

 

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(ii) the Convertible Debentureholder Claims shall, and shall be deemed to be, irrevocably and finally extinguished and the Convertible Debentureholders shall have no further right, title or interest in and to the Convertible Debentures or the Convertible Debentureholder Claims; and

 

(iii) the Convertible Debentures and the Convertible Debenture Documents shall be cancelled, provided that the Convertible Debenture Documents shall remain in effect solely to allow the applicable Trustees to make the distributions set forth in this Plan.

 

(j) Just Energy shall become entitled to the total amount of funds deposited in escrow with the Escrow Agent in connection with the New Equity Offering, the Backstop Commitment Letter and the Support Agreement Supplement, and the Escrow Agent shall be deemed instructed to release to Just Energy the funds held by it in escrow in respect of the Subscription Amount of the Offered Shares subscribed for or purchased pursuant to the New Equity Offering and the Backstop Commitment Letter and the Private Placement Subscription Amounts of the Private Placement Shares subscribed for and purchased pursuant to the Private Placement.

 

(k) Pursuant to the New Equity Offering, Just Energy shall issue to each Participating Securityholder (or to their designated nominee), in consideration for such Participating Securityholder’s Subscription Amount, the applicable number of Offered Shares that were validly subscribed for in the related Offered Shares Participation Form and such Offered Shares shall be deemed to be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(l) Just Energy shall issue to the Backstoppers the Backstopped Shares and/or the Additional Subscription Shares, as applicable, in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter and such Backstopped Shares and/or Additional Subscription Shares, as applicable, shall be deemed to be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(m) Pursuant to the Private Placement, Just Energy shall issue to each Term Loan Debtholder (or to their designated nominee), in consideration for such Term Loan Debtholder’s Private Placement Subscription Amount, the number of Private Placement Shares that were validly subscribed for in the Support Agreement Supplement and such Private Placement Shares shall be deemed to be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(n) Just Energy shall pay the Backstop Commitment Fee and the Backstop Funding Fee in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter, which payments shall be directed to Just Energy in consideration for the Backstop Commitment Fee Shares and the Backstop Funding Fee Shares, which shall be issued in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter, and such Backstop Commitment Fee Shares and Backstop Funding Fee Shares shall be deemed to be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.

 

 

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(o) The amount added to the stated capital for the Common Shares in respect of the share issuances in Section 5.4(k)-(n) shall be equal to the cash received by Just Energy and in the case of U.S. dollar cash the amount added to the stated capital for the Common Shares shall be the Canadian dollar amount resulting from the conversion of such U.S. dollars to Canadian dollars based on the noon exchange rate, as quoted by Bloomberg, applicable on the Effective Date.

 

(p) The following shall occur concurrently:

 

(i) Just Energy shall purchase all of the Class A Special Shares and in consideration for such purchase and as consideration for the full and final settlement of the Class A Special Share Claims, Just Energy shall:

 

(A) (1) pay the Class A Principal Shareholder $1.3 million, and (2) issue to the Class A Principal Shareholder the Class A Principal Shareholder Settlement Shares; and

 

(B) (1) pay to each Class A Minority Shareholder its Class A Minority Shareholder Pro Rata Share of $500,000, and (2) issue to each Class A Minority Shareholder its Class A Minority Shareholder Pro Rata Share of the Class A Minority Shareholder Settlement Shares.

 

The amount added to the stated capital for the Common Shares in respect of the issuance of the Class A Principal Shareholder Settlement Shares shall be determined by the board of directors of Just Energy; and

 

(ii) the Class A Special Share Claims shall, and shall be deemed to be, irrevocably and finally extinguished and settled, and the Class A Special Shareholders shall have no further right, title or interest in and to the Class A Special Shares or the Class A Special Share Documents. The Class A Special Share Documents shall be terminated and cancelled, and shall be deemed to be terminated and cancelled.

 

(q) Just Energy shall pay in full in cash the outstanding reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the advisors to the Applicants and to the Term Loan Debtholders pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Support Agreement, and shall pay the fees and expenses of the advisors to the Supporting Convertible Debentureholders pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement.

 

(r) The releases referred to in Article 7 shall become effective.

 

 

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(s) The board of directors of Just Energy immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be deemed to have resigned and the New Directors shall be deemed to have been appointed and to have each consented to such appointment.

 

(t) The Management Incentive Plan shall be deemed to be approved by the Existing Common Shareholders and those persons receiving New Common Shares pursuant to this Plan.

 

(u) The articles of 121 Canada shall be amended to include the following restrictions on the business that 121 Canada may carry on, effective as of the Effective Date:

 

“The business that the Corporation may carry on shall be limited to the activities and operations of the Corporation that are permitted pursuant to the amended and restated term loan agreement, as may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time, that was entered into among Just Energy Group Inc., National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent and the other lenders party thereto pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act, for so long as any loans thereunder are outstanding.”

 

5.5 Securities Law Matters

 

The Applicants intend that the issuance and distribution, pursuant to this Plan, of:

 

(a) New Common Shares of Just Energy issued on conversion of, or in exchange for, the Senior Unsecured Debt, the Convertible Debentures, the Preferred Shares and the Class A Special Shares pursuant to this Plan (other than the Allotted Offered Shares, the Additional Subscription Shares, the Backstopped Shares, the Backstop Commitment Fee Shares and the Backstop Funding Fee Shares issued pursuant to this Plan) shall be exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) or 4(a)(2) thereof or Regulation S or Regulation D thereunder, as the case may be;

 

(b) New Subordinated Notes of Just Energy issued pursuant to this Plan shall be exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof or Regulation S or Regulation D thereunder, as the case may be;

 

(c) the Allotted Offered Shares issued pursuant to this Plan shall be registered under the U.S. Securities Act pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-7 filed by Just Energy with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

(d) the Backstopped Shares, the Additional Subscription Shares, the Backstop Commitment Fee Shares, the Private Placement Shares and the Backstop Funding Fee Shares issued pursuant to this Plan shall be exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act pursuant to Regulation S or Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act, as the case may be; and

 

(e) the New Common Shares of Just Energy issued upon conversion of, or in exchange for, the Senior Unsecured Debt, the Convertible Debentures, the Preferred Shares and the Class A Special Shares, the Offered Shares issued pursuant to the New Equity Offering, and the Private Placement Shares issued pursuant to the Private Placement, shall be exempt from the prospectus requirements of Canadian Securities Laws, to the extent applicable, pursuant to Section 2.11 of National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions of the Canadian Securities Administrators.

 

 

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5.6 Stated Capital

 

The aggregate amount to be added to the stated capital account in respect of the New Common Shares for the purposes of the CBCA in respect of the issuance of New Common Shares pursuant to this Plan will be confirmed by the directors of Just Energy.

 

ARTICLE 6

IMPLEMENTATION OF ARRANGEMENT

 

6.1 Withholding Rights

 

Just Energy and/or any other Person making a payment contemplated herein shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable to any Person such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to such payment under the Tax Act, the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any provision of applicable federal, provincial, territorial, state, local or foreign tax Laws, in each case, as amended. To the extent that amounts are so withheld or deducted, such withheld or deducted amounts shall be treated for all purposes hereof as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such withholding was made, provided that such amounts are actually and timely remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. To the extent that the amounts so required or permitted to be deducted or withheld from any payment to a Person exceed the cash portion of the consideration otherwise payable to that Person: (i) the payor is authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of such portion of the consideration as is necessary to provide sufficient funds to enable it to comply with such deduction or withholding requirement or entitlement, and the payor shall notify the applicable Person thereof and remit to such Person any unapplied balance of the net proceeds of such sale; or (ii) if such sale is not reasonably possible, the payor shall not be required to make such excess payment until the Person has directly satisfied any such withholding obligation and provides evidence thereof to the payor.

 

6.2 Allocation of Payments

 

Unless expressly provided for otherwise, if the aggregate amount paid in respect of a particular Debtholder Claim does not exceed the aggregate amount of accrued but unpaid interest plus the principal amount in respect of the obligations to which such Debtholder Claim relates, then all amounts paid or payable hereunder on account of such Debtholder Claim (including, for greater certainty, any securities received hereunder) shall be applied as follows: (i) first, in respect of the principal amount of the obligations to which such Debtholder Claim relates, and (ii) second, in respect of the accrued but unpaid interest on such obligations. Unless expressly provided for otherwise, in any other cases, all amounts paid or payable hereunder on account of a particular Debtholder Claim (including, for greater certainty, any securities received hereunder) shall be applied as follows: (i) first, in respect of the accrued but unpaid interest on the obligations to which such Debtholder Claim relates, and (ii) second, in respect of the principal amount of such obligations.

 

 

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6.3 Fractional Interests

 

No fractional Common Shares, New Subordinated Notes or cash shall be issued under this Plan, including any fractional interests created as a result of the Common Share Consolidation, and fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any rights of a holder of Common Shares or New Subordinated Notes, as applicable. Any legal, equitable, contractual and any other rights or claims (whether actual or contingent, and whether or not previously asserted) of any Person with respect to fractional Common Shares, New Subordinated Notes or cash pursuant to this Plan shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Common Shares, New Subordinated Notes or cash, as applicable, without compensation therefor.

 

6.4 Calculations

 

All calculations and determinations made by the Applicants for the purposes of this Plan, including, without limitation, the allocation of amounts under Section 6.2 shall, subject to compliance with the Support Agreement and the Backstop Commitment Letter, be conclusive, final and binding upon the Securityholders.

 

ARTICLE 7

RELEASES

 

7.1 Release of Released Parties and Extinguishment of Affected Equity Claims

 

At the applicable time pursuant to Section 5.4, each of the Released Parties shall be released and discharged from all present and future actions, causes of action, damages, judgments, executions, obligations, liabilities and Claims of any kind or nature whatsoever arising on or prior to the Effective Date in connection with the Debt, the Debt Documents, the Affected Equity Claims, the Support Agreement, the Support Agreement Supplement, the Backstop Commitment Letter, the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement, the Class A Special Shares, the Class A Special Share Claims, the Class A Special Share Documents, this Plan, these proceedings, the transactions contemplated hereunder and any proceedings commenced with respect to or in connection with this Plan, the Strategic Review and any other actions or matters related directly or indirectly to the foregoing, provided that nothing in this paragraph shall release or discharge (i) any of the Released Parties from or in respect of its obligations under this Plan, the Support Agreement, the Support Agreement Supplement, the Backstop Commitment Letter, the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement, the New Subordinated Notes, any Amended & Restated Term Loan Document or any Continuing Guarantee, (ii) any Existing Equity Class Action Claims which shall be treated and restricted as set out in Section 7.3 below, (iii) the Class A Principal Shareholder from its obligations under the Class A Principal Shareholder Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement, or (iv) any Released Party from liabilities or claims (other than in relation to an Affected Equity Claim) attributable to any Released Party’s fraud, wilful misconduct, criminal act or criminal omission, as determined by the final, non- appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Further, any and all Affected Equity Claims shall be deemed to have been fully and finally extinguished, cancelled, released, dismissed and enjoined as of the Effective Date.

 

 

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7.2 Injunctions

 

All Persons are permanently and forever barred, estopped, stayed and enjoined, on and after the Effective Date, with respect to any and all Released Claims, from (i) commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any action, suits, demands or other proceedings of any nature or kind whatsoever against the Released Parties, as applicable, or commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any action, suits, demands or other proceedings of any nature or kind whatsoever that could result in a claim for contribution of indemnity from a Released Party in respect of any and all Released Claims; (ii) enforcing, levying, attaching, collecting or otherwise recovering or enforcing by any manner or means, directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or order against the Released Parties; (iii) creating, perfecting, asserting or otherwise enforcing, directly or indirectly, any lien or encumbrance of any kind against the Released Parties or their property; or (iv) taking any actions to interfere with the implementation or consummation of this Plan; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to the enforcement of any obligations under this Plan

 

7.3 Existing Equity Class Action Claims

 

From and after the Effective Date, any Person having an Existing Equity Class Action Claim against Just Energy or any of its current or former officers and/or directors shall only be permitted to continue its Existing Equity Class Action Claims to the point of determination of liability, if any, and the recovery of any such Person shall be limited to the proceeds under the Insurance Policies, to the extent available in respect of any such Existing Equity Class Action Claims, without any additional rights of enforcement or recovery as against the Released Parties. Any such Person shall be irrevocably and forever limited solely to recovery from the proceeds of the Insurance Policies payable on behalf of Just Energy or its directors and officers in respect of any such Existing Equity Class Action Claims, and such Person shall have no right to, and shall not, directly or indirectly, make any claim or seek any recoveries from any of the Released Parties or any of their respective current or former officers and directors in respect of an Existing Equity Class Action Claims, other than enforcing such Person’s rights to be paid by the applicable insurer(s) from the proceeds of the applicable Insurance Policies. Nothing in this paragraph prejudices, compromises, releases or otherwise affects (i) any right or defence of any insurer in respect of an Insurance Policy or (ii) any Person having an Existing Equity Class Action Claims from recovering against Just Energy’s current and former directors and officers for any liabilities or claims attributable to any such director or officer’s fraud, wilful misconduct, criminal act or criminal omission, as determined by the final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that all defence costs of any action referred to in this subsection (ii) shall not be paid by any of the Just Energy Entities.

 

ARTICLE 8

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO PLAN IMPLEMENTATION

 

8.1 Conditions Precedent to Implementation of this Plan

 

The implementation of this Plan shall be conditional upon the fulfillment, satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:

 

 

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(a) the Court shall have granted the Final Order and the Final Order shall have become a final order, the implementation, operation or effect of which shall not have been stayed, varied in a manner not acceptable to the Applicants, vacated or subject to pending appeal and as to which order any appeal periods relating thereto shall have expired;

 

(b) no Law shall have been passed and become effective, the effect of which makes the consummation of this Plan illegal or otherwise prohibited;

 

(c) all conditions to implementation of this Plan set out in the Support Agreement and the Support Agreement Supplement shall have been satisfied or waived by the applicable parties pursuant to the terms of the Support Agreement and the Support Agreement Supplement;

 

(d) all conditions to implementation of this Plan set out in the Backstop Commitment Letter shall have been satisfied or waived by the applicable parties pursuant to the terms of the Backstop Commitment Letter;

 

(e) all conditions and terms set out in the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived by the applicable parties pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement; and

 

(f) the Class A Special Shareholders shall have discontinued or dismissed, or consented to the discontinuance or dismissal, of any and all actions, suits, demands or other proceedings of any nature or kind whatsoever against the Just Energy Entities.

 

8.2 Effectiveness

 

This Plan will become effective in the sequence described in Section 5.4 on the filing of the Articles of Arrangement and the issuance of the Certificate of Arrangement, and shall be binding on and enure to the benefit of the Just Energy Entities, the Debtholders, the Trustees, the Term Loan Agent, all Existing Equity Holders, the Class A Special Shareholders, all Persons with any Existing Equity Class Action Claims, the Released Parties, the Affected Equity, the directors and officers of the Just Energy Entities and all other Persons named or referred to in, or subject to, this Plan and their respective successors and assigns and their respective heirs, executors, administrators and other legal representatives, successors and assigns. The Articles of Arrangement shall be filed and the Certificate of Arrangement shall be issued in each case with respect to the Arrangement in its entirety. The Certificate of Arrangement shall be conclusive evidence that the Arrangement has become effective and that each of the provisions in Section 5.4 has become effective in the sequence set forth therein. No portion of this Plan shall take effect with respect to any party or Person until the Effective Time.

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 9

MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1 Waiver of Defaults

 

Except as provided in Section 16 of the Backstop Commitment Letter, from and after the Effective Time, all Persons shall be deemed to have consented and agreed to all of the provisions of this Plan in its entirety. Without limiting the foregoing, and except as provided in Section 16 of the Backstop Commitment Letter, all Persons shall be deemed to have:

 

(a) waived any and all defaults or events of default, third-party change of control rights or any non-compliance with any covenant, warranty, representation, term, provision, condition or obligation, expressed or implied, in any contract, instrument, credit document, lease, licence, guarantee, agreement for sale or other agreement, written or oral, in each case relating to, arising out of, or in connection with, the Debt or the Debt Documents, the Support Agreement, the Backstop Commitment Letter, the Class A Special Share Claims or the Class A Special Share Documents, the Arrangement, this Plan, the transactions contemplated hereunder and any proceedings commenced with respect to or in connection with this Plan and any and all amendments or supplements thereto. Any and all notices of default and demands for payment or any step or proceeding taken or commenced in connection with any of the foregoing shall be deemed to have been rescinded and of no further force or effect, provided that nothing shall be deemed to excuse the Just Energy Entities and their respective successors from performing their obligations under this Plan; and

 

(b) agreed that, if there is any conflict between the provisions of any agreement or other arrangement, written or oral, existing between such Person and the Just Energy Entities and the provisions of this Plan, then the provisions of this Plan take precedence and priority and the provisions of such agreement or other arrangement are deemed to be amended accordingly,

 

provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, nothing herein shall affect the obligations of any of the Just Energy Entities to any employee thereof in their capacity as such (for greater certainty, other than with respect to the Affected Equity and the Affected Equity Claims), including any contract of employment between any Person and any of the Just Energy Entities.

 

9.2 Amendments to the Plan of Arrangement

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Support Agreement, the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement and the Backstop Commitment Letter and the Interim Order:

 

(a) the Applicants reserve the right to amend, restate, modify and/or supplement this Plan at any time and from time to time, provided that (except as provided in subsection (c) below) any such amendment, restatement, modification or supplement must be contained in a written document that is (i) filed with the Court (either before or as soon as practicable following the Meetings provided that written copies of any such amendments, restatements, modifications or supplements are provided at the Meetings) and, if made following the Meetings, approved by the Court, and (ii) communicated to the Securityholders in the manner required by the Court (if so required);

 

 

 

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(b) any amendment, modification or supplement to this Plan may be proposed by the Applicants at any time prior to or at the Meetings, with or without any prior notice or communication (other than as may be required under the Interim Order), and if so proposed and accepted at the Meetings, shall become part of this Plan for all purposes; and

 

(c) any amendment, modification or supplement to this Plan may be made following the Meetings by the Applicants, without requiring filing with, or approval of, the Court, provided that it concerns a matter which is of an administrative nature and is required to better give effect to the implementation of this Plan and is not materially adverse to the financial or economic interests of any of the Securityholders.

 

9.3 Consents, Waivers and Agreements

 

Except as provided in Section 16 of the Backstop Commitment Letter, at the Effective Time, each Debtholder and any other Person affected by this Plan will be deemed to have consented and agreed to all of the provisions of this Plan in its entirety. Without limitation to the foregoing, and except as provided in Section 16 of the Backstop Commitment Letter, each Debtholder and any other Person affected by this Plan (including, without limitation, the Trustees, the Term Loan Agent, the Existing Common Shareholders, the Existing Preferred Shareholders and the Class A Special Shareholders) will be deemed:

 

(a) to have executed and delivered to the Applicants all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to implement and carry out this Plan in its entirety;

 

(b) to have waived any non-compliance or default by the Just Energy Entities with or of any provision, express or implied, in any agreement or other arrangement, written or oral, existing between such Debtholder and the Just Energy Entities with respect to the Debt or the Debt Documents or existing between such other Person and Just Energy Entities pursuant to the applicable documentation as between the parties, or that has occurred or exists in connection with the foregoing on or prior to the Effective Time; and

 

(c) to have agreed that, if there is any conflict between the provisions of any such agreement and the provisions of this Plan, then the provisions of this Plan take precedence and priority and the provisions of such agreement or other arrangement are deemed to be amended accordingly.

 

 

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9.4 Paramountcy

 

On and from the Effective Time, any conflict between this Plan and the covenants, warranties, representations, terms, conditions, provisions or obligations, expressed or implied, of any contract, mortgage, security agreement, indenture, trust indenture, loan agreement, support agreement, commitment letter, by- laws or other agreement, written or oral, and any and all amendments or supplements thereto existing between one or more of the Debtholders, on the one hand, and any of the Applicants, on the other hand, as at the Effective Date will be deemed to be governed by the terms, conditions and provisions of this Plan and the Final Order, which shall take precedence and priority.

 

9.5 Credit Facility Lenders

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, (i) nothing herein shall affect the obligations of any of the Just Energy Entities to the Credit Facility Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Credit Facility Lenders under or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and (ii) all rights, remedies, interests, claims and entitlements of the Credit Facility Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Credit Facility Lenders under and in respect of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall remain unaffected in all respects by this Plan (including all transactions, releases, injunctions, waivers and deeming provisions contemplated herein). Without limiting the foregoing, the provisions of Article 7 and Sections 5.3, 5.4, 8.2, 9.1, 9.3, 9.4 and 9.10 shall not apply to the Credit Facility Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Credit Facility Lenders or the obligations of any of the Just Energy Entities to the Credit Facility Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Credit Facility Lenders under or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, and the capitalized term “Persons”, as used herein, shall exclude the Credit Facility Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Credit Facility Lenders in their capacity as such.

 

9.6 Deeming Provisions

 

In this Plan, the deeming provisions are not rebuttable and are conclusive and irrevocable.

 

9.7 Severability

 

If prior to the Effective Date, any provision of this Plan is held by the Court to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the Court, at the request of Just Energy and subject to the consent of counsel to the Term Loan Debtholders, acting reasonably, may alter and/or interpret such provision to make it valid or enforceable to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of such provision, and such provision will then be applicable as altered or interpreted and the remainder of the provisions of this Plan will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be invalidated by such alteration or interpretation.

 

9.8 Term Loan Debtholders and Initial Backstoppers

 

For the purposes of this Plan, the Applicants shall be entitled to rely on written confirmation from Torys LLP that the Term Loan Debtholders or the Initial Backstoppers (as defined in the Backstop Commitment Letter), as applicable, have agreed to, waived, consented to or approved a particular matter.

 

 

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9.9 Convertible Debentureholders

 

For the purposes of this Plan, the Applicants shall be entitled to rely on written confirmation from Goodmans LLP that the Supporting Convertible Debentureholders, have agreed to, waived, consented to or approved a particular matter.

 

9.10 Notices

 

Any notices or communication to be made or given hereunder shall be in writing and shall reflect this Plan and may, subject as hereinafter provided, be made or given by the Person making or giving it or by any agent of such Person authorized for that purpose by personal delivery, by prepaid mail or by e-mail addressed to the respective parties as follows:

 

(i) if to Just Energy:
     
    Just Energy Group Inc.
    100 King Street West, Suite 2630
    Toronto, Ontario
    M5X 1E1
     
    Attention: Jonah Davids
    Email: jdavids@justenergy.com
     
    With a required copy (which shall not be deemed notice) to:
     
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    100 King Street West, Suite 6200
    Toronto, Ontario
    M5X 1B8
     
    Attention: Marc Wasserman & Michael De Lellis
    Email: mwasserman@osler.com
      mdelellis@osler.com
     
  (ii) if to the Term Loan Debtholders or the Initial Backstoppers
     
    Torys LLP
    79 Wellington St., 30th Floor
    Toronto, Ontario M5K 1N2
     
    Attention: Tony DeMarinis
    Email: tdemarinis@torys.com

 

 

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  (iii) if to the Supporting Convertible Debentureholders
     
    Goodmans LLP
    333 Bay Street., 34th Floor
    Toronto, Ontario M5H 2S7
     
    Attention: Robert J. Chadwick
    Email: rchadwick@goodmans.ca

 

or to such other address as any party above may from time to time notify the others in accordance with this Section 9.9. In the event of any strike, lock-out or other event which interrupts postal service in any part of Canada, all notices and communications during such interruption may only be given or made by personal delivery or by email and any notice or other communication given or made by prepaid mail within the five (5) Business Day period immediately preceding the commencement of such interruption, unless actually received, shall be deemed not to have been given or made. Any such notices and communications so given or made shall be deemed to have been given or made and to have been received on the day of delivery if delivered, or on the day of emailing, provided that such day in either event is a Business Day and the communication is so delivered or emailed before 5:00 p.m. on such day. Otherwise, such communication shall be deemed to have been given and made and to have been received on the next following Business Day. The unintentional failure by the Applicants to give a notice contemplated hereunder to any particular Securityholder shall not invalidate this Plan or any action taken by any Person pursuant to this Plan.

 

9.11 Further Assurances

 

Notwithstanding that the transactions and events set out herein will occur and be deemed to occur in the order set out in this Plan without any further act or formality, each of the Persons named or referred to in, affected by or subject to, this Plan will make, do and execute, or cause to be made, done and executed, all such further acts, deeds, agreements, transfers, assurances, instruments or documents as may reasonably be required by any of them to carry out the full intent and meaning of this Plan and to give effect to the transactions contemplated herein.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

CV -20 - 00643 596-00CL

ONTARIO

SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE

COMMERCIAL LIST

 

THE HONOURABLE ) WEDNESDAY, THE 2ND  
  )    
JUSTICE HAINEY ) DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2020  

 

IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 192 OF THE CANADA BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT, R.S.C. 1985, C. C-44, AS AMENDED

 

AND IN THE MATTER OF RULE 14.05(2) OF THE RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

 

AND IN THE MATTER OF A PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT OF JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. AND 12175592 CANADA INC.

 

FINAL ORDER

 

THIS APPLICATION by Just Energy Group Inc. ("Just Energy") and 12175592 Canada Inc. ("121 Canada" and, together with Just Energy, the "Applicants"), for a final order pursuant to section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-44, as amended (the "CBCA"), was heard this day by judicial videoconference via Zoom in Toronto, Ontario due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

ON READING the Notice of Application issued on July 8, 2020, the affidavit of James Brown sworn July 14, 2020, the supplementary affidavit of James Brown sworn July 15, 2020, and the affidavit of James Brown sworn August 27, 2020 and the exhibits thereto (the "August Brown Affidavit"), and

 

 

 

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ON READING the Preliminary Interim Order of this Court dated July 8, 2020 (the "Preliminary Interim Order") and the Interim Order of this Court dated July 17, 2020 (the "Interim Order"), and

 

ON HEARING the submissions of counsel for the Applicants, the Term Loan Debtholders, the Credit Facility Lenders, the Supporting Convertible Debentureholders and those other parties present, and on being advised by counsel to the Applicants that (i) the Director appointed under the CBCA (the "Director") does not consider it necessary to appear on this application; (ii) the Senior Unsecured Debtholders' Meeting, the Convertible Debentureholders' Meeting and the Shareholders' Meeting were called, held and conducted in accordance with the Interim Order; (iii) the requisite approvals were obtained in each such meeting in accordance with the terms of the Interim Order; (iv) 121 Canada is not insolvent; and (v) this Order and the declaration of fairness included herein will be relied upon by the Applicants as the basis for a claim to an exemption pursuant to Section 3(a)(l0) of the United States Securities Act of 1933 from the registration requirements otherwise imposed by that Act, regarding the distribution of common shares to be issued by Just Energy (other than the Allotted Offered Shares, the Additional Subscription Shares, the Backstopped Shares, the Backstop Commitment Fee Shares, the Backstop Funding Fee Shares and the Private Placement Shares to be issued pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement) pursuant to the amended and restated plan of arrangement dated September 2, 2020, attached as Schedule "A" to this Order (the "Plan of Arrangement"),

 

 

 

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Definitions

 

1. THIS COURT ORDERS that all capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan of Arrangement and, if not defined in the Plan of Arrangement, in the Interim Order.

 

Service and Compliance

 

2. THIS COURT ORDERS that there has been good and sufficient service, delivery and notice of this Application, the Interim Order, the Meetings, the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Meetings Packages, the Convertible Debentureholder Meeting Packages, the Shareholder Meeting Packages and the Plan of Arrangement to all Persons upon which service, delivery and notice, as applicable, were required by the terms of the Interim Order, all of the requirements contained in sections 53, 54 and 55 of the Interim Order have been satisfied and the Meetings were duly called and conducted in conformity with the Interim Order and the CBCA.

 

3. THIS COURT ORDERS that service of this Order shall be made on all persons who appeared on this application, either by counsel or in person, and upon the Director, but is otherwise dispensed with.

 

Approval of Arrangement

 

4. TIDS COURT ORDERS that:

 

(a) the Arrangement, as described in the Plan of Arrangement, is an arrangement within the meaning of section 192 of the CBCA;

 

 

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(b) the Court is satisfied that the Applicants have acted, and are acting, in good faith and with due diligence, and have complied with the provisions of the CBCA and the Interim Order in all respects; and

 

(c) the Arrangement, as described in the Plan of Arrangement, is fair and reasonable.

 

5. TIDS COURT ORDERS that the Arrangement, as described in the Plan of Arrangement, shall be and is hereby approved pursuant to Section 192 of the CBCA.

 

6. THIS COURT ORDERS that each of the Just Energy Entities, the Trustees, the Term Loan Agent, the Transfer Agent, the Escrow Agent, CDS, DTC, Euroclear, Clearstream and the New Subordinated Notes Trustee are authorized and directed to take all steps and actions necessary or appropriate to implement the Plan of Arrangement and the Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated thereby in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Plan of Arrangement, including (a) to enter into any agreements or other documents which are to come into effect in connection with the Arrangement, and (b) in their respective capacities as agents, trustees and/or collateral agents, to execute and deliver (or direct to be executed and delivered) such releases, terminations and discharges of security, liens and guarantees as are required to give effect to the Plan of Arrangement and the Arrangement.
     
  7. THIS COURT ORDERS that as of the Effective Date, and as at the times and sequences set forth in the Plan of Arrangement, the Plan of Arrangement and all associated steps and transactions shall be binding and effective as set out in the Plan of Arrangement, and on the terms and conditions set forth in this Order, upon the Just Energy Entities, the Senior Unsecured Debtholders, the Convertible Debentureholders, the Term Loan Agent, the Transfer Agent, the Escrow Agent, the Trustees, the New Subordinated Notes Trustee, the Existing Equity Holders, all holders of Affected Equity Claims, all holders of Existing Equity Class Action Claims, all holders of Released Claims, the Released Parties and all other Persons affected by the Plan of Arrangement.

 

 

 

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  8. THIS COURT ORDERS that from and after the Effective Date, any Person having an Existing Equity Class Action Claim against Just Energy or any of its current or former officers and/or directors (such Person, an "Existing Equity Class Action Claimant") shall only be permitted to continue its Existing Equity Class Action Claims to the point of determination of liability, if any. The Existing Equity Class Action Claimants shall be entitled to recover from proceeds under the Insurance Policies, to the extent available in respect of any such Existing Equity Class Action Claims, and the recovery of such Existing Equity Class Action Claimants shall be solely limited to such proceeds, without any additional rights of enforcement or recovery as against the Released Parties.
     
  9. TIDS COURT ORDERS that: (i) the definition of "Insurance Policies" in the Plan of Arrangement shall be deemed to include, without limitation, those policies that are listed in Schedule "B" to this Order, and (ii) except as expressly stated herein and in the Plan of Arrangement, nothing in the Plan of Arrangement or this Order shall alter the obligations of any insurer under the Insurance Policies.
     
  10. THIS COURT ORDERS that Just Energy and Mr. James Brown shall take reasonable steps to maintain and enforce the Insurance Policies and shall refrain from taking any action which is reasonably likely to jeopardize or vitiate the existing coverage under the Insurance Policies. Just Energy shall provide notice of any coverage dispute under any of the Insurance Policies (such dispute, a "Coverage Dispute") to counsel to the Existing Equity Class Action Claimants as soon as practicable and, in any event, no later than 30 days after receiving formal notice of such Coverage Dispute. Just Energy and/or its directors and/or officers, as applicable, shall not finally resolve any Coverage Dispute without providing counsel to the Existing Equity Class Action Claimants with the reasonable opportunity to object to and, if deemed advisable, commence judicial proceedings in respect of, the Coverage Dispute and the proposed resolution thereof on behalf of the Existing Equity Class Action Claimants.

 

 

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  11. THIS COURT ORDERS that all Existing Equity Class Action Claimants shall be irrevocably and forever limited solely to recovery from the proceeds of the Insurance Policies payable on behalf of Just Energy or its directors and officers in respect of any such Existing Equity Class Action Claims, and such Existing Equity Class Action Claimants shall have no right to, and shall not, directly or indirectly, make any claim or seek any recoveries from any of the Released Parties or any of their respective current or former officers and directors in respect of any Existing Equity Class Action Claims, other than enforcing their rights to be paid by the applicable insurer(s) from the proceeds of the applicable Insurance Policies.
     
12. THIS COURT ORDERS that nothing contained in the Plan of Arrangement or paragraphs 8 to 12 of this Order prejudices, compromises, releases or otherwise affects (i) any right or defence of any insurer in respect of an Insurance Policy, or (ii) any Existing Equity Class Action Claimant from recovering against Just Energy's current and former directors and officers for any liabilities or claims attributable to any such director or officer's fraud, wilful misconduct, criminal act or criminal omission, as determined by the final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that all defence costs of any action referred to in this subsection (ii) shall not be paid by any of the Just Energy Entities and there shall be no claim over against any Released Party. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Order or the Plan of Arrangement, nothing in the Plan of Arrangement or this Order shall 'restrict, release or in any way compromise any Existing Equity Action Claim or recovery thereunder against any Person other than: (i) Just Energy, and (ii) the former or current directors and officers of Just Energy.

 

 

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13. TIDS COURT ORDERS that the transactions contemplated by and to be implemented pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement shall not be void or voidable under federal or provincial law and shall not constitute and shall not be deemed to be oppressive conduct, preferences, assignments, fraudulent conveyances, transfers at undervalue, or other reviewable transactions under any applicable federal or provincial legislation relating to oppression, preferences, assignments, fraudulent conveyances or transfers at undervalue.
     
  14. THIS COURT ORDERS that from and after the Effective Date any conflict between (i) the Plan of Arrangement, and (ii) the covenants, warranties, representations, terms, conditions, provisions or obligations, expressed or implied, of any contract, mortgage, security agreement, indenture, trust indenture, note, loan agreement, commitment letter, agreement for sale, lease or other agreement, written or oral and any and all amendments or supplements thereto existing between any Person and any of the Just Energy Entities as at the Effective Date, will be deemed to be governed by the terms, conditions and provisions of the Plan of Arrangement and this Order, which shall take precedence and priority.

 

 

 

 

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  15. TIDS COURT ORDERS that notwithstanding any other provision of this Order: (i) nothing in this Order shall affect the rights and remedies of or available to the Credit Facility Lenders, the Credit Facility Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (in their respective capacities as such), which rights and remedies will be governed by the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement); and (ii) all rights and obligations of any party under Just Energy's surety bonds maintained in the ordinary course of business, surety payment and indemnity agreements, surety collateral agreements governing collateral, if any, in connection with Just Energy's surety bonds, and/or ordinary course premium payments to a surety for Just Energy's surety bonds (collectively, the "Surety Bond Program") and all liens and security interests, if any, granted pursuant to or in connection with the Surety Bond Program, shall continue in full force and effect and are not discharged, released or affected by the Plan of Arrangement or this Order in any way.

 

No Default

 

16. THIS COURT ORDERS that from and after the Effective Date, all Persons shall be deemed to have waived any and all defaults or events of defaults, third party change of control rights or any non-compliance with any covenant, warranty, representation, term, provision, condition or obligation, expressed or implied , in any contract, instrument, credit document, lease, licence, guarantee, agreement for sale or other agreement, written or oral, in each case relating to, arising out of, or in connection with, the Debt or the Debt Documents, the Affected Equity, the Support Agreement, the Support Agreement Supplement, the Backstop Commitment Letter, the Subscription Agreement, the Private Placement, the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement, the Arrangement, the Plan of Arrangement, the transactions contemplated under the Plan of Arrangement and any and all proceedings commenced with respect to or in connection with the Plan of Arrangement and any and all amendments or supplements thereto, provided however that notwithstanding any provision of this Order or the Plan of Arrangement, nothing herein or therein shall affect the obligations of any of the Just Energy Entities to any employee thereof in their capacity as such, including any contract of employment between any Person and any of the Just Energy Entities (other than with respect to the Affected Equity and the Affected Equity Claims). Any and all notices of default and demands for payment or any step or proceeding taken or commenced in connection with any of the foregoing shall be deemed to have been rescinded and of no further force or effect, provided that nothing shall be deemed to excuse the Just Energy Entities and their respective successors from performing their obligations under the Plan of Arrangement.

 

 

 

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Releases and Injunctions

 

17. THIS COURT ORDERS that, from and after the Effective Date, at the time and in the sequence, as applicable, set forth in the Plan of Arrangement, the releases and injunctions set forth in Article 7 of the Plan of Arrangement shall be binding and effective as set out in the Plan of Arrangement.

 

Aid and Recognition

 

18. THIS COURT ORDERS that this Order shall have full force and effect in all other provinces and territories of Canada and shall be enforced in the courts of each of the provinces and territories of Canada in the same manner in all respects as if this Order had been made by the Court enforcing it.
     
  19. THIS COURT REQUESTS the aid and recognition of any court or judicial, regulatory or administrative body having jurisdiction in Canada, the United States or elsewhere to give effect to this Order and to assist the Applicants (and any of the other Just Energy Entities) and their respective agents in carrying out the terms of this Order. All courts and all judicial, regulatory and administrative bodies are hereby respectfully requested to make such orders and to provide such assistance to the Applicants (and any of the other Just Energy Entities) as may be necessary or desirable to give effect to this Order or to assist the Applicants (and any of the other Just Energy Entities) and their respective agents in carrying out the terms of this Order.

 

 

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  20. THIS COURT ORDERS that each of the Applicants be at liberty and is hereby authorized and empowered, including as foreign representatives as appointed pursuant to paragraphs 67 and 68 of the Interim Order, to apply to any court, tribunal, or regulatory or administrative body, wherever located, for the recognition of this Order and for assistance in carrying out the terms of this Order.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE "A"

 

Amended and Restated Plan of Arrangement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Court File No. CV-20-00643596-00CL

 

ONTARIO

SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE

COMMERCIAL LIST

 

IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 192 OF THE

CANADA BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT,R.S.C. 1985, c. C-44, AS AMENDED

 

AND IN THE MATTER OF RULE 14.05(2) OF THE RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

 

AND IN THE MATTER OF A PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT OF JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. AND 12175592 CANADA INC.

 

 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT

 

 

August 25, 2020

 

As amended and restated September 2, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page  
     
ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION 1  
1.1 Definitions 1  
1.2 Articles of Reference 14  
1.3 Interpretation Not Affected by Headings 15  
1.4 Gender and Number 15  
1.5 Date for any Action 15  
1.6 Time 15  
1.7 Statutory References 15  
1.8 Successors and Assigns 15  
1.9 Currency 15  
1.10 Governing Law 15  

 

ARTICLE 2 TREATMENT OF NOTEHOLDERS AND EXISTING SHAREHOLDERS 16  
2.1 Treatment of Senior Unsecured Debtholders 16  
2.2 Treatment of Convertible Debentureholders 16  
2.3 Treatment of Existing Equity Holders 17  
2.4 Treatment of Backstoppers 17  
2.5 Treatment of Class A Special Shareholders 18  
2.6 Unaffected Persons 18  

 

ARTICLE 3 PRIVATE PLACEMENT 18  
3.1 Issuance of Private Placement Shares 18  

 

ARTICLE 4 ISSUANCES, DISTRIBUTIONS AND ELECTIONS 18  
4.1 Delivery of New Term Loans 18  
4.2 Delivery of New Subordinated Notes 19  
4.3 Delivery of New Common Shares 19  
4.4 No Liability in Respect of Deliveries 19  
4.5 Election to Participate in New Equity Offering 20  

 

ARTICLE 5 ARRANGEMENT 20  
5.1 Corporate Authorizations 20  
5.2 Articles of Arrangement and Effective Date 20  
5.3 Binding Effect 21  
5.4 The Arrangement 21  
5.5 Securities Law Matters 26  
5.6 Stated Capital 27  

 

ARTICLE 6 IMPLEMENTATION OF ARRANGEMENT 27  
6.1 Withholding Rights 27  
6.2 Allocation of Payments 27  
6.3 Fractional Interests 28  
6.4 Calculations 28  

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

ARTICLE 7 RELEASES 28  
7.1 Release of Released Parties and Extinguishment of Affected Equity Claims 28  
7.2 Injunctions 29  
7.3 Existing Equity Class Action Claims 29  

 

ARTICLE 8 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO PLAN IMPLEMENTATION 29  
8.1 Conditions Precedent to Implementation of this Plan 29  
8.2 Effectiveness 30  

 

ARTICLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS 31  
9.1 Waiver of Defaults 31  
9.2 Amendments to the Plan of Arrangement 31  
9.3 Consents, Waivers and Agreements 32  
9.4 Paramountcy 33  
9.5 Credit Facility Lenders 33  
9.6 Deeming Provisions 33  
9.7 Severability 33  
9.8 Term Loan Debtholders and Initial Backstoppers 33  
9.9 Convertible Debentureholders 34  
9.10 Notices 34  
9.11 Further Assurances 35  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT

UNDER SECTION 192 OF THE

CANADA BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

 

ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION

 

1.1 Definitions

 

"$100 Million Convertible Debentures" means the $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% convertible unsecured senior subordinated debentures of the Company maturing March 31, 2023, issued on February 22, 2018 pursuant to the $100 Million Debenture Indenture.

 

"$100 Million Debenture Indenture" means the trust indenture made as of February 22, 2018 between the Company and the $100 Million Debenture Trustee, as may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time.

 

"$100 Million Debenture Trustee" means Computershare as trustee under the $100 Million Debenture Indenture.

 

"121 Canada" means 12175592 Canada Inc.

 

"$150 Million Bond Trustee" means U.S. Bank Trustees Limited as trustee under the $150 Million Convertible Bonds Trust Deed.

 

"$150 Million Convertible Bonds" means the US$150 million aggregate principal amount of the 6.5% convertible bonds of the Company issued on January 29, 2014, pursuant to the $150 Million Convertible Bonds Trust Deed.

 

"$150 Million Convertible Bonds Trust Deed" means the trust deed dated as of January 29, 2014, between the Company, the $150 Million Bond Trustee and Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch.

 

"$160 Million Convertible Debentures" means the $160,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% convertible unsecured senior subordinated debentures of the Company maturing December 31, 2021, issued on October 5, 2016 pursuant to the $160 Million Debenture Indenture.

 

"$160 Million Debenture Indenture" means the trust indenture made as of October 5, 2016 between the Company and the $160 Million Debenture Trustee as may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time.

 

"$160 Million Debenture Trustee" means Computershare as trustee under the $160 Million Debenture Indenture.

 

"8704104" means 8704104 Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Just Energy.

 

"Additional Subscription Shares" means the "Additional Subscription Shares" (as defined in the Backstop Commitment Letter) that may be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to the Backstoppers pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Letter and Section 5.4 of this Plan.

 

   

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"Affected Equity" means the securities referred to in clause (ii) of the definition of "Existing Equity".

 

"Affected Equity Claims" means an equity claim (as defined in section 2(1) of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act) in respect of the Just Energy Entities, other than an Existing Equity Class Action Claim.

 

"Allotted Offered Shares" means, with respect to a Participating Securityholder, the number of Offered Shares determined by dividing that Participating Securityholder's Subscription Amount by the Subscription Price.

 

"Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement" means the amended and restated Term Loan Agreement, in the form appended to the Support Agreement, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not constitute a Senior Unsecured Debt Document.

 

"Amended & Restated Term Loan Documents" means the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement and all related documentation required under the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement, including without limitation, all guarantees and security documentation related thereto and required by Section 3.01 thereof to be delivered as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement and for greater certainty, includes the Continuing Guarantees.

 

"Applicants" means, collectively, Just Energy and 121 Canada.

 

"Arrangement" means an arrangement under section 192 of the CBCA on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Plan, subject to any amendments or variations thereto made in accordance with the Support Agreement, the Backstop Commitment Letter and this Plan or made at the direction of the Court in the Interim Order or the Final Order.

 

"Arrangement Resolution" means, collectively, the resolutions of the Senior Unsecured Debtholders, the Convertible Debentureholders and the Shareholders, in substantially the form attached to the Information Circular, to be considered at the Meetings to, among other things, approve the Arrangement and this Plan.

 

"Articles of Arrangement" means the articles of arrangement of the Applicants in respect of the Arrangement required under Subsection 192(6) of the CBCA to be sent to the Director after the Final Order is made, which shall include this Plan, with any such modifications as may be acceptable to the Applicants and made in accordance with the terms of the Support Agreement and the Backstop Commitment Letter.

 

"Backstop Commitment" means the commitment of each Backstopper to purchase its share of the Backstopped Shares, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Plan, the Interim Order, the Final Order and the Backstop Commitment Letter.

 

"Backstop Commitment Fee" means a cash commitment fee in the amount of US$2,190,000, which is payable in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter and shall be applied by the Initial Backstoppers to purchase the Backstop Commitment Fee Shares.

 

   

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"Backstop Commitment Fee Shares" means the aggregate of 367,040 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to the Initial Backstoppers in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter and Section 5.4 of this Plan.

 

"Backstop Commitment Letter" means the backstop commitment letter dated as of July 8, 2020 among Just Energy and the Backstoppers, pursuant to which the Backstoppers agreed to, among other things, acquire any of the Offered Shares not otherwise purchased by Eligible Securityholders pursuant to the New Equity Offering.

 

"Backstop Funding Fee" means a cash funding fee in the amount of US$2,920,000, which is payable in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter and shall be applied by the applicable Backstoppers to purchase the Backstop Funding Fee Shares.

 

"Backstop Funding Fee Shares" means the aggregate of 489,386 Comm.on Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to the applicable Backstoppers in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter and Section 5.4 of this Plan.

 

"Backstop Percentage" means, with respect to each Backstopper, its Backstop Commitment divided by the aggregate Backstop Commitments of all Backstoppers.

 

"Backstopped Shares" means the Offered Shares, excluding the Offered Shares to be issued to Participating Securityholders.

 

"Backstoppers" means those Persons who have entered into the Backstop Commitment Letter and any Person (or their permitted assigns) that executes a Joinder (as defined in the Backstop Commitment Letter) and becomes a party to the Backstop Commitment Letter in accordance therewith.

 

"Bondholders" means holders of the $150 Million Convertible Bonds.

 

"Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday or civic holiday, on which commercial banks are generally open for business in Toronto, Ontario.

 

"Canadian Securities Commissions" means, collectively, the applicable securities commissions or regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada.

 

"Canadian Securities Laws" means, collectively, and, as the context may require, the applicable securities laws of each of the provinces and territories of Canada, and the respective regulations and rules made under those securities laws together with all applicable published policy statements, instruments, blanket orders and rulings of the Canadian Securities Commissions and all discretionary orders or rulings, if any, of the Canadian Securities Commissions made in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement together with applicable published policy statements of the Canadian Securities Administrators, as the context may require.

 

"CBCA" means the Canada Business Corporations Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-44.

 

"CDS" means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc., or any of its successors or assigns.

 

   

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"Certificate of Arrangement" means the certificate of arrangement to be issued by the Director pursuant to Section 192(7) of the CBCA giving effect to the Articles of Arrangement and this Plan in accordance with Section 262 of the CBCA.

 

"Claims" means any right or claim of any Person that may be asserted or made in whole or in part against the applicable Persons, or any of them, in any capacity, whether or not asserted or made, in connection with any indebtedness, liability or obligation of any kind whatsoever, and any interest accrued thereon or costs payable in respect thereof, whether at law or in equity, including by reason of the commission of a tort (intentional or unintentional), by reason of any breach of contract or other agreement (oral or written), by reason of any breach of duty (including, any legal, statutory, equitable or fiduciary duty) or by reason of any equity interest, right of ownership of or title to property or assets or right to a trust or deemed trust (statutory, express, implied, resulting, constructive or otherwise), and together with any security enforcement costs or legal costs associated with any such claim, and whether or not any indebtedness, liability or obligation is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, unsecured, perfected, unperfected, present or future, known or unknown, by guarantee, warranty, surety or otherwise, and whether or not any right or claim is executory or anticipatory in nature, including any claim made or asserted against the applicable Persons, or any of them, through any affiliate, subsidiary, associated or related Person, or any right or ability of any Person to advance a claim for an accounting, reconciliation, contribution, indemnity, restitution or otherwise with respect to any matter, grievance, action (including any class action or proceeding before an administrative or regulatory tribunal), cause or chose in action, whether existing at present or commenced in the future.

 

"Class A Minority Shareholder Pro Rata Share" means, with respect to each Class A Minority Shareholder, the percentage that the number of such Class A Minority Shareholder's Class A Special Shares bears to the total number of Class A Special Shares held by all Class A Minority Shareholders.

 

"Class A Minority Shareholder Settlement Shares" means the 69,348 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to the Class A Minority Shareholders in accordance with Section 5.4 of this Plan, subject to Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

"Class A Minority Shareholders" means the Class A Special Shareholders other than the Class A Principal Shareholder.

 

"Class A Principal Shareholder" means the Class A Special Shareholder holding the majority of the Class A Special Shares.

 

"Class A Principal Shareholder Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement" means that certain confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation agreement between Just Energy and the Class A Principal Shareholder and appended as Exhibit A to the Class A Principal Shareholder Employment Agreement.

 

"Class A Principal Shareholder Employment Agreement" means that certain executive employment agreement between Just Energy and the Class A Principal Shareholder.

 

   

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"Class A Principal Shareholder Settlement Shares" means the 360,610 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to the Class A Principal Shareholder in accordance with Section 5.4 of this Plan.

 

"Class A Special Share Claims" means any and all Claims arising under or relating to the Class A Special Shares, the Class A Special Share Documents and the articles of 8704104 (as amended pursuant to the certificate of amendment dated September 28, 2018).

 

"Class A Special Share Documents" means, collectively, (i) that certain purchase agreement dated September 10, 2018, among Just Energy, 8704104, and the sellers and other shareholders party thereto, (ii) that certain call rights agreement dated September 30, 2018, among Just Energy and the shareholders party thereto, (iii) the Class A Principal Shareholder Employment Agreement, and (iv) and any and all the documentsancillary thereto or otherwise relating to the Class A Special Shares; provided however that, the Class A Special Share Documents shall not include the Class A Principal Shareholder Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement.

 

"Class A Special Shareholder" means a holder of Class A Special Shares.

 

"Class A Special Shares" means the Class A Special Shares in the capital of 8704104.

 

"Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking, or any of its successors or assigns.

 

"Collateral Agent" means National Bank of Canada, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Senior Secured Creditors.

 

"Common Share Consolidation" means the consolidation of the Existing Common Shares on the basis of one (1) Common Share for every thirty-three (33) Existing Common Shares. As a result, the Existing Common Shares will be consolidated into 4,595,169 Common Shares following the Common Share Consolidation.

 

"Common Shareholder" means a holder of Common Shares.

 

"Common Shares" means common shares in the capital of Just Energy.

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"Company" or "Just Energy" means Just Energy Group Inc.

 

"Computershare" means Computershare Trust Company of Canada.

 

"Continuing Guarantees" means any guarantee or lien documentation provided by any Person other than a Just Energy Entity in favour of the Term Loan Agent on behalf of the lenders under the Term Loan Agreement which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not constitute a Senior Unsecured Debt Document.

 

"Convertible Debenture Debt Documents" means, collectively: (i) the $160 Million Debenture Indenture; (ii) the $100 Million Debenture Indenture; and (iii) all related documentation.

 

"Convertible Debenture Exchange Shares" means the aggregate 9,339,379 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to Convertible Debentureholders in exchange for their Convertible Debentureholder Claims in accordance with Section 5.4 of this Plan, subject to Section 6.3 of this Plan.

   

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"Convertible Debentureholder Claims" means all Obligations in respect of the Convertible Debentures and the Convertible Debenture Debt Documents.

 

"Convertible Debentureholder Pro Rata Share" means the percentage that the principal amount of Convertible Debentures held by a Convertible Debentureholder bears to the aggregate principal amount of all Convertible Debentures immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

"Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement" means the support agreement (and all schedules and exhibits thereto) among Just Energy and certain Convertible Debentureholders dated August 25, 2020, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

"Convertible Debentureholders" means the holders of the Convertible Debentures.

 

"Convertible Debentureholders' Meeting" means the meeting of the Convertible Debentureholders to be held on the Meeting Date in accordance with the Interim Order to consider and, if deemed advisable, approve the Arrangement Resolution and to consider such other matters as may properly come before such meeting, and any adjoumment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.

 

"Convertible Debentures" means, collectively, the $160 Million Convertible Debentures and the $I 00 Million Convertible Debentures.

 

"Corporation Released Parties" means, collectively, the Just Energy Entities, and each of their respective current and former directors, officers, managers, partners, employees, auditors, financial advisors, legal counsel and agents.

 

"Court"means the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List).

 

"Credit Agreement" means the eighth amended and restated credit agreement dated as of April 18, 2018, by and among Just Energy Ontario L.P., Just Energy (U.S.) Corp., as borrowers, the Credit Facility Administrative Agent and the Credit Facility Lenders, as such credit agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

"Credit Facility Administrative Agent" means National Bank of Canada, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Credit Facility Lenders.

 

"Credit Facility Lenders" means each of the lenders party to the Credit Agreement from time to time and each of their respective affiliates that is a cash management services provider and/or a hedge provider to any of the Just Energy Entities.

 

"Debt" means tl;le debt outstanding under the Debt Documents.

 

"Debt Documehts" means, collectively, the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents and the Convertible Debenture Debt Documents.

 

   

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"Debtholder Claims" means, collectively, the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims and the Convertible Debentureholder Claims.

 

"Debtholders" means, collectively, the Senior Unsecured Debtholders and the Convertible Debentureholders.

 

"Director" means the Director appointed under Section 260 of the CBCA.

 

"DSGs" means deferred share grants of the Company issued pursuant to the 2010 Directors' Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

"DTC" means the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, or any of its successors or assigns.

 

"Effective Date" means the date shown on the Certificate of Arrangement issued by the Director.

 

"Effective Time" means 12:01 a.m. on the Effective Date or such other date or time as the Applicants may determine.

 

"Eligible Securityholder" means a Person that: (i) is on the Record Date a Senior Unsecured Debtholder, Convertible Debentureholder or Common Shareholder; or (ii) a Holding Preferred Shareholder; and (iii) if such Person referred to in (i) or (ii) is resident outside of Canada or the United States, is qualified to participate in the New Equity Offering in accordance with the laws of its jurisdiction of residence and has provided evidence satisfactory to Just Energy to demonstrate such qualification.

 

"Equity Allocation" means:

 

(i) in respect of the Senior Unsecured Debtholders, 1,476,957 Offered Shares;

 

(i) in respect of the Convertible Debentureholders, 16,781,687 Offered Shares;

 

(ii) in respect of the Preferred Shareholders, 2,796,948 Offered Shares; and

 

(iii) in respect of the Common Shareholders, 8,256,938 of the Offered Shares.

 

"Escrow Agent" means the escrow agent appointed pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.

 

"Escrow Agreement" means an escrow agreement on customary terms and conditions to be entered into in connection with the New Equity Offering, in form and substance acceptable to the Company and the Initial Backstoppers, each acting reasonably.

 

"Euroclear" means Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear System, or any of its successors or assigns.

 

"Existing Common Shareholders" means holders of Existing Common Shares.

 

"Existing Common Shares" means the Common Shares of Just Energy issued and outstanding on the Effective Date immediately prior to the Effective Time but excluding, for greater certainty, the Offered Shares.

 

   

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"Existing Equity" means: (i) all Existing Common Shares, Existing Preferred Shares, RSGs, PBGs and DSGs and (ii) all options, warrants, rights or similar instruments derived from, relating to, or exercisable, convertible or exchangeable therefor (including, for the avoidance of doubt, such rights existing under the Class A Special Shares and the Class A Special Share Documents), in each case that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

"Existing Equity Class Action Claims" means, collectively: (i) Civil Action 20-590 Thaddeus White, et al. v. Just Energy Group Inc., et al.; (ii) Gilchrist v. Just Energy Group Inc,. et al. (Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Court File No. CV-19-627174-00CP)commenced on September 11, 2019; (iii) Saha v. Just Energy Group Inc., et al. (Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Court File No. CV-19-630737-00CP); and (iv) any claim for contribution or indemnity in respect of or related to those claims listed in (i) to (iii) above.

 

"Existing Equity Holders" means holders of any Existing Equity.

 

"Existing Preferred Shareholders" means holders of Existing Preferred Shares.

 

"Existing Preferred Shares" means the Preferred Shares of Just Energy issued and outstanding on the Effective Date immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

"Final Order" means the final order of the Court approving this Plan and providing for the treatment of Existing Equity Class Action Claims and Affected Equity Claims as contemplated herein, as such order may be amended at any time prior to the Effective Date or, if appealed, then unless such appeal is withdrawn or denied, as affirmed or amended on appeal.

 

"Governmental Entity" means any government, regulatory authority, governmental department, agency, commission, bureau, official, minister, Crown corporation, court, board, tribunal or dispute settlement panel or other law, rule or regulation-making organization or entity: (a) having or purporting to have jurisdiction on behalf of any nation, province, territory or state or any other geographic or political subdivision of any of them; or (b) exercising, or entitled or purporting to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, policy, regulatory or axing authority or power.

 

"Holding Preferred Shareholder" in respect of a Preferred Share, means a Preferred Shareholder of such Preferred Share as of the RecordDate that continues to hold all such Preferred Shares held as of the Record Date until the Effective Date.

 

"Information Circular" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Interim Order.

 

"Initial Backstoppers" means the Backstoppers that executed the Backstop Commitment Letter on July 8, 2020.

 

"Insurance Policies" means, collectively, the insurance policies of Just Energy that are available to pay insured claims in respect of Just Energy or its current or former directors and officers including, without limitation, Existing Equity Class Action Claims.

 

"Interim Order" means the interim order of the Court pursuant to Section 192(4) of the CBCA, containing declarations and directions with respect to the Arrangement and the Meetings issued pursuant to the application of the Applicants, as such order may be amended or supplemented by further order of the Court at any time prior to the Effective Date or, if appealed, then unless such appeal is withdrawn or denied, as affirmed or amended on appeal.

 

   

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"Intermediary" means a broker, custodian, investment dealer, nominee, bank, trust company or other intermediary, and "Intermediaries" means more than one Intermediary.

 

"Just Energy Entities" means, collectively, Just Energy and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

 

"Law" or "Laws" means any law, statute, order, decree, consent decree,judgment, rule regulation, ordinance or other pronouncement having the effect of law whether in Canada, the United States or any other country, or any domestic or foreign state, county, province, city or other political subdivision or of any Governmental Entity.

 

"Majority Supporting Convertible Debentureholders" means, collectively, Supporting Convertible Debentureholders holding in aggregate more than half (50%) of the aggregate principal amount of Convertible Debentures held by all Supporting Convertible Debentureholders, at the applicable time.

 

"Management Incentive Plan" means a new management incentive plan for employees of the Just Energy Entities, which shall provide for the granting of awards comprised of shares of Just Energy as determined by the board of directors of the reorganized Just Energy (or the applicable compensation committee) following the Effective Date, with grants thereunder not to exceed 5% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares following the Effective Date.

 

"Meeting Date" means August 25, 2020, subject to any postponement or adjournment of that date pursuant to the Interim Order or any other Order.

 

"Meetings" means, collectively, the Shareholders' Meeting, the Senior Unsecured Debtholders' Meeting and the Convertible Debentureholders' Meeting.

 

"New Common Shares" means, collectively, the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Exchange Shares, the Convertible Debenture Exchange Shares, the Preferred Shareholder Exchange Shares, the Offered Shares, the Private Placement Shares, the Class A Principal Shareholder Settlement Shares and Class A Minority Shareholder Settlement Shares.

 

"New Directors" means James Bell, Scott Gahn, Tony Horton, Steven Murray, Dallas Ross, Steven Schaefer and Marcie Zlotnik.

 

"New Equity Offering" means the offering of Offered Shares to Eligible Securityholders pursuant to this Plan.

 

"New Equity Offering Right" means the right of each Eligible Securityholder to participate in the New Equity Offering, in accordance with the terms of this Plan. For greater certainty, in respect of a New Equity Offering Right granted to an Eligible Securityholder that is a Common Shareholder as of the Record Date, such New Equity Offering Right applies identically in respect of each Existing Common Share.

 

   

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"New Subordinated Notes" means the new subordinated notes to be issued by Just Energy pursuant to the New Subordinated Notes Indenture and allocated among the Convertible Debentureholders in a principal amount equal to their applicable Convertible Debentureholder Pro Rata Share, which shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $15 million and shall (i) be denominated in Canadian dollars, (ii) have a 6-year maturity, (iii) have an annual interest rate of 7%, which shall be payable semi-annually in kind, (iv) be callable by Just Energy at any time at par plus accrued interest for cash (with no call protections), (v) require Just Energy to offer to repurchase the New Subordinated Notes at a price equal to 101% of par upon a change of control, (vi) require unanimous holder consent to any amendment to the maturity date, the principal, the interest rate, or the amount or timing of payment of principal or interest, (vii) not provide for a conversion right into equity of Just Energy or any of its affiliates, (viii) not be listed for trading on any securities exchange, (ix) be subordinated to the Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the New Term Loans in all respects (in the same manner and on the same terms as contained in the Convertible Debenture Debt Documents, including Article 5 of the $100 Million Debenture Indenture and $160 Million Debenture Indenture), (x) not be secured against any assets or property of Just Energy or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries; (xi) not be guaranteed by any direct or indirect subsidiary of Just Energy; and (xii) except as provided in the foregoing, shall be substantially similar to the terms of the Convertible Debentures, or as otherwise agreed by Just Energy, the Term Loan Debtholders and the Majority Supporting Convertible Debentureholders, each acting reasonably.

 

"New Subordinated Notes Indenture" means the indenture to be entered into on the Effective Date by Just Energy and the New Subordinated Notes Trustee pursuant to which the New Senior Secured Notes will be issued.

 

"New Subordinated Notes Trustee" means the indenture trustee under the New Subordinated Notes Indenture, as agreed to by the Applicants and the Majority Supporting Convertible Debentureholders, each acting reasonably.

 

"New Term Loan Lender Information" means such information and documentation as the Term Loan Agent may require from recipients of the New Term Loans in order to comply with any anti money laundering, know your client, proceeds of crime and other applicable Laws to the Term Loan Agent, or any applicable customary policies or procedures of the Term Loan Agent.

 

"New Term Loans" means the new senior unsecured term loans to be issued pursuant to the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement in the principal amount of US $205,900,000 and allocated among the Senior Unsecured Debtholders in a principal amount equal to their applicable Senior Unsecured Debtholder Pro Rata Share.

 

"Obligations" means all liabilities, duties and obligations, including without limitation principal and interest, any make whole, redemption or similar premiums, reimbursement obligations, fees, penalties, damages, guarantees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise, and any other liabilities, duties or obligations, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the applicable Debt Document.

 

   

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"Offered Shares" means 29,312,530 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to the Eligible Securityholders pursuant to this Plan, subject to Section 6.3 of this Plan, and to the Backstoppers in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter and this Plan.

 

"Offered Shares Participation Form" means a certification and participation form delivered to Securityholders and completed by Eligible Securityholders in advance of the Participation Deadline in order to make certain acknowledgments, agreements and certifications (as applicable to the applicable Eligible Securityholder) and to participate in the New Equity Offering.

 

"Offering Right Value" means the fair market value as of the Effective Date of the New Equity Offering Right, as determined by the directors of Just Energy on or prior to the Effective Date and agreed to by the Term Loan Debtholders, acting reasonably.

 

"Order" means any order of the Court in these proceedings, including, without limitation, the Interim Order and the Final Order.

 

"Outside Date" means October 5, 2020, or such other date as determined in accordance with the Support Agreement and the Backstop

Agreement.

 

"Participating Securityholder" has the meaning ascribed in Section 4.5.

 

"Participation Deadline" shall mean 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on August 28, 2020 or such other date as the Applicants and the Backstoppers may mutually determine, each acting reasonably.

 

"PBGs" means the performance bonus grants of the Company granted pursuant to the Company's 2013 Performance Bonus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

"Person" includes any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, venture capital fund, association, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, legal personal representative, estate, group, body corporate (including a limited liability company and an unlimited liability company), corporation, unincorporated association or organization, governmental authority, syndicate or other entity, whether or not having legal status.

 

"Plan" means this plan of arrangement proposed under Section 192 of the CBCA, and any amendments or variations made in accordance with the terms of this Plan or made at the direction of the Court in the Final Order.

 

"Preferred Shareholder" means a holder of Preferred Shares.

 

"Preferred Shareholder Exchange Shares" means the aggregate 1,556,563 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to Preferred Shareholders in exchange for their Preferred Shares, subject to Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

"Preferred Shareholder Pro Rata Share" means the percentage that the number of Preferred Shares held by a Preferred Shareholder bears to the aggregate number of all Preferred Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

"Preferred Shares" means preferred shares in the capital of Just Energy.

 

   

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"Private Placement" means the private placement pursuant to which the Term Loan Debtholders will purchase the Private Placement Shares in the aggregate amount of approximately $3,670,000 at the Subscription Price, in accordance with the Support Agreement Supplement.

 

"Private Placement Shares" means New Common Shares to be issued to the Term Loan Debtholders pursuant to the Private Placement following the Common Share Consolidation.

 

"Private Placement Subscription Amount" means, in respect of a Term Loan Debtholder, an amount such Term Loan Debtholder has agreed to subscribe for pursuant to the Support Agreement Supplement at the Subscription Price.

 

"Record Date" means July 23, 2020.

 

"Released Claims" means, collectively, the matters that are subject to release and discharge pursuant to Article 7.

 

"Released Parties" means, collectively, the Corporation Released Parties and the Securityholder Released Parties, as applicable.

 

"RSGs" means restricted share grants of the Company granted pursuant to the Company's 2010 Restricted Share Grant Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

"Securities Laws" means, collectively, Canadian Securities Laws and U.S. Securities Laws.

 

"Securityholder Released Parties" means, collectively, (i) the Trustees and the Term Loan Agent, (ii) the Term Loan Debtholders, (iii) the Backstoppers, (iv) Supporting Convertible Debentureholders, (v) for each of the entities named in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), each of their respective current and former directors, officers, managers, partners, employees, auditors, financial advisors, legal counsel and agents, and (vi) the Class A Special Shareholders and each of their respective financial advisors and legal counsel.

 

"Securityholder Subscription Share Percentage" means:

 

(i)   in respect of the Senior Unsecured Debtholders, the percentage that the principal amount of Senior Unsecured Debt held by a Senior Unsecured Debtholder bears to the aggregate principal amount of all Senior Unsecured Debt as of the Record Date;
       
(ii)   in respect of the Convertible Debentures, the percentage that the principal amount of Convertible Debentures held by a Convertible Debentureholder bears to the aggregate principal amount of all Convertible Debentures as of the Record Date;
       
(iii)   in respect of the Preferred Shareholders, the percentage that the number of Preferred Shares held by a Preferred Shareholder bears to the aggregate number of all Preferred Shares as of the Record Date; and
       
(iv)   in respect of the Common Shareholders, the percentage that the number of Common Shares held by a Common Shareholder bears to the aggregate number of all Common Shares as of the Record Date.

   

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"Securityholders" means collectively, all Persons that are Senior Unsecured Debtholders, Convertible Debentureholders, Common Shareholders or Preferred Shareholders as of the Record Date.

 

"Senior Secured Creditors" has the meaning ascribed to "Senior Creditor" in the sixth amended and restated intercreditor agreement made as of September 1, 2015 between, among others, the Just Energy Entities party thereto from time to time, the Credit Facility Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as such intercreditor agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

"Senior Unsecured Debt" means, collectively, the debt outstanding under the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents.

 

"Senior Unsecured Debt Documents" means, collectively: (i) the Term Loan Agreement, (ii) the $150 Million Convertible Bonds Trust Deed; and (iii) all related documentation, including, without limitation, all guarantee and security documentation, related to the foregoing.

 

"Senior Unsecured Debtholder" means a holder of Senior Unsecu red Debt, in its capacity as such.

 

"Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims" means all Obligations in respect of the Senior Unsecured Debt and the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents.

 

"Senior Unsecured Debtholder Exchange Shares" means the aggregate 821,959 Common Shares to be issued following the Common Share Consolidation to Senior Unsecured Debtholder in exchange for their Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims in accordance with Section 5.4 of this Plan, subject to Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

"Senior Unsecured Debtholder Pro Rata Share" means the percentage that the principal amount of Senior Unsecured Debt held by a Senior Unsecured Debtholder bears to the aggregate principal amount of all Senior Unsecured Debt immediately prior to the Effective Time. ·

 

"Senior Unsecured Debtholders' Meeting" means the meeting of the Senior Unsecured Debtholders to be held on the Meeting Date in accordance with the Interim Order to consider and, if deemed advisable, approve the Arrangement Resolution and to consider such other matters as may properly come before such meeting, and any adjoumment(s) or postponement(s) thereof

 

"Shareholder" means a holder of Common Shares or Preferred Shares, in its capacity as such.

 

"Shareholders' Meeting" means the meeting of the Shareholders as of the Record Date to be held, pursuant to the Interim Order, to consider, among other things, the approval of the Arrangement.

 

"Strategic Review" means the Company's strategic review announced on June 6, 2019, as further described in the affidavit of James Brown dated July 13, 2020, filed in these proceedings.

 

"Subscription Amount" means, in respect of a Participating Securityholder, an amount such Participating Securityholder has agreed to subscribe for, up to the maximum amount of its Securityholder Subscription Share Percentage of the applicable Equity Allocation, at the Subscription Price.

 

   

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"Subscription Price" means $3.412 per Offered Share.

 

"Support Agreement" means the support agreement (and all schedules and exhibits thereto) among Just Energy and the Term Loan Debtholders dated July 8, 2020, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

"Support Agreement Supplement" means the supplement to the Support Agreement among Just Energy and the Term Loan Debtholders dated August 25, 2020.

 

"Supporting Convertible Debentureholders" means, collectively, the Convertible Debentureholders that executed the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement on August 25, 2020.

 

"Tax Act" means the Income Tax Act (Canada).

 

"Term Loan Agent" means National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent under the Term Loan Agreement.

 

"Term Loan Agreement" means the US$250 million loan agreement dated as of September 12, 2018, between the Company, the Term Loan Agent, Sagard Credit Partners, LP and the other Term Loan Debtholders party thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Effective Date.

 

"Term Loan Debtholders" means the lenders under the Term Loan Agreement.

 

"Transfer Agent" means Computershare Investor Services Inc.

 

"Trustees" means, collectively, the $100 Million Debenture Trustee, the $160 Million Debenture Trustee and the $150 Million Bond Trustee.

 

"TSX" means the Toronto Stock Exchange.

 

"U.S. Securities Act" means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

"U.S. Securities Exchange Act" means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute.

 

"U.S. Securities Laws" means, collectively, the U.S. Securities Act, the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

1.2 Articles of Reference

 

The terms "hereof', "hereunder", "herein" and similar expressions refer to this Plan and not to any particular article, section, subsection, clause or paragraph of this Plan, and include any agreements supplemental thereto. In this Plan, a reference to an article, section, subsection, clause or paragraph shall, unless otherwise stated, refer to an article, section, subsection, clause or paragraph of this Plan.

 

   

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1.3 Interpretation Not Affected by Headings

 

The division of this Plan into articles, sections, subsections, clauses and paragraphs and other portions, and the insertion of headings and a table of contents, are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Plan.

 

1.4 Gender and Number

 

In this Plan where the context requires, words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and words importing the use of any gender shall include all genders.

 

1.5 Date for any Action

 

In the event that the date on which any action is required to be taken hereunder is not a Business Day, such action shall be required to be taken on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day.

 

1.6 Time

 

All times expressed herein are local time in Toronto, Ontario, Canada unless otherwise specified.

 

1.7 Statutory References

 

Any reference in this Plan to a statute includes all rules, regulations, published policies and blanket orders made thereunder, and any and all amendments to the foregoing in force from time to time.

 

1.8 Successors and Assigns

 

This Plan shall be binding upon and shall enure to the benefit of the heirs, administrators, executors, legal personal representatives, successors and assigns of any Person named or referred to in this Plan.

 

1.9 Currency

 

Unless otherwise stated, all references herein to sums of money, cash or currency are expressed in lawful money of the Canada.

 

1.10 Governing Law

 

This Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of Ontario and the federal Laws of Canada applicable therein. All questions as to the interpretation or application of this Plan and all proceedings taken in connection with this Plan shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court.

 

   

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ARTICLE 2

TREATMENT OF NOTEHOLDERS AND EXISTING SHAREHOLDERS

 

2.1 Treatment of Senior Unsecured Debtholders

 

(a) On the Effective Date, in accordance with the steps and sequence set forth in Section 5.4, each Senior Unsecured Debtholder shall receive its Senior Unsecured Debtholder Pro Rata Share of (i) the New Term Loans, and (ii) the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Exchange Shares, subject to the treatment of fractional interests in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

(b) The compensation, the reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys, advisors or agents retained or utilized by the Term Loan Agent, the Term Loan Debtholders and the $150 Million Bond Trustee, as applicable, acting reasonably), in accordance with the applicable Senior Unsecured Debt Documents shall be paid in full in cash by the Applicants pursuant to the applicable Senior Unsecured Debt Documents.

 

(c) After giving effect to the terms of this Section 2.1, (i) the Obligations of the Just Energy Entities with respect to the Senior Unsecured Debt, the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents and the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims shall, and shall be deemed to, have been irrevocably and finally extinguished, (ii) each Senior Unsecured Debtholder shall have no further right, title or interest in or to the Senior Unsecured Debt or its Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims, and (iii) the Senior Unsecured Debt, the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents and the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims shall be cancelled.

 

2.2 Treatment of Convertible Debentureholders

 

(a) On the Effective Date, in accordance with the steps and sequence set forth in Section 5.4, (i) Just Energy shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest in cash on the Convertible Debentures up to and including the Effective Date, and (ii) each Convertible Debentureholder shall receive its Convertible Debentureholder Pro Rata Share of (A) the New Subordinated Notes, and (B) the Convertible Debenture Exchange Shares, subject to the treatment of fractional interests in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

(b) The compensation, the reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys, advisors or agents retained or utilized by the $100 Million Debenture Trustee and the $160 Million Debenture Trustee, as applicable, acting reasonably), in accordance with the applicable Convertible Debenture Documents shall be paid in full in cash by Just Energy pursuant to the applicable Convertible Debenture Documents.

 

(c) After giving effect to the terms of this Section 2.2, (i) the Obligations of the Just Energy Entities with respect to the Convertible Debentures, the Convertible Debentureholder Claims and the Convertible Debenture Documents shall, and shall be deemed to, have been irrevocably and finally extinguished, (ii) each Convertible Debentureholder shall have no further right, title or interest in or to the Convertible Debentures or its Convertible Debentureholder Claims, and (iii) the Convertible Debentures, the Convertible Debentureholder Claims and the Convertible Debenture Documents shall be cancelled.

 

   

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2.3 Treatment of Existing Equity Holders

 

(a) On the Effective Date, in accordance with the steps and sequence set forth in Section 5.4:

 

(i) Each Existing Common Shareholder shall retain its Existing Common Shares, subject to the Common Share Consolidation, subject to the treatment of fractional interests in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

(ii) Each Holding Preferred Shareholder, in its capacity as such, shall be deemed to have been issued its New Equity Offering Rights based on its Securityholder Subscription Share Percentage of the Preferred Shareholder Equity Allocation.

 

(iii) Each Existing Preferred Shareholder shall receive its Preferred Shareholder Pro Rata Share of the Preferred Shareholder Exchange Shares, subject to the treatment of fractional interests in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

(iv) After giving effect to the terms of Section 2.3(a)(ii), the Existing Preferred Shares shall be cancelled.

 

(v) Unless otherwise agreed by Just Energy in accordance with the Support Agreement and the Backstop Agreement, and subject to the treatment of the Existing Equity Class Action Claims as provided herein, all of the Affected Equity shall be terminated and cancelled, and shall be deemed to be terminated and cancelled without the need for any repayment of capital thereof or any other liability, payment or compensation therefor and, for greater certainty, no holder of Affected Equity shall be entitled to receive any interest, dividends, premium or other payment in connection therewith.

 

(vi) The Affected Equity Claims shall constitute Released Claims and be treated in the manner set forth in Section 5.4.

 

2.4 Treatment of Backstoppers

 

On the Effective Date, in accordance with the steps and sequence set forth in Section 5.4, each Backstopper shall purchase and receive its applicable portion of the Backstopped Shares and/or Additional Subscription Shares, the Backstop Funding Fee (and Backstop Funding Fee Shares) and the Backstop Commitment Fee (and Backstop Commitment Fee Shares), in each case in accordance with the terms of the Backstop Commitment Letter, the Interim Order and this Plan.

 

   

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2.5 Treatment of Class A Special Shareholders

 

(a) On the Effective Date, in accordance with the steps and sequence set forth in Section 5.4:

 

(i) Just Energy shall purchase the Class A Principal Shareholder's Class A Special Shares for (A) $1.3 million, and (B) the Class A Principal Shareholder Settlement Shares.

 

(ii) Just Energy shall purchase each Class A Minority Shareholder's Class A Special Shares for (A) its Class A Minority Shareholder Pro Rata Share of $500,000, and (B) its Class A Minority Shareholder Pro Rata Share of the Class A Minority Shareholder Settlement Shares, subject to the treatment of fractional interests in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Plan.

 

(iii) After giving effect to the terms of Sections 2.5(a)(i) and 2.5(a)(ii), (A) the Class A Special Share Claims shall, and shall be deemed to be, irrevocably and finally extinguished and settled, (B) the Class A Special Shareholders shall have no further right, title or interest in and to the Class A Special Shares or the Class A Special Share Documents, and (C) the Class A Special Share Documents shall be terminated and cancelled.

 

2.6 Unaffected Persons

 

The Claims of all Persons other than those specified in this Article 2 shall be unaffected by this Plan, except as otherwise provided herein.

 

ARTICLE3

PRIVATE PLACEMENT

 

3.1 Issuance of Private Placement Shares

 

On the Effective Date, subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Support Agreement Supplement , and in accordance with the times, steps and sequences set forth in Section, 5.4 Just Energy shall cause to be issued and delivered to each Term Loan Debtholder its Private Placement Shares at the Subscription Price. The Private Placement Shares shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the Private Placement Shares shall be subject to the applicable transfer restrictions under U.S. Securities Laws.

 

ARTICLE 4

ISSUANCES, DISTRIBUTIONS AND ELECTIONS

 

4.1 Delivery of New Term Loans

 

The delivery of the New Term Loans (and any certificates or other evidence of holdings thereof) to be issued pursuant to this Plan shall be made in accordance with standing procedures in place with the Term Loan Agent, and a register of holders of the New Term Loans will be maintained by the Term Loan Agent. Each Senior Unsecured Debtholder receiving New Term Loans shall be deemed to be a party to the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement as a lender thereunder. In the event that a Senior Unsecured Debtholder has not delivered its New Term Loan Lender Information to the Term Loan Agent prior to the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the expected Effective Date, such Senior Unsecured Debtholder's New Term Loans shall be held by the Term Loan Agent until such time as the Senior Unsecured Debtholder provides its New Term Loan Lender Information.

 

   

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4.2 Delivery of New Subordinated Notes

 

The delivery of the New Subordinated Notes to be distributed under this Plan will be made by way of a global note issued to CDS (or its nominee) pursuant to the New Subordinated Notes Indenture in respect of the New Subordinated Notes and delivered directly to CDS which, in tum, will make delivery of such New Subordinated Notes to the holders of the New Subordinated Notes pursuant to the standing instructions and customary practices of CDS.

 

4.3 Delivery of New Common Shares

 

(a) On the Effective Date, all New Common Shares issued in connection with this Plan shall bedeemed to be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(b) On the Effective Date, Just Energy shall deliver a treasury direction to the Transfer Agent that directs the Transfer Agent to issue all New Common Shares, to be distributed under this Plan and direct the Transfer Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the New Common Shares to be distributed under this Plan to be distributed by no later than the second Business Day following the Effective Date.

 

(c) The delivery ofNew Common Shares to be distributed under this Plan will be made either (i) through the facilities of CDS, DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream to Intermediaries who, in tum, will make delivery of the New Common Shares to the ultimate beneficial recipients thereof pursuant to standing instructions and customary practices of CDS, DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, as applicable, or (ii) by providing Direct Registration System advices or confirmations in the name of the applicable recipient thereof (or its Intermediary) and registered electronically in Just Energy's records which will be maintained by the Transfer Agent.

 

4.4 No Liability in Respect of Deliveries

 

(a) None of the Just Energy Entities, nor their respective directors or officers, shall have any liability or obligation in respect of any deliveries, directly or indirectly, from (i) the Term Loan Agent, (ii) the Trustees, (iii) DTC, (iv) CDS, (v) Euroclear, (vi) Clearstream or (vii) the Intermediaries, in each case to the ultimate beneficial recipients of any consideration payable or deliverable by the Just Energy Entities pursuant to this Plan.

 

(b) None of the Trustees or the Term Loan Agent shall incur, and each is hereby released and exculpated from, any liability as a result of carrying out any provisions of this Plan and any actions related or incidental thereto, save and except for any gross negligence or wilful misconduct (as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) on its part. For the avoidance of doubt, this exculpation shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, all other releases, indemnities and exculpations, and any other applicable law or rules protecting any of the Trustees and the Term Loan Agent from liability. On the Effective Date after the completion of the transactions set forth in Section 5.4, all duties and responsibilities of the Trustees and the Term Loan Agent arising under or related to the Debt Documents, as applicable, shall be discharged except to the extent required in order to effectuate this Plan.

 

   

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4.5 Election to Participate in New Equity Offering

 

Each Eligible Securityholdershall have the right, but not the obligation, to elect irrevocably to participate in the New Equity Offering and to subscribe for and purchase its Securityholder Subscription Share Percentage of the applicable Equity Allocation by (and subject to) returning a duly executed Offered Shares Participation Form (or other acceptable form of instruction) together with such Eligible Securityholder's Subscription Amount pursuant to the procedures established by Just Energy and communicated to Eligible Securityholders on or prior to the Record Date. Any Offered Shares Participation Form (or other acceptable form of instruction) received after the Participation Deadline or not accompanied by such Eligible Securityholder' s Subscription Amount will be invalid and not effective and shall be disregarded for all purposes of this Plan.

 

Submission of an Offered Shares Participation Form (or other acceptable form of instruction) in accordance with the terms thereof and this Section 3.4 and acceptance thereof by Just Energy, shall constitute an irrevocable subscription by the applicable Eligible Securityholder (each, a "Participating Securityholder") for and a commitment by the applica ble Participating Securityholder to participate in the New Equity Offering by purchasing up to its Securityholder Subscription Share Percentage of the applicable Equity Allocation.

 

ARTICLES 5

ARRANGEMENT

 

5.1 Corporate Authorizations

 

The adoption, execution, delivery, implementation and consummation of all matters contemplated under this Plan, including those involving corporate action of any member of the Just Energy Entities, will occur and be effective as of the Effective Date (or such other date as determined by the Applicants), and will be authorized and approved under this Plan and by the Court, where appropriate, as part of the Final Order, in all respects and for all purposes without any requirement of further action by shareholders, directors or officers of the Just Energy Entities. All necessary approvals to take actions shall be deemed to have been obtained from the directors or the shareholders of the Just Energy Entities, as applicable.

 

5.2 Articles of Arrangement and Effective Date

 

As soon as practicable after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article 8 (excluding conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied until the Effective Date, but subject to the satisfaction of those conditions as of the Effective Date), unless another time or date is agreed in writing among Just Energy and the Term Loan Debtholders, the Articles of Arrangement shall be filed by the Applicants with the Director. The Certificate of Arrangement shall implement this Plan.

   

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5.3 Binding Effect

 

On and from the Effective Time, this Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be final and binding upon, and be deemed to have been consented and agreed upon by the Just Energy Entities, the Senior Unsecured Debtholders, the Convertible Debentureholders, the Trustees, the Term Loan Agent, the Existing Common Shareholders, the Existing Preferred Shareholders, the Class A Special Shareholders and any other Person affected by or named in this Plan, including the respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of each of the foregoing, without any further act or formality required on the part of any Person and, subject to the implementation and effectiveness of the Plan in accordance with its terms and delivery to the Term Loan Agent on behalf of the Senior Unsecured Debtholders of all of the documentation required pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement, shall constitute a full, final and absolute settlement of all rights of the beneficial and legal owners of the Senior Unsecured Debt, the Convertible Debentures, the Preferred Shares and the Class A Special Shares attaching thereto or arising there from and an absolute release and discharge of and from all Obligations of the Just Energy Entities to the Debtholders, the Existing Preferred Shareholders and the Class A Special Shareholders, as applicable (for certainty, other than Obligations under the Amended and Restated Term Loan Documents).

 

On and from the Effective Time, and, subject to the implementation and effectiveness of the Plan in accordance with its terms, without limiting the foregoing, Just Energy, the Senior Unsecured Debtholders, the Convertible Debentureholders, the Trustees, the Term Loan Agent, the Existing Common Shareholders, the Existing Preferred Shareholders, the Class A Special Shareholders and any other Person affected by or named in this Plan and any other Person affected by or named in this Plan will be deemed to have executed and delivered to Just Energy and its affiliates all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to implement and carry out this Plan.

 

5.4 The Arrangement

 

Commencing at the Effective Time, the following events or transactions will occur, or be deemed to have occurred and be taken and effected, in the following order in five minute increments (unless otherwise indicated) and at the times set out in this Section 5.4 (or in such other manner or order or at such other time or times as the Applicants may determine in accordance with the Support Agreement, the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement and the Backstop Commitment Letter), without any further act or formality required on the part of any Person, except as may be expressly provided herein:

 

(a) The New Equity Offering Rights afforded to the Convertible Debentureholders and Senior Unsecured Debtholders that are Eligible Securityholders shall be deemed to have been issued on July 23, 2020 as a partial repayment of the principal amount outstanding thereunder in the amount of the Offering Right Value of such New Equity Offering Rights; provided, however, that such repayment shall not be considered for the purposes of calculating a Senior Unsecured Debtholder Pro Rata Share, Convertible Debentureholder Pro Rata Share, Securityholder Subscription Share Percentage, or entitlement to interest under 5.4(e);

   

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(b) All Affected Equity shall be terminated and cancelled for no consideration;

 

(c) The Common Share Consolidation shall be completed. Any fractional interests in the consolidated Existing Common Shares will, without any further act or formality, be cancelled without payment of any consideration therefor. Notwithstanding any provision of the CBCA, immediately following the completion of the Common Share Consolidation, the stated capital of the Common Shares shall be equal to the stated capital of the Common Shares immediately prior to such consolidation.

 

(d) Just Energy shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the Convertible Debentures up to and including the Effective Date and any other accrued and unpaid interest (including default interest) in respect of the Convertible Debentures shall be forgiven, settled and extinguished for no consideration.

 

(e) Just Energy shall issue to each Term Loan Debtholder, pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement and as evidence of amounts owing thereunder immediately prior to the Effective Time, promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount of US$197.1 million (the "Series 1 Notes") and promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount in U.S. dollars equal to the amount by which the amount then owing under the Term Loan Agreement exceeds the principal amount of the Series 1 Notes (the "Series 2 Notes"). The Series 1 Notes and the Series 2 Notes shall be issued to each Term Loan Debtholder in an amount based on such Term Loan Debtholder' s pro rata share of the Obligations under the Term Loan Agreement.

 

(f) The terms and conditions of the Series 1 Notes shall be amended to confer a right on the holders thereof to exchange such Series 1 Notes for promissory notes or other evidence of U.S. dollar indebtedness of the same principal amount issuable under the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement pursuant to the terms of this Plan.

 

(g) In exchange for, and in full and final settlement of, the Existing Preferred Shares, Just Energy shall deliver to each (i) Holding Preferred Shareholder, in its capacity as such, its applicable New Equity Offering Rights with respect to those Preferred Shares held from the Record Date through to the Effective Date; and (ii) Existing Preferred Shareholder, its Preferred Shareholder Pro Rata Share of the Preferred Shareholder Exchange Shares. The Existing Preferred Shares shall thereafter be terminated and cancelled, and shall be deemed to be terminated and cancelled.

 

(h) The following shall occur concurrently with the steps set forth in Section 5.4(g) above and Section 5.4(i) below:

 

(i) holders of the Series 1 Notes that have previously filed a written notice with Just Energy to exercise the right referred to Section 5.4(f) shall be deemed to have exercised the right referred to in Section 5.4(f) to exchange the Series 1 Notes held by such holders for promissory notes or other evidence of indebtedness with the same U.S. dollar principal amount issued to such holders under the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement, in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement, and such exchange of the Series 1 Notes shall be deemed to have occurred;

   

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(ii) holders of the Series 1 Notes other than such holders referred to in Section 5.4(h)(i) are deemed to have exchanged such Series 1 Notes for New Term Loans with the same U.S. dollar principal amount;

 

(iii) Just Energy, the Just Energy Entities (as applicable) and the Term Loan Agent shall enter into, and the Senior Unsecured Debtholders shall enter into or be deemed to enter into, the Amended & Restated Term Loan Agreement, the Amended & Restated Term Loan Documents and such additional documentation as may be agreed by Just Energy and the Term Loan Agent, each acting reasonably;

 

(iv) in exchange for, and in full and final settlement of, the Senior Unsecured Debt, including the Series 1 Notes and Series 2 Notes, Just Energy shall deliver to each Senior Unsecured Debtholder (A) its Senior Unsecured Debtholder Pro Rata Share of the New Term Loans (together with the promissory notes or other evidence of indebtedness with respect to the Term Loan Debtholders, in respect of the Series 1 Notes and in satisfaction of the exercise of the right referred to in Section 5.4(f)) and (B) the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Exchange Shares (with respect to the Term Loan Debtholders, in respect of the Series 2 Notes), and Just Energy shall add an amount equal to the aggregate fair market value of the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Exchange Shares on the Effective Date to the stated capital for the Common Shares in respect of the issuance of the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Exchange Shares. Consequently, the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims shall, and shall be deemed to be, irrevocably and finally extinguished and the Senior Unsecured Debtholders shall have no further right, title or interest in and to the Senior Unsecured Debt or the Senior Unsecured Debtholder Claims; and

 

(v) the Senior Unsecured Debt, the Senior Unsecured Debt Documents, and the Series 1 Notes and Series 2 Notes shall be cancelled, provided that the Senior UnsecuredDebt Documents shall remain in effect solely to allow the Term Loan Agent and the $150 Million Bond Trustee to make the distributions set forth in this Plan.

 

(i) The following shall occur concurrently with steps set forth in Section 5.4(g) and 5.4(h) above:

 

(i) in exchange fdr, and in full and final settlement of, the Convertible Debentures, Just Energy shall deliver to each Convertible Debentureholder its Convertible Debentureholder Pro Rata Share of (A) the New Subordinated Notes, and (B) the Convertible Debenture Exchange Shares, and Just Energy shall add an amount equal to the aggregate of the fair market value of the Convertible Debenture Exchange Shares to the stated capital for the Common Shares in respect of the issuance of the Convertible Debenture Exchange Shares;

 

   

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(ii) the Convertible Debentureholder Claims shall, and shall be deemed to be, irrevocably and finally extinguished and the Convertible Debentureholders shall have no further right, title or interest in and to the Convertible Debentures or the Convertible Debentureholder Claims; and

 

(iii) the Convertible Debentures and the Convertible Debenture Documents shall be cancelled, provided that the Convertible Debenture Documents shall remain in effect solely to allow the applicable Trustees to make the distributions set forth in this Plan.

 

(j) Just Energy shall become entitled to the total amount of funds deposited in escrow with the Escrow Agent in connection with the New Equity Offering, the Backstop Commitment Letter and the Support Agreement Supplement, and the Escrow Agent shall be deemed instructed to release to Just Energy the funds held by it in escrow in respect of the Subscription Amount of the Offered Shares subscribed for or purchased pursuant to the New Equity Offering and the Backstop Commitment Letter and the Private Placement Subscription Amounts of the Private Placement Shares subscribed for and purchased pursuant to the Private Placement.

 

(k) Pursuant to the New Equity Offering, Just Energy shall issue to each Participating Securityholder (or to their designated nominee), in consideration for such Participating Securityholder's Subscription Amount, the applicable number of Offered Shares that were validly subscribed for in the related Offered Shares Participation Form and such Offered Shares shall be deemed to be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(1) Just Energy shall issue to the Backstoppers the Backstopped Shares and/or the Additional Subscription Shares, as applicable, in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter and such Backstopped Shares and/or Additional Subscription Shares, as applicable, shall be deemed to be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(m) Pursuant to the Private Placement, Just Energy shall issue to each Term Loan Debtholder (or to their designated nominee), in consideration for such Term Loan Debtholder's Private Placement Subscription Amount, the number of Private Placement Shares that were validly subscribed for in the Support Agreement Supplement and such Private Placement Shares shall be deemed to be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(n) Just Energy shall pay the Backstop Commitment Fee and the Backstop Funding Fee in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter, which payments shall be directed to Just Energy in consideration for the Backstop Commitment Fee Shares and the Backstop Funding Fee Shares, which shall be issued in accordance with the Backstop Commitment Letter, and such Backstop Commitment Fee Shares and Backstop Funding Fee Shares shall be deemed to be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.

   

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(o) The amount added to the stated capital for the Common Shares in respect of the share issuances in Section 5.4(k)-(n) shall be equal to the cash received by Just Energy and in the case of U.S. dollar cash the amount added to the stated capital for the Common Shares shall be the Canadian dollar amount resulting from the conversion of such U.S. dollars to Canadian dollars based on the noon exchange rate, as quoted by Bloomberg, applicable on the Effective Date.

 

(p) The following shall occur concurrently:

 

(i) Just Energy shall purchase all of the Class A Special Shares and in consideration for such purchase and as consideration for the full and final settlement of the Class A Special Share Claims, Just Energy shall:

 

(A) (1) pay the Class A Principal Shareholder $1.3 million, and (2) issue to the Class A Principal Shareholder the Class A Principal Shareholder Settlement Shares; and

 

(B) (1) pay to each Class A Minority Shareholder its Class A Minority Shareholder Pro Rata Share of $500,000, and (2) issue to each Class A Minority Shareholder its Class A Minority Shareholder Pro Rata Share of the Class A Minority Shareholder Settlement Shares.

 

The amount added to the stated capital for the Common Shares in respect of the issuance of the Class A Principal Shareholder Settlement Shares shall be determined by the board of directors of Just Energy; and

 

(ii) the Class A Special Share Claims shall, and shall be deemed to be, irrevocably and finally extinguished and settled, and the Class A Special Shareholders shall have no further right, title or interest in and to the Class A Special Shares or the Class A Special Share Documents. The Class A Special Share Documents shall be terminated and cancelled, and shall be deemed to be terminated and cancelled.

 

(q) Just Energy shall pay in full in cash the outstanding reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the advisors to the Applicants and to the Term Loan Debtholders pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Support Agreement, and shall pay the fees and expenses of the advisors to the Supporting Convertible Debentureholders pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement.

 

(r) The releases referred to in Article 7 shall become effective.

 

 

   

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(s) The board of directors of Just Energy immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be deemed to have resigned and the New Directors shall be deemed to have been appointed and to have each consented to such appointment.

 

(t) The Management Incentive Plan shall be deemed to be approved by the Existing Common Shareholders and those persons receiving New Common Shares pursuant to this Plan.

 

(u) The articles of 121 Canada shall be amended to include the following restrictions on the business that 121 Canada may carry on, effective as of the Effective Date:

 

"The business that the Corporation may carry on shall be limited to the activities and operations of the Corporation that are permitted pursuant to the amended and restated term loan agreement, as may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time, that was entered into among Just Energy Group Inc., National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent and the other lenders party thereto pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act, for so long as any loans thereunder are outstanding."

 

5.5 Securities Law Matters

 

The Applicants intend that the issuance and distribut ion, pursuant to this Plan, of:

 

(a) New Common Shares of Just Energy issued on conversion of, or in exchange for, the Senior Unsecured Debt, the Convertible Debentures, the Preferred Shares and the Class A Special Shares pursuant to this Plan (other than the Allotted Offered Shares, the Additional Subscription Shares, the Backstopped Shares, the Backstop Commitment Fee Shares and the Backstop Funding Fee Shares issued pursuant to this Plan) shall be exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) or 4(a)(2) thereof or Regulation S or Regulation D thereunder, as the case may be;

 

(b) New Subordinated Notes of Just Energy issued pursuant to this Plan shall be exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof or Regulation Sor Regulation D thereunder, as the case may be;

 

(c) the Allotted Offered Shares issued pursuant to this Plan shall be registered under the U.S. Securities Act pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-7 filed by Just Energy with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

(d) the Backstopped Shares, the Additional Subscription Shares, the Backstop Commitment Fee Shares, the Private Placement Shares and the Backstop Funding Fee Shares issued pursuant to this Plan shall be exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act pursuant to Regulation S or Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act, as the case may be; and

 

(e) the New Common Shares of Just Energy issued upon conversion of, or in exchange for, the Senior Unsecured Debt, the Convertible Debentures, the Preferred Shares and the Class A Special Shares, the Offered Shares issued pursuant to the New Equity Offering, and the Private Placement Shares issued pursuant to the Private Placement, shall be exempt from the prospectus requirements of Canadian Securities Laws, to the extent applicable, pursuant to Section 2.11 of National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus Exemptions of the Canadian Securities Administrators.

 

 

   

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5.6 Stated Capital

 

The aggregate amount to be added to the stated capital account in respect of the New Common Shares for the purposes of the CBCA in respect of the issuance of New Common Shares pursuant to this Plan will be confirmed by the directors of Just Energy.

 

ARTICLE6

IMPLEMENTATION OF ARRANGEMENT

 

6.1 Withholding Rights

 

Just Energy and/or any other Person making a payment contemplated herein shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable to any Person such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to such payment under the Tax Act, the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any provision of applicable federal, provincial, territorial, state, local or foreign tax Laws, in each case, as amended. To the extent that amounts are so withheld or deducted, such withheld or deducted amounts shall be treated for all purposes hereof as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such withholding was made, provided that such amounts are actually and timely remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. To the extent that the amounts so required or permitted to be deducted or withheld from any payment to a Person exceed the cash portion of the consideration otherwise payable to that Person: (i) the payor is authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of such portion of the consideration as is necessary to provide sufficient funds to enable it to comply with such deduction or withholding requirement or entitlement, and the payor shall notify the applicable Person thereof and remit to such Person any unapplied balance of the net proceeds of such sale; or (ii) if such sale is not reasonably possible, the payor shall not be required to make such excess payment until the Person has directly satisfied any such withholding obligation and provides evidence thereof to the payor.

 

6.2 Allocation of Payments

 

Unless expressly provided for otherwise, if the aggregate amount paid in respect of a particular Debtholder Claim does not exceed the aggregate amount of accrued but unpaid interest plus the principal amount in respect of the obligations to which such Debtholder Claim relates, then all amounts paid or payable hereunder on account of such Debtholder Claim (including, for greater certainty, any securities received hereunder) shall be applied as follows: (i) first, in respect of the principal amount of the obligations to which such Debtholder Claim relates, and (ii) second, in respect of the accrued but unpaid interest on such obligations. Unless expressly provided for otherwise, in any other cases, all amounts paid or payable hereunder on account of a particular Debtholder Claim (including, for greater certainty, any securities received hereunder) shall be applied as follows: (i) first, in respect of the accrued but unpaid interest on the obligations to which such Debtholder Claim relates, and (ii) second, in respect of the principal amount of such obligations.

   

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6.3 Fractional Interests

 

No fractional Common Shares, New Subordinated Notes or cash shall be issued under this Plan, including any fractional interests created as a result of the Common Share Consolidation, and fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any rights of a holder of Common Shares or New Subordinated Notes, as applicable. Any legal, equitable, contractual and any other rights or claims (whether actual or contingent, and whether or not previously asserted) of any Person with respect to fractional Common Shares, New Subordinated Notes or cash pursuant to this Plan shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Common Shares, New Subordinated Notes or cash, as applicable, without compensation therefor.

 

6.4 Calculations

 

All calculations and determinations made by the Applicants for the purposes of this Plan, including, without limitation, the allocation of amounts under Section 6.2 shall, subject to compliance with the Support Agreement and the Backstop Commitment Letter, be conclusive, final and binding upon the Securityholders.

ARTICLE 7

RELEASES

7.1 Release of Released Parties and Extinguishment of Affected Equity Claims

 

At the applicable time pursuant to Section 5.4, each of the Released Parties shall be released and discharged from all present and future actions, causes of action, damages, judgments, executions, obligations, liabilities and Claims of any kind or nature whatsoever arising on or prior to the Effective Date in connection with the Debt, the Debt Documents, the Affected Equity Claims, the Support Agreement, the Support Agreement Supplement, the Backstop Commitment Letter, the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement, the Class A Special Shares, the Class A Special Share Claims, the Class A Special Share Documents, this Plan, these proceedings, the transactions contemplated hereunder and any proceedings commenced with respect to or in connection with this Plan, the Strategic Review and any other actions or matters related directly or indirectly to the foregoing, provided that nothing in this paragraph shall release or discharge (i) any of the Released Parties from or in respect of its obligations under this Plan, the Support Agreement, the Support Agreement Supplement, the Backstop Commitment Letter, the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement, the New Subordinated Notes, any Amended & Restated Term Loan Document or any Continuing Guarantee, (ii) any Existing Equity Class Action Claims which shall be treated and restricted as set out in Section 7.3 below, (iii) the Class A Principal Shareholder from its obligations under the Class A Principal Shareholder Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement, or (iv) any Released Party from liabilities or claims (other than in relation to an Affected Equity Claim) attributable to any Released Party's fraud, wilful misconduct, criminal act or criminal omission, as determined by the final, non appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Further, any and all Affected Equity Claims shall be deemed to have been fully and finally extinguished, cancelled, released, dismissed and enjoined as of the Effective Date.

 

   

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7.2 Injunctions

 

All Persons are permanently and forever barred, estopped, stayed and enjoined, on and after the Effective Date, with respect to any and all Released Claims, from (i) commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any action, suits, demands or other proceedings of any nature or kind whatsoever against the Released Parties, as applicable, or commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any action, suits, demands or other proceedings of any nature or kind whatsoever that could result in a claim for contribution of indemnity from a Released Party in respect of any and all Released Claims; (ii) enforcing, levying, attaching, collecting or otherwise recovering or enforcing by any manner or means, directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or order against the Released Parties; (iii) creating, perfecting, asserting or otherwise enforcing, directly or indirectly, any lien or encumbrance of any kind against the Released Parties or their property; or (iv) taking any actions to interfere with the implementation or consummation of this Plan; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to the enforcement of any obligations under this Plan

 

7.3 Existing Equity Class Action Claims

 

From and after the Effective Date, any Person having an Existing Equity Class Action Claim against Just Energy or any of its current or former officers and/or directors shall only be permitted to continue its Existing Equity Class Action Claims to the point of determination of liability, if any, and the recovery of any such Person shall be limited to the proceeds under the Insurance Policies, to the extent available in respect of any such Existing Equity Class Action Claims, without any additional rights of enforcement or recovery as against the Released Parties. Any such Person shall be irrevocably and forever limited solely to recovery from the proceeds of the Insurance Policies payable on behalf of Just Energy or its directors and officers in respect of any such Existing Equity Class Action Claims, and such Person shall have no right to, and shall not, directly or indirectly, make any claim or seek any recoveries from any of the Released Parties or any of their respective current or former officers and directors in respect of an Existing Equity Class Action Claims, other than enforcing such Person's rights to be paid by the applicable insurer(s) from the proceeds of the applicable Insurance Policies. Nothing in this paragraph prejudices, compromises, releases or otherwise affects (i) any right or defence of any insurer in respect of an Insurance Policy or (ii) any Person having an Existing Equity Class Action Claims from recovering against Just Energy's current and former directors and officers for any liabilities or claims attributable to any such director or officer's fraud, wilful misconduct, criminal act or criminal omission, as determined by the final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that all defence costs of any action referred to in this subsection (ii) shall not be paid by any of the Just Energy Entities.

 

ARTICLE 8

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO PLAN IMPLEMENTATION

 

8.1 Conditions Precedent to Implementation of this Plan

 

The implementation of this Plan shall be conditional upon the fulfillment, satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:

 

   

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(a) the Court shall have granted the Final Order and the Final Order shall have become a final order, the implementation, operation or effect of which shall not have been stayed, varied in a manner not acceptable to the Applicants, vacated or subject to pending appeal and as to which order any appeal periods relating thereto shall have expired;

 

(b) no Law shall have been passed and become effective, the effect of which makes the consummation of this Plan illegal or otherwise prohibited;

 

(c) all conditions to implementation of this Plan set out in the Support Agreement and the Support Agreement Supplement shall have been satisfied or waived by the applicable parties pursuant to the terms of the Support Agreement and the Support Agreement Supplement;

 

(d) all conditions to implementation of this Plan set out in the Backstop Commitment Letter shall have been satisfied or waived by the applicable parties pursuant to the terms of the Backstop Commitment Letter;

 

(e) all conditions and terms set out in the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived by the applicable parties pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement; and

 

(f) the Class A Special Shareholders shall have discontinued or dismissed, or consented to the discontinuance or dismissal, of any and all actions, suits, demands or other proceedings of any nature or kind whatsoever against the Just Energy Entities.

 

8.2 Effectiveness

 

This Plan will become effective in the sequence described in Section 5.4 on the filing of the Articles of Arrangement and the issuance of the Certificate of Arrangement, and shall be binding on and enure to the benefit of the Just Energy Entities, the Debtholders, the Trustees, the Term Loan Agent, all Existing Equity Holders, the Class A Special Shareholders, all Persons with any Existing Equity Class Action Claims, the Released Parties, the Affected Equity, the directors and officers of the Just Energy Entities and all other Persons named or referred to in, or subject to, this Plan and their respective successors and assigns and their respective heirs, executors, administrators and other legal representatives, successors and assigns. The Articles of Arrangement shall be filed and the Certificate of Arrangement shall be issued in each case with respect to the Arrangement in its entirety. The Certificate of Arrangement shall be conclusive evidence that the Arrangement has become effective and that each of the provisions in Section 5.4 has become effective in the sequence set forth therein. No portion of this Plan shall take effect with respect to any party or Person until the Effective Time.

 

   

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ARTICLE9

MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1 Waiver of Defaults

 

Except as provided in Section 16 of the Backstop Commitment Letter, from and after the Effective Time, all Persons shall be deemed to have consented and agreed to all of the provisions of this Plan in its entirety. Without limiting the foregoing, and except as provided in Section 16 of the Backstop Commitment Letter, all Persons shall be deemed to have:

 

(a) waived any and all defaults or events of default, third-party change of control rights or any non-compliance with any covenant, warranty, representation, term, provision, condition or obligation, expressed or implied, in any contract, instrument, credit document, lease, licence, guarantee, agreement for sale or other agreement, written or oral, in each case relating to, arising out of, or in connection with, the Debt or the Debt Documents, the Support Agreement, the Backstop Commitment Letter, the Class A Special Share Claims or the Class A Special Share Documents, the Arrangement, this Plan, the transactions contemplated hereunder and any proceedings commenced with respect to or in connection with this Plan and any and all amendments or supplements thereto. Any and all notices of default and demands for payment or any step or proceeding taken or commenced in connection with any of the foregoing shall be deemed to have been rescinded and of no further force or effect, provided that nothing shall be deemed to excuse the Just Energy Entities and their respective successors from performing their obligations under this Plan; and

 

(b) agreed that, if there is any conflict between the provisions of any agreement or other arrangement, written or oral, existing between such Person and the Just Energy Entities and the provisions of this Plan, then the provisions of this Plan take precedence and priority and the provisions of such agreement or other arrangement are deemed to be amended accordingly,

 

provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, nothing herein shall affect the obligations of any of the Just Energy Entities to any employee thereof in their capacity as such (for greater certainty, other than with respect to the Affected Equity and the Affected Equity Claims), including any contract of employment between any Person and any of the Just Energy Entities.

 

9.2 Amendments to the Plan of Arrangement

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Support Agreement, the Convertible Debentureholder Support Agreement and the Backstop Commitment Letter and the Interim Order:

 

(a) the Applicants reserve the right to amend, restate, modify and/or supplement this Plan at any time and from time to time, provided that (except as provided in subsection (c) below) any such amendment, restatement, modification or supplement must be contained in a written document that is (i) filed with the Court (either before or as soon as practicable following the Meetings provided that written copies of any such amendments, restatements, modifications or supplements are provided at the Meetings) and, if made following the Meetings, approved by the Court, and (ii) communicated to the Securityholders in the manner required by the Court (if so required);

 

   

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(b) any amendment, modification or supplement to this Plan may be proposed by the Applicants at any time prior to or at the Meetings, with or without any prior notice or communication (other than as may be required under the Interim Order), and if so proposed and accepted at the Meetings, shall become part of this Plan for all purposes; and

 

(c) any amendment, modification or supplement to this Plan may be made following the Meetings by the Applicants, without requiring filing with, or approval of, the Court, provided that it concerns a matter which is of an administrative nature and is required to better give effect to the implementation of this Plan and is not materially adverse to the financial or economic interests of any of the Security holders.

 

9.3 Consents, Waivers and Agreements

 

Except as provided in Section 16 of the Backstop Commitment Letter, at the Effective Time, each Debtholder and any other Person affected by this Plan will be deemed to have consented and agreed to all of the provisions of this Plan in its entirety. Without limitation to the foregoing, and except as provided in Section 16 of the Backstop Commitment Letter, each Debtholder and any other Person affected by this Plan (including, without limitation, the Trustees, the Term Loan Agent, the Existing Common Shareholders, the Existing Preferred Shareholders and the Class A Special Shareholders) will be deemed:

 

(a) to have executed and delivered to the Applicants all consents, releases, assignments and waivers, statutory or otherwise, required to implement and carry out this Plan in its entirety;

 

(b) to have waived any non-compliance or default by the Just Energy Entities with or of any provision, express or implied, in any agreement or other arrangement, written or oral, existing between such Debtholder and the Just Energy Entities with respect to the Debt or the Debt Documents or existing between such other Person and Just Energy Entities pursuant to the applicable documentation as between the parties, or that has occurred or exists in bonnection with the foregoing on or prior to the Effective Time; and

 

(c) to have agreed that, if there is any conflict between the provisions of any such agreement and the provisions of this Plan, then the provisions of this Plan take precedence and priority and the provisions of such agreement or other arrangement are deemed to be amended accordingly.

 

   

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9.4 Paramountcy

 

On and from the Effective Time, any conflict between this Plan and the covenants, warranties, representations, terms, conditions, provisions or obligations, expressed or implied, of any contract, mortgage, security agreement, indenture, trust indenture, loan agreement, support agreement, commitment letter, by- laws or other agreement, written or oral, and any and all amendments or supplements thereto existing between one or more of the Debtholded, on the one hand, and any of the Applicants, on the other hand, as at the Effective Date will be deemed to be governed by the terms, conditions and provisions of this Plan and the Final Order, which shall take precedence and priority.

 

9.5 Credit Facility Lenders

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, (i) nothing herein shall affect the obligations of any of the Just Energy Entities to the Credit Facility Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Credit Facility Lenders under or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and (ii) all rights, remedies, interests·, claims and entitlements of the Credit Facility Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Credit Facility Lenders under and in respect of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall remain unaffected in all respects by this Plan (including all transactions, releases , injunctions, waivers and deeming provisions contemplated herein). Without limiting the foregoing, the provisions of Article 7 and Sections 5.3, 5.4, 8.2, 9.1, 9.3, 9.4 and 9.10 shall not apply to the Credit Facility Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Credit Facility Lenders or the obligations of any of the Just Energy Entities to the Credit Facility Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Credit Facility Lenders under or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, and the capitalized term "Persons", as used herein, shall exclude the Credit Facility Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Credit Facility Lenders in their capacity as such.

 

9.6 Deeming Provisions

 

In this Plan, the deeming provisions are not rebuttable and are conclusive and irrevocable.

 

9.7 Severability

 

If prior to the Effective Date, any provision of this Plan is held by the Court to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the Court, at the request of Just Energy and subject to the consent of counsel to the Term Loan Debtholders, acting reasonably, may alter and/or interpret such provision to make it valid or enforceable to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of such provision, and such provision will then be applicable as altered or interpretedand the remainder of the provisions of this Plan will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be invalidated by such alteration or interpretation.

 

9.8 Term Loan Debtholders and Initial Backstoppers

 

For the purposes of this Plan, the Applicants shall be entitled to rely on written confirmation from Torys LLP that the Term Loan Debtholders or the Initial Backstoppers (as defined in the Backstop Commitment Letter), as applicable, have agreed to, waived, consented to or approved a particular matter.

   

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9.9 Convertible Debentureholders

 

For the purposes of this Plan, the Applicants shall be entitled to rely on written confirmation from Goodmans LLP that the Supporting Convertible Debentureholders, have agreed to, waived, consented to or approved a particular matter.

 

9.10 Notices

 

Any notices or communication to be made or given hereunder shall be in writing and shall reflect this Plan and may, subject as hereinafter provided, be made or given by the Person making or giving it or by any agent of such Person authorized for that purpose by personal delivery, by prepaid mail or by e-mail addressed to the respective parties as follows:

 

(i) if to Just Energy:
     
    Just Energy Group Inc.
    100 King Street West, Suite 2630
    Toronto, Ontario
    M5X 1E1
     
    Attention: Jonah Davids
    Email: jdavids@justenergy.com
     
    With a required copy (which shall not be deemed notice) to:
     
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    100 King Street West, Suite 6200
    Toronto, Ontario
    M5X 1B8
     
    Attention: Marc Wasserman & Michael De Lellis
    Email: mwasserman@osler.com
      mdelellis@osler.com
     
  (ii) if to the Term Loan Debtholders or the Initial Backstoppers
     
    Torys LLP
    79 Wellington St., 30th Floor
    Toronto, Ontario M5K 1N2
     
    Attention: Tony DeMarinis
    Email: tdemarinis@torys.com

 

   

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  (iii) if to the Supporting Convertible Debentureholders
     
    Goodmans LLP
    333 Bay Street., 34th Floor
    Toronto, Ontario M5H 2S7
     
    Attention: Robert J. Chadwick
    Email: rchadwick@goodmans.ca

 

 

or to such other address as any party above may from time to time notify the others in accordance with this Section 9.9. In the event of any strike, lock-out or other event which interrupts postal service in any part of Canada, all notices and communications during such interruption may only be given or made by personal delivery or by email and any notice or other communication given or made by prepaid mail within the five (5) Business Day period immed iately preceding the commencement of such interruption, unless actually received, shall be deemed not to have been given or made. Any such notices and communications so given or made shall be deemed to have been given or made and to have been received on the day of delivery if delivered, or on the day of emailing, provided that such day in either event is a Business Day and the communication is so delivered or emailed before 5:00 p.m. on such day. Otherwise, such communication shall be deemed to have been given and made and to have been received on the next following Business Day. The unintentional failure by the Applicants to give a notice contemplated hereunder to any particular Securityholder shall not invalidate this Plan or any action taken by any Person pursuant

to this Plan.

 

9.11 Further Assurances

 

Notwithstanding that the transactions and events set out herein will occur and be deemed to occur in the order set out in this Plan without any further act or formality, each of the Persons named or referred to in, affected by or subject to, this Plan will make, do and execute, or cause to be made, done and executed, all such further acts, deeds, agreements, transfers, assurances, instruments or documents as may reasonably be required by any of them to carry out the full intent and meaning of this Plan and to give effect to the transactions contemplated herein.

 

   

 

SCHEDULE "B"

 

Insurance Policies

 

2019-2020 Policies

 

Policy from Paragon International Insurance Brokers Limited dated April 1, 2019 with Unique Market Reference: B0146ERINT1900452

 

Policy from Paragon International Insurance Brokers Limited dated April 2, 2019 with Unique Market Reference: B0146ERINT1900453

 

Policy from Paragon International Insurance Brokers Limited dated April 2, 2019 with Unique Market Reference: B0146ERINT1900454

 

Policy from Paragon International Insurance Brokers Limited dated April I, 2019 with Unique Market Reference: B0146 ERINT1900455

 

 

2020-2021 Policies

 

Policy from Paragon International Insurance Brokers Limited dated April 3, 2020 with Unique Market Reference:B0146ERINT2000452

 

Policy from Paragon International Insurance Brokers Limited dated April 3, 2020 with Unique Market Reference: B0146ERINT2000453

 

Policy from Paragon International Insurance Brokers Limited dated April 3, 2020 with Unique Market Reference: B0146ERINT2000454

 

Policy from Paragon International Insurance Brokers Limited dated April 3, 2020 with Unique Market Reference: B0146ERINT2000455

 

Master Policy from Tokio Marine HCC - D&O Group with Master Policy Number 34- MGU-20-A49117 and corresponding locally-admitted policy from HCC Underwriting Agency with Policy Number 20G196460000

  

Policy from Paragon International Insurance Brokers Limited dated April 3, 2020 with Unique Market Reference: B0146ERINT2000768

 

Excess D&O Liability Coverage Declarations with Continental Casualty Company with Policy Number MEX 665412022

 

Policy from Paragon International Insurance Brokers Limited dated April 21, 2020 with Unique Market Reference: B0146ERINT2000774

 

Policy from Paragon International Insurance Brokers Limited dated April 21, 2020 with Unique Market Reference: B0146ERINT2000775

 

 

   

 

 

 

IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 192 OF THE CANADA BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT, R.S.C. 1985, C. C-44, AS AMENDED

Court File No: 20-00643596-00CL
AND IN THE MATTER OF RULE 14.05(2) OF THE RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE  
AND IN THE MATTER OF A PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT OF JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. AND 12175592 CANADA INC.  
 

 

 

 

ONTARIO

SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE

COMMERCIAL LIST

 

Proceeding commenced at Toronto

 

 

FINAL ORDER

 

OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP

100 King Street West

1 First Canadian Place
Suite 6200, P.O. Box 50

Toronto, ON M5X 1B8

 

Marc Wasserman (LSO# 44066M)

Michael De Lellis (LSO# 48038U)

Craig Lockwood (LSO# 46668M)

 

Tel: (416) 362-2111

Fax: (416) 862-6666

 

Counsel for the Applicants, Just Energy Group Inc.
and 12175592 Canada Inc.

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.3

 

 

INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

dated September 28, 2020

 

between

 

JUST ENERGY GROUP INC.

 

and

 

SAGARD CREDIT PARTNERS, LP

 

and

 

SAGARD CREDIT PARTNERS (CAYMAN), LP

 

and

 

LVS III SPE XV LP

 

and

 

TOCU XVII LLC

 

and

 

HVS XVI LLC

 

and

 

OC II LVS XIV LP

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page  
     
     
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS 1  
  1.1 Certain Defined Terms 1  
         
ARTICLE 2 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 3  
  2.1 Board Representation 3  
         
ARTICLE 3 REGISTRATION RIGHTS 5  
  3.1 Registration Rights 5  
         
ARTICLE 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6  
  4.1 Acknowledgements 6  
         
ARTICLE 5 TERMINATION; SURVIVAL 6  
5.1 Termination 6  
5.2 Survival 6  
         
ARTICLE 6 GENERAL PROVISIONS 6  
6.1 Governing Law 6  
6.2 Notices 7  
6.3 Expenses 8  
6.4 Severability 8  
6.5 Entire Agreement 8  
6.6 Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries 8  
6.7 Amendment; Waiver 9  
6.8 Injunctive Relief 9  
6.9 Rules of Construction 9  
6.10 Further Assurances 10  
6.11 Public Disclosure 10  
6.12 Separate Obligations; Matters Related to the Holders 10  
6.13 Counterparts 11  

 

 

 

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INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated September 28, 2020 (this “Agreement”) is made by and between Sagard Credit Partners, LP, Sagard Credit Partners (Cayman), LP, LVS III SPE XV LP, TOCU XVII LLC, HVS XVI LLC and OC II LVS XIV LP (collectively, the

Holders”) and Just Energy Group Inc. (the “Company”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. On July 8, 2020, the Holders and the Company entered into a support agreement which was subsequently supplemented by a further agreement on August 26, 2020 (the “Support Agreement”) regarding a recapitalization transaction in respect of the Company.

 

B. Pursuant to the Support Agreement, the Holders and the Company wish to enter into this Agreement for the purpose of granting certain rights to the Holders in connection with their beneficial ownership of Common Shares (as defined below).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1 Certain Defined Terms

 

The following capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Act” means the Canada Business Corporations Act.

 

Affiliate” has the meaning ascribed to such term in National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions. For greater certainty, an Affiliate of a Person shall include such Person’s investment funds and managed accounts and any funds managed or directed by the same investment advisor.

 

Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

 

Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement” means the first amended and restated loan agreement dated as of September 28, 2020, between the Company, the lenders party thereto from time to time and National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Business Day” means each day, other than a Saturday or Sunday or a statutory or civic holiday, on which banks are open for business in Toronto, Ontario.

 

Claim” means any cause of action, action, claim, demand, lawsuit, audit, proceeding or arbitration, including, for greater certainty, any proceeding or investigation by a Governmental Entity.

 

   

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Common Share” means a common share in the capital of the Company or such other shares or other securities into which such common share is converted, exchanged, reclassified or otherwise changed, as the case may be, from time to time.

 

Company” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

 

Company Nominees” means, in respect of a meeting of the shareholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected, such individuals presented by management of the Company to its shareholders for election as directors at such meeting, including, for the avoidance of doubt, each of the Holders’ Nominees.

 

Governmental Entity” means any government, regulatory authority, governmental department, agency, commission, bureau, official, minister, Crown corporation, court, board, tribunal or dispute settlement panel or other law, rule or regulation-making organization or entity or applicable stock exchange: (i) having or purporting to have jurisdiction on behalf of any nation, province, territory or state or any other geographic or political subdivision of any of them, or (ii) exercising, or entitled or purporting to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, policy, regulatory or taxing authority or power.

 

Holders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

 

Holders Group” means, collectively, the Holders and their Affiliates.

 

Holders’ Nominee(s)” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(b).

 

Law” means any law, statute, order, decree, consent decree, judgment, rule, regulation, ordinance or other pronouncement having the effect of law whether in Canada, the United States or any other country, or any domestic or foreign state, county, province, city or other political subdivision or of any Governmental Entity and any applicable stock exchange rules.

 

NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Other Entities” means, collectively, LVS III SPE XV LP, TOCU XVII LLC, HVS XVI LLC and OC II LVS XIV LP.

 

Parties” means the Holders, the Company and any other person that becomes a Party hereto pursuant to Section 6.6, and a “Party” means any one of them.

 

Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, a trust, an unincorporated association, a Governmental Entity or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of a Governmental Entity, or any other entity or body.

 

Sagard Entities” means, collectively, Sagard Credit Partners, LP and Sagard Credit Partners (Cayman), LP.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act (Ontario), and any successor to such statute, as it may, from time to time, be amended and in effect.

 

Securities Laws” means, collectively, the applicable securities laws of each of the states, provinces and territories of Canada and the United States, and the applicable federal securities laws of the United States, and the respective regulations, instruments and rules made under those securities laws, together with all applicable published policy statements, notices, blanket orders and rulings of the securities commissions or securities regulatory authorities of Canada and the United States and of each their respective states, provinces and territories and all discretionary orders or rulings, if any, of the securities commissions or securities regulatory authorities of Canada or the United States made in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Backstop Agreement (as defined under the Support Agreement) and this Agreement together with applicable published policy statements of the Canadian Securities Administrators, as the context may require.

 

   

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Subsidiary” has the meaning ascribed to such term in National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions.

 

TSX” means the Toronto Stock Exchange.

 

ARTICLE 2

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

2.1 Board Representation

 

(a) As of the date of this Agreement, the Board shall consist of seven directors. The Company and the Board shall not (i) propose or resolve to change the size of the Board to more than seven directors, or (ii) present a slate of Company Nominees to the shareholders of the Company for election to the Board that is greater than seven directors, except in each case where otherwise required by applicable Law, as provided in Section 2.1(g), or with the consent of the Holders.

 

(b) The Company covenants and agrees to nominate for election as directors of the Company at any meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected the persons designated as follows:

 

(i) so long as the Holders Group holds a number of Common Shares equal to less than 20% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares in the capital of the Company (on a non-diluted basis), one individual designated by the Holders in their discretion; and

 

(ii) so long as the Holders Group holds a number of Common Shares equal to 20% or more of the issued and outstanding Common Shares in the capital of the Company (on a non-diluted basis), two individuals designated by the Holders in their discretion

 

(the “Holders’ Nominee(s)”). The number of Holders’ Nominees provided for above shall be proportionately increased if the number of directors on the Board is increased to more than seven (7), provided that no such increase shall occur unless the Holders would be entitled to appoint at least one additional director on a proportional basis (rounded down to the nearest whole number).

 

(c) From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall provide the Holders with at least 60 days’ prior written notice of the scheduled date of mailing of the management information circular of the Company in which nominees for election as directors will be named (the “Scheduled Mailing Date”).

 

   

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(d) From and after the date of this Agreement, at least 45 days before the Scheduled Mailing Date, the Holders shall deliver a written notice to the Board, designating the Holders’ Nominee(s). If the Holders do not provide the aforementioned written notice within the time set forth in this Section 2.1(d), the Holders shall be deemed to have designated the incumbent Holders’ Nominee(s) for nomination for election at the relevant meeting of shareholders. For purposes of this Article 2, Stephen Schaefer and Tony Horton shall be deemed the incumbent Holders’ Nominees as of the date of this Agreement and James Bell shall be deemed the incumbent nominee of the Holders pursuant to the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement. For greater certainty, the Holders may elect (by written notice to the Company) to designate a lesser number of Holders’ Nominees than they are entitled to designate hereunder or to designate none at all. The Company consents to the sharing of information about the Company by any Holders’ Nominee serving as director of the Company with the Holders subject to the Holders entering into a confidentiality agreement with the Company on customary terms (for greater certainty, excluding any standstill or disposition restrictions), each acting reasonably.

 

(e) The Company covenants and agrees to nominate each Holders’ Nominee for election as a director of the Company at any meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected, provided that such Holders’ Nominee: (i) provides an undated irrevocable resignation and dated letter of authority authorizing the Company to date and accept such resignation pursuant to Sections 2.1(i) and 2.1(j); (ii) meets the qualifications prescribed by the Act, the rules of the TSX, the NYSE and other applicable Laws; (iii) provides such consents, acknowledgments and information as may be reasonably required by the Company of its nominees for election to the Board; and (iv) agrees, in writing, to comply with all policies, codes, rules, procedures and guidelines applicable to directors of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holders’ Nominees need not be independent of the Company within the meaning of any Securities Laws or stock exchange rules.

 

(f) The Company shall (i) include the Holders’ Nominees in the notice of meeting, the management information circular, proxy statement and form of proxy relating to the applicable shareholder meeting as nominees of management, and (ii) solicit proxies from shareholders of the Company in favour of the election of the Holders’ Nominee(s) in a manner no less favourable than the manner in which the Company supports other Company Nominees for election at any such meeting.

 

(g) In the event that any Holders’ Nominee ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason, including the death, disability, resignation, removal or failure of a Holders’ Nominee to be elected at a meeting of shareholders, the Holders Group may deliver a written notice to the Board, designating its replacement Holders’ Nominee, and the Company shall cause the Board to appoint as soon as practicable (and in any event within 30 days of receiving such written notice) such replacement Holders’ Nominee to fill the vacancy caused thereby or to increase the size of the Board to accommodate any such additional director, provided that the Holders shall not be entitled to designate such replacement Holders’ Nominee pursuant to this Section 2.1(g) if so doing would result in the number of Holders’ Nominees then designated exceeding the number of Holders’ Nominees which the Holders are then entitled to designate pursuant to Section 2.1(b).

 

   

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(h) The Company shall obtain and maintain in force a directors’ and officers’ insurance policy, with coverage and on terms customary (or better) for public companies of similar size and circumstances and otherwise acceptable to the Board. The Company will enter into customary indemnification agreements with any directors nominated pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(i) If the Holders Group has a Holders’ Nominee serving on the Board pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(ii), it shall, within five Business Days of the Holders Group ceasing to hold a number of Common Shares equal to at least 20% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares in the capital of the Company (on a non-diluted basis), deliver a written notice to the Board, designating the Holders’ Nominee it wishes to cease acting as Holders’ Nominee pursuant to this Agreement and, unless otherwise determined by a vote of a majority of the remaining members of the Board, such Holders’ Nominee shall immediately resign from the Board and his or her irrevocable resignation delivered in accordance with Section 2.1(e) shall be dated as of such date. If the Holders Group fails to deliver the aforementioned written notice within five Business Days, the Board may, by a vote of a majority of the directors (excluding the Holders’ Nominee(s)), elect to accept the resignation of a Holders’ Nominee by dating his or her irrevocable resignation delivered in accordance with Section 2.1(e) as of such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 2.1(i) shall cause the number of Holders’ Nominees serving as directors of the Company to be fewer than the number of Holders’ Nominees which the Holders are then entitled to designate pursuant to Section 2.1(b).

 

(j) Upon the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.1, unless otherwise determined by a vote of a majority of the remaining members of the Board, the Holders’ Nominee(s) shall immediately resign from the Board and the irrevocable resignation delivered in accordance with Section 2.1(e) shall be dated as of such date.

 

(k) The Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall not serve as the Chair of the Board.

 

ARTICLE 3

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

3.1 Registration Rights

 

The registration rights set out in Schedule A shall be applicable to and available for exercise by (a) the Holder Group collectively while it beneficially owns, controls or directs, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, at least 10% of the then outstanding Common Shares (on a non-diluted basis), (b) any Holder which beneficially owns, controls or directs, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, at least 10% of the then-outstanding Common Shares (on a non-diluted basis) and (c) any Holder that determines, acting reasonably, that such Holder is a “control person” individually or with other Holders within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Securities Act or an “affiliate” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the U.S. Securities Act (each such Holder, a “Holder”).

 

   

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ARTICLE 4

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

4.1 Acknowledgements

 

Each Holder hereby acknowledges that it is aware that, subject to various exceptions, applicable Canadian Securities Laws prohibit any Person who has material non-public information concerning the Company or a proposed transaction involving the Company, that has been obtained directly or indirectly from an insider of the Company, from purchasing or selling securities of the Company or from communicating such information to any other Person, or advising any other Person to purchase or sell securities of the Company.

 

ARTICLE 5

TERMINATION; SURVIVAL

 

5.1 Termination

 

Subject to Section 5.2, the term of this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue in force until the earliest to occur of:

 

(a) the date on which the Holders Group (together with any permitted transferees of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.6(a)) no longer holds a number of Common Shares equal to at least 10% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares in the capital of the Company (on a non-diluted basis); and

 

(b) the date on which this Agreement is terminated by the mutual consent of the Parties.

 

5.2 Survival

 

Notwithstanding Section 5.1 of this Agreement, this Section 5.2, Article 6 and the indemnification provided for under Article 3 of Schedule A shall survive the expiration or other termination of this Agreement and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

ARTICLE 6

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

6.1 Governing Law

 

This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of the Province of Ontario and the Laws of Canada applicable therein (excluding any conflict of Laws rule or principle which might refer such construction to the Laws of another jurisdiction) and all actions or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in the courts of the Province of Ontario.

   

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6.2 Notices

 

All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder to any Party shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by internationally- recognized overnight courier or email. All notices, requests, consents or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the Party to be notified; (b) when sent by email if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next Business Day of the recipient; or (c) one (1) Business Day after deposit with an internationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. Any Party may change the address to which notice or other communications should be given to such Party by providing written notice to the other Parties hereto of such change. The address and email for each of the Parties shall be as follows:

 

if to the Company at:

 

 

 

with a required copy (which shall not be deemed notice) to:

 

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

100 King Street West, Suite 6200

Toronto, Ontario

M5X 1B8

 

Attention: Marc Wasserman & Michael De Lellis

Email: mwasserman@osler.com; mdelellis@osler.com

 

if to one or more of the Holders at:

 

The address set forth for each applicable Holder on its signature page to the Support Agreement, with a required copy (which shall not be deemed notice) to:

 

Torys LLP

79 Wellington St., 30th Floor

Toronto, Ontario

M5K 1N2

 

Attention: Tony DeMarinis

Email: tdemarinis@torys.com

   

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6.3 Expenses

 

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, each Party shall bear any costs and expenses incurred in connection with exercising its rights and performing its obligations under this Agreement.

 

6.4 Severability

 

If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions, including terms, covenants and restrictions, of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated and the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in a reasonably acceptable manner so that the transactions contemplated herein are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

6.5 Entire Agreement

 

This Agreement (including Schedule A hereto), the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement and the Support Agreement constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement does not alter or supersede any confidentiality or non- disclosure agreement between the Company and any of the Holders and/or their advisors.

 

6.6 Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries

 

(a) Any member of the Holders Group may assign its rights under this Agreement (but only with all related obligations) in connection with a transfer of Common Shares held by it to any Affiliate or any other member of the Holders Group or their Affiliates, provided, however, that (i) such transferor must remain party hereto in respect of any Common Shares, as applicable, remaining held by it and (ii) the transferee to which the assignment is being made has delivered to the Company a written acknowledgment and agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company that such transferee will be bound by, and will be a party to, this Agreement. Except as aforesaid, this Agreement shall not be assigned by (x) any Holder, or any transferee of such Holder to whom rights were assigned pursuant to this Section 6.6(a), without the prior written consent of the Company or (y) the Company without the prior written consent of the Holders.

 

(b) Any member or members of the Holders Group may assign its or their rights under Section 3.1 of this Agreement (but only with all related obligations) in connection with a transfer of Common Shares held by it or them to any third party, provided, however, that (i) such transfer shall represent a transfer of 10% or more of the issued and outstanding Common Shares to a single transferee or a group of transferees acting jointly or in concert; and (ii) eachsuch transferee to which the assignment is being made has delivered to the Company a written acknowledgment and agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company that such transferee will be bound by, and will be a party to, this Agreement. Except as aforesaid, this Agreement shall not be assigned by (x) any Holder, or any transferee of such Holder to whom rights were assigned pursuant to this Section 6.6(b), without the prior written consent of the Company or (y) the Company without the prior written consent of the Holders.

 

   

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(c) Except as provided in Article 3 of Schedule A with respect to indemnification, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Parties and their successors and permitted assigns and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

6.7 Amendment; Waiver

 

No provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified except by a written instrument signed by all the Parties. Any provision of this Agreement may be waived if, and only if, such waiver is in writing (which may include e-mail) by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial waiver or exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise.

 

6.8 Injunctive Relief

 

It is understood and agreed by the Parties that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement and each non-breaching Party shall be entitled, in addition to any other remedy that may be available under applicable Law, to specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief as a remedy of any such breach, including an order by a court of competent jurisdiction requiring any Party to comply promptly with any of such obligations.

 

6.9 Rules of Construction

 

Interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the following rules of construction: (a) the headings in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement; (b) unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and words importing any gender shall include all genders; (c) any date, time or period referred to in this Agreement shall be of the essence except to the extent to which the Company and the Holders agree in writing to vary any date, time or period, in which event the varied date, time or period shall be of the essence; (d) references to the terms Article, Section, paragraph, and Schedule are references to the Articles, Sections, paragraphs and Schedules to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; (e) the word “including” and words of similar import shall mean “including, without limitation,”; (f) provisions shall apply, when appropriate, to successive events and transactions; (g) a reference to a statute includes all regulations and rules made pursuant to the statute and, unless otherwise specified, the provisions of any statute, regulation or rule which amends, supplements or supersedes any such statute, regulation or rule; and (h) this Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.

   

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6.10 Further Assurances

 

Each of the Parties shall promptly do, make, execute, deliver, or cause to be done, made, executed or delivered, all such further acts, documents and things as the other Parties may reasonably require from time to time for the purpose of giving effect to this Agreement and shall use reasonable efforts and take all such steps as may be reasonably within its power to implement to their full extent the provisions of this Agreement.

 

6.11 Public Disclosure

 

The Company shall provide prior notice to the Holders of any public disclosure that it proposes to make in respect of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, together with a draft copy of such disclosure as it pertains to this Agreement and shall reflect any reasonable comments provided by the Holders or their counsel on such disclosure; provided that, the Company shall only be required to provide such notice in relation to the initial disclosure of any such information or any changes (other than changes relating to form or presentation) to such disclosure, and provided further that the Company shall not in any public announcement specifically name any Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent a party from making public disclosure in respect of this Agreement to the extent required by applicable Law.

 

6.12 Separate Obligations; Matters Related to the Holders

 

(a) Each of the Sagard Entities and the Other Entities is party to the Support Agreement, the Backstop Agreement and/or the First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (together with this Agreement collectively, the “Transaction Documents” and, each, a “Transaction Document”) whereby the Sagard Entities and the Other Entities have separately undertaken obligations in connection with the Recapitalization Transaction (as defined in the Support Agreement).

 

(b) The Sagard Entities and the Other Entities have not agreed to act together for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of equity or other securities of the Company, and nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any of them pursuant hereto, shall be construed to suggest that the Sagard Entities and the Other Entities and/or their affiliates are a partnership, an association, a joint venture, any other kind of entity or a “group” (as defined in Rule 13d-5 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) or to create a presumption that the Sagard Entities and the Other Entities are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to the matters referred to herein.

 

(c) Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Sagard Entity and the Other Entity pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Sagard Entities and the Other Entities as a group, partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Sagard Entities and the Other Entities are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

   

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6.13 Counterparts

 

This Agreement may be executed by electronic means and in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed on the date first written above.

 

 

 

COMPANY:
   
  JUST ENERGY GROUP INC.
 
   
HOLDERS:
   
  SAGARD CREDIT PARTNERS, LP, by
  its general partner, SAGARD CREDIT
  PARTNERS GP, INC.
 
 
   
   
  SAGARD CREDIT PARTNERS
  (CAYMAN), LP, by its general partner,
  SAGARD CREDIT PARTNERS GP, INC.
 
 
   

  Investor Rights Agreement  

   

 

  LVS III SPE XV LP
  By: LVS III GP LLC, its general partner
 
 
   
 
   
  TOCU XVII LLC
 
 
   
   
 
  HVS XVI LLC
 
   
 
   
  OC II LVS XIV LP
  By: OC II GP I LLC, its general partner
 
   
  Investor Rights Agreement  

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SCHEDULE A

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

1. Definitions

 

For purposes of this Schedule A:

 

bought deal” means a public offering of securities as described in the definition of “bought deal agreement” in Section 7.1 of National Instrument 44-101 – Short Form Prospectus Distributions;

 

Demand Notice” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.1(a);

 

Demand Registration” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.1(a);

 

Distribution” means a distribution of Common Shares to the public by way of a Prospectus under Securities Laws in one or more of the Qualifying Jurisdictions or a Registration Statement in the United States, excluding any distribution of Common Shares relating to: (a) employee benefit plans, equity incentive plans or dividend reinvestment plans; or (b) the acquisition or merger after the date hereof by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of or with any other businesses, and the terms “Distribute” and “Distributed” shall have corresponding meanings;

 

Holder’s Expenses” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4;

 

Indemnified Party” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.3;

 

Indemnifying Party” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.3;

 

Piggy-Back Notice” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2;

 

Piggy-Back Registration” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2;

 

Prospectus” means a “preliminary prospectus” and/or a “prospectus” as those terms are used in Securities Laws, including all amendments and supplements thereto, and may also include, at the Company’s election, a base shelf prospectus or shelf prospectus supplement;

 

Qualifying Jurisdictions” means, collectively, all of the Provinces and Territories of Canada;

 

Registrable Securities” means any Common Shares held by the Holders and their Affiliates. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) such securities have been disposed of to Persons who are not Affiliates of any of the Holders without a corresponding assignment of this Agreement, (ii) such securities have been disposed of pursuant to a Prospectus in Canada and/or a Registration Statement in the United States, and (iii) such securities have ceased to be outstanding;

 

Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed with the SEC pursuant to the U.S. Securities Act;

 

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

   

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Securities Regulators” means, collectively, the securities commissions or other securities regulatory authorities in each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions and the SEC;

 

underwriter” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Act (Ontario), as amended;

 

U.S. Prospectus” means the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement;

 

U.S. Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and

 

Valid Business Reason” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.1(c)(vi).

 

2. Registration Rights

 

2.1 Demand Registration Rights

 

(a) Subject to Section 2.1(c), during the term of this Agreement, at any time and from time to time from and after March 28, 2021, the Holder or Holders, as the case may be, of not less than 50% of the Registrable Securities (such Holder or Holders hereinafter referred to in this Schedule A as the “Holder”) may, subject to the limitations of this Article 2, require the Company to file a Prospectus in any or all of the Qualifying Jurisdictions under applicable Securities Laws and/or a Registration Statement under the U.S. Securities Act, at the election of the Holder, and take such other steps as may be necessary to facilitate a secondary offering in one or more of the Qualifying Jurisdictions and/or the United States, at the election of the Holder, of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities held by the Holder (a “Demand Registration”), by giving written notice of such Demand Registration to the Company (the “Demand Notice”).

 

(b) The Company shall, subject to the limitations of this Article 2 and applicable Securities Laws, use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file an applicable Prospectus under applicable Securities Laws and/or a Registration Statement under the U.S. Securities Act, as the Holder may elect, and to take such other steps as may be necessary in order to effect the Distribution in such of the Qualifying Jurisdictions and/or the United States as have been elected by the Holder of the Registrable Securities of the Holder requested to be included in such Demand Registration. The Parties shall cooperate in a timely manner in connection with any such Distribution and the procedures set forth in Section 2.5 shall apply to such Distribution.

 

(c) The Company shall not be obliged to effect a Demand Registration:

 

(i) within a period of three months after the date of completion of a previous Demand Registration;

 

(ii) unless the Distribution of Registrable Securities would reasonably be expected to result in gross sales proceeds of at least Cdn.$25,000,000;

 

(iii) during a regularly scheduled black-out period in which insiders of the Company are restricted from trading in securities of the Company under the insider trading policy or any other applicable policy of the Company, except as may be otherwise agreed by the Company and the underwriters managing such offering, each acting reasonably;

 

   

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(iv) if the Company has announced an offering of Common Shares prior to its receipt of the Demand Notice and has provided the Holders with a Piggy- Back Notice with respect thereto in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

 

(v) if the Company has already effected two (2) Demand Registrations pursuant to Section 2.1(a). For the purposes of this Section 2.1(c)(v), (i) a Demand Registration shall not be considered as having been effected unless all Registrable Securities requested to be sold in the Demand Registration are sold pursuant to a Prospectus in Canada or a Registration Statement in the United States, and for such purpose, if the Holder agrees to sell fewer shares than are originally requested, such Demand Registration shall be considered as having been effected if such fewer number of shares are sold and (ii) a Demand Registration shall be considered as having been effected if (for reasons other than the circumstances contemplated by Section 2.3(c)) the Holder withdraws pursuant to Section 2.3(a) or does not pursue a request for a Demand Registration after: (A) filing a preliminary Prospectus under applicable Securities Laws or a Registration Statement under the U.S. Securities Act, pursuant to which the Registrable Securities are to be Distributed; or (B) the entering into of a binding bought deal letter or an underwriting or agency agreement in connection with the Demand Registration (provided that at such time the Company is in compliance in all material respects with its obligations under this Agreement); or

 

(vi) in the event the Board (with the Holders’ Nominees abstaining) reasonably determines in its good faith judgment that the effect of the filing of a Prospectus or a Registration Statement, as applicable, would either: (A) impede the ability of the Company to consummate a pending or proposed material financing, acquisition, corporate reorganization, merger or other material transaction involving the Company or would have a material adverse effect on the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole); or (B) there exists at the time material non-public information relating to the Company the disclosure of which would be seriously detrimental to the Company (each of (A) and (B) being, a “Valid Business Reason”), then in either case, the Company’s obligations under this Section 2.1 shall be deferred for a period of not more than four months from the date of receipt of the Demand Notice, provided that there shall be no more than one such deferral in any 12-month period.

 

(d) A Demand Notice shall:

 

(i) specify the number of Registrable Securities that the Holder intends to offer and sell and request that they be qualified for distribution or registered in the Demand Registration;

 

   

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(ii) express the intention of the Holder to offer or cause the offering of such Registrable Securities;

 

(iii) describe the nature or methods of the proposed offer and sale thereof, elect the Qualifying Jurisdictions in which such offer will be made and the Prospectus to be filed, and elect whether such offer will be made and the Prospectus and/or Registration Statement is to be filed in Canada only, in the United States or in both countries concurrently;

 

(iv) contain the undertaking of the Holder to provide all such information as may be required in order to permit the Company to comply with all Securities Laws; and

 

(v) specify whether such offer and sale will be made by an underwritten offering.

 

(e) In the case of an underwritten public offering initiated pursuant to this Section 2.1, the managing underwriter or underwriters to effect the Distribution in connection with such Demand Registration will be selected by mutual agreement of the Holders and the Company, each acting reasonably. The Company shall have the right to retain counsel of its choice to assist it in fulfilling its obligations under this Article 2.

 

(f) The Company shall be entitled to include Common Shares which are not Registrable Securities in any Demand Registration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing underwriter or underwriters, acting in good faith, advises the Holder and the Company in writing that, in its or their judgment, the inclusion of the Common Shares to be Distributed by the Company in the Demand Registration should be limited because the number of Common Shares proposed to be distributed may not be sold in an orderly manner within a price range reasonably acceptable to the Holder or is likely to have an adverse effect on the successful marketing of the Distribution, then the maximum number of Common Shares that the managing underwriter advises or managing underwriters advise should be Distributed will be allocated as follows: (i) first, to the number of Registrable Securities of the Holder requested to be included in such Demand Registration; and (ii) second, to the number of Common Shares to be Distributed by the Company, if any, that may be accommodated in such Distribution.

 

(g) In the case of an underwritten Demand Registration, the Holder and its representatives may participate in the negotiation of the terms of any underwriting agreement. Such participation in, and the Company’s completion of, the underwritten Demand Registration is conditional upon each of the Holder and the Company agreeing that the terms of any underwriting agreement are satisfactory to it, in its reasonable discretion.

 

(h) The Company will give the Holders and their counsel, accountants and other representatives and the underwriter and/or its advisors participating in any Distribution pursuant to a Prospectus and/or Registration Statement the opportunity to participate in the preparation of the Prospectus and/or Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and will permit the underwriter and/or its advisors such access (at such reasonable times) to the financial records, pertinent corporate documents, material contracts and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable the underwriters to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the directors, officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to supply all information reasonably requested by the Holders and such underwriters or their respective counsel, in order to conduct a reasonable investigation, and subject to customary confidentiality arrangements.

 

   

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2.2 Piggy-Back Registration Rights

 

During the term of this Agreement, if, at any time and from time to time from and after the date hereof, the Company proposes to make a Distribution for its own account, the Company shall, at that time, promptly give the Holders written notice (the “Piggy-Back Notice”) of the proposed Distribution. Upon the written request of the Holder to the Company given within five Business Days after receipt of the Piggy-Back Notice that the Holder wishes to include a specified number of the Registrable Securities in the Distribution (provided that if such proposed Distribution is to be effected as a bought deal, the Company shall have provided notice thereof to the Holders as promptly as practicable in the circumstances, in which case the Holder shall be required to respond in a manner consistent with the time periods typical for transactions of such nature, and in any event prior to the launch or public announcement of such bought deal), the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to, in conjunction with the proposed Distribution, cause to be qualified or registered, as applicable, in such Distribution the Registrable Securities requested to be qualified or registered, as applicable, by the Holder to be included in the Distribution (a “Piggy- Back Registration”), provided that if the managing underwriter or underwriters of such proposed Distribution, acting in good faith, advise the Company and the Holders in writing that, in its or their judgment, the inclusion of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in the proposed Distribution should be limited because the number of Common Shares proposed to be distributed may not be sold in an orderly manner within a price range reasonably acceptable to the Company or is likely to have an adverse effect on the successful marketing of the Distribution, then the maximum number of Common Shares that the managing underwriter advises or managing underwriters advise should be Distributed will be allocated as follows: (i) first, to the number of Common Shares that the Company proposes to Distribute for its own account; (ii) second, to the number of Registrable Securities requested to be qualified or registered, as applicable, by the Holder, on a pro rata basis, pursuant to this Section 2.2; and (iii) third, to the number of Common Shares requested to be qualified or registered by any other shareholder of the Company, if any, on a pro rata basis, that may be accommodated in such Distribution. The procedures set forth in Section 2.5 shall apply to any exercise of a Piggy-Back Registration right.

 

2.3 Withdrawal of Registrable Securities

 

(a) The Holder shall have the right to withdraw its request for inclusion of its Registrable Securities in any Demand Registration or Piggy-Back Registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2 by giving written notice to the Company of its request to withdraw; provided, however, that:

 

   

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(i) such request shall be made in writing prior to the execution of a binding bought deal letter or underwriting agreement with respect to such Distribution; and

 

(ii) such withdrawal shall be irrevocable and, after making such withdrawal, the Holder shall no longer have any right to include its Registrable Securities in the Distribution pertaining to which such withdrawal was made.

 

(b) Provided that the Holder withdraws all of its Registrable Securities from a Demand Registration or a Piggy-Back Registration in accordance with Section 2.3(a) prior to the filing of an applicable Prospectus or a Registration Statement, the Holder shall be deemed to not have participated in or requested such Demand Registration or a Piggy-Back Registration, as applicable. For greater certainty, if the Holder withdraws its request for a Demand Registration following the execution by the Company of a binding bought deal letter or underwriting agreement, such withdrawal will count towards determining whether the Holder has exercised its right to a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the Holder withdraws its request for inclusion of its Registrable Securities from a Demand Registration or Piggy-Back Registration at any time after having learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business or prospects of the Company, the Holder shall not be deemed to have participated in or requested such Demand Registration or Piggy- Back Registration.

 

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company postpones the filing of a Prospectus or a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(vi) and if the Holder, at any time prior to receiving written notice that the Valid Business Reason for such postponement no longer exists, advises the Company in writing that it has determined to withdraw its request for a Demand Registration, then such Demand Registration and the request therefor shall be deemed to be withdrawn and such request shall be deemed not to have been made for purposes of determining whether the Holder exercised its right to a Demand Registration.

 

2.4 Expenses

 

All expenses (other than (a) share transfer taxes, and (b) any underwriters’ discounts, fees or commissions, if any, related to any Registrable Securities which shall be borne by the Holder (collectively, the “Holder’s Expenses”)), incurred in connection with a Demand Registration or Piggy-Back Registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2, as applicable, including, (i) Securities Regulators, SEC, FINRA, and stock exchange registration, listing and filing fees relating to the Registrable Securities, (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with Securities Laws and the U.S. Securities Act, (iii) printing and copying expenses, (iv) messenger and delivery expenses, (v) expenses incurred in connection with any road show and marketing activities, (vi) fees and disbursements of counsel to the Company, (vii) reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one special counsel to the Holder; (viii) fees and disbursements of all independent public accountants (including the expenses of any audit and/or “comfort” letter) and fees and expenses of any other special experts retained by the Company, (ix) translation expenses, and (x) any other fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities (but excluding the Holder’s Expenses), shall be borne by the Company.

 

   

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2.5 Registration Procedures

 

(a) In connection with the Demand Registration and Piggy-Back Registration obligations pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the qualification and/or registration, as applicable, for the offer and sale or other disposition or Distribution of Registrable Securities of the Holder in one or more of the Qualifying Jurisdictions and/or the United States, as elected by the Holder, and in furtherance thereof, the Company shall:

 

(i) as expeditiously as practicable, prepare and file in the English language and, if required, the French language, with the Securities Regulators an applicable Prospectus and/or with the SEC a Registration Statement, as applicable, and, promptly thereafter, a final Prospectus (if applicable) and all required pre-effective amendments to the Registration Statement under and in compliance with the applicable Securities Laws, relating to the applicable Demand Registration or Piggy-Back Registration, including all exhibits, financial statements and such other related documents required by the Securities Regulators and the SEC to be filed therewith, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Prospectus to be receipted (if applicable) and/or such Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC or otherwise become effective as soon as reasonably practicable;

 

(ii) prepare and file with the Securities Regulators and/or the SEC such amendments and supplements to the applicable Prospectus and/or such pre- effective and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and supplements to any Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, as applicable, as may be necessary to complete the Distribution of all such Registrable Securities and as required under the Securities Act and the U.S. Securities Act or under any applicable provisions of Securities Laws and the U.S. Securities Act;

 

(iii) promptly notify the Holder and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and (if requested) confirm such advice in writing, as soon as practicable after notice thereof is received by the Company: (A) when any applicable Prospectus and/or the Registration Statement, as applicable, or any amendment thereto has been filed or been receipted or declared or otherwise become effective, (B) of any request by the Securities Regulators or the SEC for amendments to the applicable Prospectus or the Registration Statement or for additional information; (C) of the issuance by the Securities Regulators or the SEC of any stop order or cease trade order relating to the applicable Prospectus or the Registration Statement or any order preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus or the Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for such purposes; and (D) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or registration of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;

 

   

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(iv) promptly notify the Holder and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, when the Company becomes aware of the happening of any event as a result of which the applicable Prospectus or the Registration Statement: (X)    contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statement therein not misleading, or not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; (Y)   fails to constitute full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts regarding the Company and the Registrable Securities; or (Z) if for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the applicable Prospectus or the Registration Statement in order to comply with Securities Laws or the U.S. Securities Act and, in any case, as promptly as practicable, prepare and file with the Securities Regulators and/or the SEC, as applicable, a supplement or amendment to such Prospectus or the Registration Statement which shall correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;

 

(v) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any stop order, cease trade order or other order against the Company or affecting the securities of the Company, suspending the use of any applicable Prospectus or the Registration Statement or suspending the qualification or registration of any Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus or Registration Statement, and to resist the initiation or the threatening of any proceedings for such purposes;

 

(vi) furnish to the Holder and each underwriter or underwriters, if any, without charge, one executed copy and as many conformed copies as they may reasonably request, of any applicable Prospectus and/or the Registration Statement, as applicable, including financial statements and schedules and all documents incorporated therein by reference, and provide the Holder and its counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and provide comments to the Company on any applicable Prospectus and/or the Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto;

 

(vii) deliver to the Holder and the underwriter or underwriters, if any, without charge, as many commercial copies of any applicable Prospectus and/or the preliminary U.S. Prospectus and final U.S. Prospectus, as applicable, and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request (it being understood that the Company consents to the use of any such applicable Prospectus and/or the preliminary U.S. Prospectus and final U.S. Prospectus, as applicable, or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Holder and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus, Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto) and such other documents as the Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities by such Person;

   

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(viii) on or prior to the date on which a receipt is issued for an applicable Prospectus by the applicable Securities Regulators, or the date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective, as applicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to qualify, and cooperate with the Holder, the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the qualification of, such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of any country other than Canada or the United States as any such Person or underwriter reasonably requests in writing, provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

 

(ix) in connection with any underwritten offering, enter into customary agreements, including an underwriting agreement with the underwriter or underwriters, such agreements to contain such representations and warranties by the Company and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in underwriting agreements with respect to secondary distributions and indemnification provisions and/or agreements substantially consistent with Article 3, but in any event, which agreements shall contain provisions for the indemnification by the underwriter or underwriters in favour of the Company with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Prospectus and/or the Registration Statement included in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any underwriter in writing specifically for inclusion therein;

 

(x) not withdraw its notice declaring its intention to be qualified to file a short form prospectus as permitted by applicable Securities Laws;

 

(xi) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a customary legal opinion, in the form and substance as is customarily given by external company counsel in securities offerings, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and such other Persons as the underwriting agreement may reasonably specify, and a customary “comfort letter” from the Company’s auditor and/or the auditors of any financial statements included or incorporated by reference in any Prospectus and/or the Registration Statement;

 

(xii) furnish to the Holder and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and such other Persons as the Holder may reasonably specify, such corporate certificates, satisfactory to the Holder acting reasonably, as are customarily furnished in securities offerings, and, in each case, covering substantially the same matters as are customarily covered in such documents in the relevant jurisdictions and such other matters as the Holder may reasonably request;

 

(xiii) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for such Common Shares not later than the date a receipt is issued for any final Prospectus by the applicable Securities Regulators, the date an applicable prospectus supplement is first publicly filed or the date that the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Common Shares covered by such Prospectus and/or such Registration Statement to be listed or quoted on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which Common Shares are then listed or quoted;

 

   

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(xiv) use commercially reasonable efforts to make available, to the extent required and for a period not to exceed 5 Business Days, its senior executives for participation in a customary offering marketing process, including investor meetings, conference calls, a “road show” and other marketing efforts and otherwise provide reasonable assistance to the managing underwriter or underwriters, taking into account the requirements of the marketing process, in marketing the Registrable Securities; and

 

(xv) take such other actions and execute and deliver such other documents as may be reasonably necessary to give full effect to the rights of the Holder under the Agreement.

 

(b) The Company may require the Holder to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Distribution of such Registrable Securities, the intended method of disposition thereof, and such other information relating to the Holder and its beneficial ownership of Common Shares as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing in order to comply with applicable Securities Laws in each jurisdiction in which a Demand Registration or Piggy-Back Registration is to be effected and the U.S. Securities Act. The Holder agrees to furnish such information to the Company and to cooperate with the Company as necessary to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Agreement and applicable Securities Laws and the U.S. Securities Act. The Holder shall promptly notify the Company when the Holder becomes aware of the happening of any event as a result of which, with respect to the Holder and the Registered Securities: (X) any applicable Prospectus or the Registration Statement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; (Y) any applicable Prospectus fails to contain full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts relating to the Company and the Common Shares; or (Z) if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such time period to amend or supplement any applicable Prospectus or the Registration Statement in order to comply with Securities Laws or the U.S. Securities Act. In addition, the Holder shall, if required under applicable Securities Laws, execute any certificate forming part of any applicable Prospectus required to be filed with the applicable Securities Regulators.

 

(c) In connection with any underwritten offering in connection with a Demand Registration or a Piggy-Back Registration, the Holder shall enter into customary agreements, including an underwriting agreement with the underwriter or underwriters, such agreements to contain such representations and warranties by the Holder and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in underwriting agreements with respect to secondary distributions and indemnification provisions and/or agreements substantially consistent with Article 3, but in any event, which agreements shall contain provisions for the indemnification by the underwriter or underwriters in favour of the Holder with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Prospectus or the Registration Statement included in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the underwriter in writing specifically for inclusion therein.

 

   

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3. Indemnification

 

3.1 Indemnification by the Company

 

In connection with any Demand Registration and/or Piggy-Back Registration, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Holder and its Affiliates and each of their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any loss (excluding loss of profits), liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), including any amounts paid in settlement of any investigation, order, litigation, proceeding or claim, joint or several, incurred and (i) arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus or Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, or (ii) arising out of or based upon any failure by the Company to comply with applicable Securities Laws or the U.S. Securities Act; provided that the Company shall not be liable under this Section 3.1 for any settlement of any action effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided further that the indemnity provided for in this Section 3.1, in respect of the Holder or its Affiliates shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent incurred, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Holder for use in the Prospectus or the Registration Statement. The Company shall advance such indemnification amounts to the Holders as incurred. Any amounts advanced by the Company to an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 3.1 as a result of such losses shall be returned to the Company if it is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a judgment not subject to appeal or final review that such Indemnified Party was not entitled to indemnification by the Company.

 

3.2 Indemnification by the Holder

 

(a) In connection with any Demand Registration and/or Piggy-Back Registration, the Holder shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its Affiliates, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any loss (excluding loss of profits), liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), including any amounts paid in settlement of any investigation, order, litigation, proceeding or claim, joint or several, incurred and (i) arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus or the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, in any case to the extent made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Holder for use in the Prospectus or Registration Statement or (ii) arising out of or based upon any failure of the Holders to comply with applicable Securities Laws or the U.S. Securities Act (other than any failure to comply with applicable Securities Laws or the U.S. Securities Act by the Company); provided that the Holder shall not be liable under this Section 3.2(a) for any settlement of any action effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided further that the indemnity provided for in this Section 3.2(a) shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission contained in any Prospectus or Registration Statement relating to a Demand Registration and/or Piggy Back Registration if the Company or any underwriter failed to send or deliver a copy of the Prospectus or the U.S. Prospectus, as applicable, to the Person asserting such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses on or prior to the delivery of written confirmation of any sale of securities covered thereby to such Person in any case where such Prospectus or U.S. Prospectus corrected such untrue statement or omission. Any amounts advanced by the Holder to an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 3.2(a) as a result of such losses shall be returned to the Holder if it is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a judgment not subject to appeal or final review that such Indemnified Party was not entitled to indemnification by the Holder.

 

   

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(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement, in connection with any Demand Registration or any Piggy-Back Registration, in no event shall the Holder be liable for indemnification or contribution hereunder for an amount greater than the lesser of: (i) the net sales proceeds actually received by the Holder; and (ii) the Holder’s proportionate share of any such liability based on the net sales proceeds actually received by the Holder and the aggregate net sales proceeds of the Distribution, except in the case of fraud or wilful misconduct by the Holder.

 

3.3 Defence of the Action by the Indemnifying Parties

 

Each party entitled to indemnification under this Article 3 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, but the omission to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to the Indemnified Party pursuant to the provisions of this Article 3 except to the extent of the damage or prejudice actually suffered by such delay in notification. The Indemnifying Party shall assume the defence of such action, including the employment of counsel to be chosen by the Indemnifying Party to the reasonable satisfaction of the Indemnified Party, and the payment of expenses. The Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such case, but the legal fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnified Party, unless the employment of such counsel is authorized in writing by the Indemnifying Party in connection with the defence of such action, or the Indemnifying Party shall not have employed counsel to take charge of the defence of such action or representation of such Indemnified Party by the counsel retained by the Indemnifying Party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential conflicting interests between such Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding (in which case the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to direct the defence of such action on behalf of the Indemnified Party), in any of which events the reasonable fees and expenses shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party, provided, further, that the Indemnifying Party shall not be required to pay the expenses of more than one law firm in any applicable jurisdiction as counsel for all Indemnified Parties pursuant to this sentence. No Indemnifying Party, in the defence of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. No Indemnified Party shall settle any claim or litigation resulting therefrom without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

   

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3.4 Contribution

 

If the indemnification provided for in Section 3.1 or Section 3.2, as applicable, is unavailable to a party that would have been an Indemnified Party under Section 3.1 or Section 3.2, as applicable, in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses referred to herein, then each party that would have been an Indemnifying Party hereunder shall, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and such Indemnified Party on the other hand in connection with the statement, omission or conduct which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or such Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided, however, that, in any such case, no Person guilty of misrepresentation within the meaning of applicable Securities Laws and/or fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act, as applicable, shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of misrepresentation. The amount paid or payable by a party under this Section 3.4 as a result of the losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The Company and the Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 3.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 3.4.

 

3.5 Holder is Trustee

 

The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that, with respect to this Article 3, the Holder is contracting on its own behalf and as agent for the other Indemnified Parties referred to in this Article 3. In this regard, the Holder shall act as trustee for such Indemnified Parties of the covenants of the Company under this Article 3 with respect to such Indemnified Parties and accepts these trusts and shall hold and enforce those covenants on behalf of such Indemnified Parties.

   

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3.6 Company is Trustee

 

The Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that, with respect to this Article 3, the Company is contracting on its own behalf and as agent for the other Indemnified Parties referred to in this Article 3. In this regard, the Company shall act as trustee for such Indemnified Parties of the covenants of the Holders under this Article 3 with respect to such Indemnified Parties and accepts these trusts and shall hold and enforce those covenants on behalf of such Indemnified Parties.

 

4. Restriction on Other Registration Rights

 

The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of the Company’s securities that grants such holder or prospective holder rights to include securities of the Company in any Prospectus or Registration Statement, unless such rights are subordinated to the registration rights granted herein.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.4

 

 

 

 

 

TRUST INDENTURE

 

between

 

JUST ENERGY GROUP INC.

 

- and -

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Providing for the Issue of Note

 

Dated as of September 28, 2020

 

 

   

   

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION 1  
1.1 Definitions 1  
1.2 Meaning of “Outstanding” 6  
1.3 Headings 6  
1.4 Time of Essence 6  
1.5 References 7  
  1.6 Certain Rules of Interpretation 7  
1.7 Day Not a Business Day 7  
  1.8 Applicable Law 7  
1.9 Conflict 7  
  1.10 Currency 7  
1.11 Calculations 7  
1.12 Language 7  
  1.13 Severability 8  
1.14 Entire Agreement 8  
  1.15 Successors and Assigns 8  
1.16 Benefits of Indenture 8  
1.17 Schedules 8  

 

ARTICLE 2 THE NOTE 8  
2.1 Form and Terms of Note 8  
2.2 Issue of Global Note 11  
  2.3 Execution of Note 12  
2.4 Certification 12  
2.5 Interim Note or Certificate 13  
  2.6 Mutilation, Loss, Theft or Destruction 13  
2.7 Concerning Interest 13  
2.8 Note to Rank Pari Passu 14  
2.9 Payments of Amounts Due on Maturity 14  
  2.10 Payment of Interest 15  
2.11 Withholding Tax 15  

 

ARTICLE 3 REGISTRATION, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE AND OWNERSHIP 16  
3.1 Fully-Registered Note 16  
  3.2 Global Note, Book Entry Only Note or Book Based Only Note 16  
3.3 Transferee Entitled to Registration 19  
  3.4 No Notice of Trusts 19  
3.5 Registers Open for Inspection 19  
3.6 [Intentionally Deleted] 20  
  3.7 Closing of Registers 20  
3.8 Charges for Registration, Transfer and Exchange 20  
  3.9 Ownership of the Note 21  
3.10 [Intentionally deleted] 21  

 

   

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ARTICLE 4 REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF THE NOTE AND CERTAIN PAYMENTS ON MATURITY 21  
  4.1 Applicability of Article 21  
4.2 Partial Redemption 22  
4.3 Notice of Redemption 22  
4.4 Note Due on Redemption Date 22  
4.5 Deposit of Redemption Monies 23  
4.6 Failure to Surrender Note Called for Redemption 23  
4.7 Cancellation of Note Redeemed 24  
4.8 Purchase of the Note by the Corporation 24  
4.9 Deposit of Maturity Monies 24  

 

ARTICLE 5 SUBORDINATION OF THE NOTE 24  
5.1 Applicability of Article 24  
5.2 Order of Payment 25  
5.3 Subrogation to Rights of Senior Creditors 26  
5.4 Obligation to Pay Not Impaired 26  
5.5 No Payment if Senior Indebtedness in Default 26  
5.6 Payment on Note Permitted 27  
5.7 Confirmation of Subordination 28  
5.8 Knowledge of Note Trustee 28  
5.9 Note Trustee May Hold Senior Indebtedness 28  
5.10 Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not Impaired 28  
5.11 Altering the Senior Indebtedness 28  
5.12 Additional Indebtedness 28  
5.13 Invalidated Payments 29  
5.14 Contesting Security 29  
5.15 Obligations Created by Article 5 29  
5.16 No Set-Off 29  
5.17 Amendments to Article 5 29  

 

ARTICLE 6 COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION 30  
6.1 To Pay Principal, Premium (if any) and Interest 30  
6.2 To Pay Note Trustee’s Remuneration 30  
6.3 To Give Notice of Default 30  
6.4 Preservation of Existence, etc. 30  
6.5 Keeping of Books 30  
6.6 Annual Certificate of Compliance 30  
6.7 Performance of Covenants by Note Trustee 31  
6.8 Maintain Listing 31  

 

ARTICLE 7 DEFAULT 31  
7.1 Events of Default 31  
7.2 Notice of Events of Default 32  
7.3 Waiver of Default 32  
7.4 Enforcement by the Note Trustee 33  
7.5 No Suits by Noteholders 34  
7.6 Application of Monies by Note Trustee 34  
7.7 Notice of Payment by Note Trustee 35  
7.8 Note Trustee May Demand Production of Note 35  
7.9 Remedies Cumulative 36  
7.10 Judgment Against the Corporation 36  
7.11 Immunity of Directors, Officers and Others 36  

 

   

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ARTICLE 8 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 36  
8.1 Cancellation 36  
8.2 Non-Presentation of the Note 36  
8.3 Repayment of Unclaimed Monies 37  
8.4 Discharge 37  
8.5 Satisfaction 37  
8.6 Continuance of Rights, Duties and Obligations 39  

 

ARTICLE 9 SUCCESSORS 39  
9.1 Restrictions on Amalgamation, Merger and Sale of Certain Assets, etc 39  
9.2 Vesting of Powers in Successor 40  

 

ARTICLE 10 COMPULSORY ACQUISITION 41  
10.1 Definitions 41  
10.2 Offer for Note 41  
10.3 Offeror’s Notice to Dissenting Noteholders 41  
10.4 Delivery of Note Certificates 42  
10.5 Payment of Consideration to Note Trustee 42  
10.6 Consideration to be held in Trust 42  
10.7 Completion of Transfer of Note to Offeror 42  
10.8 Communication of Offer to the Corporation 43  

 

ARTICLE 11 MEETINGS OF NOTEHOLDERS 43  
11.1 Right to Convene Meeting 43  
11.2 Notice of Meetings 43  
11.3 Chairman 43  
11.4 Quorum 44  
11.5 Power to Adjourn 44  
11.6 Show of Hands 44  
11.7 Poll 44  
11.8 Voting 44  
11.9 Proxies 45  
11.10 Persons Entitled to Attend Meetings 45  
11.11 Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution 45  
11.12 Meaning of “Extraordinary Resolution” 47  
11.13 Unanimous Approval by Noteholders 47  
11.14 Powers Cumulative 48  
11.15 Minutes 48  
11.16 Instruments in Writing 48  
11.17 Binding Effect of Resolutions 48  
11.18 Evidence of Rights of Noteholders 48  
11.19 Record Dates 48  

 

ARTICLE 12 NOTICES 49  
12.1 Notice to the Corporation 49  
12.2 Notice to Noteholders 49  
12.3 Notice to Note Trustee 50  
12.4 Mail Service Interruption 50  

 

   

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ARTICLE 13 CONCERNING THE NOTE TRUSTEE 50  
13.1 Trust Indenture Legislation 50  
13.2 No Conflict of Interest 50  
13.3 Replacement of Note Trustee 51  
13.4 Duties of Note Trustee 51  
13.5 Reliance Upon Declarations, Opinions, etc. 51  
13.6 Evidence and Authority to Note Trustee, Opinions, etc. 52  
13.7 Officer’s Certificates Evidence 53  
13.8 Experts, Advisers and Agents 53  
13.9 Note Trustee May Deal in Note 53  
13.10 Investment of Monies Held by Note Trustee 53  
13.11 Note Trustee Not Ordinarily Bound 54  
13.12 Note Trustee Not Required to Give Security 54  
13.13 Note Trustee Not Bound to Act on the Corporation’s Request 54  
13.14 Note Trustee Protected in Acting 54  
13.15 Conditions Precedent to Note Trustee’s Obligations to Act Hereunder 55  
13.16 Authority to Carry on Business 55  
13.17 Compensation and Indemnity 55  
13.18 Anti-Money Laundering 56  
13.19 Acceptance of Trust 56  
13.20 Privacy Laws 56  
13.21 Force Majeure 57  
13.22 SEC Reporting Issuer Status 57  
13.23 Third Party Interest 57  

 

ARTICLE 14 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 57  
  14.1 Supplemental Indentures 57  

 

 

ARTICLE 15 EXECUTION AND FORMAL DATE 58  
15.1 Execution 58  
15.2 Contracts of the Corporation 59  
15.3 Formal Date 59  

 

 

 

 

   

   

TRUST INDENTURE

 

THIS TRUST INDENTURE is made as of the 28th day of September, 2020.

 

BETWEEN: JUST ENERGY GROUP INC., a corporation governed under the federal laws of Canada (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”)
   
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  COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA, a trust company
  incorporated under the federal laws of Canada (hereinafter referred to as the “Note Trustee”)

 

WHEREAS the Corporation deems it necessary for its purposes to create and issue the Note to be created and issued in the manner hereinafter appearing;

 

WHEREAS the Corporation, under the laws relating to it, is duly authorized to create and issue the Note as herein provided;

 

WHEREAS, when certified by the Note Trustee and issued as provided in this Indenture, all necessary steps have been duly enacted, passed and/or confirmed and other proceedings taken and conditions complied with, in each case by the Corporation, to make the creation and issue of the Note issued hereunder legal, valid and binding on the Corporation in accordance with the laws relating to the Corporation; and

 

WHEREAS the foregoing recitals are made as representations and statements of fact by the Corporation and not by the Note Trustee;

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that for good and valuable consideration mutually given and received, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, it is hereby agreed and declared as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

 

1.1 Definitions

 

In this agreement and the recitals above, unless there is something in the subject matter or context inconsistent therewith or unless otherwise expressly provided, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set out below and grammatical variations of such terms shall have corresponding meanings:

 

(a) this Indenture”, “hereto”, “herein”, “hereby”, “hereunder”, “hereof” and similar expressions refer to this Indenture and not to any particular Article, Section, subsection, clause, subdivision or other portion hereof and include any and every instrument supplemental or ancillary hereto;

 

(b) Acceptance Notice” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.1(e)(iii);

 

(c) Affiliate” and “Associate”, when used to indicate a relationship with a person or company, have the respective meanings as ascribed thereto in the Securities Act (Ontario);

 

   

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(d) Applicable Securities Legislation” means applicable securities laws (including published rules, regulations, policies, blanket orders, rulings and instruments) in each of the Provinces of Canada;

 

(e) Authorized Officer” means authorized officer(s) of the Corporation;

 

(f) Beneficial Holder” means any person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note, a Book Entry Only Note or a Book Based Only Note, as applicable, as shown on the books of the Depository or a Depository Participant;

 

(g) Book Based Only Note” means a Note issued under this Indenture in non-certificated form which is held only by way of a book based (electronic) register maintained by the Note Trustee;

 

(h) Book Entry Only Note” means a Note issued under this Indenture which is held only by or on behalf of the Depository;

 

(i) Business Day” means any day which is not Saturday or Sunday or a statutory holiday in the Province of Ontario or any other day on which businesses of the Note Trustee and Canadian banks are generally closed;

 

(j) CDS” means CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc.;

 

(k) Change of Control” means the acquisition by any person, or group of persons acting jointly or in concert, of voting control or direction of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation and, for greater certainty, excludes an acquisition, merger, reorganization, amalgamation, arrangement, combination or other similar transaction involving the Corporation if immediately after the closing of such transaction no person, or group of persons acting jointly or in concert, holds voting control or direction over more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation or the successor entity resulting from such transaction;

 

(l) Change of Control Purchase Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto to it in Section 2.1(e)(v);

 

(m) Corporation” means Just Energy Group Inc. and includes any successor to or of the Corporation that shall have complied with the provisions of Article 9;

 

(n) Counsel” means a barrister or solicitor or a firm of barristers or solicitors, who may be counsel for the Corporation, acceptable to the Note Trustee, acting reasonably;

 

(o) deemed year” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.7(b);

 

(p) Depository” means, with respect to the Note issuable or issued in the form of a Global Note, a Book Entry Only Note or a Book Based Only Note, in either case the person designated as depository by the Corporation pursuant to Section 3.2 until a successor depository shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depository” shall mean each person who is then a depository hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depository” as used with respect to the Note shall mean each depository with respect to the Global Note, Book Entry Only Note or Book Based Only Note, as the case may be, and, the Depository shall initially be CDS;

 

 

   

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(q) Depository Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other person for whom a Depository from time to time effects book-entries for a Global Note deposited with the Depository or for a Book Based Only Note;

 

(r) Directors” means the directors of the Corporation on the date hereof or such directors as may, from time to time, be appointed or elected directors of the Corporation pursuant to the Corporation’s articles and applicable laws, and “Director” means any one of them, and reference to action by the Directors means action by the Directors as a board;

 

(s) Event of Default” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.1;

 

(t) Expiry Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.1(e)(i);

 

(u) Expiry Time” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.1(e)(i);

 

(v) Extraordinary Resolution” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.12;

 

(w) Fully-Registered Note” means the Note (other than Global Note or Book Based Only Note) registered as to principal, premium, if any, and interest;

 

(x) generally accepted accounting principles” means generally accepted accounting principles in Canada, as amended from time to time, as applicable to the Corporation and for greater certainty includes International Financial Reporting Standards as and to the extent applicable to the Corporation;

 

(y) Global Note” means a Note that is issued to and registered in the name of the Depository, or its nominee, pursuant to Section 2.2 for purposes of being held by or on behalf of the Depository as custodian for participants in the Depository’s book-entry only registration system;

 

(z) Indenture Legislation” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13.1(a);
     
(aa) Interest Payment Date” means a date specified for the Note as the date on which an installment of interest on the Note shall be due and payable and which, for the Note shall be semi-annually on September 15 and March 15 in each year, commencing on March 15, 2021, computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months;
     
  (bb) Just Energy Group” means the Corporation together with its Subsidiaries;
     
  (cc) Material Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Corporation for which: (A) such Subsidiary’s share of the Corporation’s consolidated assets exceeds 20% of the consolidated assets of the Corporation calculated using the audited annual financial statements of the Corporation for the most recently completed financial year of the Corporation; or (B) the Corporation’s consolidated investments in and advances to such Subsidiary, as at the relevant date for the purposes of Section 7.1, exceeds 20% of the consolidated assets of the Corporation as at the last day of the most recently completed financial year of the Corporation; or (C) such Subsidiary’s proportionate share of the consolidated specified profit or loss of the Corporation exceeds 20% of the consolidated specified profit or loss of the Corporation calculated using the audited annual financial statements of the Corporation for the most recently completed financial year of the Corporation;
     
  (dd) Maturity Date” means September 27, 2026;

   

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  (ee) Note” means the note designated as “7% Unsecured Subordinated Note due September 27, 2026” and described in Section 2.1 evidencing indebtedness of the Corporation issued and certified hereunder, and for the time being outstanding, whether in definitive, uncertificated or interim form or in the form of Global Note;
     
  (ff) Note Liabilities” means the indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Corporation under the Note, including on account of principal, interest or otherwise upon any redemption pursuant to Article 4, or at maturity pursuant to Article 4;
     
(gg) Note Trustee” means Computershare Trust Company of Canada or its successor or successors for the time being as trustee hereunder;
     
  (hh) Noteholders” or “holders” means the persons for the time being entered in the register for the Note as registered holders of the Note or any transferees of such persons by endorsement or delivery;
     
(ii) Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of the Corporation signed by any one of the Directors or any one Authorized Officer, on behalf of the Corporation, in such capacity, and not in his or her personal capacity;
     
(jj) PIK Interest” means, with respect to payments in respect of the Note on account of interest, payments made in kind (and not in cash) and added and capitalized to the outstanding principal amount of the Note.
     
  (kk) Person” means and includes individuals, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, joint stock companies, limited liability companies, joint ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, pension funds, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities and governments, governmental agencies and political subdivisions thereof;
     
  (ll) Privacy Laws” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 13.20;
     
  (mm) Redemption Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.3;
     
  (nn) Redemption Notice” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.3;
     
(oo) Redemption Price” means, in respect of a Note, the amount, including accrued interest, payable on the Redemption Date fixed for the Note payable in cash;
     
  (pp) Subordinated Term Loan” means the first amended and restated loan agreement dated September 28, 2020 among, inter alios, Just Energy Group Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as administrative agent, as amended, restated and supplemented from time to time;
     
  (qq) SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
     
  (rr) Senior Credit Facility” means the ninth amended and restated credit agreement dated September 28, 2020 among, inter alios, Just Energy Ontario L.P., Just Energy (U.S.) Corp. and National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, as amended, restated and supplemented from time to time;

 

 

   

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(ss) Senior Creditor” means a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness and includes any agent or agents, representative or representatives, or trustee or trustees of any such holder or holders;
     
(tt) Senior Indebtedness” means the principal of, premium or make-whole amount, if any, and interest on and other amounts in respect of, all existing and future senior indebtedness of the Corporation (including any indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facility and the Subordinated Term Loan, to trade and certain other creditors of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, and any future indebtedness which is stated as ranking senior to the Note) and indebtedness preferred by mandatory provisions of law (whether outstanding as at the date hereof or thereafter incurred), other than (i) indebtedness evidenced by the Note and (ii) all other existing and future notes or other instruments of the Corporation which, by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing the indebtedness, is expressed to be pari passu with, or subordinate in right of payment to, the Note or other indebtedness ranking pari passu with the Note; and provided that Senior Indebtedness shall not include the indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of a Subsidiary of the Corporation to the extent the Corporation is a creditor of such Subsidiary ranking at least pari passu with such indebtedness, liabilities or obligations;
     
  (uu) Senior Security” means all mortgages, hypothecs, liens, pledges, charges (whether fixed or floating), security interests or other encumbrances of any kind, contingent or absolute, held by or on behalf of any Senior Creditor and in any manner securing any Senior Indebtedness;
     
  (vv) Shares” means common shares of the Corporation, as such common shares are constituted on the date of execution and delivery of this Indenture; provided that in the event of a change or a subdivision, redivision, reduction, combination or consolidation thereof, any reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, sale or conveyance or liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, or such successive changes, subdivisions, redivisions, reductions, combinations or consolidations, reclassifications, capital reorganizations, consolidations, amalgamations, arrangements, mergers, sales or conveyances or liquidations, dissolutions or winding-ups, then, “Shares” shall mean the shares or other securities or property resulting from such change, subdivision, redivision, reduction, combination or consolidation, reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, sale or conveyance or liquidation, dissolution or winding-up;
     
  (ww) Subsidiary” when used to indicate a relationship with a person or company, has the same meaning as set out in the Canada Business Corporations Act;
     
  (xx) Successor” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 9.1(a);
     
  (yy) Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) and the regulations thereunder as amended from time to time;
     
  (zz) U.S. Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
     
  (aaa) United States” means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of the United States of America and the District of Columbia;

 

   

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  (bbb) Written Direction of the Corporation” means an instrument in writing signed (including electronic signatures and facsimile form) by any Director of the Corporation or any Authorized Officer of the Corporation on behalf of the Corporation.

 

1.2 Meaning of Outstanding

 

The Note certified and delivered by the Note Trustee, or issued as an electronic position on the register of Noteholders to be maintained by the Note Trustee, hereunder shall be deemed to be outstanding until it is cancelled, repurchased, redeemed or delivered to the Note Trustee for cancellation, repurchase or redemption and monies for the payment thereof shall have been set aside under Article 8, provided that:

 

(a) If the Note has been partially redeemed or purchased, the Note shall be deemed to be outstanding only to the extent of the unredeemed or unpurchased part of the principal amount thereof;

 

(b) when a new Note has been issued in substitution for a Note which has been lost, stolen or destroyed, such Note shall be counted for the purpose of determining the aggregate principal amount of the Note outstanding; and

 

(c) for the purposes of any provision of this Indenture entitling holders of the outstanding Note to vote, sign consents, requisitions or other instruments or take any other action under this Indenture, or to constitute a quorum of any meeting of Noteholders, the part of the Note owned directly or indirectly by the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation shall be disregarded except that:

 

(i) for the purpose of determining whether the Note Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such vote, consent, requisition or other instrument or action, or on the holders of the Note present or represented at any meeting of Noteholders, only the part of the Note which the Note Trustee knows is so owned shall be so disregarded;

 

(ii) the part of the Note so owned which have been pledged in good faith other than to the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation shall not be so disregarded if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Note Trustee the pledgee’s right to vote the Note, sign consents, requisitions or other instruments or take such other actions in his discretion free from the control of the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation; and

 

(iii) The Note so owned shall not be disregarded if they are the only Note outstanding.

 

1.3 Headings

 

The headings, the table of contents and the division of this Indenture into Articles and Sections are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Indenture.

 

1.4 Time of Essence

 

Time shall be of the essence of this Indenture.

 

   

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1.5 References

 

Unless otherwise specified in this Indenture references to Articles, Sections and Schedules are to Articles, Sections and Schedules in this Indenture.

 

1.6 Certain Rules of Interpretation

 

Unless otherwise specified in this Indenture:

 

(a) the singular includes the plural and vice versa; and

 

(b) references to any gender shall include references to all genders.

 

1.7 Day Not a Business Day

 

In the event that any day on or before which any action is required to be taken hereunder is not a Business Day, then such action shall be required to be taken at or before the requisite time on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, provided that there will be no adjustment of amounts to be paid in respect of interest if a scheduled payment falls on a day that is not a Business Day.

 

1.8 Applicable Law

 

This Indenture and the Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. For the purpose of all legal proceedings, this Indenture will be deemed to have been performed in the Province of Ontario and the courts of the Province of Ontario will have jurisdiction to entertain any action arising under this Agreement. The Corporation and the Note Trustee attorn to the jurisdiction of the courts of Province of Ontario.

 

1.9 Conflict

 

In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between a provision in the body of this Indenture and in the Note issued hereunder, the provision in the body of this Indenture shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.

 

1.10 Currency

 

Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts expressed in this Indenture and in the Note are in lawful money of the Canada and all payments required to be made hereunder and thereunder shall be made in Canadian dollars.

 

1.11 Calculations

 

The Corporation shall be responsible for making all calculations called for hereunder. The Corporation shall make such calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Corporation’s calculations shall be final and binding on holders and the Note Trustee. The Corporation will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Note Trustee and the Note Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of such calculations without independent verification.

 

1.12 Language

 

Each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges that it has consented to and requested that this Indenture and all documents relating thereto, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the form of Global Note attached hereto as Schedule A, be drawn up in the English language only. Les parties aux présentes reconnaissent avoir accepté et demandé que le présent acte de fiducie et tous les documents s'y rapportant, y compris, sans restreindre la portée générale de ce qui précède, le formulaire de Note joint aux présentes à titre d'annexe A, soient rédigés en longue anglaise seulement.

 

   

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1.13 Severability

 

Each of the provisions in this Indenture is distinct and severable and a declaration of invalidity or unenforceability of any such provision or part thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any of the other provisions hereof.

 

1.14 Entire Agreement

 

This Indenture and all supplemental indentures and schedules hereto and thereto, and the Note issued hereunder and thereunder, together constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the indebtedness created hereunder and thereunder and under the Note and supersedes as of the date hereof all prior memoranda, agreements, negotiations, discussions and term sheets, whether oral or written, with respect to the indebtedness created hereunder or thereunder and under the Note.

 

1.15 Successors and Assigns

 

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Corporation shall bind its successors, whether expressed or not. All covenants and agreements of the Note Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors, whether expressed or not.

 

1.16 Benefits of Indenture

 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Note, express or implied, shall give to any person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any paying agent, the holders of Note, the Senior Creditors, the Directors and (to the extent provided in Sections 7.11 and 15.2) the holders of Shares, any benefit or any right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

1.17 Schedules

 

The following Schedules are incorporated into and form a part of the Indenture:

 

Schedule “A” Form of Global Note
 
Schedule “B” Form of Redemption Notice

 

In the event of any inconsistency in such Schedules and the body of this Indenture, the latter shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.

 

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTE

 

2.1 Form and Terms of Note

 

(a) The Note shall be dated September 28, 2020. The Note shall mature on the Maturity Date. The Note shall bear interest from and including September 28, 2020 to and excluding the first Interest Payment Date at the rate of 7% per annum payable in PIK Interest denominated in Canadian dollars, semi-annually in arrears on September 15 and March 15 in each year computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. The first such PIK Interest payment will fall due on March 15, 2021 and the last such PIK Interest payment (representing interest payable from and including the last Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the Maturity Date or the earlier date of redemption, repayment of the Note) will be added as PIK Interest and fall due on the Maturity Date or the earlier date of redemption or repayment, payable after as well as before maturity and after as well as before default, with interest on amounts after maturity or in default at the same rate, compounded semi-annually, computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. For certainty, the first interest payment of PIK Interest will include interest accrued and unpaid from and including September 28, 2020 to, but excluding, March 15, 2021 which will be equal to $32.4722 for each $1,000 principal amount of the Note. The Note Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the calculations of the Corporation, which shall be provided by the Corporation five Business Days prior to any Interest Payment Date.

 

   

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(b) The Note is redeemable by the Corporation in accordance with the terms of Article 4 of the Indenture. The Note may be redeemed in whole or in part from time to time at the option of the Corporation at any time on notice as provided for in Section 4.3 and at a cash price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, up to but excluding the Redemption Date. The Redemption Notice for the Note shall be in the form of Schedule B to this Indenture.

 

(c) The Note is hereby subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of the Indenture. Except as prescribed by law, the Note ranks pari passu with all other present and future senior subordinated and unsecured indebtedness of the Corporation, other than Senior Indebtedness.

 

(d) The Note shall be issuable in the registered form of one Global Note in the aggregate principal amount of $15,000,000, initially in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any increase in the principal amount of the Note as a result of PIK Interest may be made in integral multiples of $1.00. The Note Trustee is hereby appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Note. The Note and the certificate of the Note Trustee endorsed thereon shall be issued in substantially the form set out in Schedule A to this Indenture, and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends or endorsements, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto or with any rules or regulations of any securities exchange or securities regulatory authority or to conform with general usage, all as may be determined by Directors or an Authorized Officer executing the Note in accordance with Section 2.3 hereof, as conclusively evidenced by his or her execution of a Note. Each Note shall additionally bear such distinguishing letters and numbers as the Note Trustee shall approve. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Note may be in such other form or forms as may, from time to time, be approved by a resolution of the Directors or as specified in an Officer’s Certificate. The Note may be engraved, lithographed, printed or typewritten or partly in one form and partly in another.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Note providing for the issuance thereof, the Note shall be issued initially as a Book Entry Only Note represented by one Global Note. Each Global Note authenticated in accordance with this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depository designated for such Global Note or a nominee thereof and deposited with such Depository or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Note shall constitute a single note for all purposes of this Indenture. Beneficial interests in a Global Note will not be shown on the register or the records maintained by the Depository but will be represented through book entry accounts of Depository

 

   

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Participants on behalf of the Noteholders of the Global Note in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depository. None of the Corporation or the Note Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspects of the records relating to or payments made by any Depository on account of the beneficial interest in the Global Note or for maintaining, reviewing or supervising any records relating to such beneficial interests therein. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture in respect of the Note, the Noteholders of the Global Note shall not be entitled to have the Note registered in their names, shall not receive or be entitled to receive definitive certificates representing their interest in the Note except as provided in Section 3.2 of the Indenture and shall not be considered owners or holders thereof under this Indenture. A Global Note may be exchanged for the Note in registered form that is a not Global Note, or transferred to and registered in the name of a person other than the Depository for such Global Note or a nominee thereof as provided in Section 3.2.

 

(e) Within 30 days following the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Corporation shall be obligated to offer to purchase the Note. The terms and conditions of such obligation are set out below:

 

(i) Within 30 days following the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Corporation shall deliver to the Note Trustee a notice in writing stating that there has been a Change of Control and specifying the date on which such Change of Control occurred and the circumstances or events giving rise to such Change of Control together with an offer in writing (the “Note Offer”) to purchase the Note from the holders thereof at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon up to but excluding the Change of Control Purchase Date (the “Offer Price”). The Note Trustee will promptly thereafter deliver, by prepaid courier or mail, the Note Offer to the holders of the Note, at their addresses appearing in the registers of holders of the Note maintained by the Note Trustee.

 

(ii) The Note Offer shall specify the date (the “Expiry Date”) and time (the “Expiry Time”) on which the Note Offer shall expire which date and time shall not, unless otherwise required by Applicable Securities Legislation, be earlier than the close of business on the 35th day and not later than the close of business on the 60th day following the date on which the Note Offer is made.

 

(iii) The Note Offer shall specify that the Note Offer may be accepted by the holders of the Note by tendering the Note so held by them to the Note Trustee at its offices in Toronto, Ontario at or before the Expiry Time together with an acceptance notice (the “Acceptance Notice”) in form and substance acceptable to the Note Trustee.

 

(iv) The Note Offer shall state that holders of the Note may accept the Note Offer in respect of all or a portion (in denominations of $2,000 and multiples of $1.00 thereof) of the Note.

 

(v) The Note Offer shall specify a date (the “Change of Control Purchase Date”) no later than the third Business Day following the Expiry Date on which the Corporation shall take up and pay for the Note duly tendered in acceptance of the Note Offer.

 

(vi) The Corporation shall on or before 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the Business Day immediately prior to the Change of Control Purchase Date pay to the Note Trustee by wire transfer or such other means as may be acceptable to the Note Trustee, an amount of money sufficient to pay the aggregate Offer Price in respect of the Note duly tendered to the Note Offer (less any tax required by law to be deducted). The Note Trustee, on behalf of the Corporation, will pay the Offer Price to the holders of the Note in the respective amounts to which they are entitled in accordance with the Note Offer as aforesaid.

 

   

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(vii) The Note in respect of which the Corporation has made payment to the Note Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.1(e) (or the portion thereof tendered in acceptance of the Note Offer) shall thereafter no longer be considered to be outstanding under this Indenture.

 

(viii) In the event that only a portion of the principal amount of an Note is tendered by a holder thereof in acceptance of the Note Offer, the Corporation shall execute and deliver to the Note Trustee and the Note Trustee shall certify and deliver to the holder, without charge to such holder, a certificate (if applicable) or such other evidence of ownership representing the principal amount of the Note not so tendered in acceptance of the Note Offer.

 

2.2 Issue of Global Note

 

(a) The Corporation may specify that the Note is to be issued in whole or in part as a Global Note registered in the name of a Depository, or its nominee, designated by the Corporation in the Written Direction of the Corporation delivered to the Note Trustee at the time of issue of the Note, and in such event the Corporation shall execute and the Note Trustee shall certify and deliver the Global Note that shall:

 

(i) represent an aggregate amount equal to the principal amount of the outstanding Note to be represented by the Global Note;

 

(ii) be released by the Note Trustee as instructed by the Corporation for further delivery to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository’s instructions; and

 

(iii) bear a legend substantially to the following effect:

 

“THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREIN REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO OR EXCHANGED FOR THE NOTE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE TRUST INDENTURE DATED AS OF THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 BETWEEN JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. AND COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA (THE “INDENTURE”). EVERY NOTE AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF, TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS NOTE SHALL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT

 

   

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IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS CLEARING AND DEPOSITORY SERVICES INC. (“CDS”) TO JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN RESPECT THEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CDS & CO., OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CDS & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED HOLDER HEREOF, CDS & CO., HAS A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HEREIN AND IT IS A VIOLATION OF ITS RIGHTS FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO HOLD, TRANSFER OR DEAL WITH THIS CERTIFICATE.”

 

(b) Each Depository designated for a Global Note must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as such Depository, be a clearing agency registered or designated under the Applicable Securities Legislation of the jurisdiction where the Depository has its principal offices.

 

2.3 Execution of Note

 

Unless issued as a Book Based Only Note, the Note shall be signed (either manually or by facsimile or scanned signature) by any one Director or Authorized Officer, on behalf of the Corporation, holding office at the time of signing. A facsimile or scanned signature upon a Note shall for all purposes of this Indenture be deemed to be the signature of the person whose signature it purports to be. Notwithstanding that any person whose signature, either manual or in facsimile or scan, appears on a Note as Director or Authorized Officer on behalf of the Corporation, may no longer hold such office at the date of the Note or at the date of the certification and delivery thereof, the Note shall be valid and binding upon the Corporation and entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

2.4 Certification

 

No Note shall be issued or, if issued, shall be obligatory on the Corporation or shall entitle the holder to the benefits of this Indenture, until it has been manually certified by or on behalf of the Note Trustee substantially in the form set out in this Indenture, in the relevant supplemental indenture, or in some other form approved by the Note Trustee, or in the case of the Note issued as Book Entry Only Note, until the Note has been authenticated by the Note Trustee by manual signature by or on behalf of the Note Trustee substantially in the form provided for herein. Such certification on the Note shall be conclusive evidence that the Note is duly issued, is a valid obligation of the Corporation and the holder is entitled to the benefits hereof.

 

The certificate of the Note Trustee signed on the Note, or an interim Note hereinafter mentioned, shall not be construed as a representation or warranty by the Note Trustee as to the validity of this Indenture or of the Note or interim Note or as to the issuance of the Note or interim Note and the Note Trustee shall in no respect be liable or answerable for the use made of the Note or interim Note or any of them or the proceeds thereof. The certificate of the Note Trustee signed on the Note or an interim Note shall, however, be a representation and warranty by the Note Trustee that the Note or interim Note has been duly certified by or on behalf of the Note Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

 

   

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2.5 Interim Note or Certificate

 

Pending the delivery of definitive Note to the Note Trustee, the Corporation may issue and the Note Trustee may certify in lieu thereof an interim Note in such form and signed in such manner as provided herein, entitling the holders thereof to definitive Note when the same are ready for delivery; or the Corporation may execute and the Note Trustee may certify a temporary Note for the whole principal amount of the Note then authorized to be issued hereunder in such amounts not exceeding in the aggregate principal amount of the temporary Note so delivered to it, as the Corporation, and the Note Trustee may approve entitling the holders thereof to definitive Note when the same are ready for delivery; and, when so issued and certified, such interim or temporary Note or interim certificate shall, for all purposes but without duplication, rank in respect of this Indenture equally with the Note duly issued hereunder and, pending the exchange thereof for definitive Note, the holders of the interim or temporary Note or interim certificate shall be deemed without duplication to be Noteholders and entitled to the benefit of this Indenture to the same extent and in the same manner as though the said exchange had actually been made. Forthwith after the Corporation shall have delivered the definitive Note to the Note Trustee, the Note Trustee shall cancel such temporary Note, if any, and shall call in for exchange the interim Note or certificate that shall have been issued and forthwith after such exchange shall cancel the same. No charge shall be made by the Corporation or the Note Trustee to the holders of such interim or temporary Note or interim certificate for the exchange thereof.

 

2.6 Mutilation, Loss, Theft or Destruction

 

In case the Note issued hereunder shall become mutilated or be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation, in its discretion, may issue, and thereupon the Note Trustee shall certify and deliver, a new Note upon surrender and cancellation of the mutilated Note, or in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed Note, in lieu of and in substitution for the same, and the substituted Note shall be in a form approved by the Note Trustee and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and rank equally in accordance with its terms with the previous Note issued hereunder. The new or substituted Note may have endorsed upon it the fact that it is in replacement of a previous Note. In case of loss, theft or destruction the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Corporation and to the Note Trustee such evidence of the loss, theft or destruction of the Note and such other documents as shall be satisfactory to them in their discretion and shall also furnish a surety bond and an indemnity satisfactory to them in their discretion. The applicant shall pay all reasonable expenses incidental to the issuance of any substituted Note.

 

2.7 Concerning Interest

 

(a) Except as may otherwise be provided in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in a Written Direction of the Corporation in respect of the Note and subject to Section 2.1(a) with respect to the calculation of interest in respect of the initial interest payment to be paid in PIK Interest on the Note, the Note issued hereunder, whether originally or upon exchange or in substitution for previously issued Note which are interest bearing, shall bear interest, in all instances to be PIK Interest, (i) from and including the date hereof, or (ii) from and including the last Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest shall have been paid in PIK Interest on the outstanding Note, whichever shall be the later, in all cases, to but excluding the next Interest Payment Date. All interest shall accrue from day to day and shall be payable in arrears. Interest payable in a calendar year shall be PIK Interest only, payable semi-annually in arrears. Interest on the Note issued hereunder shall accrue up to the Redemption Date for the Note, but not including the Maturity Date, unless, upon due presentation, payment of principal or delivery of amounts, securities or other property payable or deliverable hereunder and payment of any accrued and unpaid interest or other amounts payable hereunder is improperly withheld or refused.

 

   

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(b) Unless otherwise specifically provided in the terms of the Note, interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. Subject to Section 2.1(a) in respect of the method for calculating the amount of interest to be paid on the Note on the first Interest Payment Date in respect thereof, with respect to the Note, whenever interest is computed on a basis of a year (the “deemed year”) which contains fewer days than the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such rate of interest shall be expressed as a yearly rate for purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) by multiplying such rate of interest by the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation and dividing it by the number of days in the deemed year.

 

(c) For the purposes solely of disclosure under the Interest Act (Canada), whenever interest to be paid on the Note is to be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days consisting of twelve 30-day months, the yearly rate of interest to which the rate used in such calculation is equivalent during any particular period is the rate so used multiplied by a fraction of which:

 

(i) the numerator is the product of:

 

(A) the actual number of days in the calendar year in which such period ends, and

 

(B) the sum of (I) the product of 30 and the number of complete months elapsed in the relevant period and (II) the number of days elapsed in any incomplete month in the relevant period, and

 

(ii) the denominator is the product of (i) 360 and (ii) the actual number of days in the relevant period.

 

2.8 Note to Rank Pari Passu

 

The Note will be direct unsecured senior subordinated obligations of the Corporation. The Note, subject to statutory preferred exceptions, will rank pari passu with all other present and future senior subordinated and unsecured indebtedness of the Corporation (other than Senior Indebtedness).

 

2.9 Payments of Amounts Due on Maturity

 

Except as may otherwise be provided herein or in any supplemental indenture in respect of the Note, payments of amounts due upon maturity of the Note will be made in the following manner. The Corporation will establish and maintain with the Note Trustee an account for the Note. Each such account shall be maintained by and be subject to the control of the Note Trustee for the purposes of this Indenture. On or before 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the Business Day immediately prior to each maturity date for the Note outstanding from time to time under this Indenture, the Corporation will deposit in the applicable account in Canadian dollars an amount sufficient to pay the cash amount payable in respect of the Note (including the principal amount together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon less any tax required by law to be deducted or withheld), provided the Corporation may elect to satisfy this requirement by providing the Note Trustee with one or more certified cheques by no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the applicable maturity date or with funds by electronic transfer, for such amounts required under this Section 2.9 to the applicable maturity date. The Note Trustee, on behalf of the Corporation, will pay to each holder entitled to receive payment the principal amount of and premium (if any) and accrued and unpaid interest on the Note, upon surrender of the Note at any branch of the Note Trustee designated for such purpose from time to time by the Corporation and the Note Trustee. The delivery of such funds to the Note Trustee for deposit to the account will satisfy and discharge the liability of the Corporation for the Note to which the delivery of funds relates to the extent of the amount delivered (plus the amount of any tax deducted as aforesaid and remitted to the appropriate governmental authority) and the Note will thereafter to that extent not be considered as outstanding under this Indenture and such holder will have no other right in regard thereto other than to receive out of the money so deposited or made available the amount to which such holder is entitled.

 

   

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2.10 Payment of Interest

 

The following provisions shall apply to the Note, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.1(a) or permitted by Article 5:

 

(a) PIK Interest shall be payable (i) with respect to the Note represented by a Global Note or Book Entry Only Note registered in the name of, or held by, the Depository or its nominee on the relevant record date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Global Note by an amount equal to the amount of such PIK Interest, or (ii) with respect to the Note in certificated form, by indicating payment thereof and an increase in the principal amount of the Note in the register for the Note and by issuing Note in certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to such PIK Interest (rounded down to the nearest whole dollar) and the Note Trustee will, at the written request of the Corporation, certify and deliver the Note in certificated form for original issuance to the Noteholders on the relevant record date, as shown by the records of the register of the Noteholders; provided that a Holder of a Note represented by a physical certificate shall be entitled to PIK Interest so long as the increase in the principal amount of the Note is recorded in the register for the Note, whether or not the Note represented by a physical certificate representing such PIK Interest have been issued to such Holder. Following an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note as a result of a PIK Interest payment, the Global Note will bear interest on such increased principal amount from and after the date of such PIK Interest payment as otherwise set forth in the Global Note. With respect to all payments of PIK Interest, the Corporation will deliver a Written Direction of the Corporation to the Note Trustee, no later than seven (7) Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date, to adjust the Note by the applicable amount of PIK Interest.

 

2.11 Withholding Tax

 

The Corporation will be entitled to deduct and withhold any applicable taxes or similar charges imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Canadian government or of any Province or territory thereof or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax, including pursuant to the Tax Act, from any payment to be made on or in connection with the Note and, provided that the Corporation forthwith remits such withheld amount to such government, authority or agency and files all required forms in respect thereof and, at the same time, provides copies of such remittance and filing to the Note Trustee, for forwarding to the relevant Noteholder, the amount of any such deduction or withholding will be considered an amount paid in satisfaction of the Corporation’s obligations under the Note and there is no obligation on the Corporation to gross-up amounts paid to a holder in respect of such deductions or withholdings. The Corporation shall provide the Note Trustee, for forwarding to the relevant Noteholder, with copies of receipts or other communications relating to the remittance of such withheld amount or the filing of such forms received from such government, authority or agency promptly after receipt thereof.

 

   

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The Note Trustee shall have no obligation to verify any payments under the Tax Act or any provision of provincial, state, local or foreign tax law. The Note Trustee shall at all times be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation from and against any personal liabilities of the Note Trustee incurred in connection with the failure of the Corporation or its agents, to report, remit or withhold taxes as required by the Tax Act or otherwise failing to comply with the Tax Act. This indemnification shall survive the resignation or removal of the Note Trustee and the termination of this Indenture solely to the extent that such liabilities have been incurred in connection with taxation years occurring during the term of this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE 3

REGISTRATION, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE AND OWNERSHIP

 

3.1 Fully-Registered Note

 

(a) With respect to the Note issuable as a Fully-Registered Note, the Corporation shall cause to be kept by and at the principal offices of the Note Trustee in Toronto, Ontario and by the Note Trustee or such other registrar as the Corporation, with the approval of the Note Trustee, may appoint at such other place or places, if any, as may be specified in the Note or as the Corporation may designate with the approval of the Note Trustee, a register in which shall be entered the names and addresses of the holders of such Fully-Registered Note and particulars of the Note held by them respectively and of all transfers of Fully- Registered Note. Such registration shall be noted on the Note by the Note Trustee or other registrar unless a new Note shall be issued upon such transfer.

 

(b) No transfer of a Fully-Registered Note shall be valid unless made on such register referred to in Section 3.1(a) by the registered holder or such holder’s executors, administrators or other legal representatives or an attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and execution satisfactory to the Note Trustee or other registrar upon surrender of the Note together with a duly-executed form of transfer acceptable to the Note Trustee and upon compliance with such other reasonable requirements as the Note Trustee or other registrar may prescribe, nor unless the name of the transferee shall have been noted on the Note by the Note Trustee or other registrar, whereupon a new Note will be issued in the same aggregate principal amount as the Note so transferred, registered in the names of the transferees.

 

3.2 Global Note, Book Entry Only Note or Book Based Only Note

 

(a) With respect to the Note issuable in whole or in part as a Global Note, as a Book Entry Only Note or as a Book Based Only Note, the Corporation shall cause to be kept by and at the principal offices of the Note Trustee in Toronto, Ontario and by the Note Trustee or such other registrar as the Corporation, with the approval of the Note Trustee, may appoint at such other place or places, if any, as the Corporation may designate with the approval of the Note Trustee, a register in which shall be entered the name and address of the holder of each such Global Note, Book Entry Only Note or Book Based Only Note (being the Depository, or its nominee, for such Global Note, Book Entry Only Note or Book Based Only Note) as holder thereof and particulars of the Global Note, Book Entry Only Note or Book Based Only Note held by it, and of all transfers thereof. If the Note is at any time not a Global Note, a Book Entry Only Note or a Book Based Only Note, the provisions of Section 3.1 shall govern with respect to registrations and transfers of the Note.

 

   

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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, a Global Note, Book Entry Only Note or Book Based Only Note may not be transferred by the registered holder thereof and accordingly, no definitive certificate shall be issued to Beneficial Holders except in the following circumstances:

 

(i) A Global Note, Book Entry Only Note or a Book Based Only Note may be transferred by a Depository to a nominee of such Depository or by a nominee of a Depository to such Depository or to another nominee of such Depository or by a Depository or its nominee to a successor Depository or its nominee;

 

(ii) A Global Note, a Book Entry Only Note or a Book Based Only Note may be transferred at any time after (i) the Depository for such Global Note, Book Entry Only Note or Book Based Only Note, as the case may be, or the Corporation has notified the Note Trustee that the Depository is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Note, Book Entry Only Note or Book Based Only Note, or (ii) the Depository ceases to be a clearing agency or otherwise ceases to be eligible to be a Depository under Section 2.2(b), provided in each case that at the time of such transfer the Note Trustee and the Corporation are unable to locate a qualified successor Depository for such Global Note, Book Entry Only Note or Book Based Only Note;

 

(iii) A Global Note, a Book Entry Only Note or a Book Based Only Note may be transferred at any time after the Corporation has determined, in its sole discretion, with the consent of the Note Trustee to terminate the book-entry only registration system or book based entry, as the case may be, in respect of such Global Note, Book Entry Only Note or Book Based Only Note and has communicated such determination to the Note Trustee in writing;

 

(iv) A Global Note, a Book Entry Only Note or a Book Based Only Note may be transferred at any time after the Note Trustee has determined that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Note issued as a Global Note, a Book Entry Only Note or a Book Based Only Note, as the case may be, provided that Beneficial Holders of the Note representing, in the aggregate, more than 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Note advise the Depository in writing, through the Depository Participants, that the continuation of the book- entry only registration system or book based entry, as applicable, for the Note is no longer in their best interest and also provided that at the time of such transfer the Note Trustee has not waived the Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.3;

 

(v) A Global Note, a Book Entry Only Note or a Book Based Only Note may be transferred if required by applicable law; or

 

(vi) A Global Note, a Book Entry Only Note or a Book Based Only Note may be transferred if the book-entry only registration system or book based entry, as applicable, ceases to exist.

 

   

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(c) With respect to the Global Note, Book Entry Only Note or Book Based Only Note, unless and until definitive certificates have been issued to Beneficial Holders of the Note pursuant to subsection 3.2(b):

 

(i) the Corporation and the Note Trustee may deal with the Depository for all purposes (including paying interest on the Note) as the sole holder of the Note and the authorized representative of the Beneficial Holders;

 

(ii) the rights of the Beneficial Holders of the Note shall be exercised only through the Depository and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Beneficial Holders and the Depository or the Depository Participants;

 

(iii) the Depository will make book-entry or book based, as applicable, transfers among the Depository Participants; and

 

(iv) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Noteholders evidencing a specified percentage of the outstanding Note, the Depository shall be deemed to be counted in that percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from the Beneficial Holders of the Note or the Depository Participants, and has delivered such instructions to the Note Trustee.

 

(d) Whenever a notice or other communication is required to be provided to Noteholders, unless and until a definitive certificate has been issued to Beneficial Holders of the Note pursuant to this Section 3.2, the Note Trustee shall provide all such notices and communications to the Depository for forwarding by the Depository to such Beneficial Holders. Upon the termination of the book-entry only registration system or book based entry, as applicable, on the occurrence of one of the conditions specified in Section 3.2(b) with respect to the Note issued hereunder, the Note Trustee shall notify all applicable Depository Participants and Beneficial Holders, through the Depository, of the availability of definitive Note certificates. Upon surrender by the Depository of the certificate representing the Global Note and receipt of new registration instructions from the Depository, the Note Trustee shall deliver the definitive Note certificate for the Note to the holders thereof in accordance with the new registration instructions and thereafter, the registration and transfer of the Note will be governed by Section 3.1 and the remaining Sections of this Article 3, as applicable.

 

(e) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Note, transfers and exchanges of Note and beneficial interests in Global Note shall be made in accordance the applicable rules and guidelines of the Securities Transfer Association of Canada.

 

(f) Notwithstanding any provisions made in this Indenture for the issuance, certification and authentication of Note in physical form as Fully Registered Note or Global Note, the Note issued under the terms of this Indenture may also be issued to the Depository in book based only form, non-certificated and appearing on the register of the Note Trustee as a book based entry. In the absence of any physical securities being created for certification by the Corporation and authentication by the Note Trustee both at the initial issuance of the Note and at the time of any subsequent additional issuance of the Note pursuant to the terms of a supplemental indenture, confirmation of the due issuance and validity of the Note shall be based upon the comparison of the Note in quantity and description appearing under the relevant broker's instant deposit request identification number to the quantity and description of the Note as detailed in the delivery order of the Corporation addressed to the Note Trustee and to the broker upon whose posting of the Book Based Only Note to the book entry records of the Depository on a non-certificated basis on which both the Corporation and the Note Trustee shall depend. It is the responsibility of the Corporation to make the necessary arrangements with its broker or brokers to obtain, in a timely manner, the necessary instant deposit request identification number to facilitate the issuance of non-certificated Book Based Only Note.

 

   

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In the establishment and maintenance of a non-certificated Book Based Only Note issue, the Note Trustee shall maintain such a record on its register for the Note in book based form only. Transfer of the Note appearing on the register of the Depository shall otherwise occur as provided for in this Indenture. The parties hereto further recognize that, notwithstanding the issuance of Book Based Only Note, conversions of the Note shall occur as contemplated by the terms of this Indenture but the Note Trustee is permitted to employ whatever reasonable means it may from time to time require in order to guarantee the unhindered (but subject to the terms and conditions hereof) conversion of the Note appearing on the register for the Note in book based only form by making whatever arrangements are deemed necessary by it with the Depository.

 

At the time of the execution of this Indenture, the parties hereto understand that no declarations or other paper certificates or documentation will be required in order to effect conversions of the Note held by Persons in the United States. If at any time subsequent to the initial issuance of the Note it is determined by the Depository, the Note Trustee, the Corporation or legal counsel that physical declarations or other paper documentation are required for conversions or otherwise, the parties hereto and the Noteholders acknowledge that the Note Trustee may be obliged to require the Note held by such Persons converting their Note to be certificated rather than held in book based form.

 

3.3 Transferee Entitled to Registration

 

The transferee of a Note shall be entitled, after the appropriate form of transfer is lodged with the Note Trustee or other registrar and upon compliance with all other conditions in that behalf required by this Indenture or by law, to be entered on the register as the owner of the Note free from all equities or rights of compensation or counterclaim between the Corporation and the transferor or any previous holder of the Note, save in respect of equities of which the Corporation is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

3.4 No Notice of Trusts

 

Neither the Corporation nor the Note Trustee nor any registrar shall be bound to take notice of or see to the execution of any trust whether express, implied or constructive, in respect of any Note, and may transfer the same on the direction of the person registered as the holder thereof, whether named as trustee or otherwise, as though that person were the beneficial owner thereof.

 

3.5 Registers Open for Inspection

 

The registers referred to in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 shall, during regular business hours of the Note Trustee, be open for inspection by the Corporation, the Note Trustee or any Noteholder. Every registrar, including the Note Trustee, shall from time to time when requested so to do by the Corporation, the Note Trustee or any Noteholder and upon such person delivering any statutory declaration in the form required by the Indenture Legislation, in writing, furnish within 10 days of the delivery of such statutory declaration to the Corporation, the Note Trustee or the Noteholder, as the case may be, a list (which shall be current as of the day such statutory declaration is delivered to the Note Trustee) of names and addresses of holders of the registered Note entered on the register kept by them and showing the principal amount and serial numbers of the Note held by each such holder as well as the aggregate principal amount of the Note outstanding, provided the Note Trustee shall be entitled to charge a reasonable fee to provide such a list.

 

   

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3.6 [Intentionally Deleted]

 

3.7 Closing of Registers

 

(a) Neither the Corporation nor the Note Trustee nor any registrar shall be required to:

 

(i) make transfers or exchanges of a Fully-Registered Note on any Interest Payment Date or during the five preceding Business Days;

 

(ii) make transfers or exchanges of the Note on the day of any selection by the Note Trustee of the Note to be redeemed or during the five preceding Business Days; or

 

(iii) make transfers or exchanges of the Note which will have been selected or called for redemption unless upon due presentation thereof for redemption the Note shall not be redeemed.

 

(b) Subject to any restriction herein provided, the Corporation with the approval of the Note Trustee may at any time close any register for the Note, other than those kept at the principal offices of the Note Trustee in Toronto, Ontario, and transfer the registration of the Note registered thereon to another register (which may be an existing register) and thereafter the Note shall be deemed to be registered on such other register. Notice of such transfer shall be given to the holders of the Note.

 

3.8 Charges for Registration, Transfer and Exchange

 

For each Note exchanged, registered, transferred or discharged from registration, the Note Trustee or other registrar, except as otherwise herein provided, may make a reasonable charge for its services and in addition may charge a reasonable sum for each new Note issued (such amounts to be agreed upon from time to time by the Note Trustee and the Corporation), and payment of such charges and reimbursement of the Note Trustee or other registrar for any stamp taxes or governmental or other charges required to be paid shall be made by the party requesting such exchange, registration, transfer or discharge from registration as a condition precedent thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, no charge shall be made to a Noteholder hereunder:

 

(a) for any exchange, registration, transfer or discharge from registration of any Note applied for within a period of two months from the date of the first endorsement of the Note;

 

(b) for any exchange of any interim or temporary Note or interim certificate that has been issued under Section 2.5 for a definitive Note;

 

(c) for any exchange of a Global Note as contemplated in Section 3.2;

 

(d) for any exchange of the Note resulting from a partial redemption under Section 4.2; or

 

(e) for any exchange of the Note resulting from a partial purchase under Section 2.1(e).

 

 

   

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3.9 Ownership of the Note

 

(a) Unless otherwise required by law, the person in whose name any registered Note is registered shall for all the purposes of this Indenture be and be deemed to be the owner thereof and payment of or on account of the principal of and premium, if any, on the Note and interest thereon shall be made to such registered holder.

 

(b) Neither the Corporation nor the Note Trustee shall have any liability for:

 

(i) any aspect of the records relating to the beneficial ownership of the Note held by a Depository or of the payments relating thereto; or

 

(ii) maintaining, supervising or reviewing any such records relating to the Note.

 

(c) The registered holder for the time being of any registered Note shall be entitled to the principal, premium, if any, and/or interest evidenced by such instruments, respectively, free from all equities or rights of compensation or counterclaim between the Corporation and the original or any intermediate holder thereof and all persons may act accordingly and the payment to any such registered holder for any such principal, premium or interest shall be a good discharge to the Corporation and/or the Note Trustee for the same and neither the Corporation nor the Note Trustee shall be bound to inquire into the title of any such registered holder.

 

(d) Where the Note is registered in more than one name, the principal, premium, if any, and interest from time to time payable in respect thereof may be paid to the order of all or any of such holders, failing written instructions from them to the contrary, and the payment to any one of such holders therefore shall be a valid discharge, to the Note Trustee, any registrar and to the Corporation.

 

(e) In the case of the death of one or more joint holders of the Note the principal, premium, if any, and interest from time to time payable thereon may be paid to the order of the registered holders and the payment to any such registered holder shall be a valid discharge to the Note Trustee and any registrar and to the Corporation.

 

3.10 [Intentionally deleted]

 

ARTICLE 4

REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF THE NOTE

AND CERTAIN PAYMENTS ON MATURITY

 

4.1 Applicability of Article

 

Subject to Section 2.1(b), the Corporation shall have the right at its option to redeem, either in whole at any time or in part from time to time before maturity, by payment of money, the Note issued hereunder (subject, however, to any applicable restriction on the redemption of the Note) at such rate or rates of premium, if any, and on such date or dates and in accordance with such other provisions as shall have been determined at the time of issue of the Note and as shall have been expressed in this Indenture, in the Note, in an Officer’s Certificate.

 

Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Corporation shall also have the right at its option to repay, either in whole or in part, on redemption or maturity, by payment of money in accordance with Sections 2.9 and 4.9, the principal amount of the Note issued hereunder (subject however, to any applicable restriction on the repayment of the principal amount of the Note) at such rate or rates of premium, if any, and on such date or dates and in accordance with such other provisions as shall have been determined at the time of issue of the Note and shall have been expressed in this Indenture, in the Note, in an Officer’s Certificate.

 

   

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4.2 Partial Redemption

 

If only a partial amount of the outstanding principal owing under the Note is to be redeemed, the portion of the principal amount of the Note shall be selected by the Note Trustee on a pro rata basis to the nearest multiple of $1.00 in accordance with the principal amount of the Note registered in the name of each holder or in such other manner as the Note Trustee deems equitable. Unless otherwise specifically provided in the terms of the Note, no Note shall be redeemed in part unless the principal amount redeemed is $1,000 or a multiple thereof. For this purpose, the Note Trustee may make, and from time to time vary, regulations with respect to the manner in which the Note may be drawn for redemption in part or for redemption in cash and regulations so made shall be valid and binding upon all holders of the Note notwithstanding the fact that as a result thereof the Note may become subject to redemption in part only or for cash only. In the event that the Note becomes subject to redemption in part only, upon surrender of the Note for payment of the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued to but excluding the Redemption Date, the Corporation shall execute and the Note Trustee shall certify and deliver without charge to the holder thereof or upon the holder’s order the new Note for the unredeemed part of the principal amount of the Note so surrendered or, with respect to a Global Note, the Note Trustee shall make notations on the Global Note of the principal amount thereof so redeemed. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Note” as used in this Article 4 shall be deemed to mean or include any part of the principal amount of the Note which in accordance with the foregoing provisions has become subject to redemption.

 

4.3 Notice of Redemption

 

Notice of redemption (the “Redemption Notice”) of the Note shall be given to the holders of the Note so to be redeemed not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption (the “Redemption Date”) in the manner provided in Section 12.2. Every such notice shall specify the aggregate principal amount of the Note called for redemption, the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price together with accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the Redemption Date, and, if applicable, the portion to be redeemed for cash and the places of payment and shall state that interest upon the principal amount of the Note called for redemption shall cease to accrue and be payable on and after the Redemption Date. In addition, unless the entire outstanding Note is to be redeemed, the Redemption Notice shall specify:

 

(a) [intentionally deleted];

 

(b) [intentionally deleted];

 

(c) in the case of a Global Note, that the redemption will take place in such manner as may be agreed upon by the Depository, the Note Trustee and the Corporation; and

 

(d) in all cases, the principal amount of such part of the Note to be redeemed.

 

4.4 Note Due on Redemption Date

 

Notice having been given as aforesaid, the Note so called for redemption shall thereupon be and become due and payable at the Redemption Price, together with accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the Redemption Date, on the Redemption Date specified in such notice, in the same manner and with the same effect as if it were the date of maturity specified in the Note, anything therein or herein to the contrary notwithstanding, and from and after such Redemption Date, if the monies necessary to redeem the Note shall have been deposited as provided in Section 4.5 and affidavits or other proof satisfactory to the Note Trustee as to the publication and/or mailing of such notices shall have been lodged with it, interest upon the Note shall cease. If any question shall arise as to whether any notice has been given as above provided and such deposit made, such question shall be decided by the Note Trustee whose decision shall be final and binding upon all parties in interest.

 

   

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4.5 Deposit of Redemption Monies

 

Redemption of the Note shall be provided for by the Corporation depositing with the Note Trustee or any paying agent to the order of the Note Trustee, on or before 11:00 a.m. (Toronto Time) on the Business Day immediately prior to the Redemption Date specified in such notice, such sums of money, as may be sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Note so called for redemption, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon up to but excluding the Redemption Date, provided the Corporation may elect to satisfy this requirement by providing the Note Trustee with one or more certified cheques by no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Redemption Date or wire transfers for such amounts required under this Section 4.5 to the Redemption Date or by providing the Note Trustee with such funds through electronic transfer of funds on the Business Day immediately prior to the Redemption Date. The Corporation shall also deposit with the Note Trustee a sum of money sufficient to pay any reasonable charges or expenses which may be incurred by the Note Trustee in connection with such redemption. Every such deposit shall be irrevocable. From the sums so deposited, or certificates so deposited, or both, the Note Trustee shall pay or cause to be paid, or issue or cause to be issued, to the holders of the Note, upon surrender of the Note, the principal, premium (if any) and interest (if any) to which they are respectively entitled on redemption, less applicable withholding taxes, if any.

 

4.6 Failure to Surrender Note Called for Redemption

 

In case any holder of the Note so called for redemption shall fail on or before the Redemption Date to so surrender such holder’s Note, or shall not within such time accept payment of the Redemption Price payable, or give such receipt therefor, if any, as the Note Trustee may require, such redemption monies may be set aside in trust, without interest, or such certificates may be held in trust, either in the deposit department of the Note Trustee or in a chartered bank, and such setting aside shall for all purposes be deemed a payment to the Noteholder of the sum so set aside and, to that extent, the Note shall thereafter not be considered as outstanding hereunder and the Noteholder shall have no other right except to receive payment out of the monies so paid and deposited upon surrender and delivery up of such holder’s Note of the Redemption Price, as the case may be, of the Note plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date. In the event that any money required to be deposited hereunder with the Note Trustee or any depository or paying agent on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on Note issued hereunder shall remain so deposited for a period of six years from the Redemption Date, then such monies, together with any accumulated interest thereon or any distribution paid thereon, shall at the end of such period be paid over or delivered over by the Note Trustee or such depository or paying agent to the Corporation on its demand, and thereupon the Note Trustee shall not be responsible to Noteholders for any amounts owing to them and subject to applicable law, thereafter the holder of a Note in respect of which such money was so repaid to the Corporation shall have no rights in respect thereof except to obtain payment of the money due from the Corporation, subject to any prescription period provided by the laws of the Province of Ontario. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Note Trustee will pay any remaining funds prior to the expiry of six years after the Redemption Date to the Corporation upon receipt from the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries of an uncontested letter of credit from a Canadian chartered bank in an amount equal to or in excess of the amount of the remaining funds. If the remaining funds are paid to the Corporation prior to the expiry of six years after the Redemption Date, the Corporation shall, prior to the payment by the Note Trustee, pay the Note Trustee the amounts required to be paid by the Note Trustee to a holder of a Note pursuant to the redemption after the date of such payment of the remaining funds to the Corporation but prior to six years after the redemption.

 

   

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4.7 Cancellation of Note Redeemed

 

Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.2 and 4.8 as to the Note redeemed or purchased in part, the Note when redeemed and paid under this Article 4 shall forthwith be delivered to the Note Trustee and cancelled and no Note shall be issued in substitution therefor.

 

4.8 Purchase of the Note by the Corporation

 

Unless otherwise specifically provided with respect to the Note and subject to the provisions of Section 10.2, the Corporation and any of its Affiliates may at any time and from time to time, purchase the Note in the market (which shall include purchases from or through an investment dealer or a firm holding membership on a recognized stock exchange) or by tender or by private contract, at any price, subject to regulatory requirements; provided, however, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Corporation and its Affiliates will not have the right to so purchase the Note. The Note so purchased shall be delivered to the Note Trustee and cancelled and no Note shall be issued in substitution therefor.

 

If the Corporation or any of its Affiliates intend to purchase the Note in part, upon an invitation for tenders, more than a portion of the principal amount of the Note that the Corporation or any of its Affiliates intend to purchase is tendered at the same lowest price that the Corporation or an Affiliate is prepared to accept, the portion of the principal amount of the Note to be purchased by the Corporation or by such Affiliate shall be selected by the Note Trustee on a pro rata basis. For this purpose, the Note Trustee may make, and from time to time amend, regulations with respect to the manner in which the portion of the Note may be so selected, and regulations so made shall be valid and binding upon all Noteholders, notwithstanding the fact that as a result thereof the Note becomes subject to purchase in part only. With respect to the Global Note that is only partially purchased, the Note Trustee shall make notations on the Global Note of the principal amount thereof so purchased.

 

4.9 Deposit of Maturity Monies

 

Payment on maturity of the Note shall be provided for by the Corporation depositing with the Note Trustee or any paying agent to the order of the Note Trustee, on or before 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the Business Day immediately prior to the applicable maturity date such sums of money as may be sufficient to pay the principal amount of the Note, together with a sum of money sufficient to pay all accrued and unpaid interest thereon up to but excluding the maturity date, provided the Corporation may elect to satisfy this requirement by providing the Note Trustee with one or more certified cheques by no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the applicable maturity date or with funds by electronic transfer, for such amounts required under this Section 4.9. The Corporation shall also deposit with the Note Trustee a sum of money sufficient to pay any reasonable charges or expenses which may be incurred by the Note Trustee in connection therewith. Every such deposit shall be irrevocable. From the sums so deposited, the Note Trustee shall pay or cause to be paid to the holders of the Note, upon surrender of the Note, the principal, premium (if any) and interest (if any) to which they are respectively entitled on maturity.

 

ARTICLE 5

SUBORDINATION OF THE NOTE

 

5.1 Applicability of Article

 

The Note Liabilities which by their terms are subordinate, including on account of principal, premium, if any, interest or otherwise, shall be subordinated and postponed and subject in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set out in the following sections of this Article 5, to the prior full and final payment of all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of the Corporation and each holder of the Note by his acceptance thereof, whether directly or on its behalf, agrees to and shall be bound by the provisions of this Article 5.

 

   

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5.2 Order of Payment

 

Upon any distribution of the assets of the Corporation on any dissolution, winding up, total liquidation or reorganization of the Corporation (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings, or upon an “assignment for the benefit of creditors” or any other marshalling of the assets, properties and liabilities of the Corporation, or otherwise):

 

(a) all Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid indefeasibly in full, or provision made for such payment, before any payment is made on account of the Note Liabilities, whether on account of principal, interest or otherwise;

 

(b) any payment or distribution of assets of the Corporation, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the holders of the Note or the Note Trustee on behalf of such holders would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article 5 shall be paid or delivered by the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, or other liquidating agent making such payment or distribution, directly to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution, or provision therefor, to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; and

 

(c) the Senior Creditors or a receiver or a receiver-manager of the Corporation or of all or part of its assets or any other enforcement agent may sell, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of the Corporation’s assets in whole or in part, free and clear of all Note Liabilities and without the approval of the Noteholders or the Note Trustee or any requirement to account to the Note Trustee or the Noteholders.

 

The rights and priority of the Senior Indebtedness and the subordination pursuant hereto shall not be affected by:

 

(i) whether or not the Senior Indebtedness is secured;

 

(ii) the time, sequence or order of creating, granting, executing, delivering of, or registering, perfecting or failing to register or perfect any security notice, caveat, financing statement or other notice in respect of the Senior Security;

 

(iii) the time or order of the attachment, perfection or crystallization of any security constituted by the Senior Security;

 

(iv) the taking of any collection, enforcement or realization proceedings pursuant to the Senior Security;

 

(v) the date of obtaining of any judgment or order of any bankruptcy court or any court administering bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings as to the entitlement of the Senior Creditors, or any of them or the Noteholders or any of them to any money or property of the Corporation;

 

 

   

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(vi) the failure to exercise any power or remedy reserved to the Senior Creditors under the Senior Security or to insist upon a strict compliance with any terms thereof;

 

(vii) whether any Senior Security is now perfected, hereafter ceases to be perfected, is avoidable by any trustee in bankruptcy or like official or is otherwise set aside, invalidated or lapses;

 

(viii) the date of giving or failing to give notice to or making demand upon the Corporation;

 

(ix) any amendment, modification, increase, extension, renewal, replacement of any Senior Indebtedness or Senior Security; or

 

(x) any other matter whatsoever.

 

5.3 Subrogation to Rights of Senior Creditors

 

(a) Subject to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Noteholders shall be subrogated to the rights of the Senior Creditors to receive payments or distributions of assets of the Corporation to the extent of the application thereto of such payments or other assets which would have been received by the Noteholders but for the provisions hereof until the principal of and interest on the Note shall be paid in full, and no such payments or distributions to the Noteholders of cash, property or securities, which otherwise would be payable or distributable to the Senior Creditors, shall, as between the Corporation, its creditors other than the Senior Creditors, and the Noteholders, be deemed to be a payment by the Corporation to the Senior Creditors or on account of the Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Article 5 are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Noteholders, on the one hand, and the Senior Creditors, on the other hand.

 

(b) The Note Trustee, for itself and on behalf of each of the Noteholders, hereby waives any and all rights to require a Senior Creditor to pursue or exhaust any rights or remedies with respect to the Corporation or any property and assets subject to the Senior Security or in any other manner to require the marshalling of property, assets or security in connection with the exercise by the Senior Creditors of any rights, remedies or recourses available to them.

 

5.4 Obligation to Pay Not Impaired

 

Nothing contained in this Article 5 or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Note is intended to or shall impair, as between the Corporation, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the holders of the Note, the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the holders of the Note the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Note, as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or affect the relative rights of the holders of the Note and creditors of the Corporation other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Note Trustee or the holder of any Note from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article 5 of the holders of Senior Indebtedness.

 

5.5 No Payment if Senior Indebtedness in Default

 

(a) Upon the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, or any enforcement of any Senior Indebtedness, then, except as provided in Section 5.8, all principal of, premium (if any) and interest on all such matured Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full, or shall first have been duly provided for, before any payment is made on account of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on the Note.

 

   

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(b) No payment (by purchase of Note or otherwise) shall be made by the Corporation with respect to the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Note:

 

(i) upon the occurrence of a default, an event of default or an acceleration under any Senior Indebtedness or any swap obligation of any Senior Creditor or its Affiliates;
(ii) upon any default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness permitting the holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof; or

 

(iii) if such payment would result in a default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness permitting the holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof;

 

unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, and neither the Note Trustee nor the holders of Note shall be entitled to demand, accelerate, institute proceedings for the collection of, or receive any payment or benefit (including without limitation by set-off, combination of accounts or otherwise in any manner whatsoever) on account of the Note after the happening of such a default (except as provided in Section 5.8), and unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, such payments shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and, if and when such Senior Indebtedness shall have become due and payable, shall be paid over to, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing an amount of the Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; provided, however, that the foregoing shall in no way prohibit, restrict or prevent the Note Trustee from taking such actions as may be necessary to preserve claims of the Note Trustee and/or the holders of the Note under this Indenture in any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency proceeding (including, without limitation, the filing of proofs of claim in any such bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency proceedings by or against the Corporation or its Subsidiaries and exercising its rights to vote as an unsecured creditor under any such bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency proceedings commenced by or against the Corporation or its Subsidiaries).

 

(c) The fact that any payment hereunder is prohibited by this Section 5.5 shall not prevent the failure to make such payment from being an Event of Default hereunder.

 

5.6 Payment on Note Permitted

 

Nothing contained in this Article 5 or elsewhere in this Indenture, or in the Note, shall affect the obligation of the Corporation to make, or prevent the Corporation from making, at any time except as prohibited by Section 5.2 or 5.5, any payment of principal of or interest on the Note. The fact that any such payment is prohibited by Section 5.2 or 5.5 shall not prevent the failure to make such payment from being an Event of Default hereunder. Nothing contained in this Article 5 or elsewhere in this Indenture, or in the Note, shall prevent, except as prohibited by Section 5.2 or 5.5, the application by the Note Trustee of any moneys deposited with the Note Trustee hereunder for the purpose, to the payment of or on account of the Note Liabilities.

 

   

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5.7 Confirmation of Subordination

 

Each holder of Note by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Note Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effect the subordination as provided in this Article 5 and appoints the Note Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. This appointment shall be irrevocable. Upon request of the Corporation, and upon being furnished an Officer’s Certificate stating that one or more named persons are Senior Creditors, and specifying the nature of the Senior Indebtedness of such Senior Creditors, the Note Trustee shall enter into a written agreement or agreements with the Corporation and the person or persons named in such Officer’s Certificate providing that such person or persons are entitled to all the rights and benefits of this Article 5 as a Senior Creditor specified in such Officer’s Certificate and for such other matters as the Senior Creditors and the Corporation may agree upon. Such agreement shall be conclusive evidence that the indebtedness specified therein is Senior Indebtedness. However, nothing herein shall impair the rights of any Senior Creditor who has not entered into such an agreement.

 

5.8 Knowledge of Note Trustee

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 5, the Note Trustee will not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any fact that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Note Trustee, or the taking of any other action by the Note Trustee, unless and until the Note Trustee has received written notice thereof from the Corporation, any Noteholder, any Senior Creditor or a trustee on behalf of any one or more of the Senior Creditors, and such notice to the Note Trustee shall be deemed to be notice to holders of the Note. The Note Trustee will notify holders of Note of such notice as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt thereof.

 

5.9 Note Trustee May Hold Senior Indebtedness

 

The Note Trustee is entitled to all the rights set out in this Article 5 with respect to any Senior Indebtedness at the time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture deprives the Note Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

 

5.10 Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not Impaired

 

No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination herein will at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Corporation or by any non-compliance by the Corporation with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.

 

5.11 Altering the Senior Indebtedness

 

The holders of the Senior Indebtedness have the right to extend, renew, revise, restate, modify or amend the terms of the Senior Indebtedness (including increasing the principal amount of the Senior Indebtedness) or the Senior Security therefor and to release, sell or exchange such security and otherwise to deal freely with the Corporation, all without notice to or consent of the Noteholders or the Note Trustee and without affecting the liabilities and obligations of the parties to this Indenture or the Noteholders or the Note Trustee.

 

5.12 Additional Indebtedness

 

This Indenture does not restrict the Corporation or any other entity of the Just Energy Group from incurring additional indebtedness for borrowed money or otherwise or hypothecating, mortgaging, pledging or charging its real (immoveable) or personal (moveable) property or properties to secure any indebtedness or other financing.

 

   

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5.13 Invalidated Payments

 

In the event that any of the Senior Indebtedness shall be paid in full and subsequently, for whatever reason, such formerly paid or satisfied Senior Indebtedness becomes unpaid or unsatisfied, the terms and conditions of this Article 5 shall be reinstated and the provisions of this Article 5 shall again be operative until all Senior Indebtedness is repaid in full, provided that such reinstatement shall not give the Senior Creditors any rights or recourses against the Note Trustee or the Noteholders for amounts paid to the Noteholders or on account of the Note subsequent to such payment or satisfaction in full and prior to such reinstatement.

 

5.14 Contesting Security

 

The Note Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Noteholders, agrees that it shall not contest or bring into question the validity, perfection or enforceability of any of the Senior Security, or the relative priority of the Senior Security.

 

5.15 Obligations Created by Article 5

 

The Corporation and the Note Trustee, in its capacity as trustee hereunder and not in its corporate personal capacity, agree, and each holder by its acceptance of a Note likewise agrees, that:

 

(a) the provisions of this Article 5 are an inducement and consideration to each holder of Senior Indebtedness to give or continue credit to the Corporation, the Corporation’s Subsidiaries or others or to acquire Senior Indebtedness;

 

(b) each holder of Senior Indebtedness may accept the benefit of this Article 5 on the terms and conditions set out in this Article 5 by giving or continuing credit to the Corporation, the Corporation’s Subsidiaries or others or by acquiring or having outstanding as of the date hereof Senior Indebtedness, in each case without notice to the Note Trustee and without establishing actual reliance on this Article 5; and

 

(c) each obligation created by this Article 5 is created for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness.

 

5.16 No Set-Off

 

Each of the Corporation and the Note Trustee (relying on the opinion of Counsel) agrees, and each holder of a Note, by his acceptance thereof, likewise agrees, that it shall have no rights of set-off or counterclaim with respect to the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Note at any time when any payment of, or in respect of, such amounts to the Note Trustee or the holder of a Note is prohibited by this Article 5 or is otherwise required to be paid to the Senior Creditors.

 

5.17 Amendments to Article 5

 

Each of the Corporation and the Note Trustee (relying on the opinion of Counsel) agrees, and each holder of a Note, by his acceptance thereof, likewise agrees, not to make any changes to this Indenture or the Note, including this Article 5 or the definition of Senior Indebtedness, which prejudice the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness under this Article 5 without the consent of the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or the trustee under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued.

 

 

   

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ARTICLE 6

COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION

 

The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees with the Note Trustee for the benefit of the Note Trustee and the Noteholders, that so long as the Note remains outstanding:

 

6.1 To Pay Principal, Premium (if any) and Interest

 

The Corporation will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid to every Noteholder the principal of, premium (if any) and interest accrued on the Note of which it is the holder on the dates, at the places and in the manner mentioned herein and in the Note.

 

6.2 To Pay Note Trustee’s Remuneration

 

The Corporation will pay the Note Trustee reasonable remuneration for its services as Note Trustee hereunder and will repay to the Note Trustee on demand all reasonable amounts which shall have been paid by the Note Trustee in connection with the execution of the trusts hereby created and such monies including the Note Trustee’s remuneration, shall be payable out of any funds coming into the possession of the Note Trustee in priority to payment of the principal of the Note or interest thereon. Any amount due under this Section and unpaid thirty days after written request for such payment shall bear interest from the expiration of such thirty days at a rate per annum equal to the then rate charged by the Note Trustee under similar indentures from time to time, payable on demand. Such remuneration shall continue to be payable until the trusts hereof be finally wound up and whether or not the trusts of this Indenture shall be in the course of administration by or under the direction of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

6.3 To Give Notice of Default

 

The Corporation shall promptly notify the Note Trustee in writing upon obtaining knowledge of any Event of Default hereunder.

 

6.4 Preservation of Existence, etc.

 

Subject to the express provisions hereof, the Corporation will carry on and conduct its activities, and cause its Subsidiaries to carry on and conduct their businesses, in a proper, efficient and business-like manner and in accordance with good business practices; and, subject to the express provisions hereof and it will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the existence and right of the Corporation.

 

6.5 Keeping of Books

 

The Corporation will keep or cause to be kept proper books of record and account, in which full and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of the Corporation in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

6.6 Annual Certificate of Compliance

 

The Corporation shall deliver to the Note Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each calendar year (and at any time upon reasonable demand by the Note Trustee), an Officer’s Certificate as to the knowledge of such Director or an Authorized Officer who executes the Officer’s Certificate, of the Corporation’s compliance with all conditions and covenants of this Indenture certifying that after reasonable investigation and inquiry, the Corporation has complied with all covenants, conditions or other requirements contained in this Indenture, the non-compliance with which could, with the giving of notice, lapse of time or otherwise, constitute an Event of Default hereunder, or if such is not the case, setting forth with reasonable particulars the circumstances of any failure to comply and any steps taken or proposed to be taken to remedy such Event of Default.

 

   

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6.7 Performance of Covenants by Note Trustee

 

If the Corporation shall fail to perform any of its covenants contained in this Indenture, the Note Trustee may notify the Noteholders of such failure on the part of the Corporation or may itself perform any of the covenants capable of being performed by it, but (subject to Sections 7.2 and 13.4) shall be under no obligation to do so or to notify the Noteholders. All reasonable sums so expended or advanced by the Note Trustee shall be repayable as provided in Section 6.2. No such performance, expenditure or advance by the Note Trustee shall be deemed to relieve the Corporation of any default hereunder.

 

6.8 Maintain Listing

 

The Corporation shall use commercially reasonably efforts to maintain the Corporation’s status as a “reporting issuer” not in material default under Applicable Securities Legislation, in all cases for as long as the Note remains outstanding.

 

ARTICLE 7

DEFAULT

 

7.1 Events of Default

 

Each of the following events constitutes, and is herein sometimes referred to as, an “Event of Default”:

 

(a) failure to pay principal together with accrued interest on the Note when due whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise;

 

(b) default in the observance or performance of any material covenant or material condition of this Indenture by the Corporation and the failure to cure (or obtain a waiver for) such default for a period of 30 days after notice in writing has been given to the Corporation by the Note Trustee or by the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Note then outstanding specifying such default and requiring the Corporation to remedy such default or obtain a waiver for same;

 

(c) failure to make a Note Offer as and when required pursuant to this Indenture;

 

(d) the Corporation defaults in the observance or performance of any agreement, covenant or condition in relation to the Subordinated Term Loan and such default causes such indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity date.

 

(e) if a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction is entered adjudging the Corporation a bankrupt or insolvent under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws, or if a sequestration or process of execution is issued against, or against any material part of, the property of the Corporation or any Material Subsidiary, or appointing a receiver of, or any substantial part of, the property of the Corporation or any Material Subsidiary or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and any such decree or order continues unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 days or files a petition or otherwise commences any proceeding seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights or consents to, or acquiesces in, the filing of such a petition;

 

   

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(f) if the Corporation or any Material Subsidiary institutes proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or consents to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws, or consents to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver of, or any substantial part of, the property of the Corporation or makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due;

 

(g) if a resolution is passed for the winding-up or liquidation of the Corporation except in the course of carrying out or pursuant to a transaction in respect of which the conditions of Section 9.1 are duly observed and performed.

 

In each and every such Event of Default the Note Trustee may, in its discretion, but subject to the provisions of this Section, and shall, upon receipt of a request in writing signed by the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Note then outstanding, subject to the provisions of Section 7.3, by notice in writing to the Corporation declare the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Note then outstanding and all other monies outstanding hereunder to be due and payable and the same shall forthwith become immediately due and payable to the Note Trustee, and the Corporation shall forthwith pay to the Note Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders such principal (and premium, if any), accrued and unpaid interest and interest on amounts in default on the Note (and, where such a declaration is based upon a voluntary winding-up or liquidation of the Corporation, the premium, if any, on the Note then outstanding which would have been payable upon the redemption thereof by the Corporation on the date of such declaration) and all other monies outstanding hereunder, together with subsequent interest at the rate borne by the Note on such principal (and premium, if any), interest and such other monies from the date of such declaration until payment is received by the Note Trustee, such subsequent interest to be payable at the times and places and in the monies mentioned in and according to the tenor of the Note. Such payment when made shall be deemed to have been made in discharge of the Corporation’s obligations hereunder and any monies so received by the Note Trustee shall be applied in the manner provided in Section 7.6.

 

7.2 Notice of Events of Default

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing the Note Trustee shall, within 30 days after it receives written notice or otherwise becomes aware of the occurrence of such Event of Default, give notice of such Event of Default to the Noteholders in the manner provided in Section 12.2, provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Note Trustee shall have been requested to do so by the holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of the Note then outstanding, the Note Trustee shall not be required to give such notice if the Note Trustee in good faith shall have determined that the withholding of such notice is in the best interests of the Noteholders and shall have so advised the Corporation in writing.

 

When notice of the occurrence of an Event of Default has been given and the Event of Default is thereafter cured, notice that the Event of Default is no longer continuing shall be given by the Note Trustee to the Noteholders within 15 days after the Note Trustee becomes aware the Event of Default has been cured.

 

7.3 Waiver of Default

 

Upon the happening of any Event of Default hereunder:

 

(a) the holders of the Note shall have the power (in addition to the powers exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution as hereinafter provided) by requisition in writing by the holders of a majority of the principal amount of Note then outstanding, to instruct the Note Trustee to waive any Event of Default and to cancel any declaration made by the Note Trustee pursuant to Section 7.1 and the Note Trustee shall thereupon waive the Event of Default and cancel such declaration, or either, upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed in such requisition; and

 

   

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(b) the Note Trustee, so long as it has not become bound to declare the principal and interest on the Note then outstanding to be due and payable, or to obtain or enforce payment of the same, shall have power to waive any Event of Default if, in the Note Trustee’s opinion, the same shall have been cured or adequate satisfaction made therefor, and in such event to cancel any such declaration theretofore made by the Note Trustee in the exercise of its discretion, upon such terms and conditions as the Note Trustee may deem advisable.

 

No such act or omission either of the Note Trustee or of the Noteholders shall extend to or be taken in any manner whatsoever to affect any subsequent Event of Default or the rights resulting therefrom.

 

7.4 Enforcement by the Note Trustee

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.3 and to the provisions of any Extraordinary Resolution that may be passed by the Noteholders and to the provisions of this Section, if the Corporation shall fail to pay to the Note Trustee, forthwith after the same shall have been declared to be due and payable under Section 7.1, the principal of and premium (if any) and interest on the Note then outstanding, together with any other amounts due hereunder, the Note Trustee may in its discretion and shall upon receipt of a request in writing signed by the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Note then outstanding and upon being funded and indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction against all costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred, proceed in its name as trustee hereunder to obtain or enforce payment of such principal of and premium (if any) and interest on the Note then outstanding together with any other amounts due hereunder by such proceedings authorized by this Indenture or by law as the Note Trustee in such request shall have been directed to take, or if such request contains no such direction, or if the Note Trustee shall act without such request, then by such proceedings authorized by this Indenture or by law as the Note Trustee shall deem expedient.

 

The Note Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, either in its own name or as trustee, or as attorney for the holders of the Note, or in any one or more of such capacities, to file such proof of debt, amendment of proof of debt, claim, petition or other document as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Note Trustee and of the holders of the Note allowed in any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or other judicial proceedings relative to the Corporation or its creditors or relative to or affecting its property. The Note Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed (and the successive respective holders of the Note by taking and holding the same shall be conclusively deemed to have so appointed the Note Trustee) the true and lawful attorney of the respective holders of the Note with authority to make and file in the respective names of the holders of the Note or on behalf of the holders of the Note as a class, subject to deduction from any such claims of the amounts of any claims filed by any of the holders of the Note themselves, any proof of debt, amendment of proof of debt, claim, petition or other document in any such proceedings and to receive payment of any sums becoming distributable on account thereof, and to execute any such other papers and documents and to do and perform any and all such acts and things for and on behalf of such holders of the Note, as may be necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Note Trustee, in order to have the respective claims of the Note Trustee and of the holders of the Note against the Corporation or its property allowed in any such proceeding, and to receive payment of or on account of such claims; provided, however, that subject to Section 7.3, nothing contained in this Indenture shall be deemed to give to the Note Trustee, unless so authorized by Extraordinary Resolution, any right to accept or consent to any plan of reorganization or otherwise by action of any character in such proceeding to waive or change in any way any right of any Noteholder.

 

   

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The Note Trustee shall also have the power at any time and from time to time to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as it may be advised shall be necessary or advisable to preserve and protect its interests and the interests of the Noteholders.

 

All rights of action hereunder may be enforced by the Note Trustee without the possession of the Note or the production thereof at trial or other proceedings relating thereto. Any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Note Trustee shall be brought in the name of the Note Trustee as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the rateable benefit of the holders of the Note subject to the provisions of this Indenture. In any proceeding brought by the Note Trustee (and also any proceeding in which a declaratory judgment of a court may be sought as to the interpretation or construction of any provision of this Indenture, to which the Note Trustee shall be a party) the Note Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders of the Note, and it shall not be necessary to make any holders of the Note parties to any such proceeding.

 

7.5 No Suits by Noteholders

 

No holder of any Note shall have any right to institute any action, suit or proceeding for the purpose of enforcing payment of the principal of, or premium (if any), or interest on the Note or for the execution of any trust or power hereunder or for the appointment of a liquidator or receiver or for a receiving order under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or to have the Corporation wound up or to file or prove a claim in any liquidation or bankruptcy proceeding or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: (a) such holder shall previously have given to the Note Trustee written notice of the happening of an Event of Default hereunder; (b) the Noteholders by Extraordinary Resolution or by written instrument signed by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Note then outstanding shall have made a request to the Note Trustee and the Note Trustee shall have been afforded reasonable opportunity either itself to proceed to exercise the powers hereinbefore granted or to institute an action, suit or proceeding in its name for such purpose; (c) the Noteholders or any of them shall have furnished to the Note Trustee, when so requested by the Note Trustee, sufficient funds and security and indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; and (d) the Note Trustee shall have failed to act within a reasonable time after such notification, request and offer of indemnity and such notification, request and offer of indemnity are hereby declared in every such case, at the option of the Note Trustee, to be conditions precedent to any such proceeding or for any other remedy hereunder by or on behalf of the holder of the Note.

 

7.6 Application of Monies by Note Trustee

 

(a) Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, any monies received by the Note Trustee from the Corporation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Article 7, or as a result of legal or other proceedings or from any trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator of the Corporation, shall be applied, together with any other monies in the hands of the Note Trustee available for such purpose, as follows:

 

(i) first, in payment or in reimbursement to the Note Trustee of its compensation, and reasonable costs, charges, expenses, borrowings, advances or other monies furnished or provided by or at the instance of the Note Trustee in or about the execution of its trusts under, or otherwise in relation to, this Indenture, with interest thereon as herein provided;

 

   

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(ii) second, but subject as hereinafter in this Section 7.6 provided, in payment, rateably and proportionately to (and in the case of applicable withholding taxes, if any, on behalf of) the holders of Note, of the principal of and premium (if any) and accrued and unpaid interest and interest on amounts in default on the Note which shall then be outstanding in the priority of principal first and then premium (if any) and then accrued and unpaid interest and interest on amounts in default unless otherwise directed by Extraordinary Resolution and in that case in such order or priority as between principal, premium (if any) and interest as may be directed by such resolution; and

 

(iii) third, in payment of the surplus, if any, of such monies to the Corporation or its assigns;

 

(iv) provided, however, that no payment shall be made pursuant to clause (ii) above in respect of the principal, premium (if any) or interest on any Note held, directly or indirectly, by or for the benefit of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (other than any Note pledged for value and in good faith to a person other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary but only to the extent of such person’s interest therein) except subject to the prior payment in full of the principal, premium (if any) and interest (if any) on the Note which are not so held.

 

(b) The Note Trustee shall not be bound to apply or make any partial or interim payment of any monies coming into its hands if the amount so received by it, after reserving therefrom such amount as the Note Trustee may think necessary to provide for the payments mentioned in Section 7.6(a), is insufficient to make a distribution of at least 2% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Note, but it may retain the money so received by it and invest or deposit the same as provided in Section 13.10 until the money or the investments representing the same, with the income derived therefrom, together with any other monies for the time being under its control shall be sufficient for the said purpose or until it shall consider it advisable to apply the same in the manner hereinbefore set out. The foregoing shall, however, not apply to a final payment or distribution hereunder.

 

7.7 Notice of Payment by Note Trustee

 

Not less than 15 days’ notice shall be given in the manner provided in Section 12.2 by the Note Trustee to the Noteholders of any payment to be made under this Article 7. Such notice shall state the time when and place where such payment is to be made and also the liability under this Indenture to which it is to be applied. After the day so fixed, unless payment shall have been duly demanded and have been refused, the Noteholders will be entitled to interest only on the balance (if any) of the principal monies, premium (if any) and interest due (if any) to them, respectively, on the Note, after deduction of the respective amounts payable in respect thereof on the day so fixed.

 

7.8 Note Trustee May Demand Production of Note

 

The Note Trustee shall have the right to demand production of the Note in respect of which any payment of principal, interest or premium (if any) required by this Article 7 is made and may cause to be endorsed on the same a memorandum of the amount so paid and the date of payment, but the Note Trustee may, in its discretion, dispense with such production and endorsement, upon such indemnity being given to it and to the Corporation as the Note Trustee shall deem sufficient.

 

   

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7.9 Remedies Cumulative

 

No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Note Trustee, or upon or to the holders of Note is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now existing or hereafter to exist by law or by statute.

 

7.10 Judgment Against the Corporation

 

The Corporation covenants and agrees with the Note Trustee that, in case of any judicial or other proceedings to enforce the rights of the Noteholders, judgment may be rendered against it in favour of the Noteholders or in favour of the Note Trustee, as trustee for the Noteholders, for any amount which may remain due in respect of the Note and premium (if any) and the interest thereon and any other monies owing hereunder.

 

7.11 Immunity of Directors, Officers and Others

 

The Noteholders and the Note Trustee hereby waive and release any right, cause of action or remedy now or hereafter existing in any jurisdiction against any past, present or future officer or director of any entity of the Just Energy Group, any Director or any holder of Shares or of any successor thereto, for the payment of the principal of or premium or interest on the Note or on any covenant, agreement, representation or warranty by the Corporation contained herein or in the Note.

 

ARTICLE 8

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

8.1 Cancellation

 

The Note shall forthwith after payment thereof be delivered to the Note Trustee and cancelled by it. The Note cancelled or required to be cancelled under this or any other provision of this Indenture shall, if not already cancelled, be cancelled by the Note Trustee and, if required by the Corporation, the Note Trustee shall furnish to it a copy of the cancelled Note.

 

8.2 Non-Presentation of the Note

 

In case the holder of any Note shall fail to present the same for payment on the date on which the principal, premium (if any) or the interest thereon or represented thereby becomes payable either at maturity or otherwise or shall not accept payment on account thereof and give such receipt therefor, if any, as the Note Trustee may require:

 

(a) the Corporation shall be entitled to pay or deliver to the Note Trustee and direct the Note Trustee to set aside;

 

(b) in respect of monies in the hands of the Note Trustee which may or should be applied to the payment of the Note, the Corporation shall be entitled to direct the Note Trustee to set aside; or

 

(c) if the redemption was pursuant to notice given by the Note Trustee, the Note Trustee may itself set aside,

 

the monies in trust to be paid to the holder of the Note upon due presentation or surrender thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; and thereupon the monies payable on or represented by each Note in respect whereof such monies have been set aside shall be deemed to have been paid and the holder thereof shall thereafter have no right in respect thereof except that of receiving delivery and payment of the monies (less applicable withholding taxes, if any) so set aside by the Note Trustee upon due presentation and surrender thereof, subject always to the provisions of Section 8.3.

 

 

   

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8.3 Repayment of Unclaimed Monies

 

Subject to applicable law, any monies set aside under Section 8.2 and not claimed by and paid to holders of Note as provided in Section 8.2 within six years after the date of such setting aside shall be repaid and delivered to the Corporation by the Note Trustee and thereupon the Note Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such monies and thereafter the holders of the Note in respect of which such monies were so repaid to the Corporation shall have no rights in respect thereof except to obtain payment and delivery of the monies and without interest, from the Corporation subject to any prescription provided by the laws of the Province of Ontario. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Note Trustee will pay any remaining funds prior to the expiry of six years after the setting aside described in Section 8.2 to the Corporation upon receipt from the Corporation, or one of its Subsidiaries, of an uncontested letter of credit from a Canadian chartered bank in an amount equal to or in excess of the amount of the remaining funds. If the remaining funds are paid to the Corporation prior to the expiry of six years after such setting aside, the Corporation shall reimburse the Note Trustee for any amounts so set aside which are required to be paid by the Note Trustee to a holder of a Note after the date of such payment of the remaining funds to the Corporation but prior to six years after such setting aside.

 

8.4 Discharge

 

The Note Trustee shall at the written request of the Corporation release and discharge this Indenture and execute and deliver such instruments as it shall be advised by Counsel are requisite for that purpose and to release the Corporation from its covenants herein contained (other than the provisions relating to the indemnification of the Note Trustee), upon proof being given to the reasonable satisfaction of the Note Trustee that the principal and premium (if any) of and interest (including interest on amounts in default, if any), on the Note and all other monies payable hereunder have been paid or satisfied or that the Note having matured or having been duly called for redemption, payment of the principal of and interest (including interest on amounts in default, if any) on the Note and of all other monies payable hereunder has been duly and effectually provided for in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

8.5 Satisfaction

 

(a) The Corporation shall be deemed to have fully paid, satisfied and discharged the outstanding Note and the Note Trustee, at the expense of the Corporation, shall execute and deliver proper instruments acknowledging the full payment, satisfaction and discharge of the Note, when, with respect to the outstanding Note, either:

 

(i) the Corporation has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Note Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making payment on the Note, an amount in money sufficient to pay, satisfy and discharge the entire amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, to maturity or any repayment date or Redemption Dates or any Change of Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, of the Note; or

 

 

   

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(ii) the Corporation has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Note Trustee as property in trust for the purpose of making payment on the Note such amount in Canadian dollars of direct obligations of, or obligations the principal and interest of which are guaranteed by, the United States Government, the Government of Canada;

 

as will be sufficient to pay and discharge the entire amount of principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest to maturity or any repayment date, as the case may be, of all the Note;

 

and in either event:

 

(iii) the Corporation has paid, caused to be paid or made provisions to the satisfaction of the Note Trustee for the payment of all other sums payable or which may be payable with respect to all of the Note (together with all reasonable expenses of the Note Trustee in connection with the payment of the Note);

 

(iv) the Corporation has delivered to the Note Trustee either (A) an opinion of counsel in Canada reasonably acceptable to the Note Trustee to the effect that, based upon Canadian law then in effect (and also taking into account any proposed amendments to Canadian law which, if enacted in the form proposed, would have retroactive effect), the beneficial owners of the Note will not recognize income, gain or loss for Canadian federal, provincial or territorial or other tax purposes, as a result of the defeasance, as the case may be, and will be subject to Canadian taxes on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred or (B) a ruling directed to the Note Trustee received from tax authorities of Canada to the same effect as the opinion of counsel described in clause (A) above; and

 

(v) the Corporation has delivered to the Note Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent herein provided relating to the payment, satisfaction and discharge of the Note have been complied with.

 

Any deposits with the Note Trustee referred to in this Section 8.5 shall be irrevocable, subject to Section 8.6, and shall be made under the terms of an escrow and/or trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Note Trustee and the Corporation and which provides for the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on the Note being satisfied.

 

(b) Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set out in this Section 8.5 with respect to the outstanding Note, the terms and conditions of the Note, including the terms and conditions with respect thereto set out in this Indenture (other than those contained in Article 2, Article 4 and Article 6 and Section 7.4 and the provisions of Article 1 pertaining to the foregoing provisions) shall no longer be binding upon or applicable to the Corporation.

 

(c) Any funds or obligations deposited with the Note Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.5 shall be denominated in the currency or denomination of the Note in respect of which such deposit is made.

 

(d) If the Note Trustee is unable to apply any money or securities in accordance with this Section 8.5 by reason of any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Corporation’s obligations under this Indenture and the affected Note shall be revived and reinstated as though no money had been deposited pursuant to this Section 8.5 until such time as the Note Trustee is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with this Section 8.5, provided that if the Corporation has made any payment in respect of principal, premium or interest on Note or, as applicable, other amounts because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of the Note to receive such payment from the money held by the Note Trustee.

 

   

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8.6 Continuance of Rights, Duties and Obligations

 

(a) Where trust funds have been deposited pursuant to Section 8.5, the holders of Note and the Corporation shall continue to have and be subject to their respective rights, duties and obligations under Article 2 and Article 4 and the provisions of Article 1 pertaining to the foregoing provisions, as may be applicable.

 

(b) In the event that, after the deposit of trust funds pursuant to Section 8.5, the Corporation is required to purchase any outstanding Note pursuant to Subsection 2.1(e) in relation to Note or to purchase or make an offer to purchase Note pursuant to any other similar provisions relating to the Note, the Corporation shall be entitled to use any trust money deposited with the Note Trustee pursuant to Section 8.5 for the purpose of paying to any holders of Defeased Note who have accepted any such offer of the Corporation the Offer Price payable to such holders in respect of such offer to purchase the Note. Upon receipt of a Written Direction from the Corporation, the Note Trustee shall be entitled to pay to such holder from such trust money deposited with the Note Trustee pursuant to Section 8.5 in respect of the Defeased Note which is applicable to the Defeased Note held by such holders who have accepted any such offer from the Corporation (which amount shall be based on the applicable principal amount of the Defeased Note held by holders that accept any such offer in relation to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all the Defeased Note).

 

ARTICLE 9

SUCCESSORS

 

9.1 Restrictions on Amalgamation, Merger and Sale of Certain Assets, etc.

 

Subject to the provisions of Article 10, the Corporation shall not, without the consent of holders of the outstanding Note, consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any person or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Corporation to another person (other than one of the Corporation’s direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries), unless:

 

(a) prior to or contemporaneously with the consummation of such transaction the Corporation and the resulting, surviving, continuing or transferee person (the “Successor”) shall have executed such instruments and done such things as are necessary to ensure that upon the consummation of such transaction:

 

(i) the Successor has assumed all the obligations of the Corporation under this Indenture and the Note;

 

(ii) the Successor is a corporation, organized and existing under the laws of Canada or the United States or any province, territory or state, as the case may be, thereof;

 

   

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(iii) the Note will be valid and binding obligations of the Successor entitling the holders thereof, as against the Successor, to all the rights of Noteholders under this Indenture;

 

(iv) after giving effect to and immediately after the transaction, no Event of Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, will occur; and

 

(v) other conditions described in the Indenture that relate to such transaction are met, including the execution and delivery of any Officer’s Certificate under Section 13.7;

 

(b) such transaction, in the opinion of Counsel, shall be on such terms as to substantially preserve and not impair any of the rights and powers of the Noteholders hereunder; and

 

(c) no condition or event shall exist as to the Corporation (at the time of such transaction) or the Successor (immediately after such transaction) and after giving full effect thereto or immediately after the Successor shall become liable to pay the principal monies, premium, if any, interest and other monies due or which may become due hereunder, which constitutes or would constitute an Event of Default hereunder.

 

 

For purposes of the foregoing, the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease (in a single transaction or series of transactions) of the properties or assets one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Corporation (other than to the Corporation or another direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary) which, if such properties or assets were directly owned by the Corporation, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Corporation on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be a sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Corporation.

 

9.2 Vesting of Powers in Successor

 

Whenever the conditions of Section 9.1 shall have been duly observed and performed, any Successor formed by or resulting from such transaction shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Corporation under this Indenture with the same effect as though the Successor had been named as the Corporation herein and thereafter, except in the case of a lease or other similar disposition of property to the Successor, the Corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Note forthwith upon the Corporation delivering to the Note Trustee an opinion of Counsel to the effect that the transaction shall not result in any material adverse tax consequences to the Corporation or the Successor. The Note Trustee will, at the expense of the Successor, execute any documents which it may be advised by Counsel are necessary or advisable for effecting or evidencing such release and discharge.

 

   

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ARTICLE 10

COMPULSORY ACQUISITION

 

10.1 Definitions

 

In this Article:

 

(a) Dissenting Noteholders” means a Noteholder who does not accept an Offer referred to in Section 10.2 and includes any assignee of the Note of a Noteholder to whom such an Offer is made, whether or not such assignee is recognized under this Indenture;

 

(b) Offer” means an offer to acquire outstanding Note which is a take-over bid for Note within the meaning of the Securities Act (Ontario) where, as of the date of the offer to acquire, the Note that is subject to the offer to acquire, together with the Offeror’s Note, constitutes in the aggregate 20% or more of the outstanding principal amount of the Note;

 

(c) offer to acquire” includes an acceptance of an offer to sell;

 

(d) Offeror” means a person, or two or more persons acting jointly or in concert, who make an Offer to acquire Note;

 

(e) Offeror’s Note” means Note beneficially owned, or over which control or direction is exercised, on the date of an Offer by the Offeror, any Affiliate or Associate of the Offeror or any person or company acting jointly or in concert with the Offeror; and

 

(f) Offeror’s Notice” means the notice described in Section 10.3.

 

10.2 Offer for Note

 

If an Offer for the Note is made and:

 

(a) within the time provided in the Offer for its acceptance or within 120 days after the date the Offer is made, whichever period is the shorter, the Offer is accepted by Noteholders representing at least 90% of the outstanding principal amount of the Note, other than the Offeror’s Note;

 

(b) the Offeror is bound to take up and pay for, or has taken up and paid for the Note of the Noteholders who accepted the Offer; and

 

(c) the Offeror complies with Sections 10.3 and 10.5,

 

the Offeror is entitled to acquire, and the Dissenting Noteholders are required to sell to the Offeror, the Note held by the Dissenting Noteholders for the same consideration per Note payable or paid, as the case may be, under the Offer.

 

10.3 Offeror’s Notice to Dissenting Noteholders

 

Where an Offeror is entitled to acquire the Note held by Dissenting Noteholders pursuant to Section 10.2 and the Offeror wishes to exercise such right, the Offeror shall send by registered mail within 30 days after the date of termination of the Offer a notice (the “Offeror’s Notice”) to each Dissenting Noteholder stating that:

 

   

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(a) Noteholders holding at least 90% of the principal amount of the outstanding Note, other than Offeror’s Note, have accepted the Offer;

 

(b) the Offeror is bound to take up and pay for, or has taken up and paid for, the Note of the Noteholders who accepted the Offer;

 

(c) Dissenting Noteholders must transfer their respective Note to the Offeror on the terms on which the Offeror acquired the Note of the Noteholders who accepted the Offer within 21 days after the date of the sending of the Offeror’s Notice; and

 

(d) Dissenting Noteholders must send their respective Note certificate(s) to the Note Trustee within 21 days after the date of the sending of the Offeror’s Notice.

 

10.4 Delivery of Note Certificates

 

A Dissenting Noteholder to whom an Offeror’s Notice is sent pursuant to Section 10.3 shall, within 21 days after the sending of the Offeror’s Notice, send his or her Note certificate(s) (or such other documents as the Note Trustee may require in lieu thereof) to the Note Trustee duly endorsed for transfer.

 

10.5 Payment of Consideration to Note Trustee

 

Within 21 days after the Offeror sends an Offeror’s Notice pursuant to Section 10.3, the Offeror shall pay or transfer to the Note Trustee, or to such other person as the Note Trustee may direct, the cash or other consideration that is payable to Dissenting Noteholders pursuant to Section 10.2. The acquisition by the Offeror of the Note held by all Dissenting Noteholders shall be effective as of the time of such payment or transfer.

 

10.6 Consideration to be held in Trust

 

The Note Trustee, or the person directed by the Note Trustee, shall hold in trust for the Dissenting Noteholders the cash or other consideration they or it receives under Section 10.5. The Note Trustee, or such persons, shall deposit cash in a separate account in a Canadian chartered bank, or other body corporate, any of whose deposits are insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, and shall place other consideration in the custody of a Canadian chartered bank or such other body corporate.

 

10.7 Completion of Transfer of Note to Offeror

 

Within 30 days after the date of the sending of an Offeror’s Notice pursuant to Section 10.3, the Note Trustee, if the Offeror has complied with Section 10.5, shall:

 

(a) do all acts and things and execute and cause to be executed all instruments as may be necessary or desirable to cause the transfer of the Note of the Dissenting Noteholders to the Offeror;

 

(b) send to each Dissenting Noteholder who has complied with Section 10.4 the consideration to which such Dissenting Noteholder is entitled under this Article 10 net of applicable withholding taxes, if any; and

 

(c) send to each Dissenting Noteholder who has not complied with Section 10.4 a notice stating that:

 

(i) his or her Note has been transferred to the Offeror;

 

   

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(ii) the Note Trustee or some other person designated in such notice are holding in trust the consideration for the Note; and

 

(iii) the Note Trustee, or such other person, will send the consideration to such Dissenting Noteholder as soon as possible after receiving such Dissenting Noteholder’s Note certificate(s) or such other documents as the Note Trustee or such other person may require in lieu thereof,

 

and the Note Trustee is hereby appointed the agent and lawful attorney, and is granted attorney with respect to the Note, of the Dissenting Noteholders for the purposes of giving effect to the foregoing provisions including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute such transfers as may be necessary or desirable in respect of the book-entry only registration system of the Depository.

 

10.8 Communication of Offer to the Corporation

 

An Offeror may not make an Offer for the Note unless, concurrent with the communication of the Offer to any Noteholder, a copy of the Offer is provided to the Corporation, which will then provide a copy to the Note Trustee.

 

ARTICLE 11

MEETINGS OF NOTEHOLDERS

 

11.1 Right to Convene Meeting

 

The Note Trustee or the Corporation may at any time and from time to time, and the Note Trustee shall, on receipt of a written request of the Corporation or a written request signed by the holders of not less than 25% of the principal amount of the Note then outstanding and upon receiving funding and being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Corporation or by the Noteholders signing such request against the costs which may be incurred in connection with the calling and holding of such meeting, convene a meeting of the Noteholders. In the event of the Note Trustee failing, within 30 days after receipt of any such request and such funding of indemnity, to give notice convening a meeting, the Corporation or the Noteholders, as the case may be, may convene such meeting. Every such meeting shall be held in the city of Toronto or at such other place as may be approved or determined by the Corporation.

 

11.2 Notice of Meetings

 

At least 21 days’ notice of any meeting shall be given to the Noteholders in the manner provided in Section 12.2 and a copy of such notice shall be sent by post to the Note Trustee, unless the meeting has been called by it. Such notice shall state the time and date when and the place where the meeting is to be held and shall state briefly the general nature of the business to be transacted thereat and it shall not be necessary for any such notice to set out the terms of any resolution to be proposed or any of the provisions of this Article. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to any holder of Note shall not invalidate any resolution passed at any such meeting. A holder may waive notice of a meeting either before or after the meeting.

 

11.3 Chairman

 

Some person, who need not be a Noteholder, nominated in writing by the Corporation (in case it convenes the meeting) or by the Note Trustee (in any other case) shall be chairman of the meeting and if no person is so nominated, or if the person so nominated is not present within 15 minutes from the time fixed for the holding of the meeting, a majority of the Noteholders present in person or by proxy shall choose some person present to be chairman.

 

   

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11.4 Quorum

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 11.12, at any meeting of the Noteholders (for clarity, including the Noteholders Meeting) a quorum shall consist of one or more Noteholders present in person or by proxy and representing at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Note. If a quorum of the Noteholders shall not be present within 30 minutes from the time fixed for holding any meeting, the meeting, if summoned by the Noteholders or pursuant to a request of the Noteholders, shall be dissolved, but in any other case the meeting shall be adjourned to the same day in the next week (unless such day is not a Business Day in which case it shall be adjourned to the next following Business Day thereafter) at the same time and place and no notice shall be required to be given to any party in respect of such adjourned meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the Noteholders present in person or by proxy shall, subject to the provisions of Section 11.12, constitute a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was originally convened notwithstanding that they may not represent 25% of the principal amount of the outstanding Note. Any business may be brought before or dealt with at an adjourned meeting which might have been brought before or dealt with at the original meeting in accordance with the notice calling the same. No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless the required quorum be present at the commencement of business.

 

11.5 Power to Adjourn

 

The chairman of any meeting at which a quorum of the Noteholders is present may, with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Note represented thereat, adjourn any such meeting and no notice of such adjournment need be given except such notice, if any, as the meeting may prescribe.

 

11.6 Show of Hands

 

Every question submitted to a meeting shall, subject to Section 11.7, be decided in the first place by a majority of the votes given on a show of hands except that votes on Extraordinary Resolutions shall be given in the manner hereinafter provided. At any such meeting, unless a poll is duly demanded as herein provided, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority shall be conclusive evidence of the fact. The chairman of any meeting shall be entitled, both on a show of hands and on a poll, to vote in respect of the Note, if any, held by him.

 

11.7 Poll

 

On every Extraordinary Resolution, and on any other question or resolution submitted to a meeting when demanded by the chairman or by one or more Noteholders or proxies for Noteholders, a poll shall be taken in such manner and either at once or after an adjournment as the chairman shall direct. Questions or resolutions other than Extraordinary Resolutions shall, if a poll be taken, be decided or approved (as the case may be) by the votes of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Note represented at the meeting and voted on the poll.

 

11.8 Voting

 

On a show of hands every person who is present and entitled to vote, whether as a Noteholder or as proxy for one or more Noteholders or both, shall have one vote. On a poll each Noteholder present in person or represented by a proxy duly appointed by an instrument in writing shall be entitled to one vote in respect of each $1 principal amount of the Note of which he shall then be the holder. A proxy need not be a Noteholder. In the case of joint holders of a Note, any one of them present in person or by proxy at the meeting may vote in the absence of the other or others but in case more than one of them be present in person or by proxy, they shall vote together in respect of the Note of which they are joint holders.

 

   

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In the case of a Global Note, a Book Entry Only Note or a Book Based Only Note, the Depository may appoint or cause to be appointed a Person or Persons as proxies and shall designate the number of votes entitled to each such Person, and each such Person shall be entitled to be present at any meeting of Noteholders and shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting in accordance with the number of votes set out in the Depository’s designation.

 

11.9 Proxies

 

A Noteholder may be present and vote at any meeting of Noteholders by an authorized representative. The Corporation (in case it convenes the meeting) or the Note Trustee (in any other case) for the purpose of enabling the Noteholders to be present and vote at any meeting without producing their Note, and of enabling them to be present and vote at any such meeting by proxy and of lodging instruments appointing such proxies at some place other than the place where the meeting is to be held, may from time to time make and vary such regulations as it shall think fit providing for and governing any or all of the following matters:

 

(a) voting by proxy by Noteholders, the form of the instrument appointing a proxy, which shall be in writing, and the manner in which the same shall be executed and the production of the authority of any person signing on behalf of a Noteholder;

 

(b) the deposit of instruments appointing proxies at such place as the Note Trustee, the Corporation or the Noteholder convening the meeting, as the case may be, may, in the notice convening the meeting, direct and the time, if any, before the holding of the meeting or any adjournment thereof by which the same must be deposited; and

 

(c) the deposit of instruments appointing proxies at some approved place or places other than the place at which the meeting is to be held and enabling particulars of such instruments appointing proxies to be mailed, faxed, or sent by other electronic means before the meeting to the Corporation or to the Note Trustee at the place where the same is to be held and for the voting of proxies so deposited as though the instruments themselves were produced at the meeting.

 

Any regulations so made shall be binding and effective and the votes given in accordance therewith shall be valid and shall be counted. Save as such regulations may provide, the only persons who shall be recognized at any meeting as the holders of the Note, or as entitled to vote or be present at the meeting in respect thereof, shall be Noteholders and persons whom Noteholders have by instrument in writing duly appointed as their proxies.

 

11.10 Persons Entitled to Attend Meetings

 

The Corporation, each other entity of the Just Energy Group and the Note Trustee, by their respective officers, directors, the Auditors of the Corporation and the legal advisers of the Corporation and the Note Trustee may attend any meeting of the Noteholders, but shall have no vote as such.

 

11.11 Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution

 

In addition to the powers conferred upon them by any other provisions of this Indenture or by law, a meeting of the Noteholders shall have the following powers exercisable from time to time by Extraordinary Resolution:

 

(a) power to sanction any modification, abrogation, alteration, compromise or arrangement of the rights of the Noteholders or the Note Trustee against the Corporation, or against its property, whether such rights arise under this Indenture or the Note or otherwise provided that such sanctioned actions are not prejudicial to the Note Trustee;

 

   

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(b) power to assent to any modification of or change in or addition to or omission from the provisions contained in this Indenture or any Note which shall be agreed to by the Corporation and to authorize the Note Trustee to concur in and execute any indenture supplemental hereto embodying any modification, change, addition or omission;

 

(c) power to sanction any scheme for the reconstruction, reorganization or recapitalization of the Corporation or for the consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, combination or merger of the Corporation with any other person or for the sale, leasing, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the undertaking, property and assets of the Corporation or any part thereof, provided that no such sanction shall be necessary in respect of any such transaction if the provisions of Section 9.1 shall have been complied with;

 

(d) power to direct or authorize the Note Trustee to exercise any power, right, remedy or authority given to it by this Indenture in any manner specified in any such Extraordinary Resolution or to refrain from exercising any such power, right, remedy or authority;

 

(e) power to waive, and direct the Note Trustee to waive, any default hereunder and/or cancel any declaration made by the Note Trustee pursuant to Section 7.1 either unconditionally or upon any condition specified in such Extraordinary Resolution;

 

(f) power to restrain any Noteholder from taking or instituting any suit, action or proceeding for the purpose of enforcing payment of the principal, premium or interest on the Note, or for the execution of any trust or power hereunder;

 

(g) power to direct any Noteholder who, as such, has brought any action, suit or proceeding to stay or discontinue or otherwise deal with the same upon payment, if the taking of such suit, action or proceeding shall have been permitted by Section 7.5, of the costs, charges and expenses reasonably and properly incurred by the Noteholder in connection therewith;

 

(h) power to assent to any compromise or arrangement with any creditor or creditors or any class or classes of creditors, whether secured or otherwise, and with holders of any Shares or other securities of the Corporation;

 

(i) power to appoint a committee with power and authority (subject to such limitations, if any, as may be prescribed in the resolution) to exercise, and to direct the Note Trustee to exercise, on behalf of the Noteholders, such of the powers of the Noteholders as are exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution or other resolution as shall be included in the resolution appointing the committee. The resolution making such appointment may provide for payment of the expenses and disbursements of and compensation to such committee. Such committee shall consist of such number of persons as shall be prescribed in the resolution appointing it and the members need not be themselves Noteholders. Every such committee may elect its chairman and may make regulations respecting its quorum, the calling of its meetings, the filling of vacancies occurring in its number and its procedure generally. Such regulations may provide that the committee may act at a meeting at which a quorum is present or may act by minutes signed by the number of members thereof necessary to constitute a quorum. All acts of any such committee within the authority delegated to it shall be binding upon all Noteholders. Neither the committee nor any member thereof shall be liable for any loss arising from or in connection with any action taken or omitted to be taken by them in good faith;

 

   

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(j) power to remove the Note Trustee from office and to appoint a new Note Trustee or Note Trustees provided that no such removal shall be effective unless and until a new Note Trustee or Note Trustees shall have become bound by this Indenture; and

 

(k) power to amend, alter or repeal any Extraordinary Resolution previously passed or sanctioned by the Noteholders or by any committee appointed pursuant to Section 11.11(i).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.11, none of such provisions shall in any manner allow or permit any amendment, modification, abrogation or addition to the provisions of Article 5 which could reasonably be expected to detrimentally affect the rights, remedies or recourse of the priority of the Senior Creditors.

 

11.12 Meaning of Extraordinary Resolution

 

(a) The expression “Extraordinary Resolution” when used in this Indenture means, subject as hereinafter in this Article provided, a resolution proposed to be passed as an Extraordinary Resolution at a meeting of Noteholders (including an adjourned meeting) duly convened for the purpose and held in accordance with the provisions of this Article at which the holders of not less than 25% of the principal amount of the Note then outstanding are present in person or by proxy and passed by the favourable votes of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the principal amount of the Note, present or represented by proxy at the meeting and voted upon on a poll on such resolution.

 

(b) If, at any such meeting, the holders of not less than 25% of the principal amount of the Note then outstanding are not present in person or by proxy within 30 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, then the meeting, if convened by or on the requisition of Noteholders, shall be dissolved but in any other case it shall stand adjourned to such date, being not less than 14 days nor more than 60 days later, and to such place and time as may be appointed by the chairman. Not less than ten days’ notice shall be given of the time and place of such adjourned meeting in the manner provided in Section 12.2. Such notice shall state that at the adjourned meeting the Noteholders present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum. At the adjourned meeting the Noteholders present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was originally convened and a resolution proposed at such adjourned meeting and passed thereat by the affirmative vote of holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the principal amount of the Note present or represented by proxy at the meeting and voted upon on a poll shall be an Extraordinary Resolution within the meaning of this Indenture, notwithstanding that the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Note then outstanding are not present in person or by proxy at such adjourned meeting.

 

(c) Votes on an Extraordinary Resolution shall always be given on a poll and no demand for a poll on an Extraordinary Resolution shall be necessary.

 

11.13 Unanimous Approval by Noteholders

 

Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Indenture, the power to authorize the Note Trustee (a) to grant amendments or extensions of time for payment of any principal, premium or interest on the Note, whether or not the principal, premium, or interest, the payment of which is extended, is at the time due or overdue, or (b) to extend the maturity of the Note or to amend the principal amount thereof, the rate of interest or any redemption premium thereon, shall require unanimous approval of the Noteholders.

 

   

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11.14 Powers Cumulative

 

Any one or more of the powers in this Indenture stated to be exercisable by the Noteholders by Extraordinary Resolution or otherwise may be exercised from time to time and the exercise of any one or more of such powers from time to time shall not be deemed to exhaust the rights of the Noteholders to exercise the same or any other such power or powers thereafter from time to time.

 

11.15 Minutes

 

Minutes of all resolutions and proceedings at every meeting as aforesaid shall be made and duly entered in books to be from time to time provided for that purpose by the Note Trustee at the expense of the Corporation, and any such minutes as aforesaid, if signed by the chairman of the meeting at which such resolutions were passed or proceedings had, or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting of the Noteholders, shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein stated and, until the contrary is proved, every such meeting, in respect of the proceedings of which minutes shall have been made, shall be deemed to have been duly held and convened, and all resolutions passed thereat or proceedings taken thereat to have been duly passed and taken.

 

11.16 Instruments in Writing

 

All actions which may be taken and all powers that may be exercised by the Noteholders at a meeting held as hereinbefore in this Article provided may also be taken and exercised by the holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding Note by an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts and the expression “Extraordinary Resolution” when used in this Indenture and references to other resolutions of the Noteholders in this Indenture shall include an instrument so signed.

 

11.17 Binding Effect of Resolutions

 

Every resolution and every Extraordinary Resolution passed in accordance with the provisions of this Article at a meeting of Noteholders shall be binding upon all the Noteholders, whether present at or absent from such meeting, and every instrument in writing signed by Noteholders in accordance with Section 11.16 shall be binding upon all the Noteholders, whether signatories thereto or not, and each and every Noteholder and the Note Trustee (subject to the provisions for its indemnity herein contained) shall be bound to give effect accordingly to every such resolution, Extraordinary Resolution and instrument in writing.

 

11.18 Evidence of Rights of Noteholders

 

(a) Any request, direction, notice, consent or other instrument which this Indenture may require or permit to be signed or executed by the Noteholders may be in any number of concurrent instruments of similar tenor signed or executed by the Noteholders.

 

(b) The Note Trustee may, in its discretion, require proof of execution in cases where it deems proof desirable and may accept such proof as it shall consider proper.

 

11.19 Record Dates

 

If the Corporation shall solicit from the holders of Note any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Corporation may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Written Direction of the Corporation, fix in advance a record date for the determination of such holders entitled to provide such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Corporation shall not have the obligation to do so. Any such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Written Direction of the Corporation.

 

   

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If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after such record date, but only the holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be holders for the purposes of determining whether holders of the requisite proportion of Note then outstanding have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, notice, consent, waiver or other act, and for this purpose the Note then outstanding shall be computed as of such record date.

 

ARTICLE 12

NOTICES

 

12.1 Notice to the Corporation

 

Any notice to the Corporation under the provisions of this Indenture shall be valid and effective if delivered in writing to the Corporation at 100 King Street West, Suite 2630, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5X 1E1, Attention: General Counsel, Facsimile No.: Fax: (905) 564-6069 , Email: jdavids@justenergy.com and copies (which shall not constitute notice) delivered to Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, 333 Bay Street, Suite 2400, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2T6, Attention: Aaron Stefan, Facsimile No.: (416) 364-7813, Email: astefan@fasken.com or if given by registered letter, postage prepaid, to such offices and so addressed and if mailed, shall be deemed to have been effectively given three days following the mailing thereof. The Corporation may from time to time notify the Note Trustee in writing of a change of address which thereafter, until changed by like notice, shall be the address of the Corporation for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

If by reason of any interruption of mail service, actual or threatened, any notice to be given to the Corporation would reasonably be unlikely to reach its destination by the time notice by mail is deemed to have been given pursuant to this Section 12.1, such notice shall be valid and effective only if delivered at the appropriate address in accordance with this Section 12.1.

 

12.2 Notice to Noteholders

 

All notices to be given hereunder with respect to the Note shall be deemed to be validly given to the holders thereof if sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, by letter or circular addressed to such holders at their post office addresses appearing in any of the registers hereinbefore mentioned and shall be deemed to have been effectively given three days following the day of mailing. Accidental error or omission in giving notice or accidental failure to mail notice to any Noteholder or the inability of the Corporation to give or mail any notice due to any event beyond the reasonable control of the Corporation shall not invalidate any action or proceeding founded thereon.

 

If any notice given in accordance with the foregoing paragraph would be unlikely to reach the Noteholders to whom it is addressed in the ordinary course of post by reason of an interruption in mail service, whether at the place of dispatch or receipt or both, the Corporation shall give such notice by publication at least once in the city of Toronto, Ontario (or in such of those cities as, in the opinion of the Note Trustee, is sufficient in the particular circumstances), each such publication to be made in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the designated city.

 

Any notice given to Noteholders by publication shall be deemed to have been given on the day on which publication shall have been effected at least once in each of the newspapers in which publication was required.

 

   

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All notices with respect to any Note may be given to whichever one of the holders thereof (if more than one) is named first in the registers hereinbefore mentioned, and any notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all persons having an interest in the Note. For greater certainty if CDS is the registered Noteholder, notice to the Noteholders may be effected through email delivery to CDS.

 

12.3 Notice to Note Trustee

 

Any notice to the Note Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture shall be valid and effective if delivered to the Note Trustee at its offices in the city of Toronto at 100 University Avenue, 11th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y1, Attention: Manager, Corporate Trust or if sent by facsimile to facsimile number: (416) 981-9777, or if sent by email to: corporatetrust.toronto@computershare.com) Attention: Manager, Corporate Trust, or if given by registered letter, postage prepaid, to such offices and so addressed and, if mailed, shall be deemed to have been effectively given three days following the mailing thereof.

 

12.4 Mail Service Interruption

 

If by reason of any interruption of mail service, actual or threatened, any notice to be given to the Note Trustee would reasonably be unlikely to reach its destination by the time notice by mail is deemed to have been given pursuant to Section 12.3 such notice shall be valid and effective only if delivered at the appropriate address in accordance with Section 12.3.

 

ARTICLE 13

CONCERNING THE NOTE TRUSTEE

 

13.1 Trust Indenture Legislation

 

(a) In this Indenture, the term “Indenture Legislation” means the provisions, if any, of the Canada Business Corporations Act and any other statute of Canada or a province thereof, and of the regulations under any such statute, relating to trust indentures and to the rights, duties and obligations of trustees under trust indentures and of corporations issuing debt obligations under trust indentures, to the extent that such provisions are at the time in force and applicable to this Indenture or the Corporation or the Note Trustee.

 

(b) If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a mandatory requirement of Indenture Legislation, such mandatory requirement shall prevail.

 

(c) At all times in relation to this Indenture and any action to be taken hereunder, the Corporation and the Note Trustee each shall observe and comply with Indenture Legislation and the Corporation, the Note Trustee and each Noteholder shall be entitled to the benefits of Indenture Legislation.

 

13.2 No Conflict of Interest

 

The Note Trustee represents to the Corporation that, to the best of its knowledge after due inquiry, at the date of execution and delivery by it of this Indenture, there exists no material conflict of interest in the role of the Note Trustee as a fiduciary hereunder but if, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 13.2, such a material conflict of interest exists, or hereafter arises, the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, and the Note issued hereunder, shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only that such material conflict of interest exists or arises but the Note Trustee shall, within 30 days after ascertaining that it has a material conflict of interest, either eliminate such material conflict of interest or resign in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 13.3.

 

   

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13.3 Replacement of Note Trustee

 

The Note Trustee may resign its trust and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder by giving to the Corporation 60 days’ notice in writing or such shorter notice as the Corporation may accept as sufficient. If at any time a material conflict of interest exists in the Note Trustee’s role as a fiduciary hereunder, the Note Trustee shall, within 30 days after ascertaining that such a material conflict of interest exists, either eliminate such material conflict of interest or resign in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 13.3. The validity and enforceability of this Indenture and of the Note issued hereunder shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only that such a material conflict of interest exists or existed. In the event of the Note Trustee resigning or being removed or being dissolved, becoming bankrupt, going into liquidation or otherwise becoming incapable of acting hereunder, the Corporation shall forthwith appoint a new Note Trustee unless a new Note Trustee has already been appointed by the Noteholders. Failing such appointment by the Corporation, the retiring Note Trustee or any Noteholder may apply to a Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, on such notice as such Judge may direct at the Corporation’s expense, for the appointment of a new Note Trustee but any new Note Trustee so appointed by the Corporation or by the Court shall be subject to removal as aforesaid by the Noteholders and the appointment of such new Note Trustee shall be effective only upon such new Note Trustee becoming bound by this Indenture. Any new Note Trustee appointed under any provision of this Section 13.3 shall be a corporation authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in all of the provinces and territories of Canada, which for certainty includes in accordance with the Indenture Legislation. On any new appointment the new Note Trustee shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as Note Trustee.

 

Any company into which the Note Trustee may be merged or, with or to which it may be consolidated, amalgamated or sold, or any company resulting from any merger, consolidation, sale or amalgamation to which the Note Trustee shall be a party, or any company succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Note Trustee shall be the successor Note Trustee under this Indenture without the execution of any instrument or any further act. Nevertheless, upon the written request of the successor Note Trustee or of the Corporation, the Note Trustee ceasing to act shall execute and deliver an instrument assigning and transferring to such successor Note Trustee, upon the terms herein expressed, all the rights, powers and trusts of the Note Trustee so ceasing to act, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all property and money held by the Note Trustee to the successor Note Trustee so appointed in its place. Should any deed, conveyance or instrument in writing from the Corporation be required by any new Note Trustee for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to it such estates, properties, rights, powers and trusts, then any and all such deeds, conveyances and instruments in writing shall on request of said new Note Trustee, be made, executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Corporation and/or the Note Trustee that is ceasing to act.

 

13.4 Duties of Note Trustee

 

In the exercise of the rights, duties and obligations prescribed or conferred by the terms of this Indenture, the Note Trustee shall act honestly and in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner and exercise that power with the degree of care, diligence and skill of a reasonably prudent trustee and with a view to the best interests of the Noteholders.

 

13.5 Reliance Upon Declarations, Opinions, etc.

 

In the exercise of its rights, duties and obligations hereunder the Note Trustee may, if acting in good faith, act and rely, as to the truth of the statements and accuracy of the opinions expressed therein, upon statutory declarations, opinions, reports or certificates furnished pursuant to any covenant, condition or requirement of this Indenture or required by the Note Trustee to be furnished to it in the exercise of its rights and duties hereunder, if the Note Trustee examines such statutory declarations, opinions, reports or certificates and determines that they comply with Section 13.6, if applicable, and with any other applicable requirements of this Indenture and the Indenture Legislation. The Note Trustee may nevertheless, in its discretion, require further proof in cases where it deems further proof desirable. Without restricting the foregoing, the Note Trustee may act and rely on an opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Note Trustee notwithstanding that it is delivered by a solicitor or firm which acts as solicitors for the Corporation.

 

   

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13.6 Evidence and Authority to Note Trustee, Opinions, etc.

 

The Corporation shall furnish to the Note Trustee evidence of compliance with the conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to any action or step required or permitted to be taken by the Corporation or the Note Trustee under this Indenture or as a result of any obligation imposed under this Indenture or the Indenture Legislation, including without limitation, the certification and delivery of the Note hereunder, the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the taking of any other action to be taken by the Note Trustee at the request of or on the application of the Corporation, forthwith if and when (a)  such evidence is required by any other Section of this Indenture to be furnished to the Note Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Section 13.6, or (b) the Note Trustee, in the exercise of its rights and duties under this Indenture, gives the Corporation written notice requiring it to furnish such evidence in relation to any particular action or obligation specified in such notice.

 

Such evidence shall consist of:

 

(a) a certificate or, where required by the Indenture Legislation, a statutory declaration made by any one officer or director of the Corporation, stating that any such condition precedent has been complied with in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

(b) in the case of any such condition precedent compliance with which is subject to review or examination by legal counsel, an opinion of Counsel, whom the Note Trustee for such purposes hereby approves, that such condition precedent has been complied with in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and

 

(c) in the case of any such condition precedent compliance with which is subject to review or examination by auditors or accountants, an opinion or report of the auditors of the Corporation, or such other accountant licensed under the Public Accounting Act, 2004 or comparable legislation of the jurisdiction in which the accountant practises, whom the Note Trustee for such purposes hereby approves, that such condition precedent has been complied with in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

Whenever such evidence relates to a matter other than the certificates and delivery of the Note and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, and except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such evidence may consist of a report or opinion of any solicitor, auditor, accountant, engineer or appraiser or any other person whose qualifications give authority to a statement made by him, provided that if such report or opinion is furnished by a director or officer or employee of the Corporation, it shall be in the form of a statutory declaration. Such evidence shall be, so far as appropriate, in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph of this Section 13.6.

 

Each statutory declaration, certificate, opinion or report with respect to compliance with a condition precedent provided for in the Indenture shall include (a) a statement by the person giving the evidence that he has read and understood and is familiar with those provisions of this Indenture relating to the condition precedent in question, (b) a brief statement describing the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the certificates, statements or opinions contained in such evidence are based, (c) a statement that, in the belief of the person giving such evidence, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to make the statements or give the opinions contained or expressed therein, and (d) a statement whether in the opinion of such person the conditions precedent in question have been complied with or satisfied; and shall otherwise satisfy any applicable requirement under Indenture Legislation.

 

   

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The Corporation shall furnish to the Note Trustee at any time if the Note Trustee reasonably so requires, an Officer’s Certificate that the Corporation has complied with all covenants, conditions or other requirements contained in this Indenture, the non-compliance with which would, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, or otherwise, constitute an Event of Default, or if such is not the case, specifying the covenant, condition or other requirement which has not been complied with and giving particulars of such non-compliance. The Corporation shall, whenever the Note Trustee so requires, furnish the Note Trustee with evidence by way of statutory declaration, opinion, report or certificate as specified by the Note Trustee as to any action or step required or permitted to be taken by the Corporation or as a result of any obligation imposed by this Indenture or the Indenture Legislation, such evidence satisfying the requirements of Indenture Legislation, as applicable.

 

13.7 Officer’s Certificates Evidence

 

Except as otherwise specifically provided or prescribed by this Indenture, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Note Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, the Note Trustee, if acting in good faith, may act and rely upon an Officer’s Certificate.

 

13.8 Experts, Advisers and Agents

 

The Note Trustee may:

 

(a) employ or retain and act and rely on the opinion or advice of or information obtained from any solicitor, auditor, valuator, engineer, surveyor, appraiser or other expert or advisor, whether obtained by the Note Trustee or by the Corporation, or otherwise, and shall not be liable for acting, or refusing to act, in good faith on any such opinion or advice and may pay proper and reasonable compensation for all such legal and other advice or assistance as aforesaid; and

 

(b) employ such agents and other assistants as it may reasonably require for the proper discharge of its duties hereunder, and may pay reasonable remuneration for all services performed for it (and shall be entitled to receive reasonable remuneration for all services performed by it) in the discharge of the trusts hereof and compensation for all reasonable disbursements, costs and expenses made or incurred by it in the discharge of its duties hereunder and in the management of the trusts hereof and any solicitors employed or consulted by the Note Trustee may, but need not be, solicitors for the Corporation.

 

13.9 Note Trustee May Deal in Note

 

Subject to Sections 13.2 and 13.4, the Note Trustee may, in its personal or other capacity, buy, sell, lend upon and deal in the Note and generally contract and enter into financial transactions with the Corporation or otherwise, without being liable to account for any profits made thereby.

 

13.10 Investment of Monies Held by Note Trustee

 

Unless otherwise provided in this Indenture, any monies held by the Note Trustee, which, under the trusts of this Indenture, may or ought to be invested or which may be on deposit with the Note Trustee or which may be in the hands of the Note Trustee, may be invested and reinvested in the name or under the control of the Note Trustee in securities in which, under the laws of the Province of Ontario, trustees are authorized to invest trust monies, provided that such securities are expressed to mature within two years or such shorter period selected to facilitate any payments expected to be made under this Indenture, after their purchase by the Note Trustee, and unless and until the Note Trustee shall have declared the principal of and interest on the Note to be due and payable, the Note Trustee shall so invest such monies upon Written Direction of the Corporation given in a reasonably timely manner. Any Written Direction must be received prior to 11:00 am (Toronto time) on a Business Day. If received after 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time), the Written Direction will be deemed received on the next following Business Day. Pending the investment of any monies as hereinbefore provided, such monies may be deposited in a segregated interest-bearing account in the name of the Note Trustee in any chartered bank of Canada or, with the consent of the Corporation, in the deposit department of the Note Trustee or any other loan or trust company authorized to accept deposits under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof at the rate of interest, if any, then current on similar deposits. The Corporation shall receive such chartered bank’s or the Note Trustee’s (as the case may be) prevailing rate for all monies held by it, as may change from time to time.

 

   

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Unless and until the Note Trustee shall have declared the principal of and interest on the Note to be due and payable, the Note Trustee shall pay over to the Corporation all interest received by the Note Trustee in respect of any investments or deposits made pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

 

13.11 Note Trustee Not Ordinarily Bound

 

Except as provided in Section 7.2 and as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Note Trustee shall not, subject to Section 13.4, be bound to give notice to any person of the execution hereof, nor to do, observe or perform or see to the observance or performance by the Corporation of any of the obligations herein imposed upon the Corporation or of the covenants on the part of the Corporation herein contained, nor in any way to supervise or interfere with the conduct of the Corporation’s business, unless the Note Trustee shall have been required to do so in writing by the holders of not less than 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Note then outstanding or by any Extraordinary Resolution of the Noteholders passed in accordance with the provisions contained in Article 11, and then only after it shall have been funded and indemnified to its satisfaction against all actions, proceedings, claims and demands to which it may render itself liable and all costs, charges, damages and expenses which it may incur by so doing.

 

13.12 Note Trustee Not Required to Give Security

 

The Note Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or security in respect of the execution of the trusts and powers of this Indenture or otherwise in respect of the premises.

 

13.13 Note Trustee Not Bound to Act on the Corporation’s Request

 

Except as in this Indenture otherwise specifically provided, the Note Trustee shall not be bound to act in accordance with any direction or request of the Corporation until a duly authenticated copy of the instrument or resolution containing such direction or request shall have been delivered to the Note Trustee, and the Note Trustee shall be empowered to act upon any such copy purporting to be authenticated and believed by the Note Trustee to be genuine.

 

13.14 Note Trustee Protected in Acting

 

The Note Trustee may act and rely, and shall be protected in acting and relying absolutely, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, letter, facsimile transmission, directions or other paper document believed in good faith by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by or on behalf of the proper party or parties. The Note Trustee shall be protected in acting and relying upon any written notice, request, waiver, consent, certificate, receipt, statutory declaration, affidavit or other paper or document furnished to it, not only as to its due execution and the validity and the effectiveness of its provisions but also as to the truth and acceptability of any information therein contained which it in good faith believes to be genuine and what it purports to be.

 

   

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13.15 Conditions Precedent to Note Trustee’s Obligations to Act Hereunder

 

The obligation of the Note Trustee to commence or continue any act, action or proceeding for the purpose of enforcing the rights of the Note Trustee and of the Noteholders hereunder shall be conditional upon the Noteholders furnishing when required by notice in writing by the Note Trustee, sufficient funds to commence or continue such act, action or proceeding and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Note Trustee to protect and hold harmless the Note Trustee against the costs, charges and expenses and liabilities to be incurred thereby and any loss and damage it may suffer by reason thereof.

 

None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Note Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers unless indemnified as aforesaid.

 

The Note Trustee may, before commencing or at any time during the continuance of any such act, action or proceeding require the Noteholders at whose instance it is acting to deposit with the Note Trustee the Note held by them for which Note the Note Trustee shall issue receipts.

 

13.16 Authority to Carry on Business

 

The Note Trustee represents to the Corporation that at the date of execution and delivery by it of this Indenture it is authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in all the provinces and territories of Canada, including, for certainty, under the Indenture Legislation, but if, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 13.16, it ceases to be so authorized to carry on business, the validity and enforceability of this Indenture and the securities issued hereunder shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only of such event but the Note Trustee shall, within 90 days after ceasing to be authorized to carry on the business of trust company in any of the provinces and territories of Canada, including, for certainty, under the Indenture Legislation, either become so authorized or resign in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 13.3.

 

13.17 Compensation and Indemnity

 

(a) The Corporation shall pay to the Note Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services hereunder as agreed separately by the Corporation and the Note Trustee, and shall pay or reimburse the Note Trustee upon its request for all reasonable and documented expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Note Trustee in the administration or execution of its duties under this Indenture (including the reasonable and documented compensation and disbursements of its counsel and all other advisers and assistants not regularly in its employ), both before any default hereunder and thereafter until all duties of the Note Trustee under this Indenture shall be finally and fully performed.

 

(b) The Corporation hereby indemnifies and saves harmless the Note Trustee and its Affiliates, their successors, assigns and each of their directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all loss, damages, charges, costs, expenses, claims, demands, actions, assessments, interest, penalties, suits, proceedings or liability (including expert consultant and legal fees and disbursements on a solicitor and client basis) whatsoever which may be brought against the Note Trustee or which it may suffer or incur as a result of or arising out of the performance of its duties and obligations hereunder save only in the event of the gross negligence or the wilful misconduct or bad faith of the Note Trustee which must be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction from which there can be no further appeal. This indemnity shall survive the termination or discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Note Trustee. The Note Trustee shall notify the Corporation as soon as reasonably practicable of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Corporation shall defend the claim and the Note Trustee shall cooperate in the defence. The Note Trustee may, in the event of a conflict of interest, have one firm of separate counsel and the Corporation shall pay the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such counsel. The Corporation and the Note Trustee, as applicable, need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent must not be unreasonably withheld.

 

   

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(c) Provisions contained in this Section 13.17 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Note Trustee and the discharge of this Note.

 

13.18 Anti-Money Laundering

 

The Note Trustee shall retain the right not to act and shall not be liable for refusing to act if, due to a lack of information or for any other reason whatsoever, the Note Trustee, in its sole judgment and acting reasonably, determines that such act might cause it to be in non-compliance with any applicable anti- money laundering or anti-terrorist legislation, regulation or guideline. Further, should the Note Trustee, in its sole judgment and acting reasonably, determine at any time that its acting under this Indenture has resulted in its being in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist legislation, regulation or guideline, then it shall have the right to resign on ten days’ written notice to the Corporation or any shorter period of time as agreed to by the Corporation, provided that:

 

(a) the Note Trustee’s written notice shall describe the circumstances of such noncompliance; and

 

(b) if such circumstances are rectified to the Note Trustee’s satisfaction within such 10 day period, then such resignation shall not be effective.

 

13.19 Acceptance of Trust

 

The Note Trustee hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided for and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein set out and to hold all rights, privileges and benefits conferred hereby and by law in trust for the various persons who shall from time to time be Noteholders, subject to all the terms and conditions herein set out.

 

13.20 Privacy Laws

 

The parties acknowledge that federal and/or provincial legislation that addresses the protection of individuals’ personal information (collectively, “Privacy Laws”) applies to certain obligations and activities under this Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, neither party shall take or direct any action that would contravene, or cause the other to contravene, applicable Privacy Laws. The Corporation shall, prior to transferring or causing to be transferred personal information to the Note Trustee, obtain and retain required consents of the relevant individuals to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information, or shall have determined that such consents either have previously been given upon which the parties can rely or are not required under the Privacy Laws. The Note Trustee shall use commercially-reasonable efforts to ensure that its services hereunder comply with Privacy Laws. Specifically, the Note Trustee agrees: (a) to have a designated chief privacy officer; (b) to maintain policies and procedures to protect personal information and to receive and respond to any privacy complaint or inquiry; (c) to use personal information solely for the purposes of providing its services under or ancillary to this Indenture and to comply with applicable laws and not to use it for any other purpose except with the consent of or direction from the Corporation or the individual involved or as permitted by Privacy Laws; (d) not to sell or otherwise improperly disclose personal information to any third party; and (e) to employ administrative, physical and technological safeguards to reasonably secure and protect personal information against loss, theft, or unauthorized access, use or modification.

 

   

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13.21 Force Majeure

 

Except for the payment obligations of the Corporation contained herein, neither party shall be liable to the other, or held in breach of this Indenture, if prevented, hindered, or delayed in the performance or observance of any provision contained herein by reason of force majeure, such as act of God, riots, terrorism, acts of war, epidemics, governmental action or judicial order, earthquakes, or any other similar causes (including, but not limited to, general mechanical, electronic or communication interruptions, disruptions or failures). Performance times under this Indenture shall be extended for a period of time equivalent to the time lost because of any delay that is excusable under this Section 13.21.

 

13.22 SEC Reporting Issuer Status

 

The Corporation confirms that as at the date of execution of this Indenture it has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the U.S. Exchange Act. The Corporation covenants that in the event that such registration shall be terminated by the Corporation in accordance with the U.S. Exchange Act, the Corporation shall promptly deliver to the Note Trustee an Officer’s Certificate (in a form provided by the Note Trustee) notifying the Note Trustee of such termination and such other information as the Note Trustee may require at the time. The Corporation acknowledges that the Note Trustee is relying upon the foregoing representation and covenant in order to meet certain SEC obligations with respect to those clients who are filing with the SEC.

 

13.23 Third Party Interest

 

The Corporation hereby represents to the Note Trustee that any account to be opened by, or interest to held by, the Note Trustee in connection with this Indenture, for or to the credit of such representing party, either (i) is not intended to be used by or on behalf of any third party; or (ii) is intended to be used by or on behalf of a third party, in which case such representing party hereby agrees to complete, execute and deliver forthwith to the Note Trustee a declaration, in the Note Trustee’s prescribed form or in such other form as may be satisfactory to it, as to the particulars of such third party.

 

ARTICLE 14

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

14.1 Supplemental Indentures

 

The Note Trustee and, when authorized by a resolution of the Directors, the Corporation, may, and shall when required by this Indenture, execute, acknowledge and deliver by their proper officers deeds or indentures supplemental hereto which thereafter shall form part hereof, for any one or more of the following purposes:

 

(a) adding to the covenants of the Corporation herein contained for the protection or benefit of the Noteholders, or of the Note, or providing for events of default, in addition to those herein specified;

 

   

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(b) making such provisions not inconsistent with this Indenture as may be necessary or desirable with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder, including the making of any modifications in the form of the Note which do not affect the substance thereof and which in the opinion of the Note Trustee relying on an opinion of Counsel will not be prejudicial to the interests of the Noteholders in general (and not having regards to the circumstances of any particular holder);

 

(c) evidencing the succession, or successive successions, of others to the Corporation and the covenants of and obligations assumed by any such successor in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

(d) giving effect to any Extraordinary Resolution passed as provided in Article 11;

 

(e) making any additions to, deletions from or alterations of the provisions of this Indenture (including any of the terms and conditions of the Note) which, in the opinion of the Note Trustee (relying on an opinion of counsel), are not prejudicial to the interests of the Noteholders in general (and not having regards to the circumstances of any particular holder) and which are necessary or advisable in order to incorporate, reflect or comply with the Indenture Legislation; and

 

(f) for any other purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, provided that, in the opinion of the Note Trustee (relying on an opinion of counsel), the rights of the Noteholders in general (and not having regards to the circumstances of any particular holder) are in no way prejudiced thereby.

 

Unless the supplemental indenture requires the consent or concurrence of Noteholders by Extraordinary Resolution, the consent or concurrence of Noteholders shall not be required in connection with the execution, acknowledgement or delivery of a supplemental indenture. The Corporation and the Note Trustee may amend any of the provisions of this Indenture related to matters of United States law or the issuance of Note into the United States in order to ensure that such issuances can be made in accordance with applicable law in the United States without the consent or approval of the Noteholders. The Note Trustee will have the right to request a legal opinion regarding matters of United States law on the issuance of Note into the United States prior to or concurrently with making such amendments. Further, the Corporation and the Note Trustee may without the consent or concurrence of the Noteholders by supplemental indenture or otherwise, make any changes or corrections in this Indenture which it shall have been advised by Counsel are required for the purpose of curing or correcting any ambiguity or defective or inconsistent provisions or clerical omissions or mistakes or manifest errors contained herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto, or to remove any conflicts or other inconsistencies which may exist between any terms of this Indenture and any provisions of any law or regulation applicable to or affecting the Corporation, or any Written Direction of the Corporation provided for the issue of Note, provided that in the opinion of the Note Trustee (relying upon an opinion of Counsel) the rights of the Noteholders and the Senior Creditors in general (and not having regards to the circumstances of any particular holder thereof) are in no way prejudiced thereby.

 

ARTICLE 15

EXECUTION AND FORMAL DATE

 

15.1 Execution

 

This Indenture may be executed and delivered by facsimile transmission or electronic mail delivery and in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument and notwithstanding their date of execution they shall be deemed to be dated as of the date hereof.

 

   

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15.2 Contracts of the Corporation

 

(a) The Directors, in incurring any debts, liabilities or obligations, or in taking or omitting any other actions for or in connection with the affairs of the Corporation are, and will be conclusively deemed to be, acting for and on behalf of the Corporation, and not in their own personal capacities. None of the Directors will be subject to any personal liability for any debts, liabilities, obligations, claims, demands, judgments, costs, charges or expenses (including legal expenses) against or with respect to the Corporation or in respect of the affairs of the Corporation. No property or assets of the Directors, owned in their personal capacity or otherwise, will be subject to any levy, execution or other enforcement procedure with regard to any obligations under this Indenture or the Note. No recourse may be had or taken, directly or indirectly, against the Directors in their personal capacity. The Corporation will be solely liable therefor and resort will be had solely to the property and assets of the Corporation for payment or performance thereof.

 

(b) No holder of Shares as such will be subject to any personal liability whatsoever, whether extra-contractually, contractually or otherwise, to any party to this Indenture or pursuant to the Note in connection with the obligations or the affairs of the Corporation or the acts or omissions of the Directors, whether under this Indenture, the Note or otherwise, and the other parties to this Indenture and the holders of the Note will look solely to the property and assets of the Corporation for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising out of or in connection therewith and the property and assets of the Corporation only will be subject to levy or execution.

 

15.3 Formal Date

 

For the purpose of convenience this Indenture may be referred to as bearing the formal date of September 28, 2020 irrespective of the actual date of execution hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

  JUST ENERGY GROUP INC.
   
  By:   “James Brown”
    Name: James Brown
    Title: Chief Financial Officer
 

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

   
  By:   “Yana Nedyalkova”
    Name: Yana Nedyalkova
    Title: Corporate Trust Officer
     
  By:   “Neil Scott”
    Name: Neil Scott
    Title: Corporate Trust Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trust Indenture - Signature Page

 

   

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SCHEDULE A

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE

 

TO THE TRUST INDENTURE BETWEEN

JUST ENERGY GROUP INC.

AND

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

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SCHEDULE A

 

GLOBAL NOTE CERTIFICATE

 

This Note is a Global Note within the meaning of the Indenture herein referred to and is registered in the name of a Depository or a nominee thereof. This Note may not be transferred to or exchanged for a Note registered in the name of any person other than the Depository or a nominee thereof and no such transfer may be registered except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture (as defined below). Every Note authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, this Note shall be a Global Note subject to the foregoing, except in such limited circumstances described in the Indenture.

 

Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (“CDS”) to Just Energy Group Inc. or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued in respect thereof is registered in the name of CDS & CO., or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of CDS (and any payment is made to CDS & CO. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of CDS), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered holder hereof, CDS & CO., has a property interest in the securities represented by this certificate herein and it is a violation of its rights for another person to hold, transfer or deal with this certificate.

 

Certificate No. 1 $15,000,000.00
CUSIP 48213WAH4  
ISIN CA48213WAH49  

 

JUST ENERGY GROUP INC.

 

(A CORPORATION GOVERNED BY THE CANADA BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT)

 

7% UNSECURED SUBORDINATED NOTE

 

JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. (the “Corporation”) for value received hereby acknowledges itself indebted and, subject to the provisions of the trust indenture (the “Indenture”) dated as of September 28, 2020 between the Corporation and Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the “Note Trustee”), promises to pay to the registered holder hereof on the Maturity Date or on such earlier date as the principal amount hereof may become due in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, the principal sum of fifteen million dollars in lawful money of the Canada ($15,000,000.00), as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the Indenture and reflected in the adjustment table set forth in Exhibit “1” hereto, on presentation and surrender of this Note at the principal offices of the Note Trustee in Toronto, Ontario in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

The Note shall bear interest from and including September 28, 2020 to and excluding the first Interest Payment Date at the rate of 7% per annum payable in PIK Interest only, denominated in Canadian dollars, semi-annually in arrears on September 15 and March 15 in each year computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. The first such PIK Interest payment will fall due on March 15, 2021 and the last such PIK Interest payment (representing interest payable from and including the last Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the Maturity Date or the earlier date of redemption or repayment of the Note) will be added as PIK Interest and fall due on the Maturity Date or the earlier date of redemption or repayment, payable after as well as before maturity and after as well as before default, with interest on amounts after maturity or in default at the same rate, compounded semi-annually, computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. The first interest payment PIK Interest payment will include interest accrued and unpaid from and including September 28, 2020 to, but excluding, March 15, 2021.

 

   

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Interest hereon shall, subject to the terms of the Indenture, be payable, by increasing the principal amount of this Note by an amount equal to the amount of such PIK Interest. Following an increase in the principal amount of this Note as a result of a PIK Interest payment, this Note will bear interest on such increased principal amount from and after the date of such PIK Interest payment as otherwise set forth in this Note.

 

This Note is the 7% Unsecured Subordinated Note due September 27, 2026 (referred to herein as the “Note”) of the Corporation issued or issuable under the provisions of the Indenture. The Note authorized for issue immediately are limited to an aggregate principal amount of fifteen million dollars in lawful money of Canada ($15,000,000.00), with such principal amount increased to reflect the payment of PIK Interest. Reference is hereby expressly made to the Indenture for a description of the terms and conditions upon which the Note is issued and held and the rights and remedies of the holders of the Note and of the Corporation and of the Note Trustee, all to the same effect as if the provisions of the Indenture were herein set out to all of which provisions the holder of this Note by acceptance hereof assents.

 

The Note is issuable in the registered form of one Global Note in the aggregate principal amount of $15,000,000, initially in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any increase in the principal amount of the Note as a result of PIK Interest may be made in integral multiples of $1.00. The Note Trustee is hereby appointed as registrar and transfer agent for the Note. Upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, the Note may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of the Note in any other authorized denomination or denominations.

 

This Note may be redeemed at the option of the Corporation on the terms and conditions set out in the Indenture at the Redemption Price therein. The Note may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Corporation at the redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Note plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon up to but excluding the date set for redemption.

 

Within 30 days following a Change of Control of the Corporation, the Corporation is required to deliver to the Note Trustee a notice in writing stating that there has been a Change of Control and specifying the date on which such Change of Control occurred and the circumstances or events giving rise to such Change of Control together with an offer in writing to purchase for cash the Note then outstanding from the holders thereof at a price equal to 101 % of the principal amount thereof together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon up to but excluding the Change of Control Purchase Date, as such term is defined in the Note. If 90% or more of the principal amount of the Note outstanding on the date the Corporation provides the Note Offer to the Note Trustee have been tendered for purchase pursuant to the Note Offer, the Corporation has the right to redeem all the remaining outstanding Note at the same price.

 

The indebtedness evidenced by this Note, and by all other Note now or hereafter certified and delivered under the Indenture, is a direct unsecured obligation of the Corporation, and is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture, to the prior payment of all Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date of the Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed.

 

The principal hereof may become or be declared due and payable before the stated maturity in the events, in the manner, with the effect and at the times provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture contains provisions making binding upon all holders of the Note outstanding thereunder resolutions passed at meetings of such holders held in accordance with such provisions and instruments signed by the holders of a specified majority of the Note outstanding, which resolutions or instruments may have the effect of amending the terms of this Note or the Indenture.

 

   

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This Note may be transferred, only upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in the Indenture, in one of the registers to be kept at the principal offices of the Note Trustee in Toronto, Ontario and in such other place or places and/or by such other registrars (if any) as the Corporation with the approval of the Note Trustee may designate. No transfer of this Note shall be valid unless made on the register by the registered holder hereof or his executors or administrators or other legal representatives, or his or their attorney duly appointed by an instrument in form and substance satisfactory to the Note Trustee or other registrar, and upon compliance with such reasonable requirements as the Note Trustee and/or other registrar may prescribe and upon surrender of this Note for cancellation. Thereupon a new Note in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange hereof.

 

This Note shall not become obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been certified by the Note Trustee under the Indenture.

 

If any of the provisions of this Note are inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall take precedence and shall govern. Capitalized words or expressions used in this Note shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture. Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts expressed in this Note is in lawful money of Canada and all payments required to be made hereunder and thereunder shall be made in Canadian dollars.

 

The Indenture and this Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

 

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  A-5  

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF Just Energy Group Inc. has caused this Note to be signed by its authorized representatives as of the 28th day of September, 2020.

  

  JUST ENERGY GROUP INC.
   
  By:                                         
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

 

 

NOTE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE

 

 

This Note is the 7% Unsecured Subordinated Note due September 27, 2026 referred to in the Indenture within mentioned.

 

DATED as of the 28th day of September, 2020

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

 

By:

 

(Authorized Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

  A-6  

 

REGISTRATION PANEL

 

(No writing hereon except by Note Trustee or other registrar)

 

 

Date of Registration In Whose Name Registered Signature of Note Trustee or Registrar
     
     
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

  A-7  

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto , whose address and social insurance number, if applicable, are set out below, this Note (or $                     principal amount hereof *) of Just Energy Group Inc. standing in the name(s) of the undersigned in the register maintained by the Note Trustee with respect to the Note and does hereby irrevocably authorize and direct the Note Trustee to transfer the Note in such register, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:                    

 

Address of Transferee:                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

(Street Address, City, Province and Postal Code)

 

Social Insurance Number of Transferee, if applicable:                                                          

 

* If less than the full principal amount of the within Note is to be transferred, indicate in the space provided the principal amount (which must be $1,000.00 or an integral multiple thereof, unless you hold an Note in a non-integral multiple of $1,000.00, in which case the Note is transferable only in its entirety) to be transferred.

 

1. The signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this Note in every particular without alteration or any change whatsoever. The signature(s) on this form must be guaranteed by one of the following methods:

 

Canada and the USA: A Medallion Signature Guarantee obtained from a member of an acceptable Medallion Signature Guarantee Program (STAMP, SEMP, MSP). Many commercial banks, savings banks, credit unions, and all broker dealers participate in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. The Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words “Medallion Guaranteed”.

 

Canada: A Signature Guarantee obtained from a major Canadian Schedule I chartered bank. The Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words “Signature Guaranteed”. Signature Guarantees are not accepted from Treasury Branches, Credit Unions or Caisses Populaires unless they are members of a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program.

 

Outside North America: For holders located outside North America, present the certificate(s) and/or document(s) that require a guarantee to a local financial institution that has a corresponding Canadian or American affiliate which is a member of an acceptable Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. The corresponding affiliate will arrange for the signature to be over- guaranteed.

 

2. The registered holder of this Note is responsible for the payment of any documentary, stamp or other transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the transfer of this Note.

 

 

Signature of Guarantor:      
         
Authorized Officer     Signature of transferring registered holder
       
       
Name of Institution      

 

 

 

   

  A-8  

 

EXHIBIT 1

TO CDS GLOBAL NOTE

 

JUST ENERGY GROUP INC.

 

7% UNSECURED SUBORDINATED NOTE

 

 

 

Initial Aggregate Principal Amount:

 

CUSIP 48213WAH4

 

ISIN CA48213WAH49

 

Signature of the Note Trustee:                                                          

$15,000,000.00

 

 

ADJUSTMENTS

 

Date

Amount of

Increase

Amount of

Decrease

New Principal

Amount

Authorization

         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         

 

 

 

   

  B-1  

SCHEDULE B

FORM OF REDEMPTION NOTICE

 

TO THE TRUST INDENTURE BETWEEN

JUST ENERGY GROUP INC.

AND

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

  B-2  

 

SCHEDULE “B”

FORM OF REDEMPTION NOTICE

 

JUST ENERGY GROUP INC.

7% UNSECURED SUBORDINATED NOTE

REDEMPTION NOTICE

 

To: Holders of 7% Unsecured Subordinated Note (the “Note”) of Just Energy Group Inc. (the “Corporation”)

 

Note: All capitalized terms used herein have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture mentioned below, unless otherwise indicated.

 

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 4.3 of the trust indenture (the “Indenture”) dated as of September 28, 2020 between the Corporation and Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the “Note Trustee”), that the aggregate principal amount of $of the $of the Note outstanding will be redeemed as of (the “Redemption Date”), upon payment of a redemption amount of $1,000.00 for each $1,000.00 principal amount of the Note, being equal to the aggregate of (i) $● (the “Redemption Price”), and (ii) all accrued and unpaid interest hereon to but excluding the Redemption Date (collectively, the “Total Redemption Price”).

 

The Total Redemption Price will be payable upon presentation and surrender of the Note called for redemption at the following corporate trust office:

 

Computershare Trust Company of Canada

100 University Avenue, 8th Floor

Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y1

 

Attention: Manager, Corporate Trust

 

The interest upon the principal amount of the Note called for redemption shall cease to be payable from and after the Redemption Date, unless payment of the Total Redemption Price shall not be made on presentation for surrender of the Note at the above-mentioned corporate trust office on or after the Redemption Date or prior to the setting aside of the Total Redemption Price pursuant to the Indenture.

 

 

 

DATED:                                                              
 
JUST ENERGY GROUP INC.
 
By:                                                                       
Name:
Title:

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.5

 

30355430.16 EXECUTION VERSION FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT AMONG JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. as Borrower AND COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA, as Agent AND SAGARD CREDIT PARTNERS, LP and EACH OTHER PERSON from time to time party hereto as a Lender, as Lenders MADE AS OF September 28, 2020

 

 

30355430.16 TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION.................................................................................................. 2 1.01 Definitions............................................................................................................... 2 1.02 Headings ............................................................................................................... 29 1.03 Number ................................................................................................................. 29 1.04 Accounting Principles ........................................................................................... 29 1.05 Accounting Practices ............................................................................................ 29 1.06 Currency................................................................................................................ 30 1.07 Paramountcy ......................................................................................................... 30 1.08 Non - Business Days ............................................................................................... 30 1.09 Statutory and Material Contract References ......................................................... 30 1.10 Interest Payments and Calculations ...................................................................... 31 1.11 Determination by the Borrower ............................................................................ 32 1.12 Schedules .............................................................................................................. 32 ARTICLE 2 THE LOAN FACILITY........................................................................................... 32 2.01 Loan Facility ......................................................................................................... 32 ARTICLE 3 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT ................................................................................. 33 3 . 01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement .................................... 33 3 . 02 Waiver ................................................................................................................... 36 3 . 03 Amendment and Restatement ............................................................................... 36 ARTICLE 4 PAYMENTS OF INTEREST AND FEES .............................................................. 36 4.01 Interest on Advances ............................................................................................. 36 4.02 No Set - Off, Deduction etc. ................................................................................... 37 4.03 Fees ....................................................................................................................... 38 4.04 [Reserved] ............................................................................................................. 39 4.05 Account of Record ................................................................................................ 39 4.06 Notes ..................................................................................................................... 39 4.07 Maximum Rate of Interest .................................................................................... 39 ARTICLE 5 REPAYMENT ......................................................................................................... 40 5 . 01 Mandatory Repayment of Principal at Maturity or on a Change of Control ........ 40 5 . 02 Voluntary Repayments .......................................................................................... 40 ARTICLE 6 PLACE AND APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS ................................................... 41 6.01 Place of Payment of Principal, Interest and Fees.................................................. 41 ARTICLE 7 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES........................................................ 41 7.01 Representations and Warranties............................................................................ 41 7 . 02 Survival and Repetition of Representations and Warranties ................................ 48 ARTICLE 8 COVENANTS ......................................................................................................... 49 8.01 Positive Covenants................................................................................................ 49 8.02 Financial Covenants.............................................................................................. 53 8.03 Reporting Requirements ....................................................................................... 54 8.04 Negative Covenants .............................................................................................. 56

 

 

30355430.16 - ii - 8.05 Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries .............................................................. 60 ARTICLE 9 DEFAULT ............................................................................................................... 62 9.01 Events of Default .................................................................................................. 62 9.02 Acceleration and Termination of Rights............................................................... 65 9.03 Remedies Cumulative and Waivers ...................................................................... 66 9.04 Termination of Lenders’ Obligations.................................................................... 66 9.05 Perform Obligations.............................................................................................. 66 9.06 Third Parties.......................................................................................................... 66 ARTICLE 10 COSTS, EXPENSES AND INDEMNIFICATION............................................... 66 10.01 Costs and Expenses............................................................................................... 66 10.02 Indemnification by the Borrower.......................................................................... 67 10.03 Specific Environmental Indemnification .............................................................. 68 10.04 Exclusion............................................................................................................... 69 ARTICLE 11 THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS .................................................................... 69 11.01 Appointment ......................................................................................................... 69 11.02 Indemnity from Lenders ....................................................................................... 69 11.03 Exculpation ........................................................................................................... 70 11.04 Reliance on Information ....................................................................................... 70 11.05 Knowledge and Required Action.......................................................................... 70 11.06 Request for Instructions ........................................................................................ 71 11.07 [Reserved] ............................................................................................................. 71 11.08 Resignation and Termination ................................................................................ 71 11.09 Actions by Lenders ............................................................................................... 72 11.10 Provisions for Benefit of Lenders Only ................................................................ 73 11.11 Payments by Agent ............................................................................................... 73 11.12 Direct Payments .................................................................................................... 73 11 . 13 Acknowledgements, Representations and Covenants of Lenders ........................ 74 11 . 14 Rights of Agent ..................................................................................................... 75 11 . 15 Collective Action of the Lenders .......................................................................... 75 11 . 16 Funding by Lenders ; Presumption by Agent ........................................................ 76 11 . 17 Payments by the Borrower ; Presumption by Agent .............................................. 76 11 . 18 Non - Funding Lenders ........................................................................................... 76 11 . 19 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail - In of Affected Financial Institutions ............................................................................................................. 78 11 . 20 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs . .......................................... 79 11 . 21 Divisions ............................................................................................................... 80 ARTICLE 12 TAXES................................................................................................................... 81 12.01 Taxes ..................................................................................................................... 81 ARTICLE 13 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS AND ADDITIONAL LENDERS..................... 84 13.01 Successors and Assigns......................................................................................... 84 13.02 Assignments .......................................................................................................... 85 13.03 Participations......................................................................................................... 86

 

 

30355430.16 - iii - ARTICLE 14 GENERAL ............................................................................................................. 87 14.01 Exchange and Confidentiality of Information ...................................................... 87 14.02 Nature of Obligations under this Agreement ........................................................ 88 14.03 Notice .................................................................................................................... 88 14.04 Governing Law ..................................................................................................... 89 14.05 Judgment Currency ............................................................................................... 89 14.06 Benefit of the Agreement ...................................................................................... 90 14.07 Severability ........................................................................................................... 90 14.08 Whole Agreement ................................................................................................. 90 14.09 Further Assurances................................................................................................ 90 14.10 Waiver of Jury Trial .............................................................................................. 90 14.11 Consent to Jurisdiction.......................................................................................... 91 14.12 Time of the Essence .............................................................................................. 91 14.13 Electronic Execution and Delivery ....................................................................... 91 14.14 Counterparts .......................................................................................................... 91 14.15 [Reserved] ............................................................................................................. 91 14.16 Term of Agreement ............................................................................................... 91 14.17 USA Patriot Act .................................................................................................... 92 14.18 Anti - Money Laundering Legislation .................................................................... 92 14.19 Public Disclosure .................................................................................................. 92 14.20 Force Majeure ....................................................................................................... 93 14.21 Anti - Money Laundering ....................................................................................... 93 14.22 Privacy .................................................................................................................. 93 14.23 Third Party Interests.............................................................................................. 94

 

 

30355430.16 FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT THIS FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT is made as of September 28, 2020 AMONG: JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. , a corporation existing under the laws of Canada (hereinafter referred to as the “ Borrower ”) - and - COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA , in its capacity as administrative agent (hereinafter referred to as the “ Agent ”) - and - SAGARD CREDIT PARTNERS, LP , and each other Person from time to time party to this Agreement as a Lender (hereinafter in such capacities individually referred to as a “ Lender ” and collectively in such capacities referred to as, the “ Lenders ”) WHEREAS the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders are party to a loan agreement dated as of September 18, 2018 as amended by a limited waiver and amending agreement dated as of March 19, 2019, a limited waiver and second amending agreement dated as of June 25, 2019, a third amending agreement to loan agreement dated as of July 23, 2019, a limited waiver and fourth amending agreement dated as of November 30, 2019, a limited waiver and fifth amending agreement dated as of March 31, 2020 and a sixth amending agreement dated as of August 19, 2020 (collectively, the “ Original Loan Agreement ”); AND WHEREAS , the Corporation is party to a trust deed dated as of January 29, 2014 between the Borrower, U.S. Bank Trustees Limited as trustee and Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch, pursuant to which the Borrower issued US$150 million aggregate principal amount of 6.5% convertible bonds issued due December 31, 2020 (the “ UK Convertible Bonds ”); AND WHEREAS the Borrower and the Lenders entered into a support agreement dated as of July 8, 2020, as supplemented on August 25, 2020 pursuant to a support agreement supplement (collectively, the “ Support Agreement ”), pursuant to which, among other things, they have agreed to amend and restate the Original Loan Agreement pursuant to the terms of this first amended and restated loan agreement; AND WHEREAS pursuant to an order of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario on September 2, 2020 , (the “ Court Order ”) the court approved the Recapitalization Plan (defined below) with the effect that all obligations outstanding under the UK Convertible Bonds will be extinguished and the holders of the UK Convertible Bonds shall be deemed to be Additional Lenders (defined below) hereunder;

 

 

30355430.16 - 2 - AND WHEREAS pursuant to the agency assignment and release agreement dated as of September 28, 2020, National Bank of Canada resigned as the Agent under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada was appointed and designated by the Lenders to act as the Agent under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents; NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained the parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE 1 I N TE RPR ET A TION 1.01 Definitions In this Agreement unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith: “ $15 Million Subordinated Note ” means the $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount (plus any interest or fee in respect of such indebtedness that is paid in kind (and not in cash) of 7% subordinated note of the Borrower maturing September 27, 2026, issued on September 28, 2020 pursuant to the $15 Million Subordinated Note Indenture. “ $15 Million Subordinated Note Indenture ” means the note indenture made as of September 28, 2020 between the Borrower and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as trustee, as may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to which the $15 Million Subordinated Note is issued. “ Acquisition ” means, with respect to any Person, any purchase or other acquisition, regardless of how accomplished or effected (including any such purchase or other acquisition effected by way of amalgamation, merger, arrangement, business combination or other form of corporate reorganization or by way of purchase, lease or other acquisition arrangements), of (a) any other Person (including any purchase or acquisition of such number of the issued and outstanding securities of, or such portion of an equity interest in, such other Person that such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of the purchaser or of any of its Affiliates) or of all or substantially all of the Property of any other Person, or (b) any division, business, operation or undertaking of any other Person or of all or substantially all of the Property of any division, business, operation or undertaking of any other Person. “ Additional Lenders ” means any Person that is not an existing Lender to the Original Loan Agreement and that have been deemed pursuant to the Court Order to have provided Additional Term Commitments pursuant to Sec tion 2.01(2) and “ Additional Lender ” means any one of the Additional Lenders and includes each of their successors and permitted assigns. “ Additional Term Commitments ” means, in respect of each Additional Lender from time to time, the amount set forth in Schedule A to this Agreement opposite such Additional Lender’s name (which may be amended and distributed to all parties by the Agent from time to time as other persons become Additional Lenders) .

 

 

30355430.16 - 3 - “ Additional Term Loans ” has the meaning set for th in 2.01(2). “ Advance ” means each borrowing by the Borrower by way of a term loan under the Loan Facility and any reference relating to the amount of Advances will mean the sum of the principal amount of all outstanding Advances plus any PIK Interest or PIK Fees that has been added to the principal in accordance with Section 4.01 or Section 4.03. “ Affiliate ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and for greater certainty, with respect to the Borrower includes a Subsidiary of the Borrower. “ Agent ” means Computershare Trust Company of Canada in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders, including any successor agent pursuant to Sec tion 11.08 hereof, and as Depository Agent. “ Agent’s Payment Location ” means the office of the Agent that the Agent may from time to time designate by notice to the Borrower and the Lenders. “Aggregate Swap Exposure” means, at any time, the negative net marked to market amount, if any, that would be carried in the accounts of the Borrower on a Modified Consolidated Basis at such time with respect to Hedges (other than Commodity Hedges) as a liability in accordance with GAAP. “ Agreement ” means this first amended and restated loan agreement, the schedules and all amendments made hereto in accordance with the provisions hereof as amended, revised, replaced, supplemented or restated from time to time. “ Alberta Utilities Commission Debt ” means Debt in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $3,900,000 incurred by an Obligor from time to time owing to Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta or Balancing Pool, a corporation established by the Electric Utilities Act (Alberta) or, in each case, any agency thereof, in connection with the utility payment deferral programs established or to be established under the Utility Payment Deferral Program Act (Alberta), including for certainty, any Debt incurred by (i) Just Energy Alberta L.P. pursuant to a loan agreement between Just Energy Alberta L.P. and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta, as represented by the Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity, (ii) Hudson Energy Canada Corp. pursuant to a loan agreement between Hudson Energy Canada Corp. and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta, as represented by the Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity, (iii) Just Energy Alberta L.P. pursuant to a funding agreement between Just Energy Alberta L.P. and Balancing Pool, and (iv) Hudson Energy Canada Corp. pursuant to a funding agreement between Hudson Energy Canada Corp. and Balancing Pool. “ Anti - Corruption Laws ” means the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada), the FCPA and all other similar Applicable Law with respect to the prevention of corruption and bribery. “ Applicable Law ” means, in respect of any Person, property, transaction, event or other matter, as applicable, all domestic and foreign laws, rules, statutes, regulations, treaties, orders, judgments and decrees and, to the extent they have the force of law, all official directives, rules, guidelines, orders, policies and other requirements of any Governmental Authority (collectively

 

 

30355430.16 - 4 - the “ Law ”) and will also include any interpretation of the Law or any part of the Law by any Person having jurisdiction over it or charged with its administration or interpretation in each case having the force of law relating or applicable to such Person, property, transaction, event or other matter. “ Applicable Order ” means any applicable domestic or foreign order, judgment, award or decree made by any court or Governmental Authority. “ Arm’s Length ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “ Non Arm’s Length ”. “ Assignment Agreement ” has the meaning specified in Sec tion 13.02. “ Associate ” means an “associate” as defined in the Business Corporations Act (Ontario). “Available Supply” means, at any time, the amount of natural gas, electricity or JustGreen Products (whether physical or financial) contracted for by the Obligors under existing Supplier Contracts, less any sales of excess of such commodity already contracted for under existing Supplier Contracts at such time. “ Average Net Senior Debt Utilization to EBITDA Ratio ” means, for any Fiscal Quarter, the ratio of (a) the daily average of (i) the amount of the Senior Debt, less (ii) the aggregate amount of the cash on deposit in the bank accounts of the Obligors and any Cash Equivalents (determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis), each measured at 5:00 p.m. Toronto time on each day in such Fiscal Quarter, and (b) EBITDA in respect of the immediately preceding Four Quarter Period. “ Bail - In Action ” means the exercise of any Write - Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution. “ Bail - In Legislation ” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail - In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings). “ Billed Accounts Receivable ” means all present and future amounts in respect of gas, electricity or JustGreen Products that has been delivered to a Customer pursuant to a Customer Contract, and that have been billed to such Customer and assigned or sold to an LDC pursuant to a Collection Service Agreement. “ Borrower ” means Just Energy Group Inc. and includes its successors and assigns. “ Borrower’s Counsel ” means the firm of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP or such other firm or firms of legal counsel as the Borrower may from time to time designate.

 

 

30355430.16 - 5 - “ Business ” means the business carried on by the Obligors consisting of (i) the purchase of natural gas, electricity and JustGreen Products under Supplier Contracts, (ii) the marketing and sale of natural gas, electricity and JustGreen Products to Customers under Customer Contracts, (iii) the marketing, sale and lease of home and business solutions, including smart thermostats, energy monitoring and management applications, smart sprinkler controllers and other smart home and business devices, (iv) the management of consumers’ and businesses’ energy consumption, (v) the marketing and sale of solar energy products; (vi) the ownership and operation of green energy generation assets; and (vii) the generating of sales leads of other third party products. “ Business Day ” means a day on which banks are generally open for business in Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. “ Canadian Dollars ”, “ Cdn. Dollars ”, “ Cdn.$ ” and “ $ ” mean the lawful money of Canada. “ Canadian Pension Plan ” means any “pension plan” or “plan” that is subject to the funding requirements of the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) or applicable pension benefits legislation in any other Canadian jurisdiction and is applicable to employees resident in Canada of an Obligor. “ Canadian Welfare Plan ” means any medical, health, hospitalization, insurance or other employee benefit or welfare plan or arrangement applicable to employees resident in Canada of an Obligor, but excluding (a) any Canadian Pension Plans and (b) plans established by statute or administered by a Governmental Authority, including the Canada Pension Plan, the Quebec Pension Plan or plans administered pursuant to federal or provincial health, workers compensation and employment insurance legislation. “Cash Equivalents” means: (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the government of Canada or the government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of either of them, and backed by the full faith and credit of Canada or the United States, as the case may be, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition; (b) demand deposits, term deposits, certificates of deposit or overnight bank deposits having maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued by any commercial bank organized under the laws of Canada or the United States or any state thereof whose long term debt is rated at least A or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least A2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s; and (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A - 1+ or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P - 1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or at least R - 1 (High) or the equivalent thereof by DBRS, and in each case maturing within six months from the date of acquisition. “ Cash Security Deposit ” means an amount required to be paid by an Obligor to an LDC pursuant to a Collection Service Agreement following the occurrence of an event of default

 

 

30355430.16 - 6 - thereunder, in respect of amounts owing by such Obligor to such LDC pursuant to such Collection Service Agreement. “ CERCLA ” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 , as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. †† 9601 et seq., and any future amendments thereto. “ Change of Control ” means, following the Closing Date, with respect to the Borrower, the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the acquisition by any Person or group of Persons who are associates (as such term is defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)), or who act together in concert for such purpose, of (i) common shares or other voting securities of the Borrower to which are attached more than 50% of the votes that may be cast to elect the directors, or (ii) the ability, through operation of law or otherwise, to elect or cause the election or appointments of a majority of the directors. Where control is exercised de - facto by contract or representation on the board of directors of the Borrower, any change in the foregoing relationship where a reasonable Person would deem control to have been acquired as a result of such change, will constitute a Change of Control; (b) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger, plan of arrangement, amalgamation or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or in concert for purposes of such transaction; (c) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Borrower, which is not otherwise permitted under this Agreement or (d) the first day on which a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Borrower are not Continuing Directors. “ Closing Date ” means the date on which all of the conditions precedent set forth in Sec tion 3.01 are satisfied or waived. “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of the United States, as amended, and any successor statute thereto. “ Collection Service Agreement ” means a collection service agreement entered into from time to time between an Obligor and a LDC providing for billing and collection services by such LDC on behalf of such Obligor with respect to its Customers, as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time. “ Commitment ” means, in respect of each Lender from time to time, the amount of set forth in Schedule A to this Agreement opposite such Lender’s name (which will be amended and distributed to all parties by the Agent from time to time as other persons become Lenders), which for greater certainty will in each case be reduced by such Lender’s Proportionate Share of the amount of any permanent prepayments or reductions required or made hereunder. “Commodity Hedges” means any agreement for the hedging or fixing of the cost of commodities used in the ordinary course of business so long as such obligations are settled by the payment of money and not by the delivery of such commodities. “ Compliance Certificate ” means the certificate required pursuant to Section 8.03(3) substantially in the form annexed as Schedule I and signed by a senior officer of the Borrower.

 

 

30355430.16 - 7 - “ Contingent Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person, calculated without duplication, obligations of such Person in respect of synthetic lease obligations, contingent liabilities in respect of letters of credit, letters of guarantee and similar instruments, capital stock which in accordance with GAAP is not included in shareholders’ equity, net obligations under Hedges, contingent liabilities required to be treated as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and contingent liabilities under any guarantee, including without limitation, under any guarantee of any of the foregoing, but excluding operating leases and trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business. “ Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors of the Borrower who (a) was a member of the board of directors of the Borrower on the Closing Date (after giving effect to the implementation of the Recapitalization Plan), or (b) was nominated for election or elected to the board of directors of the Borrower with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the board of directors at the time of such nomination or election. “ Controlled Group ” means all members of a controlled group of corporations or other business entities and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control, which together with the Borrower and any of its subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA. “ Court Order ” has the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement. “ Credit Card Payment Account ” means a bank account maintained by an Obligor into which Customers make credit card payments in respect of exit fees and other payments in respect of the Business and in respect of which a security interest is granted to a merchant services provider. “ Currency Hedge ” means any agreement, whether in the form of a futures or forward contract, swap or otherwise, for the hedging of a currency risk in Canadian Dollars or US Dollars. “Customer Contracts” means contracts entered into from time to time by Obligors with Customers in connection with the Business. “ Customers ” means residential, small to mid - size commercial and small industrial purchasers of products of the Business from an Obligor. “ Debt ” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, the aggregate of the following amounts, at the date of determination: (a) the principal amount of all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) the principal amount of all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of Property or services in excess of 90 days which constitute indebtedness, (c) the principal amount of all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) the principal amount of all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement (other than operating leases) with respect to property acquired by such Person (whether or not the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) the undrawn amount of all letters of credit issued on behalf of such Person and the full face amount of all bankers’ acceptances issued by or on behalf of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease

 

 

30355430.16 - 8 - or otherwise acquire for value any partnership or shareholder or other equity interests of such Person, (h) all Contingent Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing items, (i) all Hedges, (j) all Debt referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Encumbrance on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Debt, limited to the fair market value of such property, and (k) any other obligation arising under arrangements or agreements that, in substance, constitute indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person. “ Deferred Compensation Plan ” means the deferred compensation plan pursuant to which rights to common shares of the Borrower are issued to directors in lieu of fees payable in cash and are exchangeable into common shares of the Borrower, as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time. “Depository Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 2.01(3) 14.01(1). “Depreciation Expense” means, for any period with respect to the Borrower, depreciation, amortization (excluding the amortization of contract initiation costs), depletion and other like reductions to income of the Borrower for such period not involving any outlay of cash, determined, without duplication, on a Modified Consolidated Basis in accordance with GAAP and includes, for greater certainty, amortization of any upfront financing fees. “ Designated Disposition ” means a Disposition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of (i) any shares or other equity interests in Ecobee Inc., (ii) any shares or other equity interests in a Filter Entity, or (iii) any Property of a Filter Entity. “ Disposition ” means any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, permanent user license or other disposition of any nature or kind whatsoever of any Property or of any right, title or interest in or to any Property, and the verb “ Dispose ” will have a correlative meaning . “Distributions” means the payment by a Person: (a) of any dividends or distributions on any equity interests, (b) of any interest, premium or fees owing on any indebtedness, including any indebtedness which is subordinate to the indebtedness owing to the Lenders (including, without limitation, in respect of Existing Intercompany Debt, Future Intercompany Debt, Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Debt and the $15 Million Subordinated Note), (c) distributions paid in cash under the Restricted Share Grant Plan or the Deferred Compensation Plan, (d) non - cash distributions of Share Based Compensation, (e) the application of such Person’s assets to the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement of any of its shares, partnership, or trust units, as applicable, (f) permanent repayments (partial or full) of the principal amount of the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt or the $15 Million Subordinated Note, or (g) any other like distributions of funds whatsoever by such Person; for greater certainty the capitalization of interest together with any fees payable hereunder and the addition thereof to the principal amount of the Obligations from time to time shall not constitute a Distribution. “EBITDA” means, for any period for the Borrower determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis, net income for such period: (a) increased by the sum of (without duplication):

 

 

30355430.16 - 9 - Total Interest Expense for such period; ( i) ( ii) Income Tax Expense for such period; ( iii) Depreciation Expense for such period (which for greater certainty does not include any amortization of contract initiation costs); ( iv) non - cash losses resulting from the fair value of derivative financial investments for such period; (v) accrued (but not yet actually realized) foreign exchange translation losses; ( vi) losses on the purchase or redemption of securities issued by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; ( vii) any other cash or non - cash extraordinary, unusual or non - recurring losses for such period, excluding, for greater certainty, (A) provisions made for litigation and other similar proceedings and (B) losses associated with trading, settlement or balancing of Commodity Hedges; and (viii) Share Based Compensation to the extent settled with shares of the Borrower (i.e. non - cash); (b) decreased by the sum of (without duplication): ( i) non - cash gains resulting from the fair value of derivative financial investments for such period; ( ii) accrued (but not yet actually realized) foreign exchange translation gains; ( iii) gains on the purchase or redemption of securities issued by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; ( iv) any reduction in deferred tax recovery for such period; and (v) any other cash or non - cash extraordinary, unusual or non - recurring gains for such period, excluding, for greater certainty, gains associated with trading, settlement or balancing of Commodity Hedges. “ EDC ” means Export Development Canada. “ EDC Indemnity ” means the bonding products declaration and indemnity dated December 30, 2016, provided by each Obligor in favour of EDC. “ EEA ” means the European Economic Area. “EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution

 

 

30355430.16 - 10 - described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent. “EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. “EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution. “ Electricity Service Agreements ” means electricity service agreements entered into between an Obligor and an LDC regarding such Obligor’s electricity Customers. “ Eligible Customer Contracts ” means Customer Contracts for sales entered into in connection with the Business in Canada, the United States or such other jurisdiction as the Majority Lenders consent to in writing . “ Encumbrance ” means, in respect of any Person, any mortgage, debenture, pledge, hypothec, lien, charge, assignment by way of security, hypothecation or security interest granted or permitted by such Person or arising by operation of law, in respect of any of such Person’s Property, or any lease in respect of a Right of Use Asset by such Person as lessee or any other security agreement, trust or arrangement having the effect of security for the payment of any debt, liability or obligation, and “ Encumbrances ”, “ Encumbrancer ”, “ Encumber ” and “ Encumbered ” will have corresponding meanings. “ Equity Hedges ” means any agreement, whether in the form of a futures or forward contract, swap or otherwise for the hedging of the price of shares. “ Equivalent Amount ” means with respect to any two currencies, the amount obtained in one such currency when an amount in the other currency is converted into the first currency using the spot rate of exchange for such conversion as quoted by the Bank of Canada at the close of business on the Business Day that such conversion is to be made (or, if such conversion is to be made before close of business on such Business Day, then at close of business on the immediately preceding Business Day) and, in either case, if no such rate is quoted, the spot rate of exchange quoted for wholesale transactions by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Toronto, Ontario on the Business Day such conversion is to be made in accordance with its normal practice. “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 of the United States, together with the regulations thereunder as the same may be amended from time to time. Reference to Sections of ERISA also refer to any successive Sections thereto . “ ERISA Plan ” means an “employee welfare benefit plan” or “employee pension benefit plan” as such terms are defined in Sections 3 ( 1 ) and 3 ( 2 ) of ERISA . “EU Bail - In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail - In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

 

 

30355430.16 - 11 - “ Event of Default ” means any of the events described in Sec tion 9.01. “ Excluded Taxes ” means in the case of each Lender, the Agent or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Obligors hereunder (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by its net income (however denominated), net worth, net profits, capital and franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes and branch profits taxes, in each case, (A) by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) is organized or has its principal office or applicable lending office or any political subdivision thereof or (B) that are Other Connection Taxes; (ii) any withholding Taxes imposed on interest payable to or for the account of such Lender or the Agent pursuant to law in effect on the date on which such Lender or the Agent became a Lender or the Agent hereunder (except to the extent such Taxes were not considered Excluded Taxes with respect to such Lender’s or the Agent’s immediate assignor); (iii) Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Sections 12.01(3), 12.01(4) or 12.01(5); (iv) any Canadian withholding Tax imposed on a payment by or on account of any obligation of an Obligor hereunder as a result of: (A) the recipient and the Obligor being Non - Arm’s Length; (B) the recipient being a “specified non - resident shareholder” of the Obligor or being Non - Arm’s Length with a “specified shareholder” of the Obligor (in each case, within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)), or (C) such payment being a payment of interest that is paid or payable in respect of a debt or other obligation to pay an amount to a person with whom the payer is Non - Arm’s Length, other than in each case where the Non - Arm’s Length, “specified shareholder” or “specified non - resident shareholder” relationship arises in connection with or as a result of a Lender or Agent having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under or received or enforced any rights under any Loan Document; and (v) any United States withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA. “ Existing Intercompany Debt ” means any Debt owing by an Obligor to any other Obligor, in each case in existence on the Closing Date. “ Expiration Date ” means the date that is six months from the Closing Date. “ FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any agreements (including any intergovernmental agreements or any laws, rules or practices implementing such intergovernmental agreements) implementing the foregoing (including, for greater certainty, Part XVIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada)). “ FCPA ” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. †† 78dd - 1, et seq. “ Financial Assistance ” means, without duplication and with respect to any Person (a) all loans granted by that Person and Contingent Obligations incurred by that Person for the purpose of or having the effect of providing financial assistance to another Person or Persons, including, without limitation, letters of guarantee, letters of credit, legally binding comfort letters or indemnities issued in connection therewith, endorsements of bills of exchange (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), obligations to purchase assets regardless

 

 

30355430.16 - 12 - of the delivery or non - delivery thereof and obligations to make advances or otherwise provide financial assistance to any other entity, or (b) all acquisitions of any equity interests or investments made by that Person in another Person or Persons, and for greater certainty “ Financial Assistance ” will include any guarantee of any third party lease obligations. “ Fiscal Quarter ” means each three month period of the Borrower’s Fiscal Year ending on June 30, September 30, December 31 and March 31 of each calendar year. “ Fiscal Year ” means the 12 - month fiscal period of the Borrower ending on the last day of ; (i) March or (ii) subject to the requirements of Secti on 8 . 04 ( 12 ) of this Agreement, December, in any calendar year . “ Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings, Inc . and its successors . “ Four Quarter Period ” means as at the last day of any particular Fiscal Quarter, the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters which includes such Fiscal Quarter (including the last day thereof) and the immediately preceding three Fiscal Quarters. “ Future Intercompany Debt ” means Debt incurred after the Closing Date by any Obligor and owing to any other Obligor; provided same is subject to the Restricted Subsidiary Subordination Agreement. “ GAAP ” means those accounting principles which are recognized as being generally accepted in Canada and which are in effect from time to time, as published in the Handbook of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, or International Financial Reporting Standards, as the case may be; provided that all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under any Financial Accounting Standard to value any Debt or other liabilities of any Obligor or any Subsidiary of any Obligor at “fair value” as defined in any such Financial Accounting Standard. “ Governmental Authority ” means the government of any nation, province, territory, municipality, state or other political subdivision of any nation, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled (through stock or capital ownership or otherwise) by any of the foregoing. “Gross Margin” means, for any Fiscal Quarter, the net cash receipts, including accruals recorded in accordance with GAAP, (calculated in Canadian dollars) generated by Eligible Customer Contracts by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a Modified Consolidated Basis in such Fiscal Quarter less the cost of goods sold, recorded in accordance with GAAP, in such Fiscal Quarter, as determined as of the last day of such Fiscal Quarter in respect of the immediately preceding Four Quarter Period. “ Guarantee ” means an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee of all of the Obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders .

 

 

30355430.16 - 13 - “ Guarantors ” means each of the Restricted Subsidiaries and any other Person that provides a Guarantee in favour of the Agent and “ Guarantor ” means any one of them. “ Hazardous Substance ” means any substance, product, waste, pollutant, material, chemical, contaminant, dangerous goods, constituent or other material listed, regulated, or addressed under any Requirements of Environmental Law, including, without limitation, asbestos, petroleum, polychlorinated biphenyls and any “hazardous substance” as defined by CERCLA and any “hazardous waste” as defined by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of the United States. “ Hedges ” means, collectively, Interest Rate Hedges, Currency Hedges, Commodity Hedges and Equity Hedges. “ IFRS 16 ” means the International Financial Reporting Standard 16: Leases. “ Income Tax Expense ” means, with respect to the Borrower, for any period, the aggregate, without duplication, of all Taxes on the income of such Person for such period, whether current or deferred, determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis. “ Information ” has the meaning set forth in Sectio n 14.01(1). “ Insolvency Legislation ” means legislation in any applicable jurisdiction relating to reorganization, arrangement, compromise or re - adjustment of debt, dissolution or winding - up, or any similar legislation, and specifically includes for greater certainty the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Winding - Up and Restructuring Act (Canada) and the Bankruptcy Code (United States). “ Intellectual Property ” means the intellectual property in patents, patent applications, trade - marks, trade - mark applications, trade names, service marks, copyrights, copyright registrations and trade secrets including, without limitation, customer lists and information and business opportunities, industrial designs, technology and other similar intellectual property rights. “ Intercreditor Agreement ” means the sixth amended and restated intercreditor agreement dated as of September 1, 2015 between the Senior Collateral Agent, the Senior Administrative Agent on behalf of the Senior Lenders and the Lender Hedge Providers (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement), Shell Energy, the Other Commodity Suppliers (as defined therein), Just Energy Ontario L.P., Just Energy (U.S.) Corp., the Restricted Subsidiaries and such other persons as from time to time become party thereto, as amended by the first amending agreement and adhesion agreement dated May 17, 2018. “ Interest Payment Date ” means (i) the last Business Day of March and the last Business Day of September in each Fiscal Year and (ii) the Maturity Date, provided that in the case of (i), any cash payment of interest payable hereunder may be made within two Business Days of such Interest Payment Date until the repayment in full of the Senior Credit Agreement (or the replacement or refinancing thereof). “ Interest Rate ” means a fixed interest rate of [Percentage Redacted] per annum, which shall be increased by (i) [Percentage Redacted] for any accruing and payable PIK Interest on the

 

 

30355430.16 - 14 - relevant Interest Payment Date and (ii) 2% upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default. “Interest Rate Hedge” means any agreement, whether in the form of a futures or forward contract, swap or otherwise for the hedging of interest on Debt. “ JEBPO ” means JEBPO Services LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in India and an indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower. “ JEC ” means Just Energy Corp., an Ontario corporation, formerly known as Ontario Energy Savings Corp. “ JEC Assignment Agreement ” means the Assignment, Assumption, Consent and Release Agreement dated as of August 1, 2005 between JEC, Just Energy Ontario L.P. and Shell Energy. “ Judgment Conversion Date ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 14.05(1)(b). “ Judgment Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.05(1). “JustGreen Products” means environmental derivative products, including carbon offsets, carbon credits, renewable energy certificates or attributes and the equivalents thereof. “ LDC Agreements ” means Collection Service Agreements and Transportation Agreements and the Electricity Service Agreements listed on Schedule E hereto as such agreements are in effect on the Original Closing Date and as from time to time supplemented, amended restated or replaced from time to time and any such agreement entered into with LDCs after the Original Closing Date, whether or not scheduled. “LDCs” means (i) local distribution companies to whom volumes of natural gas are delivered by an Obligor and with whom such Obligor has Transportation Agreements and Collection Service Agreements and (ii) local electricity distribution companies, which deliver electricity to Customers for and on behalf of an Obligor and with whom such Obligor has an Electricity Service Agreement. “ Lease Obligations ” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) any Right of Use Asset which obligations are required to be recorded on a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with IFRS 16. For the purposes of this Agreement, including all calculations of any Lease Obligations to be made hereunder, any lease which would be accounted for as an operating lease under the International Financial Reporting Standards as in effect on December 31, 2018 shall be, notwithstanding any subsequent change in the International Financial Reporting Standards, deemed to be accounted for as an operating lease under such prior IFRS rules (regardless of whether such lease is entered into or assumed before or after December 31, 2018) and the obligations thereunder shall not be Lease Obligations for the purpose of this Agreement. “ Lender - Related Distress Event ” means, with respect to any Lender or any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender (each, a “ Distressed Person ”), (a) a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any Insolvency Legislation or (b) a custodian,

 

 

30355430.16 - 15 - conservator, receiver or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or (c) such Distressed Person is subject to a forced liquidation, merger, sale or other change of control supported in whole or in part by guaranties or other support (including, without limitation, the nationalization or assumption of ownership or operating control by the government of Canada, the United States or other Governmental Authority), or (d) such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person or its assets to be, insolvent, bankrupt, or deficient in meeting any capital adequacy or liquidity standard of any such Governmental Authority, or (e) such Distressed Person becomes the subject of a Bail - In Action. “ Lenders ” means Sagard, in its capacity as Lender, and the Persons from time to time designated in Schedule A annexed hereto as a Lender and “ Lender ” means any one of the Lenders and includes each of their successors and permitted assigns. “ Lenders’ Counsel ” means the firm of Torys LLP or such other firm of legal counsel as the Agent may from time to time designate and any and all local agent counsel retained by Torys LLP for and on behalf of the Agent. “ Leverage Ratio Test ” means the Average Net Senior Debt Utilization to EBITDA Ratio at the end of the Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding the Fiscal Quarter in which the applicable Interest Payment Date or Payment Date is due, is less than 1.00:1.00 “ Liquidity Test ” means, on the applicable Interest Payment Date or Payment Date, the consolidated balance of cash and Cash Equivalents of the Obligors (determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis) plus the undrawn amount of the credit facilities available under the Senior Credit Agreement would on a pro forma basis be equal to or greater than Cdn. [Dollar Amount Redacted] , as set out in a certificate of an officer of the Borrower delivered to the Agent on such date. “ Loan Documents ” means (a) this Agreement, the Guarantees and any Notes issued hereunder, (b) the Payment Letter and arrangements letter referred to in Sec tion 4.03 and (c) all present and future agreements delivered by any Obligor to the Agent or the Lenders pursuant to, or in respect of the agreements referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) inclusive of this definition, in each case as the same may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time, and “ Loan Document ” will mean any one of the Loan Documents. “ Loan Facility ” has the meaning set forth in Sect ion 2.01(1) . “ Majority Lenders ” means Sagard and the Specified Lender, as Lenders, plus such other Lenders as may be required to hold at least [Percentage Redacted] of the outstanding Advances under the Loan Facility. “ Material Adverse Effect ” means (a) a material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of all Obligors on a consolidated basis; (b) an adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents which could reasonably be considered material having regard to the Loan Documents considered as a whole; (c) a material adverse effect on the right, entitlement or ability of the Obligors as a

 

 

30355430.16 - 16 - whole, to pay or perform any of its debts, liabilities or obligations under any of the Loan Documents; or (d) a material adverse effect on the right, entitlement or ability of the Agent or the Lenders to enforce their rights or remedies under any of the Loan Documents, for greater certainty: (i) the restatement of the Borrower’s financial statements for fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2020 documented in Management’s Discussion and Analysis dated July 8, 2020; and (ii) the disclosure in Note 3(b) to the Borrower’s 2020 audited financial statements filed with SEDAR on July 8, 2020, shall not constitute a Material Adverse Effect. “ Material Contracts ” means, collectively, (i) all material LDC Agreements; (ii) all Supplier Contracts, excluding (A) those Supplier Contracts that are immaterial (provided that the supply under Supplier Contracts excluded in this subparagraph (A) does not exceed, in the aggregate, 10% of the total supply under all Supplier Contracts) and (B) Supplier Contracts entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and (iii) any other agreement entered into by an Obligor which: (a) if not complied with or terminated, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (b) is necessary for the business of an Obligor and not replaceable in the commercial marketplace on commercially reasonable terms. “ Material Licences ” means, collectively, each licence, permit or approval issued by any Governmental Authority, or any applicable stock exchange or securities commission, to any Obligor, the breach or default of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. “ Maturity Date ” means March 31, 2024. “Modified Consolidated Basis” means the consolidated financial position or results of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP. “ Non - Arm’s Length ” and similar phrases have the meaning attributed thereto for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada); and “ Arm’s Length ” will have the opposite of such meaning. “ Non - Funding Lender ” means any Lender (i) that has failed to fund any payment or Advances required to be made by it hereunder or to purchase all participations required to be purchased by it hereunder and under the Loan Documents, or (ii) that has given verbal or written notice to the Borrower, the Agent or any Lender or has otherwise publicly announced that it believes that it will be unable to fund advances under credit arrangements to which it is a party, or (iii) with respect to which one or more Lender - Related Distress Events has occurred, or (iv) with respect to which the Agent has knowledge that such Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations (whether as an agent, lender or letter of credit issuer) under one or more other syndicated credit facilities, or (v) with respect to which the Agent has concluded, acting reasonably, and has advised the Lenders in writing that it is of the view that, there is a reasonable chance that such Lender shall become a “Non - Funding Lender” pursuant to any of (i), (ii) or (iii) above and that such Lender has been deemed a “Non - Funding Lender”. “ Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06.

 

 

30355430.16 - 17 - “ Obligations ” means, with respect to any Obligor, all of its present and future indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of any and every kind, nature or description whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, joint or several or joint and several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, in any currency and whether as principal debtor, guarantor, surety or otherwise, including without limitation any interest that accrues thereon after or would accrue thereon but for the commencement of any case, proceeding or other action, whether voluntary or involuntary, relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such case, proceeding or other action) to each of the Agent, the Lenders and each of them under, in connection with, relating to or with respect to each of the Loan Documents, and any unpaid balance thereof. “ Obligors ” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Guarantors and each of their respective successors and assigns and “ Obligor ” means any one of them. “ Original Lenders ” means the Lenders party to the Original Credit Agreement on the Original Closing Date and each of their respective permitted successors and assignees. “ OFAC ” means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of Treasury. “ Operating Budget ” means (i) the annual operating budget of the Borrower in, consisting of a statement of cash available for distribution and a cash flow forecast and (ii) forecasted calculations in respect of each Fiscal Quarter for the purposes of (A) the financial covenants in Sec tion 8.02 and (B) Section 8.05(4) (and which, for greater certainty, shall be substantially the form attached hereto as Schedule F and shall include in respect of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower only separate select information concerning the RCE’s and Gross Margin (as if such definition applied to Unrestricted Subsidiaries mutatis mutandis ) of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries calculated on an annual basis). “Original Closing Date ” means September 12, 2018. “ Organizational Documents ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s articles or other charter documents, by - laws, unanimous shareholder agreement, partnership agreement, joint venture agreement, operating agreement, limited liability company agreement or trust agreement, as applicable, and any and all other similar agreements, documents and instruments relative to such Person, setting forth the manner of election or duties of the directors, officers or managing members of such Person or the designation, amount or relative rights, limitations and preferences of any equity interests of such Person. “ Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a former or present connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing the Tax (other than connections arising from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Advance or Loan Document). “ Participant ” has the meaning set forth in Sectio n 13.03(1). “ Participant Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.03(3).

 

 

30355430.16 - 18 - “ Patriot Act ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 7.01(45). “ Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in the Payment Letter as amended by Section 4.03. “ Payment Letter ” means the amended and restated payment letter between the Borrower and the Agent, on behalf of the Original Lenders, dated as of October 30, 2018, as amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time. “ PB Plan ” means the Performance Bonus Plan under which employees and sales representatives are awarded securities of the Borrower as bonuses, as amended or replaced from time to time. “ Pending Event of Default ” means an event which, but for the requirement for the giving of notice, lapse of time, or both, or but for the satisfaction of any other condition subsequent to such event, would constitute an “Event of Default”. “ Permitted Asset Dispositions ” means Dispositions by an Obligor of: (a) tangible personal property in the normal course of its Business for fair market value and on customary trade terms; (b) any Property pursuant to a Designated Disposition; (c) tangible personal property other than pursuant to clauses (a), (b) or (d) hereof where the value of all such Property Disposed in any Fiscal Year pursuant to this clause (c) does not exceed in the aggregate [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; (d) tangible or intangible personal property to any other Obligor; (e) Billed Accounts Receivable and Sold Unbilled Accounts Receivable under the Customer Contracts to LDCs in accordance with the LDC Agreements; (f) all of the shares or equity interests in, or all or substantially all of the Property of, EdgePower Inc. (collectively, the “ EdgePower Property ”) so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (i) no Pending Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such Disposition or will arise as a result of the implementation of any of the transactions contemplated by such Disposition; (ii) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have received all necessary consents and approvals of any Governmental Authorities and other third parties (including the Priority Suppliers (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement)) required for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to consummate such Disposition and release of the Security over the shares, equity interests and Property of EdgePower Inc.; and (iii) such Disposition will be on Arm’s Length terms, or (g) intangible personal property, other than pursuant to clauses (d) and (e) hereof, in the normal course of its business for fair market value where the value of all such intangible property disposed in any Fiscal Year by all Obligors does not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate.

 

 

30355430.16 - 19 - “Permitted Debt” means: (a) Debt under this Agreement; (b) (i) Debt under the Senior Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Senior Lender Limitation Amount at any time, (ii) Debt under Hedges, provided that the Aggregate Swap Exposure shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] at any time, and (iii) Debt under agreements evidencing treasury facilities and cash management products provided by any Senior Lender or an Affiliate of a Senior Lender and permitted under the Senior Credit Agreement; (c) Debt in respect of Purchase Money Security Interests and Lease Obligations in an outstanding amount not to exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate for all Obligors; (d) Existing Intercompany Debt; (e) Future Intercompany Debt; (f) Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Debt; (g) [Reserved]; (h) [Reserved]; ( i) guarantees of any Debt (other than in respect of the $15 Million Subordinated Note) otherwise permitted hereunder; ( j) Debt under (i) Canadian Dollar corporate credit cards of the Obligors provided that the amount of all such Debt at no time exceeds [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate for all Obligors and (ii) US Dollar corporate credit cards of the Obligors provided that the amount of all such Debt at no time exceeds [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate for all Obligors; (k) [Reserved] ( l) [Reserved] (m) EDC Indemnity; (n) the $15 Million Subordinated Note, provided that the trustee of the $15 Million Subordinated Note has issued a confirmation in favour of the Agent that the Obligations constitute “Senior Indebtedness” under the $15 Million Subordinated Note Indenture; and (o) Debt consented to in writing by the Majority Lenders from time to time. “Permitted Distributions” means:

 

 

30355430.16 - 20 - (a) Distributions from an Obligor (other than the Borrower) to another Obligor; (b) Distributions by way of issuance of common shares or preferred shares of the Borrower to the public (including, for greater certainty, by way of private placement); (c) [Reserved]; (d) [Reserved]; (e) non - cash Distributions of Share Based Compensation; (f) distributions paid in cash under the Restricted Share Grant Plan, the PB Plan or under the Deferred Compensation Plan in an aggregate amount over the term of this Agreement not exceeding [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; and (g) [Reserved]; (h) [Reserved]; ( i) [Reserved]; ( j) Distributions on the account of any Alberta Utilities Commission Debt, provided that each such Distribution shall be made solely with the proceeds of the payments received by the Obligors from their Customers in the Province of Alberta under the applicable Customer Contracts; (k) payments of principal, interest or fees in respect of the Senior Credit Agreement and related hedges and cash management services; and ( l) interest payments that are paid in kind (and not in cash) on the $15 Million Subordinated Note. “ Permitted Encumbrances ” means, with respect to any Person, the following: (a) Encumbrances for Taxes not yet due or for which instalments have been paid based on reasonable estimates pending final assessments, or if due, they are not yet delinquent or the validity of which is being contested diligently and in good faith by appropriate proceedings by that Person for which reasonable reserves under GAAP are maintained; (b) Encumbrances in respect of claims for unpaid wages, vacation pay, worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance premiums, pension plan contributions, employee or non - resident withholding tax source deductions, realty taxes (including utility charges and business taxes which are collectable like realty taxes), unremitted goods and services taxes, provincial sales taxes, customs duties or similar statutory obligations secured by an Encumbrance on any Obligor’s assets, but only if the obligations secured by such Encumbrances are paid before

 

 

30355430.16 - 21 - they become delinquent or they are being contested diligently and in good faith by appropriate proceedings by that Person for which reasonable reserves under GAAP are maintained; (c) undetermined or inchoate liens, rights of distress and charges incidental to current operations which relate to obligations not yet due, or if due, they are not yet delinquent or the validity of which is being contested diligently and in good faith by appropriate proceedings by that Person or they do not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate; (d) the Encumbrance resulting from the deposit of cash or securities in connection with contracts, tenders or expropriation proceedings, or to secure workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, letters of credit, surety or appeal bonds, or costs of litigation when required by law in any case not to exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] or the Equivalent Amount in US$ in aggregate outstanding at any time, liens and claims incidental to current construction, mechanics’, warehousemen’s, landlords’, carriers’, surety bonds and other similar liens, and public, statutory and other like obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business; (e) the Encumbrance created by a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, so long as the same does not result in an Event of Default; (f) Encumbrances on real property which consist of (i) reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in the original grant from the Crown, (ii) any general qualifications to title imposed under the land registry system in which any real property is situate, (iii) any encroachments, variations in description or by - law infractions which might be revealed by an up - to - date survey of the real property, (iv) any agreement with a municipality with respect to the development of the buildings, fixtures and improvements on the real property, (v) restrictions or restrictive covenants disclosed by registered title, (vi) any easement or right - of - way disclosed by registered title and (vii) any easement for the supply of utilities to the real property; (g) liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of combination of accounts or similar rights in the ordinary course of conducting day - to - day banking business in relation to deposit accounts (including segregated deposit accounts for Customers if required by Applicable Law) or other funds maintained with a financial institution; (h) the Encumbrances created by the security granted to the Senior Collateral Agent pursuant to the Senior Credit Documents; ( i) Purchase Money Security Interests and Encumbrances securing Lease Obligations, provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of Debt secured thereby or arising thereunder does not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] or the Equivalent Amount in US$ at any time;

 

 

30355430.16 - 22 - any Encumbrance granted by any Obligor to LDCs in respect of Billed Accounts Receivable under the Customer Contracts that have been sold to LDCs and for which LDCs are obligated to pay for following such sale in accordance with Collection Service Agreements as permitted by Section 8.04(1); ( j) (k) any Encumbrance granted by any Obligor to LDCs in respect of Sold Unbilled Accounts Receivable under the Customer Contracts that have been sold to LDCs and for which LDCs are obligated to pay for following such sale in accordance with Collection Service Agreements as permitted by Section 8.04(1); ( l) any Encumbrance granted by any Obligor to LDCs in respect of Unbilled Accounts Receivable in accordance with Collection Service Agreements, provided that the aggregate value of such Unbilled Accounts Receivable Encumbered at any time shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; (m) any Encumbrance granted by any Obligor to LDCs in respect of Cash Security Deposits in accordance with Collection Service Agreements, provided that the aggregate value of such Cash Security Deposits Encumbered at any time shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; (n) any Encumbrance granted by an Obligor to an LDC in respect of natural gas in storage with such LDC if required by such LDC or the tariff applicable to such LDC; provided that the aggregate volume of such natural gas in storage so Encumbered shall not at any time exceed 15% of the aggregate volume of all such natural gas in storage; (o) Encumbrances over Credit Card Payment Accounts to secure obligations of certain Obligors to certain deposit banks pursuant to merchant services agreements; (p) [Reserved] (q) Encumbrances over any and all cash, monies and interest bearing instruments delivered to, deposited with or held by an exchange for natural gas and any rights to payment or performance owing from an exchange for natural gas including, without limitation, accounts payable owed by the exchange to an Obligor to the extent that such proceeds are to be used as security for future transactions and all proceeds of any of the foregoing, provided that the aggregate value of such Encumbrances at any time shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; and (r) such other Encumbrances as agreed to in writing by the Majority Lenders in accordance with this Agreement. “ Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Debt ” means Debt owing by the Obligors to Unrestricted Subsidiaries in existence as of the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate at any time; provided that such Debt is subordinated and postponed to the Obligations pursuant to the terms of a Subordination Agreement.

 

 

30355430.16 - 23 - “ Person ” is to be broadly interpreted and will include an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an unlimited liability company, a partnership, a trust, an incorporated organization, a joint venture, financial institution, the government of a country or any political subdivision of a country, or an agency or department of any such government, any other Governmental Authority and the executors, administrators or other legal representatives of an individual in such capacity. “ PIK Interest ” and “ PIK Fees ” means any interest or Yield Enhancement Payment payable hereunder or under the Payment Letter, as applicable, that is required to be capitalized pursuant to Sections 4.01 or 4.03 of this Agreement. “ Plan of Arrangement ” means the amended and restated plan of arrangement dated as of September 2, 2020 with respect to the Borrower and 12175592 Canada Inc., court file no. CV - 20 - 00643596 - 00CL. “ Proceedings ” means the proceedings commenced by the Borrower on July 8 , 2020 under section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) in Toronto, Ontario . “ Property ” means, with respect to any Person, all or any portion of its undertaking, property and assets, both real and personal, including, for greater certainty, (i) any share in the capital of a corporation or ownership interest in any other Person and (ii) its interest under all Supplier Contracts, LDC Agreements and related permits. “ Proportionate Share ” means in respect of each Lender from time to time and with respect to the Advances, such Lender’s pro rata share in accordance with the aggregate unpaid amount of the Advances owed to such Lender . “ Purchase Money Security Interest ” means an Encumbrance created or assumed by an Obligor securing Debt incurred to finance the unpaid acquisition price (including any installation costs or costs of construction) of Property provided that (a) such Encumbrance is created substantially concurrently with the acquisition of such Property, (b) such Encumbrance does not at any time encumber any Property other than the Property and the proceeds thereof financed or refinanced (to the extent the principal amount is not increased) by such Debt, (c) the amount of Debt secured thereby is not increased subsequent to such acquisition, and (d) the principal amount of Debt secured by any such Encumbrance at no time exceeds 100% of the original purchase price of such Property at the time it was acquired, installed or constructed and for the purposes of this definition the term “acquisition” will include a lease in respect of a Right of Use Asset and the term “acquire” will have a corresponding meaning. “ RCE ” means a residential customer equivalent which is a unit of measurement to a customer using, as regards natural gas, 2 , 815 m 3 (or 106 GJ’s) of natural gas on an annual basis and, as regards electricity, 10 , 000 kWh of electricity on an annual basis, which represents respectively the approximate amount of gas and electricity used by a typical household . “ Recapitalization Plan ” means the plan of arrangement in respect of the Borrower pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act , which plan shall be consistent with the terms of the

 

 

30355430.16 - 24 - recapitalization set out in the Support Agreement, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably. “ Receiving Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 11.12 . “ Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.02(3). “ Release ” means a “release”, as such term is defined in CERCLA. “Relevant Jurisdiction” means, from time to time, with respect to any Obligor, such Obligor’s jurisdiction of formation, chief executive office, registered office or chief place of business and, for greater certainty, at the Closing Date includes the jurisdictions set forth in Schedule 7 . 01 ( 19 ) . “ Repayment Notice ” means the notice substantially in the form annexed hereto as Schedule C . “ Requirements of Environmental Law ” means all requirements of the common law or of statutes, regulations, by - laws, ordinances, treaties, judgments and decrees, and (to the extent that they have the force of law) rules, policies, guidelines, orders, approvals, notices, permits, directives, and the like, of any federal, territorial, provincial, state, regional, municipal or local judicial, regulatory or administrative agency, board or governmental authority in Canada, the United States and any other jurisdiction in which any Obligor has operations or assets relating to environmental or occupational health and safety matters (as they relate to exposure to a Hazardous Substance) and the assets and undertaking of any Obligor and the intended uses thereof in connection with such matters, including but not limited to, all such requirements relating to : (a) the protection, preservation or remediation of the natural environment (the air, land, surface water or groundwater) ; (b) solid, gaseous or liquid waste generation, handling, treatment, storage, disposal or transportation ; (c) consumer, occupational or public safety and health (as they relate to exposure to a Hazardous Substance) ; and (d) Hazardous Substances or conditions (matters that are prohibited, controlled or otherwise regulated, such as contaminants, pollutants, toxic substances, dangerous goods, wastes, hazardous wastes, liquid industrial wastes, hazardous materials, petroleum and other materials such as urea formaldehyde and polyurethane foam insulation, asbestos or asbestos - containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or PCB contaminated fluids or equipment, lead based paint, explosives, radioactive substances, petroleum and associated products, above ground and underground storage tanks or surface impoundments) . “ Requirements of Law ” means, as to any Person, any Applicable Law, or determination of a Governmental Authority having the force of law, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its business or Property or to which such Person or any of its business or Property is subject. “ Restricted Share Grant Plan ” means the 2010 restricted share grant plan pursuant to which restricted common shares of the Borrower are granted to senior officers and service providers to the Borrower and to senior officers of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries and Affiliates, as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time. “ Restricted Subsidiary ” means each direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower that has provided a Guarantee and for greater certainty, includes (i) the Obligors, and (ii) any Subsidiary formed or acquired by any Obligor following the Closing Date.

 

 

30355430.16 - 25 - “ Restricted Subsidiary Subordination Agreement ” means the subordination and postponement of inter - corporate debt agreement dated as of the Original Closing Date between the Obligors and the Agent, whereby the Obligors subordinate and postpone certain Debt of the Obligors including (i) any Existing Intercompany Debt; and (ii) any Future Intercompany Debt, to the Obligations, as such agreement may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time. “ Right of Use Asset ” means, with respect to any Person, any asset that is leased by such Person and constituting a right of use asset pursuant to IFRS 16. “ Sagard ” means Sagard Credit Partners, LP and its successors and assigns. “ Sanctioned Person ” means a person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals maintained by OFAC or otherwise designated under Sanctions Laws. “ Sanctions Event ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 7.01(43). “ Sanctions Laws ” means any economic, trade or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time under laws and executive orders of the Canadian government (including without limitation including under the Special Economic Measures Act (Canada), the United Nations Act (Canada), the Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Canada), the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) and the Criminal Code (Canada) and, in each case, the regulations promulgated thereunder), the United States government, or any other relevant sanctions authority. “ Senior Administrative Agent ” means National Bank of Canada in its capacity as “Agent” under the Senior Credit Agreement. “ Senior Collateral Agent ” means National Bank of Canada in its capacity as “Collateral Agent” under the Senior Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, or such Person from time to time appointed as collateral agent in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement . “ Senior Credit Agreement ” means the ninth amended and restated credit agreement dated as of the date hereof between, among others, Just Energy Ontario L.P. and Just Energy (U.S.) Corp., as borrowers, National Bank of Canada as administrative agent and each person party thereto as a lender, as may be supplemented, modified, amended or restated from time to time. “ Senior Credit Documents ” has the meaning ascribed to the term “Credit Document” in the Senior Credit Agreement. “ Senior Debt ” means Total Debt minus (i) Debt incurred hereunder and (i) the $ 15 Million Subordinated Note, all as determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis in accordance with GAAP . “ Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio ” means, for any Four Quarter Period, the ratio of Senior Debt as at the last day of the applicable Four Quarter Period to EBITDA in respect of such Four Quarter Period.

 

 

30355430.16 - 26 - “Senior Lender Limitation Amount” means [Dollar Amount Redacted] , which amount shall be reduced by the amount of any permanent repayments of principal under the Senior Credit Agreement from time to time, but shall not be less than [Dollar Amount Redacted] . “ Senior Lenders ” means each lender party to the Senior Credit Agreement as a lender from time to time. “ Senior Obligations ” means the “Obligations” as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement. “ Senior Security Documents ” means the documents evidencing the Encumbrances granted by the Obligors in favour of the Senior Collateral Agent from time to time. “ Senior Subordination Agreement ” means the amended and restated subordination agreement dated as of the Closing Date between the Senior Administrative Agent, the Agent, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced from time to time. “ Share Based Compensation ” means compensation paid by the Borrower to the directors, officers, full - time employees and service providers of the Borrower and the Borrower’s Subsidiaries and Affiliates in the form of common shares pursuant to the Share Compensation Plan, the Restricted Share Grant Plan, the PB Plan or the Deferred Compensation Plan. “ Share Compensation Plan ” means the 2020 share compensation plan pursuant to which common shares of the Borrower are granted to directors, officers and full - time employees of and service providers to the Borrower, and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time. “ Shell Energy ” means Shell Energy North America (Canada) Inc., formerly known as Coral Energy Canada Inc. “ Sold Unbilled Accounts Receivable ” means all present and future amounts that have not yet been billed to a Customer in respect of gas, electricity or JustGreen Products that has been delivered to such Customer pursuant to a Customer Contract and which have been assigned or sold to an LDC concurrently with the delivery of such gas, electricity or JustGreen Products and which are subject to a Collection Service Agreement. “ Specified Canadian Pension Plan ” means any Canadian Pension Plan which contains a “defined benefit provision”, as defined in subsection 147.1(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada). “ Specified Lender ” mean the entity disclosed by the Borrower to the Agent on the confidential schedule delivered prior to the Closing Date, together with its affiliates (including funds and accounts for which it serves as investment manager or advisor). “ Subsidiary ” means, at any time, as to any Person, any other Person, if at such time the first mentioned Person owns, directly or indirectly, alone or together with one or more of its Affiliates, securities or other ownership interests in such other Person having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or persons performing similar functions for

 

 

30355430.16 - 27 - such other Person, and will include any other Person in like relationship to a Subsidiary of such first mentioned Person. “ Supplier Contracts ” means contracts between any Obligor and a supplier of natural gas, electricity or JustGreen Products, including, without limitation, the natural gas sales agreement dated as of October 15, 1998 between JEC and Shell Energy, as amended by amending agreements dated as of September 26, 2001 and January 15, 2004 between Just Energy Ontario L.P. and Shell Energy, and as assigned to Just Energy Ontario L.P. pursuant to the JEC Assignment Agreement, as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. “ Supply Commitments ” means, at any time, the amount of natural gas, electricity or JustGreen Products anticipated to be deliverable by the Obligors to Customers under (i) committed existing Customer Contracts; (ii) supplied but not flowing renewals of expiring Customer Contracts; and (iii) supplied but not flowing new Customer Contracts. “Support Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement. “ Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means all taxes, charges, fees, levies, imposts and other assessments, including all income, sales, use, goods and services, harmonized sales, value added, capital, capital gains, alternative, net worth, capital, transfer, profits, withholding, payroll, employer health, excise, franchise, real property and personal property taxes, and any other taxes, customs duties, fees, assessments, royalties, duties, deductions, compulsory loans or similar charges in the nature of a tax, including Canada Pension Plan and provincial pension plan contributions, employment insurance payments and workers compensation premiums, together with any instalments, and any interest, fines and penalties, imposed by any Governmental Authority (including federal, state, provincial, municipal and foreign Governmental Authorities) in respect thereof, whether disputed or not. “ Total Debt ” means all Debt of the Borrower but, for the avoidance of doubt, excludes (i) Debt arising under Hedges, (ii) the principal amount outstanding of all Existing Intercompany Debt, Future Intercompany Debt and Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Debt, and (iii) Debt arising under the EDC Indemnity and (iv) the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt, all as determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis in accordance with GAAP. “ Total Interest Expense ” of the Borrower means, for any period and on a Modified Consolidated Basis, without duplication, the aggregate amount of interest and other financing charges accrued or actually paid by the Borrower, during such period with respect to Debt including interest, discount and financing fees, commissions, discounts, the interest or time value of money component of costs related to factoring or securitizing receivables or monetizing inventory and other fees and charges payable with respect to letters of credit, letters of guarantee and bankers’ acceptance financing, standby fees and the interest charges with respect to Lease Obligations, all as determined in accordance with GAAP. “ Transportation Agreements ” means, collectively, the transportation agreements entered into between the Obligors and LDCs (or entered into between JEC and LDCs and assigned to Just Energy Ontario L.P. pursuant to the JEC Assignment Agreement) providing for the delivery of

 

 

30355430.16 - 28 - gas provided by an Obligor to its Customers and related matters, as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. “ UK Convertible Bonds ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement. “ UK Financial Institution ” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms. “ UK Resolution Authority ” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution. “ Unbilled Accounts Receivable ” means all present and future amounts in respect of gas or electricity or JustGreen Products that have been delivered to a Customer pursuant to a Customer Contract, and that have not yet been billed to such Customer or assigned or sold to an LDC pursuant to a Collection Service Agreement, and which, for greater certainty, remain an asset of an Obligor. “ United States Dollars ”, “ US Dollars ” and “ US$ ” means the lawful money of the United States of America. “ Unrestricted Subsidiaries ” means a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Restricted Subsidiary. “ US Pension Plan ” means a “pension plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), and to which an Obligor, or any corporation, trade or business that is, along with any other Person, a member of a Controlled Group, may reasonably be expected to have liability, including any liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA at any time during the preceding five years, or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under Section 4069 of ERISA. “ US Welfare Plan ” means a “welfare plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA. “ Withholding Agent ” means any Obligor and the Agent. “ Write - Down and Conversion Powers ” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write - down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail - In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write - down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail - In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to any UK Resolution Authority, any powers of such UK Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail - In Legislation for the United Kingdom to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is

 

 

30355430.16 - 29 - to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail - In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers. “ Yield Enhancement Payments ” means all yield enhancement payments and other payments due and payable to the Agent on behalf of the Original Lenders pursuant to the Payment Letter. 2. Headings The division of this Agreement into Articles and Sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and will not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The terms “this Agreement”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and similar expressions refer to this Agreement and not to any particular Article, Section or other portion hereof and include any agreement supplemental hereto. Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement. 3. Number Words importing the singular number only will include the plural and vice versa , words importing the masculine gender will include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa . 4. Accounting Principles Where the character or amount of any asset or liability or item of revenue or expense is required to be determined, or any consolidation or other accounting computation is required to be made for the purpose of this Agreement or any Loan Document, such determination or calculation will, to the extent applicable and except as otherwise specified herein or as otherwise agreed in writing by the parties, be made in accordance with GAAP. 5. Accounting Practices All calculations for the purposes of determining compliance with the financial ratios and financial covenants contained in this Agreement will be made on a basis consistent with GAAP in existence as at the date hereof applied on a Modified Consolidated Basis in accordance with GAAP. In the event of a change in such GAAP which in any material respect changes or results in a change in the method of calculation of, or has an adverse impact on, financial covenants, standards or terms applicable to an Obligor under any of the Loan Documents as determined by the Lenders, acting reasonably, the Borrower and the Agent (with the approval of the Majority Lenders) will negotiate in good faith to revise (if appropriate) such ratios and covenants to reflect GAAP as then in effect, in which case all calculations thereafter made for the purpose of determining compliance with the financial ratios and financial covenants contained in this Agreement will be made on a basis consistent with GAAP in existence as at the date of such revisions.

 

 

30355430.16 - 30 - 6. Currency Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to dollar amounts (without further description) will mean Canadian Dollars. 7. Paramountcy In the event of a conflict in or between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any of the other Loan Documents then, notwithstanding anything contained in such other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement will prevail and the provisions of such other Loan Document will be deemed to be amended to the extent necessary to eliminate such conflict. In particular, if any act or omission of an Obligor is expressly permitted under this Agreement but is expressly prohibited under another Loan Document, such act or omission will be permitted. If any act or omission is expressly prohibited under a Loan Document (other than this Agreement), but this Agreement does not expressly permit such act or omission, or if any act is expressly required to be performed under such Loan Document but this Agreement does not expressly relieve the applicable Obligor from such performance, such circumstance will not constitute a conflict in or between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of such Loan Document. 8. Non - Business Days Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, whenever any payment is stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, the payment will be made on the immediately following Business Day. In the case of interest or fees payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the extension or contraction of time will be considered in determining the amount of interest and fees. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, whenever any action to be taken is stated or scheduled to be required to be taken on, or (except with respect to the calculation of interest or fees) any period of time is stated or scheduled to commence or terminate on, a day other than a Business Day, the action will be taken or the period of time will commence or terminate, as the case may be, on the immediately following Business Day. 9. Statutory and Material Contract References Any reference in this Agreement to any act or statute or regulation (including any regulation of any Governmental Authority), or to any section of or any definition in any act, statute or regulation (including any regulation of any Governmental Authority), will be deemed to be a reference to such act, statute or regulation (including any regulation of any Governmental Authority) or section or definition as amended, supplemented, substituted, replaced or re - enacted from time to time. Any reference in this Agreement to an agreement, indenture, debenture or contract (including without limitation a Material Contract) will be deemed to be a reference to such document as supplemented, amended, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, references to the Senior Credit Agreement or any of the Senior Credit Documents shall not include any references to any refinancings or replacements thereof (unless such refinancing or replacement thereof is expressly permitted by Sec tion 8.04(26) ).

 

 

30355430.16 - 31 - Interest Payments and Calculations 1.10 (1) All interest payments to be made under this Agreement will be paid without allowance or deduction for deemed re - investment or otherwise, both before and after maturity and before and after default and/or judgment, if any, until payment of the amount on which such interest is accruing, and interest will accrue on overdue interest, if any. (2) Unless otherwise stated, wherever in this Agreement reference is made to a rate of interest or rate of fees “per annum” or a similar expression is used, such interest or fees will be calculated on the basis of a calendar year of 360 days and using the nominal rate method of calculation, and will not be calculated using the effective rate method of calculation or on any other basis that gives effect to the principle of deemed re - investment of interest. (3) For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) and disclosure under such act, whenever interest to be paid under this Agreement is to be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days or any other period of time that is less than a calendar year, the yearly rate of interest to which the rate determined pursuant to such calculation is equivalent is the rate so determined multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the same is to be ascertained and divided by 360 or such other period of time, as the case may be. EACH OF THE OBLIGORS CONFIRMS THAT IT FULLY UNDERSTANDS AND IS ABLE TO CALCULATE THE RATE OF INTEREST APPLICABLE TO THE LOAN FACILITY BASED ON THE METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING PER ANNUM RATES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT. The Agent agrees that if requested in writing by the Borrower it will calculate the nominal and effective per annum rate of interest on any Advance outstanding at the time of such request and provide such information to the Borrower promptly following such request; provided that any error in any such calculation, or any failure to provide such information on request, shall not relieve either Borrower or any other Obligor of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor result in any liability to the Agent or any Lender. EACH OBLIGOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR ASSERT, WHETHER BY WAY OF DEFENCE OR OTHERWISE, IN ANY PROCEEDING RELATING TO THE CREDIT DOCUMENTS, THAT THE INTEREST PAYABLE UNDER THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE CALCULATION THEREOF HAS NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY DISCLOSED TO THE OBLIGORS, WHETHER PURSUANT TO SECTION 4 OF THE INTEREST ACT (CANADA) OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LAW OR LEGAL PRINCIPLE. (4) In calculating interest or fees payable under this Agreement for any period, unless otherwise specifically stated, the first day but not the last day of such period will be included . (5) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will any interest rate or rates referred to herein (together with other fees payable hereunder which are construed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be interest or in the nature of interest) exceed the maximum interest rate permitted by Applicable Law. If such maximum interest rate would be exceeded by the terms hereof, the rates of interest payable hereunder will be reduced to the extent necessary so that such rates (together with other fees which are construed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be interest or in the nature of interest) equal the maximum interest rate

 

 

30355430.16 - 32 - permitted by Applicable Law, and any overpayment of interest received by the Agent or the Lenders theretofore will be applied, forthwith after determination of such overpayment, to pay all then outstanding interest, and thereafter to pay outstanding principal, as if the same were a prepayment of principal and treated accordingly hereunder. 11. Determination by the Borrower All provisions contained herein requiring the Borrower to make a determination or assessment of any event or circumstance or other matter to the best of its knowledge shall be deemed to require the Borrower to make all due inquiries and investigations as may be necessary or prudent in the circumstances before making any such determination or assessment. 12. Schedules The following are the Schedules annexed hereto and incorporated by reference and deemed to be part hereof: Schedule A Schedule B Schedule C Schedule D Schedule E Schedule F Schedule G Schedule H Schedule I Schedule J Schedule K Schedule 4.04 Schedule 4.06 Schedule 7.01(6) Schedule 7.01(16) Schedule 7.01(22) Schedule 7.01(28) Schedule 7.01(36) – Lenders and Advances – [Reserved] – Repayment Notice – Assignment Agreement – List of LDC Agreements – Form of Operating Budget – List of Guarantors as of the Closing Date – Form of Subordination Agreement – Form of Compliance Certificate – [Reserved] – [Intentionally Deleted] – [Reserved] – Form of Note – Taxes – Corporate Structure – Material Contracts and Material Licences – Environmental Reports – Non Arm’s Length Transactions ARTICLE 2 THE LOAN FACILITY 2.01 Loan Facility (1) Subject to the terms and conditions of the Original Loan Agreement, the Lenders established in favour of the Borrower as of the Original Closing Date a non - revolving multi - draw term loan facility (the “ Loan Facility ”). As of the Closing Date, (i) no further Advances under the Loan Facility shall be made by the Lenders or requested by the Borrower and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Advances outstanding under the Loan Facility is US$205,899,999.94. As of the Closing Date, the outstanding principal amount of Advances owing to each Lender is as set out in Schedule A hereto. For clarity, such principal amount of

 

 

30355430.16 - 33 - Advances in Schedule A hereto includes the principal amount of the Advances in respect of the Additional Term Loans provided for in Sec tion 2.01(2) below. (2) On the Closing Date, subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions in this Agreement, (i) each Additional Lender shall be deemed to have made an Advance to the Borrower (an “ Additional Term Loan ”) in an amount equal to its Additional Term Commitment and (ii) each Additional Lender shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the Additional Term Commitment and the Additional Term Loans made pursuant thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Additional Term Loans have identical terms to any of the loans as provided for in Sec tion 2.01(1) above. (3) The delivery of the Additional Term Loans (and any certificates or other evidence of holdings thereof) to be issued pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with standing procedures in place with the Agent, and a register of holders of the Additional Term Loans will be maintained by the Agent. Each Additional Lender receiving an Additional Term Loan shall be deemed to be a party to this Agreement as a Lender. In the event that an Additional Lender has not delivered its New Term Loan Lender Information to the Agent prior to the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the expected Effective Date, such Additional Lender’s Additional Term Loan shall be held by the Agent, acting as depository agent (in such capacity, the “ Depository Agent ”), until such time as the Additional Lender provides its New Term Loan Lender Information. (4) In accordance with Subsection (3) above, until such time that an Additional Lender provides its New Term Loan Lender Information (as defined in the Plan of Arrangement) to the Agent, the Additional Term Loan attributed to such Additional Lender shall be held by the Agent, acting as Depository Agent, on behalf of such Additional Lender; provided that on the Expiration Date, all Additional Term Loans held by the Agent, acting as Depository Agent, shall be deemed to be cancelled and forfeited by the applicable Additional Lender. Upon the earlier of (i) the tendering of all New Term Loan Lender Information by the Additional Lenders, or (ii) the Expiration Date, The Depositary Agent will cease to act as a depository agent and the Depositary Agent shall have no further duties and obligations as Depositary Agent and the obligation of the Borrower to pay Monthly Retainer to the former Depository Agent shall cease. ARTICLE 3 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 1. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement The obligations of the Lenders under this Agreement are subject to and conditional upon the following conditions precedent being fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Agent and the Lenders: (1) this Agreement will have been executed and delivered by all parties thereto; (2) a confirmation of guarantee in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent will have been executed and delivered by the Guarantors;

 

 

30355430.16 - 34 - (3) the Agent will have received, unless otherwise stated herein, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent: ( i) evidence of a successful implementation of the Recapitalization Plan in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders, including a copy of the final order of the Court approving the Recapitalization Plan pursuant to the Proceedings ; ( ii) evidence of a successful completion of an equity offering of common shares of the Borrower for aggregate proceeds of the lesser of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) US$73,000,000; ( iii) a flow of funds including a sources and uses of funds statement of the Borrower to complete the Recapitalization Plan; ( iv) certified copies of (a) the Senior Credit Agreement and all other agreements, instruments and documents evidencing that the Senior Debt (as defined in the Original Loan Agreement) and the Debt under the UK Convertible Bonds (as defined in the Original Loan Agreement) have been fully refinanced on terms satisfactory to the Lenders, acting reasonably and (b) the $15 Million Subordinated Note Indenture and all other agreements, instruments and documents evidencing the $15 Million Subordinated Note; and (v) subject to Sec tion 2.01(3), all “Know Your Client”, anti - money laundering, anti - terrorism or similar identification information required by the Agent shall have been provided by the Additional Lenders; (4) the Agent will have received certified copies of the Organizational Documents of each Obligor, the resolutions authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Obligor’s obligations under the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated herein, and certificates as to the incumbency of the officers of each Obligor; (5) copies of all agreements which restrict or limit the powers of any Obligor or its directors or officers not otherwise delivered under Subsec tion 3.01(4) , certified by such Obligor to be true, will have been delivered to the Agent; (6) certificates of status or good standing, as applicable, of each Obligor will have been delivered to the Agent; (7) the Agent will have received certified copies of all approvals of any Governmental Authorities or other third parties (including in connection with the Senior Credit Agreement, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders) required for (a) the execution, delivery and performance of each Obligor’s obligations under the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated therein as of the Closing Date (other than the approvals, clarifications or authorizations of the Governmental Authorities (including, without limitation, the Reserve Bank of India) required under the laws of India for the execution and delivery by JEBPO of the Guarantee and the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by

 

 

30355430.16 - 35 - JEBPO of its obligations thereunder), (b) the implementation of the Recapitalization Plan and (c) the issuance of the $15 Million Subordinated Note, each as of the Closing Date; (8) the Agent, the Senior Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto shall have executed and delivered the Senior Subordination Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders; (9) the Agent will have received a duly executed confirmation from the trustee of the $15 Million Subordinated Note in favour of the Agent that the Obligations constitute “Senior Indebtedness” under the $15 Million Subordinated Note Indenture, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders; (10) a currently dated certificate of the Borrower that the representations and warranties set forth in Sec tion 7.01 are true and correct (subject to any materiality thresholds contained therein) as at such time and a Compliance Certificate dated as of the Closing Date demonstrating, among other things, pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set out in Section 8.02 of this Agreement will each have been delivered to the Agent; (11) releases and discharges (or written authorizations to discharge from the applicable Encumbrance holder in form acceptable to the Agent) with respect to all Encumbrances which are not Permitted Encumbrances, if any, will have been delivered to the Agent; (12) no Event of Default or Pending Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the Closing Date; (13) a currently dated letter of opinion of Borrower’s Counsel along with the opinions of local counsel as required for each Restricted Subsidiary, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders and the Lenders’ Counsel will have been delivered to the Agent and the Lenders as addressees; (14) no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since March 31, 2020 ; (15) the Agent and the Lenders will have received, or arrangements satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders shall have been made to ensure that they will receive, all fees and expenses due under the Loan Documents or as otherwise agreed to with the Borrower pursuant to any fee letters or other agreements between such parties; (16) the Borrower will have paid, or arrangements satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders shall have been made to ensure that the Borrower will pay, all reasonable out - of - pocket expenses (including all reasonable legal fees and consultant’s fees) incurred by or on behalf of the Agent in connection with this Agreement and the transactions and other documents contemplated by this Agreement; (17) all “Know Your Client”, anti - money laundering, anti - terrorism or similar identification information required by the Agent or any of the Lenders shall have been provided by the Borrower (and the Restricted Subsidiaries, if necessary);

 

 

30355430.16 ( 18) - 36 - no “Pending Event of Default” or “Event of Default” under the Senior Credit Agreement has occurred and is continuing (as defined therein); (19) the Agent will have received such additional evidence, documents or undertakings as the Lenders will reasonably request to establish the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and be satisfied, acting reasonably, as to the taking of all proceedings in connection herewith in compliance with the conditions set forth in this Agreement, provided that all documents delivered pursuant to this Sec tion 3.01 will be in full force and effect, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders, acting reasonably. 2. Waiver The conditions set forth in Sec tion 3.01 are inserted for the sole benefit of the Agent and Lenders and may be waived by the Agent and Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.09, in whole or in part (with or without terms or conditions). 3. Amendment and Restatement On and as of the Closing Date, this Agreement shall amend and restate the Original Loan Agreement in its entirety and the Original Loan Agreement as so amended and restated is hereby ratified and confirmed by the parties hereto. This Agreement is not intended by the parties to, and shall not constitute, a payment, discharge, satisfaction or novation of any obligation of the Borrower to any of the Agent or Lenders, including the whole or any item or part of the Obligations (as defined in the Original Loan Agreement) remaining outstanding and owing to any of the Agent or Lenders until paid in full in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Borrower hereby confirms to and agrees with the Agent that its Obligations (as defined in the Original Loan Agreement) shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms (amended and restated, as applicable, by this Agreement). With effect from and as of the Closing Date, each Advance outstanding under the Loan Facility (as each such term is defined in the Original Loan Agreement) immediately before the Closing Date shall continue as a term loan outstanding under the Loan Facility, respectively, under this Agreement. At or before the Closing Date, the Agent (in reliance on the Court order and in consultation with the Lenders) will determine and notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the amounts of all interest, fees and other amounts accrued and payable under the Original Loan Agreement to the Agent and the Lenders (each as defined in the Original Loan Agreement) as at the Closing Date and specify the date each such amount should be paid. The Borrower shall pay such amounts to the Agent on the date so specified. ARTICLE 4 PAYMENTS OF INTEREST AND FEES 4.01 Interest on Advances ( 1 ) From and after the Closing Date until December 31 , 2021 and any time thereafter when Section 4 . 01 ( 2 ) and 4 . 01 ( 3 ) do not apply, the Advances shall accrue interest in US Dollars at a rate per annum equal to the Interest Rate, which interest will be calculated on the principal

 

 

30355430.16 - 37 - amount of all Advances outstanding during such period (including for certainty all PIK Interest and PIK Fees added to the principal of the Advances) on the basis of a year of 360 days and such interest shall be capitalized in arrears on each Interest Payment Date and added to the principal amount of the Advances for the period from and including the preceding Interest Payment Date to and including the day preceding such Interest Payment Date until the date that all Obligations are repaid in full to the Lenders. (2) If a Compliance Certificate delivered to the Agent on or after December 31, 2021 confirms that the Leverage Ratio Test has been met, and if the Liquidity Test is met on the applicable Interest Payment Date, then the Borrower shall be required to pay interest on the Advances in US Dollars at a rate per annum equal to the Interest Rate, calculated as set out above and payable in arrears on the next following Interest Payment Date for the period from and including the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the delivery of such Compliance Certificate to and including the day preceding the Interest Payment Date immediately following the delivery of such Compliance Certificate as follows: (a) With respect to the Interest Payment Date that is March 31, 2022, 50% of the interest accrued and owing on such date shall be paid in cash and 50% shall be capitalized and added to the principal amount of the Advances; (b) With respect to the Interest Payment Date that is September 30, 2022, 50% of the interest accrued and owing on such date shall be paid in cash and 50% shall be capitalized and added to the principal amount of the Advances; (c) With respect to the Interest Payment Date that is March 31, 2023, 100% of the interest accrued and owing on such date shall be paid in cash; and (d) With respect to the Interest Payment Date that is September 30, 2023 and thereafter on each Interest Payment Date, 100% of the interest accrued and owing on such date shall be paid in cash. (3) Upon the repayment in full of the Senior Credit Agreement (or the replacement or refinancing thereof), the Leverage Ratio Test shall be deemed to have been met and be continuing and the Liquidity Test shall be deemed to have been met and all interest payable under this Section 4.01 shall be paid in cash in arrears on each following Interest Payment Date for the period from and including the preceding Interest Payment Date to and including the day preceding the Interest Payment Date until the date that all Obligations are repaid in full to the Lenders and will be calculated on the principal amount of all Advances outstanding during such period (including for certainty all PIK Interest and PIK Fees added to the principal of the Advances) on the basis of a year of 360 days. 4.02 No Set - Off, Deduction etc. All payments (whether interest or otherwise) to be made by the Borrower or any other party to each Lender pursuant to this Agreement are to be made in freely transferable, immediately available funds and without set - off or deduction of any kind whatsoever (whether for deemed re - investment or otherwise) except to the extent required by Applicable Law, and if any such set - off or deduction is so required and is made, the Borrower or other party will, as a

 

 

30355430.16 - 38 - separate and independent obligation to each Lender, be obligated to immediately pay to each Lender all such additional amounts as may be required to fully indemnify and save harmless such Lender from such set - off or deduction and will result in the effective receipt by such Lender of all the amounts otherwise payable to it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. For greater certainty, the Borrower will not be required to make any payment under this Sec tion 4.02 in duplication of any payment required to be made under Section 12.01 or to the extent expressly excluded in Section 12.01 . 3. Fees (1) The Borrower will pay to the Agent for the account of the Original Lenders, as applicable, the Yield Enhancement Payments in the amounts, and on the terms and conditions, set out in the Payment Letter, as amended by this Sec tion 4.03, or as otherwise agreed to in writing from time to time by the Original Lenders and the Borrower. Three weeks prior to any applicable Yield Enhancement Payment or Annual Yield Enhancement Payment, the Original Lenders will confirm to the Agent the amount of the applicable Yield Enhancement Payment or Annual Yield Enhancement Payment and provide the corresponding calculations in support of this amount. (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Payment Letter or any other Loan Document, from and after the Closing Date until December 31, 2021 and any time thereafter when Section 4.03(3) and 4.03(4) do not apply, all Yield Enhancement Payments shall be capitalized in arrears on each Payment Date for the period from and including the preceding Payment Date to and including the day preceding such Payment Date and paid by adding such Yield Enhancement Payments to the outstanding principal amount of the Advances owing to the Original Lenders on a rateable basis in accordance with the terms of the Payment Letter. (3) If a Compliance Certificate delivered to the Agent on or after December 31, 2021 confirms that a Leverage Ratio Test has been met, and the Liquidity Test is met on the applicable Payment Date, the Borrower shall be required to pay the Yield Enhancement Payments to the Agent for the account of the Original Lenders only, on the next following Payment Date for the period from and including the Payment Date immediately preceding the delivery of such Compliance Certificate to and including the day preceding the Payment Date immediately following the delivery of such Compliance Certificate as follows: (a) With respect to the Payment Date that is September 30, 2022, 50% of the Yield Enhancement Payments owing on such date shall be paid in cash and 50% shall be capitalized and added to the outstanding principal amount of the Advances; and (b) With respect to the Payment Date that is September 30, 2023 and thereafter on each following Payment Date, 100% of the Yield Enhancement Payments owing on such date shall be paid in cash. (4) Upon the repayment in full of the Senior Credit Agreement (or the replacement or refinancing thereof), the Leverage Ratio Test shall be deemed to have been met and be continuing and the Liquidity Test shall be deemed to have been met and all Yield Enhancement

 

 

30355430.16 - 39 - Payments payable under the Payment Letter shall thereafter be paid in cash in accordance with the terms of the Payment Letter. (5) For greater certainty, the Payment Letter and any other written arrangements between the Agent and the Borrower respecting fees will constitute Loan Documents, will survive the execution of this Agreement and will in all respects remain operative and binding on the Borrower. All references in the Payment Letter to the “Closing Date” shall be deemed to be a reference to the Original Closing Date. All references in the Payment Letter to the “Payment Date” shall be deemed to be a reference to September 30 of each calendar year while Yield Enhancement Payments remain payable thereunder, provided that any cash payment of a Yield Enhancement Payment may be made within two (2) Business Days of such Payment Date until such time as the Senior Credit Agreement is repaid in full (or the replacement or refinancing thereof). All references in the Payment Letter to “Lenders” or “Lender” shall be deemed to be a reference to the Original Lenders or an Original Lender, as the case may be. (6) The Borrower agrees that the Yield Enhancement Payments payable in accordance with Section 4.03(2) on September 30, 2020 shall be grossed up to include the additional days in such period that will have elapse due to the extension of the Payment Date from September 12, 2020 to September 30, 2020. 4. [Reserved] 5. Account of Record The Agent will open and maintain books of account evidencing all Advances and all other amounts owing by the Borrower to the Lenders hereunder. The Agent will enter in the foregoing accounts details of all amounts from time to time owing, paid or repaid by the Borrower hereunder. The information entered in the foregoing accounts will constitute prima facie evidence of the obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders hereunder with respect to all Advances and all other amounts owing by the Borrower to the Lenders hereunder. After a request by the Borrower, the Agent will promptly advise the Borrower of such entries made in the Agent’s books of account. 6. Notes The Borrower agrees that, upon request to the Agent by any Lender, in order to evidence such Lender’s pro rata portion of each Advance, the Borrower will execute and deliver to such lender a promissory note substantially in the form of Schedule 4.06 (each as amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, a “ Note ”) in each case with appropriate insertions therein as to payee, date and principal amount, payable to such Lender. Each Note shall be dated the date of the initial Advance and may be updated from time to time to reflect any PIK Interest applicable to such Advance. 7. Maximum Rate of Interest Notwithstanding anything herein or in any of the other Loan Documents to the contrary, in the event that any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents would oblige the Borrower to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to the Agent or the

 

 

30355430.16 - 40 - Lenders in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by law or would result in a receipt by the Agent or the Lenders of interest at a criminal or prohibited rate (as such terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada) or any other Applicable Law), then notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with the same effect as if adjusted at the Closing Date to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law or so result in a receipt by the Agent or the Lenders of interest at a criminal or prohibited rate, such adjustment to be effected to the extent necessary in each case, as follows: (a) by reducing any fees and other amounts which would constitute interest for the purposes of Section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada) or any other Applicable Law ; and (b) by reducing the amount or rate of interest exigible under Article 4 of this Agreement ; and any amount or rate of interest referred to in this Sec tion 4.07 shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and principles over the maximum term of this Agreement (or over such shorter term as may be required by Section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada) or any other Applicable Law) and, in the event of a dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries appointed by the Agent shall be conclusive for the purposes of such determination, absent manifest error. ARTICLE 5 R EP AYM E NT 1. Mandatory Repayment of Principal at Maturity or on a Change of Control Subject to the terms hereof, the Borrower will repay all Obligations in connection with the Loan Facility, including, for certainty, all accrued interest, fees (including Yield Enhancement Payments), and other amounts then unpaid by it (including, in each case below, the Prepayment Fee) in full on the earliest to occur of (a) a Change of Control, (b) the Maturity Date or (c) the date of the acceleration of the Obligations pursuant to Secti on 9.02 of this Agreement; and the Loan Facility will be automatically terminated on the Maturity Date. 2. Voluntary Repayments (1) Subject to the terms hereof, the Borrower may prepay the Advances at any time in a minimum amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] , subject to the concurrent payment to the Lenders of a prepayment fee of [Percentage Redacted] of such prepayment amount (the “ Prepayment Fee ”), together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, provided that the Agent receives a Repayment Notice at least thirty (30) days prior to such prepayment and if such prepayment would result in the aggregate principal amount of the Advances outstanding being less than [Dollar Amount Redacted] , such prepayment shall be required to be increased to the amount that is the then outstanding Advances. Any amounts prepaid or repaid shall not be reborrowed. All amounts prepaid or repaid shall be applied (a) firstly, in reduction of accrued and unpaid interest and all other amounts then

 

 

30355430.16 - 41 - outstanding (other than the principal amount of the Obligations), and (b) thereafter, in reduction of the principal amount of the Obligations being prepaid or repaid. ARTICLE 6 PLACE AND APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS 6.01 Place of Payment of Principal, Interest and Fees All payments by the Borrower under any Loan Document, unless otherwise expressly provided in such Loan Document, will be made to the Agent in US Dollars at the Agent’s Payment Location, or at such other location as may be agreed upon by the Agent and the Borrower , for the account of the Lenders entitled to such payment, not later than 10 : 00 (Toronto time) for value on the date when due, and will be made in immediately available funds without set - off or counterclaim . ARTICLE 7 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 1. Representations and Warranties The Borrower represents and warrants to the Agent and to each of the Lenders and acknowledges and confirms that the Agent and each of the Lenders is relying upon such representations and warranties: (1) Existence and Qualification. Each Obligor (i) has been duly incorporated, formed, amalgamated, merged or continued, as the case may be, and is validly subsisting as a corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership or trust, under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, amalgamation, merger or continuance, as the case may; and (ii) is duly qualified, in good standing and has all required Material Licences to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business requires qualification to the extent necessary to carry on its business. (2) Power and Authority. Each Obligor has the corporate, trust, company, limited liability company or partnership power and authority, as the case may be, (i) to enter into, and to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under, the Loan Documents to which it is a party and all other instruments and agreements delivered by it pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, and (ii) to own its Property and carry on its business as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted by it. (3) Execution, Delivery, Performance and Enforceability of Documents. The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Loan Documents to which each Obligor is a party, and every other instrument or agreement delivered by an Obligor pursuant to any Loan Document has been duly authorized by all corporate, trust, company or partnership actions required, and each of such documents has been duly executed and delivered. Each Loan Document to which any Obligor is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Obligor, enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms (except, in any case, as such enforceability may be limited by applied bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or

 

 

30355430.16 - 42 - other laws of general application limiting creditors’ rights generally and by principles of equity). (4) Loan Documents Comply with Applicable Laws, Organizational Documents and Contractual Obligations. The execution or delivery of, the consummation of the transactions contemplated in, or compliance with the terms, conditions and provisions of any of, the Loan Documents by any Obligor, does not conflict with or will not conflict with, or does not result or will not result in any breach of, or will not constitute a default under or contravention of, (a) any Obligors’ Organizational Document, (b) any Material Contract or Material Licence, or (c) any Requirement of Law other than immaterial breaches. (5) Consent Respecting Loan Documents. Each Obligor has, obtained, made or taken all consents, approvals, authorizations, declarations, registrations, filings, notices and other actions whatsoever required with Governmental Authorities, third parties or otherwise to enable it to execute and deliver each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents, other than the approvals, clarifications or authorizations of the Governmental Authorities (including, without limitation, the Reserve Bank of India) required under the laws of India for the execution and delivery by JEBPO of the Guarantee and the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by JEBPO of its obligations thereunder. (6) Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.01(6), each Obligor has paid or made adequate provision for the payment of all Taxes levied on its Property or income which are due and payable, or has accrued such amounts in its financial statements for the payment of such Taxes, except for charges, fees or dues which are not material in amount, which are not delinquent or if delinquent are being contested, and in respect of which non - payment would not individually or in the aggregate have, or be reasonably likely to cause, a Material Adverse Effect, and there is at the date given no material action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit or claim now pending, or to its knowledge, threatened by any Governmental Authority regarding any Taxes, nor has it or any other Obligor agreed to waive or extend any statute of limitations with respect to the payment or collection of Taxes. (7) Judgments, Etc. At the date given, no Obligor is subject to any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or award, or to any restriction, rule or regulation (other than customary or ordinary course restrictions, rules and regulations consistent or similar with those imposed on other Persons engaged in similar businesses) which has not been lifted or stayed or of which enforcement has not been suspended for a period of 15 days or more in an amount (individually or in the aggregate for all Obligors) in excess of the lesser of (a) [Dollar Amount Redacted] and (b) [Percentage Redacted] of EBITDA (calculated on a last twelve months basis). (8) Absence of Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of its knowledge and belief, after due inquiry and all reasonable investigation, threatened against or involving any Obligor which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, other than in respect of which the Agent has been provided notice of pursuant to Sec tion 8.01(11). (9) [Reserved]

 

 

- 43 - ( 10) [ Reserved ] ( 11) 30355430.16 [Reserved] (12) Insurance. Each Obligor maintains insurance which is in full force and effect that complies with all material respects of the requirements of this Agreement. (13) [Reserved] (14) Compliance with Laws. No Obligor is in material violation of any material Applicable Law or material Applicable Order, subject to the provisions of Sec tion 7.01(28), in the case of Requirements of Environmental Law. (15) No Event of Default or Pending Event of Default. Neither any Event of Default nor any Pending Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. (16) Corporate Structure. The corporate structure of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is as set out in Schedule 7.01(16) (as updated pursuant to Section 8.05 from time to time), which Schedule contains: (a) Complete Names. A complete and accurate list of the full and correct name of each Obligor referenced in this Sec tion 7.01(16) (including any French and English forms of name) and the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation of each such Obligor. (b) Designation : A designation of each Subsidiary of the Borrower as either a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary. ( 17) [Reserved] (18) Obligors. Each Obligor either carries on their Business in Canada, the United States, or India or carries on no business other than being a holding entity. (19) Relevant Jurisdictions. Schedule 7.01(19) (as amended from time to time) identifies, in respect of each Obligor, the Relevant Jurisdictions as at the date given including each Obligor’s jurisdiction of formation and organizational registration number (if any), its full address (including postal code or zip code), chief executive office, registered office and all places of business and, if the same is different, the address at which the books and records of such Obligor are located. (20) [Reserved] (21) [Reserved]

 

 

30355430.16 - 44 - ( 22) Material Contracts and Material Licences . (23) To the Borrower’s knowledge, no event has occurred and is continuing which would constitute a breach of or a default under any Material Contract or Material Licence which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Obligors and each Material Contract is binding upon the Obligor party thereto. (24) Financial Year End. Its financial year end is March 31, or following written notice delivered in accordance with Section 8.04(12), December 31. (25) Financial Information. All of the financial statements which have been furnished to the Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, in connection with this Agreement are complete in all material respects and such financial statements fairly present the results of operations and financial position of the of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the dates referred to therein and have been prepared on a Modified Consolidated Basis, except that, in the case of quarterly financial statements, notes to the statements and audit adjustments required by GAAP are not included. All other financial information (including, without limitation the Operating Budget and the Borrower’s projected summary of anticipated Available Supply and Supply Commitments) provided to the Agent and the Lenders as of the date prepared (a) were based on reasonable assumptions and expectations and represent reasonable good faith estimates and (b) were believed to be achievable. (26) Liabilities. No Obligor has any liabilities, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, of any kind or nature whatsoever, except (i) as disclosed in the financial statements most recently delivered under Section 8.03 ; (ii) as incurred after the date of such financial statements and are permitted to be incurred hereunder; (iii) as incurred in the ordinary course of business of an Obligor; provided that, in respect this clause (iii), such liabilities: (x) are not material to the Business, (y) are not required in accordance with GAAP to be disclosed in such Obligor’s financial statements referred to in clause (i) above and (z) are not incurred in violation of this Agreement, and (iv) for liabilities consented to by the Agent on behalf of the Majority Lenders. (27) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of the Borrower’s most recent financial statements provided to the Agent, there has been no condition (financial or otherwise), event or change in its business, liabilities, operations, results of operations, assets or prospects which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect nor, to the Borrower’s knowledge, has there been any condition, event or change to the credit rating of Shell Energy or any material LDC which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (28) Environmental. (a) No Obligor is subject to any civil or criminal proceeding relating to Requirements of Environmental Laws and is not aware of any investigation or threatened proceeding or investigation, (b) each Obligor has all material permits, licenses, registrations and other authorizations required by the Requirements of Environmental Laws for the operation of its business and the properties which it owns, leases or otherwise occupies, (c) each Obligor currently operates its business and its properties (whether owned, leased or otherwise occupied) in compliance in all material respects with all applicable material Requirements of Environmental Laws, (d) no Hazardous Substances are stored or disposed of

 

 

30355430.16 - 45 - by any Obligor or otherwise used by an Obligor in violation of any applicable Requirements of Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, there has been no Release of Hazardous Substances by any Obligor at, on or under any property now or previously owned or leased by the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries), (e) except as disclosed in the environmental reports identified on Schedule 7.01(28) , to the knowledge of the Borrower (i) all underground storage tanks now or previously located on any real property owned or leased by it have been operated, maintained and decommissioned or closed, as applicable, in compliance with applicable Requirements of Environmental Law; and (ii) no real property or groundwater in, on or under any property now or previously owned or leased by any Obligor is or has been during such Obligor’s ownership or occupation of such property contaminated by any Hazardous Substance except for any contamination that would not reasonably be expected to give rise to material liability under Requirements of Environmental Laws nor, to the best of its knowledge, is any such property named in any list of hazardous waste or contaminated sites maintained under the Requirements of Environmental Law. (29) CERCLA. No portion of any Obligor’s Property has been listed, designated or identified in the National Priorities List or the CERCLA Information System both as published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or any similar list of sites published by any federal, state or local authority proposed for requiring clean up or remedial or corrective action under any Requirements of Environmental Laws. (30) Canadian Welfare and Pension Plans. The Borrower has adopted all Canadian Welfare Plans and all Canadian Pension Plans in accordance with Applicable Laws and each such plan has been maintained and is in compliance in all material respects with its terms and such laws including, without limitation, all requirements relating to employee participation, funding, investment of funds, benefits and transactions with the Obligors and persons related to them. As of the Closing Date and at no time preceding the Closing Date has any Obligor maintained, sponsored, administered, contributed to, or participated in a Specified Canadian Pension Plan. With respect to Canadian Pension Plans: (a) no steps have been taken to terminate any Canadian Pension Plan (wholly or in part) which could result in any Obligor being required to make an additional contribution in excess [Dollar Amount Redacted] to the Canadian Pension Plan; (b) no contribution failure in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] has occurred with respect to any Canadian Pension Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien or charge under any applicable pension benefits laws of any other jurisdiction; and (c) no condition exists and no event or transaction has occurred with respect to any Canadian Pension Plan which is reasonably likely to result in any Obligor incurring any liability, fine or penalty in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] . No Obligor has a contingent liability in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] with respect to any post - retirement benefit under a Canadian Welfare Plan. With respect of each Canadian Pension Plan: (a) all contributions (including employee contributions made by authorized payroll deductions or other withholdings) required to be made to the appropriate funding agency in material compliance with all Applicable Laws and the terms of each Canadian Pension Plan have been made in accordance with all Applicable Laws and the terms of each Canadian Pension Plan; and (b) no event has occurred and no conditions exist with respect to any Canadian Pension Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in any Canadian Pension Plan being the subject of a requirement to be wound up (wholly or in part) by any applicable regulatory authority, having its registration revoked or refused by any

 

 

30355430.16 - 46 - applicable regulatory authority or being required to pay any taxes or penalties under any applicable pension benefits or tax laws. (31) ERISA Plans. (a) Each ERISA Plan of any Obligor carrying on business in the United States has been maintained and is in compliance in all material respects with Applicable Laws including, without limitation, all requirements relating to employee participation, investment of funds, benefits and transactions with the Obligors and persons related to them, (b) with respect to such ERISA Plans: (i) no condition exists and no event or transaction has occurred with respect to any such ERISA Plan that is reasonably likely to result in any Obligor, to the best of its knowledge, incurring any liability, fine or penalty in excess of the US$ Equivalent Amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; and (ii) no Obligor carrying on business in the United States has a contingent liability with respect to any post - retirement benefit under a US Welfare Plan in excess of the US$ Equivalent Amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] , (c) all contributions (including employee contributions made by authorized payroll deductions or other withholdings) required to be made have been made in accordance with all Applicable Laws and the terms of each ERISA Plan, (d) each of the ERISA Plans that is intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code (i) has received a favourable determination letter from the IRS, (ii) is or will be the subject of an application for a favourable determination letter, and no circumstances exist that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in the revocation or denial of any such determination letter, or (iii) is entitled to rely on an appropriately updated prototype plan document that has received a national office determination letter and has not applied for a favourable determination letter of its own and (e) no Obligor carrying on business in the United States has any US Pension Plans and no multiemployer plans as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA are maintained by any Obligor or to their knowledge have been maintained by any member of any Obligor’s Controlled Group. (32) Not an Investment Company. No Obligor is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 or a “holding company”, or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, or an “affiliate” of a holding company, or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, within the meaning of the United States Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005. (33) No Margin Stock. No Obligor is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. None of the proceeds of any Advance will be used to purchase or carry, or to reduce or retire or refinance any credit incurred to purchase or carry, any margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock. (34) Full Disclosure. All information provided or to be provided by or on behalf of any Obligor to the Agent and the Lenders in connection with the Loan Facility (including with respect to the creditworthiness of Shell Energy and the LDCs) was or will be at the time prepared, to its knowledge, true and correct in all material respects and none of the documentation furnished to the Agent and the Lenders by or on behalf of any Obligor, to its knowledge, omitted or will omit as of such time, a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in any material way, and all expressions of

 

 

30355430.16 - 47 - expectation, intention, belief and opinion contained therein were honestly made on reasonable grounds after due and careful inquiry by it at the time made (and, to its knowledge any other Person who furnished such material on behalf of them). (35) Insolvency. From and after the Closing Date, no Obligor, nor any of its predecessors where applicable, (i) has committed any act of bankruptcy; (ii) is insolvent, or has proposed, or given notice of its intention to propose, a compromise or arrangement pursuant to any bankruptcy or insolvency law to its creditors generally; (iii) has any petition for a receiving order in bankruptcy filed against it (unless it has been discharged or dismissed or it is being contested actively and diligently in good faith by appropriate and timely proceedings and is dismissed, vacated or permanently stayed within 15 days of knowledge by such Obligor of its institution), made a voluntary assignment in bankruptcy, taken any proceeding with respect to any compromise or arrangement pursuant to any bankruptcy or insolvency law, taken any proceeding to have itself declared bankrupt or wound - up, taken any proceeding to have a receiver appointed of any part of its assets, or has had any Encumbrancer take possession of any material part of its Property; or (iv) has had an execution or distress claiming payment in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] become enforceable or become levied on any of its Property which has not been satisfied. (36) Non - Arm’s Length Transactions. All agreements, arrangements or transactions between any Obligor, on the one hand, and any Associate of, Affiliate of or other Person not dealing at Arm’s Length with such Obligor, on the other hand (other than another Obligor), in existence at the date hereof are set forth on Schedule 7.01(36) or are otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 8.04(20). (37) Solvency. Immediately after the making of each Advance to the Borrower, and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Advances, (i) the fair value of the assets of each Obligor, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of each Obligor; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the Property of each Obligor will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of each Obligor on its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) each Obligor will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) each Obligor, if required pursuant to Applicable Law, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted after the date hereof. (38) Debt. No Obligor has any Debt that is not Permitted Debt. (39) [Reserved] (40) Schedules. The information contained in each Schedule attached hereto is as at the date hereof, or at the time a replacement thereof is provided to the Agent or the Lenders pursuant hereto, will be true, correct and complete in all material respects. (41) [Reserved] (42) [Reserved]

 

 

30355430.16 - 48 - (43) Sanctions . It is not in violation of, in any material respect, any of the country or list based economic and trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC, or any Sanctions Laws. As of the date of this Agreement, no Obligor (i) is a Sanctioned Person or (ii) is a Person designated under Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001 or other Sanctions Laws. If a senior officer of any Obligor receives any written notice that any Obligor, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary of any Obligor is named on the then current OFAC SDN List or is otherwise a Sanctioned Person (such occurrence, a “ Sanctions Event ”), such Obligor shall promptly (i) give written notice to the Agent and the Lenders of such Sanctions Event, and (ii) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws with respect to such Sanctions Event (regardless of whether the Sanctioned Person is located within the jurisdiction of the United States of America or Canada), and each Obligor hereby authorizes and consents to the Agent and the Lenders taking any and all steps the Agent, acting on written instructions from the Lenders, or the Lenders, in their sole but reasonable discretion, deem necessary, to avoid violation of, in any material respect, all applicable laws with respect to any such Sanctions Event. (44) Anti - Corruption Laws . No part of the proceeds of the Advances shall be used, directly or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, indirectly : (a) to offer or give anything of value to any official or employee of any foreign government department or agency or instrumentality or government - owned entity, to any foreign political party or party official or political candidate, or to anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business, or obtain any improper advantage, in material violation of any Anti - Corruption Law . (45) Anti - Terrorism Laws . To the extent applicable, each Obligor is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the U.S. Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R. Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, (ii) the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (United States), as amended (the “ Patriot Act ”); and (iii) Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) (collectively with clauses (i) and (ii) above, the “ Anti - Terrorism Laws ”). The use of the proceeds of the Advances will not violate, in any material respect, the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R. Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, in any material respect. (46) Reporting Issuer. The Borrower is a reporting issuer, as defined under applicable Canadian securities laws, in all of the provinces and territories of Canada and is not in default in any material respect under any requirement of applicable Canadian or U.S. securities laws. The Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with the rules and regulations of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. 7.02 Survival and Repetition of Representations and Warranties The representations and warranties set out in Sec tion 7 . 01 will be repeated (i) in each Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 8 . 03 ( 2 )(b), (ii) as of the date of each request for a new Advance by the Borrower, and (iii) in accordance with Section 8 . 05 in

 

 

30355430.16 - 49 - connection with the designation of Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries; except in any such case to the extent that on or prior to such date the Borrower advises the Agent in writing of the variation in any such representation or warranty as of such date; and provided further that such disclosure will not excuse any breach of covenant or Event of Default arising hereunder other than as a result of the incorrectness of such representation and warranty. ARTICLE 8 C O V E NAN TS 1. Positive Covenants So long as this Agreement is in force and except as otherwise permitted by the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders, the Borrower will and will cause each other Obligor to: (1) Timely Payment. Make due and timely payment of the Obligations required to be paid by it hereunder and under each other Loan Document. (2) Conduct of Business, Maintenance of Existence, Compliance with Laws. (a) engage in business of the same general type as now conducted by it; (b) carry on and conduct its business and operations in a proper, efficient and businesslike manner, in accordance with good business practice; (c) except as otherwise permitted by Sec tion 8.04(2), preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its existence; (d) take all action necessary to maintain all material registrations, material Intellectual Property, Material Contracts, Material Licenses, material rights, material privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business; and (e) comply in all material respects with all Requirements of Law, including without limitation, Requirements of Environmental Law. (3) Further Assurances. Provide the Agent and the Lenders with such other documents, opinions, consents, acknowledgements and agreements as are reasonably necessary to implement this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and are required by the Agent from time to time. (4) [Reserved] (5) Access to Information. Promptly provide the Agent with all information reasonably requested by the Agent for and on behalf of the Lenders from time to time concerning its financial condition, and during normal business hours and from time to time upon reasonable notice, permit representatives of the Agent, and the Lenders if accompanied by the Agent, to examine and take extracts from its financial books, accounts and records including but not limited to accounts and records stored in computer data banks and computer software systems, and to discuss its financial affairs and its business with its senior officers and (in the presence of such of its representatives as it may designate) its auditors. If an Event of Default or a Pending Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower will pay all reasonable expenses incurred by such representatives in order to visit the Borrower’s premises or attend at its and each other Obligor’s principal office, as applicable, for such purposes.

 

 

30355430.16 - 50 - (6) Payment Obligations. Pay or discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged (i) before the same become delinquent (A) all Taxes imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its business or Property and file all tax returns in respect thereof and (B) all required payments under any of its Debt and (ii) in a timely manner in accordance with prudent business practices (A) all lawful claims for labour, materials and supplies, and (B) all other material obligations the failure of which would reasonably be expected to result in an Event of Default; provided, however that it will not be required to pay or discharge or to cause to be paid or discharged any such amount referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) so long as the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and an adequate reserve in accordance with GAAP and satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably, has been established in its books and records. (7) [Reserved]. (8) Insurance. Maintain or cause to be maintained with reputable insurers, coverage against risk of loss or damage to its Property (including public liability and damage to property of third parties), business interruption insurance, fire and extended peril insurance and boiler and machinery insurance of such types as is customary for and would be maintained by a corporation with an established reputation engaged in the same or similar business in similar locations. (9) Notice of Event of Default or Pending Event of Default. Promptly notify the Agent of any Event of Default or Pending Event of Default that would apply to it or to any Obligor of which it becomes aware. (10) Notice of Material Adverse Effect. Promptly notify the Agent of any condition (financial or otherwise), event or change in its or any other Obligor’s business, liabilities, operations, results of operations, assets or prospects which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (11) Notice of Litigation. Diligently defend itself and its properties from and against any lawsuits or claims in accordance with prudent business practice and promptly notify the Agent on becoming aware of the occurrence of any litigation, dispute, arbitration, proceeding or other circumstance (including, without limitation, any such dispute with Shell Energy or any LDC) the result of which if determined adversely would be a judgment or award against it (i) in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] or (ii) would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect to it, and (A) from time to time provide the Agent with all reasonable information requested by the Agent concerning the status of any such proceeding and (B) provide the Agent semi - annually in March and September of each year, a written update prepared by internal counsel to the Borrower in respect of each such proceeding in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] . (12) Other Notices. Promptly, upon having knowledge, give notice to the Agent on behalf of the Lenders of: (a) any violation of any Applicable Law, Material Contract or Material Licence which does or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

 

30355430.16 - 51 - (b) any termination of or default under a Material Contract or Material Licence; (c) any change in the regulatory framework relating to the energy market which is materially adverse to the Business taken as a whole, or could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Business taken as a whole, with the passage of time; (d) any entering into of a Material Contract or Material Licence, together with a true copy thereof; and (e) any “Pending Event of Default” or “Event of Default” under the Senior Agreement (each as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement). ( 13) [Reserved] ( 14) [Reserved] (15) Environmental Compliance. Operate its business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable material Requirements of Environmental Laws and operate all Property owned, leased or otherwise occupied by it with a view to ensuring that no material obligation, including a clean - up or remedial obligation, will arise in respect of an Obligor under any Requirements of Environmental Law; provided however, that if any such obligation arises, the applicable Obligor will promptly satisfy or contest such obligation at its own cost and expense. It will promptly notify the Agent, to the extent not disclosed as of the date hereof, upon (i) learning of the existence of Hazardous Substance located on, above or below the surface of any land which it owns, leases, operates, occupies or controls (except those being stored, used or otherwise handled in substantial compliance with applicable Requirements of Environmental Law), or contained in the soil or water constituting such land and (ii) the occurrence of any lawfully reportable release, spill, leak, emission, discharge, leaching, dumping or disposal of Hazardous Substances that has occurred on or from such land which, in either case, is likely to result in liability under Requirements of Environmental Law. (16) [Reserved] (17) [Reserved] (18) ERISA Matters. (a) Maintain each ERISA Plan in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Requirements of Law; (b) refrain from adopting, participating in or becoming obligated with respect to any US Pension Plan or multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA without the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders; and (c) promptly notify the Agent on becoming aware of (i) the institution of any steps by any Person to terminate any US Pension Plan, (ii) the failure of any Obligor to make a required contribution to any US Pension Plan if such failure is sufficient

 

 

30355430.16 - 52 - to give rise to an Encumbrance under Section 303(k) of ERISA, (iii) the taking of any action with respect to a US Pension Plan which is reasonably likely to result in the requirement that any Obligor furnish a bond or other security to the US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under ERISA or such US Pension Plan, or (iv) the occurrence of any event with respect to any ERISA Plan which is reasonably likely to result in any Obligor incurring any liability, fine or penalty in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] , and following notice to the Agent thereof, provide copies of all documentation relating thereto if requested by the Agent. ( 19) Canadian Pension Plans. (a) maintain each Canadian Pension Plan in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Requirements of Law; (b) refrain from adopting, participating in or becoming obligated with respect to any Specified Canadian Pension Plan without the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders; and (c) promptly notify the Agent on becoming aware of (i) the institution of any steps by any Person to terminate any Canadian Pension Plan, (ii) the failure of any Obligor to make a required contribution to any Canadian Pension Plan if such failure is sufficient to give rise to a deemed trust or lien under applicable pension benefits standards laws, or (iii) the occurrence of any event with respect to any Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Welfare Plan which is reasonably likely to result in any Obligor incurring any liability, fine or penalty in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] , and following notice to the Agent thereof, provide copies of all documentation relating thereto if requested by the Agent. (20) Employee Benefit and Welfare Plans. Maintain all employee benefit and Canadian Welfare Plans relating to the Business in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws and ensure that all premiums and payments relating to employee benefits and pensions are paid as due. (21) Additional Information . Upon request, promptly provide the Agent with copies of all “management letters” or other material letters submitted by independent public accountants in connection with audited financial statements described in Sec tion 8.03 raising issues associated with the audit of the Obligors. (22) LDC Agreements. Notify the Agent of any notices received from LDCs in connection with any collections, services, agreements or any Transportation Agreements, requests to increase the billing service amount under any Collection Services Agreements, offsets or material matters under any LDC Agreement, in each case which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (23) No Supplier Recourse . Other than in connection with Financial Assistance which is permitted pursuant to Sec tion 8 . 04 ( 5 ) , ensure that no supplier to any Unrestricted Subsidiary has any recourse to any Obligor .

 

 

30355430.16 - 53 - ( 24) [Reserved] ( 25) [Reserved] ( 26) [Reserved] (27) Reporting Issuer Status. Maintain the listing of the equity interests of the Borrower on the Toronto Stock Exchange and maintain the status of the Borrower as a reporting issuer under the Canadian securities laws of all of the provinces and territories of Canada in the which it is a reporting issuer as of the date of this Agreement. (28) Proceeds of Disposition re ecobee Inc. or Filter Group . Apply the net proceeds of any Disposition referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of Permitted Asset Dispositions to either: (i) a reduction of the Priority Supplier Payables (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement); and/or (ii) a repayment of the Senior Credit Facility in accordance with Article 6 thereof, in each case promptly upon receipt of such proceeds. (29) Board Nominee. In addition to such rights as the Lenders may have in relation to the Borrower’s board of directors under any other agreement or in any other capacity, the Borrower shall ensure that there shall at all times be on its board of directors one nominee of the Majority Lenders unless the Majority Lenders agree otherwise. (30) Alberta Utilities Commission Debt . Promptly upon the entering into of the agreements relating to the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt by the relevant Obligors and the other parties thereto, provide to the Agent certified copies of all such agreements and such other information and documentation with respect to the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt as may be reasonably requested by the Agent. 2. Financial Covenants So long as this Agreement is in force and except as otherwise permitted by the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders: (1) Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio. The Borrower, on a Modified Consolidated Basis, will ensure that the Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio determined as at the last day of each Fiscal Quarter is not greater than set forth in table below in respect of the immediately preceding Four Quarter Period. Fiscal Quarter Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio September 30, 2020 - December 31, 2020 [Redacted] March 31, 2021 - June 30, 2021 [Redacted] September 30, 2021 - December 31, 2021 [Redacted] March 31, 2022 - June 30, 2022 [Redacted] September 30, 2022 - Maturity Date [Redacted]

 

 

30355430.16 - 54 - ( 2 ) Minimum EBITDA . The Borrower, on a Modified Consolidated Basis, will maintain a minimum trailing Four Quarter Period EBITDA of [Dollar Amount Redacted] determined as at the last day of each Fiscal Quarter . 3. Reporting Requirements So long as this Agreement is in force and except as otherwise permitted by the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders, the Borrower will: (1) Annual Reports. As soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, cause to be prepared and delivered to the Agent the audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower, including, without limitation, a balance sheet, statement of equity, income statement and cash flow statement, certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower. (2) Quarterly Reports. (a) As soon as available and in any event within 60 days of the end of each of its first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, cause to be prepared and delivered to the Agent as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Borrower, including, in each case and without limitation, an income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement, certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower. (b) As soon as available and in any event within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter (including the fourth Fiscal Quarter), cause to be prepared and delivered to the Agent as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter the unaudited financial statements of the Borrower prepared on a Modified Consolidated Basis, including, in each case and without limitation, an income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement, certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower. (3) Compliance Certificate. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 8.03(1) and (2) above, provide the Agent with a Compliance Certificate. (4) Operating Budget. As soon as available and in any event not later than June 30 in each year for the next three Fiscal Years, provide to the Agent for the Lenders, the Operating Budget. (5) Supply/Demand Projection. Within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter, cause to be prepared and delivered to the Agent a supply vs. demand summary in respect of the Obligors’ projected next 12 months and the next 36 months anticipated Available Supply and Supply Commitments for natural gas, electricity and JustGreen Products, separately. (6) Notice of default . Forthwith upon receipt, furnish to the Agent a copy of any notice of default, event of default or non - compliance which is executed by, sent or received by any Obligor in connection with the Senior Credit Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

 

- 55 - (7) Senior Credit Agreement . Forthwith upon delivery to the Senior Administrative Agent, a copy of the following reporting required to be delivered to the Senior Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the Senior Credit Agreement or to the Secured Parties pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement (which is not otherwise already delivered to the Agent under the terms of this Agreement): Monthly (i) Priority Supplier Payables Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9.03(10) of the Senior Credit Agreement; (ii) Portfolio Reports – Natural Gas and Electricity delivered pursuant to Section 9.02(4) of the Intercreditor Agreement; (iii) Mark To Market Report Electricity delivered pursuant to Section 9.02(4) of the Intercreditor Agreement; Quarterly (i) Borrowing Base Certificate together with Borrowing Base calculation delivered pursuant to Section 9.03(6) of the Senior Credit Agreement; (ii) Hedging Exposure report delivered pursuant to Section 9.03(7) of the Senior Credit Agreement; (iii) Portfolio Reports delivered report delivered pursuant to Section 9.03(9) of the Senior Credit Agreement; and Semi - Annually (i) Borrowing Base Key Assumptions report delivered pursuant to Section 9.03(6) of the Senior Credit Agreement. (8) Risk Management Policy . Promptly notify the Agent of any changes or modifications to the risk management and hedging policy of the Obligors from that in effect on the Original Closing Date and promptly provide a copy of such change or modification. (9) Sufficient Copies to Agent. Ensure that in complying with this Sec tion 8.03 , the Agent is supplied with such quantities of all materials as the Agent may require in order to distribute such materials to each of the Lenders and wherever possible, that electronic copies are sent which the Agent is then authorized to send electronically to the Lenders. (10) Other Information. Deliver to the Agent (i) such other information relating to the conduct of business or financial condition of the Obligors as the Agent on behalf of the Lenders may reasonably request from time to time and (ii) such other materials as agreed to by the Lenders and the Borrower from time to time. 30355430.16

 

 

30355430.16 - 56 - 4. Negative Covenants So long as this Agreement is in force and except as otherwise permitted by the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders, the Borrower will not and will ensure that each other Obligor will not : (1) Disposition of Property . Except for Permitted Asset Dispositions, Dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired . (2) Fundamental Changes. Enter into any corporate transaction (or series of transactions), whether by way of arrangement, reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, merger or otherwise, whereby all or substantially all of its undertaking and assets would become the property of any other Person or in the case of any amalgamation, the property of the continuing corporation resulting from the amalgamation, except that if at the time of and immediately after giving effect to the corporate transaction, no Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing, it may amalgamate or merge (including by way of a wind - up that is not as a result of an insolvency) with or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to the Borrower, any wholly - owned Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that it provides the Agent with prior notice of any such transaction and upon any amalgamation or merger (except by way of a wind - up), the resulting company or the entity to whom the assets have been transferred, as applicable, delivers to the Agent a Guarantee and an assumption agreement pursuant to which the amalgamated or merged company or the entity to whom the assets have been transferred, as applicable, confirms its assumption of all of the obligations of the amalgamating or merging companies or the entity which transferred the assets, as applicable, under the Loan Documents and such other certificates and opinions as may be required by the Agent. (3) No Debt. Create, incur, assume or permit any Debt to remain outstanding, other than Permitted Debt provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Permitted Debt described in clauses (b)(i) and (j) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” shall at no time exceed the Senior Lender Limitation Amount. (4) No Repayment or Prepayment of Debt. (a) directly or indirectly voluntarily prepay, defease or in substance defease, purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt or the $15 Million Subordinated Note, in each case, in advance of Debt outstanding under this Agreement, except, in the case of the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt, with the proceeds of the payments received by the Obligors from their Customers in the Province of Alberta under the applicable Customer Contracts; (b) make any amendment or modification to the subordination, ranking, term, granting of security or postponement terms of any indenture, note or other agreement evidencing or governing any Debt or any other term of such agreement which would be adverse to the Lenders (other than with respect to the Senior Credit Documents and then only in accordance with Sec tion 8.04(26) ); and

 

 

30355430.16 - 57 - (c) following the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Pending Event of Default which, in either case, is continuing, make any payment in respect of any Debt other than (i) Debt hereunder, (ii) Existing Intercompany Debt or Future Intercompany Debt between Obligors (other than any such payments by the Borrower to another Obligor), (iii) non - cash Permitted Distributions in respect of Debt, (iv) payments in respect of obligations secured by Purchase Money Security Interests and payments in respect of Lease Obligations, (v) payments in respect of the Senior Obligations and (vi) principal repayments of the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt, provided that each such payment shall be made solely with the proceeds of the payments received by the Obligors from their Customers in the Province of Alberta under the applicable Customer Contracts. (5) No Financial Assistance. Give any Financial Assistance to any Person other than: (a) Existing Intercompany Debt; (b) Future Intercompany Debt; (c) guarantees made by the Obligors of Permitted Debt, other than the $15 Million Subordinated Note; (d) Financial Assistance to Restricted Subsidiaries; (e) loans and advances to employees made in accordance with Sectio n 8.04 (9) ; (f) Financial Assistance to Unrestricted Subsidiaries (i) that was provided or advanced prior to July 7, 2020 and certified in a Compliance Certificate prior to such date; and (ii) from and after July 7, 2020, in an amount not to exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] . Notwithstanding clauses (a) to (f) above, no Financial Assistance shall be given by an Obligor to any Person that is not an Obligor if a Pending Event of Default or an Event of Default has occurred or if the making of any such Financial Assistance would cause a Pending Event of Default or Event of Default to occur. (6) No Imbalance in Commitments. (a) Permit, at any time, the projected amount of Available Supply of natural gas for the next 12 months to (i) exceed 115% of Supply Commitments for natural gas, or (ii) be less than 85% of Supply Commitments for natural gas in the same period; (b) permit, at any time, the projected amount of Available Supply of electricity for the next 12 months to (i) exceed 115% of Supply Commitments for electricity, or (ii) be less than 85% of Supply Commitments for electricity in the same period;

 

 

30355430.16 - 58 - (c) permit, at any time, the projected amount of Available Supply of natural gas for the next 36 months to (i) exceed 120% of Supply Commitments for natural gas, or (ii) be less than 80% of Supply Commitments for natural gas in the same period; (d) permit, at any time, the projected amount of Available Supply of electricity for the next 36 months to (i) exceed 120% of Supply Commitments for electricity, or (ii) be less than 80% of Supply Commitments for electricity in the same period; (7) No Distributions. Make or permit any Distributions, other than Permitted Distributions; provided that: no Permitted Distributions (other than in payments in respect of the Senior Obligations) shall be made in cash to any Person that is not an Obligor if a Pending Event of Default or an Event of Default has occurred or if the making of any such cash Distribution would cause a Pending Event of Default or Event of Default to occur. (8) Distribution Restrictions . Other than this Agreement and the Senior Credit Agreement, enter into any agreement that would limit its ability to effect any dividends or distributions . (9) Management Fees. Make or pay any bonus, consulting or management fee or corporate overhead payment or other like payment to any shareholder, director or officer, or any of their Affiliates, except for: (a) salaries, benefits and other employment remuneration (including employee loans) paid in the ordinary course of business and on commercially reasonable terms; and (b) any bonus, consulting or management fee or directors fee or payments to directors and officers of it, provided that any such payments are part of a commercially reasonable compensation package being paid by it for management services rendered. (10) No Encumbrances. Subject to Sec tion 8.04(23), create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Encumbrance upon any of its Property except Permitted Encumbrances. (11) No Acquisitions. Make any Acquisition; provided however that Unrestricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to enter into Acquisitions. (12) No Change to Year End . Make any change to its Fiscal Year, provided that with no less than 60 days prior written notice delivered to the Agent after the most recent March 31 Fiscal Year end, the Borrower may elect to change its Fiscal Year to end on December 31. (13) No Change to Business. Carry on any business other than the Business; except to such extent as would not be material to the Obligors, taken as a whole. (14) [Reserved] (15) [Reserved]

 

 

30355430.16 - 59 - (16) Amendments to Organizational Documents . Amend any of its Organizational Documents in a manner that would be prejudicial to the interests of any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents . (17) [Reserved] (18) Material Contracts. Except as provided in Sec tion 8.04(26), amend, vary, alter or waive any material term of any Material Contract if such amendment, variance, alteration or waiver would be adverse to the Lenders in any material respect or allow any circumstances to arise which would allow any Material Contract to lapse or to be terminated during its term if the result could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (19) [Reserved] (20) Non - Arm’s Length Transactions. Effect any transactions with any Person (other than an Obligor) not dealing at Arm’s Length with the transacting Obligor except for (i) those transactions identified in Schedule 7.01(36) on the Closing Date; (ii) the payment and receipt of Permitted Distributions; (iii) transactions permitted under Section 8.04(5) ; (iv) technical and administrative service agreements on commercially reasonable terms between any of the Borrower or JEC and its Subsidiaries and the provision of the services contemplated thereby; and (v) sales arrangements on commercially reasonable terms between an Obligor and an Unrestricted Subsidiary with respect to the Business. (21) Sale and Leaseback. Enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by any Obligor, as lessee, of property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Obligor to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or the lease obligation of any Obligor. (22) Hedging Contracts. Enter into or permit to be outstanding at any time any Hedge unless such Hedge satisfies the following conditions: (a) if such Hedge is an Interest Rate Hedge, it is designed to protect the Obligors against fluctuations in interest rates; (b) if such Hedge is a Currency Hedge, it is designed to protect the Obligors against fluctuations in currency exchange rates; (c) if such Hedge is an Equity Hedge, it is designed to protect the Obligors against fluctuations in share price; and (d) such Hedge has been entered into by an Obligor bona fide and in good faith in the ordinary course of its business for the purpose of carrying on the same and not for speculative purposes . (23) Customer Contracts. Permit any Encumbrances on Customer Contracts other than Permitted Encumbrances; provided, however, an Obligor may permit Encumbrances on Customer Contracts in favour of suppliers for such Customer Contracts so long as (i) revenue generated on all such Customer Contracts Encumbered in favour of suppliers accounts for no

 

 

30355430.16 - 60 - more than 3% of revenue generated by all Customer Contracts; and (ii) gross margin generated by such Customer Contracts Encumbered in favour of suppliers accounts for no more than 3% of gross margin of the Borrower (on a consolidated basis) calculated on a rolling four quarter basis at the end of each Fiscal Quarter. (24) [Reserved] (25) Anti - Money Laundering and Anti - Terrorism Finance Laws; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; Sanctions Laws; Restricted Person . The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, (a) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that violates, in any material respect, any Anti - Terrorism Law, any Anti - Corruption Law or any Sanctions Law, or (b) use any part of the proceeds of the Advances, directly or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, indirectly, for any conduct that would cause the representations and warranties in Sections 7.01(43), 7.01(44) or 7.01(45) to be untrue in any material respect as if made on the date any such conduct occurs. (26) Changes to Senior Credit Documents . The Borrower shall not consent to any waiver, amendment or other change to any Senior Credit Document and shall not refinance or replace the Senior Credit Agreement and the other Senior Credit Documents unless the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the aggregate principal amount available thereunder shall not exceed the Senior Lender Limitation Amount, (ii) the Borrower is at all times in compliance with the requirements of Section 8.05(3), unless otherwise agreed by the Majority Lenders, and (iii) if the Senior Credit Agreement is replaced, (a) the replacement administrative agent on behalf of the replacement lenders shall enter into subordination arrangements with the Agent on behalf of the Lenders on terms no more onerous to Agent and the Lender than those contained in the Senior Subordination Agreement and such agreement shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders. (27) JEBPO . Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary: (a) No Obligor shall: ( i) provide any Financial Assistance to JEBPO, other than in accordance with Sec tion 8.04(5)(f) (and for the purposes of Section 8.04(5), JEBPO shall be deemed to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary); or (ii) complete any Dispositions or any Distributions to JEBPO; and (b) JEBPO shall not own any assets or engage in any business or activity other than in connection with operating a call centre and back office support centre in India in the normal course of its business .

 

 

30355430.16 - 61 - 5. Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries So long as this Agreement is in force and except as otherwise permitted by the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders, the Borrower will ensure that: (1) No Subsidiaries. The Borrower has no Subsidiaries, other than Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries. (2) Status of Subsidiaries. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower: ( i) shall be a corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, trust or limited liability corporation formed under the laws of (A) Canada or a province thereof, (B) a state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia, (C) the United Kingdom, (D) Germany, (E) India, or (F) Hungary; and ( ii) shall (A) if such Subsidiary is a Restricted Subsidiary, be wholly - owned by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, or (B) if such Subsidiary is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, be owned, wholly or in part (subject to the terms of this Agreement), by the Borrower or another Subsidiary. (3) Guarantee. Upon formation or acquisition or upon becoming a Guarantor under the Senior Credit Documents (including as amended, modified, replaced or refinanced from time to time in accordance with Section 8.04(26)), each Subsidiary will provide to the Agent on behalf of the Lenders a Guarantee of the Obligations, together with such opinions and other documents (including, without limitation, the Restricted Subsidiary Subordination Agreement) as the Agent may reasonably require, all in form and substance acceptable by the Agent. (4) Composition of Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries. The gross margin of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall at all times comprise of no less than [Percentage Redacted] of the consolidated gross margin of the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries (excluding Filter Group Inc. and Filter Group USA Inc.). (5) Revocation of Designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. From time to time the Borrower may change the designation of a Subsidiary from an Unrestricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that: (a) after giving effect to such designation, all representations and warranties contained in Section 7.01 of this Agreement will be true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as if such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such designation; (b) the Borrower is in compliance with all covenants contained herein and no Pending Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will occur as a result of such designation ; (c) the Borrower shall have provided the Agent with a certificate of an officer certifying the foregoing;

 

 

30355430.16 - 62 - (d) the Subsidiary will provide to the Agent on behalf of the Lenders a Guarantee, together with such opinions and other documents as the Agent and its counsel may require all in form and substance acceptable by the Lenders and Lenders’ Counsel ; and (e) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent a revised Schedule 7.01(16) showing all Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower following such designation. (6) Hungarian Subsidiary. Notwithstanding anything in this section 8.05, Just Energy (Finance) Hungary Zrt . shall not be required to provide a Guarantee and become a Restricted Subsidiary until such time as its net assets exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] . Just Energy (Finance) Hungary Zrt. shall not conduct any operating business until such time as it has provided a Guarantee. (7) Release re EdgePower Inc. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in paragraph (f) of the definition of Permitted Asset Disposition contained in Section 1.01: (a) the Lenders hereby direct and authorize the Agent to release and discharge EdgePower Inc. from its obligations under the Guarantee and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party; and (b) the Lenders hereby direct and authorize the Agent to execute such documents and take such actions as the Agent may deem necessary to effect such release, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent (at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense). ARTICLE 9 DEFAULT 1. Events of Default The occurrence of any one or more of the following events (each such event being herein referred to as an “ Event of Default ”) will constitute a default under this Agreement: (1) if the Borrower fails to pay any amount of principal of any Advance when due and payable; or (2) if the Borrower fails to pay any interest or fees when due and payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document and such non - payment continues for a period of three Business Days; or (3) if the Borrower fails to pay any Obligation (other than an Obligation for which a failure to pay is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Sec tion 9.01 ) when due and payable and such non - payment continues for a period of ten Business Days after notice by the Agent; or (4) if the Borrower fails to observe or perform any of the financial covenants in Sec tion 8.02 or any of the negative covenants in Section 8.04 ; or

 

 

30355430.16 - 63 - (5) if the Borrower fails to observe or perform any of the positive covenants in Sec tion 8.01 or the reporting covenants in Section 8.03 and the Borrower will fail to remedy such default within the earlier of 30 days from the date (i) the Borrower becomes aware of such default or (ii) the Agent delivers written notice of the default to the Borrower; or (6) if any Obligor neglects to observe or perform any covenant or obligation in this Agreement or any other Loan Document on its part to be observed or performed (other than a covenant or condition whose breach or default in performance is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Sec tion 9.01 ) and either Borrower fails to remedy such default within the earlier of 30 days from the date (i) such Obligor becomes aware of such default or (ii) the Agent delivers written notice of the default to either Borrower; or (7) if any representation or warranty made by any Obligor in this Agreement, any Loan Document or in any certificate or other document at any time delivered hereunder to the Agent or any Lender will prove to have been incorrect in any material respect on and as of the date thereof and such representation or warranty is not thereafter made true and correct within 30 days of any Obligor becoming aware of its incorrectness; or (8) if any Obligor ceases or threatens to cease to carry on business generally except as permitted by this Agreement, or admits its inability or fails to pay its debts generally; or (9) if any “Event of Default” as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, refinanced or replaced) occurs and such Event of Default is not cured or waived within 90 days of the occurrence thereof; or (10) if any Obligor (i) fails to make any payment when such payment is due and payable, to any Person in relation to any Debt (other than Debt for which a failure to pay is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Sec tion 9.01 ) which, in the aggregate principal amount then outstanding, is in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and such payment is not made within any applicable cure or grace period; or (ii) defaults in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition in relation to any such Debt which in the aggregate principal amount then outstanding is in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto and such default is not waived or cured within any applicable cure or grace period, or (iii) any other event will occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other condition is to cause, such Debt to become due prior to its stated maturity date; or (11) if any Obligor denies its obligations under any Loan Document or claims any of the Loan Documents to be invalid or withdrawn in whole or in part; or (12) if any of the Loan Documents or any material provision of any of them becomes unenforceable, unlawful or is changed by virtue of legislation or by a court, statutory board or commission, and the applicable Obligor does not, within ten days of receipt of notice of such Loan Document or material provision becoming unenforceable, unlawful or being changed and being provided with any required new agreement or amendment for execution, replace such Loan Document with a new agreement that is in form and substance satisfactory to the Majority Lenders or amend such Loan Document to the satisfaction of the Majority Lenders; or

 

 

30355430.16 - 64 - (13) if a decree or order of a court of competent jurisdiction is entered adjudging an Obligor, a bankrupt or insolvent or approving as properly filed a petition seeking the winding - up of an Obligor under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Bankruptcy Code (United States) or the Winding - Up and Restructuring Act (Canada) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous laws or issuing sequestration or process of execution against any substantial part of the assets of an Obligor or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs; or (14) if any Obligor becomes insolvent, makes any assignment in bankruptcy or makes any other assignment for the benefit of creditors, makes any proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or any comparable law, seeks relief under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Bankruptcy Code (United States), the Winding - Up and Restructuring Act (Canada) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous law, is adjudged bankrupt, files a petition or proposal to take advantage of any act of insolvency, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, receiver and manager, interim receiver, custodian, sequestrate or other Person with similar powers of itself or of all or any substantial portion of its assets, or files a petition or otherwise commences any proceeding seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights or consents to, or acquiesces in, the filing of such a petition; or (15) if any proceeding or filing will be instituted or made against any Obligor seeking to have an order for relief entered against such Obligor as debtor under, or to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding - up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition under, any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors (including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Bankruptcy Code (United States) and the Winding - Up and Restructuring Act (Canada)), or seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for such Obligor or for any substantial part of its properties or assets unless the proceeding or filing is being contested actively and diligently in good faith by appropriate and timely proceedings and is dismissed, vacated or indefinitely stayed within 15 days of knowledge by such Obligor of its institution; or (16) if an Encumbrancer takes possession by appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, or otherwise of any material portion of the Property of any Obligor; or (17) if a final judgment, execution, writ of seizure and sale, sequestration or decree for the payment of money due will have been obtained or entered against the Obligors in an amount (individually or in the aggregate for all Obligors) in excess of the lesser of (a) [Dollar Amount Redacted] and (b) [Percentage Redacted] of EBITDA (calculated on a last twelve months basis), unless such judgment, execution, writ of seizure and sale, sequestration or decree is and remains vacated, discharged or stayed pending appeal within the applicable appeal period; or (18) [Reserved] (19) [Reserved]

 

 

30355430.16 - 65 - ( 20) [Reserved] ( 21) [Reserved] (22) except as permitted hereunder, if proceedings are commenced for the dissolution, liquidation or winding - up of any Obligor, or for the suspension of the operations of any Obligor unless such proceedings are being actively and diligently contested in good faith ; or (23) if any report of the Borrower’s auditors with respect to financial statements provided hereunder contains any qualification which is unacceptable to the Lenders acting reasonably, excluding any objections to the auditor’s report on the 2020 financial statements on the basis of a “going concern” qualification contained therein; or (24) there will have occurred a Material Adverse Effect; or (25) if there is a write - down of the consolidated assets of the Borrower, determined on a consolidated basis, in an amount in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] in any Fiscal Year (excluding normal course amortization or depreciation of assets); or (26) if the common shares of the Borrower cease to be listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (for certainty, not including in connection with a customary trading halt for the dissemination of news) or any order is made by any Governmental Authority in relation to the Borrower, or there is any change of law, or the interpretation or administration thereof, in each case, which in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, operates to prevent or materially restrict the trading of the common shares of the Borrower on the Toronto Stock Exchange, or to prevent or materially restrict the trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. 9.02 Acceleration and Termination of Rights If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, all Obligations will, upon demand made by the Agent, at the option of the Agent or upon the request of the Majority Lenders, become immediately due and payable at the rate or rates determined as herein provided, including for certainty the Prepayment Fee, to the date of actual payment thereof, all without notice, presentment, protest, additional demand, notice of dishonour or any other demand or notice whatsoever, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Obligor; provided, if any Event of Default described in Sec tion 9.01(13) through 9.01(15) with respect to the Borrower occurs, the outstanding principal amount of all Advances and all other Obligations will automatically be and become immediately due and payable (including for certainty the Prepayment Fee). In such event the Lenders, in their discretion, or the Agent, acting on instructions from the Lenders, may exercise any right or recourse and/or proceed by any action, suit, remedy or proceeding against any Obligor authorized or permitted by law for the recovery of all the Obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders and no such remedy for the enforcement of the rights of the Lenders will be exclusive of or dependent on any other remedy but any one or more of such remedies may from time to time be exercised independently or in combination.

 

 

30355430.16 - 66 - 3. Remedies Cumulative and Waivers For greater certainty, it is expressly understood and agreed that the respective rights and remedies of the Lenders and the Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document or instrument executed pursuant to this Agreement are cumulative and are in addition to and not in substitution for any rights or remedies provided by law or by equity; and any single or partial exercise by the Lenders or by the Agent of any right or remedy for a default or breach of any term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement or other document or instrument executed pursuant to this Agreement will not be deemed to be a waiver of or to alter, affect or prejudice any other right or remedy or other rights or remedies to which any one or more of the Lenders and the Agent may be lawfully entitled for such default or breach. Any waiver by the Lenders or the Agent of the strict observance, performance or compliance with any term, covenant, condition or other matter contained herein and any indulgence granted, either expressly or by course of conduct, by the Lenders or the Agent will be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which it was given and will be deemed not to be a waiver of any rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or instrument executed pursuant to this Agreement as a result of any other default or breach hereunder or thereunder. 4. Termination of Lenders’ Obligations The occurrence of an Event of Default that has not been waived by the Lenders will relieve the Lenders of all obligations to provide any further Advances hereunder. 5. Perform Obligations If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and if the Borrower has failed to perform any of its covenants or agreements in the Loan Documents, the Majority Lenders, may, but will be under no obligation to, instruct the Agent on behalf of the Lenders to perform any such covenants or agreements in any manner deemed fit by the Majority Lenders without thereby waiving any rights to enforce the Loan Documents. The reasonable expenses (including any legal costs) paid by the Agent and the Lenders in respect of the foregoing will be an Obligation. 6. Third Parties No Person dealing with the Lenders or any agent of the Lenders will be concerned to inquire whether the powers which the Lenders or the Agent are purporting to exercise have been exercisable. ARTICLE 10 COSTS, EXPENSES AND INDEMNIFICATION 10.01 Costs and Expenses The Borrower will pay promptly upon notice from the Agent all reasonable out - of - pocket costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder and the reasonable out - of -

 

 

30355430.16 - 67 - pocket costs of the Agent in the initial syndication of the Loan Facility, whether or not any Advance has been made hereunder, including without limitation, the reasonable fees and out - of - pocket expenses of Lenders’ Counsel and counsel to the Specified Lender with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Agent, or the Lenders as to its or their rights and responsibilities under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be delivered hereunder. The Borrower further agrees to pay all reasonable out - of - pocket costs and expenses of the Agent (and, in case of (i), (iv) and (v) below, the Lenders) in connection with (i) the preparation or review of waivers, consents and amendments requested by the Borrower, (ii) questions of interpretation of this Agreement, (iii) the establishment of the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, (iv) the preservation or enforcement of rights of the Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement and other Loan Documents to be delivered hereunder, and (v) the exercise of any right or remedy of any nature or kind contained herein or in any Loan Document, including, without limitation, all reasonable costs and expenses sustained by each Lender or the Agent as a result of any failure by the Borrower to perform or observe any of its obligations hereunder. For greater certainty, the Borrower's obligations under the immediately preceding sentence shall include, without limitation, the obligation to pay the reasonable out - of - pocket costs and expenses of the Agent and the Lenders in respect of any strategic process, proceeding or transaction of the Borrower including, without limitation, with respect to any actual or potential sale, restructuring or recapitalization of the Borrower or its business and in respect of the Agent and the Lenders' review, assessment, participation or other activities relating thereto (which for certainty, includes any such strategic process, proceeding or transaction of the Borrower occurring prior to the Closing Date), including without limitation, the reasonable fees and out - of - pocket expenses of Lenders’ Counsel and counsel to the Specified Lender with respect thereto. 2. Indemnification by the Borrower In addition to any liability of the Borrower to any Lender or the Agent under any other provision hereof, except for liability arising from a Lender’s or the Agent’s own gross negligence or wilful misconduct, the Borrower will indemnify each Lender and the Agent (and each of their directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and representatives) and hold each Lender and the Agent (and each of their directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and representatives) harmless against any loss or expense incurred by such Lender or the Agent (and each of their directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and representatives) as a result of: (1) any failure by the Borrower to fulfil any of its Obligations including, without limitation, any cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or re - employment in whole or in part of deposits or other funds required by any Lender to fund or maintain its Proportionate Share of any Advance as a result of the Borrower’s failure to complete an Advance or to make any payment, repayment or prepayment on the date required hereunder or specified by it in any notice given hereunder; (2) the Borrower’s failure to give any notice required to be given by it to the Agent or Lenders hereunder; (3) the failure of the Borrower to make any other payment when due hereunder;

 

 

30355430.16 - 68 - (4) any liability, obligations, loss (other than lost profits) or expense, that may be suffered by or asserted against any of them as a result of the breach by any Obligor in the performance of any of the Loan Documents, or by reason of the Agent or the Lenders agreeing to enter into this Agreement; or (5) in connection with the use of any proceeds of the Loan Facility, or the consummation of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and whether such losses or damages are foreseeable or unforeseeable, the Agent shall not be liable under any circumstances whatsoever for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential, exemplary, aggravated or punitive losses or damages of any Person. A certificate of a Lender or the Agent as to the amount of any such loss or expense will be prima facie evidence as to the amount thereof, in the absence of manifest error. The agreements in this Section will survive the termination of this Agreement and repayment of the Obligations. 10.03 Specific Environmental Indemnification The Borrower will defend and indemnify each Lender and the Agent (and each of their directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and representatives) and hold each harmless at all times from and against any and all costs, losses, damages, expenses, judgments, suits, claims, awards, fines, sanctions and liabilities whatsoever (including any reasonable out - of - pocket costs or expenses for preparing any necessary environmental assessment report or other such other reports) by a third party against any Lender or the Agent (and each of their directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and representatives) or any of them related to or as a result of (i) any release, deposit, discharge, or disposal of any Hazardous Substance in connection with the property or business of the Obligors; and (ii) the remedial actions (if any) taken by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders, in respect of such release, deposit, discharge or disposal; or (iii) a failure by any Obligor or any Unrestricted Subsidiary to comply with Requirements of Environmental Law. The Borrower will have the sole right, at its expense, to control any such legal action or claim and to settle on terms and conditions approved by the Borrower and approved by the party named in such legal action or claim whether it be the Lenders or the Agent, or any of them acting reasonably provided that if, in the opinion of the Lenders or the Agent, or any of them as the case may be, the interests of the Lenders or the Agent or any of them are different from those of the Borrower in connection with such legal action or claim, the Lenders or the Agent or any of them will have the sole right, at the Borrower’s expense, to defend their own interests provided that any settlement of such legal action or claim will be on terms and conditions approved by the Borrower, acting reasonably. If the Borrower does not defend the legal action or claim, the Agent and the Lenders will have the right to do so on their own behalf and on behalf of the Borrower, as the case may be, at the expense of the Borrower. The defence and indemnity obligations contained throughout this Agreement will survive the termination of this Agreement and repayment of the Obligations.

 

 

30355430.16 - 69 - 10.04 Exclusion Notwithstanding Sections 10.01, 10.02 and 10.03, the Borrower shall not be obliged to indemnify the Agent, any Lender or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and representatives (“ Indemnified Parties ”) for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses which are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non - appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnified Parties. ARTICLE 11 THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS 1. Appointment The Lenders hereby appoint the Agent to act as their agent as herein specified and, except as may be specifically provided to the contrary herein, each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent, as the agent of such Lender, to enter into on its behalf and thereafter take such action on its behalf under or in connection with the Loan Documents and to exercise such powers thereunder as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto which it may be necessary for the Agent to exercise in order that the provisions of the Loan Documents are carried out. The Agent may perform any of its duties under the Loan Documents by or through its agents and may delegate its duties to an Affiliate or a Subsidiary. The Borrower will not be concerned to inquire whether the powers which the Agent is purporting to exercise have become exercisable or otherwise as to the propriety or regularity of any other action on the part of the Agent, and accordingly insofar as the Borrower is concerned the Agent will for all purposes hereof be deemed to have authority from the Lenders to exercise the powers and take the actions which are in fact exercised and taken by it. 2. Indemnity from Lenders The Lenders agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify the Agent (to the extent that the Agent is not promptly reimbursed by the Borrower on demand) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any nature or kind whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in its capacity as agent hereunder which in any way relate to or arise out of the Loan Documents or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under the Loan Documents; provided that no Lender will be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements which result from the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct. Without limitation and absent gross negligence or wilful misconduct by the Agent, all Lenders agree to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for out - of - pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation of the Loan Documents and the determination or preservation of any rights of the Agent or the Lenders under, or the enforcement of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Agent is not promptly reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrower on demand.

 

 

30355430.16 - 70 - Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and whether such losses or damages are foreseeable or unforeseeable, the Agent shall not be liable under any circumstances whatsoever for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential, exemplary, aggravated or punitive losses or damages of any Person. 3. Exculpation The Agent will have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into the Loan Documents against the Agent. Neither the Agent (in its capacity as Agent and not as a Lender) nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents will be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken under or in connection with the Loan Documents, unless such act or omission constitutes gross negligence or wilful misconduct. All rights, privileges, indemnities, benefits and protections given to the Agent under this Agreement shall apply to the performance by the Agent of any of its duties and obligations and the exercise of any of its rights under the Loan Documents. The duties of the Agent will be mechanical and administrative in nature; the Agent will not have by reason of the Loan Documents a fiduciary relationship with any Lender and nothing in the Loan Documents, express or implied, is intended to or will be construed as to impose upon the Agent any obligation except as expressly set forth therein. None of the Lenders will have any duties or responsibilities to any of the other Lenders except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. The Agent will not be responsible for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties in any of the Loan Documents or which may be contained in any other document subsequently received by the Agent or the Lenders from or on behalf of any Obligor or for the authorization, execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, and will not be required to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Obligor of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of any of the Loan Documents. Each of the Lenders severally represents and warrants to the Agent that it has made and will continue to make such independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Obligors as such Lender deems appropriate in connection with its entering into of any of the Loan Documents and the making and continuance of any Advance hereunder, that such Lender has and will continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Obligors and that such Lender in connection with such investigation and appraisal has not relied upon any information provided to such Lender by the Agent. 4. Reliance on Information The Agent will be entitled to rely upon any writing, notice, statement, certificate, facsimile, telex or other document or communication believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and, with respect to all legal matters pertaining to the Loan Documents and its duties thereunder, upon the advice of counsel selected by it. 5. Knowledge and Required Action The Agent will not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Pending Event of Default (other than the non - payment of any principal, interest or other amount to the extent the same is required to be paid to the Agent for the account

 

 

30355430.16 - 71 - of the Lenders) unless the Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower specifying such Event of Default or Pending Event of Default and stating that such notice is given pursuant to this Agreement. In the event that the Agent receives such a notice, it will give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders. The Agent will also give prompt notice to the Lenders of each non - payment of any amount required to be paid to the Agent for the account of the Lenders. The Agent will, subject to Sec tion 11.06 take such action with respect to such Event of Default or Pending Event of Default as will be directed by the Lenders in accordance with this Article 11 provided that, unless and until the Agent will have received such direction the Agent may, but will not be obliged to, take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default or Pending Event of Default as it will deem advisable in the best interest of the Lenders; and provided further that the Agent in any case will not be required to take any such action which it determines to be contrary to the Loan Documents or to any Applicable Law. 6. Request for Instructions Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action but shall only be required to act or refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the written instructions of the Lenders. The Agent may at any time request instructions from the Lenders with respect to any actions or approvals which, by the terms of any of the Loan Documents, the Agent is permitted or required to take or to grant, and the Agent will be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any such action or to withhold any such approval and will not be under any liability whatsoever as a result thereof until it will have received such instructions from the Lenders. No Lender will have any right of action whatsoever against the Agent as a result of the Agent acting or refraining from acting under the Loan Documents in accordance with instructions from the Lenders. The Agent will in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take or continue any action under the Loan Documents unless it will have received further assurances to its satisfaction from the Lenders of their indemnification obligations under Sec tion 11 . 02 against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take such action, and unless it will be secured in respect thereof as it may deem appropriate . 7. [Reserved] 8. Resignation and Termination If at any time (i) the Agent will deem it advisable, in its sole discretion, it may deliver to each of the Lenders and the Borrower written notification of its resignation insofar as it acts on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to this Article, or (ii) the Agent is in default of any of its obligations hereunder and the Majority Lenders will deem it advisable, in their sole discretion, they may deliver to the Agent and the Borrower written notification of the termination of the Agent’s authority to act on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to this Article, such resignation or termination to be effective upon the date of the appointment by the Lenders of a successor which will assume all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the Agent hereunder, which appointment will be promptly made from among the remaining Lenders and written notice thereof will be given to the Borrower concurrently with such appointment. If in the case of resignation by the Agent no appointment of a successor Agent has been made by the Lenders and

 

 

30355430.16 - 72 - approved by the Borrower within 30 days, the resigning Agent may make such appointment from among the remaining Lenders on behalf of the Lenders, subject to such Lender agreeing to act as Agent, and will forthwith give notice of such appointment to the Lenders and the Borrower . 11.09 Actions by Lenders (1) Any consent, approval (including without limitation any approval of or authorization for any amendment to any of the Loan Documents), instruction or other expression of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents may be obtained by an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts by the Majority Lenders, or where required by Sec tion 11.09(2) all of the Lenders (which instrument in writing, for greater certainty, may be delivered by facsimile or electronically). (2) Notwithstanding Sec tion 11.09(1) , without the consent of all the Lenders the Agent may not take the following actions: (a) amend, modify, discharge, terminate or waive any of the terms of this Agreement if such amendment, modification, discharge, termination or waiver would increase the amount of the Loan Facility, reduce the fees or interest rates payable with respect to the Loan Facility, extend any date fixed for payment of principal or interest relating to the Loan Facility, extend the repayment dates of the Loan Facility, change the currency of Advances available or the notice periods relating thereto, or change the definition of Majority Lenders; (b) release any Guarantees other than pursuant to the terms hereof; (c) amend this Sec tion 11.09 ; and (d) amend Article 5. (3) An instrument in writing from the Majority Lenders or, where applicable, all of the Lenders as provided for in this Sec tion 11.09 (any such instrument in writing being an “ Approval Instrument ”) will be binding upon all of the Lenders, and the Agent (subject to the provisions for its indemnity contained in this Agreement) will be bound to give effect thereto accordingly. For greater certainty, to the extent so authorized in the Approval Instrument, the Agent will be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver on behalf of the Agent and all of the Lenders, without the requirement for the execution by any other Lender or Lenders, any consents, waivers, documents or instruments (including without limitation any amendment to any of the Loan Documents) necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Agent to give effect to the matters approved by the Majority Lenders or all of the Lenders, as the case may be, in any Approval Instrument; provided that, no Approval Instrument shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Agent or the Lenders, as the case may be. (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, where the Agent, acting as Depository Agent, is holding outstanding Advances under the Loan Facility for an Additional Lender pursuant to Sec tion 2.01 of this Agreement, such Additional Lender’s interest in the outstanding Advances will be disregarded and not counted towards (i) calculating the unanimous consent of the Lenders and (ii) determining the composition of the Majority

 

 

30355430.16 - 73 - Lenders. For further clarity, under no circumstances will the Agent be required to provide consent on behalf of an Additional Lender whose outstanding Advances it holds as Depository Agent. 10. Provisions for Benefit of Lenders Only The provisions of this Article 11 , other than Sections 11.09 and 11.10 and the last sentence of Section 11.01 relating to the rights and obligations of the Lenders and the Agent inter se will be operative as between the Lenders and the Agent only, and the Obligors will not have any rights under or be entitled to rely for any purposes upon such provisions. 11. Payments by Agent (1) For greater certainty, the following provisions will apply to any and all payments made by the Agent to the Lenders hereunder: (a) the Agent will be under no obligation to make any payment (whether in respect of principal, interest, fees or otherwise) to any Lender until an amount in respect of such payment has been received by the Agent from the Borrower; (b) if the Agent receives less than the full amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amount owing by the Borrower under this Agreement, then the Agent will have no obligation to remit to each Lender any amount other than such Lender’s Proportionate Share of that amount which is the amount actually received by the Agent; (c) if any Lender advances more or less than its Proportionate Share of an Advance, such Lender’s entitlement to such payment will be increased or reduced, as the case may be, in proportion to the amount actually advanced by such Lender; (d) the Agent acting reasonably and in good faith will, after consultation with the Lenders in the case of any dispute, determine in all cases the amount of all payments to which each Lender is entitled and such determination will, in the absence of manifest error, be binding and conclusive; (e) upon request, the Agent will deliver a statement detailing any of the payments to the Lenders referred to herein; and (f) all payments by the Agent to a Lender hereunder will be made to such Lender at its address set forth in the signature pages on this Agreement or on the applicable Assignment Agreement unless notice to the contrary is received by the Agent from such Lender. 11.12 Direct Payments The Lenders agree among themselves that, except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement and except as necessary to adjust for Advances that are not in each Lender’s Proportionate Share under the Loan Facility, all sums received by a Lender relating to this

 

 

30355430.16 - 74 - Agreement will be shared by each Lender in its Proportionate Share and each Lender undertakes to do all such things as may be reasonably required to give full effect to this Section, including without limitation, the purchase from other Lenders of a portion thereof by the Lender who has received an amount in excess of its Proportionate Share as will be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess amount rateably in its Proportionate Share with the other Lenders. If any sum which is so shared is later recovered from the Lenders who originally received it, the Lender will restore its Proportionate Share of such sum to such Lenders, without interest. If any Lender (a “ Receiving Lender ”) will obtain any payment of moneys due under this Agreement as referred to above, the Receiving Lender will forthwith remit such payment to the Agent and, upon receipt, the Agent will distribute such payment in accordance with the provisions hereof. 11.13 Acknowledgements, Representations and Covenants of Lenders (1) It is acknowledged and agreed by each Lender that it has itself been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal of and investigations into the financial condition, creditworthiness, Property, affairs, status and nature of the Obligors. Accordingly, each Lender confirms to the Agent that it has not relied, and will not hereafter rely, on the Agent (a) to check or inquire on its behalf into the adequacy or completeness of any information provided by the Obligors under or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions herein contemplated (whether or not such information has been or is hereafter distributed to such Lender by the Agent) or (b) to assess or keep under review on its behalf the financial condition, creditworthiness, Property, affairs, status or nature of the Obligors. (2) Each Lender represents and warrants that it has the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement pursuant to its charter and any applicable legislation and has not violated its charter, constating documents or any applicable legislation by so doing. (3) Each Lender agrees to indemnify the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower), jointly and severally from and against any and all liabilities and obligations (whether direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise), losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents or the transactions therein contemplated, provided that no Lender will be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and absent gross negligence or wilful misconduct by the Agent, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for any out - of - pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the Agent in connection with the preservation of any rights of the Agent or the Lenders under, or the enforcement of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under this Agreement, to the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrower. The obligation of the Lenders to indemnify the Agent will survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

 

30355430.16 - 75 - (4) Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to advance its Proportionate Share of Advances in accordance with the terms of this Agreement is independent and in no way related to the obligation of any other Lender hereunder. (5) Each Lender hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of this Agreement and acknowledges that it is satisfied with the form and content of such document. (6) Except to the extent recovered by the Agent from the Borrower, promptly following demand therefor, each Lender is responsible jointly and severally to pay, and will pay to the Agent any and all reasonable costs, expenses, claims, losses and liabilities incurred by the Agent in connection with this Agreement except for those incurred by reason of the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct. (7) Each Lender will respond promptly to each request by the Agent for the consent of such Lender required hereunder. 11.14 Rights of Agent (1) In administering the Loan Facility, the Agent may retain, at the expense of the Lenders if such expenses are not recoverable from the Borrower, such solicitors, counsel, auditors and other experts and agents as the Agent may select, in its sole discretion, acting reasonably and in good faith after consultation with the Lenders. (2) The Agent will be entitled to rely on any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed by the proper individual or individuals, and will be entitled to rely and will be protected in relying as to legal matters upon opinions of independent legal advisors selected by it. The Agent may also assume that any representation made by the Borrower is true and that no Event of Default or Pending Event of Default has occurred unless the officers or employees of the Agent, acting in their capacity as officers or employees responsible for the Borrower’s account, have actual knowledge to the contrary or have received notice to the contrary from any other party to this Agreement. (3) None of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall require the Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers unless indemnified and funded to its satisfaction. 11.15 Collective Action of the Lenders Each of the Lenders hereby acknowledges that to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the remedies provided under the Loan Documents to the Lenders are for the benefit of the Lenders collectively and acting together and not severally and further acknowledges that its rights hereunder are to be exercised not severally, but by the Agent upon the decision of the Majority Lenders or all of the Lenders as required by this Agreement. Accordingly, notwithstanding any of the provisions contained herein, each of the Lenders hereby covenants and agrees that it will not be entitled to take any action hereunder or thereunder including, without limitation, any declaration of default hereunder or thereunder but that any

 

 

30355430.16 - 76 - such action will be taken only by the Agent with the prior written agreement of the Majority Lenders or all of the Lenders, as required. Each of the Lenders hereby further covenants and agrees that upon any such written agreement being given by the Majority Lenders or all of the Lenders, as required, it will co - operate fully with the Agent to the extent requested by the Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the absence of the instructions from the Lenders and where in the sole opinion of the Agent, acting reasonably and in good faith, the exigencies of the situation warrant such action, the Agent may without notice to or consent of the Lenders take such action on behalf of the Lenders as it deems appropriate or desirable in the interest of the Lenders. 16. Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Agent Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender at least three Business Days prior to the proposed date of any Advance that such Lender will not make available to the Agent such Lender’s share of such Advance, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement concerning funding by Lenders and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Advance available to the Agent then the applicable Lender shall pay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Agent at a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with prevailing banking industry practice on interbank compensation. If such Lender pays such amount to the Agent then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s pro rata share of the Advance. If the Lender does not do so forthwith, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent forthwith on written demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon at the interest rate applicable to the Advance in question. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that has failed to make such payment to the Agent. 17. Payments by the Borrower; Presumption by Agent Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower at least three Business Days prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Agent for the account of any Lender hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute the amount due to the Lenders. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Agent at a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with prevailing banking industry practice on interbank compensation. 18. Non - Funding Lenders (1) Certain Fees . A Non - Funding Lender shall not be entitled to receive any fee to which it may have been entitled for any period during which that Lender is a Non - Funding Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Non - Funding Lender).

 

 

30355430.16 - 77 - (2) Liability of the Agent . Neither the Agent nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives shall be liable to any Lender (including, without limitation, a Non - Funding Lender) for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with amounts payable by the Borrower to a Non - Funding Lender and received and deposited by the Agent in a cash collateral account and applied in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement save and except for the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Agent as determined by a final non - appealable judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction. (3) Non - Funding Lender Waterfall . The Agent shall be entitled to set off any Non - Funding Lender’s Proportionate Share of all payments received from the Borrower against such Non - Funding Lender’s obligations to fund payments and Advances required to be made by it and to purchase participations required to be purchased by it in each case under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Agent shall be entitled to withhold and deposit in one or more non - interest bearing cash collateral accounts in the name of the Agent all amounts (whether principal, interest, fees or otherwise) received by the Agent and due to a Non - Funding Lender pursuant to this Agreement which amounts shall be used by the Agent (A) first, to reimburse the Agent for any amounts owing to it by the Non - Funding Lender pursuant to any Loan Document, and then to reimburse, (B) second, to repay any Advances made by a Lender in order to fund a shortfall created by a Non - Funding Lender which repayment shall be in the form of an assignment by each such Lender of such Advance to the Non - Funding Lender, (C) third, to cash collateralize all other obligations of such Non - Funding Lender to the Agent owing pursuant to this Agreement in such amount as shall be determined from time to time by the Agent, acting on written instructions from the Lenders, including, without limitation, such Non - Funding Lender’s obligation to pay its Proportionate Share of any indemnification or expense reimbursement amounts not paid by the Borrower, (D) fourth, on written instructions from the Lenders, to fund from time to time the Non - Funding Lender’s Proportionate Share of Advances under the Loan Facility, as applicable, (E) fifth, on written instructions from the Lenders, to be held in an interest bearing deposit account and released pro rata in order to satisfy such Non - Funding Lender’s Proportionate Share of future Advances under the Loan Facility, (F) sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against such Non - Funding Lender as a result of such Non - Funding Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, (G) seventh, so long as no Pending Event of Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Non - Funding Lender as a result of such Non - Funding Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and (H) eighth, to such Non - Funding Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Non - Funding Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Non - Funding Lender shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Non - Funding Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto. (4) Voting and Consent Rights . For certainty, a Non - Funding Lender shall have no voting or consent rights with respect to matters under this Agreement or other Loan Documents. Accordingly, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advances owing to any Non - Funding Lender shall be disregarded in determining Majority Lenders and all Lenders or all affected Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, should a Non - Funding Lender (A) fund all outstanding

 

 

30355430.16 - 78 - Advances that it previously failed to fund and pay all other amounts owing to the Agent, and (B) confirm in writing to the Agent that there is no reasonable likelihood that it will subsequently again become a Non - Funding Lender, then such Lender shall thereafter be entitled to vote and shall have consent rights in the same manner and fashion as if it were not a Non - Funding Lender. (5) Reinstatement of Non - Funding Lender . If the Borrower and the Agent agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Non - Funding Lender, the Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any cash collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Advances of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Advances to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Proportionate Share, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Non - Funding Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Non - Funding Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from a Non - Funding Lender to a Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender having been a Non - Funding Lender. 11.19 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail - In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write - Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by: (a) the application of any Write - Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and (b) the effects of any Bail - in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable: (i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability; ( ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or ( iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write - Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.

 

 

30355430.16 - 79 - 11.20 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any hedging agreement or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “ QFC Credit Support ”, and each such QFC, a “ Supported QFC ”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “ U.S. Special Resolution Regimes ”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States): (a) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “ Covered Party ”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Non - Funding Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support. (b) As used in this Section, the following terms have the following meanings: ( i) “ BHC Act Affiliate ” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party; ( ii) “ Covered Entity ” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. † 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. † 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. † 382.2(b);

 

 

30355430.16 - 80 - ( iii) “ Default Right ” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. †† 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and ( iv) “ QFC ” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D). 11.21 Divisions (1) For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any Division (or any comparable event under the laws of the applicable jurisdictions): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Dividing Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a Dividing Successor, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the Dividing Person to the Dividing Successor, and (b) if any new Dividing Successor comes into existence, such Dividing Successor shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity interests at such time. (2) No Obligor shall effectuate a Division (a) without the prior written consent of the Agent to the Division (including, without limitation, the plan of division) and (b) unless the Division Successor joins to the Loan Documents pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. (3) For purposes of this Sec tion 11.21 : (a) “ Dividing Person ” is defined in the definition of “Division”; (b) “ Division ” means, in reference to any Person which is an entity (the “ Dividing Person ”), the division of such Person into two (2) or more separate Persons with the Dividing Person either continuing or terminating its existence as part of the division including as contemplated under Section 18 - 217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Act for limited liability companies formed under Delaware law or any analogous action taken pursuant to any Applicable Law (of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) with respect to any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity; and (c) “ Division Successor ” shall mean any Person that, upon the consummation of a Division of a Dividing Person, holds all or any portion of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations previously held by such Dividing Person immediately prior to the consummation of such Division. A Dividing Person which retains any of its assets, liabilities and/or obligations after a Division shall be deemed a Division Successor upon the occurrence of such Division.

 

 

30355430.16 - 81 - ARTICLE 12 TAXES 12.01 Tax es ( 1 ) All payments to be made to the Agent or the Lenders pursuant to the Loan Documents will be made free and clear of, and without reduction for or on account of, any present or future Taxes ; provided, however, if any Taxes are required by Applicable Law to be withheld from any interest or other amount payable to the Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is a Tax other than an Excluded Tax, the amount so payable by the applicable Obligor to the Agent or such Lender will be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Agent or such Lender, on a net basis after payment of all Taxes (including all Taxes imposed (other than Excluded Taxes) on any additional amounts payable under this Section), interest or any such other amount payable under such Loan Document at the rate or in the amount specified in such Loan Document . The Obligors will be fully liable and responsible for and will, promptly following receipt of a request from the Agent, pay to the Agent any and all Taxes in the nature of sales, use, excise, value - added, goods and services, harmonized sales, stamp, property and similar Taxes payable under the laws of Canada, any Province of Canada, the United States of America, any State of the United States of America or any other country or jurisdiction with respect to any and all goods and services made available under the Loan Documents to any Obligor by the Agent and the Lenders, or any and all Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, but not including any Excluded Taxes . Whenever any Taxes are payable by an Obligor pursuant to this section, for the account of the Agent or a Lender, a certified copy of an original official receipt showing payment of such Taxes (or other reasonable documentary evidence of such payment) will be promptly provided by such Obligor to the Agent or such Lender . If an Obligor fails to pay any Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes) in respect of any payment made to the Agent or the Lenders pursuant to the Loan Documents when due or if an Obligor fails to remit to the Agent the required documentary evidence of such payment, the Obligors will indemnify and save harmless the Agent and the Lenders from any incremental Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes), interest, penalties or other reasonable expenses that may become payable by the Agent or by any Lender or to which the Agent or any Lender may be subjected as a result of any such failure . A certificate of the Agent or any Lender as to the amount of any such Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes), interest or penalties and containing reasonable details of the calculation of such Taxes, interest or penalties will be, absent manifest error , prima facie evidence of the amount of such Taxes, interest or penalties, as the case may be . If an Obligor has paid over or remitted an amount on account of Taxes pursuant to the foregoing provision and the amount so paid over or remitted is subsequently refunded to such Lender, in whole or in part, such Lender will remit to the such Obligor, provided there is then no Pending Event of Default or Event of Default and subject to the set off rights of the Lenders, such an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments or additional amount paid under this section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out - of - pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund) . The applicable Obligor, upon request of a Lender, shall repay to such Lender the amount paid over pursuant to the

 

 

30355430.16 - 82 - foregoing sentence (plus penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, in no event will a Lender be required to pay any amount to an Obligor pursuant to this section the payment of which would place such Lender in a less favorable net after - Tax position than such Lender would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid . The foregoing three sentences shall not be construed to require any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the Obligors or any other Person . (2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Agent nor any Lender shall be entitled to any additional payments or indemnification under Section 12 . 01 ( 1 ) : (A) with respect to withholding Taxes (a) to the extent that the obligation to withhold amounts existed on the date that the Agent or such Lender became a party to this Agreement (except to the extent such Lender is an assignee of any other Lender that was entitled, at the time the assignment of such other Lender became effective, to receive additional amounts or indemnification under Section 12 . 01 ( 1 ) ) or (b) that are directly attributable to the failure by such Lender to deliver the documentation required to be delivered pursuant to Section 12 . 01 ( 3 ), ( 4 ) or ( 5 ) ; or (B) otherwise arising as a direct result of any assignment or participation made by a Lender prior to an Event of Default pursuant to Section 13 . 02 or 13 . 03 . (3) Each Lender that is not a United States person as defined in Section 7701 (a)( 30 ) of the Code and that, at any of the following times, is entitled to an exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax shall (a) on or prior to the date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, (b) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (c) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it and (d) from time to time if requested by the Borrower or the Agent, provide the Agent and the Borrower with two completed originals of each of the following, as applicable : (i) Forms W - 8 ECI (claiming exemption for US withholding tax because the income is effectively connected with a U . S . trade or business), W - 8 BEN (through December 31 , 2014 ) or W - 8 BEN - E (claiming exemption from, or a reduction of, U . S . withholding tax under an income tax treaty) or any successor forms, (ii) in the case of such Lender claiming exemption under Sections 871 (h) or 881 (c) of the Code, Form W - 8 BEN (through December 31 , 2014 ) or W - 8 BEN - E (claiming exemption from U . S . withholding tax under the portfolio interest exemption) or any successor form and a certificate in form and substance acceptable to the Agent that such Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881 (c)( 3 )(A) of the Code, (B) a “ 10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881 (c)( 3 )(B) of the Code or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881 (c)( 3 )(C) of the Code or (iii) any other applicable document prescribed by the US Internal Revenue Service certifying as to the entitlement of such Lender to such exemption form United States withholding tax or reduced rate with respect to all payments to be made to such Lender under the Loan Documents . ( 4 ) Each Lender that is a United States person as defined in Section 7701 (a)( 30 ) of the Code shall (A) on or prior to the date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, (B) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (C) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it and (D) from time to time if requested by the Borrower or the Agent, provide the

 

 

30355430.16 - 83 - Agent and the Borrower with two completed originals of Form W - 9 (certifying that such Lender is entitled to an exemption for U.S. backup withholding tax) or any successor form. (5) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U . S . federal withholding or Canadian Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471 (b) or 1472 (b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471 (b)( 3 )(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment . Solely for purposes of this clause ( 5 ), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement . (6) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding . In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to the backup withholding or information reporting requirements . Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Agent of its legal inability to do so . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding three sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 12 . 01 ( 3 ), ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) ) shall not be required if in a Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial positions of such Lender . (7) If an Obligor determines in good faith that a reasonable basis exists for contesting any Taxes for which payment has been made under this Section 12 . 01 , the Agent or relevant Lender, as applicable, shall cooperate with the Obligor in a reasonable challenge of such Taxes if so requested by the Obligor ; provided that (a) such Lender determines in its reasonable discretion that it would not be prejudiced by cooperating in such challenge, (b) the Obligor pays all related expenses of such Lender or the Agent and (c) the Obligor indemnifies such Lender or the Agent for any liabilities or other reasonable costs incurred by such Lender or the Agent, as applicable, in connection with such challenge . The preceding sentence shall not be construed to require the Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information that it deems confidential) to the Obligors or any other Person .

 

 

30355430.16 Article 13 ARTICLE 13 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS AND ADDITIONAL LENDERS 13.01 Successors and Assigns (1) The Loan Documents will be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the Agent, each Lender, the Borrower and their successors and assigns, except that the Borrower, other than as otherwise permitted hereunder, will not assign any rights or obligations with respect to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents without the prior written consent of all of the Lenders and none of the Lenders will assign any of their rights and obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents except in accordance with this Agreement . (2) Except (a) from one Lender to another Lender, (b) from one Lender to one of its Affiliates or (c) in the case of the Specified Lender, from one Lender that satisfies the definition of the Specified Lender to another Person that is included in the definition of the Specified Lender, none of the rights and obligations of the Lenders or any of the other Loan Documents may be assigned in whole or in part except with the prior written consent of the Borrower, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld . Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent of the Borrower is required in respect of any assignment by any one or more of the Lenders following the occurrence of a Pending Event of Default or an Event of Default and for so long as it is continuing . Subject to the foregoing, any assignment made by one or more of the Lenders in accordance herewith will be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 . 02 and the other terms of this Agreement . The Borrower hereby consents to the disclosure of any Information to any potential Lender or Participant provided that the potential Lender or Participant agrees in writing to keep the Information confidential as required pursuant to Section 14 . 01 hereof and to return such Information if it does not become a Lender or a Participant . (3) Each assignment will be of a uniform, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations of the assignor(s) . Each such assignment will, unless an Event of Default exists, be in a principal amount of not less than the lesser of the entire amount of such Lender’s interest, and [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; provided, however, there will be no minimum assignment amount (i) following the occurrence of an Event of Default and for so long as it is continuing, or (ii) in respect of an assignment from one Lender to any other Lender or to any Affiliate of a Lender, and each Lender will be entitled to hold and assign interests of less than [Dollar Amount Redacted] if the total Advances held by such Lenders and Affiliates of such Lender are equal to or greater than [Dollar Amount Redacted] . The determination of the amount of Advances held by a Lender under this Sec tion 13 . 01 ( 3 ) will be made as of the effective date of the Assignment Agreement relating to any assignment . (4) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, each Lender agrees that it will not assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement without ten ( 10 ) Business Days prior notice to the Agent and without the prior written consent of the Agent . (5) A participation by a Lender of its interest (or a part thereof) hereunder or a payment by a Participant to a Lender as a result of the participation will not constitute a payment hereunder to the Lender or an Advance to the Borrower .

 

 

30355430.16 - 85 - 13.02 Assignments ( 1 ) Subject to Sec tion 13 . 01 and the other terms of this Agreement, the Lenders collectively or individually may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement ; provided that no such assignment shall be made to (A) the Borrower, any other Obligor, any Obligor’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B) to any Non - Funding Lender or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (C) to a natural Person . There will be no restrictions on assignments while an Event of Default exists . The parties to each such assignment will execute (together with the Agent) and deliver an assignment agreement in respect of the Loan Facility substantially in the form of Schedule D to this Agreement (each, an “ Assignment Agreement ”) to the Agent and the Agent will deliver such Assignment Agreement to the Borrower . In addition the Borrower will execute such other documentation as a Lender may reasonably request for the purpose of any assignment or participation . The assignor will pay a processing and recording fee of [Dollar Amount Redacted] to the Agent . After such execution, delivery, acknowledgement and recording in the Register (i) the assignee thereunder will be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (ii) the assigning Lender thereunder will, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement, other than obligations in respect of which it is then in default, and, in the case of an Assignment Agreement covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender will cease to be a party hereto ; provided that such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 12 . 01 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment . (2) The agreements of an assignee contained in an Assignment Agreement will benefit the assigning Lender thereunder, the other Lenders and the Agent in accordance with the terms of the Assignment Agreement . (3) The Agent will maintain at its address referred to herein a copy of each Assignment Agreement delivered to and acknowledged by it and a register for recording the names and addresses of the Lenders and the outstanding Advances made under the Loan Facility by each Lender from time to time (the “Register”) . The entries in the Register will be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error . The Borrower, the Agent and each of the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, and need not recognize any Person as a Lender unless it is recorded in the Register as a Lender . The Register will be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice . (4) Upon its receipt of an Assignment Agreement executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee and approved by the Borrower (other than while an Event of Default or a Pending Event of Default exists when no such approval will be necessary), the Agent will, if the Assignment Agreement has been completed and is in the required form with such immaterial changes as are acceptable to the Agent : (a) acknowledge the Assignment Agreement;

 

 

30355430.16 - 86 - (b) record the information contained therein in the Register; and (c) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower and the other Lenders, and provide them with an updated version of Schedule A. 13.03 Participations (1) Each Lender may (subject to the provisions of Sec tion 13 . 01 ( 1 ) ) sell participations to one or more banks, financial institutions or other Persons (other than (x) any Borrower, any other Obligor, any Obligor’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (y) to a natural Person) (each, a “ Participant ”) in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, but the Participant will not become a Lender and : (a) the Lender’s obligations under this Agreement will remain unchanged; (b) the Lender will remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations ; (c) the Borrower, the Agent and the other Lenders will continue to deal solely and directly with the Lender in connection with the Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement ; and (d) no Participant will have any right to approve any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, or any consent to any departure by any Person therefrom . (2) The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.01 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 13.02 . ( 3 ) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non - fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Advances or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”) ; provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Advances or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5 f . 103 - 1 (c) of the United States Treasury Regulations . The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary . For the avoidance of doubt, the Agent (in its capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register .

 

 

30355430.16 Article 13 ARTICLE 14 GENERAL 14.01 Exchange and Confidentiality of Information ( 1 ) Each of the Lenders and the Agent acknowledges the confidential nature of the financial, operational and other information, reports and data provided and to be provided to them by the Borrower and each other Obligor pursuant to this Agreement (the “ Information ”) and agrees to hold the Information in confidence and will not discuss or disclose or allow access to, or transfer or transmit the Information to any person, provided however that : (a) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose all or any part of the Information if such disclosure is required by any applicable law or regulation, or by applicable order, policy or directive having the force of law, to the extent of such requirement, or is required in connection with any actual judicial, administrative or governmental proceeding, including, without limitation, proceedings initiated under or in respect of this Agreement, provided that in any such circumstance the Lenders and the Agent, as soon as reasonably practicable, will advise the Borrower of their obligation to disclose such Information in order to enable the Borrower, if it so chooses, to attempt to ensure that any such disclosure is made on a confidential basis ; (b) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose Information to each other, their respective Affiliates and investors and to any permitted assignees or Participants and to their respective counsel, agents, auditors, employees and advisors, provided that the Person to whom the disclosure is made is informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential ; (c) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose and discuss the Information with credit officers of any potential permitted assignees for the purposes of assignment pursuant to Section 13 . 02 or any Participant for the purposes of a participation, provided that the Person to whom the disclosure is made is informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential ; (d) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose all or any part of the Information on a confidential basis to any direct or indirect contractual counter party or prospective counter party to a swap agreement, credit linked note or similar transaction, or such contractual counter parties’ or prospective counter parties professional advisors, provided that the Person to whom the disclosure is made is informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential ; (e) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose all or any part of the Information so as to enable such Lender or the Agent to initiate any lawsuit against any Obligor or to defend any lawsuit commenced by any Obligor in respect of the Loan Documents, the issues of which are directly or indirectly related to the Information,

 

 

30355430.16 - 88 - but only to the extent such disclosure is necessary or desirable to the initiation or defence of such lawsuit; (f) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose all or any part of the Information on a confidential basis, with the prior written consent of the Borrower, to any insurance or re - insurance company for the purpose of obtaining insurance in respect of the Loan Facility provided that the Person to whom the disclosure is made is informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential ; and (g) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose Information to any person with the prior written consent of the Borrower. (2) information: Notwithstanding the foregoing, “ Information ” will not include any such (a) which is or becomes readily available to the public (other than by a breach hereof or by a breach of an obligation of confidentiality imposed on a permitted assignee or Participant or other person referred to in this Section) or which has been made readily available to the public by an Obligor ; (b) which the Agent or any Lender can show was, prior to receipt thereof from an Obligor, lawfully in the Agent’s or the Lender’s possession and not then subject to any obligation on its part to or for the benefit of such Obligor to maintain confidentiality ; or (c) which the Agent or any Lender received from a third party, prior to receipt thereof from an Obligor, which was not, to the knowledge of the Agent or such Lender after due enquiry, subject to a duty of confidentiality to or for the benefit of such Obligor at the time the Information was so received . 14.02 Nature of Obligations under this Agreement (1) The obligations of each Lender and of the Agent under this Agreement are several and not joint and several . The failure of any Lender to carry out its obligations hereunder will not relieve the other Lenders, the Agent or the Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder . (2) Neither the Agent nor any Lender will be responsible for the obligations of any other Lender hereunder . 14.03 Notice Any notice or communication to be given under this Agreement (other than telephone notice as specifically provided in this Agreement) may be effectively given by delivering (whether by internationally - recognized overnight courier or personal delivery) the same at the mailing addresses set out on the signature pages of this Agreement (or with respect to any assignee pursuant to Sec tion 13 . 02 , to the mailing address provided by such assignee to the Borrower and

 

 

30355430.16 - 89 - the Agent in connection with the applicable transfer or assignment to such assignee) or by electronic communication (including e - mail) to the parties at the facsimile numbers or email addresses set out on the signature pages of this Agreement (or with respect to any assignee pursuant to Sec tion 13 . 02 , to the facsimile number provided by such assignee to the Borrower and the Agent in connection with the applicable transfer or assignment to such assignee) . Any notice sent by electronic communication (including e - mail) will be deemed to have been received on transmission (and receipt of confirmation of transmission) if sent by any party to this Agreement before 4 : 00 p . m . (Toronto time) on a Business Day and, if not, on the next Business Day following transmission . Any party may from time to time notify the other parties, in accordance with the provisions of this Section, of any change of its mailing address, facsimile number or email address which after such notification, until changed by like notice, will be the mailing address, facsimile number or email address, as the case may be, of such party for all purposes of this Agreement . 4. Governing Law This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein, without prejudice to or limitation of any other rights or remedies available under the laws of any jurisdiction where Property or assets of the Borrower may be found . 5. Judgment Currency (1) If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Obligor in any court in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Sec tion 14 . 05 referred to as the “ Judgment Currency ”) an amount due in Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars under this Agreement, the conversion will be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding : (a) the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of the Province of Ontario or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date ; or (b) the date on which the judgment is given, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Sec tion 14 . 05 ( 1 )(b) being hereinafter in this Section 14 . 05 referred to as the “ Judgment Conversion Date ”) . ( 2 ) If, in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Sec tion 14 . 05 ( 1 )(b), there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable Obligor will pay such additional amount (if any, but in any event not a lesser amount) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars, as the case may be, which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date .

 

 

30355430.16 - 90 - (3) Any amount due from an Obligor under the provisions of Sec tion 14 . 05 ( 2 ) will be due as a separate debt and will not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Agreement . (4) The term “rate of exchange” in this Section 14 . 05 means the spot rate of exchange based on Canadian interbank transactions in Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars, as the case may be, in the Judgment Currency published or quoted by the Bank of Canada at the close of business for the Business Day in question (or, if such conversion is to be made before close of business on such Business Day, then at close of business on the immediately preceding Business Day), or if such rate is not so published or quoted by the Bank of Canada, such term will mean the Equivalent Amount of the Judgment Currency . 6. Benefit of the Agreement This Agreement will enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Borrower, the Lenders, the Agent and their respective permitted successors and permitted assigns . 7. Severability Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction will not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction will not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction . 8. Whole Agreement From the Closing Date, this Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, undertakings, declarations, commitments, representations, written or oral, in respect thereof . 9. Further Assurances The Borrower, each Lender and the Agent will promptly cure any default by it in the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Loan Documents or any of the agreements provided for hereunder to which it is a party . The Borrower, at its expense, will promptly execute and deliver to the Agent, upon request by the Agent, all such other and further documents, agreements, opinions, certificates and instruments in compliance with, or accomplishment of the covenants and agreements of the Borrower hereunder or more fully to state the obligations of the Borrower as set forth herein or to make any recording, file any notice or obtain any consent, all as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection therewith . 14.10 Waiver of Jury Trial THE BORROWER HEREBY KNOWINGLY VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY AGENT, ANY LENDER OR ANY OF THE

 

 

30355430.16 - 91 - BORROWER . THE BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT HAS RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION (AND EACH OTHER PROVISION OF EACH OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY) AND THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE LENDERS ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT . 14.11 Consent to Jurisdiction (1) The Borrower irrevocably submits to the non - exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario and hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such court . The Borrower hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, the defence of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding . (2) The Borrower hereby irrevocably consents to the service of any and all process in such action or proceeding by the delivery of such process to the Borrower at its address provided in accordance with Sec tion 14 . 03 . 12. Time of the Essence Time will be of the essence of this Agreement. 13. Electronic Execution and Delivery Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of an original counterpart of this Agreement . The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, and words of like import in this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signature or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law . 14. Counterparts This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together will be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument, and it will not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to produce or account for more than one such counterpart . 15. [Reserved] 16. Term of Agreement This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the payment and performance in full of all of the Obligations, other than those Obligations of the Obligors to indemnify the Agent and the Lenders, including, without limitation, the indemnities set forth in

 

 

30355430.16 - 92 - Sections 4.02, 11.11 and Article 10 and Article 12, which shall survive and continue to be in full force and effect. 17. USA Patriot Act Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot Act hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act . 18. Anti - Money Laundering Legislation (1) The Borrower acknowledges that, pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) and other applicable anti - money laundering, anti - terrorist financing, government sanction and “know your client” laws (collectively, including any guidelines or orders thereunder, “ AML Legislation ”), the Lenders and the Agent may be required to obtain, verify and record information regarding the Borrower, the Guarantors, their directors, authorized signing officers, direct or indirect shareholders or other Persons in control of the Borrower and the Guarantors, and the transactions contemplated hereby . The Borrower shall promptly provide all such information, including supporting documentation and other evidence, as may be reasonably requested by any Lender or the Agent, or any prospective assignee or participant of a Lender or the Agent, in order to comply with any applicable AML Legislation, whether now or hereafter in existence . (2) Each of the Lenders agrees that the Agent has no obligation to ascertain the identity of the Borrower or the Guarantors or any authorized signatories of the Borrower or a Guarantor on behalf of any Lender, or to confirm the completeness or accuracy of any information it obtains from the Borrower or any Guarantor or any such authorized signatory in doing so . 19. Public Disclosure Each Obligor agrees that neither it nor any of its Affiliates shall now or in the future issue any press release or other public disclosure using the name of any Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates or referring to this Agreement or any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of such Agent or such Lender, except to the extent that such Obligor or such Affiliate is required to do so under applicable law (in which event such Obligor or such Affiliate shall consult with such Agent or such Lender before issuing such press release or other public disclosure) . Each Obligor hereby authorizes each Agent and each Lender, after consultation with the Borrower, to advertise the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and to make appropriate announcements of the financial arrangements entered into among the parties hereto, as such Agent or such Lender shall deem appropriate, including, without limitation, on a home page or similar place for dissemination of information on the Internet or worldwide web, or in announcements commonly known as tombstones, in such trade publications, business journals, newspapers of general circulation and to such selected parties as such Agent or such Lender shall deem appropriate . Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, this Agreement may be filed with the SEDAR or EDGAR in accordance with any Requirements of Law .

 

 

30355430.16 - 93 - 20. Force Majeure The Agent shall not be liable to the others, or held in breach of this Agreement, if prevented, hindered, or delayed in the performance or observance of any provision contained herein by reason of act of God, riots, terrorism, acts of war, epidemics, governmental action or judicial order, earthquakes, or any other similar causes (including, but not limited to, mechanical, electronic or communication interruptions, disruptions or failures). Performance times applicable to the Agent under this Agreement shall be extended for a period of time equivalent to the time lost because of any delay that is excusable under this Section. 21. Anti - Money Laundering The Agent shall retain the right not to act and shall not be liable for refusing to act if, due to a lack of information or for any other reason whatsoever, the Agent, in its sole judgment, acting reasonably, determines that such act might cause it to be in noncompliance with any applicable anti - money laundering, anti - terrorist or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline. Further, should the Agent, in its sole judgment, acting reasonably, determine at any time that its acting under the Loan Documents has resulted in its being in non - compliance with any applicable anti - money laundering, anti - terrorist or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline, then it shall have the right to resign on ten days’ prior written notice sent to the Borrower provided that (i) the Agent’s written notice shall describe the circumstances of such non - compliance; and (ii) if such circumstances are rectified to the Agent’s satisfaction within such 10 - day period, then such resignation shall not be effective. 22. Privacy The parties hereto acknowledge that the Agent may, in the course of providing services hereunder, collect or receive financial and other personal information about such parties and/or their representatives, as individuals, or about other individuals related to the subject matter hereof, and use such information for the following purposes: a) to provide the services required under this agreement and other services that may be requested from time to time; b) to help the Agent manage its servicing relationships with such individuals; c) to meet the Agent’s legal and regulatory requirements; and d) if Social Insurance Numbers are collected by the Agent, to perform tax reporting and to assist in verification of an individual’s identity for security purposes. Each party acknowledges and agrees that the Agent may receive, collect, use and disclose personal information provided to it or acquired by it in the course of this agreement for the purposes described above and, generally, in the manner and on the terms described in its Privacy Code, which it shall make available on its website, www.computershare.com, or upon request, including revisions thereto. The Agent may transfer personal information to other companies in or outside of Canada that provide data processing and storage or other support in order to

 

 

30355430.16 - 94 - facilitate the services it provides. Further, each party hereto agrees that it shall not provide or cause to be provided to the Agent any personal information relating to an individual who is not a party to this agreement unless that party has assured itself that such individual understands and has consented to the aforementioned terms, uses and disclosures. 14.23 Third Party Interests Each party to this Agreement hereby represents to the Agent that any account to be opened by, or interest to be held by the Agent in connection with this Agreement, for or to the credit of such party, either (i) is not intended to be used by or on behalf of any third party; or (ii) is intended to be used by or on behalf of a third party, in which case such party hereto agrees to complete and execute forthwith a declaration in the Agent’s prescribed form as to the particulars of such party. [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT] IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement. BORROWER: Address: JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. 100 King Street, West, Suite 2630 Toronto, Ontario M5X 1E1 Attention: General Counsel Email: legal@justenergy.com

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT] S - 2 AGENT: Address : COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA, as Agent Attention: Facsimile: Email:

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT] LENDERS: Address : SAGARD CREDIT PARTNERS, LP, by its general partner, Sagard Credit Partners GP, Inc., as a Lender Attention: Email:

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT] - 2 - Address: [Redacted], as a Lender By: Na m e: Title: Attention: By: Email: Na m e: Title: Address: [Redacted], as a Lender By: Na m e: Title: Attention: By: Email: Na m e: Title: Address: [Redacted], as a Lender By: Na m e: Title: Attention: By: Email: Na m e: Title: Address: [Redacted], as a Lender By: Na m e: Title: Attention: By: Email: Na m e: Title:

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT] - 3 -

 

 

30400184.6 SCHEDULE A LENDERS AND ADVANCES Lender Advances SAGARD CREDIT PARTNERS, LP [Dollar Amount Redacted] [Name Redacted] [Dollar Amount Redacted] [Name Redacted] [Dollar Amount Redacted] [Name Redacted] [Dollar Amount Redacted] [Name Redacted] [Dollar Amount Redacted] [Name Redacted] [Dollar Amount Redacted] [Name Redacted] [Dollar Amount Redacted] [Name Redacted] [Dollar Amount Redacted] [Name Redacted] [Dollar Amount Redacted] [Name Redacted] [Dollar Amount Redacted] [Name Redacted] [Dollar Amount Redacted] [Name Redacted] [Dollar Amount Redacted] [Name Redacted] [Dollar Amount Redacted] [Name Redacted] [Dollar Amount Redacted] TOTAL ADVANCES US$205,899,999.94

 

 

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SCHEDULE C REPAYMENT NOTICE TO: Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as administrative agent (the “ Agent ”) RE: First amended and restated loan agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements, if any, from time to time thereafter made thereto, the “ Loan Agreement ”) among Just Energy Group Inc., as borrower (the “ Borrower ”), the Agent and each other person party thereto from time to time as lenders (the “ Lenders ”) DATE: [  ] All defined terms set forth, but not otherwise defined, in this notice shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement. The Borrower hereby gives irrevocable notice of its intention to make a voluntary repayment or prepayment of [all/a portion of] the Advances pursuant to Section 5 . 02 of the Loan Agreement as follows : 1. Total amount of repayment or prepayment: US$ 1 2. Prepayment Fee (if applicable): US$ 3. Date of repayment: . 2 [Signature Page Follows] 1 Minimum amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] , subject to the concurrent payment to the Lender of the Prepayment Fee, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. If such prepayment would result in the aggregate principal amount of the Advances outstanding being less than [Dollar Amount Redacted] , such prepayment shall be required to be increased to the amount that is the then outstanding principal balance of the Advances, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. 2 At least 30 days prior written notice of the repayment 30400184.6

 

 

30400184.6 Dated as of the first date written above. JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. By: Authorized Signatory

 

 

SCHEDULE D ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT TO: Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as administrative agent (the “ Agent ”) RE: First amended and restated loan agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements, if any, from time to time thereafter made thereto, the “ Loan Agreement ”) among Just Energy Group Inc., as borrower (the “ Borrower ”), the Agent and each other person party thereto from time to time as lenders (the “ Lenders ”) DATE: [  ] 1 All defined terms set forth, but not otherwise defined, in this Assignment Agreement shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise. 1. [name of new lender] (the “ Assignee ”) acknowledges that its proper officers have received and reviewed a copy of the Loan Documents and further acknowledges the provisions of the Loan Documents. 2. The Assignee desires to [become] [increase its Commitment as] a Lender under the Loan Agreement. [Name of selling Lender] (the “ Assignor ”) has agreed to and does hereby sell, assign and transfer to the Assignee US$ of the Commitment of the Assignor (the “ Transferred Commitment ”) and, accordingly, the Assignee has agreed to execute this Assignment Agreement. 3. The Assignee, by its execution and delivery of this Assignment Agreement, agrees that [from and after the date hereof it will] [it continues to] be a Lender under the Loan Agreement and agrees to be subject to, bound by and to perform all of the terms, conditions and covenants of the Loan Agreement applicable to a Lender [but its obligation to make Advances will be limited to the Transferred Commitment] . 4. The Assignee hereby assumes, without recourse to the Assignor, all liabilities and obligations of the Assignor as Lender under the Loan Agreement to the extent of the Transferred Commitment as provided for herein and the Assignee hereby releases and discharges the Assignor from such obligations and liabilities to the same extent. Nothing herein will release or be deemed to release any claim, demand, action or cause of action which the Borrower may have against the Assignor arising out of or in connection with a breach or default by the Assignor of any provision of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 5. The Assignee acknowledges and confirms that it has not relied upon the Assignor or the Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, for, and none of the foregoing have made any representation or warranty whatsoever as to, the due 1 10 Business Days prior notice to be provided to the Agent Error! Unknown document property name. 30400184.6

 

 

Error! Unknown document property name. 30400184.6 execution, legality, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or any other documentation or information delivered by the Assignor or the Agent to the Assignee in connection therewith or for the performance thereof by any party thereto or of the financial condition of the Borrower or any Guarantor. All representations, warranties and conditions express or implied by law or otherwise are hereby excluded. 6. The Assignee represents and warrants that it deals at arm’s length within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada) with the Borrower and that it has itself been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal of, and investigation into, the financial condition, creditworthiness, affairs, status and nature of the Borrower or any Guarantor and has not relied and will not hereafter rely on the Assignor or the Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents to appraise or keep under review on its behalf the financial condition, creditworthiness, affairs, status or nature of the Borrower or any Guarantor. [NTD: Following the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default or of a Pending Event of Default, an Assignee may be a Person that does not deal at arm’s length with the Borrower.] 7. Each of the Assignor and the Assignee represents and warrants to the other, and to the Agent and the Lenders that it has the capacity and power to enter into this Assignment Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof and to perform its obligations arising therefrom, and all actions required to authorize the execution and delivery hereof and the performance of such obligations have been duly taken. 8. This Assignment Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. 9. Notices will be given to the Assignee in the manner provided for in the Loan Agreement as follows:   Attention:  Telecopier:  [specify lending office of the Assignee if different from above] 10. This Assignment Agreement will be binding upon the Assignee and its successors and permitted assigns. 11. This Assignment Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by way of facsimile or electronic transmission) and all of such counterparts taken together will be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. [Name of Assignor]

 

 

Error! Unknown document property name. 30400184.6 By: Name: Title: The Assignor hereby acknowledges the above Assignment Agreement and agrees that its Commitment is reduced by an amount equal to the Transferred Commitment. [Name of Assignee] By: Name: Title: Just Energy Group Inc. hereby acknowledges the above Assignment Agreement and consent to the Assignee [becoming] [increasing its Commitment as] a Lender under the Loan Agreement to the extent of the Transferred Commitment. JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. By: Authorized Signatory [NTD: Borrower’s consent is not required during the continuance of an Event of Default or a Pending Event of Default.] Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as administrative agent hereby acknowledges the above Assignment Agreement [and receipt of [Dollar Amount Redacted] from the Assignor] and consents to the Assignee [becoming] [increasing its Commitment as] a Lender under the Loan Agreement to the extent of the Transferred Commitment. COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA, as Administrative Agent By: Name: Title: By: Name: Title:

 

 

Error! Unknown document property name. 30400184.6 SCHEDULE E LIST OF LDC AGREEMENTS [REDACTED]

 

 

Error! Unknown document property name. 30400184.6 SCHEDULE F FORM OF OPERATING BUDGET [REDACTED]

 

 

30400184.6 SCHEDULE G GUARANTORS AS OF THE CLOSING DATE [REDACTED]

 

 

30400184.6 Error! Unknown document property name. SCHEDULE H FORM OF SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT - see attached -

 

 

30400184.6 SUBORDINATION AND POSTPONEMENT AGREEMENT THIS SUBORDINATION AND POSTPONEMENT AGREEMENT (as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, this “ Agreement ”) is made as of [  ], 20[  ] between (A) Computershare Trust Company of Canada (“ CPU ”), as administrative agent (together with any successor(s) thereto in such capacity, the “ Agent ”) for and on behalf of itself and the Lenders (as defined below) under the Loan Agreement (as defined below) or any affiliate of a Lender, (B) [name of Restricted Subsidiary] , as debtor (together with its successors, the “ Debtor ”); and (C) [name of Unrestricted Subsidiary] (together with its successors, the “ Subordinate Lender ”). WHEREAS pursuant to a first amended and restated loan agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 (as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”), among Just Energy Group Inc., as borrower (the “ Borrower ”), the Agent and each of the financial institutions who from time to time become lenders thereunder (collectively, the “ Lenders ”), the Lenders have agreed to extend certain loans to the Borrower; AND WHEREAS the Debtor has entered into a guarantee dated as of September 12, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Guarantee ”) in favour of Agent pursuant to which the Debtor has guaranteed the obligations of the Borrower to any Lender or any affiliate of a Lender; AND WHEREAS the Subordinate Lender has agreed to unconditionally and irrevocably subordinate and postpone the Subordinate Debt to the indefeasible repayment in full of the Senior Debt pursuant to this Agreement; AND WHEREAS the Subordinate Lender has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; NOW THEREFORE for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby irrevocably acknowledged, the parties hereto make the following covenants, acknowledgments and agreements. 1. Defined Terms Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan Agreement . References in this Agreement to any agreement shall be deemed to be a reference to such agreement as amended, restated, supplemented, substituted, replaced or modified from time to time . In this Agreement, unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith : “ Agent ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals ; “ Agreement ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals ; “ Applicable Law ” means, in respect of any Person, property, transaction, event or other matter, as applicable, all domestic and foreign laws, rules, statutes, regulations, treaties, orders, judgments and decrees and, to the extent they have the force of law, all official directives,

 

 

30400184.6 rules, guidelines, orders, policies and other requirements of any Governmental Authority and will also include any interpretation of the Law or any part of the Law by any Person having jurisdiction over it or charged with its administration or interpretation in each case having the force of law relating or applicable to such Person, property, transaction, event or other matter ; “ Borrower ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals ; “ Debtor ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals ; “ Governmental Authority ” means the government of any nation, province, territory, municipality, state or other political subdivision of any nation, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled (through stock or capital ownership or otherwise) by any of the foregoing ; “ Guarantee ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals ; “ Lenders ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals and “Lender” means any one of them ; “ Person ” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, a government or any governmental department or agency or any other entity whatsoever and the heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives of an individual ; “ Senior Creditors ” means the Agent and the Lenders ; “ Senior Debt ” has the meaning ascribed to “Obligations” in the Loan Agreement ; “ Subordinate Debt ” means all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations, of any nature or kind, present or future, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, whether as primary debtor or surety, matured or not and at any time owing by the Debtor to the Subordinate Lender ; and “ Subordinate Lender ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals . 2. Subordination and Postponement The Subordinate Lender hereby covenants and agrees that all Subordinate Debt is hereby unconditionally and irrevocably deferred, postponed and subordinated in all respects to the prior indefeasible repayment in full by the Debtor of all the Senior Debt . (a) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the deferrment, postponement and subordination of the Subordinate Debt contained herein shall be effective notwithstanding : (i) the dates of any advances pursuant to the Loan Agreement;

 

 

30400184.6 ( ii) the time or sequence of giving any notice or the making of any demand in respect of the Senior Debt; ( iii) the taking of any collection, enforcement or realization proceedings pursuant to the Subordinate Debt; ( iv) the date of obtaining any judgment or the order of any bankruptcy court or any court administering bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceedings as to the entitlement of either the Senior Creditors or the Subordinate Lender to any money or property of the Debtor ; (v) the giving or failing to give any notice, or the sequence of giving any notice to the Debtor; ( vi) the failure to exercise any power or remedy reserved to the Agent or any of the Senior Creditors under the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document ; and (vii) the rules of priority established under Applicable Law. Repayment of Subordinate Debt Except for payments which are not prohibited by and which are made in accordance with the Loan Agreement, until the Senior Debt has been indefeasibly paid in full and the Loan Agreement has been terminated, no direct or indirect, distribution, payment (including, but not limited to, principal, interest and fees), prepayment or repayment on account of, or other distribution in respect of, the Subordinate Debt shall be made by, or on behalf of, the Debtor or received by, or on behalf of, the Subordinate Lender . 3. 4. Restriction on Enforcement The Subordinate Lender shall not take any steps whatsoever to enforce payment of the Subordinate Debt (including, without limitation, demand for payment, rights of set - off, commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, foreclosure, sale, power of sale, taking of possession, appointing or making application to a court for an order appointing an agent or a receiver or receiver - manager) unless, prior to the taking of any such steps, the Senior Debt has been indefeasibly paid in full . 5. Subordinate Security The Subordinate Lender acknowledges that it has not been granted any security from the Debtor to secure the Subordinate Debt . The Subordinate Lender covenants in favour of the Senior Creditors that during the term of this Agreement it will not take from the Debtor security for the payment of or performance of obligations in respect of the Subordinate Debt . The Debtor covenants in favour of the Senior Creditors that during the term of this Agreement, it will not deliver to the Subordinate Lender any security for the payment of or performance of obligations in respect of the Subordinate Debt . 6. No Objection The Subordinate Lender shall not take, or cause or permit any other Person to take on their behalf, any steps whatsoever whereby the [priority or] validity of any of the Senior Debt or the rights of the Agent or any other Senior Creditor under the Loan

 

 

30400184.6 Agreement or any other Loan Document could be delayed, defeated, impaired or diminished. 7. [Reserved.] 8. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy, etc. (a) In the event of distribution, division or application, partial or complete, voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, of all or any part of the assets of the Debtor, or the proceeds thereof, to creditors in connection with the bankruptcy, liquidation or winding - up of the Debtor or in connection with any composition with creditors or scheme of arrangement to which the Debtor is a party, the Senior Creditors shall be entitled to receive (i) payment in full (including interest accruing to the date of receipt of such payment at the applicable rate whether or not allowed as a claim in any such proceeding) of the Senior Debt before the Subordinate Lender is entitled to receive any direct or indirect payment or distribution of any cash or other assets of the Debtor on account of the Subordinate Debt, and (ii) any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash or other assets, which shall be payable or deliverable upon or with respect to the Subordinate Debt for application in payment of such Senior Debt (to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt in full after giving effect to any substantially concurrent payment or distribution to the Senior Creditors in respect of the Senior Debt) . To the extent any payment of Senior Debt (whether by or on behalf of the Subordinate Lender, as enforcement of any right of set - off or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent preference or otherwise voidable, set aside or required to be paid to a trustee, receiver or other similar Person under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, then if such payment is recoverable by, or paid over to, such trustee, receiver or other Person, the Senior Debt or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred . (b) In order to enable the Senior Creditors to enforce their rights hereunder in any of the actions or proceedings described in this Section 8 , the Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to make and present for and on behalf of the Subordinate Lender, such proofs of claims or other motions or pleadings and to demand, receive and collect any and all dividends or other payments or disbursements made thereon in whatever form the same may be paid or issued and to apply the same on account of the Senior Debt . The Subordinate Lender hereby covenants and agrees to exercise any voting right or other privilege that it may have from time to time in any of the actions or proceedings described in this Section 8 in favour of any plan, proposal, compromise, arrangement or similar transaction so as to give effect to : (i) the right of the Senior Creditors to receive payments and distributions otherwise payable or deliverable upon or with respect to the Subordinate Debt so long as any Senior Debt remains outstanding ; or (ii) the obligation of the Subordinate Lender to receive, hold in trust, and pay over to the Senior Creditors certain payments and distributions as contemplated by Section 9 .

 

 

30400184.6 (c) In the event of any dissolution, winding up, reorganization, bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceedings relating to the Debtor, all rights of the Subordinate Lender to exercise the voting and other consensual rights pertaining to Subordinate Debt and the securities it owns or holds in the capital of the Debtor of which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise shall, at the option of the Agent, become vested in the Agent, for and on behalf of the Senior Creditors, and the Agent shall thereupon have the right, but not the obligation, to exercise such voting and other consensual rights . For such purpose, the Subordinate Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent or any officer of the Agent as its attorney in fact, with full power and authority in the place and stead of the Subordinate Lender and in the name of the Subordinate Lender or otherwise, from time to time in the Agent’s absolute discretion and to the fullest extent permitted by law, to take any action and to execute any instruments which the Agent may deem reasonably necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and the Subordinate Lender hereby ratifies all such actions that such attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof . This power of attorney is a power coupled with an assignment of the Subordinate Lender’s interest in any payments or distributions in respect of the Subordinate Debt and shall be irrevocable . 9. Payments Received by the Subordinate Lender Prior to the indefeasible payment in full of the Senior Debt, if the Subordinate Lender or any Person on its behalf shall receive any payment (other than such payments expressly permitted by Section 3 hereof) from a distribution of assets of the Debtor on account of any Subordinate Debt, then the Subordinate Lender shall, and shall cause such other Person to, receive and hold such payment or distribution in trust for the benefit of the Senior Creditors and promptly pay the same over or deliver to the Agent in precisely the form received by the Subordinate Lender or such other Person on their behalf (except for any necessary endorsement or assignment) and such payment or distribution shall be applied by the Agent to the repayment or payment of the Senior Debt . 10. [Reserved] 11. Representations and Warranties Each of the Subordinate Lenders hereby represents and warrants to the Senior Creditors in respect of itself that: (a) it, or to the extent the Subordinate Lender is a limited partnership, its general partner, or to the extent the Subordinate Lender is a trust, its trustee or administrative agent, has all necessary power and authority to enter into this Agreement ; and (b) this Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject however, to limitations with respect to enforcement imposed by law in connection with bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally . 12. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions No right of the Agent to enforce the subordination as provided in this Agreement shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by

 

 

30400184.6 any act or failure to act on the part of the Subordinate Lender or by any act or failure to act by the Senior Creditors or any agent of or trustee for the Senior Creditors, or by any non - compliance by the Debtor with any of the agreements or instruments relating to the Subordinate Debt or the Senior Debt, regardless of any knowledge thereof which the Senior Creditors may have or be otherwise charged with . Without limitation of the foregoing, but in no way relieving the Subordinate Lender of its obligations under this Agreement, the Senior Creditors may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Subordinate Lender and without impairing or releasing the subordination and other benefits provided in this Agreement or the obligations hereunder of the Subordinate Lender to the Senior Creditors, do any one or more of the following : (a) amend, supplement, modify, restate or replace the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document ; (b) settle or compromise any Senior Debt or any other liability of the Debtor or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof, and apply any sums by whomsoever paid and however realized to the Senior Debt in any manner or order ; (c) exercise or delay in or refrain from exercising any right or remedy against the Debtor and elect any remedy and otherwise deal freely with the Debtor ; and (d) change, whether by addition, substitution, renewal, succession, assignment, grant of participation, transfer or otherwise, any of the Senior Creditors (including the Agent) . No loss of or in respect of any of the Senior Debt or otherwise or any carelessness or neglect by the Senior Creditors in asserting their rights or any other thing whatsoever, including without limitation the loss by operation of law of any right of the Senior Creditors against the Debtor, shall in any way impair or release the subordination and other benefits provided by this Agreement . 13 . Waivers of the Subordinate Lender The Subordinate Lender agrees that : (i) the Senior Creditors have made no representations or warranties with respect to the due execution, legality, validity, completeness or enforceability of any agreement or instrument relating to the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document ; (ii) each Senior Creditor shall be entitled to manage and supervise its loans and other financial accommodations to the Borrower and the Debtor in accordance with Applicable Law and its usual practices, modified from time to time as it deems appropriate under the circumstances, or otherwise, without regard to the existence of any rights that the Subordinate Lender may now or hereafter have in or to any of the assets of the Debtor ; and (iii) each Senior Creditor shall have no liability to the Subordinate Lenders for, and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Subordinate Lender hereby waives any claims which the Subordinate Lender may now or hereafter have against the Senior Creditors out of, any and all actions which the Senior Creditors take or omit to take (including, without limitation, actions with respect to the occurrence of any default under any agreement or instrument relating to the Senior Debt and actions with respect to the collection of any claims or all or any part of the Senior Debt from any account debtor, guarantor or any other Person) with respect to the Senior Debt

 

 

30400184.6 and any agreement or instrument related thereto or with respect to the collection of the Senior Debt or the valuation, use, protection or release of any assets securing payment of the Senior Debt . 14. No Release This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and the obligations of the Subordinate Lender hereunder shall not be released or otherwise affected or impaired by : (a) any exercise or non - exercise by the Senior Creditors of any right, remedy, power or privilege in the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document ; (b) any waiver, consent, extension, indulgence or other action, inaction or omission by the Senior Creditors under or in respect of this Agreement, the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document ; (c) any default by any of the Debtor under, any limitation on the liability of the Debtor on the method or terms of payment under, or any irregularity or other defect in, the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document ; (d) the lack of authority or revocation hereof by any other party; (e) the failure of the Senior Creditors to file or enforce a claim of any kind; (f) any defence based upon an election of remedies by the Senior Creditors which destroys or otherwise impairs the subrogation rights of the Subordinate Lender or the right of the Subordinate Lender to proceed against the Debtor for reimbursement, or both ; (g) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any of the Subordinate Lender or the Debtor into or with any other Person ; or (h) any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, composition, winding - up, dissolution or similar proceeding involving or affecting the Subordinate Lender or the Debtor . 15. No Rights to Debtor Nothing in this Agreement shall create any rights in favour of, or obligations to the Debtor and the covenants and agreements of the Senior Creditors and the Subordinate Lender shall not be enforceable by the Debtor . 16. Further Assurances The parties hereto shall forthwith, and from time to time, execute and deliver all deeds, documents and things which may be necessary or advisable, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent and its counsel, to give full effect to the postponement and subordination of the rights and remedies of the Subordinate Lender in respect to the Subordinate Debt to the rights and remedies of the Senior Creditors in respect to the Senior Debt, all in accordance with the intent of this Agreement . 17. Successors and Assigns

 

 

30400184.6 (a) This Agreement is binding upon the Senior Creditors and the Subordinate Lender and its successors and assigns and, subject to subsection 17 (b) below, shall enure to the benefit of the Senior Creditors and the Subordinate Lender, and their respective successors and permitted assigns . (b) The Subordinate Lender shall not be entitled to assign all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or the Subordinate Debt . 18. Entire Agreement ; Severability This Agreement contains the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subordination and postponement of obligations of the Subordinate Lender . If any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court having jurisdiction, this Agreement shall be construed as if not containing those provisions, and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto should be construed and enforced accordingly . If there is any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Loan Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties will be governed by the provisions of the Loan Agreement . 19. Acknowledgement The Subordinate Lender hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of this Agreement and accepts and further agrees with the Agent to give effect to all of the provisions of this Agreement . 20. Governing Law This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein . 21. Termination This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of: (a) the repayment or payment in full of the Senior Debt; and (b) the written agreement of the Agent and the Subordinate Lender. Subject to Section 8 (a), the Senior Debt shall be considered to be repaid or paid in full when no further amounts are owing to the Senior Creditors and all obligations of the parties under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been terminated . 22. Counterparts This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart . 23. Electronic Execution Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by any party by electronic transmission will be effective as delivery of a manually executed copy of the Agreement by such party . 24. Enurement This Agreement shall be binding upon and enure solely to the benefit of each party hereto, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement .

 

 

30400184.6 [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

 

30400184.6 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above. COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA, as Agent By: Name: Title: By: Name: Title: [NAME OF DEBTOR] By: Name: Title: By: Name: Title: [NAME OF SUBORDINATE LENDER] By: Name: Title: By: Name: Title:

 

 

30400184.6 SCHEDULE I FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE - see attached

 

 

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE TO: Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as administrative agent (the “ Agent ”) AND TO: The Lenders under the Loan Agreement (as defined below) RE: First amended and restated loan agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements, if any, from time to time thereafter made thereto, the “ Loan Agreement ”) among Just Energy Group Inc., as borrower (the “ Borrower ”), the Agent and each other person party thereto from time to time as lenders (the “ Lenders ”) DATE: [  ] The undersigned, the [insert title of senior officer] of the Borrower, hereby certifies, in that capacity and without personal liability, that: 1. I have read and am familiar with the provisions of the Loan Agreement and have made such examinations and investigations, including a review of the applicable books and records of the Borrower as are necessary to enable me to express an informed opinion as to the matters set out herein and to furnish this Certificate. 2. I have furnished this Certificate with the intent that it may be relied upon by the Agent and the Lenders as a basis for determining compliance by the Borrower with its covenants and obligations under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of the date of this Certificate . 3. The representations and warranties contained in Section 7 . 01 of the Loan Agreement are true and correct on the date of this Certificate with reference to facts subsisting on such date, with the same effect as if made on such date except for those representations and warranties which speak to a specific date which shall be true as of such date [except ] . 4. T h is C er ti f i ca te a ppli es t o the F isca l [ Q u a r t er /Y e a r ] e nding . 5. The following constitute the only Guarantors: [List names of Guarantors] , in each case (unless otherwise stated) with respect to the Obligations of the other Guarantors. 6. For purposes of this Compliance Certificate, the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower [most recent date] delivered pursuant to Section 8.03(1) or 8.03(2) of the Loan Agreement, as the case may be: (a) are complete in all material respects and fairly present the results of operations and financial position of the Borrower on a Modified Consolidated Basis as at the date thereof; and

 

 

(b) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied except that, in the case of quarterly financial statements, notes to the statements and audit adjustments required by GAAP are not included. Since such date, there has been no condition (financial or otherwise), event or change in the business, liabilities, operations, results of operations, assets or prospects of either of the Borrower, or any of the Guarantors which constitutes or has a Material Adverse Effect. 7. As of [insert date] : A. EBITDA Net income: Cdn.$ (a) increase by the sum of (without duplication): ( i) Total Interest Expense; Cdn.$ ( ii) Income Tax Expense; Cdn.$ (iii) Depreciation Expense (which for greater certainty does not include any amortization of contract initiation costs); Cdn.$ (iv) non - cash losses resulting from the fair value of derivative financial investments; Cdn.$ ( v) accrued (but not yet actually realized) foreign exchange translation losses; Cdn.$ (vi) losses on the purchase or redemption of securities issued by any of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; Cdn.$ (vii) any other cash or non - cash extraordinary, unusual or non - recurring losses; excluding, for greater certainty, (A) provisions made for litigation and other similar proceedings and (B) losses associated with trading, settlement or balancing of Commodity Hedges; and Cdn.$ (viii) Share Based Compensation to the extent settled with shares of JustEnergy (i.e., non - cash); Cdn.$

 

 

in each case to the extent such amounts were deducted in the calculation of net income for such period, (b) decreased by the sum of (without duplication) Cdn.$ ( ii) Cdn.$ ( iii) Cdn.$ ( iv) (i) non - cash gains resulting from the fair value of derivative financial investments; accrued (but not yet actually realized) foreign exchange translation gains; gains on the purchase or redemption of securities issued by any of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; any reduction in deferred tax recovery; and (v) any other cash or non - cash extraordinary, unusual or non - recurring gains excluding, for greater certainty, gains associated with trading, settlement or balancing of Commodity Hedges; Cdn.$ Cdn.$ in each case to the extent such amounts were added in the calculation of net income for such period. EBITDA (total) Cdn.$ Senior Debt Cdn.$ 8. The ratio of Average Quarterly Net Senior Debt Utilization to EBITDA determined as at the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter is :1. 9. The ratio of Senior Debt to EBITDA determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis as at the last day of each Fiscal Quarter in respect of the immediately preceding Four Quarter Period is : 1 as required pursuant to Section 8 . 02 ( 1 ) of the Loan Agreement . 10. The EBITDA as at the last day of each Fiscal Quarter in respect of the immediately preceding Four Quarter Period is $ as required pursuant to Section 8.02(2) of the Loan Agreement. 11. Intentionally Deleted

 

 

12. The projected amount of Available Supply of natural gas, determined as at the end of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter for the next Four Quarter Period, to Supply Commitments for natural gas for the next 12 months, is %, as required pursuant to Sections 8.03(5) and 8.04(6) of the Loan Agreement. [NTD: Available Supply of natural gas to be a minimum of [Percentage Redacted] and a maximum of [Percentage Redacted] of Supply Commitments.] [NTD: The above projection is to be delivered within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter. The Compliance Certificate is to be delivered within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter.] 13. The projected amount of Available Supply of electricity, determined as at the end of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter for the next Four Quarter Period, to Supply Commitments for electricity for the next 12 months, is %, as required pursuant to Sections 8.03(5) and 8.04(6) of the Loan Agreement. [NTD: Available Supply of electricity to be a minimum of [Percentage Redacted] and a maximum of [Percentage Redacted] of Supply Commitments.] [NTD: The above projection is to be delivered within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter. The Compliance Certificate is to be delivered within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter.] 14. The projected amount of Available Supply of natural gas, determined as at the end of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter for the next Four Quarter Period, to Supply Commitments for natural gas for the next 36 months, is %, as required pursuant to Sections 8.03(5) and 8.04(6) of the Loan Agreement. [NTD: Available Supply of natural gas to be a minimum of [Percentage Redacted] and a maximum of [Percentage Redacted] of Supply Commitments.] [NTD: The above projection is to be delivered within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter. The Compliance Certificate is to be delivered within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter.] 15. The projected amount of Available Supply of electricity, determined as at the end of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter for the next Four Quarter Period, to Supply Commitments for electricity for the next 36 months, is %, as required pursuant to Sections 8.03(5) and 8.04(6) of the Loan Agreement. [NTD: Available Supply of electricity to be a minimum of [Percentage Redacted] and a maximum of [Percentage Redacted] of Supply Commitments.] [NTD: The above projection is to be delivered within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter. The Compliance Certificate is to be delivered within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter.] 16. (i) Financial Assistance provided by any Obligor to any Unrestricted Subsidiary prior to July 7, 2020 is: US$ , as required pursuant to Section 8.04(5) of the Loan Agreement.

 

 

(ii) Financial Assistance provided by any Obligor to any Unrestricted Subsidiary from and after July 7, 2020 in an amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] , is: US$ , as required pursuant to Section 8.04(5) of the Loan Agreement. 17. Aggregate value of Unbilled Accounts Receivable Encumbered which shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] at any time is : US $ , as required pursuant to Sections 8 . 04 ( 10 ) and 8 . 04 ( 23 ) of the Loan Agreement . 18. Aggregate value of Cash Security Deposits Encumbered which shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] at any time is: US$ , as required pursuant to Sections 8.04(10) and 8.04(23) of the Loan Agreement. Attached hereto as Schedule A is a detailed calculation for the information disclosed in each of paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 10 and 16. - Signature Page Follows -

 

 

Dated as of the first date written above. JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. By: Authorized Signatory

 

 

SCHEDULE J INTENTIONALLY DELETED

 

 

SCHEDULE K INTENTIONALLY DELETED

 

 

30400184.6 SCHEDULE 4.04 INTENTIONALLY DELETED

 

 

30400184.6 SCHEDULE 4.06 FORM OF NOTE - see attached -

 

 

30400184.6 N O TE Lender: [ Ɣ ] [ DA T E] FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Just Energy Group Inc . , a corporation existing under the laws of Canada (the “ Borrower ”), hereby promises to pay to the Lender set forth above (the “ Lender ”) the principal amount set forth in Schedule A hereto (as such figure may be updated from time to time in accordance with this Note, the “ Principal Amount ”) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Advances (as defined in the Loan Agreement referred to below) of the Lender to the Borrower (including for certainty, all PIK Interest and PIK Fees (as each term is defined in the Loan Agreement) added to the principal amount of the Advances from time to time), payable at such times and in such amounts as are specified in the Loan Agreement . The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Advances from the date made until such principal amount is paid in full, payable at such times and at such interest rates as are specified in the Loan Agreement . Presentment, diligence, demand, protest and other notice of any kind are hereby waived by the Borrower . This Note (this “ Note ”) is entitled to the benefits of the first amended and restated loan agreement dated as of September 28 , 2020 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”), among the Borrower, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the “ Agent ”), Sagard Credit Partners, LP, and each other Person from time to time party thereto as a Lender . Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Loan Agreement . This Note is a Loan Document, is entitled to the benefits of the Loan Documents and is subject to certain provisions of the Loan Agreement, including without limitation Sections 14 . 04 (Governing Law), 14 . 10 ( Waiver of Jury Trial ) and 14 . 11 ( Consent to Jurisdiction ) thereof . This Note is a registered obligation, transferable only upon notation in the Register, and no assignment hereof shall be effective until recorded therein . The Lender shall record on Schedule A hereto (i) the date and amount of each subsequent increase in the Principal Amount hereof, (ii) the date and amount of each repayment or prepayment of the Principal Amount hereunder and the resulting decrease in such Principal Amount, and (iii) the name of the director or senior officer of the Borrower who authorizes such recordations . Such recordations, in the absence of manifest error, shall be prima facie evidence of such increase in the Principal Amount and such decrease in the Principal Amount as resulted by the repayments or prepayments thereof ; provided that the failure of the Lender to make such recordations shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Principal Amount, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, in accordance with the terms hereof and the terms of the Loan Agreement . [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

 

30400184.6 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year and at the place set forth above. JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. By: Name: Title:

 

 

30400184.6 SCHEDULE A TO NOTE Initial Principal Amount: $[  ] as of September 28, 2020 Effec tive Date Amount of PIK Interest and PIK Fees (Increase to Principal) Amount of Repayment (Decrease to Principal) New Principal Amount (Unpaid Balance) Authorized Director or Officer of the Borrower S e pt e mb er 28, 2020 - - $[  ] March 31, 2021 S e pt e mb er 30, 2021 March 31, 2022 S e pt e mb er 30, 2022 March 31, 2023 S e pt e mb er 29, 2023 March 29, 2024

 

 

30400184.6 SCHEDULE 7.01(6) TAXES [ R E DAC T E D]

 

 

30400184.6 SCHEDULE 7.01(16) CORPORATE STRUCTURE [REDACTED]

 

 

30400184.6 SCHEDULE 7.01(22) MATERIAL CONTRACTS AND LICENCES [REDACTED]

 

 

30400184.6 SCHEDULE 7.01(28) ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS N il.

 

 

30400184.6 SCHEDULE 7.01(36) NON ARM’S LENGTH TRANSACTIONS N il.

 

 

30400184.6 SPECIFIED LENDER SCHEDULE *Confidential*

 

 

Exhibit 99.6

 

Execution Version NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT AMONG JUST ENERGY ONTARIO L.P. and JUST ENERGY (U.S.) CORP. as Borrowers AND NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, as Administrative Agent, Co - Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner AND CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, as Co - Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner AND NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, and EACH OTHER PERSON from time to time party hereto as a Canadian Lender, as Canadian Lenders AND NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, and EACH OTHER PERSON from time to time party hereto as a US Lender, as US Lenders AND CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, as LC Lender MADE AS OF September 28, 2020 MT DOCS 20559199v11

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION.................................................................................................. 3 1.01 Definitions............................................................................................................... 3 1.02 Headings ............................................................................................................... 45 1.03 Number ................................................................................................................. 46 1.04 Accounting Principles ........................................................................................... 46 1.05 Accounting Practices ............................................................................................ 46 1.06 Permitted Encumbrances ...................................................................................... 46 1.07 Currency................................................................................................................ 46 1.08 Paramountcy ......................................................................................................... 47 1.09 Non - Business Days ............................................................................................... 47 1.10 Statutory and Material Contract References ......................................................... 47 1.11 Interest Payments and Calculations ...................................................................... 48 1.12 Determination by a Borrower ............................................................................... 49 1.13 Schedules .............................................................................................................. 49 ARTICLE 2 THE CREDIT FACILITIES .................................................................................... 50 2.01 Canadian Revolving Facility................................................................................. 50 2.02 US Revolving Facility........................................................................................... 50 2.03 LC Facility ............................................................................................................ 50 2.04 Maximum Outstandings........................................................................................ 50 2.05 Canadian Swingline Facility ................................................................................. 51 2.06 US Swingline Facility ........................................................................................... 53 2.07 Purpose of Credit Facilities................................................................................... 55 2.08 Manner of Borrowing ........................................................................................... 55 2.09 Nature of the Credit Facilities............................................................................... 56 2.10 Drawdowns, Conversions and Rollovers .............................................................. 56 2.11 Agent’s Obligations with Respect to Advances.................................................... 57 2 . 12 Lenders’ and Agent’s Obligations with Respect to Advances .............................. 58 2 . 13 Irrevocability ......................................................................................................... 58 2 . 14 Termination of LIBOR Advances ......................................................................... 58 2 . 15 LIBOR Discontinuation ........................................................................................ 59 2 . 16 CDOR Discontinuation ......................................................................................... 60 ARTICLE 3 DISBURSEMENT CONDITIONS.......................................................................... 61 3.01 Conditions Precedent ............................................................................................ 61 3.02 Conditions Precedent to Subsequent Advances .................................................... 64 3.03 Waiver ................................................................................................................... 64 ARTICLE 4 PAYMENTS OF INTEREST AND STANDBY FEES .......................................... 65 4.01 Interest on Prime Rate Advances .......................................................................... 65 4.02 Interest on US Base Rate Advances...................................................................... 65 4.03 Interest on US Prime Rate Advances .................................................................... 65 4.04 Interest on LIBOR Advances................................................................................ 66 4.05 No Set - Off, Deduction etc. ................................................................................... 66 4.06 Standby Fees ......................................................................................................... 66 4.07 Agency and Other Fees ......................................................................................... 67 4.08 Late Payment ........................................................................................................ 67

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - ii - 4.09 Account of Record ................................................................................................ 67 4.10 Refinancing Fees................................................................................................... 68 ARTICLE 5 BANKERS’ ACCEPTANCES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT ............................... 68 5 . 01 Bankers’ Acceptances under the Canadian Revolving Facility ............................ 68 5 . 02 Letters of Credit under the Revolving Facilities ................................................... 71 5 . 03 Letters of Credit under the LC Facility ................................................................. 75 ARTICLE 6 REPAYMENT AND COMMITMENT REDUCTION........................................... 78 6.01 Mandatory Repayment of Principal at Maturity ................................................... 78 6.02 Voluntary Repayments and Reductions................................................................ 79 6.03 Cancellation or Reduction of US Revolving Facility, Canadian Revolving Facility, Canadian Swingline Facility, US Swingline Facility or the LC Facility .................................................................................................................. 79 6.04 Excess Over the Maximum Amounts ................................................................... 80 6.05 Payment of Breakage Costs etc............................................................................. 81 6.06 Mandatory Repayments for the Sale of Unrestricted Subsidiaries ....................... 81 6.07 Commitment Reductions on Asset Dispositions................................................... 82 6.08 Commitment Reductions re Designated Dispositions .......................................... 82 6.09 Scheduled Mandatory Commitment Reductions .................................................. 83 ARTICLE 7 PLACE AND APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS ................................................... 83 7.01 Place of Payment of Principal, Interest and Fees.................................................. 83 7.02 Netting of Payments.............................................................................................. 85 ARTICLE 8 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES........................................................ 85 8.01 Representations and Warranties............................................................................ 85 8.02 Survival and Repetition of Representations and Warranties ................................ 94 ARTICLE 9 COVENANTS ......................................................................................................... 94 9.01 Positive Covenants................................................................................................ 94 9.02 Financial Covenants............................................................................................ 100 9.03 Reporting Requirements ..................................................................................... 101 9.04 Negative Covenants ............................................................................................ 103 9.05 Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries ............................................................ 110 ARTICLE 10 SECURITY .......................................................................................................... 111 10.01 Form of Security ................................................................................................. 111 10.02 After Acquired Property and Further Assurances............................................... 111 10.03 Benefit of Security .............................................................................................. 112 10.04 Release and Discharge re EdgePower Inc. ......................................................... 112 ARTICLE 11 DEFAULT ........................................................................................................... 112 11.01 Events of Default ................................................................................................ 112 11.02 Acceleration and Termination of Rights............................................................. 116 11 . 03 Payment of Bankers’ Acceptances and Letters of Credit ................................... 116 11 . 04 Remedies Cumulative and Waivers .................................................................... 117 11 . 05 Termination of Lenders’ Obligations .................................................................. 117 11 . 06 Saving ................................................................................................................. 117 11 . 07 Perform Obligations ............................................................................................ 118

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - iii - 11.08 Third Parties........................................................................................................ 118 11.09 Set - Off or Compensation .................................................................................... 118 11.10 Consultant ........................................................................................................... 119 ARTICLE 12 COSTS, EXPENSES AND INDEMNIFICATION............................................. 119 12.01 Costs and Expenses............................................................................................. 119 12.02 Indemnification by the Borrowers ...................................................................... 120 12.03 Specific Environmental Indemnification ............................................................ 121 12.04 Exclusion............................................................................................................. 121 ARTICLE 13 THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS .................................................................. 121 13.01 Appointment ....................................................................................................... 121 13.02 Indemnity from Lenders ..................................................................................... 122 13.03 Exculpation ......................................................................................................... 122 13.04 Reliance on Information ..................................................................................... 123 13.05 Knowledge and Required Action........................................................................ 123 13.06 Request for Instructions ...................................................................................... 124 13.07 The Agent Individually ....................................................................................... 124 13.08 Resignation and Termination .............................................................................. 124 13.09 Actions by Lenders ............................................................................................. 125 13.10 Provisions for Benefit of Lenders Only .............................................................. 126 13.11 Payments by Agent ............................................................................................. 126 13.12 Direct Payments .................................................................................................. 127 13 . 13 Acknowledgements, Representations and Covenants of Lenders ...................... 127 13 . 14 Rights of Agent ................................................................................................... 128 13 . 15 Collective Action of the Lenders ........................................................................ 129 13 . 16 Non - Funding Lenders ......................................................................................... 130 13 . 17 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail - In of Affected Financial Institutions ........................................................................................................... 133 13 . 18 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs . ........................................ 133 13 . 19 Divisions . ............................................................................................................ 134 ARTICLE 14 TAXES, CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES ..................................................... 135 14.01 Change in Law .................................................................................................... 135 14.02 Prepayment of Rateable Portion ......................................................................... 136 14.03 Illegality .............................................................................................................. 137 14.04 Taxes ................................................................................................................... 137 ARTICLE 15 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS AND ADDITIONAL LENDERS................... 140 15.01 Successors and Assigns....................................................................................... 140 15.02 Assignments ........................................................................................................ 141 15.03 Participations....................................................................................................... 143 ARTICLE 16 GENERAL ........................................................................................................... 144 16.01 Exchange and Confidentiality of Information .................................................... 144 16.02 Nature of Obligations under this Agreement ...................................................... 145 16.03 Notice .................................................................................................................. 145 16.04 Governing Law ................................................................................................... 146 16.05 Judgment Currency ............................................................................................. 146 16.06 Benefit of the Agreement .................................................................................... 147

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - iv - 16 . 07 Severability ......................................................................................................... 147 16 . 08 Whole Agreement ............................................................................................... 147 16 . 09 Obligations under the Eighth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement .......... 147 16 . 10 Further Assurances .............................................................................................. 147 16 . 11 Waiver of Jury Trial ............................................................................................ 148 16 . 12 Consent to Jurisdiction ........................................................................................ 148 16 . 13 Time of the Essence ............................................................................................ 148 16 . 14 Counterparts ........................................................................................................ 148 16 . 15 Electronic Execution and Delivery ..................................................................... 148 16 . 16 Term of Agreement ............................................................................................. 149 16 . 17 USA Patriot Act .................................................................................................. 149 16 . 18 Anti - Money Laundering Legislation .................................................................. 149

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT THIS NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is made as of September 28, 2020 AMONG: JUST ENERGY ONTARIO L . P . , a limited partnership existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (hereinafter referred to as the “ Canadian Borrower ”) - and - JUST ENERGY (U.S.) CORP. , a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter referred to as the “ US Borrower ”) - and - NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA , in its capacity as Administrative Agent (hereinafter referred to as the “ Agent ”) - and - NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE , and each other Person from time to time party to this Agreement as a Canadian Lender (hereinafter in such capacities individually referred to as a “ Canadian Lender ” and collectively in such capacities referred to as, the “ Canadian Lenders ”) - and - NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE , and each other Person from time to time party to this Agreement as a US Lender (hereinafter in such capacities individually referred to as a “ US Lender ” and collectively in such capacities referred to as, the “ US Lenders ”) - and - CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE , as the LC Lender (hereinafter in such capacity referred to as the “ LC Lender ”). WHEREAS JEC, the US Borrower, the Agent and certain Lenders were party to a credit agreement made as of November 1, 2004, as amended by a first amendment dated as of December 1, 2004 and a second amendment dated as of March 29, 2005 (collectively, the “ Original Credit Agreement ”);

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 2 - AND WHEREAS the Original Credit Agreement was amended and restated (the “ First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ”) by the parties thereto as of October 31, 2005, pursuant to which inter alia, JEC assigned and the Canadian Borrower assumed all of JEC’s Obligations under, pursuant to or in connection with the Original Credit Agreement; AND WHEREAS the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was amended and restated by the parties thereto as of October 30, 2006, as further amended by a first amendment made as of April 4, 2007, a second amendment made as of April 30, 2007, a third amendment made as of October 26, 2007, a fourth amendment made as of June 26, 2008, a fifth amendment made as of November 21, 2008 and a sixth amendment made as of March 24, 2009 (collectively, the “ Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ”); AND WHEREAS the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was amended and restated by the parties thereto as of July 1, 2009, as further amended by a first amendment made as of March 25, 2010 (the “ Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ”); AND WHEREAS the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was amended and restated by the parties thereto as of January 1, 2011, as further amended by a first amendment made as of October 3, 2011, a second amendment dated as of June 28, 2012, a third amendment dated as of August 8, 2012, a fourth amendment dated as of December 11, 2012, a fifth amendment dated as of June 27, 2013 and a sixth amendment dated as of September 30, 2013 (the “ Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ”); AND WHEREAS the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was amended and restated by the parties thereto as of October 2, 2013, as further amended by a first amendment made as of January 29, 2014, a second amendment dated as of March 31, 2014, a third amendment dated as of June 27, 2014 and a fourth amendment dated as of September 30, 2014 (the “ Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ”); AND WHEREAS the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was amended and restated by the parties thereto as of September 1, 2015, as amended by a first amendment made as of September 21, 2016 (the “ Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ”); AND WHEREAS the Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was amended and restated by the parties thereto as of December 30, 2016 (the “ Seventh Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ”); AND WHEREAS the Seventh Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was amended and restated by the parties thereto as of April 18, 2018, as amended by the first amendment and consent agreement dated September 12, 2018, a second amendment to the eighth amended and restated credit agreement and consent agreement dated as of December 21, 2018, a third amendment to eighth amended and restated credit agreement and consent agreement dated as of June 25, 2019, a fourth amendment to eighth amended and restated credit agreement dated as of July 23, 2019, a fifth amendment to eighth amended and restated credit agreement and consent agreement dated as of November 30, 2019, a sixth amendment to eighth amended and restated credit agreement and consent agreement dated as of March 31, 2020, a seventh amendment to eighth amended and restated credit agreement dated as of June 30, 2020, an eighth

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 3 - amendment to eighth amended and restated credit agreement and consent agreement dated as of July 8, 2020 and a ninth amendment to eighth amended and restated credit agreement dated as of August 19, 2020 (the “ Eighth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ”); AND WHEREAS pursuant to the administrative agent succession agreement dated as of March 1, 2019, CIBC resigned as the Agent under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, and National Bank of Canada was appointed and designated by the Lenders to act as the Agent under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents; AND WHEREAS pursuant to the collateral agent succession agreement dated as of March 1, 2019, CIBC resigned as the Collateral Agent under the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, and National Bank of Canada was appointed and designated by the Senior Creditors (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) to act as the Collateral Agent under the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents; AND WHEREAS the parties hereto wish to amend and restate the Eighth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement on the terms hereof to be effective on the Effective Date; AND WHEREAS the Lenders wish the Agent to act on their behalf with regard to certain matters associated with the Credit Facilities; NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained the parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE 1 I N TE RPR ET A TION 1.01 Definitions In this Agreement unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith: “ $15 Million Subordinated Note ” means the $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7% subordinated note (plus any interest or fee in respect of such indebtedness that is Paid in Kind) issued by JustEnergy maturing September 27, 2026, issued on September 28, 2020 pursuant to the $15 Million Subordinated Note Indenture. “ $15 Million Subordinated Note Indenture ” means the note indenture made as of September 28, 2020 between JustEnergy and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as trustee, as may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to which the $15 Million Subordinated Note is issued. “ 2020 Subordinated Debt ” means up to US$205,900,000 aggregate principal amount of indebtedness (plus any interest or fee in respect of such indebtedness that is Paid in Kind) incurred by JustEnergy pursuant to the Subordinated Facility Agreement, which indebtedness is subject to the terms of the 2020 Subordinated Debt Subordination Agreement and is unsecured.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 4 - “ 2020 Subordinated Debt Subordination Agreement ” means the amended and restated subordination and postponement agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 between Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as administrative agent under the Subordinated Facility Agreement, the Agent, JustEnergy and the other Obligors, in form and substance satisfactory to all of the Lenders and as may be supplemented, modified, amended or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. “ Acquisition ” means, with respect to any Person, any purchase or other acquisition, regardless of how accomplished or effected (including any such purchase or other acquisition effected by way of amalgamation, merger, arrangement, business combination or other form of corporate reorganization or by way of purchase, lease or other acquisition arrangements), of (a) any other Person (including any purchase or acquisition of such number of the issued and outstanding securities of, or such portion of an equity interest in, such other Person that such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of the purchaser or of any of its Affiliates) or of all or substantially all of the Property of any other Person, or (b) any division, business, operation or undertaking of any other Person or of all or substantially all of the Property of any division, business, operation or undertaking of any other Person. “ Additional Compensation ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 14.01 . “ Advance ” means a borrowing by a Borrower by way of a Prime Rate Advance, a US Prime Rate Advance, a US Base Rate Advance, a BA Equivalent Note, a LIBOR Advance, a Canadian Swingline Loan, a US Swingline Loan, acceptance by a Canadian Lender of a draft or depository bill presented for acceptance as a Bankers’ Acceptance, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit by a Canadian Issuing Lender, the US Issuing Lender or LC Lender and any reference relating to the amount of Advances will mean the sum of the principal amount of all outstanding Prime Rate Advances, US Prime Rate Advances, US Base Rate Advances, LIBOR Advances, Canadian Swingline Loan and US Swingline Loan, whether as a result of an Advance, deemed advance, Conversion or Rollover, plus the face amount of all outstanding Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes plus the maximum amount payable under all Letters of Credit. “ Affected Financial Institution ” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution, or (b) any UK Financial Institution. “ Affected Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 14.02 . “ Affiliate ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and for greater certainty, with respect to JustEnergy includes a Subsidiary of JustEnergy. “ Agent ” means National Bank of Canada in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders and the Lender Hedge Providers, including any successor agent pursuant to Sec tion 13.08 hereof. “ Agent’s Cdn. Payment Branch ” means the main branch of the Agent located at [Address Redacted] , or such other office that the Agent may from time to time designate by notice to the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Lenders.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 5 - “ Agent’s US Payment Branch ” means the branch of the Agent located at [Address Redacted] or such other office that the Agent may from time to time designate by notice to the US Borrower and the US Lenders. “ Aggregate Swap Exposure ” means, at any time, the negative net marked to market amount, if any, that would be carried in the accounts of the Borrowers on a Modified Consolidated Basis at such time with respect to Hedges (other than Commodity Hedges) with Lender Hedge Providers as a liability in accordance with GAAP . “ Agreement ” means this ninth amended and restated credit agreement, the schedules and all amendments made hereto in accordance with the provisions hereof as amended, revised, replaced, supplemented or restated from time to time. “ Alberta Utilities Commission Debt ” means Debt in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $3,900,000 incurred by an Obligor from time to time owing to Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta or Balancing Pool, a corporation established by the Electric Utilities Act (Alberta) or, in each case, any agency thereof, in connection with the utility payment deferral programs established or to be established under the Utility Payment Deferral Program Act (Alberta), including for certainty, any Debt incurred by (i) Just Energy Alberta L.P. pursuant to a loan agreement between Just Energy Alberta L.P. and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta, as represented by the Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity, (ii) Hudson Energy Canada Corp. pursuant to a loan agreement between Hudson Energy Canada Corp. and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta, as represented by the Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity, (iii) Just Energy Alberta L.P. pursuant to a funding agreement between Just Energy Alberta L.P. and Balancing Pool, and (iv) Hudson Energy Canada Corp. pursuant to a funding agreement between Hudson Energy Canada Corp. and Balancing Pool. “ Anti - Corruption Laws ” means the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada), the FCPA and all other similar Applicable Law with respect to the prevention of corruption and bribery. “ Applicable Law ” means, in respect of any Person, property, transaction, event or other matter, as applicable, all domestic and foreign laws, rules, statutes, regulations, treaties, orders, judgments and decrees and, to the extent they have the force of law, all official directives, rules, guidelines, orders, policies and other requirements of any Governmental Authority (collectively the “ Law ”) and will also include any interpretation of the Law or any part of the Law by any Person having jurisdiction over it or charged with its administration or interpretation in each case having the force of law relating or applicable to such Person, property, transaction, event or other matter. “ Applicable Margin ” means with respect to any Advance the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance with clauses (a) and (b) below based on the Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio as at the end of the JustEnergy’s most recently completed Fiscal Quarter (in this definition such Fiscal Quarter is the “ Relevant Quarter ”). The Applicable Margin to be applied with respect to an Advance shall be the Applicable Margin on the relevant date of the Drawdown, Conversion or Rollover, as the case may be. The Applicable Margin shall change, if required, only once per Fiscal Quarter, on the third Business Day (the “ Applicable Margin Adjustment

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 6 - Date ”) after the earlier of (i) the date the unaudited quarterly financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Sec tion 9.03(2) for the Relevant Quarter and the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.03(3) are delivered to the Agent, and (ii) the date such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are required to be delivered to the Agent. Each Applicable Margin shall be adjusted on the Applicable Margin Adjustment Date. In accordance with Sections 4.01 , 4.02 and 4.03 , Prime Rate Advances, US Base Rate Advances and US Prime Rate Advances, respectively, will be subject to adjustment on such date. Notwithstanding anything else in this definition, for the purpose of determining the Applicable Margin, if the Borrowers fail to deliver financial statements or a Compliance Certificate when required, the Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be Level I until such documents have been delivered. For greater certainty, there shall be no adjustments to LIBOR Advances, Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes that are outstanding on the Applicable Margin Adjustment Date. (a) [Rates Redacted] (b) Upon the occurrence of, and during the continuance of, an Event of Default, the Applicable Margin (other than the Standby Fee Rate) will be at the then applicable Level, plus 2 . 00 % per annum . “ Applicable Margin Adjustment Date ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin. “ Applicable Order ” means any applicable domestic or foreign order, judgment, award or decree made by any court or Governmental Authority. “ Arm’s Length ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “ Non Arm’s Length ”. “ Arrangement Agreement ” means the arrangement agreement made as of the 26 th day of May, 2010 among the Fund, JEEC, JustEnergy and JEC and approved by the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, Judicial District of Calgary on June 30 , 2010 , as supplemented, modified or amended . “ Assignment Agreement ” has the meaning specified in Sec tion 15.02. “ Associate ” means an “associate” as defined in the Business Corporations Act (Ontario). “Available Supply” means, at any time, the amount of natural gas, electricity or JustGreen Products (whether physical or financial) contracted for by the Obligors under existing Supplier Contracts, less any sales of excess of such commodity already contracted for under existing Supplier Contracts at such time. “ Average Net Senior Debt Utilization to EBITDA Ratio ” means, for any Fiscal Quarter, the ratio of (a) the daily average of (i) the amount of the Senior Debt, less (ii) the aggregate amount of the cash on deposit in the bank accounts of the Obligors and any Cash Equivalents (determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis), each measured at 5:00 p.m. Toronto time on each day in such Fiscal Quarter, and (b) EBITDA in respect of the immediately preceding Four Quarter Period.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 7 - “ BA Discount Proceeds ” means, with respect to a particular Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, the following amount: F 1+ D x T 365 where F - means the face amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note; D - means the applicable BA Discount Rate for such Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note; and T - means the number of days to maturity of such Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, with the amount as so determined being rounded up or down to the fifth decimal place and .000005 being rounded up. “ BA Discount Rate ” means, (a) for any Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note to be accepted by a BA Lender that is a Schedule I Lender on any Drawdown Date, Rollover Date or Conversion Date, as the case may be, CDOR on such Drawdown Date, Rollover Date or Conversion Date, as the case may be, for a period identical to the term to maturity of the relevant Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note and (b) for any Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note to be accepted by a BA Lender that is not a Schedule I Lender, the lesser of (i) such Lender’s own bankers’ acceptance rate and (ii) CDOR plus 0.10% per annum in either case for a period identical to the term to maturity of the relevant Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note. “ BA Equivalent Note ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 5.01(1). “ BA Lender ” means any Lender which has not notified the Agent in writing that it is unwilling or unable to accept Drafts as provided for in Article 5 . “ BA Stamping Fee ” means the amount calculated by multiplying the face amount of a Bankers’ Acceptance or a BA Equivalent Note by the BA Stamping Fee Rate and then multiplying the result by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days to elapse from and including the date of acceptance of such Bankers’ Acceptance or purchase of such BA Equivalent Note by a Canadian Lender up to but excluding the maturity date of such Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note and the denominator of which is 365. “ BA Stamping Fee Rate ” means, with respect to a Bankers’ Acceptance or a BA Equivalent Note, the applicable percentage rate per annum indicated below the references to “Bankers’ Acceptance” and “BA Equivalent Note” in the definition of “Applicable Margin” relevant to the period in respect of which a determination is being made, as adjusted pursuant to the definition of “Applicable Margin”.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 8 - “ Bail - In Action ” means the exercise of any Write - Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution. “ Bail - In Legislation ” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail - In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings). “ Bankers’ Acceptance ” means a depository bill, as defined in the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada) in Canadian Dollars that is in the form of a Draft signed by or on behalf of the Canadian Borrower and accepted by a BA Lender as contemplated under Sec tion 5.01 or, for Lenders not participating in clearing services as contemplated in that Act, a draft or other bill of exchange in Canadian Dollars that is signed on behalf of the Canadian Borrower and accepted by a Lender. “ Basel III ” means (a) the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems”, “Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement standards and monitoring” and “Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated; and (b) any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to “Basel III”. “ Beneficial Ownership Certification ” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation. “ Beneficial Ownership Regulation ” means 31 C.F.R. † 1010.230. “ Billed Accounts Receivable ” means all present and future amounts in respect of gas, electricity or JustGreen Products that has been delivered to a Customer pursuant to a Customer Contract, and that have been billed to such Customer and assigned or sold to an LDC pursuant to a Collection Service Agreement. “ Borrowers ” means, collectively, the Canadian Borrower and the US Borrower and “ Borrower ” means either one of them and includes their respective successors and assigns. “ Borrowers’ Counsel ” means the firm of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP or such other firm or firms of legal counsel as the Borrowers may from time to time designate. “ Borrowing Base ” means, as at the time of determination, the lesser of: (a) the Maximum Facility Amount in effect at such time; and (b) for the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, the sum of:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 9 - ( i) cash or Cash Equivalents held by such Obligors; ( ii) the present value (calculated at a 10% discount rate) of 75% of Net Gross Margin After Tax for the Year - One Period; ( iii) the present value (calculated at a 10% discount rate) of 60% of the Net Gross Margin After Tax for the Year - Two Period; ( iv) the present value (calculated at a 10% discount rate) of 45% of the Net Gross Margin After Tax for the Year - Three Period; (v) the present value (calculated at a 10% discount rate) of 30% of the Net Gross Margin After Tax for the Year - Four Period; ( vi) the present value (calculated at a 10% discount rate) of 15% of the Net Gross Margin After Tax for the Year - Five Period; and (vii) less the amount of Priority Supplier Payables. A sample calculation of which is attached hereto as Schedule I. “ Borrowing Base Certificate ” means a certificate in the Form of Schedule J executed by a senior officer of either Borrower which shall contain a calculation of the Borrowing Base, at the close of business on the last day of the preceding Fiscal Quarter and, on a semi - annual basis, a table in the form of Schedule I.1 showing (a) the results of Key Assumption testing and (b) (i) the corporate tax rate in Canada and the U.S. used for such period and (ii) the foreign exchange rates calculated on a forecasted basis for such period using the published current and long term foreign exchange rates (US$ and Cdn.$) of one or more banks named in Schedule I of the Bank Act (Canada). “ Breakage Costs ” means all costs, losses and expenses incurred by any Lender by reason of the liquidation or deployment of deposits or other funds, the breakage of hedging or LIBOR contracts, the redeployment of funds, or for any other reason whatsoever resulting from the prepayment of any LIBOR Advance, Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note prior to expiry of the Interest Period applicable thereto, all as set out in a certificate (with detailed calculations of such costs, losses and expenses) delivered to a Borrower by any Lender entitled to receive same which amounts such Borrower agrees will be prima facie evidence thereof, absent manifest error. “ Business ” means the business carried on by the Obligors consisting of (i) the purchase of natural gas, electricity and JustGreen Products under Supplier Contracts, (ii) the marketing and sale of natural gas, electricity and JustGreen Products to Customers under Customer Contracts, (iii) the marketing, sale and lease of home and business solutions, including smart thermostats, energy monitoring and management applications, smart sprinkler controllers and other smart home and business devices, (iv) the management of consumers’ and businesses’ energy consumption, (v) the marketing and sale of solar energy products; (vi) the ownership and operation of green energy generation assets; and (vii) the generating of sales leads of other third party products.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 10 - “ Business Day ” means, for all purposes other than in respect of a LIBOR Advance or an Advance to the US Borrower, a day on which banks are generally open for business and on which dealings in foreign currency and exchange between banks may be carried on in Montreal, Quebec and in Toronto, Ontario and, in respect of an Advance to the US Borrower, a day on which banks are generally open for business and on which dealings in foreign currency and exchange between banks may be carried on in Montreal, Quebec, in Toronto, Ontario and in New York, New York and, in respect of a LIBOR Advance, a day on which banks are generally open for business and on which dealings in foreign currency and exchange between banks may be carried on in Montreal, Quebec, in Toronto, Ontario, in New York, New York and in London, England. “ Canadian Assignment Agreement ” means an assignment agreement substantially in the form of Schedule E to this Agreement. “ Canadian Borrower ” means the Canadian Borrower hereunder being Just Energy Ontario L.P., an Ontario limited partnership. “ Canadian Dollars ”, “ Cdn. Dollars ”, “ Cdn.$ ” and “ $ ” mean the lawful money of Canada. “ Canadian Issuing Lender ” means CIBC, National Bank of Canada and any other Canadian Lenders approved by each of the Canadian Borrower and the Agent, and any successor Lender, in its capacity as such. “ Canadian Lenders ” means the Lenders designated as such in Schedule A annexed hereto providing the Canadian Revolving Facility to the Canadian Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. “ Canadian Pension Plan ” means any “pension plan” or “plan” that is subject to the funding requirements of the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) or applicable pension benefits legislation in any other Canadian jurisdiction and is applicable to employees resident in Canada of an Obligor. “ Canadian Revolver Amount ” means the amount set forth in Schedule A hereto as the “Total Commitment” for the Canadian Revolving Facility. “ Canadian Revolving Facility ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 2.01(1). “ Canadian Swingline Facility ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(1). “ Canadian Swingline Lender ” means CIBC in its capacity as such. “ Canadian Swingline Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(2). “ Canadian Welfare Plan ” means any medical, health, hospitalization, insurance or other employee benefit or welfare plan or arrangement applicable to employees resident in Canada of an Obligor, but excluding (a) any Canadian Pension Plans and (b) plans established by statute or administered by a Governmental Authority, including the Canada Pension Plan, the Quebec Pension Plan or plans administered pursuant to federal or provincial health, workers compensation and employment insurance legislation.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 11 - “ Cash Equivalents ” means: (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the government of Canada or the government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of either of them, and backed by the full faith and credit of Canada or the United States, as the case may be, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition; (b) demand deposits, term deposits, certificates of deposit or overnight bank deposits having maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of Canada or the United States or any state thereof whose long term debt is rated at least A or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least A2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s; and (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A - 1+ or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P - 1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or at least R - 1 (High) or the equivalent thereof by DBRS, and in each case maturing within six months from the date of acquisition. “ Cash Security Deposit ” means an amount required to be paid by an Obligor to an LDC pursuant to a Collection Service Agreement following the occurrence of an event of default thereunder, in respect of amounts owing by such Obligor to such LDC pursuant to such Collection Service Agreement. “ CDOR ” means, for any day and relative to Cdn. Dollar Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes having any specified term and face amount, the average of the annual rates for Cdn. Dollar Bankers’ Acceptances having such specified term and face amount (or a term and face amount as closely as possible comparable to such specified term and face amount) of the banks named in Schedule I of the Bank Act (Canada) that appears on the Reuters Screen CDOR page as of 10:00 a.m. on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the preceding Business Day), provided that if such rate does not appear on the Reuters Screen CDOR page at such time on such date, CDOR for such date will be the annual discount rate of interest as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such date at which the Agent is then offering to purchase bankers’ acceptances accepted by it having a comparable aggregate face amount and identical maturity date to the aggregate face amount and maturity date of such Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes, as the case may be; provided however that in no event shall CDOR be less than zero (0). “ CERCLA ” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 , as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. †† 9601 et seq., and any future amendments thereto. “ Change of Control ” means, following the Effective Date, with respect to JustEnergy, the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the acquisition by any Person or group of Persons who are associates (as such term is defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)), or who act together in concert for such purpose, of (i) common shares or other voting securities of JustEnergy to which

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 12 - are attached more than 50% of the votes that may be cast to elect the directors, or (ii) the ability, through operation of law or otherwise, to elect or cause the election or appointments of a majority of the directors. Where control is exercised de - facto by contract or representation on the board of directors of JustEnergy, any change in the foregoing relationship where a reasonable Person would deem control to have been acquired as a result of such change, will constitute a Change of Control; (b) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger, plan of arrangement, amalgamation or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of JustEnergy and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or in concert for purposes of such transaction; (c) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of JustEnergy, which is not otherwise permitted under this Agreement; or (d) the first day on which a majority of the members of the board of directors of JustEnergy are not Continuing Directors. “ CIBC ” means Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. “ CIBC US ” means Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, New York Branch. “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of the United States, as amended, and any successor statute thereto. “ Collateral Agent ” means National Bank of Canada, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, or such other Person from time to time appointed as collateral agent in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. “ Collection Service Agreement ” means a collection service agreement entered into from time to time between an Obligor and a LDC providing for billing and collection services by such LDC on behalf of such Obligor with respect to its Customers, as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time. “ Commercial Customer ” means a Customer with annual consumption over 15 RCEs. “ Commodity Exchange Act ” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. † 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute. “ Commitment ” means, in respect of each Lender from time to time, the maximum amount of Advances which the Lender has covenanted to make as set forth in Schedule A to this Agreement (which will be amended and distributed to all parties by the Agent from time to time as other persons become Lenders), which for greater certainty will in each case be reduced by such Lender’s Proportionate Share of the amount of any permanent repayments, reductions or prepayments required or made hereunder. “Commodity Hedges” means any agreement for the hedging or fixing of the cost of commodities used in the ordinary course of business so long as such obligations are settled by the payment of money and not by the delivery of such commodities.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 13 - “ Compliance Certificate ” means the certificate required pursuant to Section 9.03(3), substantially in the form annexed as Schedule D and signed by a senior officer of the Canadian Borrower. “ Computer Equipment ” means all computers, software or other equipment that includes computing technology or embedded logic such as microchips and sensors whether owned or leased. “ Confirmation ” means the acknowledgement and confirmation agreement made as of the Effective Date by each Obligor in favour of the Collateral Agent, the Agent and the Lenders confirming the continuing validity, force and effect of (a) their respective obligations under this Agreement or guarantees previously delivered by them, as applicable, and (b) the Security given by them in favour of the Collateral Agent therefor. “ Contingent Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person, calculated without duplication, obligations of such Person in respect of synthetic lease obligations, contingent liabilities in respect of letters of credit, letters of guarantee and similar instruments, capital stock which in accordance with GAAP is not included in shareholders’ equity, net obligations under Hedges, contingent liabilities required to be treated as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and contingent liabilities under any guarantee, including without limitation, under any guarantee of any of the foregoing, but excluding operating leases and trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business. “ Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors of JustEnergy who: (a) was a member of the board of directors of JustEnergy on the Effective Date (after giving effect to the implementation of the Recapitalization Plan); or (b) was nominated for election or elected to the board of directors of JustEnergy with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the board of directors at the time of such nomination or election. “ Controlled Group ” means all members of a controlled group of corporations or other business entities and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control, which together with a Borrower and any of its subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA. “ Conversion ” means a conversion of an Advance pursuant to Sec tion 2.10(1). “ Conversion Date ” means the date specified by a Borrower as being the date on which a Borrower has elected to convert one type of Advance into another type of Advance and which will be a Business Day. “ Conversion Notice ” means the Notice of Request for Advance substantially in the form annexed hereto as Schedule B to be given to the Agent by the Canadian Borrower or by the US Borrower, in either case pursuant to Sec tion 2.10 . “ Credit Card Payment Account ” means a bank account maintained by an Obligor into which Customers make credit card payments in respect of exit fees and other payments in respect of the Business and in respect of which a security interest is granted to a merchant services provider.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 14 - “ Credit Documents ” means (a) this Agreement, the Security Documents, all guarantees delivered by any Obligor pursuant to this Agreement, and each agreement delivered to the Agent or to the Collateral Agent by an Obligor on the Original Closing Date or on or before the Effective Date which continues in effect on the Effective Date; (b) the fee letters and arrangements letter referred to in Sec tion 4.07 ; (c) all Hedges, agreements evidencing treasury facilities and cash management products provided by any Lender or any Lender Hedge Provider to any Obligor or any affiliate of any such Lender or Lender Hedge Provider; (d) all agreements from time to time entered into (including those in existence on the Effective Date) between an Obligor and a Lender (or an Affiliate thereof) respecting cash management arrangements (including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer, mirror accounting, payroll and other cash management or banking services arrangements) provided by such Lender (or Affiliate thereof); (e) all present and future agreements delivered by any Obligor to the Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders pursuant to, or in respect of the agreements referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) inclusive of this definition; and (f) all other present and future agreements delivered by any Obligor to the Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders pursuant to, or in respect of, any of the agreements referred to in clause (e) of this definition, in each case as the same may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time, and “ Credit Document ” will mean any one of the Credit Documents. “ Credit Facilities ” means the Canadian Revolving Facility, the US Revolving Facility and the LC Facility collectively and “ Credit Facility ” means any one of them. “ Currency Hedge ” means any agreement, whether in the form of a futures or forward contract, swap or otherwise, for the hedging of a currency risk in Canadian Dollars or US Dollars. “Customer Contracts” means contracts entered into from time to time by Obligors with Customers in connection with the Business. “ Customers ” means residential, small to mid - size commercial and small industrial purchasers of products of the Business from an Obligor. “ DBRS ” means DBRS Limited, and its successors. “ Debt ” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, the aggregate of the following amounts, at the date of determination: (a) the principal amount of all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) the principal amount of all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of Property or services in excess of 90 days which constitute indebtedness, (c) the principal amount of all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) the principal amount of all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement (other than operating leases) with respect to property acquired by such Person (whether or not the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) the undrawn amount of all letters of credit issued on behalf of such Person and the full face amount of all bankers’ acceptances issued by or on behalf of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any partnership or shareholder or other equity interests of such Person, (h) all Contingent Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing items,

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 15 - (i) all Hedges, (j) all Debt referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Encumbrance on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Debt, limited to the fair market value of such property, and (k) any other obligation arising under arrangements or agreements that, in substance, constitute indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person. “ Deferred Compensation Plan ” means the deferred compensation plan pursuant to which rights to common shares of JustEnergy are issued to directors in lieu of fees payable in cash and are exchangeable into common shares of JustEnergy, as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time. “Depreciation Expense” means, for any period with respect to the Borrowers, depreciation, amortization (excluding the amortization of contract initiation costs), depletion and other like reductions to income of the Borrowers for such period not involving any outlay of cash, determined, without duplication, on a Modified Consolidated Basis in accordance with GAAP and includes, for greater certainty, amortization of any up front financing fees. “ Designated Disposition ” means a Disposition by JustEnergy or any of its Subsidiaries of (i) any shares or other equity interests in Ecobee Inc . , (ii) any shares or other equity interests in a Filter Entity, or (iii) any Property of a Filter Entity . “ Disposition ” means any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, permanent user license or other disposition of any nature or kind whatsoever of any Property or of any right, title or interest in or to any Property, and the verb “ Dispose ” will have a correlative meaning . “Distributions” means the payment by a Person: (a) of any dividends or distributions on any equity interests, (b) of any interest, premium or fees (including, without limitation, the Subordinated Debt Fees) owing on any indebtedness, including any indebtedness which is subordinate to the indebtedness owing to the Lenders (including, without limitation, in respect of Existing Intercompany Debt, Future Intercompany Debt, Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Debt, the 2020 Subordinated Debt and the $15 Million Subordinated Note), (c) distributions paid in cash under the Restricted Share Grant Plan or the Deferred Compensation Plan, (d) non - cash distributions of Share Based Compensation, (e) the application of such Person’s assets to the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement of any of its shares, partnership, or trust units, as applicable, (f) permanent repayments (partial or full) of the principal amount of the 2020 Subordinated Debt, the $15 Million Subordinated Note or the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt, or (g) any other like distributions of funds whatsoever by such Person; for greater certainty, any payments of interest or fees in respect of the 2020 Subordinated Debt (including any Subordinated Debt Fees) that are Paid in Kind shall not constitute a Distribution. “ Domestic Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 2.09(3) . “ Draft ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(1) .

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 16 - “ Drawdown ” means: (a) the advance of a Prime Rate Advance, a US Prime Rate Advance, a US Base Rate Advance or a LIBOR Advance; (b) the issue of Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes; or (c) the issue of a Letter of Credit. “ Drawdown Date ” means the date on which a Drawdown is made by a Borrower pursuant to the provisions hereof and which will be a Business Day. “ Drawdown Notice ” means the Notice of Request for Advance substantially in the form annexed hereto as Schedule B to be given to the Agent by the Canadian Borrower or the US Borrower in either case pursuant to Article 6. “EBITDA” means, for any period for the Borrowers determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis, net income for such period: (a) increased by the sum of (without duplication): (i) Total Interest Expense for such period; (ii) Income Tax Expense for such period; ( iii) Depreciation Expense for such period (which for greater certainty does not include any amortization of contract initiation costs); ( iv) non - cash losses resulting from the fair value of derivative financial investments for such period; (v) accrued (but not yet actually realized) foreign exchange translation losses; ( vi) losses on the purchase or redemption of securities issued by any of the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; ( vii) any other cash or non - cash extraordinary, unusual or non - recurring losses for such period, excluding, for greater certainty, (A) provisions made for litigation and other similar proceedings and (B) losses associated with trading, settlement or balancing of Commodity Hedges; and (viii) Share Based Compensation to the extent settled with shares of JustEnergy (i.e. non - cash); (b) decreased by the sum of (without duplication): ( i) non - cash gains resulting from the fair value of derivative financial investments for such period;

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 17 - ( ii) accrued (but not yet actually realized) foreign exchange translation gains; ( iii) gains on the purchase or redemption of securities issued by any of the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; ( iv) any reduction in deferred tax recovery for such period; and (v) any other cash or non - cash extraordinary, unusual or non - recurring gains for such period, excluding, for greater certainty, gains associated with trading, settlement or balancing of Commodity Hedges. “ EDC ” means Export Development Canada. “ EDC Documents ” means, collectively, (a) each EDC Guarantee, (b) the EDC Indemnity, (c) the EDC side fee letter, dated as of August 28, 2020, entered into by the LC Lender and EDC and acknowledged by the Borrowers; and (d) all present and future agreements delivered by (i) any Obligor to the Agent, the Collateral Agent, EDC or the LC Lender and (ii) the Agent or the LC Lender to EDC, in each case, pursuant to, or in respect of the agreements referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) inclusive of this definition, in each case as the same may from time to time be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time, and “ EDC Document ” will mean any one of the EDC Documents. “ EDC Guarantee ” means a guarantee made by EDC in favour of the LC Lender and related certificate of cover issued by EDC to the LC Lender, each in form and substance satisfactory to the LC Lender, with respect to any Letter of Credit issued by the LC Lender under the LC Facility, as such guarantees and certificates of cover may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. For greater certainty, no EDC Guarantee will be issued in respect of a Letter of Credit issued under the Revolving Facilities. “ EDC Indemnity ” means the bonding products declaration and indemnity dated December 30, 2016, provided by each Obligor in favour of EDC. “ EEA ” means the European Economic Area. “ EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent. “ EEA Member Country ” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. “ EEA Resolution Authority ” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 18 - “ Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions precedent provided in Sec tion 3.01 have been fulfilled in accordance with the terms thereof. “ Electricity Service Agreements ” means electricity service agreements entered into between an Obligor and an LDC regarding such Obligor’s electricity Customers. “Eligible Customer Contracts” means Customer Contracts for sales entered into in connection with the Business in Canada, the United States or such other jurisdiction as the Majority Lenders consent to in writing and in each case that are subject to the Security . “ Encumbrance ” means, in respect of any Person, any mortgage, debenture, pledge, hypothec, lien, charge, assignment by way of security, hypothecation or security interest granted or permitted by such Person or arising by operation of law, in respect of any of such Person’s Property, or any lease in respect of a Right of Use Asset by such Person as lessee or any other security agreement, trust or arrangement having the effect of security for the payment of any debt, liability or obligation, and “ Encumbrances ”, “ Encumbrancer ”, “ Encumber ” and “ Encumbered ” will have corresponding meanings. “ Equity Hedges ” means any agreement, whether in the form of a futures or forward contract, swap or otherwise for the hedging of the price of shares. “ Equivalent Amount ” means with respect to any two currencies, the amount obtained in one such currency when an amount in the other currency is converted into the first currency using the spot rate of exchange for such conversion as quoted by the Bank of Canada at the close of business on the Business Day that such conversion is to be made (or, if such conversion is to be made before close of business on such Business Day, then at close of business on the immediately preceding Business Day) and, in either case, if no such rate is quoted, the spot rate of exchange quoted for wholesale transactions by the Agent in Toronto, Ontario on the Business Day such conversion is to be made in accordance with its normal practice. “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 of the United States, together with the regulations thereunder as the same may be amended from time to time. Reference to Sections of ERISA also refer to any successive Sections thereto . “ ERISA Plan ” means an “employee welfare benefit plan” or “employee pension benefit plan” as such terms are defined in Sections 3 ( 1 ) and 3 ( 2 ) of ERISA . “ EU Bail - In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail - In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time. “ Event of Default ” means any of the events described in Sec tion 11 . 01 . “ Excluded Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason not to constitute an “eligible

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 19 - contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal. “ Excluded Taxes ” means in the case of each Lender, the Agent or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Obligors hereunder (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by its net income (however denominated), net worth, net profits, capital and franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes and branch profits taxes, in each case, (A) by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) is organized or has its principal office or applicable lending office or any political subdivision thereof or (B) that are Other Connection Taxes; (ii) any withholding Taxes imposed on interest payable to or for the account of such Lender or the Agent pursuant to law in effect on the date on which such Lender or the Agent became a Lender or the Agent hereunder (except to the extent such Taxes were not considered Excluded Taxes with respect to such Lender’s or the Agent’s immediate assignor); (iii) Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Sections 14.04(3), 14.04(4) or 14.04(5); (iv) any Canadian withholding Tax imposed on a payment by or on account of any obligation of an Obligor hereunder as a result of: (A) the recipient and the Obligor being Non - Arm’s Length; (B) the recipient being a “specified non - resident shareholder” of the Obligor or being Non - Arm’s Length with a “specified shareholder” of the Obligor (in each case, within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)), or (C) such payment being a payment of interest that is paid or payable in respect of a debt or other obligation to pay an amount to a person with whom the payer is Non - Arm’s Length, other than in each case where the Non - Arm’s Length, “specified shareholder” or “specified non - resident shareholder” relationship arises in connection with or as a result of a Lender or Agent having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under or received or enforced any rights under any Credit Document; and (v) any United States withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA. “ Existing CIBC Letters of Credit ” means each of the Letters of Credit identified on the attached Schedule H.1. “ Existing CIBC US Letters of Credit ” means each of the Letters of Credit identified on the attached Schedule H.2. “Existing Intercompany Debt” means any Debt owing by an Obligor to any other Obligor, in each case in existence on the Effective Date. “ Existing LC Facility Letters of Credit ” means each of the Letters of Credit identified on the attached Schedule H.3. “FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any agreements

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 20 - (including any intergovernmental agreements or any laws, rules or practices implementing such intergovernmental agreements) implementing the foregoing (including, for greater certainty, Part XVIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada)). “ FCPA ” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. †† 78dd - 1, et seq. “ Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any day is less than zero, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day will be deemed to be zero. “ Fin/Phys Accumulated Balance ” means, for any calendar month, the aggregate account payable calculated on a Modified Consolidated Basis as the balance of net cash received, less cash paid in respect of Fin/Phys Transactions, measured on the last Business Day of such calendar month . “ Fin/Phys Accumulated Balance Limit ” means [Dollar Amount Redacted] . “ Fin/Phys Transaction ” means, a series of wholesale commodity trades involving both the physical delivery of a commodity as well as the financial settlement of certain trades thereunder entered into with a Priority Supplier that are intended to mitigate the collateral risk of the Obligors and are not related to deliveries to the Customers of the Obligors. “ Financial Assistance ” means, without duplication and with respect to any Person (a) all loans granted by that Person and Contingent Obligations incurred by that Person for the purpose of or having the effect of providing financial assistance to another Person or Persons, including, without limitation, letters of guarantee, letters of credit, legally binding comfort letters or indemnities issued in connection therewith, endorsements of bills of exchange (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), obligations to purchase assets regardless of the delivery or non - delivery thereof and obligations to make advances or otherwise provide financial assistance to any other entity, or (b) all acquisitions of any equity interests or investments made by that Person in another Person or Persons, and for greater certainty “ Financial Assistance ” will include any guarantee of any third party lease obligations. “Filter Entities” means, collectively, Filter Group Inc. and Filter Group USA Inc., and a “ Filter Entity ” means any of them. “Fiscal Quarter” means each three month period of JustEnergy’s Fiscal Year ending on June 30, September 30, December 31 and March 31 of each calendar year. “ Fiscal Year ” means the 12 month fiscal period of JustEnergy ending on the last day of (i) March, or (ii) upon the election by the Borrowers in accordance with Sec tion 9.04(12), December, in any calendar year. “ Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings, Inc. and its successors.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 21 - “Four Quarter Period” means as at the last day of any particular Fiscal Quarter, the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters which includes such Fiscal Quarter (including the last day thereof) and the immediately preceding three Fiscal Quarters. “ Fund ” means Just Energy Income Fund, a trust which was established under the laws of the Province of Ontario and was liquidated and dissolved pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement. “Future Intercompany Debt” means Debt incurred after the Effective Date by any Obligor and owing to any other Obligor; provided same is subject to the Encumbrance of a Security Document and is subject to the Restricted Subsidiary Subordination Agreement. “ Future Intercompany Equity ” means any equity (whether in the form of shares in capital stock, partnership interest, trust units or otherwise) issued after the Effective Date by any Obligor or any Unrestricted Subsidiary to any Obligor provided same is (i) subject to the Encumbrance of a Security Document; (ii) evidenced by a certificate; and (iii) such certificate is delivered to the Collateral Agent forthwith after its creation, together with a duly executed transfer power in respect of same; provided that clauses (i) and (iii) will not apply to equity issued by an Unrestricted Subsidiary. “ GAAP ” means those accounting principles which are recognized as being generally accepted in Canada and which are in effect from time to time, as published in the Handbook of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, or International Financial Reporting Standards, as the case may be; provided that all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under any Financial Accounting Standard to value any Debt or other liabilities of any Obligor or any Subsidiary of any Obligor at “fair value” as defined in any such Financial Accounting Standard. “ Governmental Authority ” means the government of any nation, province, territory, municipality, state or other political subdivision of any nation, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled (through stock or capital ownership or otherwise) by any of the foregoing. “Gross Margin” means, for any Fiscal Quarter, the net cash receipts, including accruals recorded in accordance with GAAP, (calculated in Canadian dollars) generated by Eligible Customer Contracts by the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a Modified Consolidated Basis in such Fiscal Quarter less the cost of goods sold, recorded in accordance with GAAP, in such Fiscal Quarter, as determined as of the last day of such Fiscal Quarter in respect of the immediately preceding Four Quarter Period. “ Gross Margin per RCE ” means, collectively, Gross Margin per RCE (Residential) and Gross Margin per RCE (Commercial). “ Gross Margin per RCE (Residential) ” means for any Fiscal Quarter, Gross Margin in such Fiscal Quarter divided by the average number of RCEs for Residential Customers of the Obligors during such period.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 22 - “ Gross Margin per RCE (Commercial) ” means for any Fiscal Quarter, Gross Margin in such Fiscal Quarter divided by the average number of RCEs for Commercial Customers of the Obligors during such period. “ Guarantee ” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 10.01 hereto. “ Guarantors ” means each of the Persons listed in Schedule M to this Agreement and any other Person who from time to time guarantees the obligations of either Borrower hereunder, and each of their successors and assigns and “ Guarantor ” means any one of them. “ Hazardous Substance ” means any substance, product, waste, pollutant, material, chemical, contaminant, dangerous goods, constituent or other material listed, regulated, or addressed under any Requirements of Environmental Law, including, without limitation, asbestos, petroleum, polychlorinated biphenyls and any “hazardous substance” as defined by CERCLA and any “hazardous waste” as defined by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of the United States. “ Hedge Cap ” means at any time, an Aggregate Swap Exposure equal to [Dollar Amount Redacted] . “ Hedges ” means, collectively, Interest Rate Hedges, Currency Hedges, Commodity Hedges and Equity Hedges. “ Hostile Take - Over Bid ” means a Take - Over Bid by an Obligor or in which an Obligor is involved, in respect of which the board of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Person whose securities are subject to such Take - Over Bid has recommended rejection of such Take - Over Bid. “ IFRS 16 ” means the International Financial Reporting Standard 16: Leases . “ Income Tax Expense ” means, with respect to the Borrowers, for any period, the aggregate, without duplication, of all Taxes on the income of such Person for such period, whether current or deferred, determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis. “ Information ” has the meaning set forth in Sectio n 16.01(1). “ Insolvency Legislation ” means legislation in any applicable jurisdiction relating to reorganization, arrangement, compromise or re - adjustment of debt, dissolution or winding - up, or any similar legislation, and specifically includes for greater certainty the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Winding - Up and Restructuring Act (Canada) and the Bankruptcy Code (United States). “ Intellectual Property ” means the intellectual property in patents, patent applications, trade - marks, trade - mark applications, trade names, service marks, copyrights, copyright registrations and trade secrets including, without limitation, customer lists and information and business opportunities, industrial designs, technology and other similar intellectual property rights.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 23 - “ Interbank Reference Rate ” means the interest rate expressed as a percentage per annum which is customarily used by the Agent when calculating interest due by it or owing to it arising from correction of errors and other adjustments between it and other Canadian chartered banks. “ Intercreditor Agreement ” means the sixth amended and restated intercreditor agreement dated as of September 1, 2015 between the Collateral Agent, the Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Lender Hedge Providers, Shell Energy, the Other Commodity Suppliers (as defined therein), the Borrowers, the Restricted Subsidiaries and such other persons as from time to time become party thereto. “ Interest Payment Date ” means, (a) with respect to each Prime Rate Advance, US Prime Rate Advance and US Base Rate Advance, the first Business Day of each calendar month; and (b) with respect to each LIBOR Advance, the last Business Day of each applicable Interest Period. “ Interest Period ” means, (a) with respect to each Prime Rate Advance, US Prime Rate Advance and US Base Rate Advance, the period commencing on the applicable Drawdown Date or Conversion Date, as the case may be, and terminating on the date selected by a Borrower hereunder for the Conversion of such Advance into another type of Advance or for the repayment of such Advance; (b) with respect to each Bankers’ Acceptance and BA Equivalent Note, a period of one month commencing on the Drawdown Date, Rollover Date or Conversion Date of such Advance; (c) with respect to each LIBOR Advance, a period of either one week or one month, subject to availability, commencing on the applicable Drawdown Date, Rollover Date or Conversion Date, as the case may be ; and (d) with respect to a Letter of Credit, the period commencing on the date of issuance of the Letter of Credit and terminating on the last day that the Letter of Credit is outstanding; provided that in any case the last day of each Interest Period will be also the first day of the next Interest Period and further provided that the last day of each Interest Period will be a Business Day and if the last day of an Interest Period selected by a Borrower is not a Business Day such Borrower will be deemed to have selected an Interest Period the last day of which is the Business Day next following the last day of the Interest Period otherwise selected unless such next following Business Day falls in the next calendar month in which event such Borrower will be deemed to have selected an Interest Period the last day of which is the Business Day next preceding the last day of the Interest Period otherwise selected and further provided that the last Interest Period of any Advance under the Canadian Revolving Facility or the US Revolving Facility will expire on or prior to the Maturity Date.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 24 - “Interest Rate Hedge” means any agreement, whether in the form of a futures or forward contract, swap or otherwise for the hedging of interest on Debt. “ JEBPO ” means JEBPO Services LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in India and an indirect Subsidiary of JustEnergy. “ JEBPO Accounts ” means the bank accounts maintained by JEBPO. “ JEC ” means Just Energy Corp., an Ontario corporation, formerly known as Ontario Energy Savings Corp. “ JEC Assignment Agreement ” means the Assignment, Assumption, Consent and Release Agreement dated as of August 1, 2005 between JEC, the Canadian Borrower and Shell Energy. “ JEEC ” means Just Energy Exchange Corp., a Canada corporation. “ Judgment Conversion Date ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 16.05(1)(b). “ Judgment Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.05(1). “ JustEnergy ” means Just Energy Group Inc., a Canada corporation. “JustGreen Products” means environmental derivative products, including carbon offsets, carbon credits, renewable energy certificates or attributes and the equivalents thereof. “Key Assumption” means, in connection with the calculation of the Borrowing Base, any of the following assumptions calculated on a prior 12 - month basis: (a) renewal rate for Canadian natural gas, (b) renewal rate of US natural gas, (c) renewal rate for Canadian electricity, (d) renewal rate for US electricity, (e) attrition rate for Canadian natural gas, (f) attrition rate for US natural gas, (g) attrition rate for Canadian electricity, (h) attrition rate for US electricity, (i) Gross Margin per RCE for Canadian natural gas, (j) Gross Margin per RCE for Canadian electricity, (k) Gross Margin per RCE for U.S. natural gas, (l) Gross Margin per RCE for U.S. electricity and (m) general and administrative expenses, allocated at 30% thereof. A sample calculation of Key Assumption testing is attached hereto as Schedule I.1. “Key Assumption Variance Limit” means, in respect of any Key Assumption set out in clauses (a) through (m) in the definition of Key Assumption, variance by more than 10% (whether positive or negative) from the actual prior 12 - month period figure for such Key Assumption. “ Late Payment Rate ” means, in the case of amounts payable in Canadian Dollars, the then applicable Prime Rate Margin plus 2% and, in the case of amounts payable in US Dollars by the Canadian Borrower the then applicable US Base Rate Margin plus 2% or by the US Borrower the then applicable US Prime Rate Margin plus 2%. “ LC Facility ” means has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 2.03 . “ LC Facility Amount ” means [Dollar Amount Redacted] .

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 25 - “ LC Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 5.02(9). “ LC Lender ” means CIBC and EDC to the extent that EDC has acceded to the obligations, rights and benefits of the LC Lender pursuant to the operation of Sec tion 5.03. “ L/C Fronting Exposure ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 13.16(2). “ LDC Agreements ” means Collection Service Agreements and Transportation Agreements and the Electricity Service Agreements listed on Schedule G hereto as such agreements are in effect on the date hereof and as from time to time supplemented, amended restated or replaced from time to time and any such agreement entered into with LDCs after the date hereof, whether or not scheduled. “LDCs” means (i) local distribution companies to whom volumes of natural gas are delivered by an Obligor and with whom such Obligor has Transportation Agreements and Collection Service Agreements and (ii) local electricity distribution companies, which deliver electricity to Customers for and on behalf of an Obligor and with whom such Obligor has an Electricity Service Agreement. “ Lease Obligations ” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) any Right of Use Asset which obligations are required to be recorded on a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with IFRS 16. For the purposes of this Agreement, including all calculations of any Lease Obligations to be made hereunder, any lease which would be accounted for as an operating lease under the International Financial Reporting Standards as in effect on December 31, 2018 shall be, notwithstanding any subsequent change in the International Financial Reporting Standards, deemed to be accounted for as an operating lease under such prior IFRS rules (regardless of whether such lease is entered into or assumed before or after December 31, 2018) and the obligations thereunder shall not be Lease Obligations for the purpose of this Agreement. “ Lender Group Commitment ” means, with respect to a particular Lender Group, the amount set forth in Schedule A hereto as the Lender Group Commitment of such Lender Group under the Revolving Facilities as the same may be increased or reduced pursuant to this Agreement. “ Lender Groups ” means, collectively, (a) CIBC, (b) National Bank of Canada, (c) HSBC Bank Canada, (d) Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., and (e) any assignee of a Lender Group which has delivered an Assignment Agreement, and “ Lender Group ” means any one of the Lender Groups. “ Lender Hedge Provider ” means each financial institution that is a counterparty to a Hedge (including, for greater certainty, a Hedge that was entered into prior to the Effective Date) with an Obligor if at the time that such financial institution entered into such Hedge it was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender even if thereafter it ceases to be a Lender. “ Lender - Related Distress Event ” means, with respect to any Lender or any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender (each, a “ Distressed Person ”), (a) a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any Insolvency Legislation or (b) a custodian, conservator, receiver or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 26 - part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or (c) such Distressed Person is subject to a forced liquidation, merger, sale or other change of control supported in whole or in part by guaranties or other support (including, without limitation, the nationalization or assumption of ownership or operating control by the government of Canada, the United States or other Governmental Authority), or (d) such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person or its assets to be, insolvent, bankrupt, or deficient in meeting any capital adequacy or liquidity standard of any such Governmental Authority, or (e) such Distressed Person becomes the subject of a Bail - In Action. “ Lenders ” means CIBC and the Persons from time to time designated in Schedule A annexed hereto as either a Canadian Lender, a US Lender, a Canadian Issuing Lender, a US Issuing Lender, the LC Lender, the Canadian Swingline Lender or the US Swingline Lender and reference to “Lender” in this Agreement may mean that Lender in its capacity as a Canadian Lender, a US Lender, a Canadian Issuing Lender, a US Issuing Lender, the LC Lender, the Canadian Swingline Lender or the US Swingline Lender, as the case may be, if the context so requires and “ Lender ” means any one of the Lenders and includes each of their successors and permitted assigns. “ Lenders’ Counsel ” means the firm of McCarthy Tétrault LLP or such other firm of legal counsel as the Agent may from time to time designate and any and all local agent counsel retained by McCarthy Tétrault LLP for and on behalf of the Agent. “ Letter of Credit Fee Rate ” means, with respect to a Letter of Credit, the annual percentage per annum indicated below the reference to “Letters of Credit” in the definition of “Applicable Margin” relevant to the period in respect of which determination is being made, as adjusted pursuant to the definition of “Applicable Margin”. “ Letters of Credit ” means a letter of credit or letter of guarantee issued by (a) a Canadian Issuing Lender pursuant to the Canadian Revolving Facility, (b) the US Issuing Lender pursuant to the US Revolving Facility, or (c) the LC Lender pursuant to the LC Facility, in each case, at the request and for the account of a Borrower under this Agreement; and “ Letter of Credit ” means any one thereof. “ Leverage Ratio Test ” has the meaning set forth in paragraph (e)(i)A of the definition of “Permitted Distribution”. “ LIBO Rate ” means, for each Interest Period for each LIBOR Advance, the interest rate expressed as a percentage rate per annum calculated on the basis of a 360 day year, equal to: (a) the rate set by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any display substituted therefor or any successor thereto) for deposits in United States Dollars for a period comparable to such LIBOR Interest Period which appears on Bloomberg, currently the BBAM01 page (or such other page as the Agent, after consultation with the Lenders, will nominate which replaces that page for the purpose of displaying offered rates of leading banks for London inter - bank deposits in US Dollars) for a period comparable to such LIBOR Interest Period as of 11:00 a.m.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 27 - (London, England time) on the second Business Day preceding the first day of such LIBOR Interest Period; or (b) if a rate is not determinable pursuant to clause (a) of this definition at the relevant time, as determined by the Agent, such rate, as determined by the Agent, to be the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of one percent per annum of the rates per annum) of the rates per annum at which deposits in US Dollars are offered by the principal lending office in London, England of the Agent to leading banks in the London inter - bank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the second Business Day preceding the first day of such LIBOR Interest Period for a period comparable to the LIBOR Interest Period and in an amount comparable to the amount of the LIBOR Advance to be outstanding during such LIBOR Interest Period; or (c) if the rate is not determinable pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of this definition at the relevant time in respect of the relevant period, Sec tion 2.14(2) will apply, provided however that in no event shall the LIBO Rate be less than zero (0). “ LIBO Rate Margin ” means, for any period, the applicable percentage rate per annum applicable to that period as indicated below the reference to “LIBOR Advance” in the definition of “Applicable Margin”, as adjusted pursuant to the definition of “Applicable Margin” . “ LIBOR Advance ” means an Advance in, or Conversion into, United States Dollars made by the Lenders to a Borrower with respect to which such Borrower has specified that interest is to be calculated by reference to the LIBO Rate . “ LIBOR Interest Period ” means an Interest Period applicable to any LIBOR Advance . “ Liquidity Test ” has the meaning set forth in paragra ph (e)(i)B of the definition of “Permitted Distribution” . “ Majority Lenders ” means Lenders holding at least [Percentage Redacted] of the Commitments under the Credit Facilities or if to be determined with respect to any Credit Facility, the Lenders holding at least [Percentage Redacted] of the Commitments under such Credit Facility, as applicable; provided that if at any time there are only two Lenders hereunder, “Majority Lenders” means both such Lenders or if to be determined with respect to any Credit Facility and at any time there are only two Lenders under such Credit Facility, “Majority Lenders” means both such Lenders. For greater certainty: (i) Lenders who are affiliated with the same financial institution shall be considered one Lender for the purposes of calculating “Majority Lenders” hereunder and (ii) Obligations under Hedges owing to Lender Hedge Providers shall be excluded from such determination. “ Material Adverse Effect ” means (a) a material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of all Obligors on a consolidated basis; (b) an adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents which could reasonably be considered material having regard to the Credit Documents considered as a whole, including the validity, enforceability, perfection or priority of any

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 28 - Encumbrance created under any of the Security; (c) a material adverse effect on the right, entitlement or ability of the Obligors as a whole, to pay or perform any of its debts, liabilities or obligations under any of the Credit Documents; or (d) a material adverse effect on the right, entitlement or ability of the Agent or the Lenders to enforce their rights or remedies under any of the Credit Documents. For greater certainty, the following shall not constitute a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the restatement of JustEnergy’s financial statements for its Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2019 as described in Management’s Discussion and Analysis dated July 8, 2020; and (ii) the disclosure in Note 3(b) to JustEnergy’s audited financial statements for its Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2020 filed with SEDAR on July 8, 2020. “ Material Contracts ” means, collectively, (i) all material LDC Agreements; (ii) all Supplier Contracts, excluding (A) those Supplier Contracts that are immaterial (provided that the supply under Supplier Contracts excluded in this subparagraph (A) does not exceed, in the aggregate, 10% of the total supply under all Supplier Contracts) and (B) Supplier Contracts entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and (iii) any other agreement entered into by an Obligor which: (a) if not complied with or terminated, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (b) is necessary for the business of an Obligor and not replaceable in the commercial marketplace on commercially reasonable terms. “ Material Licences ” means, collectively, each licence, permit or approval issued by any Governmental Authority, or any applicable stock exchange or securities commission, to any Obligor, the breach or default of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. “ Maturity Date ” means the earliest to occur of the following; (i) December 31, 2023; and (ii) the date on which any Credit Facility is terminated pursuant to Section 11.02. “Maximum Facility Amount” means $335,000,000, as such amount shall be reduced pursuant to Sec tion 6.09 and may be additionally reduced pursuant to Sections 6.03, 6.06, 6.07 and 6.08 from time to time on a cumulative basis. “Modified Consolidated Basis” means the consolidated financial position or results of JustEnergy, the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP. “ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors. “ Net Gross Margin After Tax ” means the projected gross margin of Eligible Customer Contracts, net of projected administration costs and taxes. “ Non - Arm’s Length ” and similar phrases have the meaning attributed thereto for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada); and “ Arm’s Length ” will have the opposite of such meaning. “ Non BA Lender ” means any Lender which is not a BA Lender.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 29 - “ Non - Funding Lender ” means any Lender (i) that has failed to fund any payment or Advances required to be made by it hereunder or to purchase all participations required to be purchased by it hereunder and under the Credit Documents, or (ii) that has given verbal or written notice to the Borrowers, the Agent or any Lender or has otherwise publicly announced that it believes that it will be unable to fund advances under credit arrangements to which it is a party, or (iii) with respect to which one or more Lender - Related Distress Events has occurred, or (iv) with respect to which the Agent has knowledge that such Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations (whether as an agent, lender or letter of credit issuer) under one or more other syndicated credit facilities, or (v) with respect to which the Agent has concluded, acting reasonably, and has advised the Lenders in writing that it is of the view that, there is a reasonable chance that such Lender shall become a “Non - Funding Lender” pursuant to any of (i), (ii) or (iii) above and that such Lender has been deemed a “Non - Funding Lender”. “ Obligations ” means, with respect to any Obligor, all of its present and future indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of any and every kind, nature or description whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, joint or several or joint and several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, in any currency and whether as principal debtor, guarantor, surety or otherwise, including without limitation any interest that accrues thereon after or would accrue thereon but for the commencement of any case, proceeding or other action, whether voluntary or involuntary, relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such case, proceeding or other action) to each of the Agent, the Lenders, the Lender Hedge Providers and each of them under, in connection with, relating to or with respect to each of the Credit Documents, and any unpaid balance thereof; provided, however, that, with respect to any Guarantor, Obligations guaranteed by such Guarantor shall exclude all Excluded Swap Obligations. “ Obligors ” means, collectively, the Borrowers and the Guarantors and each of their respective successors and assigns and “ Obligor ” means any one of them. “ OFAC ” means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of Treasury. “ Operating Budget ” means (i) the annual operating budget of JustEnergy in substantially the form attached hereto as Schedule L, consisting of a statement of cash available for distribution and a cash flow forecast and (ii) forecasted calculations in respect of each Fiscal Quarter for the purposes of (A) the financial covenants in Sec tion 9.02 and (B) Section 9.05(4) (and which, for greater certainty, shall include in respect of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries of JustEnergy only separate select information concerning the RCE’s and Gross Margin (as if such definition applied to Unrestricted Subsidiaries mutatis mutandis ) of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries calculated on an annual basis). “ Organizational Documents ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s articles or other charter documents, by - laws, unanimous shareholder agreement, partnership agreement, joint venture agreement, operating agreement, limited liability company agreement or trust agreement, as applicable, and any and all other similar agreements, documents and instruments relative to such Person, setting forth the manner of election or duties of the directors, officers or managing members of such Person or the designation, amount or relative rights, limitations and preferences of any equity interests of such Person.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 30 - “ Original Closing Date ” means November 1, 2004. “ Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a former or present connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing the Tax (other than connections arising from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Advance or Credit Document). “ Paid in Kind ” means, with respect of any payments in respect of the 2020 Subordinated Debt (including any Subordinated Debt Fees) or the $ 15 Million Subordinated Note, payments made in kind (and not in cash) and added and capitalized to the outstanding principal amount of such Debt . “ Participant ” has the meaning set forth in Sectio n 15.03(1). “ Participant Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.03(3). “ Patriot Act ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(42). “ PB Plan ” means the Performance Bonus Plan under which employees and sales representatives are awarded securities of JustEnergy as bonuses, as amended or replaced from time to time. “ Pending Event of Default ” means an event which, but for the requirement for the giving of notice, lapse of time, or both, or but for the satisfaction of any other condition subsequent to such event, would constitute an “Event of Default”. “ Permitted Asset Dispositions ” means Dispositions by an Obligor of : (a) tangible personal property in the normal course of its Business for fair market value and on customary trade terms; (b) any Property pursuant to a Designated Disposition; (c) tangible personal property other than pursuant to clauses (a), (b) or (d) hereof where the value of all such Property Disposed in any Fiscal Year pursuant to this clause (c) does not exceed in the aggregate [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; (d) tangible or intangible personal property to any other Obligor; (e) Billed Accounts Receivable and Sold Unbilled Accounts Receivable under the Customer Contracts to LDCs in accordance with the LDC Agreements; (f) intangible personal property, other than pursuant to clauses (d) and (e) hereof, in the normal course of its Business for fair market value where the value of all such intangible property disposed in any Fiscal Year by all Obligors does not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate; or

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 31 - (g) all of the shares or equity interests in, or all or substantially all of the Property of, EdgePower Inc. (collectively, the “ EdgePower Property ”) so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (i) no Pending Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such Disposition or will arise as a result of the implementation of any of the transactions contemplated by such Disposition; (ii) JustEnergy, the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have received all necessary consents and approvals of any Governmental Authorities and other third parties (including the Priority Suppliers) required for JustEnergy, the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries to consummate such Disposition and release of the Security over the shares, equity interests and Property of EdgePower Inc.; (iii) such Disposition will be on Arm’s Length terms; and (iv) the net after - tax proceeds arising from such Disposition shall be subject to Section 6.07 of this Agreement. “Permitted Debt” means: (a) Debt under this Agreement; (b) Hedges permitted hereunder; (c) Debt in respect of Purchase Money Security Interests and Lease Obligations in an outstanding amount not to exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate for all Obligors ; (d) Existing Intercompany Debt; (e) Future Intercompany Debt; (f) Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Debt; (g) the 2020 Subordinated Debt; (h) guarantees of any Debt (other than in respect of the $15 Million Subordinated Note) otherwise permitted hereunder; ( i) Debt under (i) Canadian Dollar corporate credit cards of the Obligors provided that the amount of all such Debt at no time exceeds [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate for all Obligors and (ii) US Dollar corporate credit cards of the Obligors provided that the amount of all such Debt at no time exceeds [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate for all Obligors; ( j) the Alberta Utilities Commissions Debt; (k) the EDC Indemnity; ( l) the $15 Million Subordinated Note, provided that the trustee of the $15 Million Subordinated Note has issued a confirmation in favour of the Agent and the

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 32 - Collateral Agent that the Obligations constitute “Senior Indebtedness” under the $15 Million Subordinated Note Indenture; and (m) Debt consented to in writing by the Majority Lenders from time to time. “Permitted Distributions” means: (a) Distributions from one Obligor to another Obligor; (b) Distributions by way of issuance of common shares or preferred shares of JustEnergy to the public (including, for greater certainty, by way of private placement); (c) non - cash Distributions of Share Based Compensation; (d) non - cash Distributions under the Restricted Share Grant Plan, the PB Plan or under the Deferred Compensation Plan; and (e) bi - annual payments of interest in respect of the 2020 Subordinated Debt and the Subordinated Debt Fees (collectively, the “ Subordinated Payments ” and each a “ Subordinated Payment ”); provided that, ( i) one hundred percent (100%) of each Subordinated Payment shall be Paid in Kind, unless the following conditions are satisfied: A. the Average Net Senior Debt Utilization to EBITDA Ratio at the end of the Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding the Fiscal Quarter in which such Subordinated Payment is due and payable is less than [Ratio Redacted] (the “ Leverage Ratio Test ”); B. the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents (determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis) plus the undrawn amount of the Credit Facilities (the “ Total Liquidity ”) at the time of making such Subordinated Payment, after taking into account the amount required to make such Subordinated Payment in cash, would be on a pro forma basis equal to or greater than [Dollar Amount Redacted] (the “ Liquidity Test ”); C. the due date for such Subordinated Payment is on or after March 31, 2022; D. no Pending Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will arise as a result of making such Subordinated Payment ; and E. the Agent will have received a certificate of an officer of the Borrowers certifying as to the matters set forth in paragraphs A to

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 33 - D above and attaching supporting calculations in reasonable detail where applicable. ( ii) in the event that both the Leverage Ratio Test and the Liquidity Test are satisfied (i) with respect to the Subordinated Payment that is due and payable on March 31, 2022, fifty percent (50%) of such Subordinated Payment may be made in cash with the remaining fifty percent (50%) to be Paid in Kind, (ii) with respect to the Subordinated Payment that is due and payable on September 30, 2022, fifty percent (50%) of such Subordinated Payment may be made in cash with the remaining fifty percent (50%) to be Paid in Kind, (iii) with respect to the Subordinated Payment that is due and payable on March 31, 2023, one hundred percent (100%) of such Subordinated Payment may be made in cash, and (iv) with respect to the Subordinated Payment that is due and payable on September 30, 2023, one hundred percent (100%) of such Subordinated Payment may be made in cash; provided that in each case, A. no Pending Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or arise as a result of making such Subordinated Payment; and B. the Agent shall have received a certificate of an officer of the Borrowers certifying as to the satisfaction of the Leverage Ratio Test and the Liquidity Test and the matters set forth in the foregoing paragraph (A), and attaching supporting calculations in reasonable detail where applicable; and ( iii) for greater certainty, each Subordinated Payment that is due and payable on a date that is prior to March 31, 2022 shall be fully Paid in Kind and under no circumstances shall any Subordinated Payment (or any portion thereof) be paid in cash or Cash Equivalents before March 31, 2022; (f) Distributions on the account of any Alberta Utilities Commission Debt, provided that each such Distribution shall be made solely with the proceeds of the payments received by the Obligors from their Customers in the Province of Alberta under the applicable Customer Contracts; and (g) interest payments on the $15 Million Subordinated Note that are Paid in Kind. “ Permitted Encumbrances ” means, with respect to any Person, the following: (a) Encumbrances for Taxes not yet due or for which instalments have been paid based on reasonable estimates pending final assessments, or if due, they are not yet delinquent or the validity of which is being contested diligently and in good faith by appropriate proceedings by that Person for which reasonable reserves under GAAP are maintained;

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 34 - (b) Encumbrances in respect of claims for unpaid wages, vacation pay, worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance premiums, pension plan contributions, employee or non - resident withholding tax source deductions, realty taxes (including utility charges and business taxes which are collectable like realty taxes), unremitted goods and services taxes, provincial sales taxes, customs duties or similar statutory obligations secured by an Encumbrance on any Obligor’s assets ranking prior to or pari passu with the Security, but only if the obligations secured by such Encumbrances are paid before they become delinquent or they are being contested diligently and in good faith by appropriate proceedings by that Person for which reasonable reserves under GAAP are maintained; (c) undetermined or inchoate liens, rights of distress and charges incidental to current operations which relate to obligations not yet due, or if due, they are not yet delinquent or the validity of which is being contested diligently and in good faith by appropriate proceedings by that Person or they do not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate; (d) the Encumbrance resulting from the deposit of cash or securities in connection with contracts, tenders or expropriation proceedings, or to secure workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, letters of credit, surety or appeal bonds, or costs of litigation when required by law in any case not to exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] or the Equivalent Amount in US$ in aggregate outstanding at any time, liens and claims incidental to current construction, mechanics’, warehousemen’s, landlords’, carriers’, surety bonds and other similar liens, and public, statutory and other like obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business; (e) the Encumbrance created by a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, so long as the same does not result in an Event of Default; (f) Encumbrances on real property which consist of (i) reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in the original grant from the Crown, (ii) any general qualifications to title imposed under the land registry system in which any real property is situate, (iii) any encroachments, variations in description or by - law infractions which might be revealed by an up - to - date survey of the real property, (iv) any agreement with a municipality with respect to the development of the buildings, fixtures and improvements on the real property, (v) restrictions or restrictive covenants disclosed by registered title, (vi) any easement or right - of - way disclosed by registered title and (vii) any easement for the supply of utilities to the real property; (g) liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of combination of accounts or similar rights in the ordinary course of conducting day - to - day banking business in relation to deposit accounts (including segregated deposit accounts for Customers if required by Applicable Law) or other funds maintained with a financial institution;

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 35 - (h) the Security; ( i) Purchase Money Security Interests and Encumbrances securing Lease Obligations, provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of Debt secured thereby or arising thereunder does not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] or the Equivalent Amount in US$ at any time; ( j) security securing Existing Intercompany Debt or Future Intercompany Debt if required pursuant to Section 10.02; (k) any Encumbrance granted by any Obligor to LDCs in respect of Billed Accounts Receivable under the Customer Contracts that have been sold to LDCs and for which LDCs are obligated to pay for following such sale in accordance with Collection Service Agreements as permitted by Section 9.04(1); ( l) any Encumbrance granted by any Obligor to LDCs in respect of Sold Unbilled Accounts Receivable under the Customer Contracts that have been sold to LDCs and for which LDCs are obligated to pay for following such sale in accordance with Collection Service Agreements as permitted by Section 9.04(1); (m) any Encumbrance granted by any Obligor to LDCs in respect of Unbilled Accounts Receivable in accordance with Collection Service Agreements, provided that the aggregate value of such Unbilled Accounts Receivable Encumbered at any time shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; (n) any Encumbrance granted by any Obligor to LDCs in respect of Cash Security Deposits in accordance with Collection Service Agreements, provided that the aggregate value of such Cash Security Deposits Encumbered at any time shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; (o) any Encumbrance granted by an Obligor to an LDC in respect of natural gas in storage with such LDC if required by such LDC or the tariff applicable to such LDC; provided that the aggregate volume of such natural gas in storage so Encumbered shall not at any time exceed 10% of the aggregate volume of all such natural gas in storage; (p) Encumbrances over Credit Card Payment Accounts to secure obligations of certain Obligors to certain deposit banks pursuant to merchant services agreements; (q) Encumbrances over any and all cash, monies and interest bearing instruments delivered to, deposited with or held by an exchange for natural gas and any rights to payment or performance owing from an exchange for natural gas including, without limitation, accounts payable owed by the exchange to an Obligor to the extent that such proceeds are to be used as security for future transactions and all proceeds of any of the foregoing, provided that the aggregate value of such Encumbrances at any time shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; and

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 36 - (r) such other Encumbrances as agreed to in writing by the Lenders in accordance with this Agreement. “Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Debt” means Debt owing by the Obligors to Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate at any time; provided that such Debt is subordinated and postponed to the Obligations pursuant to the terms of a Subordination Agreement. “ Person ” is to be broadly interpreted and will include an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an unlimited liability company, a partnership, a trust, an incorporated organization, a joint venture, financial institution, the government of a country or any political subdivision of a country, or an agency or department of any such government, any other Governmental Authority and the executors, administrators or other legal representatives of an individual in such capacity. “ Pledged Securities ” means all of the issued and outstanding equity (whether in the form of shares in capital stock, partnership interests, trust units or otherwise) held by any Obligor in any other Obligor and all Future Intercompany Equity. “ Prime Rate ” means a fluctuating rate of interest per annum, expressed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, which is equal at all times to the greater of (a) the reference rate of interest (however designated) of the Agent for determining interest chargeable by it on Canadian Dollar commercial loans made in Canada; and (b) 1.0% above CDOR from time to time for one month Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances. “ Prime Rate Advance ” means an Advance in or a Conversion into Canadian Dollars made by the Lenders to the Canadian Borrower with respect to which the Canadian Borrower has specified that interest is to be calculated by reference to the Prime Rate. “ Prime Rate Margin ” means, for any period, the applicable percentage rate per annum applicable to that period as indicated below the reference to “Prime Rate Advance” in the definition of “Applicable Margin”, as adjusted pursuant to the definition of “Applicable Margin”. “ Priority Suppliers ” means, the Shell Energy Entities (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) and the Other Commodity Suppliers (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement). “ Priority Supplier Payables ” means all accrued amounts that remain unpaid and owing to the Priority Suppliers for the physical supply of electricity or gas that has been delivered to a Customer. “ Priority Supplier Payables Certificate ” means the certificate required pursuant to Section 9.03(10), substantially in the form annexed as Schedule O and signed by a senior officer of the Canadian Borrower. “ Proceedings ” means the proceedings commenced by JustEnergy on July 8, 2020 under section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) in Toronto, Ontario.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 37 - “ Property ” means, with respect to any Person, all or any portion of its undertaking, property and assets, both real and personal, including, for greater certainty, (i) any share in the capital of a corporation or ownership interest in any other Person and (ii) its interest under all Supplier Contracts, LDC Agreements and related permits. “ Proportionate Share ” means in respect of each Lender from time to time, (a) with respect to a Credit Facility or each Credit Facility, the percentage of such Credit Facility or of each of the Credit Facilities, as the case may be, which a Lender has agreed to advance to the Borrowers, determined by dividing the Lender’s Commitment in respect of such Credit Facility or of each of the Credit Facilities, as the case may be, by the aggregate of all of the Lenders’ Commitments with respect to such Credit Facility or each of the Credit Facilities, (b) with respect to an Advance, such percentage of the Credit Facility (determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above, less the amount of the Canadian Swingline Facility and the US Swingline Facility) under which such Advance is made, (c) with respect to the Obligations, pro rata in accordance with the aggregate unpaid amount of the Obligations owed to such Lender, and (d) with respect to any reduction in the Maximum Facility Amount and the Commitment of such Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing such Lenders’ aggregate Commitments in respect of all of the Credit Facilities by the Maximum Facility Amount then in effect. “ Purchase Money Security Interest ” means an Encumbrance created or assumed by an Obligor securing Debt incurred to finance the unpaid acquisition price (including any installation costs or costs of construction) of Property provided that (a) such Encumbrance is created substantially concurrently with the acquisition of such Property, (b) such Encumbrance does not at any time encumber any Property other than the Property and the proceeds thereof financed or refinanced (to the extent the principal amount is not increased) by such Debt, (c) the amount of Debt secured thereby is not increased subsequent to such acquisition, and (d) the principal amount of Debt secured by any such Encumbrance at no time exceeds 100% of the original purchase price of such Property at the time it was acquired, installed or constructed and for the purposes of this definition the term “acquisition” will include a lease in respect of a Right of Use Asset and the term “acquire” will have a corresponding meaning. “ Qualified ECP Guarantor ” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Obligor that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act. “ RCE ” means a residential customer equivalent which is a unit of measurement to a customer using, as regards natural gas, 2 , 815 m 3 (or 106 GJ’s) of natural gas on an annual basis and, as regards electricity, 10 , 000 kWh of electricity on an annual basis, which represents respectively the approximate amount of gas and electricity used by a typical household . “ Recapitalization Plan ” means the amended and restated plan of arrangement dated as of September 2 , 2020 in respect of JustEnergy pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act ,

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 38 - which plan shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders, acting reasonably. “ Receiving Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 13.12 . “ Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.02(3). “ Release ” means a “release”, as such term is defined in CERCLA. “ Relevant Jurisdiction ” means, from time to time, with respect to a Person that is granting Security hereunder, any province or territory of Canada, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, or any other country or political subdivision thereof, in which such Person has its jurisdiction of formation, chief executive office, registered office or chief place of business or has tangible Property (other than vehicles) and, for greater certainty, at the Effective Date includes the jurisdictions set forth in Schedule 8.01(19). “ Relevant Quarter ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin. “ Repayment Notice ” means the notice substantially in the form annexed hereto as Schedule C. “ Requirements of Environmental Law ” means all requirements of the common law or of statutes, regulations, by - laws, ordinances, treaties, judgments and decrees, and (to the extent that they have the force of law) rules, policies, guidelines, orders, approvals, notices, permits, directives, and the like, of any federal, territorial, provincial, state, regional, municipal or local judicial, regulatory or administrative agency, board or governmental authority in Canada, the United States and any other jurisdiction in which any Obligor has operations or assets relating to environmental or occupational health and safety matters (as they relate to exposure to a Hazardous Substance) and the assets and undertaking of any Obligor and the intended uses thereof in connection with such matters, including but not limited to, all such requirements relating to: (a) the protection, preservation or remediation of the natural environment (the air, land, surface water or groundwater); (b) solid, gaseous or liquid waste generation, handling, treatment, storage, disposal or transportation; (c) consumer, occupational or public safety and health (as they relate to exposure to a Hazardous Substance); and (d) Hazardous Substances or conditions (matters that are prohibited, controlled or otherwise regulated, such as contaminants, pollutants, toxic substances, dangerous goods, wastes, hazardous wastes, liquid industrial wastes, hazardous materials, petroleum and other materials such as urea formaldehyde and polyurethane foam insulation, asbestos or asbestos - containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or PCB contaminated fluids or equipment, lead based paint, explosives, radioactive substances, petroleum and associated products, above ground and underground storage tanks or surface impoundments). “ Requirements of Law ” means, as to any Person, any Applicable Law, or determination of a Governmental Authority having the force of law, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its business or Property or to which such Person or any of its business or Property is subject. “ Residential Customer ” means a Customer with annual consumption of 15 RCEs or less.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 39 - “ Resolution Authority ” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Financial Institution, an EEA Resolution Authority, or (b) with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority . “ Restricted Share Grant Plan ” means the 2010 restricted share grant plan pursuant to which restricted common shares of JustEnergy are granted to senior officers and service providers to JustEnergy and to senior officers of JustEnergy’s Subsidiaries and Affiliates, as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time . “ Restricted Subsidiary ” means each direct or indirect Subsidiary of JustEnergy that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary and for greater certainty, includes (i) the Obligors (but for greater certainty does not include JustEnergy), and (ii) any Subsidiary formed or acquired by any Obligor following the Effective Date. “ Restricted Subsidiary Subordination Agreement ” means the second amended and restated subordination and postponement of inter - corporate debt agreement dated as of October 2, 2013 between the Obligors and the Collateral Agent, whereby the Obligors subordinate and postpone certain Debt of the Obligors including (i) any Existing Intercompany Debt; and (ii) any Future Intercompany Debt, to Senior Debt (as defined therein), as such agreement may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time. “ Revolving Facilities ” means the Canadian Revolving Facility and the US Revolving Facility collectively and “ Revolving Facility ” means either one of them. “ Revolving Period ” means the period starting on the Effective Date and extending to the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date on which the Credit Facilities are terminated pursuant to Sec tion 11.02 . “ Right of Use Asset ” means, with respect to any Person, any asset that is leased by such Person and constituting a right of use asset pursuant to IFRS 16. “ Rollover ” means a rollover of a maturing Bankers’ Acceptance into a new Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, as applicable, or the rollover of a maturing LIBOR Advance into a new LIBOR Advance. “ Rollover Date ” means the date of commencement of a new Interest Period applicable to a Bankers’ Acceptance, BA Equivalent Note or a LIBOR Advance that is being rolled over. “ Rollover Notice ” means the Notice of Request for Advance substantially in the form annexed hereto as Schedule B to be given to the Agent by the Canadian Borrower in connection with the Rollover of a Bankers’ Acceptance, BA Equivalent Note or a LIBOR Advance or by the US Borrower to the Agent in connection with the Rollover of a LIBOR Advance. “ Sanctioned Person ” means a person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals maintained by OFAC or otherwise designated under Sanctions Laws. “ Sanctions Event ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 8.01(40).

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 40 - “ Sanctions Laws ” means any economic, trade or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time under laws and executive orders of the Canadian government (including without limitation including under the Special Economic Measures Act (Canada), the United Nations Act (Canada), the Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Canada), the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) and the Criminal Code (Canada) and, in each case, the regulations promulgated thereunder), the United States government, or any other relevant sanctions authority. “ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw - Hill Companies, Inc. and its successors. “ Schedule I Lenders ” means a bank which is chartered under the Bank Act (Canada) and named in Schedule I thereto. “ Security ” means (i) all security held from time to time by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Agent, the Lenders, and the Lender Hedge Providers and other Persons party to the Intercreditor Agreement, securing or intended to secure directly or indirectly, among other things, repayment of the Obligations and includes all security described in Article 10, Schedule 10.01 and all supplements, amendments, restatements or replacements of such security and (ii) all guarantees held from time to time by or on behalf of the Lenders or the Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Lender Hedge Providers, guaranteeing the Obligations and includes all guarantees described in Article 10, Schedule 10.01 and all supplements, amendments, restatements, replacements of such guarantees. “ Security Documents ” means the documents evidencing the Security, including, without limitation, the documents referred to in Article 10, in each case, as may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time. “Senior Debt” means Total Debt minus (i) the 2020 Subordinated Debt; and (ii) the $15 Million Subordinated Note, all as determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis in accordance with GAAP. “ Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio ” means, for any Four Quarter Period, the ratio of Senior Debt as at the last day of the applicable Four Quarter Period to EBITDA in respect of such Four Quarter Period. “ Share Based Compensation ” means compensation paid by JustEnergy to the directors, officers, full - time employees and service providers of JustEnergy and JustEnergy’s Subsidiaries and Affiliates in the form of common shares pursuant to the Share Compensation Plan, the Restricted Share Grant Plan, the PB Plan or the Deferred Compensation Plan. “ Share Compensation Plan ” means the 2020 share compensation plan pursuant to which common shares of JustEnergy are granted to directors, officers and full - time employees of and service providers to JustEnergy, and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time. “ Shell Energy ” means Shell Energy North America (Canada) Inc., formerly known as Coral Energy Canada Inc.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 41 - “ Shell Energy Security ” means the security granted by JEC in favour of Shell Energy pursuant to (i) an amended and restated security agreement dated as of October 29, 2004 between JEC and Shell Energy, as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time and (ii) a security agreement dated April 5, 2002 between Ontario Savings Electric Corporation (a predecessor of JEC), each as assigned by JEC to the Canadian Borrower pursuant to the JEC Assignment Agreement or otherwise, and as assigned by Shell Energy to the Collateral Agent pursuant to an assignment and assumption agreement dated as of November 1, 2004, as assumed by JustEnergy pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement, and as further supplemented, amended or restated from time to time. “ Sold Unbilled Accounts Receivable ” means all present and future amounts that have not yet been billed to a Customer in respect of gas, electricity or JustGreen Products that has been delivered to such Customer pursuant to a Customer Contract and which have been assigned or sold to an LDC concurrently with the delivery of such gas, electricity or JustGreen Products and which are subject to a Collection Service Agreement. “ Specified Canadian Pension Plan ” means any Canadian Pension Plan which contains a “defined benefit provision”, as defined in subsection 147.1(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada). “ Subordinated Debt Fees ” means, with respect to or in connection with the Subordinated Facility Agreement, (a) the annual administrative payment payable by JustEnergy to Computershare Trust Company of Canada or any replacement administrative agent (in its capacity as administrative agent under the Subordinated Facility Agreement), for the account and benefit of each lender party thereto, in an aggregate amount not to exceed 1.00% of the average daily drawn principal amount under the Subordinated Facility Agreement in any Fiscal Year; and (b) the lead lender annual partnership payment payable by JustEnergy to lenders under the Subordinated Facility Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed 0.20% of the average daily drawn principal amount under the Subordinated Facility Agreement in any Fiscal Year. “ Subordinated Facility Agreement ” means the unsecured amended and restated loan agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 between Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as administrative agent, Sagard Credit Partners, LP and the other lenders party thereto, as lenders, and JustEnergy, as borrower, as may be supplemented, modified, amended or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the 2020 Subordinated Debt Subordination Agreement. “ Subordination Agreement ” means any subordination and postponement agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule N, as such agreement may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time. “ Subsidiary ” means, at any time, as to any Person, any other Person, if at such time the first mentioned Person owns, directly or indirectly, alone or together with one or more of its Affiliates, securities or other ownership interests in such other Person having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or persons performing similar functions for such other Person, and will include any other Person in like relationship to a Subsidiary of such first mentioned Person.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 42 - “ Supplier Contracts ” means contracts between any Obligor and a supplier of natural gas, electricity or JustGreen Products, including, without limitation, the natural gas sales agreement dated as of October 15, 1998 between JEC and Shell Energy, as amended by amending agreements dated as of September 26, 2001 and January 15, 2004 between the Canadian Borrower and Shell Energy, and as assigned to the Canadian Borrower pursuant to the JEC Assignment Agreement, as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. “ Supply Commitments ” means, at any time, the amount of natural gas, electricity or JustGreen Products anticipated to be deliverable by the Obligors to Customers under (i) committed existing Customer Contracts; (ii) supplied but not flowing renewals of expiring Customer Contracts; and (iii) supplied but not flowing new Customer Contracts. “ Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act. “ Take - Over Bid ” means either (a) an offer to acquire outstanding publicly - held voting or equity securities of a class of a Person where the securities that are the subject of such offer, together with the offeror’s securities, constitute at least 20% of the outstanding securities of that class of securities on the date the offer is made, or (b) any other event which is a take - over bid within the meaning attributed to such term by any law, treaty, rule, regulation, or requirement of any stock exchange or securities commission, or determination of any arbitrator, court, stock exchange, securities commission or other Governmental Authority, in each case, applicable to or binding on any Borrower. “ Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means all taxes, charges, fees, levies, imposts and other assessments, including all income, sales, use, goods and services, harmonized sales, value added, capital, capital gains, alternative, net worth, capital, transfer, profits, withholding, payroll, employer health, excise, franchise, real property and personal property taxes, and any other taxes, customs duties, fees, assessments, royalties, duties, deductions, compulsory loans or similar charges in the nature of a tax, including Canada Pension Plan and provincial pension plan contributions, employment insurance payments and workers compensation premiums, together with any instalments, and any interest, fines and penalties, imposed by any Governmental Authority (including federal, state, provincial, municipal and foreign Governmental Authorities) in respect thereof, whether disputed or not. “ Threshold Amount ” means, at any time, an Aggregate Swap Exposure equal to [Dollar Amount Redacted] . “Total Debt” means all Debt of the Borrowers but, for the avoidance of doubt, excludes (i) Debt arising under Hedges, (ii) the principal amount outstanding of all Existing Intercompany Debt, Future Intercompany Debt and Permitted Unrestricted Subsidiary Debt, (iii) Debt arising under the EDC Indemnity, and (iv) the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt, all as determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 43 - “ Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio ” means, for any Four Quarter Period, the ratio of Total Debt as at the last day of the applicable Four Quarter Period to EBITDA in respect of such Four Quarter Period . “ Total Interest Expense ” of the Borrowers means, for any period and on a Modified Consolidated Basis, without duplication, the aggregate amount of interest and other financing charges accrued or actually paid by the Borrowers, during such period with respect to Debt including interest, discount and financing fees, commissions, discounts, the interest or time value of money component of costs related to factoring or securitizing receivables or monetizing inventory and other fees and charges payable with respect to letters of credit, letters of guarantee and bankers’ acceptance financing, standby fees and the interest charges with respect to Lease Obligations, all as determined in accordance with GAAP. “ Total Liquidity ” has the meaning set forth in paragraph (e)(i)B of the definition of “Permitted Distribution”. “ Transportation Agreements ” means, collectively, the transportation agreements entered into between the Obligors and LDCs (or entered into between JEC and LDCs and assigned to the Canadian Borrower pursuant to the JEC Assignment Agreement) providing for the delivery of gas provided by an Obligor to its Customers and related matters, as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. “ UK Financial Institution ” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms. “ UK Resolution Authority ” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution. “ Unbilled Accounts Receivable ” means all present and future amounts in respect of gas or electricity or JustGreen Products that have been delivered to a Customer pursuant to a Customer Contract, and that have not yet been billed to such Customer or assigned or sold to an LDC pursuant to a Collection Service Agreement, and which, for greater certainty, remain an asset of an Obligor. “ United States Dollars ”, “ US Dollars ” and “ US$ ” means the lawful money of the United States of America. “ Unrestricted Subsidiaries ” means the direct or indirect Subsidiaries of JustEnergy that were designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Date and are described as such on Schedule 8 . 01 ( 16 ) . “ US Assignment Agreement ” means an assignment agreement substantially in the form of Schedule F to this Agreement.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 44 - “ US Base Rate ” means a fluctuating rate of interest per annum, expressed on the basis of a year of 365 days or 366 days, as applicable, which is equal at all times to the greater of (a) the reference rate of interest (however designated) of the Agent for determining interest chargeable by it on United States Dollar commercial loans in Canada and (b) the sum of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) 0.50% per annum. “ US Base Rate Advance ” means an Advance in, or Conversion into United States Dollars made by the Lenders to the Canadian Borrower with respect to which the Canadian Borrower has specified that interest is to be calculated by a reference to US Base Rate. “ US Base Rate Margin ” means, for any period, the applicable percentage rate per annum applicable to that period as indicated below the reference to “US Base Rate Advance” in the definition of “Applicable Margin”, as adjusted pursuant to the definition of “Applicable Margin”. “ US Borrower ” means the US Borrower hereunder, being Just Energy (U.S.) Corp., a Delaware corporation and includes its successors by merger or otherwise. “ US Issuing Lender ” means CIBC US (solely in respect of the Existing CIBC US Letters of Credit and not any Letters of Credit issued after April 18, 2018), CIBC, National Bank of Canada and any other US Lenders approved by each of the US Borrower and the Agent, and any successor Lender, in its capacity as such. “ US Lenders ” means the Lenders designated as such in Schedule A annexed hereto providing the US Revolving Facility to the US Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. “ US Pension Plan ” means a “pension plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), and to which an Obligor, or any corporation, trade or business that is, along with any other Person, a member of a Controlled Group, may reasonably be expected to have liability, including any liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA at any time during the preceding five years, or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under Section 4069 of ERISA. “ US Prime Rate ” means a fluctuating rate of interest per annum, expressed on the basis of a year of 365 days or 366 days, as applicable, which is equal at all times to the greater of (a) the reference rate of interest (however designated) of the Agent for determining interest chargeable by it on United States Dollar commercial loans in the United States and (b) the sum of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) 1.0% per annum. “ US Prime Rate Advance ” means an Advance or a Conversion of an Advance in United States Dollars made by a US Lender to the US Borrower with respect to which the US Borrower has specified that interest is to be calculated by reference to the US Prime Rate. “ US Prime Rate Margin ” means, for any period, the applicable percentage rate per annum applicable to that period as indicated below the reference to “US Prime Rate Advance” in the definition of “Applicable Margin”, as adjusted pursuant to the definition of “Applicable Margin”.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 45 - “ US Revolver Amount ” means the amount set forth in Schedule A hereto as the “Total Commitment” for the US Revolving Facility. “ US Revolving Facility ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 2.02 . “ US Swingline Facility ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(1). “ US Swingline Lender ” means any Lender that agrees, with the approval of the Agent and the Borrowers, to act as the US Swingline Lender hereunder. “ US Swingline Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Sec tion 2.06(2). “ US Welfare Plan ” means a “welfare plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA. “ Withholding Agent ” means any Obligor and the Agent. “ Write - Down and Conversion Powers ” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write - down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail - In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write - down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail - In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to any UK Resolution Authority, any powers of such UK Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail - In Legislation for the United Kingdom to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail - In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers. “ Year - Five Period ” means, for any Eligible Customer Contract, at any month end, the twelve month period immediately succeeding the end of the Year - Four Period. “ Year - Four Period ” means, for any Eligible Customer Contract, at any month end, the twelve month period immediately succeeding the end of the Year - Three Period. “ Year - One Period ” means, for any Eligible Customer Contract, at any month end, the immediately succeeding twelve month period. “ Year - Three Period ” means, for any Eligible Customer Contract, at any month end, the twelve month period immediately succeeding the end of the Year - Two Period. “ Year - Two Period ” means, for any Eligible Customer Contract, at any month end, the twelve month period immediately succeeding the end of the Year - One Period. 1.02 Headings The division of this Agreement into Articles and Sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and will not affect the construction or

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 46 - interpretation of this Agreement. The terms “this Agreement”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and similar expressions refer to this Agreement and not to any particular Article, Section or other portion hereof and include any agreement supplemental hereto. Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement. 3. Number Words importing the singular number only will include the plural and vice versa , words importing the masculine gender will include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa . 4. Accounting Principles Where the character or amount of any asset or liability or item of revenue or expense is required to be determined, or any consolidation or other accounting computation is required to be made for the purpose of this Agreement or any Credit Document, such determination or calculation will, to the extent applicable and except as otherwise specified herein or as otherwise agreed in writing by the parties, be made in accordance with GAAP. 5. Accounting Practices All calculations for the purposes of determining compliance with the financial ratios and financial covenants contained in this Agreement will be made on a basis consistent with GAAP in existence as at the date hereof applied on a Modified Consolidated Basis in accordance with GAAP. In the event of a change in such GAAP which in any material respect changes or results in a change in the method of calculation of, or has an adverse impact on, financial covenants, standards or terms applicable to an Obligor under any of the Credit Documents as determined by the Lenders, acting reasonably, the Canadian Borrower and the Agent (with the approval of the Majority Lenders) will negotiate in good faith to revise (if appropriate) such ratios and covenants to reflect GAAP as then in effect, in which case all calculations thereafter made for the purpose of determining compliance with the financial ratios and financial covenants contained in this Agreement will be made on a basis consistent with GAAP in existence as at the date of such revisions. 6. Permitted Encumbrances The inclusion of reference to Permitted Encumbrances in any Credit Document is not intended to subordinate and will not subordinate, and will not be interpreted as subordinating, any Encumbrance created by any of the Security to any Permitted Encumbrance. 7. Currency Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to dollar amounts (without further description) will mean Canadian Dollars.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 47 - 8. Paramountcy In the event of a conflict in or between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any of the other Credit Documents (other than (i) Hedges to which a Lender Hedge Provider is the counterparty and (ii) the Intercreditor Agreement) then, notwithstanding anything contained in such other Credit Document, the provisions of this Agreement will prevail and the provisions of such other Credit Document will be deemed to be amended to the extent necessary to eliminate such conflict. In particular, if any act or omission of an Obligor is expressly permitted under this Agreement but is expressly prohibited under another Credit Document (other than (i) Hedges to which a Lender Hedge Provider is the counterparty and (ii) the Intercreditor Agreement), such act or omission will be permitted. If any act or omission is expressly prohibited under a Credit Document (other than this Agreement), but this Agreement does not expressly permit such act or omission, or if any act is expressly required to be performed under such Credit Document but this Agreement does not expressly relieve the applicable Obligor from such performance, such circumstance will not constitute a conflict in or between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of such Credit Document. 9. Non - Business Days Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, whenever any payment is stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, the payment will be made on the immediately following Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if with respect to any payment of principal or interest on a LIBOR Advance the succeeding Business Day falls in the next calendar month, the due date for payment of such principal or interest will be the next preceding Business Day. In the case of interest or fees payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the extension or contraction of time will be considered in determining the amount of interest and fees. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, whenever any action to be taken is stated or scheduled to be required to be taken on, or (except with respect to the calculation of interest or fees) any period of time is stated or scheduled to commence or terminate on, a day other than a Business Day, the action will be taken or the period of time will commence or terminate, as the case may be, on the immediately following Business Day. 1.10 Statutory and Material Contract References Any reference in this Agreement to any act or statute or regulation (including any regulation of any Governmental Authority), or to any section of or any definition in any act, statute or regulation (including any regulation of any Governmental Authority), will be deemed to be a reference to such act, statute or regulation (including any regulation of any Governmental Authority) or section or definition as amended, supplemented, substituted, replaced or re - enacted from time to time. Any reference in this Agreement to an agreement, indenture, debenture or contract (including without limitation a Material Contract) will be deemed to be a reference to such document as supplemented, amended, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 48 - 1.11 Interest Payments and Calculations (1) All interest payments to be made under this Agreement will be paid without allowance or deduction for deemed re - investment or otherwise, both before and after maturity and before and after default and/or judgment, if any, until payment of the amount on which such interest is accruing, and interest will accrue on overdue interest, if any. (2) Unless otherwise stated, wherever in this Agreement reference is made to a rate of interest or rate of fees “per annum” or a similar expression is used, such interest or fees will be calculated on the basis of a calendar year of 365 days or 366 days, as the case may be, and using the nominal rate method of calculation, and will not be calculated using the effective rate method of calculation or on any other basis that gives effect to the principle of deemed re - investment of interest. (3) For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) and disclosure under such act, whenever interest to be paid under this Agreement is to be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days or 360 days or any other period of time that is less than a calendar year, the yearly rate of interest to which the rate determined pursuant to such calculation is equivalent is the rate so determined multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the same is to be ascertained and divided by either 365, 360 or such other period of time, as the case may be. EACH OF THE OBLIGORS CONFIRMS THAT IT FULLY UNDERSTANDS AND IS ABLE TO CALCULATE THE RATE OF INTEREST APPLICABLE TO EACH OF THE CREDIT FACILITIES BASED ON THE METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING PER ANNUM RATES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT. The Agent agrees that if requested in writing by a Borrower it will calculate the nominal and effective per annum rate of interest on any Advance outstanding at the time of such request and provide such information to such Borrower promptly following such request; provided that any error in any such calculation, or any failure to provide such information on request, shall not relieve either Borrower or any other Obligor of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, nor result in any liability to the Agent or any Lender. EACH OBLIGOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR ASSERT, WHETHER BY WAY OF DEFENCE OR OTHERWISE, IN ANY PROCEEDING RELATING TO THE CREDIT DOCUMENTS, THAT THE INTEREST PAYABLE UNDER THE CREDIT DOCUMENTS AND THE CALCULATION THEREOF HAS NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY DISCLOSED TO THE OBLIGORS, WHETHER PURSUANT TO SECTION 4 OF THE INTEREST ACT (CANADA) OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LAW OR LEGAL PRINCIPLE. (4) In calculating interest or fees payable under this Agreement for any period, unless otherwise specifically stated, the first day but not the last day of such period will be included . (5) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will any interest rate or rates referred to herein (together with other fees payable hereunder which are construed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be interest or in the nature of interest) exceed the maximum interest rate permitted by Applicable Law. If such maximum interest rate would be exceeded by the terms hereof, the rates of interest payable hereunder will be reduced to the extent necessary so that such rates (together with other fees which are construed by a court of

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 49 - competent jurisdiction to be interest or in the nature of interest) equal the maximum interest rate permitted by Applicable Law, and any overpayment of interest received by the Agent or the Lenders theretofore will be applied, forthwith after determination of such overpayment, to pay all then outstanding interest, and thereafter to pay outstanding principal, as if the same were a prepayment of principal and treated accordingly hereunder. 12. Determination by a Borrower All provisions contained herein requiring a Borrower to make a determination or assessment of any event or circumstance or other matter to the best of its knowledge shall be deemed to require such Borrower to make all due inquiries and investigations as may be necessary or prudent in the circumstances before making any such determination or assessment. 13. Schedules The following are the Schedules annexed hereto and incorporated by reference and deemed to be part hereof: Schedule A Schedule B Schedule C Schedule D Schedule E Schedule F Schedule G Schedule H.1 Schedule H.2 Schedule H.3 Schedule I Schedule I.1 Schedule J Schedule K Schedule L Schedule M Schedule N Schedule O Schedule 8.01(6) Schedule 8.01(16) Schedule 8.01(19) Schedule 8.01(21) Schedule 8.01(22) Schedule 8.01(27) Schedule 8.01(35) Schedule 8.01(38) Schedule 9.03(9) Schedule 9.04(14) Schedule 10.01 – Lenders and Commitments – Notice of Request for Advance – Repayment Notice – Compliance Certificate – Canadian Assignment Agreement – US Assignment Agreement – List of LDC Agreements – Existing CIBC Letters of Credit – Existing CIBC US Letters of Credit – Existing LC Facility Letters of Credit – Borrowing Base Sample Calculation – Borrowing Base Key Assumption Sample Calculation – Borrowing Base Certificate – [Reserved] – Form of Operating Budget - List of Guarantors as of the Effective Date – Form of Subordination Agreement – Priority Supplier Payables Certificate – Taxes – Corporate Structure – Relevant Jurisdictions – Intellectual Property – Material Contracts and Material Licences – Environmental Reports – Non Arm’s Length Transactions – Bank Accounts – Form of Portfolio Report – Location of Assets in Other Jurisdictions – List of Security Documents as of the Effective Date

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 ARTICLE 2 THE CREDIT FACILITIES 2.01 Canadian Revolving Facility (1) Canadian Revolving Facility – Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement the Canadian Lenders, the Canadian Swingline Lender and each Canadian Issuing Lender hereby establish in favour of the Canadian Borrower as of the Effective Date a revolving credit facility (the “ Canadian Revolving Facility ”) in an amount not to exceed the Canadian Revolver Amount. (2) Canadian Swingline Facility – The Canadian Revolving Facility will include the Canadian Swingline Facility. For greater certainty the aggregate of all outstanding Advances under the Canadian Revolving Facility, including Advances under the Canadian Swingline Facility, will at no time cumulatively exceed the Canadian Revolver Amount. 2. US Revolving Facility (1) US Revolving Facility – Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the US Lenders, the US Swingline Lender and each US Issuing Lender hereby establish in favour of the US Borrower as of the Effective Date a revolving credit facility (the “ US Revolving Facility ”) in an amount not to exceed the US Revolver Amount. (2) US Swingline Facility – The US Revolving Facility will include the US Swingline Facility. For greater certainty the aggregate of all outstanding Advances under the US Revolving Facility, including Advances under the US Swingline Facility, will at no time cumulatively exceed the US Revolver Amount. 3. LC Facility Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the LC Lender hereby establishes in favour of the Borrowers as of the Effective Date a revolving credit facility (the “ LC Facility ”) in an amount not to exceed the LC Facility Amount . 4. Maximum Outstandings The aggregate of (i) outstanding Canadian Dollar Advances under the Canadian Revolving Facility, (ii) the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of all outstanding US Dollar Advances under the Canadian Revolving Facility, (iii) the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of all outstanding Advances under the US Revolving Facility, (iv) outstanding Canadian Dollar Advances under the LC Facility, and (v) the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of all outstanding US Dollar Advances under the LC Facility, will not (except as contemplated in Sec tion 6.04 ), exceed the Borrowing Base.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 51 - 2.05 Canadian Swingline Facility (1) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Canadian Swingline Lender establishes in favour of the Canadian Borrower as of the Effective Date a revolving credit facility which is part of the Canadian Revolving Facility in an amount up to [Dollar Amount Redacted] or the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars on the terms set forth in this Sec tion 2.05 (the “ Canadian Swingline Facility ”). (2) At any time during the Revolving Period that the Canadian Borrower would be entitled to obtain Prime Rate Advances and US Base Rate Advances, as the case may be, under the Canadian Revolving Facility, the Canadian Borrower will be entitled to draw cheques on its Cdn. Dollar chequing account and US Dollar chequing account, as the case may be, maintained from time to time with the Canadian Swingline Lender at the main branch of the Canadian Swingline Lender in Toronto, Ontario (or in such other accounts with the Canadian Swingline Lender at such other branch of the Canadian Swingline Lender as may be agreed upon by the Canadian Swingline Lender and the Canadian Borrower from time to time). If no cash concentration arrangement is in place with the Canadian Swingline Lender, the debit balance from time to time in any such Cdn. Dollar account will be deemed to be a Prime Rate Advance, outstanding to the Canadian Borrower from the Canadian Swingline Lender under the Canadian Revolving Facility and the debit balance from time to time in any such US Dollar account will be deemed to be a US Base Rate Advance outstanding to the Canadian Borrower from the Canadian Swingline Lender under the Canadian Revolving Facility. If at any time the Canadian Borrower is a party to a cash concentration arrangement with the Canadian Swingline Lender, then only the amount of any overdraft from time to time in the Cdn. Dollar or US Dollar concentration account (and not any individual chequing account), as the case may be, of the Canadian Borrower established pursuant to such arrangement (which for greater certainty may include one of the Cdn. Dollar or US Dollar accounts identified above) will be deemed to be a Prime Rate Advance or US Base Rate Advance, as the case may be, outstanding to the Canadian Borrower from the Canadian Swingline Lender under the Canadian Revolving Facility. A Prime Rate Advance or a US Base Rate Advance from the Canadian Swingline Lender as contemplated by this Section, prior to such time as such Advance is repaid as contemplated by Sections 2.05(4) or (5), or purchased as contemplated by Section 2.05(6), is referred to as a “ Canadian Swingline Loan ”. (3) The outstanding Canadian Dollar amount of all Canadian Swingline Loans at any time will not exceed the lesser of: (a) [Dollar Amount Redacted] or the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars; and (b) the amount, if any, by which: (i) Canadian Revolver Amount; exceeds ( ii) the Cdn. Dollar amount of all Advances (other than Canadian Swingline Loans) outstanding at such time under the Canadian Revolving Facility.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 52 - (4) It is the intention of the parties that Canadian Swingline Loans are to be available to the Canadian Borrower on a short - term basis pending the obtaining of Drawdowns from the Canadian Lenders. Accordingly, if any Canadian Swingline Loans have been outstanding for more than five Business Days, the Canadian Swingline Lender may require the Canadian Borrower to obtain a Drawdown, (subject to minimum Advances of Bankers’ Acceptances, BA Equivalent Notes and LIBOR Advances), from the Canadian Lenders in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate amount of Canadian Swingline Loans then outstanding; the proceeds of such Drawdown will be applied in repayment of all outstanding Canadian Swingline Loans at such time. (5) If the Canadian Borrower does not repay Canadian Swingline Loans as required by Sec tion 2.05(4) the Canadian Swingline Lender may (but will not be obliged to) deliver a written notice to the Agent (which will thereupon deliver a similar notice to each of the Canadian Lenders) and to the Canadian Borrower, whereby the Canadian Borrower will be deemed to have requested at such time a Drawdown from the Canadian Lenders (in the case of Canadian Dollar Obligations of Prime Rate Advances and in the case of US Dollar Obligations of US Base Rate Advances) in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate amount of Canadian Swingline Loans then outstanding. The Canadian Lenders will thereupon make such Advances (whether or not the conditions specified in Section 3.02 will then have been satisfied), in its Proportionate Share and the Agent will pay the proceeds thereof to the Canadian Swingline Lender to be applied in repayment of such Canadian Swingline Loans. The Agent will promptly notify the Canadian Borrower of any such Advances made, and the Canadian Borrower agrees to accept each such Advances and hereby authorizes and directs the Agent to apply the proceeds thereof as aforesaid. (6) Upon termination of the Revolving Period, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each of the Canadian Lenders agrees that it will purchase from the Canadian Swingline Lender, and the Canadian Swingline Lender agrees that it will sell to such Canadian Lenders, for cash, at par, without representation or warranty from or recourse against the Canadian Swingline Lender (and irrespective of whether any condition precedent to an Advance has been satisfied, any Pending Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or whether any acceleration or enforcement action (including any termination of the Credit Facilities and the Commitments) has occurred or been commenced under any of the Credit Documents or otherwise), according to its Proportionate Share, an undivided interest in all Canadian Swingline Loans then outstanding. The Agent, upon consultation with the applicable Lenders, will have the power to settle any documentation required to evidence any such purchase and, if deemed advisable by the Agent, to execute any document as attorney for any Lender in order to complete any such purchase. The Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Lenders acknowledge that the foregoing arrangements are to be settled by the Canadian Lenders among themselves, and the Canadian Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangements among such Lenders. (7) Each of the Canadian Lenders agrees to indemnify and save harmless the Canadian Swingline Lender according to its Proportionate Share against all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, payments or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Canadian Swingline Lender in any way related to or arising out of any

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 53 - Canadian Swingline Loan made by the Canadian Swingline Lender under the Canadian Swingline Facility (except for any such liabilities to the extent that they result from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Canadian Swingline Lender). 6. US Swingline Facility (1) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the US Swingline Lender establishes in favour of the US Borrower as of the Effective Date a revolving credit facility which is part of the US Revolving Facility in an amount up to [Dollar Amount Redacted] or the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars on the terms set forth in this Sec tion 2.06 (the “ US Swingline Facility ”). (2) At any time during the Revolving Period that the US Borrower would be entitled to obtain US Prime Rate Advances, as the case may be, under the US Revolving Facility, the US Borrower will be entitled to draw cheques on its US Dollar chequing account, as the case may be, maintained from time to time with the US Swingline Lender at the main branch of the US Swingline Lender in the United States of America (or in such other accounts with the US Swingline Lender at such other branch of the US Swingline Lender as may be agreed upon by the US Swingline Lender and the US Borrower from time to time). If no cash concentration arrangement is in place with the US Swingline Lender, the debit balance from time to time in any such US Dollar account will be deemed to be a US Prime Rate Advance, outstanding to the US Borrower from the US Swingline Lender under the US Revolving Facility. If at any time the US Borrower is a party to a cash concentration arrangement with the US Swingline Lender, then only the amount of any overdraft from time to time in the US Dollar concentration account, of the US Borrower established pursuant to such arrangement (which for greater certainty may include one of the US Dollar accounts identified above) will be deemed to be a US Prime Rate Advance outstanding to the US Borrower from the US Swingline Lender under the US Revolving Facility. A US Prime Rate Advance from the US Swingline Lender as contemplated by this Section, prior to such time as such Advance is repaid as contemplated by Sections 2.06 (4) or (5), or purchased as contemplated by Section 2.06 (6), is referred to as a “ US Swingline Loan ”. (3) The outstanding US Dollar amount of all US Swingline Loans at any time will not exceed the lesser of: (a) [Dollar Amount Redacted] or the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars; and (b) the amount, if any, by which: (i) US Revolver Amount; exceeds ( ii) the Equivalent Amount in US Dollar amount of all Advances (other than US Swingline Loans) outstanding at such time under the US Revolving Facility.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 54 - (4) It is the intention of the parties that US Swingline Loans are to be available to the US Borrower on a short - term basis pending the obtaining of Drawdowns from the US Lenders. Accordingly, if any US Swingline Loans have been outstanding for more than five Business Days, the US Swingline Lender may require the US Borrower to obtain a Drawdown, (subject to minimum Advances of LIBOR Advances), from the US Lenders in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate amount of US Swingline Loans then outstanding; the proceeds of such Drawdown will be applied in repayment of all outstanding US Swingline Loans at such time. (5) If the US Borrower does not repay US Swingline Loans as required by Sec tion 2.06 (4) the US Swingline Lender may (but will not be obliged to) deliver a written notice to the Agent (which will thereupon deliver a similar notice to each of the US Lenders) and to the US Borrower, whereby the US Borrower will be deemed to have requested at such time a Drawdown from the US Lenders of US Prime Rate Advances in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate amount of US Swingline Loans then outstanding. The US Lenders will thereupon make such Advances (whether or not the conditions specified in Sec tion 3.02 will then have been satisfied), in its Proportionate Share and the Agent will pay the proceeds thereof to the US Swingline Lender to be applied in repayment of such US Swingline Loans. The Agent will promptly notify the US Borrower of any such Advances made, and the US Borrower agrees to accept each such Advances and hereby authorizes and directs the Agent to apply the proceeds thereof as aforesaid. (6) Upon termination of the Revolving Period, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each of the US Lenders agrees that it will purchase from the US Swingline Lender, and the US Swingline Lender agrees that it will sell to such US Lenders, for cash, at par, without representation or warranty from or recourse against the US Swingline Lender (and irrespective of whether any condition precedent to an Advance has been satisfied, any Pending Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or whether any acceleration or enforcement action (including any termination of the Credit Facilities and the Commitments) has occurred or been commenced under any of the Credit Documents or otherwise), according to its Proportionate Share, an undivided interest in all US Swingline Loans then outstanding. The Agent, upon consultation with the applicable Lenders, will have the power to settle any documentation required to evidence any such purchase and, if deemed advisable by the Agent, to execute any document as attorney for any Lender in order to complete any such purchase. The US Borrower and the US Lenders acknowledge that the foregoing arrangements are to be settled by the US Lenders among themselves, and the US Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangements among such Lenders. (7) Each of the US Lenders agrees to indemnify and save harmless the US Swingline Lender according to its Proportionate Share against all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, payments or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the US Swingline Lender in any way related to or arising out of any US Swingline Loan made by the US Swingline Lender under the US Swingline Facility (except for any such liabilities to the extent that they result from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the US Swingline Lender).

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 55 - 7. Purpose of Credit Facilities Advances under the Credit Facilities will only be used for the following respective purposes: (a) Advances under the Canadian Revolving Facility will only be used by the Canadian Borrower for general corporate purposes of the Obligors (subject to the terms hereof); (b) Advances under the US Revolving Facility will only be used by the US Borrower for general corporate purposes of the Obligors (subject to the terms hereof); and (c) Advances under the LC Facility will only be used by the Borrowers for general corporate purposes of the Obligors (subject to the terms hereof). 2.08 Manner of Borrowing (1) The Canadian Borrower may, subject to the terms hereof, make Drawdowns, Conversions and Rollovers as applicable under the Canadian Revolving Facility (i) in Canadian Dollars, by way of Prime Rate Advances, Bankers’ Acceptances (and BA Equivalent Notes) and Letters of Credit; and (ii) in US Dollars, by way of US Base Rate Advances, LIBOR Advances and Letters of Credit . The Canadian Borrower will have the option, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to determine which types of Advances will be drawn down and in which combinations or proportions. (2) The US Borrower may, subject to the terms hereof, make Drawdowns, Conversions and Rollovers as applicable under the US Revolving Facility in US Dollars, by way of LIBOR Advances, US Prime Rate Advances and Letters of Credit. The US Borrower will have the option, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to determine which types of Advances will be drawn down and in which combinations or proportions. (3) The aggregate amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding under the Revolving Facilities at any one time shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] . (4) The Canadian Borrower may make Drawdowns under the Canadian Swingline Facility (i) in Canadian Dollars by way of Prime Rate Advances and (ii) US Dollars by way of US Base Rate Advances. (5) The US Borrower may make Drawdowns under the US Swingline Facility in US Dollars by way of US Prime Rate Advances. (6) Each Borrower may, subject to the terms hereof, make Drawdowns under the LC Facility (i) in Canadian Dollars by way of Letters of Credit; and (ii) in US Dollars by way of Letters of Credit .

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 56 - 2.09 Nature of the Credit Facilities (1) During the Revolving Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Canadian Revolving Facility, the US Revolving Facility and the LC Facility are revolving credits and, accordingly, the applicable Borrower may increase or decrease Advances under either such Credit Facility by making Drawdowns, repayments and further Drawdowns of the amount of Advances that have been repaid. The aggregate of all Commitments of the Canadian Lenders under the Canadian Revolving Facility, the US Lenders under the US Revolving Facility and the LC Lender under the LC Facility shall equal the then applicable Maximum Facility Amount. (2) The Borrowers shall have the right from time to time, upon written notice to the Agent, as long as no Event of Default or Pending Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to re - allocate the aggregate Commitments between the Canadian Revolving Facility and the US Revolving Facility up to four times per Fiscal Year, provided that (i) the aggregate of all Commitments shall not be increased; (ii) subject to Section 2.09(3), each Lender Group is comprised of a Canadian Lender and a US Lender who are parties hereto at the time of such re - allocation, and their Commitments under each Revolving Facility are sufficient to accommodate the re - allocation; (iii) subject to Section 2.09(3), each Lender Group maintains the same Proportionate Share of Commitments under the Canadian Revolving Facility and the US Revolving Facility; and (iv) concurrently with the re - allocation, the Borrowers shall request new Advances based on the Lenders’ Proportionate Shares after the re - allocation and shall apply the proceeds thereof to repay Advances such that thereafter each Lender’s share of the Advances under a Revolving Facility is equal to such Lender’s Proportionate Share. Subject to Section 2.09(3), the Commitments of the applicable Lender of each Lender Group under each applicable Revolving Facility will be re - allocated on a pro rata basis. Upon receipt of such notice, the Agent will give notice to each Lender and Schedule A to this Agreement will be amended by the Agent to reflect such re - allocation. The re - allocation of the Commitments will take effect 10 Business Days after written notification is received by the Agent from the Borrowers. For greater certainty, the amount of the US Revolving Facility shall be determined based upon the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars in effect on the date of such re - allocation. (3) If a Canadian Lender or a US Lender (each, a “ Domestic Lender ”) does not have an Affiliate in the US or Canada, respectively, and as a result is unable to provide loans in the US or Canada, respectively, then the applicable Lender Group may be comprised of solely such Domestic Lender, and such Domestic Lender may hold Commitments solely in the Canadian Revolving Facility or the US Revolving Facility, as applicable. In such case, the Agent may re - allocate such Domestic Lender’s Commitments amongst the other Lenders in respect of the Revolving Facilities for which such Domestic Lender is not providing Commitments. 2.10 Drawdowns, Conversions and Rollovers (1) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Canadian Borrower may (i) make Drawdowns hereunder; (ii) convert the whole or any part of any type of Advance into any other type of Advance; or (iii) may rollover any Bankers’ Acceptances, BA Equivalent

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 57 - Note or LIBOR Advance on the last day of the applicable Interest Period therefor, by giving the Agent a Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice, as the case may be . Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the US Borrower may (i) make Drawdowns hereunder ; (ii) convert the whole or any part of any type of Advance permitted hereunder into any other type of Advance permitted hereunder, or (iii) may rollover any LIBOR Advance by giving the Agent a Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice, as the case may be. (2) The applicable Borrower may at any time make a Drawdown, Conversion or Rollover under a Credit Facility by delivering a Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice, as the case may be, to the Agent not later, except in the case of the first Drawdown, than: (a) 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) three Business Days prior to the proposed Drawdown Date, Conversion Date or Rollover Date, as the case may be, for LIBOR Advances; (b) 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) one Business Day prior to the proposed Drawdown Date or Conversion Date, as the case may be, for Prime Rate Advances, US Base Rate Advances or US Prime Rate Advances; (c) 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) two Business Days prior to the proposed Drawdown Date, Conversion Date or Rollover Date, as the case may be, for Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes; and (d) 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) three Business Days prior to the proposed Drawdown Date, Rollover Date or Conversion Date, as the case may be, for Letters of Credit. (3) Each Drawdown, Conversion or Rollover under the Credit Facilities will (a) in the case of Prime Rate Advances, be in a minimum principal amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and in whole multiples of [Dollar Amount Redacted] (b) in the case of Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted by the Lenders, be in a minimum face amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and in whole multiples of [Dollar Amount Redacted] for a term of one month, subject to availability; provided that no Lender shall be required to accept its Proportionate Share of any Bankers’ Acceptance in an amount that is less than [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; (c) in the case of US Prime Rate Advances and US Base Rate Advances, be in a minimum principal amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and in whole multiples of [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; and (d) and in the case of LIBOR Advances, be in a minimum principal amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and in whole multiples of [Dollar Amount Redacted] for a term of either one week or one month, subject to availability. (4) The provisions of Sections 2.10(1), 2.10(2) and 2.10(3) do not apply to Canadian Swingline Loans or US Swingline Loans. 2.11 Agent’s Obligations with Respect to Advances Upon receipt of a Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice, as the case may be, the Agent will forthwith notify the Lenders of the proposed Drawdown Date, of

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 58 - each Lender’s Proportionate Share of such Advance and, if applicable, the account of the Agent to which each Lender’s Proportionate Share is to be credited. 2.12 Lenders’ and Agent’s Obligations with Respect to Advances (1) With respect to Advances under the Canadian Revolving Facility, each Canadian Lender will, prior to 1:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Drawdown Date, Conversion Date or Rollover Date, as the case may be, specified by the Canadian Borrower in a Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice, as the case may be, credit the Agent’s account specified in the Agent’s notice given under Sec tion 2.11 with such Lender’s Proportionate Share of such Advance and by 1:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the same date the Agent will make available the full amount of the amounts so credited to the Canadian Borrower. (2) With respect to Advances under the US Revolving Facility, each US Lender will, prior to 1:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Drawdown Date, Conversion Date or Rollover Date, as the case may be, specified by the US Borrower in a Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice, as the case may be, credit the Agent’s account specified in the Agent’s notice given under Sec tion 2.11 with such Lender’s Proportionate Share of such Advance and by 1:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the same date the Agent will make available the full amount of the amounts so credited to the US Borrower. 13. Irrevocability A Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice, as the case may be, given by a Borrower hereunder will be irrevocable and will oblige such Borrower to take the action contemplated on the date specified therein. 14. Termination of LIBOR Advances (1) If at any time a Lender determines, acting reasonably, (which determination will be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers) that: (a) the LIBO Rate does not adequately reflect the effective cost to the Lender of making or maintaining a LIBOR Advance; or (b) it cannot readily obtain or retain funds in the London interbank market in order to fund or maintain any LIBOR Advance for a LIBOR Interest Period selected by a Borrower or cannot otherwise perform its obligations hereunder with respect to any LIBOR Advance for any such period; then the Lender will inform the Agent and upon at least four Business Days written notice by the Agent to such Borrower, and (c) the right of a Borrower to request LIBOR Advances for such period from that Lender will be and remain suspended until the Agent notifies such Borrower that any condition causing such determination no longer exists; and

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 59 - (d) if the Lender is prevented from maintaining a LIBOR Advance, the applicable Borrower will, at its option, either repay the LIBOR Advance to that Lender or convert the LIBOR Advance into other forms of Advance which are permitted by this Agreement, and the Borrowers will be responsible for any loss or expense that the Lender incurs as a result, including Breakage Costs, if the Lender is prevented from maintaining a LIBOR Advance. (2) If at any time the Agent determines that the LIBO Rate is not determinable pursuant to clause (a) or (b) in the definition of “LIBO Rate”, the Agent will so notify the Borrowers, and the right of the Borrowers to request LIBOR Advances for such period will be and remain suspended until the Agent notifies the Borrowers that any condition causing such determination no longer exists. 2.15 LIBOR Discontinuation (1) If the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrowers or the Majority Lenders notify the Agent that the Borrowers or the Majority Lenders (as applicable) have determined that: (a) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBO Rate, including because the “LIBOR01 Page” of Reuter Money Rates Service (or any successor source from time to time for such rate) (the “ LIBOR Screen Rate ”) is not available or published on a current basis for the applicable period and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; (b) the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the administration of the LIBOR Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be made available or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of loans; (c) a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the LIBO Rate or the LIBOR Screen Rate shall no longer be permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of loans (each such specific date in clause (b) above and in this clause (c) a “ LIBOR Scheduled Unavailability Date ”); or (d) syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in this Sec tion 2.15, are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the LIBO Rate, then reasonably promptly after such determination by the Agent or receipt by the Agent of such notice, as applicable, the Agent and the Borrowers may mutually agree upon a successor rate to the LIBO Rate, and the Agent and the Borrowers may amend this Agreement to replace the LIBO Rate with an alternate benchmark rate (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark (if any) incorporated therein), giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar Canadian Dollar or United States Dollars denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmark (any such proposed rate,

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 60 - a “ LIBO Successor Rate ”), together with any proposed LIBO Successor Rate conforming changes and any such amendment shall become effective 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the fifth Business Day after the Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrowers unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Majority Lenders have delivered to the Agent written notice that such Majority Lenders do not accept such amendment. (2) If no LIBO Successor Rate has been determined and the circumstances under Sec tion 2.14(1) above exist or a LIBOR Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), the Agent will promptly so notify the Borrowers and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain LIBOR Advances shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected LIBOR Advances or the applicable Interest Periods). Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrowers may revoke any pending request for an Advance of, conversion to or rollover of LIBOR Advances (to the extent of the affected LIBOR Advances or the applicable Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a US Base Rate Advance in the amount specified therein. (3) Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of the LIBO Successor Rate (exclusive of any margin) shall provide that in no event shall such LIBO Successor Rate be less than zero for the purpose of this Agreement, and nothing herein shall affect or impact a LIBOR Advance that has already been made until a Rollover Date or Conversion Date occurs with respect to such LIBOR Advance. 2.16 CDOR Discontinuation ( 1 ) If the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrowers or the Majority Lenders notify the Agent that the Borrowers or Majority Lenders (as applicable) have determined that : (a) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining CDOR, including because the Reuters Screen CDOR page is not available or published on a current basis for the applicable period and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; (b) the administrator of the CDOR or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which CDOR will permanently or indefinitely cease to be made available or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of loans; (c) a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which CDOR shall no longer be permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of loans (each such specific date in clause (b) above and in this clause (c) a “ CDOR Scheduled Unavailability Date ”); or (d) syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in this Sec tion 2.16, are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace CDOR,

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 61 - then reasonably promptly after such determination by the Agent or receipt by the Agent of such notice, as applicable, the Agent and the Borrowers may mutually agree upon a successor rate to CDOR, and the Agent and the Borrowers may amend this Agreement to replace CDOR with an alternate benchmark rate (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark (if any) incorporated therein ), giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar Canadian Dollars denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmarks (any such proposed rate, a “ CDOR Successor Rate ”), together with any proposed CDOR Successor Rate conforming changes and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the fifth Business Day after the Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrowers unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Majority Lenders have delivered to the Agent written notice that such Majority Lenders do not accept such amendment. (2) If no CDOR Successor Rate has been determined and the circumstances under Sec tion 2.16(1) above exist or a CDOR Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), the Agent will promptly so notify the Borrowers and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make, issue or maintain Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes, or applicable Interest Periods). Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrowers may revoke any pending request for an Advance of, conversion to or rollover of a Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, (to the extent of the affected Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note or applicable Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for an Advance of Prime Rate Advances in the amount specified therein. (3) Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of the CDOR Successor Rate (exclusive of any margin) shall provide that in no event shall such CDOR Successor Rate be less than zero for the purposes of this Agreement. In addition, CDOR shall not be included or referenced in the definition of Prime Rate and nothing herein shall affect or impact a CDOR Advance that has already been made until a Rollover Date or Conversion Date occurs with respect to such CDOR Advance. ARTICLE 3 DISBURSEMENT CONDITIONS 1. Conditions Precedent The obligations of the Lenders under this Agreement are subject to and conditional upon the following conditions precedent being fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Agent and the Lenders: (1) this Agreement, the Guarantees, the Security Documents and the Confirmation will have been executed and delivered by all parties thereto; (2) the Agent shall have received, unless otherwise stated herein, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent: ( i) evidence of a successful implementation of the Recapitalization Plan in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders, including a copy of the

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 62 - final order of the Court approving the Recapitalization Plan pursuant to the Proceedings; ( ii) evidence of a successful completion of an equity offering of common shares of JustEnergy for aggregate proceeds of the lesser of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) US$73,000,000; ( iii) a flow of funds, including a sources and uses of funds statement of JustEnergy to complete the Recapitalization Transaction and to reduce the Maximum Facility Amount to $335,000,000 on the Effective Date; ( iv) certified copies of (a) the Subordinated Facility Agreement and all other agreements, instruments and documents evidencing that the 2018 Subordinated Debt (as defined in the Eighth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) and the Debt under the UK Convertible Bonds (as defined in the Eighth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) have been fully refinanced on terms satisfactory to the Lenders, acting reasonably, (b) the agency assignment and release agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 between National Bank of Canada, as assignor, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as assignee, relating to the Subordinated Facility Agreement, and (c) the $15 Million Subordinated Note Indenture and all other agreements, instruments and documents evidencing the $15 Million Subordinated Note; (v) a duly executed 2020 Subordinated Debt Subordination Agreement; and ( vi) a duly executed confirmation of subordination in respect of the $15 Million Subordinated Note granted by Computershare Trust Company of Canada (being the trustee of the $15 Million Subordinated Note) and JustEnergy in favour of the Agent and the Collateral Agent; (3) the Agent will have received certified copies of the Organizational Documents of each Obligor, the resolutions authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each such Obligor’s respective obligations under the Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated herein, and certificates as to the incumbency of the officers of such Obligor; (4) copies of all agreements which restrict or limit the powers of an Obligor or its directors or officers not otherwise delivered under Subsec tion 3.01(3), certified by such Obligor to be true, will have been delivered to the Agent; (5) certificates of status or good standing, as applicable, of each Obligor will have been delivered to the Agent; (6) the Agent will have received certified copies of all approvals of any Governmental Authorities or other third parties required for (a) the execution, delivery and performance of each Obligor’s respective obligations under the Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated therein (other than the approvals, clarifications or authorizations of the Governmental Authorities (including, without limitation, the Reserve Bank of India) required

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 63 - under the laws of India for the execution and delivery by JEBPO of the Guarantee and the Security Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by JEBPO of its obligations thereunder), (b) the implementation of the Recapitalization Plan, and (c) the issuance of the $15 Million Subordinated Note, each as of the Effective Date; (7) a currently dated certificate of the Borrowers that the representations and warranties set forth in Sec tion 8.01 are true and correct (subject to any materiality thresholds contained therein) as at such time will have been delivered to the Agent; (8) releases, discharges (or written authorizations to discharge from the applicable Encumbrance holder in form acceptable to the Agent) and postponements (in registerable form where appropriate) with respect to all Encumbrances affecting the collateral Encumbered by the Security which are not Permitted Encumbrances or which are Permitted Encumbrances but which are not permitted to have priority over the Security, if any, will have been delivered to the Agent; (9) no Event of Default or Pending Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the Effective Date; (10) all financing statements or other registrations of the Security, or notices thereof, will have been filed, registered, entered or recorded in all offices of public record necessary or desirable in the opinion of the Agent to preserve or protect the charges and security interests created thereby; (11) the Collateral Agent will have received certificates of insurance acceptable to the Collateral Agent showing the Collateral Agent, where applicable, as a loss payee as its interest may appear, named insured and endorsed with a standard mortgage clause (as applicable) on all insurance policies that insure the assets to be secured by the Security; (12) a currently dated letter of opinion of Borrowers’ Counsel along with the opinions of local counsel, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders and the Lenders’ Counsel will have been delivered to the Agent and the Lenders as addressees; (13) there will not have occurred, developed or come into effect any event, actions, state, condition or financial occurrence of national or international consequence, or any law, regulation, action, government regulation, inquiry or other occurrence of any nature whatsoever which, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, disrupts or adversely affects in any material way, the state of financial, banking or capital markets in Canada or the United States; (14) no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since March 31, 2020; (15) the Agent and the Lenders will have received, or arrangements satisfactory to the Agent shall have been made to ensure that they will receive, all fees and expenses due under the Credit Documents or as otherwise agreed to with the Borrowers pursuant to any fee letters or other agreements between such parties; (16) the Borrowers will have paid, or arrangements satisfactory to the Agent shall have been made to ensure that the Borrowers will pay, all reasonable out - of - pocket expenses

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 64 - (including all reasonable legal fees and consultant’s fees) incurred by or on behalf of the Agent in connection with this Agreement and the transactions and other documents contemplated by this Agreement; and (17) the Agent will have received such additional evidence, documents or undertakings as the Lenders will reasonably request to establish the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and be satisfied, acting reasonably, as to the taking of all proceedings in connection herewith in compliance with the conditions set forth in this Agreement, provided that all documents delivered pursuant to this Sec tion 3.01 will be in full force and effect, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders, acting reasonably. 2. Conditions Precedent to Subsequent Advances The obligation of the Lenders to make any Advance after the Effective Date (other than a Conversion or a Rollover) is subject to and conditional upon the following conditions precedent being fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Agent by the Borrowers: (1) the Agent will have received timely notice as required under Sec tion 2.10(2) ; (2) the representations and warranties deemed to be repeated pursuant to Sec tion 8.02 continue to be true and correct in all material respects as if made on and as of the Drawdown Date except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate specifically to an earlier date and the Borrowers will have provided a certificate to such effect; (3) no Event of Default or Pending Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the Drawdown Date, or would result from making the Advance; (4) if the Advance is being requested under the LC Facility, the LC Lender shall have received all EDC Documents required by the LC Lender, such EDC Documents to be in form and substance satisfactory to the LC Lender; and (5) all other conditions precedent in this Agreement that have not been waived upon which the Borrowers may obtain an Advance have been fulfilled. 3. Waiver The conditions set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 are inserted for the sole benefit of the Agent and Lenders and may be waived by the Agent and Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 13.09, in whole or in part (with or without terms or conditions), in respect of any Drawdown without prejudicing the right of the Agent and Lenders at any time to assert such conditions in respect of any subsequent Drawdown.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 65 - ARTICLE 4 PAYMENTS OF INTEREST AND STANDBY FEES 1. Interest on Prime Rate Advances The Canadian Borrower will pay interest on each Prime Rate Advance during each Interest Period applicable thereto in Canadian Dollars at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the Prime Rate in effect from time to time during such Interest Period plus (ii) the Prime Rate Margin. Each determination by the Agent of the Prime Rate and the Prime Rate Margin applicable from time to time during an Interest Period will, in the absence of manifest error, be binding upon the Canadian Borrower. Such interest will be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Advance for the period from and including the Drawdown Date or the preceding Conversion Date or Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, for such Advance to and including the day preceding such Interest Payment Date and will be calculated on the principal amount of the Prime Rate Advance outstanding during such period and on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 days or 366 days, as the case may be. Changes in the Prime Rate will cause an immediate adjustment of the interest rate applicable to such Advance without the necessity of any notice to the Canadian Borrower. 2. Interest on US Base Rate Advances The Canadian Borrower will pay interest on each US Base Rate Advance during each Interest Period applicable thereto in United States Dollars at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the US Base Rate, in effect from time to time during such Interest Period plus (ii) the US Base Rate Margin. Each determination by the Agent of the US Base Rate and the US Base Rate Margin, applicable from time to time during an Interest Period will, in the absence of manifest error, be binding upon the Canadian Borrower. Such interest will be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Advance for the period from and including the Drawdown Date or the preceding Conversion Date or Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, for such Advance to and including the day preceding such Interest Payment Date and will be calculated on the principal amount of the US Base Rate Advance outstanding during such period and on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed divided by 365 or 366, as applicable. Changes in the US Base Rate will cause an immediate adjustment of the interest rate applicable to such Advance without the necessity of any notice to the Canadian Borrower. 3. Interest on US Prime Rate Advances The US Borrower will pay interest on each US Prime Rate Advance during each Interest Period applicable thereto in United States Dollars at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the US Prime Rate in effect from time to time during such Interest Period plus (ii) the US Prime Rate Margin. Each determination by the Agent of the US Prime Rate and the US Prime Rate Margin applicable from time to time during an Interest Period will, in the absence of manifest error, be binding upon the US Borrower. Such interest will be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Advance for the period from and including the Drawdown Date or the preceding Conversion Date or Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, for such Advance to and including the day preceding such Interest Payment Date and will be calculated on the principal amount of the US Prime Rate Advance outstanding during such period and on

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 66 - the basis of the actual number of days elapsed divided by 365 or 366, as applicable. Changes in the US Prime Rate will cause an immediate adjustment of the interest rate applicable to such Advance without the necessity of any notice to the US Borrower. 4.04 Interest on LIBOR Advances The applicable Borrower will pay interest on each LIBOR Advance during each Interest Period applicable thereto in United States Dollars at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the LIBO Rate in effect from time to time during such Interest Period plus (ii) the LIBO Rate Margin. Each determination by the Agent of the LIBO Rate and the LIBO Rate Margin applicable from time to time during an Interest Period will, in the absence of manifest error, be binding upon the applicable Borrower. Such interest will be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Advance for the period from and including the Drawdown Date or the preceding Conversion Date, Rollover Date or Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, for such Advance to and including the day preceding such Interest Payment Date and will be calculated on the principal amount of the LIBOR Advance outstanding during such period and on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed divided by 360. 5. No Set - Off, Deduction etc. All payments (whether interest or otherwise) to be made by a Borrower or any other party to each Lender pursuant to this Agreement are to be made in freely transferable, immediately available funds and without set - off or deduction of any kind whatsoever (whether for deemed re - investment or otherwise) except to the extent required by Applicable Law, and if any such set - off or deduction is so required and is made, such Borrower or other party will, as a separate and independent obligation to each Lender, be obligated to immediately pay to each Lender all such additional amounts as may be required to fully indemnify and save harmless such Lender from such set - off or deduction and will result in the effective receipt by such Lender of all the amounts otherwise payable to it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. For greater certainty, a Borrower will not be required to make any payment under this Sec tion 4.05 in duplication of any payment required to be made under Section 14.04 or to the extent expressly excluded in Section 14.04 . 6. Standby Fees (1) The Canadian Borrower will pay to the Agent for the account of the Canadian Lenders in accordance with their Proportionate Share a standby fee in Canadian Dollars calculated at the rate per annum specified as the “Standby Fee Rate” in the table contained in the definition of “Applicable Margin” on the amount by which the daily average of the aggregate of all Advances (with Advances in US Dollars being converted to an Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars) outstanding under the Canadian Revolving Facility (excluding Advances outstanding under the Canadian Swingline Facility and the US Swingline Facility for which Standby Fees should be paid directly to the Swingline Lender) during such Fiscal Quarter is less than the Canadian Revolver Amount. The standby fee will be determined daily beginning on the date hereof and will be calculated on the basis of a calendar year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and will be payable by the Canadian Borrower quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day of each Fiscal Quarter.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 67 - (2) The US Borrower will pay to the Agent for the account of the US Lenders in accordance with their Proportionate Share a standby fee in Canadian Dollars calculated at the rate per annum specified as the applicable “Standby Fee Rate” in the table contained in the definition of “Applicable Margin” on the amount by which the daily average of the aggregate of all Advances outstanding under the US Revolving Facility during such Fiscal Quarter is less than the US Revolver Amount. The standby fee will be determined daily beginning on the date hereof and will be calculated on the basis of a calendar year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and will be payable by the US Borrower quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day of each Fiscal Quarter. 7. Agency and Other Fees In consideration of the Agent arranging the Credit Facilities and acting as agent under the Credit Documents, the Borrowers will pay to the Agent an agency fee and the other fees expressed to be for the account of the Lenders in the amounts, and on the terms and conditions, (a) set out in the agency fee letter dated March 1, 2019 entered into by the Agent and the Borrowers, (b) set out in the fee letter dated July 8, 2020 entered into by the Agent and the Borrowers, and (c) as otherwise agreed to in writing from time to time by the Agent and the Borrowers. For greater certainty, such fee letters and any other written arrangements between the Agent and the Borrowers respecting fees will constitute Credit Documents will survive the execution of this Agreement and will in all respects remain operative and binding on the Canadian Borrower. 8. Late Payment If any payment required to be made by a Borrower hereunder or any other Credit Document (including, without limitation, any payment of principal, interest or fees), is not made on the due date thereof, such Borrower will pay interest (including interest on overdue interest) on the amount of such required payment at the Late Payment Rate (but without duplication of interest payable pursuant to Sec tion 4.01 , 4.02 or 4.03 ) until payment in full of such required payment has been made. 9. Account of Record The Agent will open and maintain books of account evidencing all Advances and all other amounts owing by the Canadian Borrower and the US Borrower to the Lenders hereunder. The Agent will enter in the foregoing accounts details of all amounts from time to time owing, paid or repaid by the Canadian Borrower or the US Borrower hereunder. The information entered in the foregoing accounts will constitute prima facie evidence of the obligations of the Canadian Borrower and the US Borrower to the Lenders hereunder with respect to all Advances and all other amounts owing by the Canadian Borrower and the US Borrower to the Lenders hereunder. After a request by the Canadian Borrower or the US Borrower the Agent will promptly advise the Canadian Borrower and the US Borrower of such entries made in the Agent’s books of account.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 68 - 4.10 Refinancing Fees If, on or prior to December 31, 2022, the Credit Facilities are not fully refinanced on terms satisfactory to the Lenders, acting reasonably, the Borrowers will pay to the Agent on the account of the Lenders a non - refundable fee in the amount of [Fee Redacted] , which shall be due and payable on January 3, 2023 and fully earned when due. ARTICLE 5 BANKERS’ ACCEPTANCES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT 5.01 Bankers’ Acceptances under the Canadian Revolving Facility (1) To facilitate the procedures contemplated in this Agreement, the Canadian Borrower irrevocably appoints each Canadian Lender from time to time as the attorney - in - fact of the Canadian Borrower to execute, endorse and deliver on behalf of the Canadian Borrower drafts in the forms prescribed by such Lender (if such Lender is a BA Lender) for bankers’ acceptances denominated in Cdn. Dollars (each such executed draft which has not yet been accepted by a Lender being referred to as a “ Draft ”) or non - interest - bearing promissory notes of the Canadian Borrower in favour of such Lender (if such Lender is a Non BA Lender) (each such promissory note being referred to as a “ BA Equivalent Note ”). Each Bankers’ Acceptance and BA Equivalent Note executed and delivered by a Lender on behalf of the Canadian Borrower as provided for in this Section will be as binding upon the Canadian Borrower as if it had been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Canadian Borrower. (2) Notwithstanding Sec tion 5.01(1) , the Canadian Borrower will from time to time as required by the applicable Lender provide to the Lenders an appropriate number of Drafts drawn by the Canadian Borrower upon each BA Lender and either payable to a clearing service (if such BA Lender is a member thereof) or payable to the Canadian Borrower and endorsed in blank by the Canadian Borrower (if such BA Lender is not a member of such clearing service) and an appropriate number of BA Equivalent Notes in favour of each Non BA Lender. The dates, the maturity dates and the principal amounts of all Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes delivered by the Canadian Borrower will be left blank, to be completed by the Lenders as required by this Agreement. All such Drafts or BA Equivalent Notes will be held by each Lender subject to the same degree of care as if they were such Lender’s own property kept at the place at which the Drafts or BA Equivalent Notes are ordinarily kept by such Lender. Each Lender, upon written request of the Canadian Borrower, will promptly advise the Canadian Borrower of the number and designation, if any, of the Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes then held by it. No Lender will be liable for its failure to accept a Draft or purchase a BA Equivalent Note as required by this Agreement if the cause of such failure is, in whole or in part, due to the failure of the Canadian Borrower to provide on a timely basis appropriate Drafts or BA Equivalent Notes to the applicable Lender as may be requested by such Lender on a timely basis from time to time. (3) The Agent, promptly following receipt of a Drawdown Notice requesting Bankers’ Acceptances, will (i) advise each BA Lender of the face amount and the term of the Draft to be accepted by it and (ii) advise each applicable Non BA Lender of the face amount

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 69 - and term of the BA Equivalent Note to be purchased by it. All Drafts to be accepted from time to time by each BA Lender that is a member of a clearing service will be payable to such clearing service. The term of all Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes issued pursuant to any Drawdown Notice will be identical. Each Bankers’ Acceptance and BA Equivalent Note will be dated the Drawdown Date on which it is issued and will be for a term of one month provided that in no event will the term of a Bankers’ Acceptance or a BA Equivalent Note extend beyond the Maturity Date. The face amount of the Draft (or the aggregate face amount of the Drafts) to be accepted at any time by each Lender which is a BA Lender, and the face amount of the BA Equivalent Notes to be purchased at any time by each Lender which is a Non BA Lender, will be determined by the Agent based upon the amounts of their respective Commitments under the Canadian Revolving Facility. In determining a Lender’s Proportionate Share of a request for Bankers’ Acceptances, the Agent, in its sole discretion, will be entitled to increase or decrease the face amount of any Draft, or BA Equivalent Note to the nearest [Dollar Amount Redacted] . (4) Each BA Lender will complete and accept on the applicable Drawdown Date a Draft having a face amount (or Drafts having the face amounts) and term advised by the Agent pursuant to Sec tion 5.01(3). Each applicable BA Lender will purchase on the applicable Drawdown Date the Bankers’ Acceptance or Bankers’ Acceptances accepted by it, for an aggregate price equal to the BA Discount Proceeds of such Bankers’ Acceptance (or Bankers’ Acceptances). The Canadian Borrower will ensure that there is delivered to each applicable BA Lender that is a member of a clearing service such Drafts as are consistent with the requirements of the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada), and such BA Lender is hereby authorized to release the Bankers’ Acceptance accepted by it to such clearing house upon receipt of confirmation that such clearing house holds such Bankers’ Acceptance for the account of such BA Lender. (5) Each Non BA Lender, in lieu of accepting Drafts or purchasing Bankers’ Acceptances on any Drawdown Date, will complete and purchase from the Canadian Borrower on such Drawdown Date a BA Equivalent Note in a face amount and for a term identical to the face amount and term of the Draft or Drafts which such Non BA Lender would have been required to accept on such Drawdown Date if it were a BA Lender, for a price equal to the BA Discount Proceeds of such BA Equivalent Note. Each Non BA Lender will be entitled without charge to exchange any BA Equivalent Note held by it for two or more BA Equivalent Notes of identical date and aggregate face amount, and the Canadian Borrower will execute and deliver to such Non BA Lender such replacement BA Equivalent Notes in exchange for which such Non BA Lender will return the original BA Equivalent Note to the Canadian Borrower for cancellation. (6) The Canadian Borrower will pay to each BA Lender in respect of each Draft tendered by the Canadian Borrower to and accepted by such BA Lender, and to each Non BA Lender in respect of each BA Equivalent Note tendered to and purchased by such Non BA Lender, as a condition of such acceptance or purchase, the BA Stamping Fee. (7) Upon acceptance of each Draft or purchase of each BA Equivalent Note, the Canadian Borrower will pay to the applicable Lender the related fee specified in Sec tion 5.01(6), and to facilitate payment such Lender will be entitled to deduct and retain for

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 70 - its own account the amount of such fee from the amount to be transferred by such Lender to the Agent for the account of the Canadian Borrower pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the sale of the related Bankers’ Acceptance or of such BA Equivalent Note. (8) If the Agent (on instruction from the Majority Lenders) determines in good faith, which determination will be final, conclusive and binding upon the Canadian Borrower, and so notifies the Canadian Borrower, that there does not exist at the applicable time a normal market in Canada for the purchase and sale of bankers’ acceptances, any right of the Canadian Borrower to require the Lenders to purchase Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes under this Agreement will be suspended until the Agent determines that such market does exist and gives notice thereof to the Canadian Borrower and any Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice requesting Bankers’ Acceptances will be deemed to be a Drawdown Notice or Conversion Notice requesting a Prime Rate Advance in a similar aggregate principal amount. (9) On the date of maturity of each Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, the Canadian Borrower will pay to the Agent, for the account of the holder of such Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, in Canadian Dollars an amount equal to the face amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, as the case may be. In the case of a Rollover of a Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, in order to satisfy the continuing liability of the applicable Borrower to a Lender for the face amount of the maturing Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, the Lender will determine and retain the BA Discount Proceeds of the new Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, and the Canadian Borrower will, on the maturity date of the maturing Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, pay to the Agent for the account of the relevant Lender (i) the difference between the principal amount of the maturing Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note and the BA Discount Proceeds from the new Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note and (ii) the BA Stamping Fee in respect of the new Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note. The obligation of the Canadian Borrower to make such payment will not be prejudiced by the fact that the holder of such Bankers’ Acceptance is the Lender that accepted such Bankers’ Acceptances. No days of grace will be claimed by the Canadian Borrower for the payment at maturity of any Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note. If the Canadian Borrower does not make such payment, from the proceeds of an Advance obtained under this Agreement or otherwise, the amount of such required payment will be deemed to be a Prime Rate Advance to the Canadian Borrower from the Lender that accepted such Banker’s Acceptance or purchased such BA Equivalent Note. (10) The signature of any duly authorized officer of the Canadian Borrower on a Draft or a BA Equivalent Note may be mechanically reproduced in facsimile, and all Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes bearing such facsimile signature will be as binding upon the Canadian Borrower as if they had been manually signed by such officer, notwithstanding that such Person whose manual or facsimile signature appears on such Draft or BA Equivalent Note may no longer hold office at the date of such Draft or BA Equivalent Note or at the date of acceptance of such Draft by a BA Lender or at any time thereafter.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 71 - 5.02 Letters of Credit under the Revolving Facilities (1) If the Canadian Borrower wishes to request an Advance by way of issuance of Letters of Credit, the Canadian Borrower will, at the time it delivers the notice required pursuant to Sec tion 2.10(2), notify the Agent of the identity of the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender and, subject to the Agent’s approval of such Canadian Issuing Lender, execute and deliver the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender’s usual documentation relating to the issuance and administration of Letters of Credit. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of such documentation and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement will prevail. (2) Each request for a Letter of Credit under the Canadian Revolving Facility will be made available by a Canadian Issuing Lender. (3) No Letter of Credit may be issued under the Canadian Revolving Facility for a period in excess of eighteen (18) months. No Letter of Credit may be issued under the Canadian Revolving Facility for a period in excess of nine (9) months beyond the Maturity Date, and on the Maturity Date cash collateral therefor will be deposited with the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender in accordance with Sec tion 5.02(11) . No Letter of Credit may be used to secure trading facilities with financial institutions that are not suppliers of natural gas or electricity in the ordinary course. (4) If, at any time, a demand for payment (the amount so demanded being herein referred to as a “ relevant amount ” for purposes of this Sec tion 5.02 ) is made under a Letter of Credit and notification thereof is given by the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender to the Agent, then: (a) the Agent will: ( i) promptly notify the Canadian Borrower and each of the other Canadian Lenders of such demand; and ( ii) make demand on each Canadian Lender for an amount equal to its Proportionate Share of such relevant amount; (b) on the second Business Day following the date of the demand made by the Agent under Subsection (a) above, each Canadian Lender will pay to the Agent the amount demanded of it pursuant to Subsection (a)(ii) above; and (c) the Agent will pay such relevant amount to the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender and the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender will pay such relevant amount together with the balance of the amount demanded to the Person entitled thereto on the date upon which such relevant amount becomes payable under the Letter of Credit in accordance with its terms. ( 5 ) The Canadian Borrower will be deemed to have requested a Prime Rate Advance or US Base Rate Advance, as applicable, of the amount demanded from the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender under a Letter of Credit .

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 72 - (6) The Canadian Borrower hereby undertakes to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent, each Canadian Issuing Lender and each of the Lenders from time to time on demand by the Agent from and against all liabilities and costs in connection with any Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, any costs incurred in funding any amount which falls due from any Canadian Issuing Lender and any Lender under any Letter of Credit hereunder but without duplication of costs in respect of which such Canadian Issuing Lender has already been compensated by the fees and charges applicable to Letters of Credit) except where such liabilities or costs result from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the person claiming indemnification. (7) Each Canadian Issuing Lender will at all times be entitled, and is irrevocably authorized by the Canadian Borrower, to make any payment under Letters of Credit issued by it for which a request or demand has been made in the required form without any further reference to the Canadian Borrower and any investigation or enquiry, need not concern itself with the propriety or validity of any claim made or purported to be made under the terms of such Letter of Credit (except as to compliance with the payment conditions of such Letters of Credit) and will be entitled to assume that any Person expressed in such Letter of Credit as being entitled to make demand or receive payments thereunder is so entitled. Accordingly, so long as a request or demand has been made as aforementioned, and subject to the preceding sentence, it will not be a defence to any demand made of the Canadian Borrower hereunder, nor will the Canadian Borrower or its obligations hereunder be impaired by the fact (if it be the case) that such Canadian Issuing Lender was or might have been justified in refusing payment, in whole or in part, of the amounts so claimed. (8) A certificate of the Agent and/or the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender as to the amounts paid by any Canadian Lender pursuant to this Sec tion 5.02 or the amount paid out under any Letter of Credit will, in the absence of manifest error, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amount of such payment in any legal action or proceeding arising out of or in connection herewith. (9) The Canadian Borrower will pay to the Agent for the benefit of the Canadian Lenders a fee equal to the Letter of Credit Fee Rate on the amount of each Letter of Credit in Canadian Dollars or US Dollars, as applicable, (the “ LC Fee ”) quarterly in arrears beginning on the first of each Fiscal Quarter following the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit. In addition, for so long as any Letter of Credit is outstanding, the Canadian Borrower will pay to the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender, for its sole benefit, a fee equal to 0.25% of the face amount of each Letter of Credit in Canadian Dollars or US Dollars, as applicable, in advance beginning on the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit. Such fees will be calculated on the basis of a calendar year and the number of days the Letter of Credit will be outstanding during such period. The Canadian Borrower will also pay the standard fees and charges of the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender in effect from time to time for issuing and renewing Letters of Credit (all such fees to be non - refundable). Each Canadian Issuing Lender will be entitled to charge a cancellation fee of [Dollar Amount Redacted] per cancelled Letter of Credit. (10) The full face amount of each Letter of Credit issued by each Canadian Issuing Lender on behalf of the Canadian Borrower will be deemed to be an Advance under the

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 73 - Canadian Revolving Facility, as the case may be, which Advance will be retired upon the earlier of: (a) the return of the Letter of Credit to such Canadian Issuing Lender for cancellation; (b) the cancellation of the Letter of Credit by such Canadian Issuing Lender in accordance with the terms of the Letter of Credit; (c) the deeming of the amount drawn on the Letter of Credit to be a Prime Rate Advance or a US Base Rate Advance, as applicable, under the Canadian Revolving Facility. (11) If any Letter of Credit is outstanding at the time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or on the Maturity Date, the Canadian Borrower will if required by the Lenders forthwith pay to the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender an amount (such amount being herein referred to as a “ deposit amount ” for purposes of this Sec tion 5.02 ) equal to the undrawn principal amount of the outstanding Letter of Credit, which deposit amount will be held by such Canadian Issuing Lender in an interest bearing account bearing interest at a prevailing rate offered by such Canadian Issuing Lender for deposits as determined by the such Canadian Issuing Lender, acting reasonably for application against the indebtedness owing by the Canadian Borrower to the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender in respect of any draw on the outstanding Letter of Credit. In the event that the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender is not called upon to make full payment on the outstanding Letter of Credit prior to its expiry date, the deposit amount (including all accrued interest thereon) or any part thereof as has not been paid out, will, so long as no Event of Default then exists, be returned as soon as practicable following such expiry date to the Canadian Borrower. (12) The obligations of the Canadian Borrower with respect to Letters of Credit will be unconditional and irrevocable, and will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including, without limitation, the following circumstances : (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Credit Document or the Letters of Credit; (b) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to or actual departure from this Agreement; (c) the existence of any claim, set - off, defence or other right which the Canadian Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of a Letter of Credit (or any Persons for which any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), any Canadian Issuing Lender or any other Person or entity, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein or in any other agreements or any unrelated transactions; (d) any statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 74 - therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect except for non - compliance with the payment conditions of such Letter of Credit; or (e) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. It is understood and agreed that no Canadian Issuing Lender will have any liability for, and that the Canadian Borrower assumes all responsibility for: (i) the genuineness of any signature; (ii) the form, validity, genuineness, falsification and legal effect of any draft, certification or other document required by a Letter of Credit or the authority of the Person signing the same (which on its face complies with the terms of such Letter of Credit); (iii) the failure of any instrument to bear any reference or adequate reference to a Letter of Credit or the failure of any Persons to note the amount of any instrument on the reverse of a Letter of Credit or to surrender a Letter of Credit; (iv) the good faith or acts of any Person other than the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender and its agents and employees; (v) the existence, form or sufficiency or breach or default under any agreement or instruments of any nature whatsoever (which on its face complies with the terms of such Letter of Credit); (vi) any delay in giving or failure to give any notice, demand or protest; and (vii) any error, omission, delay in or non - delivery of any notice or other communication, however sent. The determination as to whether the required documents are presented prior to the expiration of a Letter of Credit and whether such other documents are in proper and sufficient form for compliance with a Letter of Credit will be made by the applicable Canadian Issuing Lender in its sole discretion, which determination will be conclusive and binding upon the Canadian Borrower absent manifest error. It is agreed that any Canadian Issuing Lender may honour, as complying with the terms of a Letter of Credit and this Agreement, any documents otherwise in order and signed or issued by the beneficiary thereof. Any action, inaction or omission on the part of any Canadian Issuing Lender under or in connection with the Letters of Credit or any related instruments or documents, if in good faith and in conformity with such laws, regulations or commercial or banking customs as such Canadian Issuing Lender may reasonably deem to be applicable, will be binding upon the Canadian Borrower, and will not affect, impair or prevent the vesting of such Canadian Issuing Lender’s rights or powers hereunder or the Canadian Borrower’s obligation to make full reimbursement of amounts drawn under the Letters of Credit. Notwithstanding the provision of this Section 5.02(12), the Canadian Borrower will not be responsible for and no Person will be relieved of responsibility for any gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Person. (13) In respect of Advances by way of issuance of Letters of Credit by the US Issuing Lender on behalf of the US Borrower, the provisions of this Sec tion 5.02 and defined terms referenced therein will be applicable to such Advances mutatis mutandis and all references in this Section 5.02 to the Canadian Borrower will be deemed to be references to the US Borrower, all references to a Canadian Issuing Lender will be deemed to be references to the US Issuing Lender, all references to the Canadian Revolving Facility will be deemed to be references to the US Revolving Facility. All references to the Canadian Lenders will be deemed to be references to the US Lenders and all references to Prime Rate and US Base Rate shall be references to US Prime Rate. (14) The parties hereto agree that (a) each of the Existing CIBC Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued by CIBC hereunder; and (b) each of the Existing CIBC

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 75 - US Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued by CIBC US hereunder, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree that such Letters of Credit shall benefit from the Security and the indemnities of the Borrowers and the Lenders herein in respect of same. 3. Letters of Credit under the LC Facility (1) If a Borrower wishes to request an Advance by way of issuance of Letters of Credit, such Borrower will, at the time it delivers the notice required pursuant to Sec tion 2.10(2) , execute and deliver the LC Lender’s usual documentation relating to the issuance and administration of Letters of Credit. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of such documentation and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement will prevail. (2) Each request for a Letter of Credit under the LC Facility will be made available by the LC Lender; provided that EDC has issued and delivered to the LC Lender any EDC Documents required by the LC Lender, such EDC Documents to be in form and substance satisfactory to the LC Lender, with respect to such Letter of Credit and provided further that the amount of such Letter of Credit, together with the aggregate amount of all other Letters of Credit issued under the LC Facility, does not, in the aggregate, exceed the LC Facility Amount. (3) No Letter of Credit may be issued under the LC Facility for a period in excess of eighteen (18) months. No Letter of Credit may be issued under the LC Facility for a period in excess of nine (9) months beyond the Maturity Date, and on the Maturity Date cash collateral therefor will be deposited with the LC Lender in accordance with Sec tion 5.03(10). No Letter of Credit may be used to secure trading facilities with financial institutions that are not suppliers of natural gas or electricity in the ordinary course. No Letter of Credit will be issued or renewed under the LC Facility which is not in compliance with any requirements or provisions of the EDC Documents. (4) If, at any time, a demand for payment (the amount so demanded being herein referred to as a “ relevant amount ” for purposes of this Sec tion 5.03 ) is made under a Letter of Credit and notification thereof is given by the LC Lender to the Agent, then: (a) the Agent will promptly notify the applicable Borrower of such demand; (b) the LC Lender will pay such relevant amount together with the balance of the amount demanded to the Person entitled thereto on the date upon which such relevant amount becomes payable under the Letter of Credit in accordance with its terms; and (c) the LC Lender will notify EDC in accordance with the EDC Documents that it has made such payment under such Letter of Credit, and request that EDC pay such relevant amount to the LC Lender in accordance with the applicable EDC Guarantee. In the event that EDC has made a payment to the LC Lender pursuant to any EDC Guarantee in respect of a Letter of Credit issued by the LC Lender, EDC shall obtain all of the rights and benefits of the LC Lender under this Agreement to the extent of such payment and shall be subrogated to the rights of the LC Lender to the extent of such payment.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 76 - (5) The Borrowers hereby undertake to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and the LC Lender from time to time on demand by the Agent from and against all liabilities and costs in connection with any Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, any costs incurred in funding any amount which falls due from the LC Lender under any Letter of Credit hereunder but without duplication of costs in respect of which the LC Lender has already been compensated by the fees and charges applicable to Letters of Credit) except where such liabilities or costs result from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the person claiming indemnification. (6) The LC Lender will at all times be entitled, and is irrevocably authorized by the Borrowers, to make any payment under Letters of Credit issued by it for which a request or demand has been made in the required form without any further reference to the applicable Borrower and any investigation or enquiry, need not concern itself with the propriety or validity of any claim made or purported to be made under the terms of such Letter of Credit (except as to compliance with the payment conditions of such Letters of Credit) and will be entitled to assume that any Person expressed in such Letter of Credit as being entitled to make demand or receive payments thereunder is so entitled. Accordingly, so long as a request or demand has been made as aforementioned, and subject to the preceding sentence, it will not be a defence to any demand made of the Borrowers hereunder, nor will the Borrowers or their obligations hereunder be impaired by the fact (if it be the case) that the LC Lender was or might have been justified in refusing payment, in whole or in part, of the amounts so claimed. (7) A certificate of the Agent and/or the LC Lender as to the amounts paid by any LC Lender pursuant to this Sec tion 5.03 or the amount paid out under any Letter of Credit will, in the absence of manifest error, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amount of such payment in any legal action or proceeding arising out of or in connection herewith. (8) The applicable Borrower will pay to the Agent for the benefit of the LC Lender the LC Fee quarterly in arrears beginning on the first of each Fiscal Quarter following the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit. In addition, for so long as any Letter of Credit is outstanding, the applicable Borrower will pay to the LC Lender a fee equal to 0.25% of the face amount of each Letter of Credit in Canadian Dollars or US Dollars, as applicable, in advance beginning on the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit. Such fees will be calculated on the basis of a calendar year and the number of days the Letter of Credit will be outstanding during such period. The Borrowers will also pay the standard fees and charges of the LC Lender in effect from time to time for issuing and renewing Letters of Credit (all such fees to be non - refundable). The LC Lender will be entitled to charge a cancellation fee of [Dollar Amount Redacted] per cancelled Letter of Credit. (9) The full face amount of each Letter of Credit issued by the LC Lender on behalf of a Borrower will be deemed to be an Advance under the LC Facility, which Advance will be retired upon the earlier of: (a) the return of the Letter of Credit to the LC Lender for cancellation; or (b) the cancellation of the Letter of Credit by the LC Lender in accordance with the terms of the Letter of Credit.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 77 - (10) If any Letter of Credit is outstanding at the time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or on the Maturity Date, the Borrowers will if required by the LC Lender forthwith pay to the LC Lender an amount (such amount being herein referred to as a “ deposit amount ” for purposes of this Sec tion 5.03 ) equal to the undrawn principal amount of the outstanding Letter of Credit, which deposit amount will be held by the LC Lender in an interest bearing account bearing interest at a prevailing rate offered by the LC Lender for deposits as determined by the LC Lender, acting reasonably for application against the indebtedness owing by the Borrowers to the LC Lender in respect of any draw on the outstanding Letter of Credit. In the event that the LC Lender is not called upon to make full payment on the outstanding Letter of Credit prior to the date which is 90 days after its expiry date, the deposit amount (including all accrued interest thereon) or any part thereof as has not been paid out, will, so long as no Event of Default then exists, be returned as soon as practicable following such expiry date to the Borrowers. (11) The obligations of the Borrowers with respect to Letters of Credit will be unconditional and irrevocable, and will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including, without limitation, the following circumstances: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Credit Document or the Letters of Credit; (b) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to or actual departure from this Agreement; (c) the existence of any claim, set - off, defence or other right which a Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of a Letter of Credit (or any Persons for which any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the LC Lender or any other Person or entity, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein or in any other agreements or any unrelated transactions; (d) any statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect except for non - compliance with the payment conditions of such Letter of Credit; or (e) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. It is understood and agreed that the LC Lender will not have any liability for, and that the Borrowers assume all responsibility for: (i) the genuineness of any signature; (ii) the form, validity, genuineness, falsification and legal effect of any draft, certification or other document required by a Letter of Credit or the authority of the Person signing the same (which on its face complies with the terms of such Letter of Credit); (iii) the failure of any instrument to bear any reference or adequate reference to a Letter of Credit or the failure of any Persons to note the amount of any instrument on the reverse of a Letter of Credit or to surrender a Letter of Credit; (iv) the good faith or acts of any Person other than the LC Lender and its agents and employees;

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 78 - (v) the existence, form or sufficiency or breach or default under any agreement or instruments of any nature whatsoever (which on its face complies with the terms of such Letter of Credit); (vi) any delay in giving or failure to give any notice, demand or protest; and (vii) any error, omission, delay in or non - delivery of any notice or other communication, however sent. The determination as to whether the required documents are presented prior to the expiration of a Letter of Credit and whether such other documents are in proper and sufficient form for compliance with a Letter of Credit will be made by the LC Lender in its sole discretion, which determination will be conclusive and binding upon the Canadian Borrower absent manifest error. It is agreed that the LC Lender may honour, as complying with the terms of a Letter of Credit and this Agreement, any documents otherwise in order and signed or issued by the beneficiary thereof. Any action, inaction or omission on the part of the LC Lender under or in connection with the Letters of Credit or any related instruments or documents, if in good faith and in conformity with such laws, regulations or commercial or banking customs as the LC Lender may reasonably deem to be applicable, will be binding upon the Borrowers, and will not affect, impair or prevent the vesting of the LC Lender’s rights or powers hereunder or the Borrowers’ obligation to make full reimbursement of amounts drawn under the Letters of Credit. Notwithstanding the provision of this Sec tion 5.03(11), the Borrowers will not be responsible for and no Person will be relieved of responsibility for any gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Person. (12) The parties hereto agree that each of the Existing LC Facility Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued by LC Lender, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree that such Letters of Credit shall benefit from the Security and the indemnities of the Borrowers and the Lenders herein in respect of same. ARTICLE 6 REPAYMENT AND COMMITMENT REDUCTION 6.01 Mandatory Repayment of Principal at Maturity (1) Subject to the terms hereof, the Canadian Borrower will repay all Obligations in connection with the Canadian Revolving Facility, including the outstanding principal amount of all Advances thereunder together with all accrued interest, fees, and other amounts then unpaid by it with respect to such Advances, the Commitments under the Canadian Revolving Facility and the Canadian Revolving Facility (which, for greater certainty, will include all amounts payable by the Canadian Borrower to the Agent under Sec tion 5.01(9) with respect to any Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes outstanding on the Maturity Date and all amounts payable by the Canadian Borrower to the Agent under Section 5.02(11) with respect to Letters of Credit outstanding on the Maturity Date) in full on the Maturity Date and the Canadian Revolving Facility and the Commitments thereunder will be automatically terminated on the Maturity Date. (2) Subject to the terms hereof, the US Borrower will repay all Obligations in connection with the US Revolving Facility, including the outstanding principal amount of all Advances thereunder together with all accrued interest, fees and other amounts then unpaid by it with respect to such Advances, the Commitments under the US Revolving Facility and the US Revolving Facility (which, for greater certainty, will include all amounts payable by the US Borrower to the Agent under Sec tion 5.02(11) with respect to Letters of Credit outstanding on

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 79 - the Maturity Date) in full on the Maturity Date, and the US Revolving Facility and the Commitments thereunder will be automatically terminated on the Maturity Date. (3) Subject to the terms hereof, the Borrowers will repay all Obligations in connection with the LC Facility, including the outstanding principal amount of all Advances thereunder together with all accrued interest, fees and other amounts then unpaid by it with respect to such Advances, the Commitments under the LC Facility and the LC Facility (which, for greater certainty, will include all amounts payable by the Borrowers to the Agent under Sec tion 5.03(10) with respect to Letters of Credit outstanding on the Maturity Date) in full on the Maturity Date, and the LC Facility and the Commitments thereunder will be automatically terminated on the Maturity Date. 6.02 Voluntary Repayments and Reductions Subject to the Agent receiving a Repayment Notice, which will be given not less than the applicable notice requirement for such Advance being repaid in respect of the Canadian Revolving Facility, the US Revolving Facility or the LC Facility prior to the proposed repayment date and which will be irrevocable, the Borrowers may from time to time repay or prepay Advances outstanding under any Credit Facility without premium, penalty or bonus provided that each such repayment or prepayment will be in a minimum aggregate amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and in whole multiples of [Dollar Amount Redacted] for Advances denominated in Canadian Dollars and in a minimum aggregate amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and in whole multiples of [Dollar Amount Redacted] for Advances denominated in United States Dollars. The Repayment Notice and minimum repayment amounts referenced herein will not apply to repayment of Advances under the Canadian Swingline Facility or the US Swingline Facility. 6.03 Cancellation or Reduction of US Revolving Facility, Canadian Revolving Facility, Canadian Swingline Facility, US Swingline Facility or the LC Facility (1) The Canadian Borrower may, at any time, upon giving at least three Business Days prior notice to the Agent, cancel in full or, from time to time, reduce in part, either or both of the Canadian Revolving Facility or the Canadian Swingline Facility without premium, penalty or bonus and, if either or both are reduced, the Commitments of each of the Canadian Lenders (or the Canadian Swingline Lender, as applicable) will be reduced pro rata in the same proportion that the amount of the reduction in either or both of the Canadian Revolving Facility or the Canadian Swingline Facility bears to the amount of either or both of the Canadian Revolving Facility or the Canadian Swingline Facility in effect immediately prior to the reduction; provided, however, that any reduction will be in a minimum amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and in integral multiples of [Dollar Amount Redacted] . The Canadian Borrower will not cancel all or any portion of the Commitments under the Canadian Revolving Facility if as a result thereof it would be required to repay Bankers’ Acceptances with a maturity date falling subsequent to the due date of such cancellation. In addition, if the Canadian Borrower cancels all or a portion of the Commitment and as a result thereof it would be required to repay LIBOR Advances, Sec tion 6.04(4) will apply to such repayment.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 80 - (2) The US Borrower may, at any time, upon giving at least three Business Days’ notice to the Agent, cancel in full or, from time to time, reduce in part, either or both of the US Revolving Facility or the US Swingline Facility without premium, penalty or bonus and, if either or both are reduced, the Commitments of each of the US Lenders (or the US Swingline Lender, as applicable) will be reduced pro rata in the same proportion that the amount of the reduction in either or both of the US Revolving Facility or the US Swingline Facility bears to the amount of either or both of the US Revolving Facility or the US Swingline Facility in effect immediately prior to the reduction; provided, however, that any reduction will be in a minimum amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and in integral multiples of [Dollar Amount Redacted] . If the US Borrower cancels all or a portion of the Commitments under the US Revolving Facility and as a result thereof it would be required to repay LIBOR Advances, Sec tion 6.04(4) will apply to such repayment. (3) Either Borrower may, at any time, upon giving at least three Business Days prior notice to the Agent, cancel in full or, from time to time, reduce in part, the LC Facility without premium, penalty or bonus; provided, however, that any reduction will be in a minimum amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] (or the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars) and in integral multiples of [Dollar Amount Redacted] (or the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars). 4. Excess Over the Maximum Amounts (1) If the Agent determines that on any day as a result of currency fluctuations the aggregate of (a) Advances in Canadian Dollars then outstanding under the Canadian Revolving Facility, and (b) the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of Advances in US Dollars then outstanding under the Canadian Revolving Facility on such day exceeds 103% of the Canadian Revolver Amount then in effect then the Agent will notify the Canadian Borrower that such an event has occurred, and the Canadian Borrower will within two Business Days receipt of such notice, (i) repay Advances under the Canadian Revolving Facility in an amount equal to such excess; or (ii) deposit with the Agent cash or Cash Equivalents in an amount of such excess, provided that if it is determined on any subsequent day that the amount of the deposited amounts exceeds the amount of such excess, the Canadian Borrower may withdraw the amount by which such excess has been reduced. (2) If the Agent determines that on any day as a result of currency fluctuations the aggregate of (a) Advances in Canadian Dollars then outstanding under the LC Facility, and (b) the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of Advances in US Dollars then outstanding under the LC Facility on such day exceeds the LC Facility Amount then in effect then the Agent will notify the Canadian Borrower that such an event has occurred, and the Canadian Borrower will within two Business Days receipt of such notice, deposit with the Agent cash or Cash Equivalents in an amount of such excess, provided that if it is determined on any subsequent day that the amount of the deposited amounts exceeds the amount of such excess, the Canadian Borrower may withdraw the amount by which such excess has been reduced. (3) If the Agent determines that on any day that the aggregate of (a) Advances in Canadian Dollars then outstanding under the Canadian Revolving Facility, (b) the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of Advances in US Dollars then outstanding under the Canadian Revolving Facility, (c) the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of Advances under the US

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 81 - Revolving Facility, (d) Advances in Canadian Dollars then outstanding under the LC Facility, and (e) the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of Advances in US Dollars then outstanding under the LC Facility, on such day, exceeds the Borrowing Base in effect on such day, the Agent shall notify the Canadian Borrower that such an event has occurred, and the Borrowers shall immediately upon receipt of such notice, (i) repay Advances under the Credit Facilities in an amount equal to such excess; or (ii) deposit with the Agent cash or Cash Equivalents in an amount of such excess, provided that if it is determined on any subsequent day that the amount of the deposited amounts exceeds the amount of such excess, the Borrowers may withdraw the amount by which such excess has been reduced. (4) Subject to the terms hereof, in the event that on any day that the aggregate of (a) Advances in Canadian Dollars then outstanding under the Canadian Revolving Facility, (b) the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of Advances in US Dollars then outstanding under the Canadian Revolving Facility, (c) the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of Advances under the US Revolving Facility, (d) Advances in Canadian Dollars then outstanding under the LC Facility, and (e) the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of Advances in US Dollars then outstanding under the LC Facility, on such day, exceeds the Maximum Facility Amount then in effect (for greater certainty, after giving effect to the reductions in the Maximum Facility Amount made pursuant to Sections 6.03, 6.06, 6.07, 6.08 and 6.09 ), the Borrowers shall immediately upon receipt of notice (and in any event no later than one (1) Business Day following receipt of such notice), repay Advances under the Credit Facilities in an amount equal to such excess. 5. Payment of Breakage Costs etc. In connection with each repayment or prepayment hereunder whether voluntary or mandatory (i) in connection with LIBOR Advances which are repaid prior to the end of the applicable LIBOR Interest Period (a) the applicable Borrower will pay to the Agent (for the account of each applicable Lender) all Breakage Costs, or (b) the applicable Borrower will deposit with the Agent cash or Cash Equivalents in an amount equal to the amount due in respect to such LIBOR Advance at the end of the applicable LIBOR Interest Period; and (ii) in connection with Bankers’ Acceptances, BA Equivalent Notes and Letters of Credit which are be repaid prior to their respective maturity or expiry dates, the Canadian Borrower will deposit cash or Cash Equivalents with the Agent (for the benefit of the applicable Lenders) equal to the full face amount at maturity of such Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note or the face amount of such Letters of Credit, as applicable, and will concurrently deliver to the Agent a cash collateral agreement, supporting resolutions, certificates and opinions to the extent requested by the Agent in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. 6. Mandatory Repayments for the Sale of Unrestricted Subsidiaries If JustEnergy, either Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries receives any net after - tax proceeds from the Disposition of any shares or other equity interests or Property of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than from any Designated Disposition), (a) an amount equal to such net after - tax proceeds shall be immediately paid to the Agent by the Borrowers (irrespective as to which Borrower or Subsidiary received such net after - tax proceeds) and shall be applied by the Agent against Advances outstanding under the Credit Facilities, and (b) the

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 82 - Maximum Facility Amount then in effect (for greater certainty, after giving effect to the reductions in the Maximum Facility Amount made pursuant to Sections 6 . 03 , 6 . 07 , 6 . 08 and 6 . 09 ) shall be immediately and permanently reduced by an amount equal to such net after - tax proceeds and the Commitment of each Lender under the Credit Facilities shall be reduced pro rata in accordance with its Proportionate Share of such amount . 6 . 07 Commitment Reductions on Asset Dispositions If any Obligor receives any net after - tax proceeds from the Disposition of any Property in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] in any Fiscal Year (other than from any Designated Disposition), (a) an amount equal to such excess shall be immediately paid to the Agent by the Borrowers (irrespective as to which Obligor received such net after - tax proceeds) and shall be applied by the Agent against Advances outstanding under the Credit Facilities, and (b) the Maximum Facility Amount then in effect (for greater certainty, after giving effect to the reductions in the Maximum Facility Amount made pursuant to Sections 6 . 03 , 6 . 06 , 6 . 08 and 6 . 09 ) shall be immediately and permanently reduced by an amount equal to such excess and the Commitment of each Lender under the Credit Facilities shall be reduced pro rata in accordance with its Proportionate Share of such excess . 8. Commitment Reductions re Designated Dispositions (1) If any Obligor receives any net after - tax proceeds from any Designated Disposition, the Maximum Facility Amount then in effect (for greater certainty, after giving effect to the reductions in the Maximum Facility Amount made pursuant to Sections 6.03 , 6.06 , 6.07 and 6.09 ) shall be permanently reduced by an amount equal to such net after - tax proceeds and the Commitment of each Lender under the Credit Facilities shall be reduced pro rata in accordance with its Proportionate Share of such amount. Each such reduction to the Maximum Facility Amount made pursuant to this Section 6.08(1) shall take effect two (2) Business Days following receipt by the applicable Obligor of such net after - tax proceeds. (2) On November 30, 2021, the Maximum Facility Amount then in effect (for greater certainty, after giving effect to the reductions in the Maximum Facility Amount made pursuant to Sections 6.03 , 6.06 , 6.07 , 6.08(1) and 6.09 ) shall be immediately and permanently reduced by an additional amount, if any, equal to the lesser of (i) [Dollar Amount Redacted] less the aggregate of all of the Maximum Facility Amount reductions made pursuant to Section 6.08(1) on or before November 30, 2021, and (ii) cumulative EBITDA for the trailing five (5) Fiscal Quarters measured as at September 30, 2021 less [Dollar Amount Redacted] . (3) If any Obligor receives any net after - tax proceeds from any Designated Disposition after November 30, 2021, the aggregate amount of all of the reductions in the Maximum Facility Amount made pursuant to Sections 6.08(1) (including, for greater certainty, any reduction made as a result of any Designated Disposition made after November 30, 2021) and 6.08(2) shall not exceed the greater of (i) [Dollar Amount Redacted] , and (ii) the aggregate amount of net after - tax proceeds received by the Obligors from all of the Designated Dispositions made until and at such time.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 83 - 6.09 Scheduled Mandatory Commitment Reductions Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Maximum Facility Amount then in effect (for greater certainty, after giving effect to the reductions in the Maximum Facility Amount made pursuant to Sections 6.03 , 6.06 , 6.07 and 6.08 ) shall be permanently reduced by [Dollar Amount Redacted] on each of the following dates: (a) March 31 2021; (b) September 30, 2021; (c) March 31, 2022; (d) September 30, 2022; (e) March 31, 2023; and (f) September 30, 2023, and the Commitment of each Lender under the Credit Facilities shall be reduced pro rata in accordance with its Proportionate Share of such reduction. ARTICLE 7 PLACE AND APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS 7.01 Place of Payment of Principal, Interest and Fees (1) The Canadian Borrower undertakes at all times that any Advance is outstanding to it or any other amount is owed by it under any Credit Document to maintain at the Agent’s Cdn. Payment Branch an account in Cdn. Dollars and an account in US Dollars, which the Agent will be entitled to debit with such amounts as are from time to time required to be paid by the Canadian Borrower under the Credit Documents, as and when such amounts are due, and that each such account will contain sufficient funds, or sufficient funds will be available under the Canadian Swingline Facility, for such purpose. Without in any way limiting the rights of the Agent pursuant to the foregoing, unless otherwise specifically agreed between the Canadian Borrower and the Agent, the Canadian Borrower hereby directs the Agent to debit the aforesaid accounts with such amounts as are from time to time required to be paid by the Canadian Borrower pursuant to Article 4 , Article 5 and Article 6 of this Agreement. Following any such debit for non - scheduled fees, costs or expenses, the Agent will provide to the Canadian Borrower notice of the debit of such fees, costs or expenses and the reasons therefor. (2) The US Borrower undertakes at all times that any Advance is outstanding to it or any other amount is owed by it under any Credit Document to maintain at the Agent’s US Payment Branch an account in US Dollars which the Agent will be entitled to debit with such amounts as are from time to time required to be paid by the US Borrower under the Credit Documents, as and when such amounts are due, and that such account will contain sufficient funds, or sufficient funds will be available under the US Swingline Facility, for such purpose. Without in any way limiting the rights of the Agent pursuant to the foregoing, unless otherwise

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 84 - specifically agreed between the US Borrower and the Agent, the US Borrower hereby directs the Agent to debit the aforesaid accounts with such amounts as are from time to time required to be paid by the US Borrower pursuant to Article 4 , Article 5 and Article 6 of this Agreement. Following any such debit for non - scheduled fees, costs or expenses, the Agent will provide to the US Borrower notice of the debit of such fees, costs or expenses and the reasons therefor. (3) All payments by the Canadian Borrower under any Credit Document, unless otherwise expressly provided in such Credit Document, will be made to the Agent at the Agent’s Cdn. Payment Branch, or at such other location as may be agreed upon by the Agent and the Canadian Borrower, for the account of the Lenders entitled to such payment, not later than 12:00 noon (Toronto time) for value on the date when due, and will be made in immediately available funds without set - off or counterclaim. (4) All payments by the US Borrower under any Credit Document, unless otherwise expressly provided in such Credit Document, will be made to the Agent at the Agent’s US Payment Branch, or such other location as may be agreed upon between the Agent and the US Borrower, not later than 12:00 noon (Toronto time) for value on the date when due, and will be made in immediately available funds without set - off or counterclaim. (5) Unless the Agent will have been notified by a Borrower not later than 12:00 noon (Toronto time) of the Business Day prior to the date on which any payment to be made by such Borrower under a Credit Document is due that such Borrower does not intend to remit such payment, the Agent will be entitled to assume that such Borrower has remitted or will remit such payment when so due and the Agent may (but will not be obliged to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to each applicable Lender on such payment date such Lender’s share of such assumed payment. If such Borrower does not in fact remit such payment to the Agent as required by such Credit Document, each applicable Lender will immediately repay to the Agent on demand the amount so made available to such Lender, together with interest on such amount at the Interbank Reference Rate, in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid in immediately available funds to the Agent, and such Borrower will immediately pay to the Agent on demand such amounts as are sufficient to compensate the Agent and the Lenders for all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, any interest paid to lenders of funds) which the Agent may sustain in making any such amounts available to the Lenders or which any Lender may sustain in receiving any such amount from, and in repaying any such amount to, the Agent or in compensating the Agent as aforesaid. A certificate of the Agent as to any amounts payable by a Borrower pursuant to the preceding sentence and containing reasonable details of the calculation of such amounts will be prima facie evidence of the amounts so payable. (6) If any amount which has been received by the Agent not later than 12:00 noon (Toronto time) on any Business Day as provided above is not paid by the Agent to a Lender on such Business Day as required under this Agreement, the Agent will immediately pay to such Lender on demand interest on such amount at the Interbank Reference Rate in respect of each day from and including the day such amount was required to be paid by the Agent to such Lender to the day such amount is so paid. For greater certainty, the Borrowers have no obligation to reimburse the Agent for any such amounts.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 85 - 7.02 Netting of Payments If, on any date, amounts would be due and payable under this Agreement in the same currency by the Borrowers to the Lenders, or any one of them, and by the Lenders, or such Lender, to a Borrower, then, on such date, upon notice from the Agent or such Lender stating that netting is to apply to such payments, the obligations of each such party to make payment of any such amount will be automatically satisfied and discharged and, if the aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by a Borrower to the Lenders, or such Lender, exceeds the aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by the Lenders, or such Lender, to a Borrower or vice versa , such obligations will be replaced by an obligation upon whichever of a Borrower or the Lenders, or such Lender, would have had to pay the larger aggregate amount to pay to the other the excess of the larger aggregate amount over the smaller aggregate amount. For greater certainty, prior to acceleration of repayment pursuant to Sec tion 11.02, this Section 7.02 will not permit any Lender to exercise a right of set - off, combination or similar right against any amount which a Borrower may have on deposit with such Lender in respect of any amount to which netting is to apply pursuant to this Sec tion 7.02 , but will apply only to determine the net amount to be payable by the Lenders or one of them to a Borrower, or by a Borrower to the Lenders or one of them. ARTICLE 8 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 1. Representations and Warranties Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Agent and to each of the Lenders and acknowledges and confirms that the Agent and each of the Lenders is relying upon such representations and warranties: (1) Existence and Qualification Each Obligor (i) has been duly incorporated, formed, amalgamated, merged or continued, as the case may be, and is validly subsisting as a corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership or trust, under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, amalgamation, merger or continuance, as the case may; and (ii) is duly qualified, in good standing and has all required Material Licences to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business requires qualification to the extent necessary to carry on its business. (2) Power and Authority Each Obligor has the corporate, trust, company, limited liability company or partnership power and authority, as the case may be, (i) to enter into, and to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under, the Credit Documents to which it is a party and all other instruments and agreements delivered by it pursuant to any of the Credit Documents, and (ii) to own its Property and carry on its business as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted by it. (3) Execution, Delivery, Performance and Enforceability of Documents The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Credit Documents to which each Obligor is a party, and every other instrument or agreement delivered by an Obligor pursuant to any Credit Document has been duly authorized by all corporate, trust, company or partnership actions

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 86 - required, and each of such documents has been duly executed and delivered. Each Credit Document to which any Obligor is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Obligor, enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms (except, in any case, as such enforceability may be limited by applied bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by principles of equity). (4) Credit Documents Comply with Applicable Laws, Organizational Documents and Contractual Obligations None of the execution or delivery of, the consummation of the transactions contemplated in, or compliance with the terms, conditions and provisions of any of, the Credit Documents or, as of the Effective Date, the implementation of the Recapitalization Plan in accordance with the terms therein by any Obligor, conflicts with or will conflict with, or results or will result in any breach of, or constitutes a default under or contravention of, (a) any Obligors’ Organizational Document, (b) any Material Contract or Material Licence, (c) any Requirement of Law other than immaterial breaches or (d) results or will result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance upon any of its Property that is not a Permitted Encumbrance. (5) Consent Respecting Credit Documents Each Obligor has, obtained, made or taken all consents, approvals, authorizations, declarations, registrations, filings, notices and other actions whatsoever required with Governmental Authorities, third parties or otherwise to enable it to execute and deliver each of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated in the Credit Documents, other than the approvals, clarifications or authorizations of the Governmental Authorities (including, without limitation, the Reserve Bank of India) required under the laws of India for the execution and delivery by JEBPO of the Guarantee and the Security Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by JEBPO of its obligations thereunder. (6) Taxes Except as set forth on Schedule 8.01(6), each Obligor has paid or made adequate provision for the payment of all Taxes levied on its Property or income which are due and payable, or has accrued such amounts in its financial statements for the payment of such Taxes, except for charges, fees or dues which are not material in amount, which are not delinquent or if delinquent are being contested, and in respect of which non - payment would not individually or in the aggregate have, or be reasonably likely to cause, a Material Adverse Effect, and there is at the date given no action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit or claim now pending, or to its knowledge, threatened by any Governmental Authority regarding any Taxes, nor has it or any other Obligor agreed to waive or extend any statute of limitations with respect to the payment or collection of Taxes. (7) Judgments, Etc. At the date given, no Obligor is subject to any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or award, or to any restriction, rule or regulation (other than customary or ordinary course restrictions, rules and regulations consistent or similar with those imposed on other Persons engaged in similar businesses) which has not been lifted or stayed or of which enforcement has not been suspended for a period of 15 days or more in an amount (individually or in the aggregate for all Obligors) in excess of the lesser of (a) [Dollar Amount Redacted] and (b) 10% of EBITDA (calculated on a last twelve months basis).

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 87 - (8) Absence of Litigation There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of its knowledge and belief, after due inquiry and all reasonable investigation, threatened against or involving any Obligor which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, other than in respect of which the Agent has been provided notice of pursuant to Sec tion 9.01(10). (9) Title to Assets Each Obligor has good title to its assets, free and clear of all Encumbrances except Permitted Encumbrances and defects in title which are not material in nature to the conduct of any Obligor’s business, and no Person has any agreement or right to acquire an interest in such assets other than in the ordinary course of its business or pursuant to Permitted Asset Dispositions. The Pledged Securities constitute all of the equity interests held by each Obligor in any other Obligor. (10) Liens The Security Documents create in favour of the Collateral Agent valid, binding and perfected (when registered or filed) Encumbrances on all right, title and interest in all of the Property which is the subject matter of the Security Documents and those Encumbrances have first priority for all purposes over any other Encumbrances on the Property, except for Permitted Encumbrances which have priority pursuant to Applicable Law. (11) Use of Real Property All real property material to the business of the Obligor owned or leased by each Obligor may be used by such Obligor pursuant to Applicable Law for the present use and operation of the material elements of the business conducted, or intended to be conducted, on such real property by such Obligor. (12) Insurance Each Obligor maintains insurance which is in full force and effect that complies with all of the requirements of this Agreement. (13) Labour Relations No Obligor is engaged in any material unfair labour practice or material employment discrimination practice, and there is no material unfair labour practice complaint or material complaint of employment discrimination pending against an Obligor, or to its knowledge threatened against an Obligor, before any Governmental Authority. To the best of its knowledge, no material grievance or arbitration arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is pending against an Obligor or, to the best of its knowledge, threatened against an Obligor, no strike, labour dispute, slowdown or stoppage is pending against an Obligor or, to the best of its knowledge, threatened against an Obligor and no union representation proceeding is pending with respect to any of an Obligor’s employees. (14) Compliance with Laws No Obligor is in material violation of any material Applicable Law or material Applicable Order, subject to the provisions of Sec tion 8.01(27), in the case of Requirements of Environmental Law. (15) No Event of Default or Pending Event of Default Neither any Event of Default nor any Pending Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. (16) Corporate Structure The corporate structure of JustEnergy and its Subsidiaries is as set out in Schedule 8.01(16) (as updated pursuant to Section 9.05 from time to time), which Schedule contains:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 88 - (a) Share Capital of Obligors . The authorized capital of each Obligor (other than JustEnergy) and each Unrestricted Subsidiary is as provided in Schedule 8.01(16) , of which the number of issued and outstanding shares and the beneficial owners thereof is provided for in Schedule 8.01(16). (b) Complete Names. A complete and accurate list of the full and correct name of each Obligor referenced in this Sec tion 8.01(16) (including any French and English forms of name) and the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation of each such Obligor. (c) Designation : A designation of each Subsidiary of JustEnergy other than the Borrowers as either a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary. (17) Rights to Acquire Shares of Obligors No Person has an agreement or option or any other 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, subscription, allotment or issuance of any unissued shares in the capital of any Obligor (other than JustEnergy). (18) Obligors Each Obligor either carries on their Business in Canada, the United States, India or Hungary, or carries on no business other than being a holding entity. (19) Relevant Jurisdictions Schedule 8.01(19) (as amended from time to time) identifies, in respect of each Obligor, the Relevant Jurisdictions as at the date given including each Obligor’s jurisdiction of formation and organizational registration number (if any), its full address (including postal code or zip code), chief executive office, registered office and all places of business and, if the same is different, the address at which the books and records of such Obligor are located and the address from which the invoices and accounts of such Obligor are issued. (20) Computer Software Each Obligor owns or has licensed for use or otherwise has the right to use all of the material software necessary to conduct its businesses. All Computer Equipment owned or used by an Obligor and necessary for the conduct of business has been properly maintained in all material respects or replaced and is in good working order for the purposes of on - going operation, subject to ordinary wear and tear for Computer Equipment of comparable age and Computer Equipment which has been damaged but is in the course of being repaired. (21) Intellectual Property Each Obligor has rights sufficient for it to use all the Intellectual Property reasonably necessary for the conduct of its business except to the extent failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all patents, trade - marks or industrial designs which have been either registered or in respect of which a registration application has been filed by it as at the date given are listed on Sche dule 8.01(21). To its knowledge, no Obligor is infringing or misappropriating or is alleged to be infringing or misappropriating the intellectual property rights of any other Person where such infringement or misappropriation is reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 89 - ( 22) Material Contracts and Material Licences . (a) Schedule 8.01(22), (as amended from time to time), accurately sets out all Material Contracts and Material Licences; (b) a true and complete certified copy of each Material Contract and Material Licence has been or, within 30 days of its entry into effect, will be delivered to the Agent and each Material Contract and Material Licence is in full force and effect; (c) to the Borrowers’ knowledge, no event has occurred and is continuing which would constitute a breach of or a default under any Material Contract or Material Licence which would entitle any party thereto or any applicable Governmental Authority to terminate or revoke such Material Contract or Material Licence; (d) each Material Contract is binding upon the Obligor party thereto and, to its knowledge, is a binding agreement of each other Person who is a party to the Material Contract; (e) each Material Contract is assignable in accordance with its terms without the consent of the counterparty thereto or such consent has otherwise been obtained; and (f) each Customer Contract, other than Customer Contracts totalling no more than 2% of Gross Margin, is assignable in accordance with its terms without the consent of the counterparty thereto or such consent has otherwise been obtained. ( 23) Financial Year End Its financial year end is March 31. (24) Financial Information All of the financial statements which have been furnished to the Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, in connection with this Agreement are complete in all material respects and such financial statements fairly present the results of operations and financial position of the of the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries as of the dates referred to therein and have been prepared on a Modified Consolidated Basis, except that, in the case of quarterly financial statements, notes to the statements and audit adjustments required by GAAP are not included. All other financial information (including, without limitation the Operating Budget and the Borrowers projected summary of anticipated Available Supply and Supply Commitments) provided to the Agent and the Lenders as of the date prepared (a) were based on reasonable assumptions and expectations and represent reasonable good faith estimates and (b) were believed to be achievable. (25) Liabilities No Obligor has any liabilities, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, of any kind or nature whatsoever, except (i) as disclosed in the financial statements most recently delivered under Section 9.03 ; (ii) as incurred after the date of such financial statements and are permitted to be incurred hereunder; (iii) as incurred in the ordinary course of business of an Obligor; provided that, in respect this clause (iii), such liabilities: (x) are not material to the Business, (y) are not required in accordance with GAAP to be disclosed in such Obligor’s financial statements referred to in clause (i) above and (z) are not

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 90 - incurred in violation of this Agreement, and (iv) for liabilities consented to by the Agent on behalf of the Majority Lenders. (26) No Material Adverse Effect Since the date of the Borrowers’ most recent financial statements provided to the Agent, there has been no condition (financial or otherwise), event or change in its business, liabilities, operations, results of operations, assets or prospects which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect nor, to the Borrowers’ knowledge, has there been any condition, event or change to the credit rating of Shell Energy or any material LDC which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (27) Environmental (a) No Obligor is subject to any civil or criminal proceeding relating to Requirements of Environmental Laws and is not aware of any investigation or threatened proceeding or investigation, (b) each Obligor has all material permits, licenses, registrations and other authorizations required by the Requirements of Environmental Laws for the operation of its business and the properties which it owns, leases or otherwise occupies, (c) each Obligor currently operates its business and its properties (whether owned, leased or otherwise occupied) in compliance in all material respects with all applicable material Requirements of Environmental Laws, (d) no Hazardous Substances are stored or disposed of by any Obligor or otherwise used by an Obligor in violation of any applicable Requirements of Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, there has been no Release of Hazardous Substances by any Obligor at, on or under any property now or previously owned or leased by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries), (e) except as disclosed in the environmental reports identified on Schedule 8.01(27) , to the knowledge of the Borrowers (i) all underground storage tanks now or previously located on any real property owned or leased by it have been operated, maintained and decommissioned or closed, as applicable, in compliance with applicable Requirements of Environmental Law; and (ii) no real property or groundwater in, on or under any property now or previously owned or leased by any Obligor is or has been during such Obligor’s ownership or occupation of such property contaminated by any Hazardous Substance except for any contamination that would not reasonably be expected to give rise to material liability under Requirements of Environmental Laws nor, to the best of its knowledge, is any such property named in any list of hazardous waste or contaminated sites maintained under the Requirements of Environmental Law. (28) CERCLA No portion of any Obligor’s Property has been listed, designated or identified in the National Priorities List or the CERCLA Information System both as published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or any similar list of sites published by any federal, state or local authority proposed for requiring clean up or remedial or corrective action under any Requirements of Environmental Laws. (29) Canadian Welfare and Pension Plans The Canadian Borrower has adopted all Canadian Welfare Plans and all Canadian Pension Plans in accordance with Applicable Laws and each such plan has been maintained and is in compliance in all material respects with its terms and such laws including, without limitation, all requirements relating to employee participation, funding, investment of funds, benefits and transactions with the Obligors and persons related to them. As of the Effective Date and at no time preceding the Effective Date has any Obligor maintained, sponsored, administered, contributed to, or participated in a Specified Canadian Pension Plan. With respect to Canadian Pension Plans: (a) no steps have

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 91 - been taken to terminate any Canadian Pension Plan (wholly or in part) which could result in any Obligor being required to make an additional contribution in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] to the Canadian Pension Plan; (b) no contribution failure in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] has occurred with respect to any Canadian Pension Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien or charge under any applicable pension benefits laws of any other jurisdiction; and (c) no condition exists and no event or transaction has occurred with respect to any Canadian Pension Plan which is reasonably likely to result in any Obligor incurring any liability, fine or penalty in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] . No Obligor has a contingent liability in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] with respect to any post - retirement benefit under a Canadian Welfare Plan. With respect of each Canadian Pension Plan: (a) all contributions (including employee contributions made by authorized payroll deductions or other withholdings) required to be made to the appropriate funding agency in material compliance with all Applicable Laws and the terms of each Pension Plan have been made in accordance with all Applicable Laws and the terms of each Canadian Pension Plan; and (b) no event has occurred and no conditions exist with respect to any Canadian Pension Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in any Canadian Pension Plan being the subject of a requirement to be wound up (wholly or in part) by any applicable regulatory authority, having its registration revoked or refused by any applicable regulatory authority or being required to pay any taxes or penalties under any applicable pension benefits or tax laws. (30) ERISA Plans (a) Each ERISA Plan of any Obligor carrying on business in the United States has been maintained and is in compliance in all material respects with Applicable Laws including, without limitation, all requirements relating to employee participation, investment of funds, benefits and transactions with the Obligors and persons related to them, (b) with respect to such ERISA Plans: (i) no condition exists and no event or transaction has occurred with respect to any such ERISA Plan that is reasonably likely to result in any Obligor, to the best of its knowledge, incurring any liability, fine or penalty in excess of the US$ Equivalent Amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; and (ii) no Obligor carrying on business in the United States has a contingent liability with respect to any post - retirement benefit under a US Welfare Plan in excess of the US$ Equivalent Amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] , (c) all contributions (including employee contributions made by authorized payroll deductions or other withholdings) required to be made have been made in accordance with all Applicable Laws and the terms of each ERISA Plan, (d) each of the ERISA Plans that is intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code (i) has received a favourable determination letter from the IRS, (ii) is or will be the subject of an application for a favourable determination letter, and no circumstances exist that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in the revocation or denial of any such determination letter, or (iii) is entitled to rely on an appropriately updated prototype plan document that has received a national office determination letter and has not applied for a favourable determination letter of its own and (e) no Obligor carrying on business in the United States has any US Pension Plans and no multiemployer plans as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA are maintained by any Obligor or to their knowledge have been maintained by any member of any Obligor’s Controlled Group. (31) Not an Investment Company No Obligor is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 or a “holding company”, or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, or an “affiliate” of a holding company, or of a “subsidiary company” of a

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 92 - “holding company”, within the meaning of the United States Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005. (32) No Margin Stock No Obligor is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. None of the proceeds of any Advance will be used to purchase or carry, or to reduce or retire or refinance any credit incurred to purchase or carry, any margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock. (33) Full Disclosure All information provided or to be provided by or on behalf of any Obligor to the Agent and the Lenders in connection with the Credit Facilities (including with respect to the creditworthiness of Shell Energy and the LDCs) was or will be at the time prepared, to its knowledge, true and correct in all material respects and none of the documentation furnished to the Agent and the Lenders by or on behalf of any Obligor, to its knowledge, omitted or will omit as of such time, a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in any material way, and all expressions of expectation, intention, belief and opinion contained therein were honestly made on reasonable grounds after due and careful inquiry by it at the time made (and, to its knowledge any other Person who furnished such material on behalf of them). (34) Insolvency From and after the Effective Date, no Obligor, nor any of its predecessors where applicable, (i) has committed any act of bankruptcy; (ii) is insolvent, or has proposed, or given notice of its intention to propose, a compromise or arrangement pursuant to any bankruptcy or insolvency law to its creditors generally; (iii) has any petition for a receiving order in bankruptcy filed against it (unless it has been discharged or dismissed or it is being contested actively and diligently in good faith by appropriate and timely proceedings and is dismissed, vacated or permanently stayed within 15 days of knowledge by such Obligor of its institution), made a voluntary assignment in bankruptcy, taken any proceeding with respect to any compromise or arrangement pursuant to any bankruptcy or insolvency law, taken any proceeding to have itself declared bankrupt or wound - up, taken any proceeding to have a receiver appointed of any part of its assets, or has had any Encumbrancer take possession of any material part of its Property; or (iv) has had an execution or distress claiming payment in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] become enforceable or become levied on any of its Property which has not been satisfied. (35) Non - Arm’s Length Transactions All agreements, arrangements or transactions between any Obligor, on the one hand, and any Associate of, Affiliate of or other Person not dealing at Arm’s Length with such Obligor, on the other hand (other than another Obligor), in existence at the date hereof are set forth on Schedule 8.01(35) or are otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 9.04(19). (36) Solvency Immediately after the making of each Advance to either Borrower, and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Advances, (i) the fair value of the assets of each Obligor, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of each Obligor; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the Property of each Obligor will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 93 - of each Obligor on its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) each Obligor will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) each Obligor, if required pursuant to Applicable Law, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted after the date hereof. (37) Debt No Obligor has any Debt that is not Permitted Debt. (38) Bank Accounts No Obligor maintains a bank account other than as set forth on Schedule 8.01(38). Schedule 8.01(38) contains a list of all bank accounts maintained by the Obligors together with a list of all blocked account agreements and deposit account control agreements entered into in connection therewith. (39) Schedules The information contained in each Schedule attached hereto is as at the date hereof, or at the time a replacement thereof is provided to the Agent or the Lenders pursuant hereto, will be true, correct and complete in all material respects. (40) Sanctions . It is not in violation of, in any material respect, any of the country or list based economic and trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC, or any Sanctions Laws. As of the date of this Agreement, no Obligor (i) is a Sanctioned Person or (ii) is a Person designated under Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001 or other Sanctions Laws. If a senior officer of any Obligor receives any written notice that any Obligor, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary of any Obligor is named on the then current OFAC SDN List or is otherwise a Sanctioned Person (such occurrence, a “ Sanctions Event ”), such Obligor shall promptly (i) give written notice to the Agent and the Lenders of such Sanctions Event, and (ii) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws with respect to such Sanctions Event (regardless of whether the Sanctioned Person is located within the jurisdiction of the United States of America or Canada), and each Obligor hereby authorizes and consents to the Agent and the Lenders taking any and all steps the Agent or the Lenders deem necessary, in their sole but reasonable discretion, to avoid violation of, in any material respect, all applicable laws with respect to any such Sanctions Event. (41) Anti - Corruption Laws . No part of the proceeds of the Advances shall be used, directly or, to the Borrowers’ knowledge, indirectly : (a) to offer or give anything of value to any official or employee of any foreign government department or agency or instrumentality or government - owned entity, to any foreign political party or party official or political candidate, or to anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business, or obtain any improper advantage, in material violation of any Anti - Corruption Law . (42) Anti - Terrorism Laws . To the extent applicable, each Obligor is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the U.S. Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R. Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, (ii) the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (United States), as amended (the “ Patriot Act ”); and (iii) Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 94 - (Canada) (collectively with clauses (i) and (ii) above, the “ Anti - Terrorism Laws ”). The use of the proceeds of the Advances will not violate, in any material respect, the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R. Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, in any material respect. (43) Reporting Issuer . JustEnergy is a reporting issuer, as defined under applicable Canadian securities laws, in all of the provinces and territories of Canada and is not in default in any material respect under any requirement of applicable Canadian or U.S. securities laws. JustEnergy is in compliance in all material respects with the rules and regulations of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. 8.02 Survival and Repetition of Representations and Warranties The representations and warranties set out in Sec tion 8.01 will be repeated (i) in each Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9.03(3), (ii) as of the date of each request for a new Advance by a Borrower, (iii) in accordance with Section 9.05 in connection with the designation of Restricted Subsidiaries, (iv) in each Borrowing Base Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9.03(6), and (v) in each Priority Supplier Payables Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9.03(10), in each case, with reference to the actual dates at which such representations and warranties are made; except in any such case to the extent that on or prior to such date the Borrowers advise the Agent in writing of the variation in any such representation or warranty as of such date; and provided further that such disclosure will not excuse any breach of covenant or Event of Default arising hereunder other than as a result of the incorrectness of such representation and warranty. ARTICLE 9 C O V E NAN TS 1. Positive Covenants So long as this Agreement is in force and except as otherwise permitted by the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders, each Borrower will and will cause each other Obligor to: (1) Timely Payment Make due and timely payment of the Obligations required to be paid by it hereunder and under each other Credit Document. (2) Conduct of Business, Maintenance of Existence, Compliance with Laws (a) engage in business of the same general type as now conducted by it; (b) carry on and conduct its business and operations in a proper, efficient and businesslike manner, in accordance with good business practice; (c) except as otherwise permitted by Sec tion 9.04(2), preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its existence; (d) take all action necessary to maintain all material registrations, material licenses, material rights, material privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business; and (e) comply in all material respects with all Requirements of Law, including without limitation, Requirements of Environmental Law.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 95 - (3) Further Assurances Provide the Agent and the Lenders with such other documents, opinions, consents, acknowledgements and agreements as are reasonably necessary to implement this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and are required by the Agent from time to time. (4) Access to Information Promptly provide the Agent with all information reasonably requested by the Agent for and on behalf of the Lenders from time to time concerning its financial condition and Property, and during normal business hours and from time to time upon reasonable notice, permit representatives of the Agent, and the Lenders if accompanied by the Agent, to inspect any of its Property, to examine and take extracts from its financial books, accounts and records including but not limited to accounts and records stored in computer data banks and computer software systems, and to discuss its financial affairs, its business or any part of its Property with its senior officers and (in the presence of such of its representatives as it may designate) its auditors. If an Event of Default or a Pending Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Canadian Borrower will pay all reasonable expenses incurred by such representatives in order to visit a Borrower’s premises or attend at its and each other Obligor’s principal office, as applicable, for such purposes. In addition, the Borrowers shall, and shall cause each other Obligor to, promptly provide to the Agent with such information as the Agent or any Lender may reasonably request in order to comply with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and written notice of any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in such Certification. (5) Payment Obligations Pay or discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged (i) before the same become delinquent (A) all Taxes imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its business or Property and file all tax returns in respect thereof and (B) all required payments under any of its Debt and (ii) in a timely manner in accordance with prudent business practices (A) all lawful claims for labour, materials and supplies, and (B) all other material obligations the failure of which would reasonably be expected to result in an Event of Default; provided, however that it will not be required to pay or discharge or to cause to be paid or discharged any such amount referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) so long as the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and an adequate reserve in accordance with GAAP and satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably, has been established in its books and records. (6) Use of Credit Facilities Use the proceeds of the Credit Facilities as contemplated by Sec tion 2.07 . (7) Insurance Maintain or cause to be maintained with reputable insurers, coverage against risk of loss or damage to its Property (including public liability and damage to property of third parties), business interruption insurance, fire and extended peril insurance and boiler and machinery insurance of such types as is customary for and would be maintained by a corporation with an established reputation engaged in the same or similar business in similar locations and provide to the Agent, on an annual basis, if requested, evidence of such coverage. The Collateral Agent will be indicated in all insurance policies, as applicable, as a loss payee and additional insured.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 96 - (8) Notice of Event of Default or Pending Event of Default Promptly notify the Agent of any Event of Default or Pending Event of Default that would apply to it or to any Obligor of which it becomes aware . (9) Notice of Material Adverse Effect Promptly notify the Agent of any condition (financial or otherwise), event or change in its or any other Obligor’s business, liabilities, operations, results of operations, assets or prospects which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (10) Notice of Litigation Diligently defend itself and its properties from and against any lawsuits or claims in accordance with prudent business practice and promptly notify the Agent on becoming aware of the occurrence of any litigation, dispute, arbitration, proceeding or other circumstance (including, without limitation, any such dispute with Shell Energy or any LDC) the result of which if determined adversely would be a judgment or award against it (i) in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] or (ii) would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect to it, and (A) from time to time provide the Agent with all reasonable information requested by the Agent concerning the status of any such proceeding and (B) provide the Agent semi - annually in March and September of each year, a written update prepared by internal counsel to the Borrowers in respect of each such proceeding in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] . (11) Other Notices Promptly, upon having knowledge, give notice to the Agent on behalf of the Lenders of: (a) any violation of any Applicable Law, which does or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) any termination or expiration of or default under a Material Contract or Material Licence; (c) any damage to or destruction of any property, real or personal, of any Obligor having a replacement cost in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; (d) the receipt of insurance proceeds by any Obligor in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; (e) any change in the regulatory framework relating to the energy market which is materially adverse to the Business or could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Business with the passage of time; (f) any Encumbrance registered against any property or assets of any Obligor, other than a Permitted Encumbrance; (g) any entering into of a Material Contract or Material Licence, together with a true copy thereof; or (h) any assignment of a Material Contract by the counterparty thereto.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 97 - (12) Computer Software Own or license for use or otherwise maintain the right to use all of the material software necessary to conduct its businesses and in all material respects, properly maintain and keep in good working order for the purposes of on - going operation, all Computer Equipment owned or used by an Obligor and necessary for the conduct of business, subject to ordinary wear and tear for Computer Equipment of comparable age and lost or damaged Computer Equipment replaced or repaired to the extent required to conduct its Business. (13) Intellectual Property Maintain rights sufficient for it to use all the Intellectual Property reasonably necessary for the conduct of its business and not knowingly infringe or misappropriate in any material way the intellectual property rights of any other Person. (14) Environmental Compliance Operate its business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable material Requirements of Environmental Laws and operate all Property owned, leased or otherwise occupied by it with a view to ensuring that no material obligation, including a clean - up or remedial obligation, will arise in respect of an Obligor under any Requirements of Environmental Law; provided however, that if any such obligation arises, the applicable Obligor will promptly satisfy or contest such obligation at its own cost and expense. It will promptly notify the Agent, to the extent not disclosed as of the date hereof, upon (i) learning of the existence of Hazardous Substance located on, above or below the surface of any land which it owns, leases, operates, occupies or controls (except those being stored, used or otherwise handled in substantial compliance with applicable Requirements of Environmental Law), or contained in the soil or water constituting such land and (ii) the occurrence of any lawfully reportable release, spill, leak, emission, discharge, leaching, dumping or disposal of Hazardous Substances that has occurred on or from such land which, in either case, is likely to result in liability under Requirements of Environmental Law. (15) Security With respect to the Security: (a) provide to the Collateral Agent the Security required from time to time pursuant to Article 10 in accordance with the provisions of such Article, accompanied by supporting resolutions, certificates and opinions as reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent and in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; and (b) do, execute and deliver all such things, documents, security, agreements and assurances as may from time to time be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to ensure that the Collateral Agent holds at all times valid, enforceable, perfected first priority Encumbrances (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) from the Obligors meeting the requirements of Article 10 . (16) Maintenance of Property Keep all Property necessary in its business in good working order and condition, normal wear and tear excepted, save for lost or damaged Property replaced or repaired to the extent required to conduct its Business.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 98 - ( 17) ERISA Matters (a) Maintain each ERISA Plan in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Requirements of Law; (b) refrain from adopting, participating in or becoming obligated with respect to any US Pension Plan or multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA without the prior written consent of the Lenders; and (c) promptly notify the Agent on becoming aware of (i) the institution of any steps by any Person to terminate any US Pension Plan, (ii) the failure of any Obligor to make a required contribution to any US Pension Plan if such failure is sufficient to give rise to an Encumbrance under Section 303(k) of ERISA, (iii) the taking of any action with respect to a US Pension Plan which is reasonably likely to result in the requirement that any Obligor furnish a bond or other security to the US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under ERISA or such Pension Plan, or (iv) the occurrence of any event with respect to any ERISA Plan which is reasonably likely to result in any Obligor incurring any liability, fine or penalty in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] , and following notice to the Agent thereof, provide copies of all documentation relating thereto if requested by the Agent. ( 18) Canadian Pension Plans (a) maintain each Canadian Pension Plan in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Requirements of Law; (b) refrain from adopting, participating in or becoming obligated with respect to any Specified Canadian Pension Plan without the prior written consent of the Lenders; and (c) promptly notify the Agent on becoming aware of (i) the institution of any steps by any Person to terminate any Canadian Pension Plan, (ii) the failure of any Obligor to make a required contribution to any Canadian Pension Plan if such failure is sufficient to give rise to a deemed trust or lien under applicable pension benefits standards laws, or (iii) the occurrence of any event with respect to any Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Welfare Plan which is reasonably likely to result in any Obligor incurring any liability, fine or penalty in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] , and following notice to the Agent thereof, provide copies of all documentation relating thereto if requested by the Agent. (19) Employee Benefit and Welfare Plans Maintain all employee benefit and Canadian Welfare Plans relating to the Business in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws and ensure that all premiums and payments relating to employee benefits and pensions are paid as due. (20) Additional Information Promptly provide the Agent, upon receipt thereof, with copies of all “management letters” or other material letters submitted by independent public

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 99 - accountants in connection with audited financial statements described in Sec tion 9.03 raising issues associated with the audit of the Obligors. (21) Maintenance of Material Contracts and Material Licenses Except as otherwise permitted under Section 9 . 04 ( 17 ) , maintain in good standing and perform all of its obligations under and comply with all Material Contracts and Material Licenses . (22) Maintenance of Bank Accounts (a) Maintain all bank accounts and other forms of deposit account solely with a financial institution that has entered into a blocked account agreement or deposit account control agreement with the Collateral Agent on terms satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and (b) cause any cash or cash equivalents that are the property of any Obligor to be held with a Lender. (23) Fulfillment of Obligations Fulfill and perform any and all of its material obligations to its Customers in whole, Shell Energy and any material LDCs. (24) LDC Agreements Notify the Agent of any notices received from LDCs in connection with any collections, services, agreements or any Transportation Agreements, requests to increase the billing service amount under any Collection Services Agreements, offsets or material matters under any LDC Agreement, in each case which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (25) Minimum Supplier Credit Rating (a) Only enter into or renew or permit the assignment of Supplier Contracts where, in any case, the supplier thereunder (including, without limitation, Shell Energy) and any new supplier (i) has a minimum credit rating of (A) BBB or higher by S&P, (B) Baa2 or higher by Moody’s, (C) BBB or higher by Fitch, or (D) BBB or higher by DBRS (the “ Minimum Supplier Rating ”), (ii) has its obligations backed by a guarantee from a Person with a credit rating meeting the requirements of (i) hereof or by a letter of credit issued by a bank whose long - term debt is rated at least “A” by S&P, or (iii) is not rated or does not have its obligations backed by a guarantee or letter of credit as described in (i) or (ii) hereof provided that all such suppliers do not exceed 10% of the total supply under all Supplier Contracts. (b) For the purposes of determining the Minimum Supplier Rating in (a) above, if at any time such supplier is rated by more than one rating agency, the Minimum Supplier Rating shall be determined by reference to the highest of all applicable ratings, unless one of the ratings is two or more categories lower than the other ratings, in which case the Minimum Supplier Rating for such supplier shall be determined by reference to the category next above that of the lowest rating. (26) No Supplier Recourse Other than in connection with Financial Assistance which is permitted pursuant to Sec tion 9.04(5), ensure that no supplier to any Unrestricted Subsidiary has any recourse to any Obligor.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 100 - (27) Hedges If, pursuant to any report provided to the Agent pursuant to Section 9.03(7) or if the Agent reasonably determines at any time that, the Hedge Cap is exceeded, the Canadian Borrower or any other Obligor, as applicable, will forthwith unwind sufficient Hedges (for greater certainty, other than Commodity Hedges) with the Lender Hedge Providers to reduce the Aggregate Swap Exposure to below the Threshold Amount. (28) Keepwell Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Obligor to honour all of its obligations under the Guarantee in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section, or otherwise under the Guarantee, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section and under the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until discharged in accordance with this Agreement and the Guarantee . Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section constitute, and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Obligor for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act. (29) Reporting Issuer Status Maintain the listing of the equity interests of JustEnergy on the Toronto Stock Exchange and maintain the status of JustEnergy as a reporting issuer under the Canadian securities laws of all of the provinces and territories of Canada in which it is a reporting issuer as of the date of this Agreement. (30) Refinancing of Credit Facilities On or before June 30, 2022, provide to the Agent evidence satisfactory to the Agent that the Borrowers have initiated a process to fully refinance the Credit Facilities in manner satisfactory to the Majority Lenders, acting reasonably. (31) Alberta Utilities Commission Debt Promptly upon the entering into of the agreements relating to the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt by the relevant Obligors and the other parties thereto, provide to the Agent certified copies of all such agreements and such other information and documentation with respect to the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt as may be reasonably requested by the Agent. 2. Financial Covenants So long as this Agreement is in force and except as otherwise permitted by the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders: (1) Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio The Borrowers, on a Modified Consolidated Basis, will ensure that the Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio determined as at the last day of each Fiscal Quarter in respect of the immediately preceding Four Quarter Period is not greater than the applicable ratio set forth in the following chart: Fiscal Quarters (Ending On) Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 101 - September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020 [Ratio Redacted] March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021 [Ratio Redacted] September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2021 [Ratio Redacted] March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022 [Ratio Redacted] September 30, 2022 and thereafter [Ratio Redacted] (2) Minimum Trailing Four Fiscal Quarter EBITDA The Borrowers, on a Modified Consolidated Basis, will ensure that EBITDA determined as at the last day of each Fiscal Quarter in respect of the immediately preceding Four Quarter Period is not less than [Dollar Amount Redacted] . 3. Reporting Requirements So long as this Agreement is in force and except as otherwise permitted by the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders, the Canadian Borrower will: (1) Annual Reports As soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, cause to be prepared and delivered to the Agent the audited consolidated financial statements of JustEnergy, including, without limitation, a balance sheet, statement of equity, income statement and cash flow statement, certified by the chief financial officer of JustEnergy. (2) Quarterly Reports (a) As soon as available and in any event within 60 days of the end of each of its first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, cause to be prepared and delivered to the Agent as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of JustEnergy, including, in each case and without limitation, an income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement, certified by the chief financial officer of JustEnergy. (b) As soon as available and in any event within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter (including the fourth Fiscal Quarter), cause to be prepared and delivered to the Agent as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter the unaudited financial statements of the Borrowers prepared on a Modified Consolidated Basis, including, in each case and without limitation, an income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement, certified by the chief financial officer of JustEnergy. (3) Compliance Certificate Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 9.03(1) and (2) above, provide the Agent with a Compliance Certificate.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 102 - (4) Operating Budget As soon as available and in any event not later than June 30 in each year for the next three Fiscal Years, provide to the Agent for the Lenders, the Operating Budget. (5) Supply/Demand Projection Within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter, cause to be prepared and delivered to the Agent a supply vs. demand summary in respect of the Obligors’ projected next 12 months and the next 36 months anticipated Available Supply and Supply Commitments for natural gas, electricity and JustGreen Products, separately. (6) Borrowing Base Certificate As soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, furnish to the Agent a Borrowing Base Certificate setting out the calculation of the Borrowing Base as at the last day of the Fiscal Quarter just ended, and, semi - annually, including a calculation of the Key Assumptions in the manner set forth in Schedule I.1. In the event that any Key Assumption calculated in such manner exceeds the Key Assumption Variance Limit for such Key Assumption, the Borrowing Base calculation shall be amended for the following Fiscal Quarter so that the actual prior 12 - month period figure is used for such Key Assumption which exceeded the Key Assumption Variance Limit. (7) Hedging Exposure As soon as practicable and in any event within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, provide to the Agent a report containing a summary of all outstanding hedging positions for all Hedges with Lender Hedge Providers (whether positive or negative) measured on a marked - to - market basis aggregated by product type (Commodity Hedge, Interest Rate Hedge, Currency Hedge or Equity Hedge) and in event that the Threshold Amount is exceeded, such reports will be provided by the Canadian Borrower to the Agent on a weekly basis. (8) Marked to Market Calculation As soon as available, and in any event within 10 Business Days after the end of each month, deliver to the Agent the Canadian Borrower’s good faith calculation of the marked - to - market exposure under its Supplier Contracts . (9) Portfolio Report As soon as available and in any event within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter, cause to be prepared and delivered to the Agent a portfolio report (substantially in the form of the report attached hereto as Schedule 9.03(9) ), which report shall include the Canadian Borrower’s good faith calculation of the marked - to - market exposure for each of the following categories: Canadian gas, US gas, Canadian power and US power. (10) Priority Supplier Payables As soon as available, and in any event within 10 Business Days after the end of each month, furnish to the Agent a Priority Supplier Payables Certificate setting out the Priority Supplier Payables as at the last day of the month just ended. (11) Risk Management Policy Promptly notify the Agent of any changes or modifications to the risk management and hedging policy of the Obligors from that in effect on the date hereof and promptly provide a copy of such change or modification. (12) Sufficient Copies to Agent Ensure that in complying with this Sec tion 9.03 , the Agent is supplied with such quantities of all materials as the Agent may require in order to distribute such materials to each of the Lenders and wherever possible, that electronic copies are sent which the Agent is then authorized to send electronically to the Lenders.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 103 - (13) Cash Flow Forecasts Commencing on the fourth Friday following the Effective Date, and on each four ( 4 ) week interval thereafter, the Borrowers shall provide the Agent with its cash flow statement together with a variance report (if applicable) . (14) Strategic Review Process Promptly notify the Agent of the commencement of any strategic review process with respect to or involving JustEnergy or any of its Subsidiaries and attend calls with the Lenders on a bi - monthly basis to provide updates on such strategic review process. (15) Other Information Deliver to the Agent such other information relating to the conduct of business or financial condition of the Obligors as the Agent on behalf of the Lenders may reasonably request from time to time. 9.04 Negative Covenants So long as this Agreement is in force and except as otherwise permitted by the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders, each Borrower will not and will ensure that each other Obligor will not: (1) Disposition of Property Except for Permitted Asset Dispositions, Dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired . (2) Fundamental Changes Enter into any corporate transaction (or series of transactions), whether by way of arrangement, reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, merger or otherwise, whereby all or substantially all of its undertaking and assets would become the property of any other Person or in the case of any amalgamation, the property of the continuing corporation resulting from the amalgamation, except that if at the time of and immediately after giving effect to the corporate transaction, if no Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing, it may amalgamate or merge (including by way of a wind - up that is not as a result of an insolvency) with or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to a Borrower or any wholly - owned Subsidiary of a Borrower; provided that it provides the Collateral Agent with prior notice of any such transaction and upon any amalgamation or merger (except by way of a wind - up), the resulting company or the entity to whom the assets have been transferred, as applicable, delivers to the Collateral Agent the Security Documents and an assumption agreement pursuant to which the amalgamated or merged company or the entity to whom the assets have been transferred, as applicable, confirms its assumption of all of the obligations of the amalgamating or merging companies or the entity which transferred the assets, as applicable, under the Credit Documents and such other security, certificates and opinions as may be required by the Collateral Agent including, if applicable, a pledge of the amalgamated or merged company’s shares. (3) No Debt Create, incur, assume or permit any Debt to remain outstanding, other than Permitted Debt; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Permitted Debt described in clauses (a) and (i) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” shall at no time exceed the Lender Limitation Amount (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement). (4) No Repayment or Prepayment of Debt

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 104 - (a) Directly or indirectly voluntarily prepay, defease or in substance defease, purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt, the 2020 Subordinated Debt or the $15 Million Subordinated Note, in advance of Debt outstanding under this Agreement, except, in the case of the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt, with the proceeds of the payments received by the Obligors from their Customers in the Province of Alberta under the applicable Customer Contracts; (b) make any amendment or modification to the subordination, ranking, term, granting of security or postponement terms of any indenture, note or other agreement evidencing or governing any Debt or any other term of such agreement which would be adverse to the Lenders; and (c) following the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Pending Event of Default which, in either case, is continuing, make any payment in respect of any Debt other than (i) Debt hereunder, (ii) Existing Intercompany Debt or Future Intercompany Debt between Obligors (other than to JustEnergy), (iii) non - cash Permitted Distributions in respect of Debt, (iv) payments in respect of obligations secured by Purchase Money Security Interests and payments in respect of Lease Obligations, (v) principal repayments of the Alberta Utilities Commission Debt, provided that each such payment shall be made solely with the proceeds of the payments received by the Obligors from their Customers in the Province of Alberta under the applicable Customer Contracts or (vi) payments under the Subordinated Facility Agreement that are Paid in Kind. (5) No Financial Assistance Give any Financial Assistance to any Person other than: (a) Existing Intercompany Debt; (b) Future Intercompany Debt; (c) guarantees made by the Obligors of Permitted Debt (other than the $15 Million Subordinated Note); (d) Financial Assistance to Restricted Subsidiaries; (e) loans and advances to employees made in accordance with Section 9.04(9) ; and (f) Financial Assistance to Unrestricted Subsidiaries (i) that was provided or advanced prior to June 30, 2020 and certified in a Compliance Certificate prior to such date; and (ii) from and after July 1, 2020, in an amount not to exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate to all Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding clauses (a) to (f) above, no Financial Assistance shall be given by an Obligor to any Person that is not an Obligor if a Pending Event of Default or an Event of Default

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 105 - has occurred or if the making of any such Financial Assistance would cause a Pending Event of Default or Event of Default to occur. (6) No Imbalance in Commitments (a) Permit, at any time, the projected amount of Available Supply of natural gas for the next 12 months to (i) exceed 110% of Supply Commitments for natural gas, or (ii) be less than 90% of Supply Commitments for natural gas in the same period; (b) permit, at any time, the projected amount of Available Supply of electricity for the next 12 months to (i) exceed 110% of Supply Commitments for electricity, or (ii) be less than 90% of Supply Commitments for electricity in the same period; (c) permit, at any time, the projected amount of Available Supply of JustGreen Products for the next 12 months to (i) exceed 150% of Supply Commitments for JustGreen Products, or (ii) be less than 90% of Supply Commitments for JustGreen Products in the same period; (d) permit, at any time, the projected amount of Available Supply of natural gas for the next 36 months to (i) exceed 115% of Supply Commitments for natural gas, or (ii) be less than 85% of Supply Commitments for natural gas in the same period; (e) permit, at any time, the projected amount of Available Supply of electricity for the next 36 months to (i) exceed 115% of Supply Commitments for electricity, or (ii) be less than 85% of Supply Commitments for electricity in the same period; (f) permit, at any time, the projected amount of Available Supply of JustGreen Products for the next 36 months to (i) exceed 150% of Supply Commitments for JustGreen Products, or (ii) be less than 90% of Supply Commitments for JustGreen Products in the same period; and (g) permit, at any time, the notional value of the projected amount of the Available Supply of JustGreen Products that exceeds the notional value of the Supply Commitments for JustGreen Products to exceed 1 . 0 % of the aggregate notional value of Supply Commitments for electricity, natural gas and JustGreen Products . (7) No Distributions Make or permit any Distributions, other than Permitted Distributions; provided that: (a) Permitted Distributions in cash between Obligors following the occurrence of a Pending Event of Default or Event of Default shall only be made as follows: (i) by any Obligor organized in the United States to the US Borrower or (ii) by any Obligor to the Canadian Borrower; (b) no Permitted Distribution shall be made in cash to any Person that is not an Obligor except as expressly permitted under paragraph (e) of the definition of Permitted Distribution; and (c) no Permitted Distributions shall be made in cash to any Person that is not an Obligor if a Pending Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred or if the making of any such cash Distribution would cause a Pending Event of Default or Event of Default to occur.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 106 - (8) Distribution Restrictions Other than this Agreement and the Subordinated Facility Agreement, enter into any other agreement that would limit its ability to effect any dividends or distributions. (9) Management Fees Subject to Sec tion 9.04(28), make or pay any bonus, consulting or management fee or corporate overhead payment or other like payment to any shareholder, director or officer, or any of their Affiliates, except for: (a) salaries, benefits and other employment remuneration (including employee loans) paid in the ordinary course of business and on commercially reasonable terms; and (b) any bonus, consulting or management fee or directors fee or payments to directors and officers of it, provided that any such payments are part of a commercially reasonable compensation package being paid by it for management services rendered. (10) No Encumbrances Subject to Sec tion 9.04(22) , create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Encumbrance upon any of its Property except Permitted Encumbrances. (11) No Acquisitions Make any Acquisition. (12) No Change to Year End Make any change to its Fiscal Year; provided that the Borrowers may elect to change its Fiscal Year to end on December 31 by delivering 60 days prior written notice to the Agent. (13) No Change to Business Carry on any business other than the Business; provided that no more than 7.5% of all revenue generated from the Business shall be generated from the marketing or sale of JustGreen Products, calculated on a Modified Consolidated Basis. (14) Location of Assets in Other Jurisdictions Except for any Property being delivered to a Customer in the ordinary course of business of such Obligor as part of the performance of its obligations, or the provision of its services, to such Customer in the ordinary course of business of such Obligor, locate any Property (other than natural gas) outside of the jurisdictions identified in Schedule 9.04(14) or move any Property from one jurisdiction to another jurisdiction where the movement of such Property would cause the Encumbrance of the Security over such Property to cease to be perfected under Applicable Law, or knowingly suffer or permit in any other manner any of its Property to not be subject to the Encumbrance of the Security or to be or become located in a jurisdiction as a result of which the Encumbrance of Security over such Property is not perfected, unless (x) the applicable Obligor has first given 21 days prior written notice thereof to the Agent, and (y) such Obligor has first executed and delivered to the Agent all Security and all financing or registration statements in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent which the Agent or its counsel, acting reasonably, from time to time deem necessary or advisable to ensure that the Security at all times constitutes a perfected first priority Encumbrance (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) over such Property notwithstanding the movement or location of such Property as aforesaid together with such supporting certificates, resolutions, opinions and other documents as the Agent may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such security and registrations.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 107 - (15) No Share Issuance Issue any new capital other than (a) Future Intercompany Equity, and (b) the issuance of common shares or preferred shares of JustEnergy to the public (which, for greater certainty, shall include any private placement). (16) Amendments to Organizational Documents Amend any of its Organizational Documents in a manner that would be prejudicial to the interests of any of the Lenders under the Credit Documents . (17) Material Contracts (a) Allow any circumstances to arise which would allow any Material Contract to lapse or to be terminated during its term if such lapse or termination would be adverse to the Lenders in any material respect ; (b) amend, vary, alter or waive any material term of any Material Contract in any material respect if such amendment, variance, alteration or waiver would be adverse to the Lenders in any material respect; (c) assign any Material Contract, except for assignment to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents; (d) enter into any Supplier Contract which contains reporting or financial covenants that are in addition to or that are more restrictive than the reporting and financial covenants contained in Section 9 . 01 and 9 . 02 of the Intercreditor Agreement ; and (e) extend the payment terms with respect to any Supplier Contract in existence between an Obligor and a Priority Supplier. ( 18) Hostile Take - Over Bid Make or complete a Hostile Take - Over Bid. (19) Non - Arm’s Length Transactions Effect any transactions with any Person (other than an Obligor) not dealing at Arm’s Length with the transacting Obligor except for (i) those transactions identified in Schedule 8.01(35) on the Effective Date; (ii) the payment and receipt of Permitted Distributions; (iii) transactions permitted under Section 9.04(5) ; (iv) technical and administrative service agreements on commercially reasonable terms between any of JustEnergy or JEC and its Subsidiaries and the provision of the services contemplated thereby; and (v) sales arrangements on commercially reasonable terms between an Obligor and an Unrestricted Subsidiary with respect to the Business. (20) Sale and Leaseback Enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by any Obligor, as lessee, of property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Obligor to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or the lease obligation of any Obligor. (21) Hedging Contracts Enter into or permit to be outstanding at any time any Hedge unless such Hedge satisfies the following conditions:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 108 - (a) if such Hedge is an Interest Rate Hedge, it is designed to protect the Obligors against fluctuations in interest rates; (b) if such Hedge is a Currency Hedge, it is designed to protect the Obligors against fluctuations in currency exchange rates; (c) if such Hedge is an Equity Hedge, it is designed to protect the Obligors against fluctuations in share price; (d) such Hedge has been entered into by an Obligor bona fide and in good faith in the ordinary course of its business for the purpose of carrying on the same and not for speculative purposes ; and (e) after entering into such Hedge (for greater certainty, other than Commodity Hedges) with a Lender Hedge Provider, the Aggregate Swap Exposure of all Hedges (for greater certainty, other than Commodity Hedges) with Lender Hedge Providers would be less than the Threshold Amount. (22) Customer Contracts Permit any Encumbrances on Customer Contracts other than Permitted Encumbrances; provided, however, an Obligor may permit Encumbrances on Customer Contracts in favour of suppliers for such Customer Contracts so long as (i) revenue generated on all such Customer Contracts Encumbered in favour of suppliers accounts for no more than 3% of revenue generated by all Customer Contracts; and (ii) gross margin generated by such Customer Contracts Encumbered in favour of suppliers accounts for no more than 3% of gross margin of JustEnergy (on a consolidated basis) calculated on a rolling four quarter basis at the end of each Fiscal Quarter. The Encumbrances of the Security over Customer Contracts that may be Encumbered in favour of suppliers from time to time in accordance herewith, will be released from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. (23) No Accounts Open any new bank accounts unless a deposit account control agreement in respect of such new account is entered into between the Collateral Agent, the applicable Obligor and the financial institution where such new bank account is to be located, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent acting reasonably, excluding, to the extent located in India, the JEBPO Accounts. (24) Anti - Money Laundering and Anti - Terrorism Finance Laws; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; Sanctions Laws; Restricted Person The Borrowers shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, (a) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that violates, in any material respect, any Anti - Terrorism Law, any Anti - Corruption Law or any Sanctions Law, or (b) use any part of the proceeds of the Advances, directly or, to the Borrowers’ knowledge, indirectly, for any conduct that would cause the representations and warranties in Sections 8.01(40), 8.01(41) or 8.01(42) to be untrue in any material respect as if made on the date any such conduct occurs. (25) Anti - Cash Hoarding Accumulate or maintain cash or Cash Equivalents in one or more accounts (including, for greater certainty, any depository, investment or securities account) maintained by the Obligors in an amount, in the aggregate, greater than [Dollar

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 109 - Amount Redacted] (or the Equivalent Amount in any other currency) . For greater certainty, the Lenders may refuse to fund any requested Drawdown which the Lenders, acting reasonably and in good faith, determine would result in a contravention of this Sec tion 9 . 04 ( 25 ) ) . (26) Fin/Phys Transactions Engage in any Fin/Phys Transactions (i) not related to the Business; (ii) which would result in the daily aggregate Fin/Phys Transaction volume to exceed 500 Megawatts, or (iii) which would result in the Fin/Phys Accumulated Balance to exceed the Fin/Phys Accumulated Balance Limit in any calendar month, provided that to the extent such excess exists in any calendar month, the Borrowers shall within 10 Business Days cause a payment to be made to the relevant Priority Suppliers in an amount that is equal to the amount by which the Fin/Phys Accumulated Balance exceeds the Fin/Phys Accumulated Balance Limit. (27) JEBPO Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or any other Credit Document to the contrary: (a) No Obligor shall: ( i) provide any Financial Assistance to JEBPO, other than in accordance with Sec tion 9.04(5)(f) (and for the purposes of Section 9.04(5), JEBPO shall be deemed to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary); or (ii) complete any Dispositions or any Distributions to JEBPO; (b) JEBPO shall not: ( i) open any account in the United States or Canada other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including Secti on 9.04(23) ; or ( ii) own any assets or engage in any business or activity other than in connection with operating a call centre and back office support centre in India in the normal course of its business; and (c) the aggregate amount of cash or Cash Equivalents in the JEBPO Accounts that are not subject to a blocked account agreement or deposit account control agreement with the Collateral Agent shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] at any time. (28) Key Employee Retention Programs Establish, maintain, participate or make contribution to any key employee retention program (other than (i) the key employee retention programs of the Obligors existing on the Effective Date, (ii) those provided for in the Operating Budget that are established, maintained, participated or contributed to in the ordinary course of business and on commercially reasonable terms) providing for cash payments (or payments in Cash Equivalent) in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] individually or [Dollar Amount Redacted] in the aggregate, without the prior written consent of the Lenders.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 110 - 9.05 Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries So long as this Agreement is in force and except as otherwise permitted by the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders, each Borrower will ensure that: (1) No Subsidiaries JustEnergy has no Subsidiaries, other than Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries. (2) Status of Subsidiaries Each Subsidiary of JustEnergy: ( i) shall be a corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, trust or limited liability corporation formed under the laws of (A) Canada or a province thereof, (B) a state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia, (C) the United Kingdom, (D) Germany, (E) Hungary or (F) India; and ( ii) shall (A) if such Subsidiary is a Restricted Subsidiary, be wholly - owned by JustEnergy, a Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, or (B) if such Subsidiary is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, be owned, wholly or in part (subject to the terms of this Agreement), by JustEnergy or another Subsidiary. (3) Security Upon formation or acquisition, each Subsidiary will provide to the Agent a guarantee of the Obligations and will provide to the Collateral Agent Security Documents creating first charge security on all Property subject to Permitted Encumbrances of such Subsidiary, together with such opinions and other documents (including, without limitation, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Restricted Subsidiary Subordination Agreement) as the Agent may reasonably require, all in form and substance acceptable by the Agent. In addition, all shares in the capital stock (or other certificates representing all equity interests) of such Subsidiary shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent together with related stock powers duly executed in blank. (4) Composition of Borrowers and Restricted Subsidiaries At all times: (a) the gross margin of the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall comprise of no less than 80% of the consolidated gross margin of JustEnergy and all of its Subsidiaries, and (b) the revenue of the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall comprise of no less than 80% of the consolidated revenue of JustEnergy and all its Subsidiaries; provided that the covenant contained in this clause (b) shall no longer be effective in the event that the Intercreditor Agreement is amended to delete such covenant from Section 9.01(2) of the Intercreditor Agreement. (5) Revocation of Designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary From time to time the Canadian Borrower may change the designation of a Subsidiary from an Unrestricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that: (a) after giving effect to such designation, all representations and warranties contained in Sec tion 8.01 of this Agreement will be true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as if such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such designation;

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 111 - (b) the Borrowers are in compliance with all covenants contained herein and no Pending Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will occur as a result of such designation; (c) the Canadian Borrower shall have provided the Agent with a certificate of an officer certifying the foregoing; (d) the Subsidiary will provide to the Agent a guarantee and to the Collateral Agent Security Documents creating first charge security on all Property of the Subsidiary (subject to Permitted Encumbrances), together with such opinions and other documents as the Agent and its counsel may require all in form and substance acceptable by the Agent as its counsel; and (e) the Canadian Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent a revised Schedule 8.01(16) showing all Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries of JustEnergy following such designation. ARTICLE 10 SECURITY 1. Form of Security As continuing collateral security for the payment and satisfaction of all Obligations of the Borrowers to the Agent, the Lenders and the Lender Hedge Providers, the Borrowers shall, and shall have caused each other Obligor to have delivered prior to the Effective Date to the Collateral Agent the Security Documents described in Schedule 10.01, all of which will be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. 2. After Acquired Property and Further Assurances The Canadian Borrower will and will cause each other Obligor to from time to time and, at the request of the Agent, execute and deliver all such further deeds or other instruments of conveyance, assignment, transfer, mortgage, pledge or charge in connection with any of its Property, whether now existing or acquired by any Obligor after the date hereof and intended to be subject to the security interests created pursuant to the Security Documents including any insurance thereon, as are reasonably required in connection with the charging of such property. The Canadian Borrower will and will cause each other Obligor to provide sufficient notice to the Agent of any change of name or adoption of a French form of name or change of jurisdiction of incorporation or formation of any Obligor, in order for the Agent to preserve the security interests created hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Canadian Borrower will and will cause each other Obligor to, at the request of the Agent, cause to be subordinated, secured and (so long as an Event of Default exists) postponed any or all Existing Intercompany Debt and Future Intercompany Debt and will enter into such instruments as the Collateral Agent deems necessary to effect such postponement and subordination and to subject such Existing Intercompany Debt and Future Intercompany Debt to the Encumbrances of the Security including, without limitation, the Restricted Subsidiary Subordination Agreement.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 112 - 3. Benefit of Security The benefit of the provisions of the Credit Documents directly relating to the Security shall extend to and be available to any Lender Hedge Provider and the Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, will hold such Security as trustee on behalf of each Lender Hedge Provider in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents for any Lender Hedge Provider and will hold and enforce such benefits in accordance with the Credit Documents on behalf of the Lender Hedge Providers as long as, by accepting such benefits, such Lender Hedge Provider agrees, as among the Collateral Agent, the Agent and all the Lenders that such Lender Hedge Provider is bound by (and, if requested by the Collateral Agent or the Agent, as applicable, shall confirm such agreement in a writing in form and substance acceptable to the Collateral Agent or the Agent, as applicable) the Credit Documents and subject to Sec tion 16.16(2), the decisions and actions of the Collateral Agent, the Agent and the Majority Lenders (or, where expressly required by the terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders as required herein) to the same extent a Lender is bound; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing (a) each of the Collateral Agent, the Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to act at its sole discretion, without regard to the interest of any Lender Hedge Provider, regardless of whether any Obligation owing to any Lender Hedge Provider remains outstanding, or any Lender Hedge Provider is deprived of the benefit of the collateral subject to the Security, becomes unsecured or is otherwise affected or put in jeopardy thereby, and without any duty or liability to such Lender Hedge Provider or any such Obligation owing to a Lender Hedge Provider (and, in particular, the Collateral Agent or the Agent, as applicable, will not be a fiduciary of any Lender Hedge Provider) and (b) subject to Section 16.16(2), no Lender Hedge Provider shall have any right to be notified of, consent to, direct, require or be heard with respect to, any action taken or omitted in respect of the Security or under any Credit Document. 4. Release and Discharge re EdgePower Inc. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in paragraph (g) of the definition of Permitted Asset Disposition contained in Section 1.01 : (1) the Lenders hereby direct and authorize the Agent to release and discharge EdgePower Inc. from its obligations under the Guarantee and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party; and (2) the Agent and the Lenders hereby direct and authorize the Collateral Agent to (i) release and discharge the EdgePower Property from the Security, (ii) release and discharge EdgePower Inc. from its obligations under the Security Documents to which it is a party, and (iii) execute such documents and take such actions as the Collateral Agent may deem necessary to effect such release and discharge, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. ARTICLE 11 DEFAULT 11.01 Events of Default The occurrence of any one or more of the following events (each such event being herein referred to as an “ Event of Default ”) will constitute a default under this Agreement:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 113 - (1) if either Borrower fails to pay any amount of principal of any Advance when due and payable; or (2) if either Borrower fails to pay any interest or fees when due and payable hereunder or under any other Credit Document and such non - payment continues for a period of three Business Days; or (3) if either Borrower fails to pay any Obligation (other than an Obligation for which a failure to pay is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Sec tion 11.01 ) when due and payable and such non - payment continues for a period of ten Business Days after notice by the Agent; or (4) if either Borrower fails to observe or perform any of the financial covenants in Sec tion 9.02 or any of the negative covenants in Section 9.04 ; or (5) if either Borrower fails to observe or perform any of the positive covenants in Sec tion 9.01 or the reporting covenants in Section 9.03 and either Borrower will fail to remedy such default within the earlier of 15 Business Days from the date (i) either Borrower becomes aware of such default or (ii) the Agent delivers written notice of the default to either Borrower; or (6) if any Obligor neglects to observe or perform any covenant or obligation in this Agreement or any other Credit Document on its part to be observed or performed (other than a covenant or condition whose breach or default in performance is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Sec tion 11.01 ) and either Borrower fails to remedy such default within the earlier of 15 Business Days from the date (i) such Obligor becomes aware of such default or (ii) the Agent delivers written notice of the default to either Borrower; or (7) if any representation or warranty made by any Obligor in this Agreement, any Credit Document or in any certificate or other document at any time delivered hereunder to the Agent or any Lender will prove to have been incorrect in any material respect on and as of the date thereof and such representation or warranty is not thereafter made true and correct within 15 Business Days of any Obligor becoming aware of its incorrectness; or (8) if any Obligor ceases or threatens to cease to carry on business generally except as permitted by this Agreement, or admits its inability or fails to pay its debts generally; or (9) if any Obligor (i) fails to make any payment when such payment is due and payable, to any Person in relation to any Debt (other than Debt for which a failure to pay is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Sec tion 11.01 ) which, in the aggregate principal amount then outstanding, is in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and such payment is not made within any applicable cure or grace period; or (ii) defaults in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition in relation to any such Debt which in the aggregate principal amount then outstanding is in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto and such default is not waived or cured within any applicable cure or grace period, or any other event will occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other condition is to cause, or to permit the holder of such Debt to cause, such Debt to become due prior to its stated maturity date; or

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 114 - (10) if any Obligor denies its obligations under any Credit Document or claims any of the Credit Documents to be invalid or withdrawn in whole or in part; or (11) if any of the Credit Documents or any material provision of any of them becomes unenforceable, unlawful or is changed by virtue of legislation or by a court, statutory board or commission, and the applicable Obligor does not, within ten days of receipt of notice of such Credit Document or material provision becoming unenforceable, unlawful or being changed and being provided with any required new agreement or amendment for execution, replace such Credit Document with a new agreement that is in form and substance satisfactory to the Majority Lenders or amend such Credit Document to the satisfaction of the Majority Lenders; or (12) if a decree or order of a court of competent jurisdiction is entered adjudging an Obligor, a bankrupt or insolvent or approving as properly filed a petition seeking the winding - up of an Obligor under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Bankruptcy Code (United States) or the Winding - Up and Restructuring Act (Canada) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous laws or issuing sequestration or process of execution against any substantial part of the assets of an Obligor or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs; or (13) if any Obligor becomes insolvent, makes any assignment in bankruptcy or makes any other assignment for the benefit of creditors, makes any proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or any comparable law, seeks relief under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Bankruptcy Code (United States), the Winding - Up and Restructuring Act (Canada) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous law, is adjudged bankrupt, files a petition or proposal to take advantage of any act of insolvency, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, receiver and manager, interim receiver, custodian, sequestrate or other Person with similar powers of itself or of all or any substantial portion of its assets, or files a petition or otherwise commences any proceeding seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights or consents to, or acquiesces in, the filing of such a petition; or (14) if any proceeding or filing will be instituted or made against any Obligor seeking to have an order for relief entered against such Obligor as debtor under, or to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding - up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition under, any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors (including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Bankruptcy Code (United States) and the Winding - Up and Restructuring Act (Canada)), or seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for such Obligor or for any substantial part of its properties or assets unless the proceeding or filing is being contested actively and diligently in good faith by appropriate and timely proceedings and is dismissed, vacated or indefinitely stayed within 15 days of knowledge by such Obligor of its institution; or (15) if an Encumbrancer takes possession by appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager, or otherwise of any material portion of the Property of any Obligor; or

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 115 - (16) if a final judgment, execution, writ of seizure and sale, sequestration or decree for the payment of money due will have been obtained or entered against the Obligors in an amount (individually or in the aggregate for all Obligors) in excess of the lesser of (a) [Dollar Amount Redacted] and (b) 10% of EBITDA (calculated on a last twelve months basis), unless such judgment, execution, writ of seizure and sale, sequestration or decree is and remains vacated, discharged or stayed pending appeal within the applicable appeal period; or (17) if any of the Security will cease to be a valid and perfected first priority security interest subject only to Permitted Encumbrances and the Borrowers will have failed to remedy such default within ten days of a Borrower becoming aware of such fact and being provided by the Agent with any documentation required to be executed to remedy such default ; or (18) if an event of default (after giving effect to any applicable cure periods) occurs under one or more Material Contracts of any Obligor to which the counterparty thereto is party to the Intercreditor Agreement; or (19) if an event of default occurs under one or more Material Contracts of any Obligor (other than an event of default specifically dealt with in this Section, including, without limitation, subsection (18) hereof) and such event of default would reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material disruption of the supply of gas or electricity to such Obligor, or (ii) a material non - payment to such Obligor; provided that if such event has not resulted in a Material Adverse Effect, such Obligor will have 60 days following such event to cure such event or enter into a replacement Material Contract in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Majority Lenders; or (20) if a Material Licence is terminated or revoked if same is necessary for the continued operation of the Business substantially as conducted prior to such termination or revocation; or (21) if a Change of Control occurs and the Borrowers do not offer to prepay all Advances and permanently cancel the Credit Facilities and, to the extent such offer is accepted by the Lenders, do not prepay the Advances and permanently cancel the Credit Facilities on or before the time such Change of Control occurs; or (22) except as permitted hereunder, if proceedings are commenced for the dissolution, liquidation or winding - up of any Obligor, or for the suspension of the operations of any Obligor unless such proceedings are being actively and diligently contested in good faith ; or (23) if any report of a Borrower’s auditors with respect to financial statements provided hereunder contains any qualification which is unacceptable to the Lenders acting reasonably; provided that the Lenders shall not object to the auditor’s report on the financial statements of JustEnergy in respect of its Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2020 on the basis of a “going concern” qualification contained therein; or (24) there will have occurred a Material Adverse Effect; or (25) if there is a change in the regulatory framework relating to the energy market which will result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 116 - (26) if there is a write - down of the consolidated assets of JustEnergy, determined on a consolidated basis, in an amount in excess of [Dollar Amount Redacted] in any Fiscal Year (excluding normal course amortization or depreciation of assets); or (27) if the common shares of JustEnergy cease to be listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (for certainty, not including in connection with a customary trading halt for the dissemination of news) or any order is made by any Governmental Authority in relation to JustEnergy, or there is any change of law, or the interpretation or administration thereof, in each case, which in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, operates to prevent or materially restrict the trading of the common shares of JustEnergy on the Toronto Stock Exchange; or (28) if a default or an event of default has occurred under the Subordinated Facility Agreement after giving effect to any applicable notice or grace periods. 2. Acceleration and Termination of Rights If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, all Obligations will, upon demand made by the Agent, at the option of the Agent or upon the request of the Majority Lenders, become immediately due and payable at the rate or rates determined as herein provided, to the date of actual payment thereof, all without notice, presentment, protest, additional demand, notice of dishonour or any other demand or notice whatsoever, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Obligor and the Commitments will be terminated; provided, if any Event of Default described in Sectio n 11.01(12) through 11.01(14) with respect to a Borrower occurs, the Commitments (if not theretofore terminated) will automatically terminate and the outstanding principal amount of all Advances and all other Obligations will automatically be and become immediately due and payable. In such event either the Lenders, the Lender Hedge Providers or the Agent or the Collateral Agent on their behalf may, in their discretion, exercise any right or recourse and/or proceed by any action, suit, remedy or proceeding against any Obligor authorized or permitted by law for the recovery of all the Obligations of the Borrowers to the Lenders and the Lender Hedge Providers and proceed to exercise any and all rights hereunder and under the Security and no such remedy for the enforcement of the rights of the Lenders and the Lender Hedge Providers will be exclusive of or dependent on any other remedy but any one or more of such remedies may from time to time be exercised independently or in combination. 3. Payment of Bankers’ Acceptances and Letters of Credit The Canadian Borrower will pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders the principal amount of any unmatured Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note or the face amount of any unexpired Letter of Credit if demand is made pursuant to Sec tion 11.02 . Failing such payment the Agent on behalf of the Lenders will have the option at any time without notice to the Borrowers to give notice to the Canadian Lenders to make an Advance to the Canadian Borrower equal to the principal amount of all unmatured Bankers’ Acceptances and the face amount of all unexpired Letters of Credit issued at the request of the Canadian Borrower or to the US Lenders to make an Advance to the US Borrower equal to the face amount of all unexpired Letters of Credit issued at the request of the US Borrower. The proceeds of such Advances will be held by the Agent in interest bearing cash collateral accounts for the benefit of the Canadian Borrower or the US Borrower, as the case may be, bearing interest at a prevailing

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 117 - rate offered by the Agent for deposits as determined by the Agent, acting reasonably and will be applied in payment of such Bankers’ Acceptances as they mature and such Letters of Credit if payment is required thereunder or otherwise as the Agent may require. The Borrowers will execute and deliver as security for such Advances all such security as the Lenders may deem necessary or advisable in connection therewith including, without limitation, an assignment of credit balance in respect of such cash collateral accounts. 4. Remedies Cumulative and Waivers For greater certainty, it is expressly understood and agreed that the respective rights and remedies of the Lenders and the Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document or instrument executed pursuant to this Agreement are cumulative and are in addition to and not in substitution for any rights or remedies provided by law or by equity; and any single or partial exercise by the Lenders or by the Agent of any right or remedy for a default or breach of any term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement or other document or instrument executed pursuant to this Agreement will not be deemed to be a waiver of or to alter, affect or prejudice any other right or remedy or other rights or remedies to which any one or more of the Lenders and the Agent may be lawfully entitled for such default or breach. Any waiver by the Lenders or the Agent of the strict observance, performance or compliance with any term, covenant, condition or other matter contained herein and any indulgence granted, either expressly or by course of conduct, by the Lenders or the Agent will be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which it was given and will be deemed not to be a waiver of any rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agent under this Agreement or any other Credit Document or instrument executed pursuant to this Agreement as a result of any other default or breach hereunder or thereunder. 5. Termination of Lenders’ Obligations The occurrence of an Event of Default that has not been waived by the Lenders will relieve the Lenders of all obligations to provide any further Advances hereunder whether by Rollover, Conversion or otherwise, by way of Bankers’ Acceptances (and BA Equivalent Notes), LIBOR Advances or Letters of Credit; provided that the foregoing will not prevent the Lenders from disbursing money hereunder in reduction of then outstanding Bankers’ Acceptances and Letters of Credit. For greater certainty any such Advances will be at the sole discretion of the Lenders. The Agent may reallocate all Advances pro rata among the Lenders in such manner as the Agent determines is equitable. 6. Saving The Lenders will not be under any obligation to the Borrowers or any other Person to realize any collateral or enforce the Security or any part thereof or to allow any of the collateral to be sold, dealt with or otherwise disposed of. Except by reason of Applicable Law, the Lenders will not be responsible or liable to the Obligors or any other Person for any loss or damage upon the realization or enforcement of, or the failure to realize or enforce the collateral or any part thereof or the failure to allow any of the collateral to be sold, dealt with or otherwise disposed of or for any act or omission on their respective parts or on the part of any director, officer, agent, servant or adviser in connection with any of the foregoing, except that a Lender

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 118 - may be responsible or liable for any loss or damage arising from the wilful misconduct or negligence of that Lender. 7. Perform Obligations If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and if any Borrower has failed to perform any of its covenants or agreements in the Credit Documents, the Majority Lenders, may, but will be under no obligation to, instruct the Agent on behalf of the Lenders to perform any such covenants or agreements in any manner deemed fit by the Majority Lenders without thereby waiving any rights to enforce the Credit Documents. The reasonable expenses (including any legal costs) paid by the Agent and the Lenders in respect of the foregoing will be an Obligation and will be secured by the Security. 8. Third Parties No Person dealing with the Lenders or any agent of the Lenders will be concerned to inquire whether the Security has become enforceable, or whether the powers which the Lenders, the Agent or the Collateral Agent are purporting to exercise have been exercisable, or whether any Obligations remain outstanding upon the security thereof, or as to the necessity or expediency of the stipulations and conditions subject to which any sale will be made, or otherwise as to the propriety or regularity of any sale or other disposition or any other dealing with the collateral charged by such Security or any part thereof. 9. Set - Off or Compensation (1) In addition to and not in limitation of any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law, if repayment is accelerated pursuant to Sec tion 11.02 , the Lenders, or any of them, may at any time and from time to time without notice to the Borrowers or any other Person, any notice being expressly waived by the Borrowers, set - off and compensate and apply any and all deposits, general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, matured or unmatured, and any other indebtedness at any time owing by the Lenders, or any of them, to or for the credit of or the account of such Borrower, against and on account of the Obligations notwithstanding that any of them are contingent or unmatured. Any Lender exercising a right of set - off will thereafter comply with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement respecting such set - off. Each Lender agrees that if it shall, by exercising any right of set - off or counterclaim or otherwise receive payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then due and payable with respect to any Advance which is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then due and payable to such other Lender with respect to such Advance, the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall purchase such participations in the Advances held by the other Lenders, and such other adjustments shall be made, as may be required so that all such payments of principal and interest with respect to the Advances held by the Lenders shall be shared by the Lenders pro rata. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Intercreditor Agreement to the contrary, but subject to the proviso below, each Lender may exercise set - off with respect to any obligations owing by it as a Lender Hedge Provider to any Obligor against any Obligations

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 119 - owing to it as a Lender or as a Lender Hedge Provider; provided however that any Lender who has entered into Commodity Hedges with any Obligor where such Lender is also a supplier of natural gas or electricity to any Obligor, shall not set - off any obligations owing by it to any Obligor under a Commodity Hedge against any Obligations owing to it as a Lender or as a Lender Hedge Provider under any Hedges other than Commodity Hedges. 11.10 Consultant The Borrowers agree that, at any time after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default and upon written request delivered by the Agent, it will appoint a financial consultant (hereinafter referred to as the “ Consultant ”) for the purposes of reviewing the operations of the Obligors from time to time thereafter. The terms of the Consultant’s scope of duties will be settled by the Borrowers with the consent of the Agent and the Lenders, acting reasonably, provided that such terms may be settled by the Agent and the Lenders if agreement with the Borrowers is not reached within 5 days of the date of the Agent’s request on behalf of the Lenders. The Borrowers consent, and will cause each Obligor to consent, at all times to a free exchange of information or the particulars of any such information exchanged at any time. ARTICLE 12 COSTS, EXPENSES AND INDEMNIFICATION 12.01 Costs and Expenses The Borrowers will pay promptly upon notice from the Agent all reasonable out - of - pocket costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder and the reasonable out - of - pocket costs of the Agent in the initial syndication of the Credit Facilities, whether or not any Drawdown has been made hereunder, including without limitation, the reasonable fees and out - of - pocket expenses of Lenders’ Counsel with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Agent, or the Lenders as to its or their rights and responsibilities under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to be delivered hereunder. The Borrowers further agree to pay all reasonable out - of - pocket costs and expenses of the Agent (and, in case of (iv) and (v) below, the Lenders) in connection with (i) the preparation or review of waivers, consents and amendments requested by the Borrowers, (ii) questions of interpretation of this Agreement, (iii) the establishment of the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, (iv) the preservation or enforcement of rights of the Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement and other Credit Documents to be delivered hereunder, and (v) the exercise of any right or remedy of any nature or kind contained herein or in any Credit Document, including, without limitation, all reasonable costs and expenses sustained by each Lender or the Agent as a result of any failure by the Borrowers to perform or observe any of its obligations hereunder. For greater certainty, the Borrowers’ obligations under this Sec tion 12.01 shall include, without limitation, the obligation to pay the reasonable out - of - pocket costs and expenses of the Agent and the Lenders in respect of any strategic process, proceeding or transaction of the Obligors including, without limitation, with respect to any actual or potential sale, restructuring or recapitalization of the Obligors or their respective businesses and in respect of the Agent and the Lenders' review, assessment or other activities relating thereto (which for certainty, includes any such strategic process,

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 120 - proceeding or transaction of the Obligors occurring prior to the Effective Date), and the reasonable fees and out - of - pocket expenses of Lenders’ Counsel. 2. Indemnification by the Borrowers In addition to any liability of the Borrowers to any Lender or the Agent under any other provision hereof, except for liability arising from a Lender’s or the Agent’s own gross negligence or wilful misconduct, the Borrowers will indemnify each Lender and the Agent (and each of their directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and representatives) and hold each Lender and the Agent (and each of their directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and representatives) harmless against any loss or expense incurred by such Lender or the Agent (and each of their directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and representatives) as a result of: (1) any failure by any Borrower to fulfil any of its Obligations including, without limitation, any cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or re - employment in whole or in part of deposits or other funds required by any Lender to fund any Bankers’ Acceptance, BA Equivalent Note, or Letter of Credit or to fund or maintain its Proportionate Share of any Advance as a result of a Borrower’s failure to complete a Drawdown or to make any payment, repayment or prepayment on the date required hereunder or specified by it in any notice given hereunder; (2) the Canadian Borrower’s failure to provide for the payment to the Agent, for the account of each of the Lenders, of the full principal or face amount of each Bankers’ Acceptance, BA Equivalent Note or Letter of Credit on its maturity date; (3) a Borrower’s failure to pay any other amount, including without limitation, any interest or fee, due hereunder on its due date; the repayment or prepayment of a LIBOR Advance otherwise than on the last day of its LIBOR Interest Period; (4) the provision of funds for any outstanding Bankers’ Acceptance, BA Equivalent Note or Letter of Credit before the maturity date of such Bankers’ Acceptance, BA Equivalent Note or Letter of Credit; (5) a Borrower’s failure to give any notice required to be given by it to the Agent or Lenders hereunder; (6) the failure of any Borrower to make any other payment when due hereunder; or (7) any liability, obligations, loss (other than lost profits) or expense, (including Breakage Costs), that may be suffered by or asserted against any of them as a result of the breach by any Obligor in the performance of any of the Credit Documents, or by reason of the Agent or the Lenders agreeing to enter into this Agreement; or (8) in connection with the use of any credit facility proceeds, or the consummation of any transaction contemplated by the Credit Agreement.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 121 - A certificate of a Lender or the Agent as to the amount of any such loss or expense will be prima facie evidence as to the amount thereof, in the absence of manifest error . The agreements in this Section will survive the termination of this Agreement and repayment of the Obligations . 3. Specific Environmental Indemnification Each of the Borrowers will defend and indemnify each Lender and the Agent (and each of their directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and representatives) and hold each harmless at all times from and against any and all costs, losses, damages, expenses, judgments, suits, claims, awards, fines, sanctions and liabilities whatsoever (including any reasonable out - of - pocket costs or expenses for preparing any necessary environmental assessment report or other such other reports) by a third party against any Lender or the Agent (and each of their directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and representatives) or any of them related to or as a result of (i) any release, deposit, discharge, or disposal of any Hazardous Substance in connection with the property or business of the Obligors; and (ii) the remedial actions (if any) taken by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders, in respect of such release, deposit, discharge or disposal; or (iii) a failure by any Obligor or any Unrestricted Subsidiary to comply with Requirements of Environmental Law. The applicable Borrower will have the sole right, at its expense, to control any such legal action or claim and to settle on terms and conditions approved by such Borrower and approved by the party named in such legal action or claim whether it be the Lenders or the Agent, or any of them acting reasonably provided that if, in the opinion of the Lenders or the Agent, or any of them as the case may be, the interests of the Lenders or the Agent or any of them are different from those of such Borrower in connection with such legal action or claim, the Lenders or the Agent or any of them will have the sole right, at such Borrower’s expense, to defend their own interests provided that any settlement of such legal action or claim will be on terms and conditions approved by such Borrower, acting reasonably. If a Borrower does not defend the legal action or claim, the Agent and the Lenders will have the right to do so on their own behalf and on behalf of such Borrower, as the case may be, at the expense of the Borrowers. The defence and indemnity obligations contained throughout this Agreement will survive the termination of this Agreement and repayment of the Obligations. 4. Exclusion Notwithstanding Sections 12.01, 12.02 and 12.03, neither Borrower shall be obliged to indemnify the Agent, any Lender or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and representatives (“ Indemnified Parties ”) for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses which are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non - appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnified Parties. ARTICLE 13 THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS 13.01 Appointment The Lenders hereby appoint National Bank of Canada to act as the administrative agent for the Lenders and the Lender Hedge Providers as specified in this Agreement and, except

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 122 - as may be specifically provided to the contrary herein, each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorizes National Bank of Canada, as the administrative agent of such Lender and the Lender Hedge Providers, to enter into on its behalf and thereafter take such action on its behalf under or in connection with the Credit Documents and to exercise such powers thereunder as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto which it may be necessary for the Agent to exercise in order that the provisions of the Credit Documents are carried out. The Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that the Agent in its capacity as Agent and as Collateral Agent is the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney from the Lenders and the Lender Hedge Providers for the purpose of holding any of the Security or any other security granted by any Person with respect to the liabilities of the Borrowers under the Credit Documents, and the Agent hereby agrees to act in such capacity. The Agent may perform any of its duties under the Credit Documents by or through its agents and may delegate its duties to an Affiliate or a Subsidiary. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that National Bank of Canada is acting both as Agent hereunder and as Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and acknowledge that if National Bank of Canada perceives any conflict in acting in both such capacities it may resign as Collateral Agent without resigning as Agent hereunder. The Borrowers will not be concerned to inquire whether the powers which the Agent is purporting to exercise have become exercisable or otherwise as to the propriety or regularity of any other action on the part of the Agent, and accordingly insofar as the Borrowers are concerned the Agent will for all purposes hereof be deemed to have authority from the Lenders and the Lender Hedge Providers to exercise the powers and take the actions which are in fact exercised and taken by it. 2. Indemnity from Lenders The Lenders agree, based on their Proportionate Share, to indemnify the Agent (to the extent that the Agent is not promptly reimbursed by the Borrowers on demand) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any nature or kind whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in its capacity as agent hereunder which in any way relate to or arise out of the Credit Documents or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under the Credit Documents; provided that no Lender will be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements which result from the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct. Without limitation and absent gross negligence or wilful misconduct by the Agent, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its Proportionate Share of out - of - pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation of the Credit Documents and the determination or preservation of any rights of the Agent or the Lenders under, or the enforcement of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, the Credit Documents, to the extent that the Agent is not promptly reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrowers on demand. 3. Exculpation The Agent will have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in the Credit Documents. Neither the Agent (in its capacity as Agent and not as a Lender) nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents will be liable for any action taken or omitted to

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 123 - be taken under or in connection with the Credit Documents, unless such act or omission constitutes gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The duties of the Agent will be mechanical and administrative in nature; the Agent will not have by reason of the Credit Documents a fiduciary relationship with any Lender and nothing in the Credit Documents, express or implied, is intended to or will be construed as to impose upon the Agent any obligation except as expressly set forth therein. None of the Lenders will have any duties or responsibilities to any of the other Lenders except as expressly set forth in the Credit Documents. The Agent will not be responsible for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties in any of the Credit Documents or which may be contained in any other document subsequently received by the Agent or the Lenders from or on behalf of any Obligor or for the authorization, execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents, and will not be required to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Obligor of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of any of the Credit Documents. Each of the Lenders severally represents and warrants to the Agent that it has made and will continue to make such independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Obligors as such Lender deems appropriate in connection with its entering into of any of the Credit Documents and the making and continuance of any Advance hereunder, that such Lender has and will continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Obligors and that such Lender in connection with such investigation and appraisal has not relied upon any information provided to such Lender by the Agent. 4. Reliance on Information The Agent will be entitled to rely upon any writing, notice, statement, certificate, facsimile, telex or other document or communication believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and, with respect to all legal matters pertaining to the Credit Documents and its duties thereunder, upon the advice of counsel selected by it. 5. Knowledge and Required Action The Agent will not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Pending Event of Default (other than the non - payment of any principal, interest or other amount to the extent the same is required to be paid to the Agent for the account of the Lenders) unless the Agent has received notice from a Lender or a Borrower specifying such Event of Default or Pending Event of Default and stating that such notice is given pursuant to this Agreement. In the event that the Agent receives such a notice, it will give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders. The Agent will also give prompt notice to the Lenders of each non - payment of any amount required to be paid to the Agent for the account of the Lenders. The Agent will, subject to Sec tion 13.06 take such action with respect to such Event of Default or Pending Event of Default as will be directed by the Lenders in accordance with this Article 13 provided that, unless and until the Agent will have received such direction the Agent may, but will not be obliged to, take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default or Pending Event of Default as it will deem advisable in the best interest of the Lenders; and provided further that the Agent in any case will not be required to take any such action which it determines to be contrary to the Credit Documents or to any Applicable Law.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 124 - 6. Request for Instructions The Agent may at any time request instructions from the Lenders with respect to any actions or approvals which, by the terms of any of the Credit Documents, the Agent is permitted or required to take or to grant, and the Agent will be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any such action or to withhold any such approval and will not be under any liability whatsoever as a result thereof until it will have received such instructions from the Lenders. No Lender will have any right of action whatsoever against the Agent as a result of the Agent acting or refraining from acting under the Credit Documents in accordance with instructions from the Lenders. The Agent will in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take or continue any action under the Credit Documents unless it will have received further assurances to its satisfaction from the Lenders of their indemnification obligations under Sec tion 13.02 against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take such action, and unless it will be secured in respect thereof as it may deem appropriate. 7. The Agent Individually With respect to its Commitments, the Advances made available by National Bank of Canada and the Credit Documents to which it is a party and its acting as a Canadian Lender, a US Lender, a Canadian Issuing Lender or a US Issuing Lender, National Bank of Canada will have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not the Agent, and the term “Lenders” will, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, includes National Bank of Canada in its individual capacity. It is understood and agreed by all of the Lenders that National Bank of Canada, either directly or through its Affiliates, from time to time accept deposits from, lend money to, provide underwriting, consulting and advisory services to, and generally engage in banking, securities, advisory and other related and ancillary businesses with the Obligors and their Affiliates otherwise than as a Lender under the Credit Documents and may continue to do so as if National Bank of Canada were not the Agent under the Credit Documents and will have no duty to account to any of the Lenders with respect to any such dealings. 8. Resignation and Termination If at any time (i) the Agent will deem it advisable, in its sole discretion, it may deliver to each of the Lenders and the Borrowers written notification of its resignation insofar as it acts on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to this Article, or (ii) the Agent is in default of any of its obligations hereunder and the Majority Lenders will deem it advisable, in their sole discretion, they may deliver to the Agent and the Borrowers written notification of the termination of the Agent’s authority to act on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to this Article, such resignation or termination to be effective upon the date of the appointment by the Lenders of a successor which will assume all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the Agent hereunder, which appointment will be promptly made from among the remaining Lenders and written notice thereof will be given to the Borrowers concurrently with such appointment. If in the case of resignation by the Agent no appointment of a successor Agent has been made by the Lenders and approved by the Borrowers within 30 days, the resigning Agent may make such appointment from among the remaining Lenders on behalf of the Lenders, subject to such Lender agreeing to

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 125 - act as Agent, and will forthwith give notice of such appointment to the Lenders and the Borrowers. 13.09 Actions by Lenders (1) Any consent, approval (including without limitation any approval of or authorization for any amendment to any of the Credit Documents), instruction or other expression of the Lenders under any of the Credit Documents may be obtained by an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts by the Majority Lenders, or where required by Sec tion 13.09(2) all of the Lenders (which instrument in writing, for greater certainty, may be delivered by facsimile). (2) Notwithstanding Sec tion 13.09(1) , without the consent of all the Lenders the Agent may not take the following actions: (a) amend, modify, discharge, terminate or waive any of the terms of this Agreement if such amendment, modification, discharge, termination or waiver would increase the amount of the Credit Facilities or the Commitments, reduce the fees payable, interest rates or Applicable Margin with respect to the Credit Facilities, extend any date fixed for payment of principal or interest relating to the Credit Facilities, extend the repayment dates of the Credit Facilities, change the type or currency of Advances available or the notice periods, or change the definition of Majority Lenders; (b) discharge, terminate or waive any material part of the Security, or amend any of the Security in a manner that would have that effect, other than pursuant to the terms hereof (including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 9.04(1) , 9.04(22) or 9.05 thereof); (c) amend this Sec tion 13.09 ; and (d) amend Article 6. (3) An instrument in writing from the Majority Lenders or, where applicable, all of the Lenders as provided for in this Sec tion 13.09 (any such instrument in writing being an “ Approval Instrument ”) will be binding upon all of the Lenders, and the Agent (subject to the provisions for its indemnity contained in this Agreement) will be bound to give effect thereto accordingly. For greater certainty, to the extent so authorized in the Approval Instrument, the Agent will be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver on behalf of the Agent and all of the Lenders, without the requirement for the execution by any other Lender or Lenders, any consents, waivers, documents or instruments (including without limitation any amendment to any of the Credit Documents) necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Agent to give effect to the matters approved by the Majority Lenders or all of the Lenders, as the case may be, in any Approval Instrument; provided that, no Approval Instrument shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Agent, the Canadian Issuing Lenders, the Canadian Swingline Lender, the US Issuing Lenders or the US Swingline Lender without the prior written consent of the Agent, the Canadian Issuing Lenders, the Canadian Swingline Lender, the US Issuing Lenders or the US Swingline Lender, as the case may be.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 126 - 10. Provisions for Benefit of Lenders Only The provisions of this Article 13 , other than Sections 13.09 and 13.10 and the last sentence of Section 13.01 relating to the rights and obligations of the Lenders and the Agent inter se will be operative as between the Lenders and the Agent only, and the Obligors will not have any rights under or be entitled to rely for any purposes upon such provisions. 11. Payments by Agent (1) For greater certainty, the following provisions will apply to any and all payments made by the Agent to the Lenders hereunder: (a) the Agent will be under no obligation to make any payment (whether in respect of principal, interest, fees or otherwise) to any Lender until an amount in respect of such payment has been received by the Agent from a Borrower; (b) if the Agent receives less than the full amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amount owing by a Borrower under this Agreement, then subject to Sec tion 7.02 the Agent will have no obligation to remit to each Lender any amount other than such Lender’s Proportionate Share of that amount which is the amount actually received by the Agent; (c) if any Lender advances more or less than its Proportionate Share of a Credit Facility, such Lender’s entitlement to such payment will be increased or reduced, as the case may be, in proportion to the amount actually advanced by such Lender; (d) the Agent acting reasonably and in good faith will, after consultation with the Lenders in the case of any dispute, determine in all cases the amount of all payments to which each Lender is entitled and such determination will, in the absence of manifest error, be binding and conclusive; (e) upon request, the Agent will deliver a statement detailing any of the payments to the Lenders referred to herein; (f) all payments by the Agent to a Lender hereunder will be made to such Lender at its address set forth in the signature pages on this Agreement or on the applicable Assignment Agreement unless notice to the contrary is received by the Agent from such Lender; and (g) the Agent will be entitled to round any Lender’s Proportionate Share of any repayment hereunder to the nearest [Dollar Amount Redacted] multiple. (2) Unless the Agent has actual knowledge that a Borrower has not made or will not make a payment to the Agent for value on the date in respect of which a Borrower has notified the Agent that the payment will be made and except to the extent that the Agent has received notice under Sec tion 7.02 , the Agent will be entitled to assume that such payment has been or will be received from such Borrower when due and the Agent may (but will not be obliged to),

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 127 - in reliance upon such assumption, pay the Lenders corresponding amounts. If the payment by a Borrower is in fact not received by the Agent on the required date and the Agent has made available corresponding amounts to the Lenders, such Borrower will, without limiting its other obligations under this Agreement, indemnify the Agent against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses (other than loss of profit), damages, penalties, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on or incurred by the Agent as a result. A certificate of the Agent with respect to any amount owing by a Borrower under this Section will be prima facie evidence of the amount owing in the absence of manifest error. 12. Direct Payments The Lenders agree among themselves that, except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement and except as necessary to adjust for Advances that are not in each Lender’s Proportionate Share under the applicable Credit Facilities, all sums received by a Lender relating to this Agreement or by virtue of the Security, whether received by voluntary payment, by the exercise of the right of set - off or compensation (pursuant to Sec tion 7.02 , 11.09 or otherwise) or by counterclaim, cross - action or as proceeds of realization of any Security or otherwise, will be shared by each Lender in its Proportionate Share and each Lender undertakes to do all such things as may be reasonably required to give full effect to this Section, including without limitation, the purchase from other Lenders of a portion thereof by the Lender who has received an amount in excess of its Proportionate Share as will be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess amount rateably in its Proportionate Share with the other Lenders. If any sum which is so shared is later recovered from the Lenders who originally received it, the Lender will restore its Proportionate Share of such sum to such Lenders, without interest. If any Lender (a “ Receiving Lender ”) will obtain any payment of moneys due under this Agreement as referred to above, the Receiving Lender will forthwith remit such payment to the Agent and, upon receipt, the Agent will distribute such payment in accordance with the provisions hereof. 13. Acknowledgements, Representations and Covenants of Lenders (1) It is acknowledged and agreed by each Lender that it has itself been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal of and investigations into the financial condition, creditworthiness, Property, affairs, status and nature of the Obligors. Accordingly, each Lender confirms to the Agent that it has not relied, and will not hereafter rely, on the Agent (a) to check or inquire on its behalf into the adequacy or completeness of any information provided by the Obligors under or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions herein contemplated (whether or not such information has been or is hereafter distributed to such Lender by the Agent) or (b) to assess or keep under review on its behalf the financial condition, creditworthiness, Property, affairs, status or nature of the Obligors. (2) Each Lender represents and warrants that it has the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement pursuant to its charter and any applicable legislation and has not violated its charter, constating documents or any applicable legislation by so doing.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 128 - (3) Each Lender agrees to indemnify the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers), rateably according to its Proportionate Share of the Credit Facilities from and against any and all liabilities and obligations (whether direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise), losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Credit Documents or the transactions therein contemplated, provided that no Lender will be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and absent gross negligence or wilful misconduct by the Agent, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand rateably according to its Proportionate Share of the Credit Facilities for any out - of - pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the Agent in connection with the preservation of any rights of the Agent or the Lenders under, or the enforcement of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under this Agreement, to the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by either Borrower. The obligation of the Lenders to indemnify the Agent will survive the termination of this Agreement. (4) Each of the Lenders acknowledges and confirms that in the event that the Agent does not receive payment in accordance with this Agreement, it will not be the obligation of the Agent to maintain the Credit Facilities in good standing nor will any Lender have recourse to the Agent in respect of any amounts owing to such Lender under this Agreement. (5) Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to advance its Proportionate Share of Advances in accordance with the terms of this Agreement is independent and in no way related to the obligation of any other Lender hereunder. (6) Each Lender hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of this Agreement and acknowledges that it is satisfied with the form and content of such document. (7) Except to the extent recovered by the Agent from the Borrowers, promptly following demand therefor, each Lender will pay to the Agent an amount equal to such Lender’s Proportionate Share of any and all reasonable costs, expenses, claims, losses and liabilities incurred by the Agent in connection with this Agreement except for those incurred by reason of the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct. (8) Each Lender will respond promptly to each request by the Agent for the consent of such Lender required hereunder. 13.14 Rights of Agent (1) In administering the Credit Facilities, the Agent may retain, at the expense of the Lenders if such expenses are not recoverable from the Borrowers, such solicitors, counsel, auditors and other experts and agents as the Agent may select, in its sole discretion, acting reasonably and in good faith after consultation with the Lenders. For greater certainty, the Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may retain collateral agents in the United States to hold collateral accounts for and on behalf of the Agent and/or the Collateral Agent. The Obligors

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 129 - agree to pay all fees, costs and expenses which the Agent and/or the Collateral Agent incurs in connection with the opening and maintaining of such collateral accounts in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. (2) The Agent will be entitled to rely on any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed by the proper individual or individuals, and will be entitled to rely and will be protected in relying as to legal matters upon opinions of independent legal advisors selected by it. The Agent may also assume that any representation made by a Borrower is true and that no Event of Default or Pending Event of Default has occurred unless the officers or employees of the Lender acting as Agent, acting in their capacity as officers or employees responsible for such Borrower’s account, have actual knowledge to the contrary or have received notice to the contrary from any other party to this Agreement. (3) Except in its own right as a Lender, the Agent will not be required to advance its own funds for any purpose, and in particular, will not be required to pay with its own funds insurance premiums, taxes or public utility charges or the cost of repairs or maintenance with respect to the assets which are the subject matter of the Security, nor will it be required to pay with its own funds the fees of solicitors, counsel, auditors, experts or agents engaged by it as permitted hereby. (4) The Agent may round an individual Lender’s Proportionate Share of any Advance to the nearest [Dollar Amount Redacted] in Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars, as the case may be. 13.15 Collective Action of the Lenders Each of the Lenders hereby acknowledges that to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the remedies provided under the Credit Documents to the Lenders are for the benefit of the Lenders collectively and acting together and not severally and further acknowledges that its rights hereunder are to be exercised not severally, but by the Agent upon the decision of the Majority Lenders or all of the Lenders as required by this Agreement. Accordingly, notwithstanding any of the provisions contained herein, each of the Lenders hereby covenants and agrees that it will not be entitled to take any action hereunder or thereunder including, without limitation, any declaration of default hereunder or thereunder but that any such action will be taken only by the Agent with the prior written agreement of the Majority Lenders or all of the Lenders, as required. Each of the Lenders hereby further covenants and agrees that upon any such written agreement being given by the Majority Lenders or all of the Lenders, as required, it will co - operate fully with the Agent to the extent requested by the Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the absence of the instructions from the Lenders and where in the sole opinion of the Agent, acting reasonably and in good faith, the exigencies of the situation warrant such action, the Agent may without notice to or consent of the Lenders take such action on behalf of the Lenders as it deems appropriate or desirable in the interest of the Lenders.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 130 - 13.16 Non - Funding Lenders (1) Certain Fees . A Non - Funding Lender shall not be entitled to receive any fee pursuant to Sections 4.06 and 4.07 for any period during which that Lender is a Non - Funding Lender (and the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Non - Funding Lender). In addition, with respect to any such fees not required to be paid to any Non - Funding Lender, all fees payable to the Lenders, cash collateral maintained from time to time with respect to any Letters of Credit and proceeds of realization in respect of such Letters of Credit shall be payable by the Borrowers to and for the benefit of the Lenders excluding any Non - Funding Lender. (2) Cash Collateral . Each Non - Funding Lender shall be required to provide to the Agent (A) cash collateral or Cash Equivalents in an amount equal to 105% of such Non - Funding Lender’s Proportionate Share of the face amount of outstanding Letters of Credit under the Revolving Facilities (the “ L/C Fronting Exposure ”), and (B) cash collateral or Cash Equivalents in an amount, as shall be determined from time to time by the Agent in its discretion, equal to all other obligations of such Non - Funding Lender to the Agent that are owing or may become owing pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, such Non - Funding Lender’s obligation to pay its Proportionate Share of any indemnification or expense reimbursement amounts not paid by a Borrower. Such cash collateral or Cash Equivalents shall be held by Agent in one or more cash collateral accounts which accounts shall be in the name of the Agent and shall not be required to be interest bearing. The Agent shall be entitled to apply the foregoing cash collateral and Cash Equivalents in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement. Cash collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce either the Canadian Issuing Lender’s or the US Issuing Lender’s L/C Fronting Exposure shall no longer be required to be held as cash collateral pursuant to this Sec tion 13.16 following (A) the elimination of the L/C Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Non - Funding Lender status of the applicable Lender) or (B) the determination by the Agent and either Canadian Issuing Lender or the US Issuing Lender, as applicable, that there exists excess cash collateral; provided that, subject to the other provisions of this Section 13.16, the Person providing cash collateral and the Canadian Issuing Lender or the US Issuing Lender, as applicable, may agree that cash collateral shall be held to support future anticipated L/C Fronting Exposure or other obligations. (3) Reallocation of Commitments . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall be within the sole determination of the Canadian Issuing Lender or the US Issuing Lender, as applicable, as to whether it is agreeable to issue any new Letters of Credit or extend or renew any expiring Letters of Credit. So long as there is a Non - Funding Lender, the Borrowers may continue to request the issuance of Letters of Credit and the Canadian Issuing Lender or the US Issuing Lender, as applicable, shall issue such Letters of Credit. Each Lender that is not a Non - Funding Lender shall be deemed to have increased their Proportionate Share of Commitments under the Canadian Revolving Facility or the US Revolving Facility, as applicable, (but not their aggregate Commitment) with respect to any such Letter of Credit only, such that the aggregated Commitments of such Lenders in respect of each such Letter of Credit shall be equal to the amount of the Commitments in respect of such Letter of Credit had the Non - Funding Lender not been a Non - Funding Lender. With respect to such Letter of Credit references in Sec tion 5.02 to the Lenders, and the indemnification of the Lenders, such references will be deemed not to apply to any Non - Funding Lender. Subject to Section 13.17 , no

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 131 - reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Non - Funding Lender arising from that Lender having become a Non - Funding Lender, including any claim of a Lender as a result of such Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation. If the reallocation described in this Sec tion 13.16(3) cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrowers shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to them hereunder or under law, cash collateralize the L/C Fronting Exposure of the Canadian Issuing Lender or the US Issuing Lender, as applicable, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 13.16(2). (4) Liability of the Agent . Neither the Agent nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives shall be liable to any Lender (including, without limitation, a Non - Funding Lender) for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with amounts payable by a Borrower to a Non - Funding Lender and received and deposited by the Agent in a cash collateral account and applied in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement save and except for the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Agent as determined by a final non - appealable judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction. (5) Non - Funding Lender Waterfall . The Agent shall be entitled to set off any Non - Funding Lender’s Proportionate Share of all payments received from either Borrower against such Non - Funding Lender’s obligations to fund payments and Advances required to be made by it and to purchase participations required to be purchased by it in each case under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. The Agent shall be entitled to withhold and deposit in one or more non - interest bearing cash collateral accounts in the name of the Agent all amounts (whether principal, interest, fees or otherwise) received by the Agent and due to a Non - Funding Lender pursuant to this Agreement which amounts shall be used by the Agent (A) first, to reimburse (I) the Agent for any amounts owing to it by the Non - Funding Lender pursuant to any Credit Document, and then to reimburse (II) the Canadian Swingline Lender or the US Swingline Lender, as applicable, for any amounts paid by it that has not been fully reimbursed due to such Non - Funding Lender not funding its Proportionate Share of the applicable Advance, (B) second, to repay any Advances made by a Lender in order to fund a shortfall created by a Non - Funding Lender which repayment shall be in the form of an assignment by each such Lender of such Advance to the Non - Funding Lender, (C) third, (I) first, to cash collateralize all other obligations of such Non - Funding Lender to the Agent owing pursuant to this Agreement in such amount as shall be determined from time to time by the Agent in its discretion including, without limitation, such Non - Funding Lender’s obligation to pay its Proportionate Share of any indemnification or expense reimbursement amounts not paid by a Borrower and (II), second, to maintain cash collateral for a Non - Funding Lender’s Proportionate Share of reimbursement obligations for Letters of Credit, (D) fourth, at the Agent’s discretion, to fund from time to time the Non - Funding Lender’s Proportionate Share of Advances under either Revolving Facility, as applicable, (E) fifth, at the Agent’s discretion, to be held in an interest bearing deposit account and released pro rata in order to (I) satisfy such Non - Funding Lender’s Proportionate Share of future Advances under either Revolving Facility, as applicable, and (II) cash collateralize the Canadian Issuing Lender’s or the US Issuing Lender’s, as applicable, future L/C Fronting Exposure with respect to such Non - Funding Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Sec tion 13.16(2) and Section 13.16(3), (F) sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Canadian Issuing Lender or the

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 132 - US Issuing Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or such Issuing Lender against such Non - Funding Lender as a result of such Non - Funding Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, (G) seventh, so long as no Pending Event of Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to a Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by such Borrower against such Non - Funding Lender as a result of such Non - Funding Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and (H) eighth, to such Non - Funding Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Advance or reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit in respect of which such Non - Funding Lender has not fully funded its Proportionate Share, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Advances of, and reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit owed to, all Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Advances of, or reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit owed to, such Non - Funding Lender until such time as all Advances and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the applicable Commitments without giving effect to Section 13.16(3). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Non - Funding Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Non - Funding Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to Section 13.16(2) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Non - Funding Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto. (6) Voting and Consent Rights . For certainty, a Non - Funding Lender shall have no voting or consent rights with respect to matters under this Agreement or other Credit Documents. Accordingly, the Commitments and the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advances owing to any Non - Funding Lender shall be disregarded in determining Majority Lenders and all Lenders or all affected Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, should a Non - Funding Lender (A) fund all outstanding Advances that it previously failed to fund and pay all other amounts owing to the Agent, and (B) confirm in writing to the Agent that there is no reasonable likelihood that it will subsequently again become a Non - Funding Lender, then such Lender shall thereafter be entitled to vote and shall have consent rights in the same manner and fashion as if it were not a Non - Funding Lender. (7) Reinstatement of Non - Funding Lender . If the Borrowers, the Agent and either the Canadian Issuing Lender or the US Issuing Lender, as applicable, agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Non - Funding Lender, the Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any cash collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Advances of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Advances and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the applicable Commitments (without giving effect to Sec tion 13.16(3) ), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Non - Funding Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrowers while that Lender was a Non - Funding Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from a Non - Funding Lender to a Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender having been a Non - Funding Lender.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 133 - 13.17 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail - In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any other Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Credit Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write - Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by: (a) the application of any Write - Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and (b) the effects of any Bail - in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable: (i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability; ( ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; or ( iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write - Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority. 13.18 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Credit Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any hedging agreement or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “ QFC Credit Support ”, and each such QFC, a “ Supported QFC ”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “ U.S. Special Resolution Regimes ”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Credit Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States): (a) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “ Covered Party ”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 134 - Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Credit Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Credit Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Non - Funding Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support. (b) As used in this Section, the following terms have the following meanings: ( i) “ BHC Act Affiliate ” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party; ( ii) “ Covered Entity ” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. † 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. † 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. † 382.2(b); ( iii) “ Default Right ” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. †† 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and ( iv) “ QFC ” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D). 13.19 Divisions. (1) For all purposes under the Credit Documents, in connection with any Division (or any comparable event under the laws of the applicable jurisdictions): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Dividing Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a Dividing Successor, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the Dividing Person to the Dividing Successor, and (b) if any new Dividing Successor comes into existence, such Dividing Successor shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity interests at such time. (2) No Obligor shall effectuate a Division (a) without the prior written consent of the Agent to the Division (including, without limitation, the plan of division) and (b) unless the

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 135 - Division Successor joins to the Credit Documents pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. (3) For purposes of this Sec tion 13.19 : (a) “ Dividing Person ” is defined in the definition of “Division”; (b) “ Division ” means, in reference to any Person which is an entity (the “ Dividing Person ”), the division of such Person into two (2) or more separate Persons with the Dividing Person either continuing or terminating its existence as part of the division including as contemplated under Section 18 - 217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Act for limited liability companies formed under Delaware law or any analogous action taken pursuant to any Applicable Law (of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) with respect to any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity; and (c) “ Division Successor ” shall mean any Person that, upon the consummation of a Division of a Dividing Person, holds all or any portion of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations previously held by such Dividing Person immediately prior to the consummation of such Division. A Dividing Person which retains any of its assets, liabilities and/or obligations after a Division shall be deemed a Division Successor upon the occurrence of such Division. ARTICLE 14 TAXES, CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES 14.01 Change in Law In the event of any change after the date hereof in any Applicable Law (a “ Change in Law ”) or in the interpretation or application thereof by any court or by any governmental agency, central bank or other authority or entity charged with the administration thereof (whether or not having the force of law) which now or hereafter (a) subjects any Lender (or any holding company of any Lender) to any Tax or changes the basis of taxation, or increases any existing Tax, on payments of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable by any Obligor to such Lender under any Credit Document (except for Excluded Taxes and changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which such Lender is organized or has its applicable lending office or any political subdivision thereof) (or any holding company of any Lender); (b) imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirements against assets held by, or deposits in or for the account of or loans by or any other acquisition of funds by, an office of any Lender (or any holding company of any Lender); or (c) imposes on any Lender (or any holding company of any Lender) or requires there to be maintained by any Lender (or any holding company of any Lender) any capital adequacy or additional capital requirements in respect of any Advances or Lender’s Commitments hereunder or any other condition with respect to any Credit Document, and the result of any of the foregoing will be to increase the cost to, or reduce the amount of principal, interest or other amount received or receivable by such Lender (or any holding company of any Lender)

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 136 - hereunder or its effective return hereunder in respect of making, maintaining or funding its participation in such Advance under the Credit Facilities, such Lender will determine that amount of money which will compensate such Lender (or its holding company) for such increase in cost or reduction in income (herein referred to as “ Additional Compensation ”). Upon a Lender having determined that it is entitled to Additional Compensation in accordance with the provisions of this Sec tion 14.01 the Lender will promptly so notify the applicable Borrower and the Agent. The Lender will provide to the applicable Borrower and the Agent a photocopy of the relevant law, rule, guideline, regulation, treaty or official directive and a certificate of a duly authorized officer of such Lender setting forth the Additional Compensation and the basis of calculation therefor, which will be conclusive evidence of such Additional Compensation in the absence of manifest error. The applicable Borrower will pay to the Lender (or at such Lender’s direction its holding company) within ten Business Days of the giving of such notice such Lender’s Additional Compensation calculated to the date of such notification. Each of the Lenders (or their respective holding companies) will be entitled to be paid such Additional Compensation from time to time to the extent that the provisions of this Section 14.01 are then applicable notwithstanding that any Lender (or its holding company) has previously been paid any Additional Compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers will not be liable to compensate a Lender (or its holding company) for any such increase in costs or reduction in income if such compensation is not being claimed as a general practice from customers of such Lender (or its holding company) who by agreement are liable to pay such or similar compensation or if such compensation is in respect of a period more than 90 days prior to a Lender becoming aware of the circumstances giving rise to such Additional Compensation. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, (i) the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof and (ii) all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines or directives whether concerning capital adequacy or liquidity promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall, in each case, be deemed a “Change in Law” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, applied or issued. 14.02 Prepayment of Rateable Portion Notwithstanding the provisions hereof, if a Lender gives the notice provided for in Sec tion 14.01 with respect to any Advance (an “ Affected Loan ”), the affected Borrower may, upon ten Business Days’ notice to that effect given to such Lender and to the Agent (which notice will be irrevocable), prepay in full without penalty such Lender’s Proportionate Share of the Affected Loan outstanding together with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount so prepaid up to the date of such prepayment and such Additional Compensation as may be applicable to the date of such payment and all costs, losses and expenses incurred by the Lenders by reason of the liquidation or re - employment of deposits or other funds or for any other reason whatsoever resulting from the repayment of such Affected Loan or any part thereof on other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period, and upon such payment being made that Lender’s obligations to make such Affected Loans to the Borrowers under this Agreement will terminate.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 137 - 3. Illegality If the adoption of any Applicable Law or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof by any court or by any governmental or other authority or central bank or comparable agency or any other entity charged with the interpretation or administration thereof or compliance by a Lender with any request or direction (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency or entity, after the date hereof makes it unlawful or impossible for any Lender to make, fund or maintain an Advance under the Credit Facilities or to give effect to its obligations in respect of such an Advance, such Lender may, by written notice thereof to the Borrowers and to the Agent declare its obligations under this Agreement (or its obligations with respect to such Advance, if applicable) to be terminated whereupon the same will forthwith terminate, and the Borrowers will prepay within the time required by such law (or at the end of such longer period as such Lender at its discretion has agreed) the principal of such Advance together with accrued interest, such Additional Compensation, if any, as may be applicable to the date of such payment and all costs, losses and expenses incurred by the Lenders by reason of the liquidation or re - employment of deposits or other funds or for any other reason whatsoever resulting from the repayment of such Advance or any part thereof on other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period. If any such change will only affect a portion of such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement which is, in the opinion of such Lender and the Agent, severable from the remainder of this Agreement so that the remainder of this Agreement may be continued in full force and effect without otherwise affecting any of the obligations of the Agent, the other Lenders or the Obligors hereunder, such Lender will only declare its obligations under that portion so terminated. 4. Taxes (1) All payments to be made to the Agent or the Lenders pursuant to the Credit Documents will be made free and clear of, and without reduction for or on account of, any present or future Taxes; provided, however, if any Taxes are required by Applicable Law to be withheld from any interest or other amount payable to the Agent or any Lender under any Credit Document, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is a Tax other than an Excluded Tax, the amount so payable by the applicable Obligor to the Agent or such Lender will be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Agent or such Lender, on a net basis after payment of all Taxes (including all Taxes imposed (other than Excluded Taxes) on any additional amounts payable under this Section), interest or any such other amount payable under such Credit Document at the rate or in the amount specified in such Credit Document. The Obligors will be fully liable and responsible for and will, promptly following receipt of a request from the Agent, pay to the Agent any and all Taxes in the nature of sales, use, excise, value - added, goods and services, harmonized sales, stamp, property and similar Taxes payable under the laws of Canada, any Province of Canada, the United States of America, any State of the United States of America or any other country or jurisdiction with respect to any and all goods and services made available under the Credit Documents to any Obligor by the Agent and the Lenders, or any and all Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Documents, but not including any Excluded Taxes. Whenever any Taxes are payable by an

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 138 - Obligor pursuant to this section, for the account of the Agent or a Lender, a certified copy of an original official receipt showing payment of such Taxes (or other reasonable documentary evidence of such payment) will be promptly provided by such Obligor to the Agent or such Lender. If an Obligor fails to pay any Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes) in respect of any payment made to the Agent or the Lenders pursuant to the Credit Documents when due or if an Obligor fails to remit to the Agent the required documentary evidence of such payment, the Obligors will indemnify and save harmless the Agent and the Lenders from any incremental Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes), interest, penalties or other reasonable expenses that may become payable by the Agent or by any Lender or to which the Agent or any Lender may be subjected as a result of any such failure. A certificate of the Agent or any Lender as to the amount of any such Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes), interest or penalties and containing reasonable details of the calculation of such Taxes, interest or penalties will be, absent manifest error, prima facie evidence of the amount of such Taxes, interest or penalties, as the case may be. If an Obligor has paid over or remitted an amount on account of Taxes pursuant to the foregoing provision and the amount so paid over or remitted is subsequently refunded to such Lender, in whole or in part, such Lender will remit to the such Obligor, provided there is then no Pending Event of Default or Event of Default and subject to the set off rights of the Lenders, such an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments or additional amount paid under this section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out - of - pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). The applicable Obligor, upon request of a Lender, shall repay to such Lender the amount paid over pursuant to the foregoing sentence (plus penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, in no event will a Lender be required to pay any amount to an Obligor pursuant to this section the payment of which would place such Lender in a less favorable net after - Tax position than such Lender would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. The foregoing three sentences shall not be construed to require any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the Obligors or any other Person. (2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Agent nor any US Lender shall be entitled to any additional payments or indemnification under Section 14.04(1) with respect to withholding Taxes (a) to the extent that the obligation to withhold amounts existed on the date that the Agent or such US Lender became a party to this Agreement (except to the extent such US Lender is an assignee of any other US Lender that was entitled, at the time the assignment of such other US Lender became effective, to receive additional amounts or indemnification under Section 14.04(1) ) or (b) that are directly attributable to the failure by such US Lender to deliver the documentation required to be delivered pursuant to Section 14.04(3), (4) or (5) . (3) Each US Lender that is not a United States person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code and that, at any of the following times, is entitled to an exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax shall (a) on or prior to the date such US Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, (b) on or prior to the date on which any such form or

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 139 - certification expires or becomes obsolete, (c) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it and (d) from time to time if requested by the US Borrower or the Agent, provide the Agent and the US Borrower with two completed originals of each of the following, as applicable: (i) Forms W - 8ECI (claiming exemption for US withholding tax because the income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business), W - 8BEN (through December 31, 2014) or W - 8BEN - E (claiming exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S. withholding tax under an income tax treaty) or any successor forms, (ii) in the case of such US Lender claiming exemption under Sections 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, Form W - 8BEN (through December 31, 2014) or W - 8BEN - E (claiming exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the portfolio interest exemption) or any successor form and a certificate in form and substance acceptable to the Agent that such US Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the US Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code or (iii) any other applicable document prescribed by the US Internal Revenue Service certifying as to the entitlement of such US Lender to such exemption form United States withholding tax or reduced rate with respect to all payments to be made to such US Lender under the Credit Documents. (4) Each US Lender that is a United States person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall (A) on or prior to the date such US Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, (B) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (C) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it and (D) from time to time if requested by the US Borrower or the Agent, provide the Agent and the US Borrower with two completed originals of Form W - 9 (certifying that such US Lender is entitled to an exemption for U.S. backup withholding tax) or any successor form. (5) If a payment made to a Lender under any Credit Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding or Canadian Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the applicable Borrower and the Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Agent, such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Agent as may be necessary for such Borrower and the Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (5), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement. (6) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Credit Document shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by a Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 140 - In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by a Borrower or the Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by a Borrower or the Agent as will enable the Borrowers or the Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to the backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrowers and the Agent of its legal inability to do so. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding three sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 14.04(3), (4) and (5) ) shall not be required if in a Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial positions of such Lender. (7) If an Obligor determines in good faith that a reasonable basis exists for contesting any Taxes for which payment has been made under this Sec tion 14.04 , the Agent or relevant Lender, as applicable, shall cooperate with the Obligor in a reasonable challenge of such Taxes if so requested by the Obligor; provided that (a) such Lender or the Agent determines in its reasonable discretion that it would not be prejudiced by cooperating in such challenge, (b) the Obligor pays all related expenses of such Lender or the Agent and (c) the Obligor indemnifies such Lender or the Agent for any liabilities or other reasonable costs incurred by such Lender or the Agent, as applicable, in connection with such challenge. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to require the Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information that it deems confidential) to the Obligors or any other Person. ARTICLE 15 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS AND ADDITIONAL LENDERS 15.01 Successors and Assigns (1) The Credit Documents (other than Hedges to which a Lender or its affiliate is the counterparty) will be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the Agent, each Lender, the Borrowers and their successors and assigns, except that the Borrowers, other than as otherwise permitted hereunder, will not assign any rights or obligations with respect to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents without the prior written consent of all of the Lenders and none of the Lenders will assign any of their rights and obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents (other than Hedges to which a Lender or its affiliate is the counterparty) except in accordance with this Agreement. (2) Except (a) from one Canadian Lender to another Canadian Lender, (b) from one US Lender to another US Lender, or (c) from one Lender to one of its Affiliates under this Agreement, none of the rights and obligations of the Lenders under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents may be assigned in whole or in part except with the prior written consent of the Borrowers, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. For greater certainty, each Lender (other than a Domestic Lender and the LC Lender) must have Commitments in both Revolving Facilities unless an Event of Default or a Pending Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent of the Borrowers is required in respect of any assignment by any one or more of the Lenders following the occurrence of a

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 141 - Pending Event of Default or an Event of Default and for so long as it is continuing. Subject to the foregoing, any assignment made by one or more of the Lenders in accordance herewith will be made in accordance with the provisions of Sec tion 15.02 and the other terms of this Agreement. The Borrowers hereby consent to the disclosure of any Information to any potential Lender or Participant provided that the potential Lender or Participant agrees in writing to keep the Information confidential as required pursuant to Section 16.01 hereof and to return such Information if it does not become a Lender or a Participant. (3) Each assignment will be of a uniform, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations of the assignor(s). Each such assignment will, unless an Event of Default exists, be in a principal amount of not less than the lesser of the entire amount of such Lender’s interest, and [Dollar Amount Redacted] ; provided, however, there will be no minimum assignment amount (i) following the occurrence of an Event of Default and for so long as it is continuing, or (ii) in respect of an assignment from one Lender to any other Lender or to any Affiliate of a Lender, and each Lender will be entitled to hold and assign interests of less than [Dollar Amount Redacted] if the total Commitments held by such Lenders and Affiliates of such Lender are equal to or greater than [Dollar Amount Redacted] . The determination of the Commitments of a Lender under this Sec tion 15.01(3) will be made as of the effective date of the Assignment Agreement relating to any assignment. (4) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, each Lender agrees that it will not assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement including, without limitation, any portion of its Commitment without ten Business Days prior notice to the Agent and without the prior written consent of the Agent. (5) A participation by a Lender of its interest (or a part thereof) hereunder or a payment by a Participant to a Lender as a result of the participation will not constitute a payment hereunder to the Lender or an Advance to a Borrower. 2. Assignments (1) Subject to Sec tion 15.01 and the other terms of this Agreement, the Lenders collectively or individually may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of their respective Commitments); provided that no such assignment shall be made to (A) any Borrower, any other Obligor, any Obligor’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B) to any Non - Funding Lender or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (C) to a natural Person. There will be no restrictions on assignments while an Event of Default exists. The parties to each such assignment will execute (together with the Agent) and deliver a Canadian Assignment Agreement in the case of an assignment of a Lender’s Commitment in respect of the Canadian Revolving Facility or the LC Facility and a US Assignment Agreement in the case of a Lender’s Commitment in respect of the US Revolving Facility (each, an “ Assignment Agreement ”) to the Agent and the Agent will deliver such Assignment Agreement to the Borrowers. In addition the Borrowers will execute such other documentation as a Lender may reasonably request for the purpose of any assignment or participation. The assignor will pay a processing and recording fee of [Dollar Amount Redacted] to the Agent. After such execution, delivery, acknowledgement and recording in the Register (i) the assignee thereunder will be a party to this Agreement and, to

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 142 - the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (ii) the assigning Lender thereunder will, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement, other than obligations in respect of which it is then in default, and, in the case of an Assignment Agreement covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender will cease to be a party hereto; provided that such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 14.01, 14.03 and 14.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. (2) The agreements of an assignee contained in an Assignment Agreement will benefit the assigning Lender thereunder, the other Lenders and the Agent in accordance with the terms of the Assignment Agreement. (3) The Agent will maintain at its address referred to herein a copy of each Assignment Agreement delivered to and acknowledged by it and a register for recording the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment under the Credit Facilities of each Lender from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register will be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. The Borrowers, the Agent and each of the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, and need not recognize any Person as a Lender unless it is recorded in the Register as a Lender. The Register will be available for inspection by the Borrowers or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. (4) Upon its receipt of an Assignment Agreement executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee and approved by the Borrowers (other than while an Event of Default or a Pending Event of Default exists when no such approval will be necessary), the Agent will, if the Assignment Agreement has been completed and is in the required form with such immaterial changes as are acceptable to the Agent: (a) acknowledge the Assignment Agreement; (b) record the information contained therein in the Register; and (c) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrowers and the other Lenders, and provide them with an updated version of Schedule A. (5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, any Lender may (without requesting the consent of any Borrower or the Agent) pledge its Advances to the Bank of Canada or to a Federal Reserve Bank, as the case may be, in support of borrowings made by such Lender from the Bank of Canada or such Federal Reserve Bank, as the case may be. (6) If, as a result of any assignment or participation pursuant to this Sec tion 15.02 or Section 15.03 made at a time no Event of Default exists a Borrower would be obliged to pay Additional Compensation (within the meaning of Section 14.01 ), or deduct or withhold any Taxes and make increased payments pursuant to Section 14.04, in excess, at the time, of those which such Borrower would have been required to pay, deduct or withhold had such assignment

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 143 - or participation not taken place, such Borrower will be relieved of those obligations to the extent of such excess. 3. Participations (1) Each Lender may (subject to the provisions of Sec tion 15.01(1) ) sell participations to one or more banks, financial institutions or other Persons (other than (x) any Borrower, any other Obligor, any Obligor’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (y) to a natural Person) (each, a “ Participant ”) in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment), but the Participant will not become a Lender and: (a) the Lender’s obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitment) will remain unchanged; (b) the Lender will remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; (c) the Borrowers, the Agent and the other Lenders will continue to deal solely and directly with the Lender in connection with the Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; and (d) no Participant will have any right to approve any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, or any consent to any departure by any Person therefrom. (2) Subject to Sec tion 15.02(6), the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 14.01 , 14.03 and 14.04 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 15.02. (3) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non - fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Advances or other obligations under the Credit Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Advances, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Credit Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103 - 1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agent (in its capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 144 - ARTICLE 16 GENERAL 16.01 Exchange and Confidentiality of Information (1) Each of the Lenders and the Agent acknowledges the confidential nature of the financial, operational and other information, reports and data provided and to be provided to them by the Borrowers and each other Obligor pursuant to this Agreement (the “ Information ”) and agrees to hold the Information in confidence and will not discuss or disclose or allow access to, or transfer or transmit the Information to any person, provided however that: (a) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose all or any part of the Information if such disclosure is required by any applicable law or regulation, or by applicable order, policy or directive having the force of law, to the extent of such requirement, or is required in connection with any actual judicial, administrative or governmental proceeding, including, without limitation, proceedings initiated under or in respect of this Agreement, provided that in any such circumstance the Lenders and the Agent, as soon as reasonably practicable, will advise the Canadian Borrower of their obligation to disclose such Information in order to enable the Canadian Borrower, if it so chooses, to attempt to ensure that any such disclosure is made on a confidential basis; (b) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose Information to each other, their respective Affiliates and to any permitted assignees or Participants and to their respective counsel, agents, auditors, employees and advisors, provided that the Person to whom the disclosure is made is informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential; (c) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose and discuss the Information with credit officers of any potential permitted assignees for the purposes of assignment pursuant to Sec tion 15.02 or any Participant for the purposes of a participation, provided that the Person to whom the disclosure is made is informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential; (d) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose all or any part of the Information on a confidential basis to any direct or indirect contractual counter party or prospective counter party to a swap agreement, credit linked note or similar transaction, or such contractual counter parties’ or prospective counter parties professional advisors, provided that the Person to whom the disclosure is made is informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential; (e) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose all or any part of the Information so as to enable such Lender or the Agent to initiate any lawsuit against any Obligor or to defend any lawsuit commenced by any Obligor in respect of the Credit Documents, the issues of which are directly or indirectly related to the

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 145 - Information, but only to the extent such disclosure is necessary or desirable to the initiation or defence of such lawsuit; (f) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose all or any part of the Information on a confidential basis, with the prior written consent of either Borrower, to any insurance or re - insurance company for the purpose of obtaining insurance in respect of the Credit Facilities provided that the Person to whom the disclosure is made is informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential; and (g) each of the Lenders and the Agent may disclose Information to any person with the prior written consent of either Borrower. (2) information: Notwithstanding the foregoing, “ Information ” will not include any such (a) which is or becomes readily available to the public (other than by a breach hereof or by a breach of an obligation of confidentiality imposed on a permitted assignee or Participant or other person referred to in this Section) or which has been made readily available to the public by an Obligor; (b) which the Agent or any Lender can show was, prior to receipt thereof from an Obligor, lawfully in the Agent’s or the Lender’s possession and not then subject to any obligation on its part to or for the benefit of such Obligor to maintain confidentiality; or (c) which the Agent or any Lender received from a third party, prior to receipt thereof from an Obligor, which was not, to the knowledge of the Agent or such Lender after due enquiry, subject to a duty of confidentiality to or for the benefit of such Obligor at the time the Information was so received. 16.02 Nature of Obligations under this Agreement (1) The obligations of each Lender and of the Agent under this Agreement are several and not joint and several. The failure of any Lender to carry out its obligations hereunder will not relieve the other Lenders, the Agent or the Borrowers of any of their respective obligations hereunder. (2) Neither the Agent nor any Lender will be responsible for the obligations of any other Lender hereunder. 16.03 Notice Any notice or communication to be given under this Agreement (other than telephone notice as specifically provided in this Agreement) may be effectively given by delivering (whether by courier or personal delivery) the same at the mailing addresses set out on the signature pages of this Agreement (or with respect to any assignee pursuant to Sec tion 15.02, to the mailing address provided by such assignee to the Borrowers and the Agent in connection

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 146 - with the applicable transfer or assignment to such assignee) or by facsimile or electronic communication (including e - mail) to the parties at the facsimile numbers or email addresses set out on the signature pages of this Agreement (or with respect to any assignee pursuant to Sec tion 15.02 , to the facsimile number provided by such assignee to the Borrowers and the Agent in connection with the applicable transfer or assignment to such assignee). Any notice sent by facsimile or electronic communication (including e - mail) will be deemed to have been received on transmission (and receipt of confirmation of transmission) if sent by any party to this Agreement before 4:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on a Business Day and, if not, on the next Business Day following transmission. Any party may from time to time notify the other parties, in accordance with the provisions of this Section, of any change of its mailing address, facsimile number or email address which after such notification, until changed by like notice, will be the mailing address, facsimile number or email address, as the case may be, of such party for all purposes of this Agreement. 4. Governing Law This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein, without prejudice to or limitation of any other rights or remedies available under the laws of any jurisdiction where Property or assets of the Borrowers may be found. 5. Judgment Currency (1) If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Obligor in any court in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Sec tion 16.05 referred to as the “ Judgment Currency ”) an amount due in Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars under this Agreement, the conversion will be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding: (a) the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of the Province of Ontario or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date ; or (b) the date on which the judgment is given, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Sec tion 16.05(1)(b) being hereinafter in this Section 16.05 referred to as the “ Judgment Conversion Date ”). (2) If, in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Sec tion 16.05(1)(b), there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable Obligor will pay such additional amount (if any, but in any event not a lesser amount) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars, as the case may be, which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 147 - (3) Any amount due from an Obligor under the provisions of Sec tion 16.05(2) will be due as a separate debt and will not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Agreement. (4) The term “rate of exchange” in this Sec tion 16.05 means the spot rate of exchange based on Canadian interbank transactions in Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars, as the case may be, in the Judgment Currency published or quoted by the Bank of Canada at the close of business for the Business Day in question (or, if such conversion is to be made before close of business on Such Business Day, then at close of business on the immediately preceding Business Day), or if such rate is not so published or quoted by the Bank of Canada, such term will mean the Equivalent Amount of the Judgment Currency. 6. Benefit of the Agreement This Agreement will enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Borrowers, the Lenders, the Agent and their respective permitted successors and permitted assigns. 7. Severability Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction will not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction will not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 8. Whole Agreement From the Effective Date, this Agreement is and shall for all purposes be deemed to be an amendment and restatement of the provisions of the Eighth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and shall, from the Effective Date, supersede all prior agreements, undertakings, declarations, commitments, representations, written or oral, in respect thereof. This Agreement does not constitute a novation of the Eighth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. Prior to the Effective Date, or if the Effective Date never occurs, the Eighth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. 9. Obligations under the Eighth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement The Borrowers and each Lender agree that any Advance (as that term is defined in the Eighth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) unpaid on the Effective Date, shall be an Advance under the Canadian Revolving Facility or the US Revolving Facility, as applicable, in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in this Agreement. 16.10 Further Assurances Each Borrower, each Lender and the Agent will promptly cure any default by it in the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Credit Documents or any of the agreements provided for hereunder to which it is a party. Each Borrower, at its expense, will promptly execute and deliver to the Agent, upon request by the Agent, all such other and further

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 148 - documents, agreements, opinions, certificates and instruments in compliance with, or accomplishment of the covenants and agreements of such Borrower hereunder or more fully to state the obligations of such Borrower as set forth herein or to make any recording, file any notice or obtain any consent, all as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection therewith. 11. Waiver of Jury Trial THE BORROWERS HEREBY KNOWINGLY VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY AGENT, ANY LENDER OR ANY OF THE BORROWERS. THE BORROWERS ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION (AND EACH OTHER PROVISION OF EACH OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY) AND THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE LENDERS ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT. 12. Consent to Jurisdiction (1) Each Borrower irrevocably submits to the non - exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario and hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such court. Each Borrower hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, the defence of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding. (2) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably consents to the service of any and all process in such action or proceeding by the delivery of such process to such Borrower at its address provided in accordance with Sec tion 16.03 . 13. Time of the Essence Time will be of the essence of this Agreement. 14. Counterparts This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together will be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument, and it will not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. 15. Electronic Execution and Delivery Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of an original counterpart of this

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 149 - Agreement. The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, and words of like import in this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signature or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law. 16.16 Term of Agreement (1) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the payment and performance in full of all of the Obligations, other than those Obligations of the Obligors to indemnify the Agent and the Lenders, including, without limitation, the indemnities set forth in Sections 4.05 , 5.02 , 5.03 , 13.11 and Article 12 and Article 14, which shall survive and continue to be in full force and effect. (2) Upon payment and performance in full of all of the Obligations in accordance with Sec tion 16.16(1) , the provisions of this Agreement that apply to or for the benefit of the Lender Hedge Providers including, without limitation, the provisions of this Agreement that allow for the Lender Hedge Providers to benefit from the Security shall survive and continue to be in full force and effect. Notwithstanding the definition “Majority Lenders”, upon such payment and performance, “Majority Lenders” shall mean the Lender Hedge Providers holding at least 66⅔% of the aggregate of (x) the Aggregate Swap Exposures of all Lender Hedge Providers and (y) the aggregate of the net amounts owing under all Hedges entered into by Lender Hedge Providers that have been terminated in accordance with their terms. 17. USA Patriot Act Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot Act hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrowers, which information includes the name and address of the Borrowers and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrowers in accordance with the Act. 18. Anti - Money Laundering Legislation (1) The Borrowers acknowledge that, pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) and other applicable anti - money laundering, anti - terrorist financing, government sanction and “know your client” laws (collectively, including any guidelines or orders thereunder, “ AML Legislation ”), the Lenders and the Agent may be required to obtain, verify and record information regarding the Borrowers, the Guarantors, their directors, authorized signing officers, direct or indirect shareholders or other Persons in control of the Borrowers and the Guarantors, and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Borrowers shall promptly provide all such information, including supporting documentation and other evidence, as may be reasonably requested by any Lender or the Agent, or any prospective assignee or participant of a Lender or the Agent, in order to comply with any applicable AML Legislation, whether now or hereafter in existence. (2) Each of the Lenders agrees that the Agent has no obligation to ascertain the identity of the Borrowers or the Guarantors or any authorized signatories of the Borrowers or a

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 - 150 - Guarantor on behalf of any Lender, or to confirm the completeness or accuracy of any information it obtains from the Borrowers or any Guarantor or any such authorized signatory in doing so. [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement. BORROWERS: Address: JUST ENERGY ONTARIO L.P. by its general partner, JUST ENERGY CORP. Attention: Facsimile: Email: Address: JUST ENERGY (U.S.) CORP. Attention: Facsimile: Email: MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 2 AGENT: Address: NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, as Administrative Agent Attention: Facsimile: Email:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 3 LENDERS: Address: NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, as Canadian Lender and a Canadian Issuing Lender Attention:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 4 Address : CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, as Canadian Lender, Canadian Swingline Lender, a Canadian Issuing Lender and LC Lender Attention: Facsimile:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 5 Address: ATB FINANCIAL, as Canadian Lender Attention: Mobile:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 6 Address: HSBC BANK CANADA, as Canadian Lender Attention: Te l e phon e : Facsimile: Email:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 7 Address: CANADIAN WESTERN BANK, as Canadian Lender Attention: Telephone: Facsimile: Email:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 8 Address: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Canadian Lender Attention: Te l e phon e : Facsimile: Email:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 9 Address: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Canadian Lender Attention : F ac simil e : Email :

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 10 Address : CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, as US Lender and a US Issuing Lender Attention: Facsimile:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 11 Address : CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a US Issuing Lender (solely in respect of the Existing CIBC US Letters of Credit) Attention: Facsimile:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 12 Address: NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, as US Lender and a US Issuing Lender Attention: Facsimile:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 13 Address: HSBC BANK CANADA, as US Lender Attention: Te l e phon e : Facsimile: Email:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 14 Address: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as US Lender Attention: Te l e phon e : Facsimile: Email:

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] S - 15 Address: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as US Lender Attention : F ac simil e : Email :

 

 

MT DOCS 20559199v11 SCHEDULE A COMMITMENTS [Commitment Schedule Redacted]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 Execution Version SCHEDULE B NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR ADVANCE TO: National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent (the “ Agent ”) RE: Ninth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements, if any, from time to time thereafter made thereto, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among Just Energy Ontario L.P., by its general partner Just Energy Corp., and Just Energy (U.S.) Corp., each as a borrower, the Agent and each of the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders (the “ Lenders ”) DATE: [NTD: Drawdown Notices, Conversion Notices and Rollover Notices, as the case may be, must be delivered to the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) (i) 3 Business Days in advance for LIBOR Advances, (ii) 1 Business Day in advance for Prime Rate Advances, US Base Rate Advances or US Prime Rate Advances, (iii) 1 Business Day in advance for Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes; and (iv) 3 Business Days in advance for Letters of Credit.] All defined terms set forth, but not otherwise defined, in this notice shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. Drawdown Notice We hereby give irrevocable notice of our request under the Credit Facilities for an Advance, of [all / a portion of] the Advances pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Credit Agreement as follows: 1. Amount of Advance: [Cdn./US] $ [minimum principal amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and in whole multiples of [Dollar Amount Redacted] for Prime Rate Advances and Bankers’ Acceptances; minimum principal amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and in whole multiples of [Dollar Amount Redacted] for US Prime Rate Advances, US Base Rate Advances and LIBOR Advances] . 2. D a te of A d v a n ce : . 3. Nature of Advance is by way of [Prime Rate Advance/ Bankers’ Acceptance/BA Equivalent Note/US Base Rate Advance/US Prime Rate Advance/LIBOR Advance/Letter of Credit] under the [Canada Revolving Facility/US Revolving Facility/LC Facility] . 4. [If applicable - when Lenders are purchasing Bankers’ Acceptances] Please forward the funding particulars with respect to the Bankers’ Acceptances on [two Business Days prior to the proposed Drawdown Date] . The term of each such Bankers’ Acceptance will be for a period of one month (subject to availability).

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 2 - 5. [If applicable] The term of each LIBOR Advance will be for a period of one [week/month] (subject to availability). Conversion Notice We hereby give irrevocable notice of a conversion of an Advance pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Credit Agreement. 1. We have outstanding [Cdn.$/US$] by way of [Prime Rate Advance/Bankers’ Acceptance/BA Equivalent Note/US Base Rate Advance/US Prime Rate Advance/LIBOR Advance/Letter of Credit] . 2. Please convert [Cdn . $ /US $ ] outstanding by way of _ [Prime Rate Advance/Bankers’ Acceptance/BA Equivalent Note/US Base Rate Advance/US Prime Rate Advance/LIBOR Advance/Letter of Credit] into a [Prime Rate Advance/Bankers’ Acceptance/BA Equivalent Note/US Base Rate Advance/US Prime Rate Advance/LIBOR Advance/Letter of Credit] on the day of , 20 . 3. [If applicable] We hereby request that the Lenders accept drafts [and purchase] the Bankers’ Acceptances to be issued pursuant to this Conversion Notice. 4. [If applicable] Please forward the funding particulars with respect to the Bankers’ Acceptances on the proposed Drawdown Date. The term of each Bankers’ Acceptance will be for a period of one month (subject to availability). 5. [If applicable] The term of each LIBOR Advance will be for a period of one [week/month] (subject to availability). Rollover Notice We hereby give irrevocable notice of a Rollover of an Advance pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Credit Agreement. 1. We have outstanding [Cdn.$/US$] by way of [Bankers’ Acceptance/BA Equivalent Note or LIBOR Advance] . 2. The term in respect of such [Bankers’ Acceptance/BA Equivalent Note or LIBOR Advance] expires on , 20 . 3. Please rollover such [Bankers’ Acceptance/BA Equivalent Note or LIBOR Advance] (or [Cdn.$/US$] if less than the entire issue of [Bankers’ Acceptance/BA Equivalent Note or LIBOR Advance] is being rolled over) such that the subsequent term is for a period of one [week/month] (subject to availability). 4. Please forward the funding particulars with respect to the rolled over [Bankers’ Acceptances/BA Equivalent Note or LIBOR Advance] on the proposed Drawdown Date.

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 3 - General [NTD: Not required for Conversion or Rollover Notices] We hereby certify as follows: 1. The representations and warranties in Section 8 . 01 of the Credit Agreement, other than those representations and warranties which speak to a specific date, which remain true and correct as at such date, are true and correct as of the Drawdown Date . 2. No Pending Event of Default or Event of Default exists on the date hereof and the completion of the borrowing contemplated hereunder will not result in the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Pending Event of Default. 3. All other conditions precedent in the Credit Agreement that have not been waived upon which the Borrowers may obtain an Advance have been fulfilled. [JUST ENERGY ONTARIO L.P., by its general partner, JUST ENERGY CORP./ JUST ENERGY (U.S.) CORP.] By: Authorized Signatory

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE C REPAYMENT NOTICE TO: National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent (the “ Agent ”) RE: Ninth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements, if any, from time to time thereafter made thereto, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among Just Energy Ontario L.P., by its general partner Just Energy Corp., and Just Energy (U.S.) Corp., each as a borrower, the Agent and each of the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders (the “ Lenders ”) DATE: [NTD: To be delivered in accordance with the applicable notice requirement for the Advance being repaid] All defined terms set forth, but not otherwise defined, in this notice shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. Mandatory Repayment We hereby give irrevocable notice of our request under the Credit Facilities for a repayment of [all / a portion of] the Advances pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement as follows: 1. Total amount of repayment: [Cdn.$/US$] . 2. Nature of repayment is by way of: [NTD: Nature of repayment to be made in same denominations as funds were initially advanced.] (a) Prime Rate Advances: (b) Bankers’ Acceptances: Cdn.$ . Cdn.$ . (c) BA Equivalent Notes: Cdn.$ . (d) US Base Rate Advances: U S$ . (e) US Prime Rate Advances: U S$ . (f) LIBOR Advances: U S$ . [NTD: Bankers’ Acceptances, BA Equivalent Notes and LIBOR Advances may not be repaid otherwise than on their respective maturity dates]. 3. D a te of r e p a ym e nt: .

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 2 - Voluntary Repayments and Reductions We hereby give irrevocable notice of our request under the Credit Facilities for a voluntary repayment or prepayment of [all/a portion of] the Advances pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement as follows: 1. Total amount of repayment or prepayment: [Cdn./US] $ [minimum aggregate amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and in whole multiples of [Dollar Amount Redacted] for Advances in Canadian Dollars other than repayment of Advances under the Canadian Swingline Facility or the US Swingline Facility; minimum aggregate amount of [Dollar Amount Redacted] and in whole multiples of [Dollar Amount Redacted] for Advances in United States Dollars] . 2. Nature of repayment or prepayment is by way of: [NTD: Nature of repayment or prepayment to be made in same denominations as funds were initially advanced.] (a) Prime Rate Advances: Cdn.$ . (b) US Base Rate Advances: US$ . (c) U S Pr ime R a te A dv a n ce s : U S $ . Date of repayment: . 3.

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 3 - Yours truly, [JUST ENERGY ONTARIO L.P., by its general partner, JUST ENERGY CORP./ JUST ENERGY (U.S.) CORP.] By: Authorized Signatory

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE D COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE TO: National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent (the “ Agent ”) AND TO: The Lenders under the Credit Agreement (as defined below) RE: Ninth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements, if any, from time to time thereafter made thereto, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among Just Energy Ontario L.P., by its general partner Just Energy Corp., and Just Energy (U.S.) Corp., each as a borrower, the Agent and each of the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders (the “ Lenders ”) DATE: Ɣ , 20 Ɣ The undersigned, the [insert title of senior officer] of the Canadian Borrower, hereby certifies, in that capacity and without personal liability, that: 1. I have read and am familiar with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and have made such examinations and investigations, including a review of the applicable books and records of the Borrowers as are necessary to enable me to express an informed opinion as to the matters set out herein and to furnish this Certificate. 2. I have furnished this Certificate with the intent that it may be relied upon by the Agent and the Lenders as a basis for determining compliance by the Borrowers with their respective covenants and obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as of the date of this Certificate . 3. The representations and warranties contained in Section 8 . 01 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct on the date of this Certificate with reference to facts subsisting on such date, with the same effect as if made on such date except for those representations and warranties which speak to a specific date which shall be true as of such date [except ] . 4. T h is C er ti f i ca te a ppli es t o the F isca l [ Q u a r t er /Y e a r ] e nding . 5. The following constitute the only Guarantors: [List names of Guarantors] , in each case (unless otherwise stated) with respect to the Obligations of the other Guarantors. 6. For purposes of this Compliance Certificate, the consolidated financial statements of the Canadian Borrower and of the US Borrower [most recent date] delivered pursuant to Section 9.03(1) or 9.03(2) of the Credit Agreement, as the case may be: (a) are complete in all material respects and fairly present the results of operations and financial position of each Borrower and of the Canadian Borrower on a Modified Consolidated Basis, as applicable, as at the date thereof; and

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 2 - (b) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied except that, in the case of quarterly financial statements, notes to the statements and audit adjustments required by GAAP are not included. Since such date, there has been no condition (financial or otherwise), event or change in the business, liabilities, operations, results of operations, assets or prospects of either of the Borrowers, or any of the Guarantors which constitutes or has a Material Adverse Effect. 7. As of [insert date] : A. EBITDA Net income: Cdn.$ (a) increase by the sum of (without duplication): ( i) Total Interest Expense; Cdn.$ ( ii) Income Tax Expense; Cdn.$ (iii) Depreciation Expense (which for greater certainty does not include any amortization of contract initiation costs); Cdn.$ (iv) non - cash losses resulting from the fair value of derivative financial investments; Cdn.$ ( v) accrued (but not yet actually realized) foreign exchange translation losses; Cdn.$ (vi) losses on the purchase or redemption of securities issued by any of the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries; Cdn.$ (vii) any other cash or non - cash extraordinary, unusual or non - recurring losses; excluding, for greater certainty, (A) provisions made for litigation and other similar proceedings and (B) losses associated with trading, settlement or balancing of Commodity Hedges; and Cdn.$ (viii) Share Based Compensation to the extent settled with shares of JustEnergy (i.e., non - cash); Cdn.$

 

 

- 3 - in each case to the extent such amounts were deducted in the calculation of net income for such period, (b) decreased by the sum of (without duplication) Cdn.$ ( ii) Cdn.$ ( iii) Cdn.$ ( iv) (i) non - cash gains resulting from the fair value of derivative financial investments; accrued (but not yet actually realized) foreign exchange translation gains; gains on the purchase or redemption of securities issued by any of the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries; any reduction in deferred tax recovery; and (v) any other cash or non - cash extraordinary, unusual or non - recurring gains excluding, for greater certainty, gains associated with trading, settlement or balancing of Commodity Hedges; Cdn.$ Cdn.$ in each case to the extent such amounts were added in the calculation of net income for such period. EBITDA (total) Cdn.$ B. Debt and Cash MT DOCS 20629299v5 Total Debt Cdn.$ Senior Debt Cdn.$ Daily average of the amount of Senior Debt for the Fiscal Quarter Cdn.$ Daily average of the aggregate amount of the cash on deposit in the bank accounts of the Obligors and any Cash Equivalents for the Fiscal Quarter Cdn.$ 8. The ratio of Total Debt to EBITDA determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis as at the last day of each Fiscal Quarter in respect of the immediately preceding Four Quarter Period is :1. [NTD: The Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio to be used to determine the Applicable Margin.]

 

 

- 4 - 9. The ratio of Senior Debt to EBITDA determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis as at the last day of each Fiscal Quarter in respect of the immediately preceding Four Quarter Period is :1 as required pursuant to Section 9.02(1) of the Credit Agreement. [NTD: The Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio shall not be greater than the applicable ratio set forth in Section 9.02(1).] 10. The EBITDA determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis as at the last day of each Fiscal Quarter in respect of the immediately preceding Four Quarter Period is $ as required pursuant to Section 9.02(2) of the Credit Agreement. [NTD: The EBITDA determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis as at the last day of each Fiscal Quarter shall not be less than [Dollar Amount Redacted].] 11. The Average Net Senior Debt Utilization to EBITDA Ratio determined on a Modified Consolidated Basis as at the last day of the Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding the current Fiscal Quarter is :1. [NTD: One of the conditions to the making of the Subordinated Payments under paragraph (e)(i)A of the definition of “Permitted Distribution” is that The Average Debt Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio as at the last of the applicable Fiscal Quarter must be less than [Ratio Redacted].] 12. The aggregate amount of all Permitted Distributions in cash to any Person who is not an Obligor for the Four Quarter Period immediately preceding such Fiscal Quarter, is Cdn.$ . 13. The projected amount of Available Supply of natural gas, determined as at the end of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter for the next Four Quarter Period, to Supply Commitments for natural gas for the next 12 months, is %, as required pursuant to Sections 9.03(5) and 9.04(6) of the Credit Agreement. [NTD: Available Supply of natural gas to be a minimum of [Percentage Redacted] and a maximum of [Percentage Redacted] of Supply Commitments.] [NTD: The above projection is to be delivered within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter. The Compliance Certificate is to be delivered within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter.] 14. The projected amount of Available Supply of electricity, determined as at the end of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter for the next Four Quarter Period, to Supply Commitments for electricity for the next 12 months, is %, as required pursuant to Sections 9.03(5) and 9.04(6) of the Credit Agreement. [NTD: Available Supply of electricity to be a minimum of [Percentage Redacted] and a maximum of [Percentage Redacted] of Supply Commitments.] [NTD: The above projection is to be delivered within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter. The Compliance Certificate is to be delivered within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter.] 15. The projected amount of Available Supply of JustGreen Products (renewable electricity certificates), determined as at the end of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter for the next MT DOCS 20629299v5

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 5 - four Fiscal Quarters, to Supply Commitments for JustGreen Products (renewable electricity certificates) for the next 12 months, is %, as required pursuant to Sections 9.03(5) and 9.04(6) of the Credit Agreement. The projected amount of Available Supply of JustGreen Products (carbon offsets), determined as at the end of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter for the next four Fiscal Quarters, to Supply Commitments for JustGreen Products (carbon offsets) for the next 12 months, is %, as required pursuant to Sections 9.03(5) and 9.04(6) of the Credit Agreement. [NTD: Available Supply of JustGreen Products to be a minimum of [Percentage Redacted] and a maximum of [Percentage Redacted] of Supply Commitments.] [NTD: The above projection is to be delivered within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter. The Compliance Certificate is to be delivered within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter.] 16. The notional value of the projected amount of the Available Supply of JustGreen Products that exceeds the notional value of the Supply Commitments for JustGreen Products is % of the aggregate notional value of Supply Commitments for electricity, natural gas and Just Green Products, as required pursuant to Sections 9.04(6) of the Credit Agreement. [NTD: Such excess not to exceed [Percentage Redacted] of the aggregate notional value of Supply Commitments for electricity, natural gas and JustGreen Products.] [NTD: The above projection is to be delivered within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter. The Compliance Certificate is to be delivered within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter.] 17. The projected amount of Available Supply of natural gas, determined as at the end of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter for the next Four Quarter Period, to Supply Commitments for natural gas for the next 36 months, is %, as required pursuant to Sections 9.03(5) and 9.04(6) of the Credit Agreement. [NTD: Available Supply of natural gas to be a minimum of [Percentage Redacted] and a maximum of [Percentage Redacted] of Supply Commitments.] [NTD: The above projection is to be delivered within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter. The Compliance Certificate is to be delivered within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter.] 18. The projected amount of Available Supply of electricity, determined as at the end of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter for the next Four Quarter Period, to Supply Commitments for electricity for the next 36 months, is %, as required pursuant to Sections 9.03(5) and 9.04(6) of the Credit Agreement. [NTD: Available Supply of electricity to be a minimum of [Percentage Redacted] and a maximum of [Percentage Redacted] of Supply Commitments.]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 6 - [NTD: The above projection is to be delivered within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter. The Compliance Certificate is to be delivered within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter.] 19. The projected amount of Available Supply of JustGreen Products (renewable electricity certificates), determined as at the end of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter for the next four Fiscal Quarters, to Supply Commitments for JustGreen Products (renewable electricity certificates) for the next 36 months, is %, as required pursuant to Sections 9.03(5) and 9.04(6) of the Credit Agreement. The projected amount of Available Supply of JustGreen Products (carbon offsets), determined as at the end of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter for the next four Fiscal Quarters, to Supply Commitments for JustGreen Products (carbon offsets) for the next 36 months, is %, as required pursuant to Sections 9.03(5) and 9.04(6) of the Credit Agreement. [NTD: Available Supply of JustGreen Products to be a minimum of [Percentage Redacted] and a maximum of [Percentage Redacted] of Supply Commitments.] [NTD: The above projection is to be delivered within 30 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter. The Compliance Certificate is to be delivered within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter.] 20. Financial Assistance provided by any Obligor to any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been provided or advanced since July 1, 2020 is US$ as required pursuant to Section 9.04(5) of the Credit Agreement. [NTD: Financial Assistance to Unrestricted Subsidiary made from and after July 1, 2020 shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted].] 21. Supplier Contracts where, in any case, the supplier thereunder and any new supplier: (a) has a minimum credit rating of BBB or higher by S&P, Baa2 or higher by Moody’s or BBB or higher by Fitch, are the following:  (b) has its obligations backed by a guarantee from a Person with a credit rating meeting the requirements of paragraph (a) above or by a letter of credit issued by a bank whose long - term debt is rated at least “A” by S&P, are the following:  (c) is not rated or does not have its obligations backed by a guarantee or letter of credit as described in (a) or (b); provided that all such suppliers do not exceed [Percentage Redacted] of the total supply under all Supplier Contracts, are as follows:

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 7 - Name of Supplier Percentage of total supply under all Supplier Contracts   %   % 22. Aggregate value of Unbilled Accounts Receivable Encumbered which shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] at any time is : US $ , as required pursuant to Sections 9 . 04 ( 10 ) and 9 . 04 ( 22 ) of the Credit Agreement . 23. Aggregate value of Cash Security Deposits Encumbered which shall not exceed [Dollar Amount Redacted] at any time is: US$ , as required pursuant to Sections 9.04(10) and 9.04(22) of the Credit Agreement. Attached hereto as Schedule A is a detailed calculation for the information disclosed in each of paragraphs 7, 8, 10 (as applicable) and 18. JUST ENERGY ONTARIO L.P., by its general partner, JUST ENERGY CORP. By: Authorized Signatory

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE E CANADIAN ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT TO: National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent (the “ Agent ”) RE: Ninth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements, if any, from time to time thereafter made thereto, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among Just Energy Ontario L.P., by its general partner Just Energy Corp., and Just Energy (U.S.) Corp., each as a borrower, the Agent and each of the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders (the “ Lenders ”) DATE: [NTD: 10 Business Days prior notice to be provided to the Agent.] All defined terms set forth, but not otherwise defined, in this Assignment Agreement shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise. 1. [name of new lender] (the “ Assignee ”) acknowledges that its proper officers have received and reviewed a copy of the Credit Documents and further acknowledges the provisions of the Credit Documents. 2. The Assignee desires to [become] [increase its Commitment as] a Lender under the Credit Agreement. [Name of selling Lender] (the “ Assignor ”) has agreed to and does hereby sell, assign and transfer to the Assignee [Cdn.$ of the Commitment under the Credit Facilities] of the Assignor (the “ Transferred Commitment ”) and, accordingly, the Assignee has agreed to execute this Assignment Agreement. 3. The Assignee, by its execution and delivery of this Assignment Agreement, agrees that [from and after the date hereof it will] [it continues to] be a Lender under the Credit Agreement and agrees to be subject to, bound by and to perform all of the terms, conditions and covenants of the Credit Agreement applicable to a Lender [but its obligation to make Advances will be limited to the Transferred Commitment] . 4. The Assignee hereby assumes, without recourse to the Assignor, all liabilities and obligations of the Assignor as Lender under the Credit Agreement to the extent of the Transferred Commitment as provided for herein and the Assignee hereby releases and discharges the Assignor from such obligations and liabilities to the same extent. Nothing herein will release or be deemed to release any claim, demand, action or cause of action which the Borrowers may have against the Assignor arising out of or in connection with a breach or default by the Assignor of any provision of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. 5. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Bankers’ Acceptances accepted by the Assignor remain outstanding on the effective date of the sale, assignment or transfer referred to herein, such Bankers’ Acceptances will remain the liability and obligation of the Assignor and the Assignor will be entitled to all of the rights, entitlements and benefits

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 2 - arising out of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to such Bankers’ Acceptances (including reimbursement rights); provided, however, that the Assignee will indemnify the Assignor and hold the Assignor harmless from and against any losses or costs paid or incurred by the Assignor in connection with such Bankers’ Acceptances (other than losses or costs which arise out of the negligence or wilful misconduct of the Assignor) and will be entitled to a proportionate amount of the fees paid in respect of such Bankers’ Acceptances, as determined between the Assignor and Assignee, based upon the number of days remaining in the term of any such Bankers’ Acceptances. 6. The Assignee acknowledges and confirms that it has not relied upon the Assignor or the Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, for, and none of the foregoing have made any representation or warranty whatsoever as to, the due execution, legality, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents or any other documentation or information delivered by the Assignor or the Agent to the Assignee in connection therewith or for the performance thereof by any party thereto or of the financial condition of the Borrowers or any Guarantor. All representations, warranties and conditions express or implied by law or otherwise are hereby excluded. 7. The Assignee represents and warrants that it deals at arm’s length within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada) with the Borrowers and that it has itself been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal of and investigation into the financial condition, creditworthiness, affairs, status and nature of the Borrowers or any Guarantor and has not relied and will not hereafter rely on the Assignor or the Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents to appraise or keep under review on its behalf the financial condition, creditworthiness, affairs, status or nature of the Borrowers or any Guarantor. [NTD: Following the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default or of a Pending Event of Default, an Assignee may be a Person that does not deal at arm’s length with the Borrower.] 8. Each of the Assignor and the Assignee represents and warrants to the other, and to the Agent and the Lenders that it has the capacity and power to enter into this Assignment Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof and to perform its obligations arising therefrom, and all actions required to authorize the execution and delivery hereof and the performance of such obligations have been duly taken. 9. This Assignment Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 3 - 10. Notices will be given to the Assignee in the manner provided for in the Credit Agreement as follows:   Attention:  Telecopier:  [specify lending office of the Assignee if different from above] 11. This Assignment Agreement will be binding upon the Assignee and its successors and permitted assigns. 12. This Assignment Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by way of facsimile or electronic transmission) and all of such counterparts taken together will be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. [Name of Assignor] By: Name: Title: The Assignor hereby acknowledges the above Assignment Agreement and agrees that its Commitment is reduced by an amount equal to the Transferred Commitment. [Name of Assignee] By: Name: Title:

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 4 - Just Energy Ontario L.P., by its general partner, Just Energy Corp., and Just Energy (U.S.) Corp. each hereby acknowledge the above Assignment Agreement and consent to the Assignee [becoming] [increasing its Commitment as] a Lender under the Credit Agreement to the extent of the Transferred Commitment. JUST ENERGY ONTARIO L.P., by its general partner, JUST ENERGY CORP. By: Authorized Signatory JUST ENERGY (U.S.) CORP. By: Authorized Signatory [NTD: Borrowers’ consent is not required during the continuance of an Event of Default or a Pending Event of Default.] National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent hereby acknowledges the above Assignment Agreement [and receipt of [Dollar Amount Redacted] from the Assignor] and consents to the Assignee [becoming] [increasing its Commitment as] a Lender under the Credit Agreement to the extent of the Transferred Commitment. NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, as Administrative Agent By: Name: Title: By: Name: Title:

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE F US ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between  [Insert name of Assignor] (the “ Assignor ”) and  [Insert name of Assignee] (the “ Assignee ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the “ Credit Agreement ”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full. For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including without limitation any letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as, the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor. 1. Assignor: 2. Assignee: [NTD: Following the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default or a Pending Event of Default, an Assignee may be a non - resident of the United States.] 3. Borrowers: Just Energy Ontario L.P. and Just Energy (U.S.) Corp.

 

 

- 2 - 4. Administrative Agent: National Bank of Canada as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement 5. Credit Agreement: The Ninth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) among Just Energy Ontario L.P., Just Energy (U.S.) Corp., the Lenders parties thereto and National Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent 6. Assigned Interest: Facility A ssi g n e d 1 Aggregate Amount of Commitment/Loans for all Lenders * Amount of C o mm i t m e n t /L oa n s Assigned * Percentage Assigned of Commitment/Loans 2 CUSIP Number US$ US$ % US$ US$ % 7. [Trade Date: ] 3 Effective Date:  , 20  [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR]. The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:  [NAME OF ASSIGNOR] By: Na m e: Title: 1 Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment (e.g. “US Revolving Facility,” “Canadian Swingline Facility,” etc.) * Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date. 2 Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder. 3 To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date. MT DOCS 20629299v5

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 3 - ● [NAME OF ASSIGNEE] By: Na m e: Title: Acknowledged and consented to : JUST ENERGY ONTARIO L.P., by its general partner, JUST ENERGY CORP. By: Na m e: Title: JUST ENERGY (U.S.) CORP. By: Na m e: Title: [NTD: Borrowers’ consent is not required during the continuance of an Event of Default or a Pending Event of Default.] National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent hereby acknowledges the above Assignment Agreement [and receipt of [Dollar Amount Redacted] from the Assignor] and consents to the Assignee [becoming] [increasing its Commitment as] a Lender under the Credit Agreement to the extent of the Transferred Commitment. NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, as Administrative Agent By: Name: Title: By: : Name: Title:

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 ANNEX 1 NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 BETWEEN, AMONG OTHERS, JUST ENERGY ONTARIO L.P., JUST ENERGY (U.S.) CORP., THE LENDERS PARTIES THERETO AND NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION ARTICLE 1 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 1.1 Assignor . The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Credit Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Credit Document. 1.2 Assignee . The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby [and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement] , (ii) it meets all requirements of an eligible assignee under the Credit Agreement (subject to receipt of such consents as may be required under the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall [continue] be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 9.03 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a US Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 2 - documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender. ARTICLE 2 - PAYMENTS From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date. ARTICLE 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE G LIST OF LDC AGREEMENTS [REDACTED]

 

 

SCHEDULE H.1 EXISTING CIBC LETTERS OF CREDIT AS OF SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 1 [REDACTED] 1 Balance is subject to change from September 24, 2020 to the Effective Date. MT DOCS 20629299v5

 

 

- 2 - SCHEDULE H.2 EXISTING CIBC US LETTERS OF CREDIT AS OF SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 2 [REDACTED] 2 Balance is subject to change from September 24, 2020 to the Effective Date. MT DOCS 20629299v5

 

 

- 3 - SCHEDULE H.3 EXISTING LC FACILITY LETTERS OF CREDIT AS OF SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 3 [REDACTED] 3 Balance is subject to change from September 24, 2020 to the Effective Date. MT DOCS 20629299v5

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE I BORROWING BASE SAMPLE CALCULATION [REDACTED]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE I.1 BORROWING BASE KEY ASSUMPTION SAMPLE CALCULATION [REDACTED]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE J BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE TO: National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent (the “ Agent ”) RE: Ninth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements, if any, from time to time thereafter made thereto, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among Just Energy Ontario L.P., by its general partner Just Energy Corp., and Just Energy (U.S.) Corp., each as a borrower, the Agent and each of the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders (the “ Lenders ”) DATE:  , 20 Ɣ All defined terms set forth, but not otherwise defined, in this notice shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. This Borrowing Base Certificate (the “ Certificate ”) is delivered pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section 9.03(6) of the Credit Agreement. The following calculations determine the Borrowing Base in accordance with the relevant definitions as set forth in the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. The Borrowers hereby certify as follows: T he Bo rro w ing B ase , as of the d a te h e re o f , i s Cd n .$ , which is the lesser of: (a) the Maximum Facility Amount; and (b) for the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, the sum of: (i) cash or Cash Equivalents held by such Obligors; ( ii) the present value (calculated at a 10% discount rate) of 75% of Net Gross Margin After Tax for the Year - One Period; ( iii) the present value (calculated at a 10% discount rate) of 60% of the Net Gross Margin After Tax for the Year - Two Period; ( iv) the present value (calculated at a 10% discount rate) of 45% of the Net Gross Margin After Tax for the Year - Three Period; (v) the present value (calculated at a 10% discount rate) of 30% of the Net Gross Margin After Tax for the Year - Four Period; and

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 2 - ( vi) the present value (calculated at a 10% discount rate) of 15% of the Net Gross Margin After Tax for the Year - Five Period; and (vii) less the amount of Priority Supplier Payables, a sample calculation of which is attached as Schedule I of the Credit Agreement. Yours truly, [JUST ENERGY ONTARIO L.P., by its general partner, JUST ENERGY CORP./ JUST ENERGY (U.S.) CORP.] Authorized Signatory

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE K [RESERVED]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE L FORM OF OPERATING BUDGET [REDACTED]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE M GUARANTORS AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE [REDACTED]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE N FORM OF SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT - see attached -

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SUBORDINATION AND POSTPONEMENT AGREEMENT THIS SUBORDINATION AND POSTPONEMENT AGREEMENT (as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, this “ Agreement ”) is made as of Ɣ , 20 ƔƔ between (A) National Bank of Canada, as collateral agent (together with any successor(s) thereto in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”) for and on behalf of (i) itself as security agent, (ii) National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent (together with any successor(s) thereto in such capacity, the “ Agent ”) for and on behalf of itself and the Credit Agreement Lenders (as defined below) and the Lender Hedge Providers under the Credit Agreement (as defined below), (iii) the Credit Agreement Lenders or any affiliate of a Credit Agreement Lender, (iv) any Lender Hedge Providers, (v) the Shell Energy Entities, (vi) any Other Commodity Suppliers, (B) [name of Restricted Subsidiary] , as debtor (together with its successors, the “ Debtor ”); and (C) [name of Unrestricted Subsidiary] (together with its successors, the “ Subordinate Lender ”). WHEREAS pursuant to an ninth amended and restated credit agreement dated as of September 28 , 2020 (as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among Just Energy Ontario L.P. and Just Energy (U.S.) Corp. (collectively, the “ Borrowers ”), National Bank of Canada, as the Agent and each of the financial institutions who from time to time become lenders thereunder (collectively, the “ Credit Agreement Lenders ”), the Credit Agreement Lenders have agreed to extend certain loans to the Borrowers; AND WHEREAS a Lender Hedge Provider may from time to time enter into a Hedging Agreement with the Debtor; AND WHEREAS the Shell Energy Entities have entered or may from time to time enter into the Shell Energy Agreements with the Debtor; AND WHEREAS the Other Commodity Suppliers may from time to time enter into Other Commodity Supply Agreements with the Debtor; AND WHEREAS the Debtor has entered into a second amended and restated guarantee dated as of September 28, 2020 (as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Lenders’ Guarantee ”) in favour of Agent pursuant to which the Debtor has guaranteed the obligations of the Borrowers to any Credit Agreement Lender or any affiliate of a Credit Agreement Lender or to any Lender Hedge Provider pursuant to the Security Documents; AND WHEREAS the Debtor may from time to time enter into guarantees in favour of Shell Energy or any Other Commodity Supplier pursuant to which the Debtor will guarantee the obligations of other Subordinate Lenders to Shell Energy or any Other Commodity Supplier (the “ Supplier Guarantees ”); AND WHEREAS the Subordinate Lender has agreed to unconditionally and irrevocably subordinated and postponed the Subordinate Debt to the indefeasible repayment in full of the Senior Debt pursuant to this Agreement;

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 2 - AND WHEREAS each of the Subordinate Lender has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; NOW THEREFORE for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby irrevocably acknowledged, the parties hereto make the following covenants, acknowledgments and agreements. 1. Defined Terms Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Intercreditor Agreement. References in this Agreement to any agreement shall be deemed to be a reference to such agreement as amended, restated, supplemented, substituted, replaced or modified from time to time. In this Agreement, unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith: “ Agent ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals; “ Agreement ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals; “ Applicable Law ” means, in respect of any Person, property, transaction, event or other matter, as applicable, all laws, rules, statutes, regulations, treaties, orders, judgments and decrees and, to the extent they have the force of law, all official directives, rules, guidelines, orders, policies and other requirements of any Governmental Authority (collectively the “ Law ”) and will also include any interpretation of the Law or any part of the Law by any Person having jurisdiction over it or charged with its administration or interpretation in each case having the force of law relating or applicable to such Person, property, transaction, event or other matter; “ Borrowers ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals and “Borrower” means either one of them; “ Canadian Borrower ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals; “ Collateral Agent ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals; “ Credit Agreement Lenders ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals, and “Credit Agreement Lender” means any one of them; “ Debtor ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals. “ Governmental Authority ” means the government of any nation, province, territory, municipality, state or other political subdivision of any nation, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled (through stock or capital ownership or otherwise) by any of the foregoing; “ Guarantees ” means collectively the Lenders’ Guarantee and the Supplier Guarantees, each as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time;

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 3 - “ Intercreditor Agreement ” means the sixth amended and restated intercreditor agreement dated as of September 1, 2015 between, inter alios , the Obligors, the Collateral Agent and the Other Commodity Suppliers, as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time; “ Lenders ” means the Credit Agreement Lenders and the Lender Hedge Providers collectively, and “Lender” means any one of them; “ Lenders’ Guarantee ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals; “ Person ” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, a government or any governmental department or agency or any other entity whatsoever and the heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives of an individual; “ Senior Debt ” has the meaning ascribed to “Senior Obligations” in the Intercreditor Agreement; “ Senior Security ” means all liens, charges, pledges, security interests and other security agreements of any nature or kind, now or hereafter granted by the Obligors to the Collateral Agent, through assignment or otherwise, which secures payment of the Senior Debt; “ Subordinate Debt ” means all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations, of any nature or kind, present or future, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, whether as primary debtor or surety, matured or not and at any time owing by the Debtor to the Subordinate Lender; “ Subordinate Lender ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals; “ Supplier Guarantees ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals; and “ U.S. Borrower ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals. 2. Subordination and Postponement The Subordinate Lender hereby covenants and agrees that all Subordinate Debt is hereby unconditionally and irrevocably deferred, postponed and subordinated in all respects to the prior indefeasible repayment in full by the Debtor of all the Senior Debt. (a) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the deferrment, postponement and subordination of the Subordinate Debt contained herein shall be effective notwithstanding: (i) the dates of any advances secured by the Senior Security; ( ii) the time or sequence of giving any notice or the making of any demand in respect of the Senior Debt, the Senior Security of the Subordinate Debt or the attachment, perfection or crystallization of the security constituted by the Senior Security ;

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 4 - ( iii) the taking of any collection, enforcement or realization proceedings pursuant to the Senior Security or the Subordinate Debt; ( iv) the date of obtaining any judgment or the order of any bankruptcy court or any court administering bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceedings as to the entitlement of either the Senior Creditors or the Subordinate Lender to any money or property of the Debtor; (v) the giving or failing to give any notice, or the sequence of giving any notice to the Debtor; ( vi) the failure to exercise any power or remedy reserved to the Collateral Agent or any of the Senior Creditors under the Credit Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, any Shell Energy Agreement, any Other Commodity Supply Agreement or under any Senior Security or to insist upon a strict compliance with any of the terms thereof; and (vii) the rules of priority established under Applicable Law. Repayment of Subordinate Debt Except for payments which are not prohibited by and which are made in accordance with the Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement or, subsequent to the termination of the Credit Agreement, in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, until the Senior Debt has been indefeasibly paid in full and the Credit Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Shell Energy Agreements and the Other Commodity Supply Agreements have been terminated, no direct or indirect, distribution, payment (including, but not limited to, principal, interest and fees), prepayment or repayment on account of, or other distribution in respect of, the Subordinate Debt shall be made by, or on behalf of, the Debtor or received by, or on behalf of, the Subordinate Lender. 3. 4. Restriction on Enforcement The Subordinate Lender shall not take any steps whatsoever to enforce payment of the Subordinate Debt (including, without limitation, demand for payment, rights of set - off, commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, foreclosure, sale, power of sale, taking of possession, appointing or making application to a court for an order appointing an agent or a receiver or receiver - manager) unless, prior to the taking of any such steps, the Senior Debt has been indefeasibly paid in full. 5. Subordinate Security The Subordinate Lender acknowledges that it has not been granted any security from the Debtor to secure the Subordinate Debt. The Subordinate Lender covenants in favour of the Senior Creditors that during the term of this Agreement it will not take from the Debtor security for the payment of or performance of obligations in respect of the Subordinate Debt. The Debtor covenants in favour of the Senior Creditors that during the term of this Agreement, it will not deliver to the Subordinate Lender any security for the payment of or performance of obligations in respect of the Subordinate Debt. 6. No Objection The Subordinate Lender shall not take, or cause or permit any other Person to take on their behalf, any steps whatsoever whereby the priority or validity of

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 5 - any of the Senior Security or the Senior Debt or the rights of the Collateral Agent or any other Senior Creditor under the Senior Security, the Credit Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Shell Energy Agreements or the Other Commodity Supply Agreements could be delayed, defeated, impaired or diminished, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Subordinate Lender shall not challenge, object to, compete with or impede in any manner any act taken or proceeding commenced by the Collateral Agent in connection with the enforcement by the Collateral Agent of the Senior Security. 7. Application of Proceeds The Subordinate Lender acknowledges that all and every part of the Senior Security is held by the Collateral Agent as security for all and every part of the Senior Debt and the Collateral Agent may apply as a permanent reduction any monies received, whether from the enforcement of and realization upon any or all of the Senior Security or otherwise, to any part of the Senior Debt as the Collateral Agent may determine appropriate in accordance with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. 8. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy, etc. (a) In the event of distribution, division or application, partial or complete, voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, of all or any part of the assets of the Debtor, or the proceeds thereof, to creditors in connection with the bankruptcy, liquidation or winding - up of the Debtor or in connection with any composition with creditors or scheme of arrangement to which the Debtor is a party, the Senior Creditors shall be entitled to receive (i) payment in full (including interest accruing to the date of receipt of such payment at the applicable rate whether or not allowed as a claim in any such proceeding) of the Senior Debt before the Subordinate Lender is entitled to receive any direct or indirect payment or distribution of any cash or other assets of the Debtor on account of the Subordinate Debt, and (ii) any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash or other assets, which shall be payable or deliverable upon or with respect to the Subordinate Debt for application in payment of such Senior Debt (to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt in full after giving effect to any substantially concurrent payment or distribution to the Senior Creditors in respect of the Senior Debt). To the extent any payment of Senior Debt (whether by or on behalf of the Subordinate Lender, as proceeds of security or enforcement of any right of set - off or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent preference or otherwise voidable, set aside or required to be paid to a trustee, receiver or other similar Person under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, then if such payment is recoverable by, or paid over to, such trustee, receiver or other Person, the Senior Debt or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred. (b) In order to enable the Senior Creditors to enforce their rights hereunder in any of the actions or proceedings described in this Section 8, the Collateral Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to make and present for and on behalf of the Subordinate Lender, such proofs of claims or other motions or pleadings and to demand, receive and collect any and all

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 6 - dividends or other payments or disbursements made thereon in whatever form the same may be paid or issued and to apply the same on account of the Senior Debt. The Subordinate Lender hereby covenants and agrees to exercise any voting right or other privilege that it may have from time to time in any of the actions or proceedings described in this Section 8 in favour of any plan, proposal, compromise, arrangement or similar transaction so as to give effect to: (i) the right of the Senior Creditors to receive payments and distributions otherwise payable or deliverable upon or with respect to the Subordinate Debt so long as any Senior Debt remains outstanding; or (ii) the obligation of the Subordinate Lender to receive, hold in trust, and pay over to the Senior Creditors certain payments and distributions as contemplated by Section 9. (c) In the event of any dissolution, winding up, reorganization, bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceedings relating to the Debtor, all rights of the Subordinate Lender to exercise the voting and other consensual rights pertaining to Subordinate Debt and the securities it owns or holds in the capital of the Debtor of which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise shall, at the option of the Collateral Agent, become vested in the Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of the Senior Creditors, and the Collateral Agent shall thereupon have the right, but not the obligation, to exercise such voting and other consensual rights. For such purpose, the Subordinate Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent or any officer of the Collateral Agent as its attorney in fact, with full power and authority in the place and stead of the Subordinate Lender and in the name of the Subordinate Lender or otherwise, from time to time in the Collateral Agent’s absolute discretion and to the fullest extent permitted by law, to take any action and to execute any instruments which the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and the Subordinate Lender hereby ratifies all such actions that such attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is a power coupled with an assignment of the Subordinate Lender’s interest in any payments or distributions in respect of the Subordinate Debt and shall be irrevocable. 9. Payments Received by the Subordinate Lender Prior to the indefeasible payment in full of the Senior Debt, if the Subordinate Lender or any Person on its behalf shall receive any payment (other than such payments expressly permitted by Section 3 hereof) from a distribution of assets of the Debtor on account of any Subordinate Debt, then the Subordinate Lender shall, and shall cause such other Person to, receive and hold such payment or distribution in trust for the benefit of the Senior Creditors and promptly pay the same over or deliver to the Collateral Agent in precisely the form received by the Subordinate Lender or such other Person on their behalf (except for any necessary endorsement or assignment) and such payment or distribution shall be applied by the Collateral Agent to the repayment or payment of the Senior Debt. 10. Senior Creditors’ Rights The Subordinate Lender agrees that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Senior Security in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of each Security Document and nothing herein

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 7 - shall prevent, restrict or limit the Collateral Agent in any manner from exercising all or any part of its rights and remedies otherwise permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement, by the terms of each Security Document and by Applicable Law upon any default under the terms of the Senior Debt, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Subordinate Lender agrees that: (a) the Senior Creditors, in their absolute discretion or in the absolute discretion of any authorized officer or agent, and without diminishing the obligations of the Subordinate Lender hereunder, may grant time or other indulgences to the Debtor and any other Person now or hereafter liable to the Senior Creditors in respect of the payment of the Senior Debt, and the Collateral Agent may give up, modify, vary, exchange, renew or abstain from taking advantage of the Senior Security in whole or in part and may discharge any part or parts of or accept any composition or arrangements or realize upon the Senior Security when and in such manner as the Collateral Agent or any authorized officer or agent thereof may think expedient, and in no such case shall the Collateral Agent be responsible for any neglect or omission with respect to the Senior Security or any part thereof; (b) the Subordinate Lender shall not be released or exonerated from its obligations hereunder by extension of time periods or any other forbearance whatsoever, whether as to time, performance or otherwise or by any release, discharge, loss or alteration in or dealing with all or any part of the Senior Debt and the Senior Security or any part thereof or by any failure or delay in giving any notice required under this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Shell Energy Agreements, the Other Commodity Supply Agreements, the Guarantees, the Senior Debt or the Senior Security or any part thereof, the waiver by any of the Senior Creditors of compliance with any conditions precedent to any advance of funds, or by any modification or alteration of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Shell Energy Agreements, the Other Commodity Supply Agreements, the Guarantees, the Senior Debt or the Senior Security or any part thereof, or by anything done, suffered or permitted by, any of the Senior Creditors, or as a result of the method or terms of payment under the Senior Debt or Senior Security or any part thereof or any assignment or other transfer of all or any part of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Shell Energy Agreements, the Other Commodity Supply Agreements, the Guarantees, the Senior Debt or the Senior Security or any part thereof; (c) the Senior Creditors shall not be bound to seek or exhaust any recourse against the Debtor or any other Person or against the property or assets of the Debtor or any other Person or against any security, guarantee or indemnity before being entitled to the benefit of the Subordinate Lender’s obligations hereunder and the Senior Creditors may enforce the various remedies available to them and may realize upon the various security documents, guarantees and indemnities or any part thereof, held by them in such order as the Security Creditors may determine appropriate;

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 8 - (d) the Subordinate Lender is fully responsible for acquiring and updating information relating to the financial condition of the Debtor and all circumstances relating to the payment or non - payment of the Subordinate Debt; (e) the Collateral Agent shall not be required to marshall in favour of the Subordinate Lender or any other Person the Senior Security or any other securities or any moneys or other assets which the Senior Creditors may be entitled to receive or upon which the Senior Creditors may have a claim; (f) either the Collateral Agent or the Senior Creditors shall be entitled to advance their own monies as they see fit in order to preserve or protect the assets of the Debtor or any part thereof, and all such sums advanced to the extent reasonably advanced to preserve and protect the assets of the Subordinate Lender or any part thereof, shall constitute part of the Senior Debt and shall be secured by the Senior Security; and (g) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, the Subordinate Lender shall provide each Senior Creditor details of all outstanding Subordinate Debt and shall, if requested and to the extent not then in existence, forthwith issue notes to evidence such outstanding Subordinate Debt and shall deliver such notes to the Collateral Agent. 11. Representations and Warranties Each of the Subordinate Lenders hereby represents and warrants to the Senior Creditors in respect of itself that: (a) it, or to the extent the Subordinate Lender is a limited partnership, its general partner, or to the extent the Subordinate Lender is a trust, its trustee or administrative agent, has all necessary power and authority to enter into this Agreement; and (b) this Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject however, to limitations with respect to enforcement imposed by law in connection with bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally. 12. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions No right of the Collateral Agent to enforce the subordination as provided in this Agreement shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Subordinate Lender or by any act or failure to act by the Senior Creditors or any agent of or trustee for the Senior Creditors, or by any non - compliance by the Debtor with any of the agreements or instruments relating to the Subordinate Debt or the Senior Debt, regardless of any knowledge thereof which the Senior Creditors may have or be otherwise charged with. Without limitation of the foregoing, but in no way relieving the Subordinate Lender of its obligations under this Agreement, the Senior Creditors may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Subordinate Lender and without impairing or releasing the subordination and other benefits provided in this Agreement or the

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 9 - obligations hereunder of the Subordinate Lender to the Senior Creditors, do any one or more of the following: (a) amend, supplement, modify, restate or replace the Intercreditor Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Shell Energy Agreements, the Other Commodity Supply Agreements, the Guarantees or any of the Senior Security ; (b) sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon, enforce or otherwise deal with in any manner any assets pledged or mortgaged for or otherwise securing the Senior Debt or any liability of the Debtor or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof ; (c) settle or compromise any Senior Debt or any other liability of the Debtor or any security thereof or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof, and apply any sums by whomsoever paid and however realized to the Senior Debt in any manner or order; (d) fail to take or to record or otherwise perfect or to preserve the perfection of any liens or security interest securing the Senior Debt, exercise or delay in or refrain from exercising any right or remedy against the Debtor and elect any remedy and otherwise deal freely with the Debtor; and (e) change, whether by addition, substitution, renewal, succession, assignment, grant of participation, transfer or otherwise, any of the Senior Creditors (including the Collateral Agent). No loss of or in respect of any of the Senior Security or the Senior Debt or otherwise or any carelessness or neglect by the Senior Creditors in asserting their rights or any other thing whatsoever, including without limitation the loss by operation of law of any right of the Senior Creditors against the Debtor or the loss or destruction of any security, shall in any way impair or release the subordination and other benefits provided by this Agreement. 13. Waivers of the Subordinate Lender The Subordinate Lender agrees that: (i) the Senior Creditors have made no representations or warranties with respect to the due execution, legality, validity, completeness or enforceability of any agreement or instrument relating to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Shell Energy Agreements, the Other Commodity Supply Agreements, the Guarantees, the Senior Security or the Senior Debt or the collectability of the Senior Debt; (ii) each Senior Creditor shall be entitled to manage and supervise its loans and other financial accommodations to the Borrowers and the Debtor in accordance with Applicable Law and its usual practices, modified from time to time as it deems appropriate under the circumstances, or otherwise, without regard to the existence of any rights that the Subordinate Lender may now or hereafter have in or to any of the assets of the Debtor; and (iii) each Senior Creditor shall have no liability to the Subordinate Lenders for, and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Subordinate Lender hereby waives any claims which the Subordinate Lender may now or hereafter have against the Senior Creditors out of, any and all actions which the Senior Creditors take or omit to take (including, without limitation, actions with respect

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 10 - to the creation, perfection or continuation of liens or security interest in any assets at any time securing payment of the Senior Debt, actions with respect to the occurrence of any default under any agreement or instrument relating to the Senior Debt, actions with respect to the release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any assets securing payment of the Senior Debt and actions with respect to the collection of any claims or all or any part of the Senior Debt from any account debtor, guarantor or any other Person) with respect to the Senior Debt and any agreement or instrument related thereto or with respect to the collection of the Senior Debt or the valuation, use, protection or release of any assets securing payment of the Senior Debt. 14. No Release This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and the obligations of the Subordinate Lender hereunder shall not be released or otherwise affected or impaired by: (a) any exercise or non - exercise by the Senior Creditors of any right, remedy, power or privilege in the Intercreditor Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Shell Energy Agreements, the Other Commodity Supply Agreements, the Guarantees or any of the Senior Debt or the Senior Security; (b) any waiver, consent, extension, indulgence or other action, inaction or omission by the Senior Creditors under or in respect of this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Shell Energy Agreements, the Other Commodity Supply Agreements, the Guarantees or any of the Senior Debt or the Senior Security; (c) any default by any of the Debtor under, any limitation on the liability of the Debtor on the method or terms of payment under, or any irregularity or other defect in, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Shell Energy Agreements, the Other Commodity Supply Agreements, the Guarantees or the Senior Security; (d) the lack of authority or revocation hereof by any other party; (e) the failure of the Senior Creditors to file or enforce a claim of any kind; (f) any defence based upon an election of remedies by the Senior Creditors which destroys or otherwise impairs the subrogation rights of the Subordinate Lender or the right of the Subordinate Lender to proceed against the Debtor for reimbursement, or both; (g) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any of the Subordinate Lender or the Debtor into or with any other Person; or (h) any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, composition, winding - up, dissolution or similar proceeding involving or affecting the Subordinate Lender or the Debtor.

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 11 - 15. No Rights to Debtor Nothing in this Agreement shall create any rights in favour of, or obligations to the Debtor and the covenants and agreements of the Senior Creditors and the Subordinate Lender shall not be enforceable by the Debtor . 16. Further Assurances The parties hereto shall forthwith, and from time to time, execute and deliver all deeds, documents and things which may be necessary or advisable, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent and its counsel, to give full effect to the postponement and subordination of the rights and remedies of the Subordinate Lender in respect to the Subordinate Debt to the rights and remedies of the Senior Creditors in respect to the Senior Debt and the Senior Security, all in accordance with the intent of this Agreement. 17. Successors and Assigns (a) This Agreement is binding upon the Senior Creditors and the Subordinate Lender and its successors and assigns and, subject to subsection 17(b) below, shall enure to the benefit of the Senior Creditors and the Subordinate Lender, and their respective successors and permitted assigns. (b) The Subordinate Lender shall not be entitled to assign all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or the Subordinate Debt. 18. Entire Agreement; Severability This Agreement contains the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subordination and postponement of obligations of the Subordinate Lender. If any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court having jurisdiction, this Agreement shall be construed as if not containing those provisions, and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto should be construed and enforced accordingly. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties will be governed by the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. 19. Acknowledgement The Subordinate Lender hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of this Agreement and accepts and further agrees with the Collateral Agent to give effect to all of the provisions of this Agreement. 20. Governing Law This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. 21. Termination This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of: (a) the repayment or payment in full of the Senior Debt; and (b) the written agreement of the Collateral Agent and the Subordinate Lender. Subject to Section 8(a), the Senior Debt shall be considered to be repaid or paid in full when no further amounts are owing to the Senior Creditors and all obligations of the parties

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 12 - under the Credit Agreement, the Shell Energy Agreements and the Other Commodity Supply Agreements have been terminated. 22. Counterparts This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. 23. Electronic Execution Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by any party by electronic transmission will be effective as delivery of a manually executed copy of the Agreement by such party. 24. Enurement This Agreement shall be binding upon and enure solely to the benefit of each party hereto, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above. NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, as Collateral Agent By: Name: Title: By: Name: Title: [NAME OF DEBTOR] By: Name: Title: By: Name: Title: [NAME OF SUBORDINATE LENDER] By: Name: Title: By: Name: Title:

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE O PRIORITY SUPPLIER PAYABLES CERTIFICATE TO: National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent (the “ Agent ”) AND TO: The Lenders under the Credit Agreement (as defined below) RE: Ninth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 28, 2020 (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements, if any, from time to time thereafter made thereto, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among Just Energy Ontario L.P., by its general partner Just Energy Corp., and Just Energy (U.S.) Corp., each as a borrower, the Agent and each of the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders (the “ Lenders ”) DATE: Ɣ , 20 Ɣ All defined terms set forth, but not otherwise defined in this certificate shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. The undersigned, the [insert title of senior officer] of the Canadian Borrower, hereby certifies, in that capacity and without personal liability, that: 1. I have read and am familiar with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and have made such examinations and investigations, including a review of the applicable books and records of the Borrowers as are necessary to enable me to express an informed opinion as to the matters set out herein and to furnish this Certificate in accordance with Section 9.03(10). 2. I have furnished this Certificate with the intent that it may be relied upon by the Agent and the Lenders as a basis for determining compliance by the Borrowers with their respective covenants and obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as of the date of this Certificate . 3. As of [insert date of last day of month just ended] , the highest amount of Priority Suppler Payables at any time during the immediately prior calendar month is Cdn.$ . 4. As of [insert date of last day of month just ended] , the Fin/Phys Accumulated Balance is Cdn.$ . JUST ENERGY ONTARIO L.P., by its general partner, JUST ENERGY CORP. By: Authorized Signatory

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 - 2 - SCHEDULE 8.01(6) TAXES [REDACTED]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE 8.01(16) CORPORATE STRUCTURE [REDACTED]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE 8.01(19) RELEVANT JURISDICTIONS [REDACTED]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE 8.01(21) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [REDACTED]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE 8.01(22) MATERIAL CONTRACTS AND LICENCES [REDACTED]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE 8.01(27) ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS N il.

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE 8.01(35) NON ARM’S LENGTH TRANSACTIONS N il.

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE 8.01(38) BANK ACCOUNTS AND LIST OF BLOCKED ACCOUNT AGREEMENTS [REDACTED]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE 9.03(9) FORM OF PORTFOLIO REPORT [REDACTED]

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE 9.04(14) LOCATION OF ASSETS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS Please see Schedule 8.01(19) – Relevant Jurisdictions above.

 

 

MT DOCS 20629299v5 SCHEDULE 10.01 SECURITY DELIVERED AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE [REDACTED]