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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2017

Registration No. 333-

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form F-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Sierra Wireless, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Canada   3663   98-0163236

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

13811 Wireless Way, Richmond

British Columbia, Canada V6V 3A4

(604) 231-1100

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

CT Corporation

111 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10011

(212) 894-8940

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent of service)

 

 

Copies to:

Riccardo Leofanti

Richard J. Grossman

Skadden, Arps, Slate,

Meagher & Flom LLP

222 Bay Street, Suite 1750

Toronto, ON, M5K 1J5

(416) 777-4700

 

Jocelyn Kelley

Blake, Cassels & Graydon

LLP

595 Burrard Street,

Suite 2600

Vancouver, BC, V7X 1L3

(604) 631-3370

 

Richard E. Baltz

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

601 Massachusetts Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20001

(202) 942-5124

Approximate date of commencement of the proposed sale of the securities to the public:

As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective and upon completion of the merger

described in the enclosed proxy statement/prospectus.

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the U.S. Securities Act, check the following box and list the U.S. Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the U.S. Securities Act, check the following box and list the U.S. Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)  ☐

Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)  ☐

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of each class of

securities to be registered

 

Amount

to be

registered(1)

 

Proposed
maximum

offering price

per share

 

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering price(2)

 

Amount of

registration fee(3)

Common shares, without par value

  3,630,000   N/A   $79,279,200   $9,188.46

 

 

Notes:

(1) Represents the maximum number of Sierra Wireless Inc. (“Sierra Wireless”) common shares estimated to be issuable upon completion of the merger, calculated by multiplying the exchange ratio of 0.1800 by 20,166,666 shares of Class A common stock of Numerex Corp. (“Numerex”), which is the sum of (a) 19,675,128, the number of shares of Numerex Class A common stock issued and outstanding as of September 18, 2017, plus (b) 491,538, the number of shares of Numerex Class A common stock reserved for issuance under existing Numerex equity plans and outstanding warrants. In accordance with Rule 416 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional Sierra Wireless common shares as may be issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee and calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (f)(1) under the U.S. Securities Act. The proposed maximum aggregate offering price of Sierra Wireless common shares was calculated based upon the market value of Numerex Class A common stock (the securities to be cancelled in the merger) in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the U.S. Securities Act as follows: the product of (a) $21.84, the average of the high and low prices per share of Sierra Wireless common shares on September 14, 2017 (within five business days prior to the date of this Registration Statement) as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market and (b) 3,630,000, the estimated maximum number of shares of Numerex Class A common stock that may be exchanged pursuant to the transaction multiplied by the exchange ratio of 0.1800.
(3) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457 of the U.S. Securities Act by multiplying the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of securities to be registered by 0.0001159.

 

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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The information in this proxy statement/prospectus is not complete and may be changed. Sierra Wireless Inc. may not sell the securities offered by this proxy statement/prospectus until the registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This proxy statement/prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and Sierra Wireless Inc. is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

PRELIMINARY—SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

 

PROXY STATEMENT OF NUMEREX CORP.    PROSPECTUS OF SIERRA WIRELESS INC.

 

LOGO       LOGO

MERGER PROPOSED—YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT

To the Stockholders of Numerex Corp.:

On August 2, 2017, Numerex Corp. (which we refer to as “Numerex”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (which, as may be amended, we refer to as the “merger agreement”) with Sierra Wireless, Inc. (which we refer to as “Sierra Wireless”) and Wireless Acquisition Sub, Inc., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless (which we refer to as “Merger Sub”). The merger agreement provides for the combination of Numerex and Sierra Wireless through a stock-for-stock merger, after which Numerex will become a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless (which we refer to as the “merger”).

If the merger is completed, you will receive 0.1800 of a Sierra Wireless common share for each share of Numerex Class A common stock (which we refer to as “Numerex common stock”) that you own (which we refer to as the “merger consideration”). This exchange ratio is fixed and will not be adjusted to reflect changes in the price of Numerex common stock or Sierra Wireless common shares prior to the completion of the merger. The Sierra Wireless common shares issued in connection with the merger will be listed on the Nasdaq Global Market (which we refer to as the “Nasdaq GM”) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (which we refer to as the “TSX”).

The value of the merger consideration will fluctuate with the market price of Sierra Wireless common shares. You should obtain current share price quotations for Numerex common stock and Sierra Wireless common shares. Numerex common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (which we refer to as the “Nasdaq”) under the ticker symbol “NMRX,” and Sierra Wireless common shares are listed on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX under the ticker symbols “SWIR” and “SW,” respectively. Based on the closing price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM of $29.65 on August 1, 2017, the last trading day before the public announcement of the merger agreement on August 2, 2017, the exchange ratio represented approximately $5.34 in Sierra Wireless common shares for each share of Numerex common stock. Based on the closing price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM of $[•] on [•], 2017, the latest practicable date before the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, the exchange ratio represented approximately $[•] in Sierra Wireless common shares for each share of Numerex common stock.

Your vote is very important, regardless of the number of shares you own. The merger cannot be completed without Numerex stockholders approving and adopting the merger agreement. Numerex is holding a special meeting of its stockholders (which we refer to as the “special meeting”) to vote on the approval and adoption of the merger agreement. More information about Numerex, Sierra Wireless, the merger agreement, the merger and the special meeting is contained in this proxy statement/prospectus. We encourage you to read this document


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carefully before voting, including the section entitled “ Risk Factors ,” beginning on page 21. Regardless of whether you plan to attend the special meeting, please take the time to vote your shares in accordance with the instructions contained in this document.

Pursuant to the terms of voting agreements between Sierra Wireless and certain stockholders of Numerex who beneficially own approximately 27.2% of Numerex’s outstanding common stock, such Numerex stockholders have agreed to vote in favor of adopting the merger agreement and against any proposal that would reasonably be expected to delay the completion of the merger.

The Numerex board of directors unanimously recommends that Numerex stockholders vote “FOR” the adoption of the merger agreement.


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Sincerely,    Sincerely,

Kenneth L. Gayron

Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer

Numerex Corp.

  

Jason W. Cohenour

President and Chief Executive Officer

Sierra Wireless Inc.

NEITHER THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, NOR ANY U.S. STATE OR CANADIAN PROVINCIAL OR TERRITORIAL SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE SECURITIES TO BE ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MERGER OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

The securities to be issued in connection with the merger are not savings or deposit accounts and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.

The date of this proxy statement/prospectus is [•], 2017 and it is first being mailed to Numerex stockholders on or about [•], 2017.


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Numerex and Sierra Wireless file and furnish annual, quarterly and other reports, proxy statements and other information with or to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (which we refer to as the “SEC”). This proxy statement/prospectus incorporates by reference important business and financial information about Numerex and Sierra Wireless from documents that are not included in or delivered with this proxy statement/prospectus. For a listing of the documents incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, see the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information. ” You can obtain copies of the documents incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, without charge, from the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or, with respect to Sierra Wireless, on the Canadian System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (which we refer to as “SEDAR”), the Canadian equivalent of the SEC’s system, at http://www.sedar.com.

You may also obtain copies of documents filed by Numerex with the SEC from Numerex’s website at http://www.numerex.com under the tab “Financial Reporting” and then under the heading “SEC Filings” and copies of documents filed by Sierra Wireless with the SEC and SEDAR from Sierra Wireless’ website at http://www.sierrawireless.com under the tab “Investor Relations” and then under the heading “Annual Reports and Regulatory Filings.”

You can also request copies of such documents incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus (excluding all exhibits, unless an exhibit has specifically been incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus), without charge, by requesting them in writing or by telephone from the appropriate company at the following addresses and telephone numbers:

 

Numerex Corp.

400 Interstate North Parkway SE, Suite 1350

Atlanta, Georgia 30339

Attention: Investor Relations

Telephone: 1-770-693-5950

 

Sierra Wireless Inc.

13811 Wireless Way

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada V6V 3A4

Attention: Investor Relations

Telephone: 1-604-231-1100

In addition, if you have questions about the merger or the special meeting, need additional copies of this proxy statement/prospectus or need to obtain proxy cards or other information related to the proxy solicitation, you may contact MacKenzie Partners, Inc., Numerex’s proxy solicitor, at the following address and telephone number:

MacKenzie Partners, Inc.

105 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10016

1-800-322-2885 (toll-free)

You will not be charged for any of the documents that you request. If you would like to request documents, please do so by [•], 2017 (which is five business days before the date of the special meeting) in order to receive them before the special meeting.


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ABOUT THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS

This proxy statement/prospectus, which forms part of a registration statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-[•]) filed with the SEC by Sierra Wireless, constitutes a prospectus of Sierra Wireless under Section 5 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (which we refer to as the “U.S. Securities Act”), with respect to the Sierra Wireless common shares to be issued to Numerex stockholders pursuant to the merger agreement.

This proxy statement/prospectus also constitutes a notice of meeting and a proxy statement of Numerex under Section 14(a) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (which we refer to as the “U.S. Exchange Act”), with respect to the special meeting, at which Numerex stockholders will be asked to consider and vote on, among other matters, a proposal to approve and adopt the merger agreement.

You should rely only on the information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this proxy statement/prospectus. No one has been authorized to provide you with information that is different from that contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this proxy statement/prospectus. This proxy statement/prospectus is dated [•], 2017. The information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus is accurate only as of that date or, in the case of information in a document incorporated by reference, as of the date of such document, unless the information specifically indicates that another date applies. Neither the mailing of this proxy statement/prospectus to Numerex stockholders nor the issuance by Sierra Wireless of common shares pursuant to the merger agreement will create any implication to the contrary.

This proxy statement/prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities, or the solicitation of a proxy, in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to make any such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.

The information concerning Sierra Wireless contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this proxy statement/prospectus has been provided by Sierra Wireless, and information concerning Numerex contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this proxy statement/prospectus has been provided by Numerex.

Numerex stockholders are encouraged to consult with their own legal, tax, financial or other professional advisors.

Unless otherwise specified, currency amounts referenced in this proxy statement/prospectus are in U.S. dollars. References to “$” or “US$” are to U.S. dollars and references to “C$” are to Canadian dollars.


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CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE DATA

The following table shows, for the years and dates indicated, certain information regarding the Canadian dollar/U.S. dollar exchange rate.

The information is based on the exchange rate as reported by the Bank of Canada. Such exchange rate on September 14, 2017 was C$1.2198 = US$1.00.

 

     Period End      Average (1)      Low      High  

Year ended December 31, (C$ per US$)

           

2016

     1.3427        1.3248        1.2544        1.4589  

2015

     1.3840        1.2787        1.1728        1.3990  

2014

     1.1601        1.1045        1.0614        1.1643  

2013

     1.0636        1.0299        0.9839        1.0697  

2012

     0.9949        0.9996        0.9710        1.0418  

 

     Low      High  

Month ended, (C$ per US$)

     

September 1 through to September 14, 2017

     1.2128        1.2390  

August 2017

     1.2482        1.2755  

July 2017

     1.2447        1.2982  

June 2017

     1.2977        1.3504  

May 2017

     1.3446        1.3743  

April 2017

     1.3277        1.3667  

March 2017

     1.3279        1.3505  

 

(1) The average of the daily exchange rates during the relevant period.


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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF COMMON STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON [•], 2017

To the Stockholders of Numerex Corp.:

A special meeting (which we refer to as the “special meeting”) of stockholders of Numerex Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation (which we refer to as “Numerex”), will be held at [•]:00 [a.m./p.m.], Eastern Time, on [•], 2017, at the Platinum Towers, 400 Interstate North Parkway, Suite 150, Atlanta, Georgia for the following purposes:

 

    to consider and vote on a proposal (which we refer to as the “merger proposal”) to approve and adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 2, 2017 (which, as may be amended, we refer to as the “merger agreement”), by and among Numerex, Sierra Wireless Inc., a Canadian corporation (which we refer to as “Sierra Wireless”), and Wireless Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless (which we refer to as “Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will merge with and into Numerex, with Numerex surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless (which we refer to as the “merger”); and

 

    to consider and vote on a proposal (which we refer to as the “advisory compensation proposal”) to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, certain specified compensation that will or may be paid by Numerex to its named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the merger; and

 

    to consider and vote upon a proposal to adjourn the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to approve the merger proposal (which we refer to as the “adjournment proposal”).

A copy of the merger agreement is attached as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus accompanying this notice. The merger proposal, the advisory compensation proposal, the adjournment proposal and the related transactions are described in detail in the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus, which you should read before you vote. If the merger proposal is not approved by the Numerex stockholders, the merger will not be completed.

Your vote is very important. To ensure your representation at the special meeting, complete and return the enclosed proxy card or submit your proxy by telephone or the Internet. Please submit a proxy promptly whether or not you expect to attend the special meeting. Submitting a proxy now will not prevent you from revoking the proxy and voting in person at the special meeting. If your shares are held in the name of a bank, broker or other nominee, follow the instructions on the voting instruction card furnished to you by such bank, broker or other nominee.

The Numerex board of directors has fixed the close of business on [•], 2017 as the record date for determination of the Numerex stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Only Numerex stockholders of record as of the record date are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. A complete list of Numerex stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting will be available for inspection by any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the special meeting, during the duration of the special meeting.

Pursuant to the terms of voting agreements between Sierra Wireless and certain stockholders of Numerex who beneficially own approximately 27.2% of Numerex’s outstanding common stock, such Numerex stockholders have agreed to vote in favor of adopting the merger agreement and against any proposal that would reasonably be expected to delay the completion of the merger.

The Numerex board of directors unanimously recommends that Numerex stockholders vote “FOR” the merger proposal, “FOR” the advisory compensation proposal and “FOR” the adjournment proposal.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

 

Stratton J. Nicolaides

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

Andrew J. Ryan
General Counsel and Secretary
Atlanta, Georgia


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YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT

PLEASE VOTE ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD NOW EVEN IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE SPECIAL MEETING. YOU CAN VOTE BY SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING YOUR PROXY CARD BY MAIL IN THE ENCLOSED RETURN ENVELOPE, WHICH REQUIRES NO ADDITIONAL POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES, OR BY TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROXY CARD. IF YOU DO ATTEND THE SPECIAL MEETING, YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR PROXY AND VOTE IN PERSON IF YOU ARE A STOCKHOLDER OF RECORD AS OF THE RECORD DATE OR HAVE A LEGAL PROXY FROM A STOCKHOLDER OF RECORD AS OF THE RECORD DATE.

If your shares are held in “street name” by a bank, broker or other nominee and you wish to vote in person at the special meeting, you must obtain a legal proxy from your bank, broker or other nominee and present it to the inspector of election with your ballot when you vote at the special meeting. Please also bring to the special meeting your account statement evidencing your beneficial ownership of Numerex common stock as of the record date and valid government-issued photo identification. For more information, see the section entitled “ Questions and Answers About the Merger and the Special Meeting—Who may attend the special meeting?

The accompanying proxy statement/prospectus provides a detailed description of the merger agreement, the merger, the merger proposal and the related agreements and transactions. We urge you to read the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus, including any documents incorporated by reference into the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus, and its annexes carefully and in their entirety. If you have any questions concerning the merger, the merger proposal, the other proposals or the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus, would like additional copies of the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus or need help voting your shares, please contact Numerex’s proxy solicitor at the address and telephone number listed below:

MacKenzie Partners, Inc.

105 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10016

1-800-322-2885 (toll-free)


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FREQUENTLY USED TERMS

     iv  

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE MERGER AND THE SPECIAL MEETING

     vi  

SUMMARY

     1  

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

     13  

SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA OF NUMEREX

     15  

SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA OF SIERRA WIRELESS

     16  

SELECTED UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL DATA

     17  

COMPARATIVE PER SHARE MARKET PRICE AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION

     18  

UNAUDITED HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA COMPARATIVE PER SHARE DATA

     20  

RISK FACTORS

     21  

Risks Relating to the Merger

     21  

Risks Related to Numerex’s Business

     26  

Risks Related to Sierra Wireless’ Business

     26  

THE SPECIAL MEETING

     27  

Date, Time and Place of the Special Meeting

     27  

Purpose of the Special Meeting

     27  

Recommendation of the Numerex Board of Directors

     27  

Record Date and Outstanding Shares of Numerex Common Stock

     27  

Quorum

     27  

Required Vote

     28  

Adjournment

     28  

Voting by Directors and Executive Officers

     28  

Voting by Proxy or in Person

     29  

Revocability of Proxies and Changes to a Numerex Stockholder’s Vote

     30  

Abstentions

     30  

Tabulation of Votes

     30  

Solicitation of Proxies; Expenses of Solicitation

     30  

Householding

     31  

Other Information

     31  

Assistance

     31  

THE MERGER PROPOSAL

     31  

Transaction Structure

     31  

Merger Consideration

     31  

Background of the Merger

     32  

Board of Directors and Management of Sierra Wireless after the Merger

     40  

Sierra Wireless’ Reasons for the Merger

     40  

Numerex’s Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of the Numerex Board of Directors

     42  

Opinion of Numerex’s Financial Advisor

     45  

Numerex Unaudited Prospective Financial Information

     52  

Listing of Sierra Wireless Common Shares

     53  

Delisting and Deregistration of Numerex Common Stock

     54  

Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger

     54  

Accounting Treatment of the Merger

     56  

 

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Regulatory Approvals Required for the Merger

     57  

HSR Act

     57  

Absence of Appraisal or Dissenters’ Rights

     57  

Restrictions on Resales of Sierra Wireless Common Shares Received in the Merger

     57  

Dividend Policy

     57  

U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

     58  

Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger

     61  

Holders Resident in Canada

     62  

Eligibility for Investment

     64  

Holders Not Resident in Canada

     64  

THE ADVISORY COMPENSATION PROPOSAL

     66  

THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL

     67  

INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANIES

     68  

Sierra Wireless Inc.

     68  

Wireless Acquisition Sub, Inc.

     68  

Numerex Corp.

     68  

THE MERGER AGREEMENT

     70  

Explanatory Note Regarding the Merger Agreement

     70  

The Merger

     70  

Effects of the Merger

     70  

Merger Consideration

     71  

No Fractional Shares

     71  

Surrender of Numerex Common Stock

     71  

Withholding

     72  

Treatment of Numerex Equity Awards

     72  

Representations and Warranties

     73  

Material Adverse Effect

     75  

Covenants Regarding Conduct of Business by Numerex, Sierra Wireless and Merger Sub Pending the Merger

     75  

No Solicitation

     78  

Changes in the Numerex Board of Directors Recommendation

     80  

Efforts to Obtain Required Stockholder Votes

     82  

Employee Benefits

     82  

Director & Officer Indemnification and Insurance

     83  

Takeover Statutes

     83  

Payoff of Numerex Existing Debt

     83  

Other Covenants and Agreements

     83  

Conditions that Must Be Satisfied or Waived for the Merger to Occur

     84  

Termination of the Merger Agreement

     85  

Amendment, Extension and Waiver

     87  

Specific Performance

     88  

Governing Law

     88  

THE VOTING AGREEMENTS

     89  

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     90  

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

     91  

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2017

     92  

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF JUNE 30, 2017

     93  

NOTES TO THE PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     94  

BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

     99  

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management of Numerex

     99  

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management of Sierra Wireless

     102  

COMPARISON OF RIGHTS OF SIERRA WIRELESS SHAREHOLDERS AND NUMEREX STOCKHOLDERS

     105  

General

     105  

Material Differences Between the Rights of Shareholders of Sierra Wireless and Stockholders of Numerex

     105  

LEGAL MATTERS

     128  

EXPERTS

     128  

CHANGE IN NUMEREX ACCOUNTANTS

     128  

CHANGE IN SIERRA WIRELESS ACCOUNTANTS

     129  

ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

     129  

OTHER MATTERS

     130  

FUTURE STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

     130  

HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS

     130  

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

     131  

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

     131  

Annex A—Agreement and Plan of Merger

     A-1  

Annex B—Opinion of Numerex’s Financial Advisor

     B-1  

Annex C – Form of Voting Agreement

     C-1  

 

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FREQUENTLY USED TERMS

This proxy statement/prospectus generally does not use technical defined terms, but a few frequently used terms may be helpful for you to have in mind at the outset. Unless otherwise specified or if the context so requires, the following terms have the meanings set forth below for purposes of this proxy statement/prospectus:

closing date ” refers to the date on which the merger is completed.

Code ” refers to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Deutsche Bank ” refers to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

effective time ” refers to the time on the closing date at which the merger becomes effective as specified in the certificate of merger of Numerex and Merger Sub to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Pennsylvania.

exchange agent ” refers to a nationally recognized financial institution or trust company selected by Sierra Wireless that is acceptable to Numerex.

exchange ratio ” refers to 0.1800 of a validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Sierra Wireless common share for each share of Numerex’s Class A common stock.

merger ” refers to the proposed merger of Merger Sub with and into Numerex, pursuant to which Numerex will survive the merger as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless.

merger agreement ” refers to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 2, 2017, by and among Sierra Wireless, Numerex and Merger Sub, as it may be amended.

merger consideration ” refers to the conversion of each issued and outstanding share of Numerex common stock immediately prior to the effective time (other than any shares of Numerex common stock owned directly by Sierra Wireless, Numerex or any of their respective subsidiaries) into the right to receive 0.1800 of a validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Sierra Wireless common share.

Merger Sub ” refers to Wireless Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless.

Nasdaq ” refers to the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

Nasdaq GM ” refers to the Nasdaq Global Market.

Numerex ” refers to Numerex Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation.

Numerex board recommendation ” refers to the recommendation of the Numerex board of directors for the Numerex stockholders to vote to approve and adopt the merger agreement.

Numerex common stock ” refers to Numerex Class A common stock, no par value.

Numerex stockholders ” refers to the holders of Numerex common stock, no par value.

PBCL ” means, collectively, the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988 and the Pennsylvania Entity Transactions Law.

record date ” refers to the close of business in New York, New York on [•], 2017. Only holders of Numerex common stock as of the record date will be entitled to vote at the special meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

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

Sierra Wireless ” refers to Sierra Wireless, Inc., a Canadian corporation.

 

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Sierra Wireless shareholders ” refers to the holders of Sierra Wireless common shares, no par value.

special meeting ” refers to the special meeting of Numerex stockholders to be held on [•], 2017, as may be postponed or adjourned from time to time.

TSX ” refers to the Toronto Stock Exchange.

U.S. Exchange Act ” refers to the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, as applicable, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case, as amended.

U.S. GAAP ” refers to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

U.S. Securities Act ” refers to the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, and, as applicable, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case, as amended.

voting agreements ” refers to certain voting agreements, dated August 2, 2017, by and between Sierra Wireless and certain stockholders of Numerex, as each such agreement may be amended.

 

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE MERGER AND THE SPECIAL MEETING

The following questions and answers are intended to address briefly some commonly asked questions regarding the merger and matters to be addressed at the special meeting. These questions and answers may not address all questions that may be important to you. To better understand these matters, and for a description of the legal terms governing the merger, you should carefully read this entire proxy statement/prospectus, including the attached annexes, as well as the documents that have been incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. For more information, see the section entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

 

Q: Why am I receiving this proxy statement/prospectus?

 

A: On August 2, 2017, Numerex entered into the merger agreement with Sierra Wireless and Merger Sub providing for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into Numerex, pursuant to which Numerex will survive the merger as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless (which we refer to in such capacity as the “surviving corporation”). You are receiving this proxy statement/prospectus in connection with the solicitation by the Numerex board of directors of proxies of Numerex stockholders to vote in favor of the merger proposal, the advisory compensation proposal and the adjournment proposal.

Numerex is holding a special meeting to obtain the stockholder approval necessary to approve and adopt the merger agreement, among other matters. A copy of the merger agreement is included as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus. Among other things, approval of the merger proposal by Numerex stockholders is required for the completion of the merger. See the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Conditions that Must be Satisfied or Waived for the Merger to Occur.

Numerex stockholders are also being asked to consider and vote on a proposal to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, certain specified compensation that will or may be paid by Numerex to its named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the merger (which we refer to as the “advisory compensation proposal”). Numerex’s named executive officers are identified under the section entitled “The Merger Proposal—Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger.”

This proxy statement/prospectus constitutes both a proxy statement of Numerex and a prospectus of Sierra Wireless. It is a proxy statement because the Numerex board of directors is soliciting proxies from its stockholders. It is a prospectus because Sierra Wireless will issue to Numerex stockholders its common shares as consideration for the exchange of outstanding shares of Numerex common stock in the merger.

Your vote is very important. We encourage you to submit a proxy to have your shares of Numerex common stock voted as soon as possible.

 

Q: What is the proposed transaction?

 

A: If the merger proposal is approved by Numerex stockholders and the other conditions to the completion of the merger contained in the merger agreement are satisfied or waived, Merger Sub will merge with and into Numerex. Numerex will survive the merger as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless.

 

Q: What will I receive as a Numerex stockholder if the merger is completed?

 

A: Under the terms of the merger agreement, if the merger is completed, each share of Numerex common stock (other than shares of Numerex common stock owned directly by Sierra Wireless, Numerex or any of their respective subsidiaries), which we refer to as “eligible shares,” will be automatically converted into the right to receive 0.1800 of a validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Sierra Wireless common share, which we refer to as the “merger consideration.”

No fractional Sierra Wireless common shares will be issued upon the conversion of Numerex common stock. All fractional Sierra Wireless common shares that a holder of eligible shares would be otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to the merger agreement will be aggregated and rounded to three decimal places. Any holder of eligible shares otherwise entitled to receive a fractional Sierra Wireless common

 

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share will be entitled to receive a cash payment, without interest, in lieu of any such fractional share, which payment will be calculated by the exchange agent and will represent such holder’s proportionate interest in a Sierra Wireless common share based on the closing trading price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM, as reported by the Nasdaq GM on the first day immediately following the effective time. No holder of eligible shares will be entitled by virtue of the right to receive cash in lieu of fractional Sierra Wireless common shares to any dividends, voting rights or any other rights in respect of any fractional Sierra Wireless common share.

Based on the closing price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM on August 1, 2017, the last full trading day before the announcement of the merger agreement, the per share value of Numerex common stock implied by the merger consideration was $5.34. Based on the closing price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM on [•], 2017, the most recent practicable date prior to the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, the per share value of Numerex common stock implied by the merger consideration was $[•]. The implied value of the merger consideration will fluctuate, however, as the market price of Sierra Wireless common shares fluctuates, because the merger consideration that is payable per share of Numerex common stock is a fixed fraction of a Sierra Wireless common share. As a result, the value of the merger consideration that Numerex stockholders will receive upon the completion of the merger could be greater than, less than or the same as the value of the merger consideration on the date of this proxy statement/prospectus or at the time of the special meeting. Accordingly, you are encouraged to obtain current stock price quotations for Numerex common stock and Sierra Wireless common shares before deciding how to vote with respect to the merger proposal. Numerex common stock trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “NMRX” and Sierra Wireless common shares trade on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX under the ticker symbols “SWIR” and “SW,” respectively. The price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM is reported in U.S. dollars, while the price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the TSX is reported in Canadian dollars.

 

Q: When and where is the special meeting?

 

A: The special meeting will be held at [•]:00 [a.m./p.m.], Eastern Time, on [•], 2017, at the Platinum Towers, 400 Interstate North Parkway, Suite 150, Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Q: Who is entitled to vote at the special meeting?

Only holders of Numerex common stock as of the close of business in New York, New York on [•], 2017, which is the record date for the special meeting, are entitled to vote at the special meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. As of the record date, there were [•] shares of Numerex common stock outstanding. Each outstanding share of Numerex common stock is entitled to one vote on each matter coming before Numerex stockholders at the special meeting.

Pursuant to the terms of voting agreements between Sierra Wireless and certain stockholders of Numerex who beneficially own approximately 27.2% of Numerex’s outstanding common stock, such Numerex stockholders have agreed to vote in favor of adopting the merger agreement and against any proposal that would reasonably be expected to delay the completion of the merger. For more information, see the section entitled “The Voting Agreements.”

 

Q: Who may attend the special meeting?

 

A:

If you are a Numerex stockholder of record, you may attend the special meeting and vote in person the stock you hold directly in your name. If you choose to do that, you must present valid government-issued photo identification at the special meeting, such as a driver’s license or passport. If you want to vote in person at the special meeting and you hold Numerex common stock in “street name” through a bank, broker or other nominee, you must present valid government-issued photo identification, such as a driver’s license or passport, and a legal proxy obtained from your bank, broker or other nominee and present it to the inspector of election with your ballot when you vote at the special meeting. Please also bring to the special meeting your account statement evidencing your beneficial ownership of Numerex common stock as of the record date. Follow the instructions from your bank, broker or other nominee or contact your

 

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  bank, broker or other nominee to request a proxy. If you vote in person at the special meeting, you will revoke any prior proxy you may have submitted.

 

Q: What am I being asked to vote on?

 

A: You are being asked to vote on the following proposals:

 

    Merger Proposal : to adopt the merger agreement, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Numerex, with Numerex surviving the merger as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless;

 

    Advisory Compensation Proposal : to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, certain specified compensation that will or may be paid by Numerex to its named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the merger; and

 

    Adjournment Proposal : to approve the adjournment of the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to approve and adopt the merger proposal.

The approval of the merger proposal is a condition to the obligations of Numerex and Sierra Wireless to complete the merger. The approval of the advisory compensation proposal and the adjournment proposal are not conditions to the obligations of Numerex or Sierra Wireless to complete the merger and are not binding on Numerex or Sierra Wireless following the merger. No other matters are intended to be brought before the special meeting by Numerex.

 

Q: What vote is required to approve each proposal?

 

A: The approval of each of the merger proposal, the advisory compensation proposal and the adjournment proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Numerex common stock that are entitled to vote on the merger proposal, the advisory compensation proposal and the adjournment proposal, as applicable.

Pursuant to the terms of voting agreements between Sierra Wireless and certain stockholders of Numerex who beneficially own approximately 27.2% of Numerex’s outstanding common stock, such Numerex stockholders have agreed to vote in favor of adopting the merger agreement and against any proposal that would reasonably be expected to delay the completion of the merger. For more information, see the section entitled “The Voting Agreements.”

 

Q: How does the Numerex board of directors recommend that I vote?

 

A: The Numerex board of directors determined that the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the merger, are fair to, and in the best interests of, Numerex and its stockholders, and has unanimously approved and declared advisable the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the merger, and recommended adoption of the merger agreement by Numerex stockholders.

Accordingly, the Numerex board of directors unanimously recommends that you vote:

 

    FOR ” the merger proposal;

 

    FOR ” the advisory compensation proposal; and

 

    FOR ” the adjournment proposal.

For a discussion of each proposal, see the sections entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Numerex’s Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of the Numerex Board of Directors,” “The Advisory Compensation Proposal ” and “ The Adjournment Proposal .”

 

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Q: Why did the Numerex board of directors approve the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby?

 

A: To review the Numerex board of directors’ reasons for (a) determining that the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby are advisable and are fair to, and in the best interests of, Numerex and its stockholders, (b) approving the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and (c) recommending adoption of the merger agreement by the Numerex stockholders, see the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Numerex’s Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of the Numerex Board of Directors.

 

Q: If my Numerex common stock is represented by physical stock certificates, should I send my stock certificates now?

 

A: No. If approved, and after the merger is completed, you will receive a transmittal form with instructions for the surrender of your Numerex common stock certificates. Please do not send your stock certificates with your proxy card.

 

Q: How do I vote my shares?

 

A: If you are a Numerex stockholder of record as of the record date, you may vote your shares, or authorize a proxy to vote your shares, by:

 

  (1) Internet , by going to the website site shown on your proxy card and following the instructions outlined on the secured website using certain information provided on your proxy card or voting instruction form, thereby authorizing a proxy to vote your shares.

 

  (2) Telephone , if you received your proxy materials by mail, you may vote by using the toll-free number shown on your proxy card, or by following the instructions on your proxy card, thereby authorizing a proxy to vote your shares.

 

  (3) Written Proxy , if you received your proxy materials by mail, you may submit your written proxy by completing the proxy card enclosed with those materials and signing, dating and returning your proxy card by mail in the enclosed return envelope, which requires no additional postage if mailed in the United States, thereby authorizing a proxy to vote your shares.

 

  (4) Attending the Special Meeting , and voting in person if you are a Numerex stockholder of record or if you are a beneficial owner and have a legal proxy from the Numerex stockholder of record.

If your shares of Numerex common stock are held in “street name” by a bank, broker or other nominee, you should have received a voting instruction form from your bank, broker or other nominee and you should follow the instructions given by that institution to direct how your shares are to be voted at the special meeting. If you are a “street name” owner and have a legal proxy from the stockholder of record as of the record date, you may vote in person at the special meeting.

 

Q: What is a proxy?

 

A: A proxy is your legal designation of another person, referred to as a “proxy,” to vote your shares of Numerex common stock. The written document describing the matters to be considered and voted on at the special meeting is called a “proxy statement.” The document used to designate a proxy to vote your shares of Numerex common stock is called a “proxy card.”

 

Q: How do proxies work?

 

A:

The Numerex board of directors is asking for your proxy. Giving Numerex your proxy means that you authorize the proxy holders named on the proxy card to vote your shares at the special meeting in the manner you direct. You may vote for all, some or none of the proposals. A failure to vote on the merger proposal or an abstention on the merger proposal will have no effect on the merger proposal, assuming that a quorum is present. You may also vote for or against the other items or abstain from voting on them. If

 

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  you sign, date and return the enclosed proxy card but do not specify how to vote, Numerex will vote your shares “FOR” the merger proposal, “FOR” the advisory compensation proposal and “FOR” the adjournment proposal.

 

Q: If I am not going to attend the special meeting, should I return my proxy card or otherwise vote my shares?

 

A: Yes. Completing, signing, dating and returning the proxy card by mail or submitting a proxy by calling the toll-free number shown on the proxy card or submitting a proxy by visiting the website shown on the proxy card ensures that your shares will be represented and voted at the special meeting, even if you otherwise do not attend.

 

Q: If my shares are held in “street name” by my bank, broker or other nominee, will the bank, broker or other nominee vote my shares for me?

 

A: A bank, broker or other nominee will vote your shares only if you provide instructions to the bank, broker or other nominee on how to vote. You should follow the directions provided by your bank, broker or other nominee regarding how to instruct the bank, broker or other nominee to vote your shares.

If you fail to instruct your bank, broker or other nominee how to vote, it will have no effect on the outcome of the merger proposal, the advisory compensation proposal or the adjournment proposal, assuming that a quorum is otherwise present.

 

Q: Can I change my vote?

 

A: Yes. If you are a Numerex stockholder of record and have properly completed and submitted your proxy card or proxy by telephone or the Internet, you can change your vote in any of the following ways:

 

    Sending a written notice (bearing a date later than the date of the proxy) stating that you revoke your proxy to Numerex at 400 Interstate Parkway, Suite 1350, Atlanta, Georgia, 30339, Attn: Shareholder Communications;

 

    Submitting a valid, later-dated proxy by mail, telephone or the Internet prior to your shares being voted at the special meeting; or

 

    Attending the special meeting and voting your shares by ballot in person if you are a Numerex stockholder of record or if you are a beneficial owner and have a legal proxy from the Numerex stockholder of record. Please note that simply attending the special meeting will not revoke a proxy.

If you choose to revoke your proxy by written notice or submit a later-dated proxy, you must do so by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on [•], 2017.

If your shares are held in “street name” by your bank, broker or other nominee and you have directed such bank, broker or other nominee to vote your shares, you should instruct such bank, broker or other nominee to change your vote and follow the directions you receive from your bank, broker or other nominee in order to change or revoke your vote.

 

Q: What if I do not vote?

 

A: If you fail to submit your proxy, fail to vote your shares, abstain from voting or fail to instruct your broker, bank or other nominee how to vote, that failure will have no effect on the outcome of the merger proposal, the advisory compensation proposal or the adjournment proposal, assuming that a quorum is otherwise present.

If you submit a valid proxy card but do not indicate how you want to vote on a particular proposal, your proxy will be counted as a vote “FOR” that proposal.

 

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Q: What should I do now?

 

A: After carefully reading and considering the information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus, you should submit a proxy by mail, by telephone or the Internet to vote your shares as soon as possible so that your shares will be represented and voted at the special meeting. You should follow the instructions set forth on the enclosed proxy card or on the voting instruction form provided by the record holder if your shares are held in the name of a bank, broker or other nominee.

 

Q: What constitutes a quorum?

 

A: A quorum is the number of shares that must be present, in person or by proxy, in order for business to be transacted at a stockholder meeting of Numerex. The required quorum for the special meeting is the presence in person or by proxy of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at the special meeting. All shares represented at the special meeting in person or by proxy (including those voted by telephone or the Internet) will be counted toward the quorum. Shares held by Numerex stockholders who mark their proxy card “ABSTAIN,” vote “ABSTAIN” by telephone or the Internet, instruct their bank, broker or other nominee to vote shares held in “street name” to “ABSTAIN” or appear at the special meeting without otherwise voting their shares will be treated as shares represented at the meeting for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum. Shares held by Numerex stockholders who do not attend the special meeting and do not submit a proxy or vote by telephone or the Internet will not be treated as represented at the special meeting for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum.

Numerex common stock held in “street name” with respect to which the beneficial owner fails to give voting instructions to the bank, broker or nominee, will not be considered present at the special meeting for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum.

Pursuant to the terms of the voting agreements, certain stockholders of Numerex who beneficially own approximately 27.2% of the outstanding common stock of Numerex have agreed to vote in favor of adopting the merger agreement and against any proposal that would reasonably be expected to delay the completion of the merger. For more information, see the section entitled “ The Voting Agreements .”

 

Q: Is my vote important?

 

A: Yes. Your vote is very important. The merger cannot be completed without the approval of the merger proposal by Numerex stockholders. The approval of the merger proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Numerex common stock that are present at the special meeting in person or by proxy and are entitled to vote at the special meeting. The Numerex board of directors recommends that you vote “FOR” the approval of the merger proposal.

 

Q: What happens if I transfer or sell my shares of Numerex common stock before the special meeting or before completion of the merger?

 

A: The record date is earlier than the date of the special meeting and the date that the merger is expected to be completed. If you transfer or sell your shares of Numerex common stock after the record date but before the special meeting, you will retain your right to vote at the special meeting. However, if you are a Numerex stockholder, you will have transferred the right to receive the merger consideration in the merger. In order to receive the merger consideration, you must hold your shares of Numerex common stock through the effective time of the merger.

 

Q: What if I receive more than one set of voting materials?

 

A: You may receive more than one set of voting materials, including multiple copies of this proxy statement/prospectus, the proxy card or the voting instruction form. This can occur if you hold your shares in more than one brokerage account, if you hold shares directly as a holder of record and also in “street name,” or otherwise through another holder of record, and in certain other circumstances. If you receive more than one set of voting materials, please vote or return each set separately in order to ensure that all of your shares are voted.

 

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Q: Where can I find the voting results of the special meeting?

 

A: The preliminary voting results are expected to be announced at the special meeting. In addition, within four business days following certification of the final voting results, Numerex will file the final voting results with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Q: What will happen if the merger proposal is not approved?

 

A: As a condition to the completion of the merger, Numerex stockholders must approve the merger proposal. If the merger proposal is not approved by the Numerex stockholders, the merger will not be completed. The completion of the merger is not conditioned or dependent upon the approval of the advisory compensation proposal or the adjournment proposal.

 

Q: Why am I being asked to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the advisory compensation proposal?

 

A: The SEC has adopted rules that require Numerex to seek an advisory (non-binding) vote on certain specified compensation that will or may be paid by Numerex to its named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the merger.

 

Q: What happens if the advisory compensation proposal is not approved?

 

A: This vote is advisory and non-binding, and the merger is not conditioned or dependent upon the approval of the advisory compensation proposal. However, Numerex and Sierra Wireless value the opinions of Numerex stockholders and Sierra Wireless expects to consider the outcome of the vote, along with other relevant factors, when considering future executive compensation, assuming the merger is completed.

 

Q: How will Numerex’s directors and executive officers vote on the merger proposal, the advisory compensation proposal and the adjournment proposal?

 

A: It is expected that the Numerex directors and executive officers who are Numerex stockholders will vote “FOR” the merger proposal, “FOR” the advisory compensation proposal and “FOR” the adjournment proposal. Pursuant to the terms of the voting agreements, three of Numerex’s directors have agreed to vote in favor of adopting the merger agreement and against any proposal that would reasonably be expected to delay the completion of the merger. For more information, see the section entitled “ The Voting Agreements .”

As of the record date for the special meeting, the directors and executive officers of Numerex owned, in the aggregate, approximately [ ] shares of Numerex common stock, representing approximately [ ]% of the shares of Numerex common stock then outstanding and entitled to vote at the special meeting.

 

Q: Do any of Numerex’s directors or executive officers have interests in the merger that may differ from or be in addition to my interests as a stockholder?

 

A: Yes. In considering the recommendation of the Numerex board of directors with respect to the merger proposal, you should be aware that Numerex’s directors and executive officers have interests in the merger that are different from, or in addition to, the interests of Numerex stockholders generally. These interests may include, among others, certain payments and benefits payable under employment agreements entered into with executive officers, and rights to ongoing indemnification and insurance coverage by the surviving corporation for acts or omissions occurring prior to the merger. The Numerex board of directors was aware of those interests and considered them, among other matters, in approving the merger agreement, the merger, and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. For a discussion of Numerex’s directors’ or executive officers’ interests in the merger that may differ from or be in addition to your interests as a stockholder, see the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger.

 

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Q: Is the obligation of each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless to complete the merger subject to any conditions?

 

A: Yes. Completion of the merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions as set forth in the merger agreement, including, among others, (i) the adoption of the merger agreement by an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Numerex common stock entitled to vote on the merger proposal, (ii) the approval for listing on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX of the Sierra Wireless common shares to be issued to Numerex stockholders in connection with the merger, subject only to the provision of required documentation as is customary in the circumstances, (iii) the expiration or early termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (which we refer to as the “HSR Act”), (iv) the absence of any law, injunction or other order that prohibits the completion of the merger, (v) the absence of any governmental entity having instituted any pending legal proceeding or claim seeking to restrain, enjoin or prohibit completion of the merger, (vi) the registration statement, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, having been declared effective by the SEC and (vii) other customary closing conditions, including the accuracy of each party’s representations and warranties (subject to specified materiality qualifiers), and each party’s material compliance with its covenants and agreements contained in the merger agreement. For a more detailed discussion of the conditions to the completion of the merger, see the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Conditions that Must Be Satisfied or Waived for the Merger to Occur.

 

Q: Will the Sierra Wireless common shares to be issued to me at the completion of the merger be traded on an exchange?

 

A: Yes. It is a condition to the completion of the merger that the Sierra Wireless common shares to be issued to Numerex stockholders in connection with the merger be approved for listing on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX, subject only to the provision of required documentation as is customary in the circumstances. Therefore, at the effective time of the merger, all Sierra Wireless common shares received by Numerex stockholders in connection with the merger will be listed on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX under the ticker symbols “SWIR” and “SW,” respectively, and may be traded by shareholders on either exchange.

Sierra Wireless common shares received by Numerex stockholders in connection with the merger will be freely transferable except for shares issued to any stockholder deemed to be an “affiliate” of Sierra Wireless for purposes of U.S. federal securities law. For more information, see the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Restrictions on Resales of Sierra Wireless Common Shares Received in the Merger.

 

Q: After the merger, how much of Sierra Wireless will Numerex stockholders own?

 

A: Based on the number of shares of Numerex common stock outstanding as of [•], 2017, and the number of Sierra Wireless common shares outstanding as of [•], 2017, it is expected that, immediately after completion of the merger, the former Numerex stockholders will receive Sierra Wireless common shares in the merger representing approximately [•]% of the then outstanding Sierra Wireless common shares.

 

Q: Do you expect the merger to be taxable to me?

 

A: It is a condition to the completion of the merger that Numerex and Sierra Wireless each receive an opinion of their respective counsel to the effect that, for United States federal income tax purposes, the merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the United States Internal Revenue Code (which we refer to as the “Code”) and will not result in gain recognition to Numerex stockholders pursuant to Section 367(a) of the Code (which we refer to as the “Intended Tax Treatment”) (assuming that, in the case of any such holder who would be treated as a “five-percent transferee shareholder” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-3(c)(5)(ii)) of Sierra Wireless following the merger, such holder enters into a five-year gain recognition agreement in the form provided in Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-8). However, neither Numerex nor Sierra Wireless intends to request a ruling from the IRS regarding the United States federal income tax consequences of the merger. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the IRS will not challenge the Intended Tax Treatment or that a court would not sustain such a challenge.

 

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Assuming the merger qualifies for the Intended Tax Treatment, the United States federal income tax consequences to U.S. holders (as defined herein) of Numerex common stock generally are as follows:

 

    A U.S. holder of Numerex common stock receiving Sierra Wireless common shares in exchange for Numerex common stock pursuant to the merger will not recognize any gain or loss, except for any gain or loss that may result from the receipt by such holder of cash in lieu of fractional Sierra Wireless common shares.

 

    A U.S. holder of Numerex common stock who receives cash in lieu of a fractional Sierra Wireless common share pursuant to the merger generally will be treated as having received such fractional share in the merger and then as having received cash in redemption of such fractional share. Gain or loss generally will be recognized based on the difference between the amount of cash received in lieu of the fractional share and the portion of the U.S. holder’s aggregate tax basis in the Numerex common stock surrendered which is allocable to the fractional share.

A Canadian Resident Holder (as defined in the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger ”) who disposes of his, her or its Numerex common stock for Sierra Wireless common shares pursuant to the merger will generally realize a capital gain (or capital loss) for Canadian income tax purposes equal to the amount by which the fair market value of the Sierra Wireless common shares received (and any cash received in lieu of a fractional Sierra Wireless common share) exceeds (or is less than) the adjusted cost base of the Canadian Resident Holder’s Numerex common stock determined immediately before the disposition and any reasonable costs of disposition.

A Non-Canadian Resident Holder (as defined in the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger ”) will not be subject to tax under the Income Tax Act (Canada), which we refer to as the “Canadian Tax Act,” on any capital gain realized on a disposition of Numerex common stock pursuant to the merger, or on a subsequent disposition of Sierra Wireless common shares acquired in the merger, unless the relevant share is “taxable Canadian property,” and is not “treaty-protected property” (as those terms are defined in the Canadian Tax Act) of the Non-Canadian Resident Holder, at the time of the disposition.

You should read the sections entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences ” and “ The Merger Proposal—Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger ” and consult your own tax advisors regarding the United States federal income tax consequences of the merger to you in your particular circumstances, as well as tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or non-U.S. taxing jurisdiction.

 

Q: Are there risks associated with the merger?

 

A: Yes. There are important risks involved both in connection with the merger and in connection with an investment in Sierra Wireless. Before making any decision on whether and how to vote, you are urged to read carefully and in its entirety the section entitled “ Risk Factors .”

 

Q: Do I have appraisal or dissenters’ rights for my Numerex common stock in connection with the merger?

 

A: No. Under Pennsylvania law, Numerex stockholders are not entitled to appraisal or dissenter rights with respect to the merger or any of the other transactions described in this proxy statement/prospectus. For further information, please see the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal–Absence of Appraisal or Dissenters’ Rights.

 

Q: When will the merger be completed?

 

A:

Numerex and Sierra Wireless are working to complete the merger as quickly as possible. In addition to obtaining any required regulatory approvals, and assuming that the merger proposal is approved by Numerex stockholders at the special meeting, other important conditions to the completion of the merger exist. The merger agreement contains an outside date and time of April 1, 2018 for the completion of the

 

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  merger, which may be extended to August 1, 2018 by either Numerex or Sierra Wireless in certain circumstances, which we refer to as the “outside date.” For a discussion of the conditions to the completion of the merger, see the sections entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Regulatory Approvals Required for the Merger” and “The Merger Agreement— Conditions that Must Be Satisfied or Waived for the Merger to Occur.

 

Q: What happens if the merger is not completed?

 

A: If the merger is not completed for any reason, you will not receive any consideration for your Numerex common stock, and Numerex will remain an independent public company with Numerex common stock being traded on the Nasdaq.

 

Q: Who will solicit and pay the cost of soliciting proxies?

 

A: Numerex will bear all costs and expenses in connection with the solicitation of proxies from its stockholders, except that Numerex and Sierra Wireless have agreed to share equally the expenses of printing and mailing this proxy statement/prospectus and all filing fees payable to the SEC in connection with this proxy statement/prospectus. In addition to the solicitation of proxies by mail, Numerex will request that banks, brokers and other record holders send proxies and proxy material to the beneficial owners of Numerex common stock and secure their voting instructions, if necessary. Numerex will reimburse the banks, brokers and other record holders for their reasonable expenses in taking those actions. Numerex has also made arrangements with MacKenzie Partners, Inc. to assist in soliciting proxies and in communicating with Numerex stockholders and estimates that it will pay MacKenzie Partners, Inc. a fee of approximately $9,500 plus reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses for these services. Proxies may also be solicited by Numerex’s directors, officers and other employees through the mail or by telephone, the Internet, fax, in person or other means, but no additional compensation will be paid to these persons.

 

Q: What is “householding”?

 

A: The SEC has adopted a rule concerning the delivery of annual reports and proxy statements. It permits Numerex, with your permission, to send a single notice of meeting and, to the extent requested, a single set of this proxy statement/prospectus to any household at which two or more stockholders reside if Numerex believes they are members of the same family. This rule is called “householding,” and its purpose is to help reduce printing and mailing costs of proxy materials. A number of brokerage firms have instituted householding. If you and members of your household have multiple accounts holding Numerex common stock, you may have received a householding notification from your broker. Please contact your broker directly if you have questions, require additional copies of this proxy statement/prospectus or wish to revoke your decision to household. These options are available to you at any time.

 

Q: Is the exchange ratio subject to adjustment based on changes in the prices of Numerex common stock or Sierra Wireless common shares? Can it be adjusted for any other reason?

 

A: As merger consideration, you will receive a fixed number of Sierra Wireless common shares, not a number of shares that will be determined based on a fixed market value. The market value of Sierra Wireless common shares and the market value of Numerex common stock at the effective time may vary significantly from their respective values on the date that the merger agreement was executed or at other dates, such as the date of this proxy statement/prospectus or the date of the special meeting. Stock price changes may result from a variety of factors, including changes in Sierra Wireless’ or Numerex’s respective businesses, operations or prospects, regulatory considerations, and general business, market, industry or economic conditions. The exchange ratio will not be adjusted to reflect any changes in the market value of Sierra Wireless common shares or market value of Numerex common stock. Therefore, the aggregate market value of the Sierra Wireless common shares that you are entitled to receive at the time that the merger is completed could vary significantly from the value of such shares on the date of this proxy statement/prospectus or the date of the special meeting.

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split (including a reverse stock split), stock dividend or distribution, recapitalization, merger or other similar transaction involving Numerex common stock or Sierra Wireless common shares prior to the completion of the merger.

 

Q: Who can answer my questions?

 

A: If you are a Numerex stockholder and you have any questions about the merger or you would like to request additional documents, including copies of this proxy statement/prospectus, please contact Numerex’s proxy solicitor:

MacKenzie Partners, Inc.

105 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10016

1-800-322-2885 (toll-free)

 

Q: Where can I find more information about Numerex, Sierra Wireless and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement?

 

A: You can find out more information about Numerex, Sierra Wireless and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement by reading this proxy statement/prospectus and, with respect to Numerex and Sierra Wireless, from various sources described in the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information .”

 

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SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus and may not contain all of the information that might be important to you. Numerex and Sierra Wireless urge you to read carefully the remainder of this proxy statement/prospectus, including the attached annexes, the documents incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus and the other documents to which Numerex and Sierra Wireless have referred you. You may obtain the information incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus without charge by following the instructions in the section entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information.” Each item in this summary includes a page reference to direct you to a more complete description of the topics presented in this summary.

Information about the Companies (page 68)

Sierra Wireless Inc.

13811 Wireless Way, Richmond

British Columbia, Canada V6V 3A4

(604) 231-1100

Sierra Wireless was incorporated under, and is governed by, the Canada Business Corporations Act ( which we refer to as the “CBCA”). Sierra Wireless is a leading provider of device-to-cloud solutions for the Internet of Things (which we refer to as “IoT”). Sierra Wireless offers the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of cellular and short range embedded wireless modules and gateways that, combined with its cloud platform and connectivity services, create an end-to-end solution for enabling IoT applications. Original Equipment Manufacturers and enterprises worldwide trust Sierra Wireless’ innovative solutions to get their connected products and services to market faster. Sierra Wireless operates its business under three reportable segments: (i) Original Equipment Manufacturers (which we refer to as “OEMs”) Solutions; (ii) Enterprise Solutions; and (iii) Cloud and Connectivity Services. Its OEM Solutions segment includes embedded cellular and short range wireless modules, software and tools for OEM customers who integrate wireless connectivity into their solutions across a broad range of industries, including automotive, transportation, energy, enterprise networking, sales and payment, mobile computing, security, industrial monitoring, field services, residential, healthcare and others. Its Enterprise Solutions segment includes a range of intelligent routers and gateways along with management tools and applications that enable secure cellular connectivity for enterprise customers. Its Cloud and Connectivity Services segment comprises three main areas of operations: (i) cloud services, which provide a secure and scalable cloud platform for deploying and managing IoT subscriptions, devices and applications; (ii) global cellular connectivity services, which include our Smart SIM and core network platforms; and (iii) managed broadband cellular services, which include a combination of hardware, connectivity services and cloud services. Sierra Wireless holds all of the common stock of Merger Sub, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary formed in Delaware.

Sierra Wireless is a public company trading on both the Nasdaq GM and the TSX under the ticker symbols “SWIR” and “SW,” respectively. Sierra Wireless’ principal executive offices are located at 13811 Wireless Way, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada V6V 3A4, and its telephone number is 1-604-231-1100.

Additional information about Sierra Wireless can be found on its website at http://www.sierrawireless.com. The information contained in, or that can be accessed through, Sierra Wireless’ website is not intended to be incorporated into this proxy statement/prospectus. For additional information about Sierra Wireless, see the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information.

Wireless Acquisition Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”)

c/o Sierra Wireless Inc.

13811 Wireless Way, Richmond

British Columbia, Canada V6V 3A4

(604) 231-1100

Merger Sub is a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless. Merger Sub has not carried on any activities or operations to date, except for those activities incidental to its formation and undertaken in connection with the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. By operation of the merger, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Numerex. As a result, Numerex will survive the merger as a direct,

 



 

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wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless. Upon completion of the merger, Merger Sub will cease to exist as a separate entity.

Merger Sub’s principal executive offices are located at 13811 Wireless Way, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada V6V 3A4, and its telephone number is 1-604-231-1100.

Numerex Corp.

400 Interstate Parkway, Suite 1350

Atlanta, GA

1-770-693-5950

Numerex is a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Numerex is a single source, leading provider of managed enterprise solutions enabling the IoT. Numerex empowers enterprise operations with world-class, managed IoT solutions that are simple, innovative, scalable and secure. Numerex’s core strategy is to generate long term and sustainable recurring revenue through a portfolio of managed, end-to-end IoT solutions which are generally sold on a subscription basis and built on its horizontal, integrated platform. Numerex’s solutions incorporate the key IoT building blocks — Device, Network, Application and Platform. Numerex’s solutions also simplify the implementation and improve the speed to market for enterprise users in select, targeted verticals in the asset monitoring and optimization, asset tracking, and safety and security markets.

Numerex is a public company trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “NMRX.” Numerex’s principal executive offices are located at 400 Interstate Parkway, Suite 1350, Atlanta, Georgia, and its telephone number is 1-770-693-5950.

Additional information about Numerex can be found on its website at http://www.numerex.com. The information contained in, or that can be accessed through, Numerex’s website is not intended to be incorporated into this proxy statement/prospectus. For additional information about Numerex, see the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information.

Risk Factors (page 21)

The merger and an investment in Sierra Wireless common shares involve risks, some of which are related to the merger. In considering the merger, you should carefully consider the information about these risks set forth under the section entitled “ Risk Factors ,” together with the other information included or incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus.

The Merger and the Merger Agreement (page 70)

The merger agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the merger agreement, at the effective time, Merger Sub, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless, will merge with and into Numerex. As a result, Numerex will continue as the surviving corporation in the merger, become a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless and cease to be a publicly traded company. The terms and conditions of the merger are contained in the merger agreement, which is described in this proxy statement/prospectus and attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex A. You are encouraged to read the merger agreement carefully, as it is the legal document that governs the merger. All descriptions in this summary and elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus of the terms and conditions of the merger are qualified by reference to the merger agreement.

Merger Consideration (page 31)

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the merger agreement, if the merger is completed, each share of Numerex common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time (other than shares of Numerex common stock owned directly by Sierra Wireless, Numerex or any of their respective subsidiaries) will be converted into, and become exchangeable for, 0.1800 of a validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Sierra Wireless common share. For a full description of the treatment of Numerex stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units and warrants, see the sections entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Treatment of Numerex Equity Awards” and “The Merger Agreement—Merger Consideration .”

 



 

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Numerex Board of Directors’ Recommendation (page 42)

After careful evaluation of the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, at a special meeting of the Numerex board of directors, the Numerex board of directors unanimously (i) determined that the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement were fair to, and in the best interests of, Numerex and its stockholders, (ii) approved and declared advisable the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, (iii) directed that the merger agreement be submitted to a vote at a meeting of Numerex stockholders and (iv) resolved, subject to the terms of the merger agreement, to recommend that Numerex stockholders vote to approve and adopt the merger agreement.

The Numerex board of directors recommends that Numerex stockholders vote “FOR” the merger proposal, “FOR” the advisory compensation proposal and “FOR” the adjournment proposal. For the factors considered by the Numerex board of directors in reaching this decision, see the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Numerex’s Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of the Numerex Board of Directors.

Comparative Per Share Market Price Information (page 18)

The following table presents the closing price per share of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX and the closing price per share of Numerex common stock on the Nasdaq on (a) August 1, 2017, the last full trading day prior to the public announcement of the merger agreement, and (b) [•], 2017, the last practicable trading day prior to the mailing of this proxy statement/prospectus. This table also shows the implied value of the merger consideration payable for each share of Numerex common stock, which was calculated by multiplying the closing price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM on those dates by the exchange ratio.

 

Date

   Sierra Wireless
common shares
Nasdaq GM
     Sierra Wireless
common shares
TSX
     Numerex common
stock Nasdaq
     Equivalent value
of merger
consideration per
share of Numerex
common stock
based on price of
Sierra Wireless
common shares on
Nasdaq GM
 
     (US$)      (C$)      (US$)      (US$)  

August 1, 2017

     29.65        37.21        4.80        5.34  

[•], 2017

     [•]        [•]        [•]        [•]  

Opinion of Numerex’s Financial Advisor (page 45)

Opinion of Deutsche Bank

At the August 2, 2017 meeting of the Numerex board of directors, Deutsche Bank, financial advisor to Numerex, rendered its oral opinion to the Numerex board of directors, confirmed by delivery of a written opinion dated August 2, 2017, to the effect that as of the date of such opinion, and based upon and subject to the assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered and limitations, qualifications and conditions on the review undertaken in connection therewith, as described in Deutsche Bank’s opinion, the exchange ratio of 0.1800 of a Sierra Wireless common share per share of Numerex common stock was fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Numerex common stock (other than Sierra Wireless and its affiliates).

The full text of Deutsche Bank’s written opinion, dated August 2, 2017, which sets forth the assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered and limitations, qualifications and conditions on the review undertaken in connection with the opinion, is attached to this proxy statement as Annex B and is incorporated herein by reference. The summary of Deutsche Bank’s opinion set forth in this proxy statement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the opinion. Deutsche Bank’s opinion was addressed to, and for the use and benefit of, the Numerex board of directors in connection with and for the purpose of its evaluation of the merger. Deutsche Bank’s opinion does not constitute a recommendation as to how any holder of Numerex

 



 

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common stock should vote with respect to the merger or any related matter. Deutsche Bank’s opinion was limited solely to the fairness of the exchange ratio from a financial point of view, to the holders of outstanding Numerex common stock (other than Sierra Wireless and its affiliates), and Deutsche Bank did not express any opinion as to the underlying decision by Numerex to engage in the merger or the relative merits of the merger as compared to any alternative transactions or business strategies.

The Special Meeting (page 27)

Date, Time and Place of the Special Meeting

The special meeting will be held at [•]:00 [a.m./p.m.], Eastern Time, on [•], 2017, at the Platinum Towers, 400 Interstate North Parkway, Suite 150, Atlanta, Georgia.

Record Date and Outstanding Shares of Numerex Common Stock

Only Numerex stockholders of record as of the close of business on [•], 2017, which is the record date, will be entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the special meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof.

As of the close of business on the record date, there were [•] shares of Numerex common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the special meeting. Each Numerex stockholder is entitled to one vote for each share of Numerex common stock owned as of the record date.

A complete list of Numerex stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting will be available for inspection by any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the special meeting, during the duration of the special meeting.

Quorum

A majority of the shares entitled to vote must be present in person or by proxy at the special meeting in order to constitute a quorum. If you submit a properly executed proxy card or vote by telephone or the Internet, your shares will be considered part of the quorum.

Abstentions will be deemed present and entitled to vote at the special meeting for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum. Numerex common stock held in “street name” with respect to which the beneficial owner fails to give voting instructions to the bank, broker or other nominee, and Numerex common stock with respect to which the beneficial owner otherwise fails to vote, will not be considered present at the special meeting for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum.

If a quorum is not present or if there are not sufficient votes for the approval of the merger proposal, then, subject to approval of the adjournment proposal by Numerex stockholders, Numerex expects that the special meeting will be adjourned to solicit additional proxies. At any subsequent reconvening of the special meeting, all proxies will be voted in the same manner as the manner in which such proxies would have been voted at the original convening of the special meeting, except for any proxies that have been validly revoked or withdrawn prior to the reconvened meeting.

Pursuant to the terms of voting agreements between Sierra Wireless and certain stockholders of Numerex who beneficially own approximately 27.2% of Numerex’s outstanding common stock, such Numerex stockholders have agreed to vote in favor of adopting the merger agreement and against any proposal that would reasonably be expected to delay the completion of the merger. For more information, see the section entitled “ The Voting Agreements .”

Required Vote to Approve the Merger Proposal

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bank, broker or other nominee to vote on the merger proposal, it will have no effect on the outcome of the merger proposal, assuming that a quorum is otherwise present.

Required Vote to Approve the Advisory Compensation Proposal

Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the advisory compensation proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Numerex common stock entitled to vote at the special meeting. If you abstain from voting or submit an instruction to your bank, broker or other nominee that fails to vote “FOR” the advisory compensation proposal, it will have no effect on the outcome of the advisory compensation proposal, assuming that a quorum is otherwise present. The vote on the advisory compensation proposal will not be binding on Sierra Wireless, Numerex, the Numerex board of directors or any of its committees.

Required Vote to Approve the Adjournment Proposal

Approval of the adjournment proposal requires the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Numerex common stock that are entitled to vote at the special meeting. If you abstain from voting or submit an instruction to your bank, broker or other nominee that fails to vote “FOR” the adjournment proposal, it will have no effect on the outcome of the adjournment proposal, assuming that a quorum is otherwise present.    

Voting by Directors and Executive Officers

As of the record date, Numerex directors and executive officers had the right to vote approximately [ ] shares of Numerex common stock, representing approximately [ ] % of the shares of Numerex common stock then outstanding and entitled to vote at the special meeting. It is expected that the Numerex directors and executive officers who are Numerex stockholders will vote “FOR” the merger proposal, “FOR” the advisory compensation proposal and “FOR” the adjournment proposal. Pursuant to the terms of the voting agreements, three of Numerex’s directors have agreed to vote in favor of adopting the merger agreement and against any proposal that would reasonably be expected to delay the completion of the merger. For more information, see the section entitled “ The Voting Agreements .” As of the record date, Sierra Wireless directors and executive officers did not beneficially own any shares of Numerex common stock and therefore have no entitlement to vote at the special meeting.

Listing of Sierra Wireless Common Shares (page 53)

The completion of the merger is conditioned upon the approval for listing of Sierra Wireless common shares issuable pursuant to the merger agreement on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX, subject only to the provision of required documentation as is customary in the circumstances.

Delisting and Deregistration of Numerex Common Stock (page 54)

As promptly as practicable after the effective time (and in any event no more than ten (10) days after the effective time), Numerex common stock currently listed on the Nasdaq will cease to be listed on the Nasdaq and will be deregistered under the U.S. Exchange Act.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences (page 58)

It is a condition to the completion of the merger that Numerex and Sierra Wireless each receive an opinion of their respective counsel to the effect that, for United States federal income tax purposes, the merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and will not result in gain recognition to Numerex stockholders pursuant to Section 367(a) of the Code (assuming that, in the case of any such holder who would be treated as a “five-percent transferee shareholder” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-3(c)(5)(ii)) of Sierra Wireless following the merger, such holder enters into a five-year gain recognition agreement in the form provided in Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-8). However, neither Numerex nor Sierra Wireless intends to request a ruling from the IRS regarding the United States federal income tax consequences of the merger. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the IRS will not challenge the Intended Tax Treatment or that a court would not sustain such a challenge.

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    A U.S. holder of Numerex common stock receiving Sierra Wireless common shares in exchange for Numerex common stock pursuant to the merger will not recognize any gain or loss, except for any gain or loss that may result from the receipt by such holder of cash in lieu of fractional Sierra Wireless common shares.

 

    A U.S. holder of Numerex common stock who receives cash in lieu of a fractional Sierra Wireless common share pursuant to the merger generally will be treated as having received such fractional share in the merger and then as having received cash in redemption of such fractional share. Gain or loss generally will be recognized based on the difference between the amount of cash received in lieu of the fractional share and the portion of the U.S. holder’s aggregate tax basis in the Numerex common stock surrendered which is allocable to the fractional share.

You should read the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences ” and consult your own tax advisors regarding the United States federal income tax consequences of the merger to you in your particular circumstances, as well as tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or non-U.S. taxing jurisdiction.

Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger (page 61)

A Canadian Resident Holder (as defined in the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger ”) who disposes of his, her or its Numerex common stock for Sierra Wireless common shares pursuant to the merger will generally realize a capital gain (or capital loss) for Canadian income tax purposes equal to the amount by which the fair market value of the Sierra Wireless common shares received (and any cash received in lieu of a fractional Sierra Wireless common share) exceeds (or is less than) the adjusted cost base of the Canadian Resident Holder’s Numerex common stock determined immediately before the disposition and any reasonable costs of disposition.

A Non-Canadian Resident Holder (as defined in the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger ”) will not be subject to tax under the Canadian Tax Act on any capital gain realized on a disposition of Numerex common stock pursuant to the merger, or on a subsequent disposition of Sierra Wireless common shares acquired in the merger, unless the relevant share is “taxable Canadian property,” and is not “treaty-protected property” (as those terms are defined in the Canadian Tax Act) of the Non-Canadian Resident Holder, at the time of the disposition.

For more information, see the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger .”

Accounting Treatment of the Merger (page 56)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP, Sierra Wireless will account for the merger using the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations. For a more detailed discussion of the accounting treatment of the merger, see the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Accounting Treatment of the Merger.

Treatment of Numerex Equity Awards and Warrants (page 72)

Options and Stock Appreciation Rights

At the effective time, each outstanding Numerex option and Numerex stock appreciation right (which we refer to as a “Numerex SAR”) that has an exercise price that is less than the product of (i) the exchange ratio and (ii) the volume weighted average price of a Sierra Wireless common share on the Nasdaq GM for the five trading days ending on the last trading day prior to the day on which the effective time occurs (such Numerex option or Numerex SAR, an “In-the-Money Option” or “In-the-Money SAR,” respectively), will become fully vested and will be automatically cancelled and extinguished in exchange for the right to receive, as soon as reasonably practicable after the effective time, a number of Sierra Wireless common shares for each such Numerex option and Numerex SAR determined by dividing (i) the excess of (x) the exchange ratio multiplied by the volume weighted average price of a Sierra Wireless common share on the Nasdaq GM for the five trading days ending on the last trading day prior to the day on which the effective time occurs minus (y) the per-share exercise price for the shares of Numerex common

 



 

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stock that would have been issuable upon exercise of such In-the-Money Option or In-the-Money SAR, as the case may be, by (ii) the volume weighted average price of a Sierra Wireless common share on the Nasdaq GM for the five trading days ending on the last trading day prior to the day on which the effective time occurs and rounding to the nearest ten-thousandth of a share. Each Numerex option and Numerex SAR that is not an In-the-Money Option or In-the-Money SAR, as applicable, whether vested or unvested, will automatically be cancelled and extinguished and will cease to represent the right to acquire shares of Numerex common stock, without any payment of any consideration therefor.

Restricted Stock Units

At the effective time, each outstanding restricted stock unit denominated in Numerex common stock (which we refer to as a “Numerex RSU”) whether vested or unvested, will automatically vest in full and any restrictions thereon will lapse. Each Numerex RSU shall be cancelled and the holder of a Numerex RSU will be entitled to receive, as promptly as practicable (but no later than 15 calendar days) following the effective time, (i) a number of shares of Sierra Wireless common shares equal to 0.1800 multiplied by the number of shares of Numerex common stock represented by each such Numerex RSU and (ii) any accrued but unpaid dividends with respect to any Numerex RSU.

Warrants

Not less than seven business days prior to the closing of the merger, Numerex will provide written notice to all holders of each outstanding unexercised Numerex warrant to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Numerex common stock (each, a “Numerex Warrant”), which notice shall include such reasonable information as a holder of a Numerex Warrant may reasonably require regarding the treatment of a Numerex Warrant in connection with the closing of the merger and which notice shall otherwise be provided in accordance with the terms of each applicable Numerex Warrant agreement. If, upon receiving notice of the closing of the merger, a holder of a Numerex Warrant exercises its Numerex Warrant in accordance with its terms, then its Numerex Warrant will be (i) deemed exercised immediately prior to and contingent upon the closing of the merger and (ii) cancelled and the holder thereof will be entitled to receive, as promptly as practicable (but no later than 15 calendar days) following the effective time, in consideration of the exercise and cancellation of such Numerex Warrant and in settlement therefor, in lieu of the Numerex common stock immediately issuable upon exercise of the Numerex Warrant, the number of Sierra Wireless common shares equal to the exchange ratio multiplied by the number of shares of Numerex common stock issuable upon the exercise of such Numerex Warrant had the Numerex Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the consummation of the merger. If, upon receiving notice of the closing of the merger, a holder does not exercise its Numerex Warrant in accordance with its terms, then such Numerex Warrant will (i) expire immediately prior to the consummation of the merger and (ii) cease to represent the right to acquire shares of Numerex common stock, without any payment of any consideration therefor.

With regard to the warrant issued to HCP-FVF, LLC (which we refer to as “Hale Capital”) on June 7, 2017, entitling the holder thereof to purchase up to 895,944 shares of Numerex common stock (which we refer to as the “Hale Warrant”), Numerex, Sierra Wireless and Hale Capital have entered into an agreement, dated August 2, 2017 (which we refer to as the “Hale Agreement”), under which and in accordance with the terms of the Hale Warrant, Numerex will purchase the Hale Warrant from Hale Capital for the amount of $4,000,000, following which the Hale Warrant will be cancelled.

For a description of the treatment of Numerex equity awards, see the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Treatment of Numerex Equity Awards .”

Regulatory Approvals Required for the Merger (page 57)

To complete the merger, Numerex and Sierra Wireless must make certain filings, submissions and notices to obtain required authorizations, approvals, consents or expiration or termination of waiting periods from U.S. governmental and regulatory bodies, including antitrust and other regulatory authorities. Numerex and Sierra Wireless are not currently aware of any material governmental filings, authorizations, approvals or consents that are required prior to the parties’ completion of the merger other than those described in the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Regulatory Approvals Required for the Merger .”

 



 

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Completion of the merger is subject to antitrust review in the United States. Under the HSR Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, the merger cannot be completed until the parties to the merger agreement have given notification and furnished information to the Federal Trade Commission (which we refer to as the “FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (which we refer to as the “DOJ”) and until the applicable waiting period (or any extension of the waiting period) has expired or has been terminated.

Numerex and Sierra Wireless each intend to file a Pre-merger Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act with the DOJ and FTC prior to September 22, 2017.

The merger agreement requires Numerex and Sierra Wireless to cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all consents and approvals of governmental entities required to be obtained for consummation of the merger.

Although Numerex and Sierra Wireless believe that they will receive the required authorizations and approvals described above to complete the merger, there can be no assurance as to the timing of these consents and approvals, Sierra Wireless’ or Numerex’s ultimate ability to obtain such consents or approvals (or any additional consents or approvals that may otherwise become necessary), or the conditions or limitations that such approvals may contain or impose.

Absence of Appraisal or Dissenters’ Rights (page 57)

Appraisal or dissenters’ rights are statutory rights that enable stockholders to object to an extraordinary transaction, such as a merger, and to demand that the corporation pay such dissenting stockholders the fair value for their shares as determined by a court in a judicial proceeding instead of receiving the merger consideration offered to stockholders in connection with the extraordinary transaction. Dissenters’ rights are not available in all circumstances and exceptions to those rights are set forth in the PBCL.

Under Section 1571 of the PBCL, stockholders of a corporation are not entitled to exercise dissenters’ rights if, on the record date fixed to determine stockholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting of Numerex stockholders, shares of the corporation are either listed on a national securities exchange or held beneficially or of record by more than 2,000 people. Because Numerex’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq, a national securities exchange, holders of Numerex common stock will not be entitled to exercise dissenters’ rights under the PBCL in connection with the merger.

If the merger agreement is adopted and the merger is completed, holders of Numerex common stock who voted against the adoption of the merger agreement will be treated the same as holders who voted for the adoption of the merger agreement and their shares will automatically be converted into the right to receive the merger consideration.

Conditions that Must Be Satisfied or Waived for the Merger to Occur (page 84)

Each party’s obligation to complete the merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following mutual conditions:

 

    adoption of the merger agreement by Numerex stockholders;

 

    approval of the Sierra Wireless common shares to be issued in the merger for listing on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX, subject only to the provision of required documentation as is customary in the circumstances;

 

    expiration or early termination of the waiting period applicable to the completion of the merger under the HSR Act;

 

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    the absence of any governmental entity having instituted any pending legal proceeding, action, claim or litigation before any governmental entity of competent jurisdiction seeking to restrain, enjoin or prohibit the completion of the merger; and

 

    the registration statement, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, having been declared effective in accordance with the provisions of the U.S. Securities Act, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement having been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose having been commenced by the SEC, unless subsequently withdrawn.

The obligations of Sierra Wireless and Merger Sub to complete the merger are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of further conditions, including:

 

    the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Numerex contained in the merger agreement as of the date of the merger agreement and as of the closing date (other than representations that by their terms speak specifically as of another date), subject to the materiality standards provided in the merger agreement;

 

    Numerex having performed in all material respects the obligations required to be performed by it under the merger agreement at or prior to the closing;

 

    Sierra Wireless’s receipt of a certificate signed on behalf of Numerex by an executive officer of Numerex, certifying that the conditions set forth in the two bullets directly above have been satisfied;

 

    since the merger agreement, no material adverse effect on Numerex having occurred; and

 

    Sierra Wireless will have received an opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers or a nationally-recognized law firm experienced in such matters, dated as of the closing date, that the merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

The obligation of Numerex to complete the merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of further conditions, including:

 

    the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Sierra Wireless contained in the merger agreement as of the date of the merger agreement and as of the closing date (other than representations that by their terms speak specifically as of another date), subject to the materiality standards provided in the merger agreement;

 

    Sierra Wireless having performed in all material respects the obligations required to be performed by it under the merger agreement at or prior to the closing;

 

    Numerex’s receipt of a certificate signed on behalf of Sierra Wireless by an executive officer of Sierra Wireless, certifying that the conditions set forth in the three bullets directly above have been satisfied;

 

    since the merger agreement, no material adverse effect on Sierra Wireless having occurred; and

 

    Numerex will have received an opinion of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP or another nationally-recognized law firm experienced in such matters, dated as of the closing date, that the merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

No Solicitation (page 78)

The merger agreement generally restricts Numerex’s ability to: (i) initiate, solicit, encourage, knowingly facilitate or induce the making of any inquiry, proposal or offer that would constitute, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an “acquisition proposal” (as defined in the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—No Solicitation ”); (ii) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any communications or negotiations relating to any acquisition proposal, or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an acquisition proposal (other than to state that the terms of the merger agreement prohibit such communications); or (iii) provide

 



 

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any non-public information relating to Numerex or its subsidiaries to any person in connection with any acquisition proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an acquisition proposal.

However, under certain circumstances specified in the merger agreement, Numerex is permitted to furnish information with respect to it and its subsidiaries to third parties and enter into discussions with such third parties in response to unsolicited acquisition proposals if, prior to taking such action, Numerex’s board of directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal and financial advisors of national standing, that (i) such acquisition proposal either constitutes a “superior proposal” (as defined in the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—No Solicitation ”) or could reasonably be expected to lead to a superior proposal and (ii) the failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable law.

For further information, including what constitutes an “acquisition proposal” and a “superior proposal,” see the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—No Solicitation .”

Termination of the Merger Agreement (page 85)

Subject to conditions and circumstances described in the merger agreement, the merger agreement may be terminated as follows:

 

    by mutual written consent of Numerex and Sierra Wireless;

 

    by either Numerex or Sierra Wireless if the merger is not completed by April 1, 2018, subject to extension until August 1, 2018 in specified circumstances;

 

    by either Numerex or Sierra Wireless if the “requisite Numerex stockholder vote” ( i.e. , the adoption of the merger agreement by the holders of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Numerex common stock entitled to vote at the special meeting) is not obtained;

 

    by either Numerex or Sierra Wireless if a governmental entity that must grant an approval in connection with the merger issues a final and non-appealable denial;

 

    by either Numerex or Sierra Wireless if a governmental entity of competent jurisdiction issues an injunction permanently restraining or enjoining the completion of the merger;

 

    by Sierra Wireless if: (i) Numerex breaches any of its representations or warranties or fails to perform any of the covenants or agreements under the merger agreement, and such breach or failure to perform (a) would give rise to the failure of a closing condition and (b) is incapable of being cured prior to the outside date or is not cured within 45 days after the giving of notice thereof by Sierra Wireless, or (ii) prior to the time the requisite Numerex stockholder vote is obtained, the Numerex board of directors fails to include the Numerex board recommendation in this proxy statement/prospectus that is filed and mailed to the Numerex stockholders, makes a change of recommendation, or fails to recommend, within ten (10 )  business days after the commencement of a tender or exchange offer by a third party for outstanding shares of Numerex common stock, against acceptance of such tender or exchange offer; or

 

    by Numerex if: (i) Sierra Wireless or Merger Sub breaches any of its representations or warranties or fails to perform any of the covenants or agreements under the merger agreement, and such breach or failure to perform (a) would give rise to the failure of a closing condition and (b) is incapable of being cured prior to the outside date or is not cured within 45 days after the giving of notice thereof by Numerex, or (ii) prior to the time the requisite Numerex stockholder vote is obtained, Numerex terminates the merger agreement in order to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a superior proposal.

Subject to a limited number or circumstances prescribed in the merger agreement, Numerex and Sierra Wireless will be responsible for their own expenses relating to the merger. If, among other conditions described in the merger agreement, prior to the Numerex stockholder approval of the merger having been obtained, either Numerex terminates the merger agreement in order to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a superior proposal, or Sierra Wireless terminates the merger agreement after an adverse recommendation change by the

 



 

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Numerex board of directors, then Numerex shall pay to Sierra Wireless a termination fee of approximately $4,012,500.

Your Rights as a Sierra Wireless Shareholder Will Be Different from Your Rights as a Numerex Stockholder (page 105)

Under the terms of the merger agreement, if the merger is completed, each share of Numerex common stock (other than shares of Numerex common stock owned directly by Sierra Wireless, Numerex or any of their respective subsidiaries) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time will be converted into the right to receive the merger consideration, consisting of 0.1800 of a validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Sierra Wireless common share. As a result, Numerex stockholders will become Sierra Wireless shareholders and, as such, their rights will be governed principally by the Canada Corporations Act, and Sierra Wireless’ articles of continuance and by-laws, each as amended. These rights differ from the existing rights of Numerex stockholders, which are governed principally by Pennsylvania law and Numerex’s articles of incorporation and by-laws. For a summary of the material differences between the rights of Sierra Wireless shareholders and the existing rights of Numerex stockholders, see the section entitled “ Comparison of Rights of Sierra Wireless Shareholders and Numerex Stockholders .”

Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger (page 54)

In considering the recommendation of the Numerex board of directors with respect to the merger agreement, you should be aware that Numerex’s directors and executive officers have interests in the merger that are different from, or in addition to, the interests of Numerex’s stockholders generally. Interests of directors and executive officers that may differ from or be in addition to the interests of Numerex’s stockholders generally include:

 

    Numerex’s executive officers are parties to change in control agreements with Numerex that provide for severance benefits in the event of certain qualifying terminations of employment in connection with or following the merger.

 

    Under the terms of Numerex’s equity plans, the vesting schedule of equity awards granted to executive officers will be accelerated at the effective time of the merger.

 

    Numerex’s directors and executive officers are entitled to continued indemnification and insurance coverage, for a period of six years following the effective time, under the merger agreement.

These interests are discussed in more detail in the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger .” The Numerex board of directors was aware of the different or additional interests described herein and considered these interests along with other matters in approving and adopting the merger agreement.

The Voting Agreements (page 89)

In connection with the merger agreement, Sierra Wireless entered into certain voting agreements with Gwynedd Resources, Ltd.; Viex Opportunities Fund, LP – Series One; Viex Special Opportunities Fund II, LP; Viex Special Opportunities Fund III, LP; Viex GP, LLC; Viex Special Opportunities GP II, LLC; Viex Special Opportunities GP III, LLC; Viex Capital Advisors, LLC; Eric Singer; Tony G. Holcombe; Stratton J. Nicolaides; and Andrew J. Ryan, each a Numerex stockholder (which we refer to collectively as the “Holders”), dated as of August 2, 2017. As of the date of each voting agreements, the Holders had the sole voting and sole dispositive power with respect to 5,354,097 common stock of Numerex (which we refer to as the “Voting Shares”), which constituted approximately 27.2% of the outstanding common stock of Numerex as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Subject to the terms of the voting agreements, each Holder has agreed to, among other things, (i) cause all of the Voting Shares to approve and adopt the merger agreement and merger and (ii) to cause all of the Voting Shares to vote against any acquisition proposal or any other action, agreement or transaction that would be reasonably expected to impede or delay the merger. By entering into the voting agreements, the Holders also agreed

 



 

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to revoke any and all previous proxies or powers of attorney granted with respect to the Voting Shares and appoint Sierra Wireless as such proxy and attorney-in-fact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the voting requirements and the related proxies provided pursuant to the voting agreements will be suspended in the event of, and for so long as, the board of directors of Numerex should for any reason not recommend that stockholders vote in favor of the merger.

The voting agreements generally will terminate upon, among other things, (i) termination of the merger agreement, (ii) if Numerex should enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a “superior proposal” (as defined in the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—No Solicitation ”), (iii) once Numerex stockholder approval of the merger has been obtained or (iv) upon any change to the terms of the merger agreement that decreases the amount or changes the form of consideration received by Numerex stockholders in the merger. Upon termination of the voting agreements, subject to certain exceptions, no party shall have any further obligations or liabilities under such agreement, except that Viex Opportunities Fund, LP – Series One and certain of its affiliates agreed to certain post-merger restrictions with respect to Sierra Wireless and its securities.

 



 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

From time to time, Sierra Wireless and Numerex make written or oral forward-looking statements within the meaning of certain securities laws (which we refer to as “forward-looking statements”), including the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and any applicable Canadian securities legislation. This proxy statement/prospectus, including information incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, may contain forward-looking statements, including, for example, but not limited to, statements about management expectations, business outlook for the short and longer term and statements regarding strategy, plans for future operating performance, and other similar matters. Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical facts and represent only Sierra Wireless’ or Numerex’s beliefs regarding future performance, which is inherently uncertain. Forward-looking statements are provided to help you understand Sierra Wireless’ or Numerex’s views of its short and longer term plans, expectations and prospects. Sierra Wireless and Numerex caution you that forward-looking statements may not be appropriate for other purposes. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, identified by words or phrases such as “expects,” “is expected,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “plans,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “estimates,” “assumes,” “intends,” “strategy,” “goals,” “objectives,” “potential,” “possible” or variations thereof or stating that certain actions, events, conditions or results “may,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar expressions) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not promises or guarantees of future performance, they represent Sierra Wireless’ and Numerex’s current views and may change significantly.

By their very nature, forward-looking statements require Sierra Wireless and Numerex to make assumptions and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that give rise to the possibility that Sierra Wireless’ or Numerex’s predictions, forecasts, projections, expectations or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that Sierra Wireless’ or Numerex’s assumptions may not be correct and that Sierra Wireless’ or Numerex’s objectives, strategic goals and priorities will not be achieved. Numerex and Sierra Wireless caution readers not to place undue reliance on these statements, as a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the possibility that the merger does not close when expected or at all because required regulatory, stockholder or other approvals are not received or other conditions to the closing are not satisfied on a timely basis or at all; that Numerex and Sierra Wireless may be required to modify the terms and conditions of the merger agreement to achieve regulatory or stockholder or shareholder approval, or that the anticipated benefits of the merger are not realized as a result of such things as the strength or weakness of the economy and competitive factors in the areas where Numerex and Sierra Wireless do business; general business and economic conditions in Canada, the United States and other countries in which Numerex or Sierra Wireless conduct business; the impact of the movement of the Canadian dollar relative to other currencies, particularly the U.S. dollar; the effects of competition in the markets in which Numerex or Sierra Wireless operate; the impact of changes in the laws and regulations regulating communications devices or affecting domestic and foreign operations; judicial or regulatory judgments and legal proceedings; ability to successfully integrate the two companies; success in retaining the services of executives, key personnel and other employees that the combined company needs to realize all of the anticipated benefits of the merger; the risk that expected synergies and benefits of the merger will not be realized within the expected time frame or at all; reputational risks; the outcome of various litigation and proceedings in which Sierra Wireless or Numerex are involved and the adequacy of reserves maintained therefor; and other factors that may affect future results of Numerex or Sierra Wireless, including the timely development and introduction of new products and services, changes in tax laws, technological changes, and adverse developments in general market, business, economic, labor, regulatory and political conditions.

Numerex and Sierra Wireless caution that the foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive and other factors could also adversely affect the completion of the merger and the future results of Numerex or Sierra Wireless. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, in the case of forward-looking statements contained in this proxy statement/prospectus, or the dates of the documents incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, in the case of forward-looking statements made in those incorporated documents. When relying on Sierra Wireless’ or Numerex’s forward-looking statements to make decisions with respect to Sierra Wireless and Numerex, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. Except as required by applicable law or regulation, each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this proxy statement/prospectus or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

For additional information about factors that could cause Sierra Wireless’ and Numerex’s results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, please see the section entitled “ Risk Factors ” as well as in the reports that Numerex and Sierra Wireless have filed or furnished with or to the SEC and SEDAR, as applicable, described in the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information .”

 

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All written or oral forward-looking statements concerning the merger or other matters addressed in this proxy statement/prospectus and attributable to Sierra Wireless, Numerex or any person acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section.

 

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SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA OF NUMEREX

The following selected historical consolidated financial data prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP is derived from Numerex’s audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012 and unaudited consolidated financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2017. The information set forth below is only a summary that you should read together with the historical audited consolidated financial statements of Numerex and the related notes, as well as the section entitled “ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ” contained in Numerex’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (as amended) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 2017 that Numerex previously filed with the SEC and that are incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. The selected historical financial data of Numerex as of December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014, and for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014 have been derived from Numerex’s audited consolidated financial statements for such years, which have not been incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of any results to be expected in the future. For more information, see the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information .”

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,     For the six Months Ended
June 30,
 
(U.S. dollars in thousands; except per-share amounts)    2012      2013     2014      2015     2016     2016     2017  

Statements of Operations Data

                

Net Revenues

     65,032        77,832       93,869        89,450       70,645       35,656       30,366  

Operating income (loss)

     2,967        (419     2,115        (8,583     (22,802     (9,834     (3,683

Income (loss) from continuing operations

     7,033        1,965       2,236        (19,157     (24,320     (10,616     (7,101

Net income (loss)

     7,165        585       1,744        (19,157     (24,320     (10,616     (7,101

Common Stock Data

                

Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations

                

Basic

     0.46        0.11       0.12        (1.00     (1.25     (0.55     (0.36

Diluted

     0.44        0.10       0.12        (1.00     (1.25     (0.55     (0.36

Earnings (loss) per share

                

Basic

     0.46        0.03       0.09        (1.00     (1.25     (0.55     (0.36

Diluted

     0.45        0.03       0.09        (1.00     (1.25     (0.55     (0.36

Dividends per share

     —          —         —          —         —         —         —    
     As at December 31,     As at
June 30,
 
(U.S. dollars in thousands)    2012      2013     2014      2015     2016     2016     2017  

Balance Sheet

                

Total assets

     72,147        101,290       130,943        111,187       91,478       101,037       83,463  

Long-term debt including capital leases, less current maturities

     6,008        623       19,350        15,309       15,682 1       17,066 2       10,937 3  

 

1   Net of deferred financing costs.
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SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA OF SIERRA WIRELESS

The following selected historical consolidated financial data prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP is derived from Sierra Wireless’ audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 and unaudited consolidated financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2017. The information set forth below is only a summary that you should read together with the historical audited consolidated financial statements of Sierra Wireless and the related notes, as well as the section entitled “ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ” contained in Sierra Wireless’ Annual Report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and Sierra Wireless’ unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in exhibits to Sierra Wireless’ report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC for the six months ended June 30, 2017 on August 10, 2017, each of which is incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. The selected historical financial data of Sierra Wireless for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014 have been derived from Sierra Wireless’ audited consolidated financial statements for such years, which have not been incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of any results to be expected in the future. For more information, see the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information .”

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,      For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
 

Consolidated Statements of Earnings Data

   2012     2013     2014     2015     2016      2016      2017  
(thousands of U.S. dollars; except per share
amounts)
                                            

Revenue

     397,321       441,860       548,523       607,798       615,607        299,026        335,303  

Net Earnings/(loss) from continuing operations

     (4,202     (15,550     (16,853     (2,674     15,385        1,436        6,438  

Earnings/(loss)

     27,199       55,038       (16,853     (2,674     15,385        1,436        6,438  

Basic and diluted earnings/(loss) per common share attributable to Sierra Wireless common shareholders

                

Continuing Operations

     (0.14     (0.50     (0.53     (0.08     0.48        0.04        0.20  

Discontinued Operations

     1.02       2.29       —         —         —          —          —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     0.88       1.79       (0.53     (0.08     0.48        0.04        0.20  

Dividends declared per share

     —         —         —         —         —          —          —    
     As at December 31,      As at
June 30,
 

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data

   2012     2013     2014     2015     2016      2016      2017  
(thousands of U.S. dollars; expect share
amounts)
                                            

Total Assets

     464,763       512,000       515,364       546,332       578,459        549,830        591,491  

Total Long-term obligation(1)

     26,526       21,550       26,608       44,353       32,654        46,703        34,018  

Net assets(2)

     298,056       362,996       356,862       358,296       361,584        354,974        381,819  

Share Capital

                

Preference shares

     —         —         —         —         —          —          —    

Common shares

     30,592,423       31,097,844       31,868,541       32,337,201       31,859,960        32,035,149        32,185,123  

 

(1) Excludes current maturities and deferred income tax. Stated as “Long-Term Obligations” in the financial statements; composed of accrued royalty obligations and other obligations.
(2) Defined as Total Assets minus Total Liabilities.

 

 

 

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SELECTED UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL DATA

The following selected unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data was prepared using the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations under U.S. GAAP, with Sierra Wireless being the accounting and legal acquirer. The following information should be read in conjunction with the respective audited consolidated financial statements of Numerex and Sierra Wireless for the year ended December 31, 2016, including the respective notes thereto, and the respective unaudited consolidated financial statements of Numerex and Sierra Wireless for the six months ended June 30, 2017, which are incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus.

The selected unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and for the year ended December 31, 2016 have been prepared to give effect to the merger as if it occurred on January 1, 2016. The selected unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of financial position as at June 30, 2017 has been prepared to give effect to the merger as if it had occurred on June 30, 2017.

The selected pro forma condensed combined financial data, which is preliminary in nature, has been derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the more detailed unaudited pro forma combined financial information of the combined company and the accompanying notes appearing in the section entitled “ Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements .” The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements have been presented in accordance with SEC Regulation S-X Article 11 for illustrative purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of what the combined company’s financial position or results of operations actually would have been had the merger been completed as of the dates indicated. In addition, the selected unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data does not purport to project the future financial position or operating results of the combined company.

 

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed

Combined Statement of Earnings

   For the Six Months
Ended

June 30, 2017
     For the Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 
(thousands of U.S. dollars; except per share amounts)              

Revenue

     365,669        686,252  

Earnings before taxes(1)

     2,542        (6,107

Earnings/(loss)

     3,071        (6,684

Earnings/(loss) attributable to Sierra Wireless common shareholders

     3,071        (6,684

Earnings/(loss) per common share attributable to Sierra Wireless common shareholders

     0.09        (0.19

Diluted earnings/(loss) per common share attributable to Sierra Wireless common shareholders

     0.08        (0.19

 

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Financial Position

   As at
June 30, 2017
 
(thousands of U.S. dollars; number of shares in thousands)       

Total Assets

     689,864  

Total Long-term obligations(1)

     35,994  

Net assets

     454,994  

Share Capital

  

Preference shares

     —    

Common shares

     428,827  

Number of common shares outstanding

     35,786  

 

(1) Excludes current maturities and deferred income tax.

 

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COMPARATIVE PER SHARE MARKET PRICE AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION

Sierra Wireless common shares are currently listed on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX under the ticker symbols “SWIR” and “SW,” respectively, and Numerex common stock is currently listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “NMRX.”

The table below sets forth, for the periods indicated, the per share high and low sales prices for Sierra Wireless common shares as reported on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX and for Numerex common stock as reported on the Nasdaq. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest whole cent.

 

     Sierra Wireless
Common Shares
Nasdaq GM
     Sierra Wireless
Common Shares
TSX
     Numerex Common
Stock Nasdaq
 
     High      Low      High      Low      High      Low  
     (in US$)      (in C$)      (in US$)  

Annual information for the past five calendar years

                 

2016

     20.28        9.69        26.50        13.57        9.01        5.17  

2015

     48.30        14.06        56.95        18.72        12.31        5.91  

2014

     49.13        16.98        56.91        18.48        15.98        9.70  

2013

     24.25        7.63        25.76        7.47        13.99        8.85  

2012

     9.83        6.70        9.98        6.41        13.65        7.75  

Quarterly information for the past two years and subsequent quarters 2017

                 

Third Quarter (through September 14)

     31.40        20.85        39.50        26.05        5.08        3.68  

Second Quarter

     31.95        24.30        43.16        32.92        6.38        3.86  

First Quarter

     30.60        15.65        40.85        20.98        7.88        4.30  

2016

                 

Fourth Quarter

     16.75        12.30        22.47        16.47        9.01        6.65  

Third Quarter

     18.34        13.50        24.20        17.79        8.36        6.49  

Second Quarter

     20.28        13.75        26.50        18.16        8.37        5.96  

First Quarter

     16.19        9.69        22.55        13.57        7.34        5.17  

2015

                 

Fourth Quarter

     25.94        14.06        34.06        18.72        9.25        5.91  

Third Quarter

     27.07        18.81        35.00        25.08        9.50        7.79  

Second Quarter

     39.07        24.31        48.34        30.12        12.31        8.16  

First Quarter

     48.30        31.40        56.95        39.03        11.60        10.01  

 

The above table shows only historical data. The data may not provide meaningful information to Numerex stockholders in determining whether to adopt the merger agreement. Numerex stockholders are urged to obtain current market quotations for Numerex common stock and Sierra Wireless common shares and to review carefully the other information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this proxy statement/prospectus, when considering whether to adopt the merger agreement. For more information, see the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information .”

The following table presents the closing price per share of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX and of Numerex common stock on the Nasdaq on (a) August 1, 2017, the last full trading day prior to the public announcement of the signing of the merger agreement, and (b) [•], 2017, the last practicable trading day prior to the mailing of this proxy statement/prospectus. This table also shows the implied value of the merger consideration payable for each share of Numerex common stock, which was calculated by multiplying the closing price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM on those dates by the exchange ratio.

 

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Date

   Sierra Wireless
common shares
Nasdaq GM
     Sierra Wireless
common shares
TSX
     Numerex common
stock Nasdaq
     Equivalent value
of merger
consideration per
share of Numerex
common stock
based on price of
Sierra Wireless
common shares on
Nasdaq GM
 
     (US$)      (C$)      (US$)      (US$)  

August 1, 2017

     29.65        37.21        4.80        5.34  

[•], 2017

     [•]        [•]        [•]        [•]  

Numerex stockholders will not receive the merger consideration until the merger is completed, which may occur a substantial period of time after the special meeting, or not at all. There can be no assurance as to the trading prices of Numerex common stock or Sierra Wireless common shares at the time of the completion of the merger. The market prices of Numerex common stock and Sierra Wireless common shares are likely to fluctuate prior to completion of the merger and cannot be predicted. We urge you to obtain current market quotations for both Numerex common stock and Sierra Wireless common shares.

Since incorporation, neither Sierra Wireless or Numerex have paid any dividends relating to the Sierra Wireless common shares or the Numerex common stock, respectively. It is not anticipated that Sierra Wireless or Numerex will pay any dividends in the immediate or foreseeable future.

 

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UNAUDITED HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA COMPARATIVE PER SHARE DATA

The following tables present, as of the dates and for the periods indicated, selected historical, pro forma and pro forma equivalent per share financial information for Sierra Wireless common shares and Numerex common stock. You should read this information in conjunction with, and the information is qualified in its entirety by (i) the consolidated financial statements of Sierra Wireless and notes thereto incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, (ii) the consolidated financial statements of Numerex and notes thereto incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, and (iii) the financial information contained in the “ Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements ” and notes thereto included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. For information about the filings incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus, see the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information .”

The following pro forma information has been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and accordingly includes the effects of acquisition accounting. It does not reflect cost savings, synergies or certain other adjustments that may result from the merger. This information is presented for illustrative purposes only. You should not rely on the pro forma combined or equivalent pro forma amounts as they are not necessarily indicative of the operating results or financial position that would have occurred if the merger had been completed as of the dates indicated, nor are they necessarily indicative of the future operating results or financial position of the combined company. The pro forma information, although helpful in illustrating the financial characteristics of the combined company under one set of assumptions, does not reflect the benefits of expected cost savings, opportunities to earn additional revenue, the impact of restructuring and merger-related costs, or other factors that may result as a consequence of the merger and, accordingly, does not attempt to predict or suggest future results.

The following tables assume the issuance of approximately 3.6 million Sierra Wireless common shares in connection with the merger, which is the number of shares issuable by Sierra Wireless in connection with the merger assuming the merger was completed on January 1, 2016 and based on the number of outstanding shares of Numerex common stock at that time. As discussed in this proxy statement/prospectus, the actual number of Sierra Wireless common shares issuable in the merger will be adjusted based on the number of shares of Numerex common stock outstanding at the completion of the merger. The pro forma data in the tables assume that the merger occurred on January 1, 2016 for income statement purposes and on June 30, 2017 for balance sheet purposes, and that the merger is accounted for as a business combination.

 

Sierra Wireless Common Shares

   Six Months
Ended June 30,
2017
     Year Ended
December 31,
2016
 
     (US$)      (US$)  

Basic earnings (loss) per common share

     

Historical

     0.20        0.48  

Pro forma combined

     0.09        (0.19

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share

     

Historical

     0.20        0.48  

Pro forma combined

     0.08        (0.19

Dividends declared per common share

     

Historical

     —          —    

Pro forma combined

     —          —    

Book value per common share at period end

     

Historical

     11.86        11.35  

Pro forma combined

     12.71        12.26  

The unaudited equivalent pro forma per share combined information for Numerex set forth below shows the effect of the merger from the perspective of a Numerex stockholder. The information was calculated by multiplying the unaudited pro forma combined per share data for Sierra Wireless common shares by the exchange ratio of 0.1800.

 

Numerex Common Stock

   Six Months
Ended June 30,
2017
     Year Ended
December 31,
2016
 
     (US$)      (US$)  

Basic earnings per common share

     

Historical

     (0.36      (1.25

Equivalent pro forma combined

     (0.02      (0.03

Diluted earnings per common share

     

Historical

     (0.36      (1.25

Equivalent pro forma combined

     (0.01      (0.03

Dividends declared per common share

     

Historical

     —          —    

Equivalent pro forma combined

     —          —    

Book value per common share at period end

     

Historical

     2.61        2.44  

Equivalent pro forma combined

     2.29        2.21  

 

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RISK FACTOR S

You should consider carefully the following risk factors, as well as the other information set forth in and incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, before making a decision on the merger proposal, the advisory compensation proposal or the adjournment proposal. As a Sierra Wireless shareholder following completion of the merger, you will be subject to all risks inherent in the business of Sierra Wireless in addition to the risks relating to Numerex. The market value of your Sierra Wireless common shares will reflect the performance of the business relative to, among other things, that of the competitors of Sierra Wireless and Numerex and general economic, market and industry conditions. The value of your investment may increase or may decline and could result in a loss. You should carefully consider the following factors as well as the other information contained in and incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. For information about the filings incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus, see the section entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

Risks Relating to the Merger

Because the market value of Sierra Wireless common shares that Numerex stockholders will receive in the merger may fluctuate, Numerex stockholders cannot be sure of the market value of the merger consideration that they will receive in the merger.

As merger consideration, Numerex stockholders will receive a fixed number of Sierra Wireless common shares, not a number of shares that will be determined based on a fixed market value. The market value of Sierra Wireless common shares and the market value of Numerex common stock at the effective time may vary significantly from their respective values on the date that the merger agreement was executed or at other dates, such as the date of this proxy statement/prospectus or the date of the special meeting. Stock price changes may result from a variety of factors, including changes in Sierra Wireless’ or Numerex’s respective businesses, operations or prospects, regulatory considerations and general business, market, industry or economic conditions. The exchange ratio will not be adjusted to reflect any changes in the market value of Sierra Wireless common shares, the comparative value of the Canadian dollar and U.S. dollar or market value of the Numerex common stock. Therefore, the aggregate market value of the Sierra Wireless common shares that a Numerex stockholder is entitled to receive at the time that the merger is completed could vary significantly from the value of such shares on the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, the date of the special meeting or the date on which a Numerex stockholder actually receives its Sierra Wireless common shares.

Upon completion of the merger, Numerex stockholders will become Sierra Wireless shareholders, and the market price for Sierra Wireless common shares may be affected by factors different from those that historically have affected Numerex.

Upon completion of the merger, Numerex stockholders will become Sierra Wireless shareholders. Sierra Wireless’ businesses differ from those of Numerex, and accordingly, the results of operations of Sierra Wireless will be affected by some factors that are different from those currently affecting the results of operations of Numerex. For a discussion of the businesses of Numerex and Sierra Wireless and of some important factors to consider in connection with those businesses, see the documents incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus and referred to in the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information .”

Certain rights of Numerex stockholders will change as a result of the merger.

Upon completion of the merger, Numerex stockholders will no longer be stockholders of Numerex, a Pennsylvania corporation, but will be shareholders of Sierra Wireless, a Canadian corporation. There will be certain differences between your current rights as a Numerex stockholder, on the one hand, and the rights to which you will be entitled as a Sierra Wireless shareholder, on the other hand. For a more detailed discussion of the differences in the rights of Numerex stockholders and Sierra Wireless shareholders, see the section entitled “ Comparison of Rights of Sierra Wireless Shareholders and Numerex Stockholders .”

There is no assurance when or if the merger will be completed.

The completion of the merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions as set forth in the merger agreement, including, among others, (i) the adoption of the merger agreement by an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Numerex common stock entitled to vote on the merger proposal, (ii) the approval for listing on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX of the Sierra Wireless common shares to be issued to Numerex stockholders in connection with the merger, subject only to the provision of required documentation as is customary in the circumstances, ( iii) the expiration or early termination of the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act, (iv) the absence of any law, injunction or other order that prohibits the completion of the merger, (v) the absence of any governmental entity having instituted any pending legal proceeding or claim seeking to restrain, enjoin or prohibit completion of the merger, (vi) the registration statement, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, having been declared effective by the SEC and (vii) other customary closing

 

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conditions, including the accuracy of each party’s representations and warranties (subject to specified materiality qualifiers), and each party’s material compliance with its covenants and agreements contained in the merger agreement. There can be no assurance as to when these conditions will be satisfied or waived, if at all, or that other events will not intervene to delay or result in the failure to complete the merger.

Numerex and Sierra Wireless have made various filings and submissions and are pursuing all required consents, orders and approvals in accordance with the merger agreement. No assurance can be given that the required consents, orders and approvals will be obtained or that the required conditions to the completion of the merger will be satisfied. Even if all such consents, orders and approvals are obtained and such conditions are satisfied, no assurance can be given as to the terms, conditions and timing of such consents, orders and approvals. For example, these consents, orders and approvals may impose conditions on or require divestitures relating to the divisions, operations or assets of Numerex and Sierra Wireless or may impose requirements, limitations or costs or place restrictions on the conduct of Numerex’s or Sierra Wireless’ business, and if such consents, orders and approvals require an extended period of time to be obtained, such extended period of time could increase the chance that an adverse event occurs with respect to Numerex or Sierra Wireless. Such extended period of time also may increase the chance that other adverse effects with respect to Numerex or Sierra Wireless could occur, such as the loss of key personnel. Each party’s obligation to complete the merger is also subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party (subject to certain qualifications and exceptions) and the performance in all material respects of the other party’s covenants under the merger agreement. As a result of these conditions, Numerex and Sierra Wireless cannot provide assurance that the merger will be completed on the terms or timeline currently contemplated, or at all. For more information, see the sections entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Regulatory Approvals Required for the Merger ” and “ The Merger Agreement—Conditions that Must Be Satisfied or Waived for the Merger to Occur .”

The special meeting may take place before all of the required regulatory approvals have been obtained and before all conditions to such approvals, if any, are known. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the merger proposal is approved by Numerex stockholders, Numerex and Sierra Wireless would not be required to seek further approval of Numerex stockholders, even if the conditions imposed in obtaining required regulatory approvals could have an adverse effect on Numerex or Sierra Wireless either before or after completing the merger.

The combined company may not realize all of the anticipated benefits of the merger.

Sierra Wireless and Numerex believe that the merger will provide benefits to the combined company as described elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. However, there is a risk that some or all of the expected benefits of the merger may fail to materialize, or may not occur within the time periods anticipated by Sierra Wireless and Numerex. The realization of such benefits may be affected by a number of factors, including regulatory considerations and decisions, many of which are beyond the control of Sierra Wireless and Numerex. The challenge of coordinating previously independent businesses makes evaluating the business and future financial prospects of the combined company following the merger difficult. Numerex and Sierra Wireless have operated and, until completion of the merger, will continue to operate, independently. The success of the merger, including anticipated benefits and cost savings, will depend, in part, on the ability to successfully integrate the operations of both companies in a manner that results in various benefits, including, among other things, an increase in the dividend, an expanded market reach and operating efficiencies, and that does not materially disrupt existing client relationships nor result in decreased revenues due to the full or partial loss of customers. The past financial performance of each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless may not be indicative of their future financial performance. Realization of the anticipated benefits in the merger will depend, in part, on the combined company’s ability to successfully integrate Numerex and Sierra Wireless’ businesses. The combined company will be required to devote significant management attention and resources to integrating its business practices and support functions. The diversion of management’s attention and any delays or difficulties encountered in connection with the merger and the coordination of the two companies’ operations could have an adverse effect on the business, financial results, financial condition or the share price of the combined company following the merger. The coordination process may also result in additional and unforeseen expenses.

Failure to realize all of the anticipated benefits of the merger may impact the financial performance of the combined company and the price of the combined company’s common shares.

The announcement and pendency of the merger could adversely affect each of Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ business, results of operations and financial condition.

The announcement and pendency of the merger could cause disruptions in and create uncertainty surrounding Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ business, including affecting Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ relationships with its existing and future customers, suppliers and employees, which could have an adverse effect on Numerex’s or Sierra Wireless’ business, results of operations and financial condition, regardless of whether the merger is completed. In particular, Numerex and Sierra Wireless could potentially lose important personnel as a result of the departure of employees who decide to pursue other opportunities in light of the merger. Numerex and Sierra Wireless could also potentially lose customers or suppliers, and new customer or supplier contracts could be delayed or decreased. In addition, each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless has expended,

 

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and continues to expend, significant management resources in an effort to complete the merger, which are being diverted from Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ day-to-day operations.

If the merger is not completed, Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ stock prices may fall to the extent that the current prices of Numerex common stock and Sierra Wireless common shares reflect a market assumption that the merger will be completed. In addition, the failure to complete the merger may result in negative publicity or a negative impression of Numerex in the investment community and may affect Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ relationship with employees, customers, suppliers and other partners in the business community.

Numerex and Sierra Wireless will incur substantial transaction fees and costs in connection with the merger.

Numerex and Sierra Wireless have incurred and expect to incur additional material non-recurring expenses in connection with the merger and completion of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including costs relating to obtaining required approvals. Numerex and Sierra Wireless have incurred significant legal, advisory and financial services fees in connection with the process of negotiating and evaluating the terms of the merger. Additional significant unanticipated costs may be incurred in the course of coordinating the businesses of Numerex and Sierra Wireless after completion of the merger. Even if the merger is not completed, Numerex and Sierra Wireless will need to pay certain costs relating to the merger incurred prior to the date the merger was abandoned, such as legal, accounting, financial advisory, filing and printing fees. Such costs may be significant and could have an adverse effect on the parties’ future results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. In addition to its own fees and expenses, Numerex may be required to reimburse Sierra Wireless for its out-of-pocket costs and expenses up to $850,000 in the event that, among other things, Numerex stockholders do not adopt the merger agreement and the merger agreement is terminated. Furthermore, if the merger agreement is terminated by Sierra Wireless as a result of any fraud or willful and material breach of the merger agreement by Numerex, then Numerex will be required to reimburse Sierra Wireless for its out-of-pocket costs and expenses up to $2,000,000.

Significant demands will be placed on Numerex and Sierra Wireless as a result of the merger.

As a result of the pursuit and completion of the merger, significant demands will be placed on the managerial, operational and financial personnel and systems of Numerex and Sierra Wireless. Numerex and Sierra Wireless cannot assure you that their systems, procedures and controls will be adequate to support the expansion of operations following and resulting from the merger. The future operating results of the combined company will be affected by the ability of its officers and key employees to manage changing business conditions and to implement and expand its operational and financial controls and reporting systems in response to the merger.

Additional capital requirements.

Following completion of the merger, the combined company will require significant ongoing capital expenditures and, although Sierra Wireless and Numerex anticipate that the combined company will be able to fund these expenditures through usage of the combined company’s cash and cash equivalents, cash generated from operations, letters of credit and subsequent debt, equity or hybrid offerings, there can be no assurances that the combined company will be able to obtain financing on acceptable terms.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of Numerex and Sierra Wireless is presented for illustrative purposes only and may not be indicative of the results of operations or financial condition of the combined company following the merger.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information included in this proxy statement/prospectus has been prepared using the consolidated historical financial statements of Sierra Wireless and Numerex, respectively, is presented for illustrative purposes only and should not be considered to be an indication of the results of operations or financial condition of the combined company following the merger. In addition, the pro forma combined financial information included in this proxy statement/prospectus is based in part on certain assumptions regarding the merger. These assumptions may not prove to be accurate, and other factors may affect the combined company’s results of operations or financial condition following the merger. Accordingly, the historical and pro forma financial information included in this proxy statement/prospectus does not necessarily represent the combined company’s results of operations and financial condition had Numerex and Sierra Wireless operated as a combined entity during the periods presented, or of the combined company’s results of operations and financial condition following completion of the merger. The combined company’s potential for future business success and operating profitability must be considered in light of the risks, uncertainties, expenses and difficulties typically encountered by recently combined companies.

In preparing the pro forma financial information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus, Sierra Wireless has given effect to, among other items, the completion of the merger, the payment of the merger consideration and the indebtedness of Sierra Wireless on a combined basis after giving effect to the merger, including the indebtedness of Numerex. The unaudited

 

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pro forma financial information does not reflect all of the costs that are expected to be incurred by Numerex and Sierra Wireless in connection with the merger. For more information, see the section entitled “ Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements ,” including the notes thereto.

While the merger agreement is in effect, Numerex, Sierra Wireless and their respective subsidiaries’ businesses are subject to restrictions on their business activities.

Under the merger agreement, Numerex and its respective subsidiaries are subject to certain restrictions on the conduct of their respective businesses and generally must operate their respective businesses in the ordinary course prior to completing the merger (unless Numerex obtains the Sierra Wireless’ consent, which is not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), which may restrict Numerex’s ability to exercise certain of its business strategies. Under the merger agreement, Sierra Wireless is subject to certain restrictions on the conduct of its business and generally must operate its business in the ordinary course prior to completing the merger (unless Sierra Wireless obtains Numerex’s consent, with any such request for consent to be given good faith consideration by Numerex), which may restrict Sierra Wireless’ ability to exercise certain of its business strategies. These restrictions may prevent Numerex and Sierra Wireless from pursuing otherwise attractive business opportunities, making certain investments or acquisitions, selling assets, engaging in capital expenditures in excess of certain agreed limits, incurring indebtedness or making changes to Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ respective businesses prior to the completion of the merger or termination of the merger agreement, as applicable. These restrictions could have an adverse effect on Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ respective businesses, financial results, financial condition or stock price.

In addition, the merger agreement prohibits Numerex from: (i) initiating, soliciting, encouraging, knowingly facilitating or inducing, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the merger agreement, the making of any inquiry, proposal or offer that would constitute, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an acquisition proposal, (ii) engaging in, continuing or otherwise participating in any communications or negotiations relating to any acquisition proposal, or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an acquisition proposal; or (iii) providing any non-public information relating to Numerex or its subsidiaries to any person in connection with any acquisition proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an acquisition proposal. Numerex may be required to pay Sierra Wireless a termination fee of approximately $4,012,500 if the merger agreement is terminated under certain circumstances specified in the merger agreement.

These provisions may limit Numerex’s ability to pursue offers from third parties that could result in greater value to Numerex stockholders than the merger consideration. The termination fee may also discourage third parties from pursuing an alternative acquisition proposal with respect to Numerex.

The termination of the merger agreement could negatively impact Numerex.

If the merger is not completed for any reason, including as a result of Numerex stockholders failing to approve the merger proposal, the ongoing businesses of Numerex may be adversely affected and, without realizing any of the anticipated benefits of having completed the merger, Numerex would be subject to a number of risks, including the following:

 

    Numerex may experience negative reactions from the financial markets, including a decline of its stock price (which may reflect a market assumption that the merger will be completed);

 

    Numerex may experience negative reactions from the investment community, its customers, regulators and employees and other partners in the business community;

 

    Numerex may be required to pay certain costs relating to the merger, whether or not the merger is completed; and

 

    matters relating to the merger will have required substantial commitments of time and resources by Numerex management, which would otherwise have been devoted to day-to-day operations and other opportunities that may have been beneficial to Numerex had the merger not been contemplated.

If the merger agreement is terminated and the Numerex board of directors seeks another merger, business combination or other transaction, Numerex stockholders cannot be certain that Numerex will find a party willing to offer equivalent or more attractive consideration than the merger consideration Numerex stockholders would receive from Sierra Wireless in the merger. If the merger agreement is terminated under circumstances specified in the merger agreement, Numerex may be required to pay Sierra Wireless a termination fee of approximately $4,012,500 or reimburse Sierra Wireless for its out-of-pocket costs and expenses up to $850,000 or $2,000,000, depending on the circumstances surrounding the termination.

See the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Termination of the Merger Agreement ” for a more complete discussion of the circumstances under which the merger agreement could be terminated and when the termination fee and expense reimbursement may be payable by Numerex or Sierra Wireless, as applicable.

 

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Directors and executive officers of Numerex have interests in the merger that may differ from the interests of Numerex stockholders generally, including, if the merger is completed, the receipt of financial and other benefits.

In considering the recommendation of the Numerex board of directors, you should be aware that Numerex’s directors and executive officers have interests in the merger that are different from, or in addition to, those of Numerex stockholders generally. These interests include, among others, the treatment of outstanding equity awards pursuant to the merger agreement, potential severance benefits and other payments, and rights to ongoing indemnification and insurance coverage. These interests are described in more detail in the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger .”

Except in specified circumstances, if the merger is not completed by April 1, 2018, subject to extension in specified circumstances, either Numerex or Sierra Wireless may choose not to proceed with the merger.

Either Numerex or Sierra Wireless may terminate the merger agreement if the merger has not been completed by April 1, 2018. However, this right to terminate the merger agreement will not be available to Numerex or Sierra Wireless if the failure of such party to perform any of its obligations under the merger agreement has been the principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the merger to be complete on or before such time. Termination of the merger agreement will also result in termination of the voting agreements. For more information, see the sections entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Termination of the Merger Agreement ” and “ The Voting Agreements.

Neither Numerex nor Sierra Wireless intends to request a ruling from the IRS regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the merger.

It is a condition to the completion of the merger that Numerex and Sierra Wireless each receive an opinion of their respective counsel to the effect that, for United States federal income tax purposes, the merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and will not result in gain recognition to Numerex stockholders pursuant to Section 367(a) of the Code (assuming that, in the case of any such holder who would be treated as a “five-percent transferee shareholder” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-3(c)(5)(ii)) of Sierra Wireless following the merger, such holder enters into a five-year gain recognition agreement in the form provided in Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-8). However, neither Numerex nor Sierra Wireless intends to request a ruling from the IRS regarding the United States federal income tax consequences of the merger. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the IRS will not challenge the Intended Tax Treatment or that a court would not sustain such a challenge. You should read the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences ” and consult your own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the merger to you in your particular circumstances.

Future changes to U.S., Canadian and foreign tax laws could adversely affect the combined company.

The U.S. Congress, the Canadian House of Commons, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and other government agencies in jurisdictions where Sierra Wireless and its affiliates do business have been focused on issues related to the taxation of multinational corporations. Specific attention has been paid to “base erosion and profit shifting,” where payments are made between affiliates from a jurisdiction with high tax rates to a jurisdiction with lower tax rates. As a result, the tax laws in the United States, Canada and other countries in which Sierra Wireless and its affiliates do business could change on a prospective or retroactive basis, and any such change could adversely affect the combined company.

Sierra Wireless is organized under the laws of Canada and a substantial portion of its assets are, and many of its directors and officers reside, outside of the United States. As a result, it may not be possible for shareholders to enforce civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States in Canada.

Sierra Wireless is organized under the laws of Canada. A substantial portion of Sierra Wireless’ assets are located outside the United States, and many of Sierra Wireless’ directors and officers and some of the experts named in this proxy statement/prospectus are residents of jurisdictions outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service within the United States upon Sierra Wireless and those directors, officers and experts, or to realize in the United States upon judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon civil liability of Sierra Wireless and such directors, officers or experts under the U.S. federal securities laws. There is uncertainty as to the enforceability in Canada by a court in original actions, or in actions to enforce judgments of U.S. courts, of the civil liabilities predicated upon the U.S. federal securities laws.

 

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Resales of Sierra Wireless common shares following the merger may cause the market value of Sierra Wireless common shares to decline.

Sierra Wireless expects that it will issue up to approximately [•] Sierra Wireless common shares at the effective time in connection with the merger. The issuance of these new shares and the sale of additional shares that may become eligible for sale in the public market from time to time could have the effect of depressing the market value for Sierra Wireless common shares. The increase in the number of Sierra Wireless common shares may lead to sales of such Sierra Wireless common shares or the perception that such sales may occur, either of which may adversely affect the market for, and the market value of, Sierra Wireless common shares.

The market value of Sierra Wireless common shares may decline as a result of the merger.

The market value of Sierra Wireless common shares may decline as a result of the merger if, among other things, the combined company is unable to achieve the expected growth in earnings, or if the operational cost savings estimates in connection with the integration of Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ businesses are not realized or if the transaction costs related to the merger are greater than expected. The market value also may decline if the combined company does not achieve the perceived benefits of the merger as rapidly or to the extent anticipated by the market or if the effect of the merger on the combined company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows is not consistent with the expectations of financial or industry analysts.

Numerex and Sierra Wireless may be targets of securities class action and derivative lawsuits which could result in substantial costs and may delay or prevent the merger from being completed.

Securities class action lawsuits and derivative lawsuits are often brought against companies that have entered into merger agreements. Even if the lawsuits are without merit, defending against these claims can result in substantial costs and divert management time and resources. Additionally, if a plaintiff is successful in obtaining an injunction prohibiting consummation of the merger, then that injunction may delay or prevent the merger from being completed.

Numerex stockowners do not have the right to dissent under Pennsylvania law.

Appraisal or dissenters’ rights are statutory rights that enable stockholders to object to an extraordinary transaction, such as a merger, and to demand that the corporation pay such dissenting stockholders the fair value for their shares as determined by a court in a judicial proceeding instead of receiving the merger consideration offered to stockholders in connection with the extraordinary transaction. Dissenters’ rights are not available in all circumstances and exceptions to those rights are set forth in the PBCL.

Under Section 1571 of the PBCL, stockholders are not entitled to exercise dissenters’ rights if, on the record date fixed to determine stockholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting of Numerex stockholders, shares of the corporation are either listed on a national securities exchange or held beneficially or of record by more than 2,000 people. Because Numerex’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq, a national securities exchange, holders of Numerex common stock will not be entitled to exercise dissenters’ rights under the PBCL in connection with the merger.

If the merger agreement is adopted and the merger is completed, holders of Numerex common stock who voted against the adoption of the merger agreement will be treated the same as holders who voted for the adoption of the merger agreement and their shares will automatically be converted into the right to receive the merger consideration.

Risks Related to Numerex’s Business

You should read and consider the risk factors specific to Numerex’s business that will also affect the combined company after completion of the merger. These risks are described in Numerex’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, which is incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, and in other documents that are incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. See the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information ” for the location of information incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus.

Risks Related to Sierra Wireless’ Business

You should read and consider the risk factors specific to Sierra Wireless’ business that will also affect the combined company after completion of the merger. These risks are described in Sierra Wireless’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 contained in its Annual Report on Form 40-F, which is incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, and in other documents that are incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. See the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information ” for the location of information incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus.

 

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THE SPECIAL MEETING

Numerex is providing this proxy statement/prospectus to Numerex stockholders for the solicitation of proxies to be voted at the special meeting that Numerex has called for the purposes described below. This proxy statement/prospectus is first being mailed to Numerex stockholders on or about [•], 2017 and provides Numerex stockholders with the information they need to know about the merger and the proposals to be able to vote or instruct their vote to be cast at the special meeting.

Date, Time and Place of the Special Meeting

The special meeting will be held at [•]:00 [a.m./p.m.], Eastern Time, on [•], 2017, at the Platinum Towers, 400 Interstate North Parkway, Suite 150, Atlanta, Georgia.

Purpose of the Special Meeting

At the special meeting, Numerex stockholders will be asked to consider and vote on the following proposals, which we collectively refer to as the “proposals”:

 

    Merger Proposal : to adopt the merger agreement, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Numerex, with Numerex surviving the merger as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless;

 

    Advisory Compensation Proposal : to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, certain specified compensation that will or may be paid by Numerex to its named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the merger; and

 

    Adjournment Proposal : to approve the adjournment of the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to approve and adopt the merger proposal.

Recommendation of the Numerex Board of Direct ors

After careful consideration, the Numerex board of directors has (i) determined that the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement are fair to, and in the best interests of, Numerex and its stockholders, (ii) unanimously approved and declared advisable the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, (iii) directed that the merger agreement be submitted to a vote at the special meeting of Numerex stockholders and (iv) resolved to recommend that Numerex stockholders vote to approve each of the proposals. The Numerex board of directors unanimously recommends that Numerex stockholders vote “FOR” the merger proposal, “FOR” the advisory compensation proposal and “FOR” the adjournment proposal. For more information, see the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Numerex’s Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of the Numerex Board of Directors .”

In considering the recommendation of the Numerex board of directors with respect to the proposals, you should be aware that Numerex’s directors and executive officers have interests that are different from, or in addition to, the interests of Numerex stockholders generally. For more information, see the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger .”

Record Date and Outstanding Shares of Numerex Common Stock

Only Numerex stockholders of record as of the close of business on [•], 2017, the record date, will be entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the special meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof.

As of the close of business on the record date, there were [•] shares of Numerex common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the special meeting. Each Numerex stockholder is entitled to one vote for each share of Numerex common stock owned as of the record date.

A complete list of Numerex stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting will be available for inspection by any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the special meeting, during the duration of the special meeting.

Quorum

A majority of the shares entitled to vote must be present in person or by proxy at the special meeting in order to constitute a quorum. If you submit a properly executed proxy card or vote by telephone or the Internet, your shares will be considered part of the quorum.

 

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Abstentions will be deemed present at the special meeting for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum. Numerex common stock held in “street name” with respect to which the beneficial owner fails to give voting instructions to the bank, broker or other nominee, and Numerex common stock with respect to which the beneficial owner otherwise fails to vote, will not be considered present at the special meeting for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum.

If a quorum is not present or if there are not sufficient votes for the approval of the merger proposal, then, subject to approval of the adjournment proposal by Numerex stockholders, Numerex expects that the special meeting will be adjourned to solicit additional proxies. At any subsequent reconvening of the special meeting, all proxies will be voted in the same manner as the manner in which such proxies would have been voted at the original convening of the special meeting, except for any proxies that have been validly revoked or withdrawn prior to the reconvened meeting.

Pursuant to the terms of the voting agreements, certain stockholders of Numerex who beneficially own approximately 27.2% of the outstanding common stock of Numerex have agreed to vote in favor of adopting the merger agreement and against any proposal that would reasonably be expected to delay the completion of the merger. For more information, see the section entitled “ The Voting Agreements .”

Required Vote

Required Vote to Approve the Merger Proposal

Approval of the merger proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Numerex common stock that are present at the special meeting in person or by proxy and are entitled to vote at the special meeting. Therefore, if you do not vote your shares of Numerex common stock, abstain from voting or fail to instruct your bank, broker or other nominee to vote on the merger proposal, it will have no effect on the outcome of the merger proposal, assuming that a quorum is otherwise present.

Required Vote to Approve the Advisory Compensation Proposal

Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the advisory compensation proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Numerex common stock that are present at the special meeting in person or by proxy and are entitled to vote at the special meeting. If you abstain from voting or submit an instruction to your bank, broker or other nominee that fails to vote “FOR” the advisory compensation proposal, it will have no effect on the outcome of the advisory compensation proposal, assuming that a quorum is otherwise present. The vote on the advisory compensation proposal will not be binding on Sierra Wireless, Numerex, the Numerex board of directors or any of its committees.

Required Vote to Approve the Adjournment Proposal

Approval of the adjournment proposal requires the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Numerex common stock that are present at the special meeting in person or by proxy and are entitled to vote at the special meeting. If you abstain from voting or submit an instruction to your bank, broker or other nominee that fails to vote “FOR” the adjournment proposal, it will have no effect on the outcome of the adjournment proposal, assuming that a quorum is otherwise present.

Adjournment

In accordance with Section 1756 of the PBCL, a vote on adjournment of the special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to approve the merger agreement may be taken in the absence of a quorum. If the special meeting is adjourned, stockholders who have already submitted their proxies will be able to revoke them at any time prior to their use. At any subsequent reconvening of the special meeting, all proxies will be voted in the same manner as the manner in which such proxies would have been voted at the original convening of the special meeting, except for any proxies that have been validly revoked or withdrawn prior to the subsequent meeting.

In addition, the merger agreement provides that, with the prior written consent of Sierra Wireless and subject to certain conditions, Numerex may postpone or adjourn the Numerex stockholder meeting up to two (2) times for up to thirty (30) days to the extent permitted by the PBCL or any other applicable law.

Voting by Directors and Executive Officers

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officers who are Numerex stockholders will vote “FOR” the merger proposal, “FOR” the advisory compensation proposal and “FOR” the adjournment proposal. Pursuant to the terms of the voting agreements, three of Numerex’s directors have agreed to vote in favor of adopting the merger agreement and against any proposal that would reasonably be expected to delay the completion of the merger. For more information, see the section entitled “ The Voting Agreements .” As of the record date, Sierra Wireless directors and executive officers did not beneficially own any shares of Numerex common stock and therefore have no entitlement to vote at the special meeting.

Voting by Proxy or in Person

Voting and Submitting a Proxy for Numerex Common Stock Held by Holders of Record

If you were a holder of record of Numerex common stock at the close of business on the record date, you may vote in person by attending the special meeting or, to ensure that your shares are represented at the special meeting, you may authorize a proxy to vote your shares by:

 

    Internet , by going to the website shown on your proxy card and following the instructions outlined on the secured website using certain information provided on your proxy card or voting instruction form, thereby authorizing a proxy to vote your shares.

 

    Telephone , if you received your proxy materials by mail, you may vote by using the toll-free number shown on your proxy card, or by following the instructions on your proxy card, thereby authorizing a proxy to vote your shares.

 

    Written Proxy , if you received your proxy materials by mail, you may submit your written proxy by completing the proxy card enclosed with those materials and signing, dating and returning your proxy card by mail in the enclosed return envelope, which requires no additional postage if mailed in the United States, thereby authorizing a proxy to vote your shares.

 

    Attending the Special Meeting , and voting in person if you are a Numerex stockholder of record or if you are a beneficial owner and have a legal proxy from the Numerex stockholder of record.

When you submit a proxy by telephone or the Internet, your proxy is recorded immediately. We encourage you to submit your proxy using these methods whenever possible. If you submit a proxy by telephone or the Internet, please do not return your proxy card by mail.

All shares of Numerex common stock represented by each properly executed and valid proxy received by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on [•], 2017 will be voted in accordance with the instructions given on the proxy. If a Numerex stockholder executes a proxy card without giving instructions, the Numerex common stock represented by that proxy card will be voted “FOR” each of the proposals.

Your vote is very important, regardless of the number of shares you own . Accordingly, please submit your proxy by telephone, the Internet or mail, whether or not you plan to attend the special meeting in person. Proxies must be received by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on [•], 2017.

Voting and Submitting a Proxy for Numerex Common Stock Held in “Street Name”

If your Numerex common stock is held in an account at a bank, broker or other nominee, you must instruct the bank, broker or other nominee on how to vote them by following the instructions that the bank, broker or other nominee provides to you with these proxy materials. Most banks, brokers and other nominees offer the ability for stockholders to submit voting instructions by mail by completing a voting instruction card, by telephone, and by the Internet.

If you hold your Numerex common stock in a brokerage account and you do not provide voting instructions to your broker, your shares will not be voted on any proposal. In accordance with the rules of the Nasdaq, brokers who hold Numerex common stock in “street name” for their customers have authority to vote on “routine” proposals when they have not received instructions from beneficial owners, but are precluded from exercising their voting discretion with respect to non-routine matters. All of the proposals at the special meeting ( i.e. , the merger proposal, the advisory compensation proposal and the adjournment proposal) are expected to be considered non-routine proposals. As a result, absent voting instructions from the beneficial owner of such shares, brokers will not be empowered to vote such shares at the special meeting and we do not expect broker non-votes on any of the proposals at the special meeting. A broker non-vote occurs on an item when (i) a broker has discretionary authority to vote on at least one routine proposal at a meeting, but under stock exchange rules is not permitted to vote on other non-routine proposals without instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares and (ii) that broker exercises

 

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its discretionary authority on the routine proposal after the beneficial owner fails to provide such instructions, resulting in broker non-votes on each of the non-routine proposals.

If you fail to submit any instruction to your bank, broker or other nominee, that failure will have no effect on the merger proposal, the advisory compensation proposal or the adjournment proposal, assuming that a quorum is otherwise present.

If you hold shares through a bank, broker or other nominee and wish to vote your shares in person at the special meeting, you must obtain a legal proxy from your bank, broker or other nominee and present it to the inspector of election with your ballot when you vote at the special meeting.

Revocability of Proxies and Changes to a Numerex Stockholder’s Vote

If you are a stockholder of record, you may revoke your proxy and/or change your vote by:

 

    sending a written notice (bearing a date later than the date of the proxy) stating that you revoke your proxy to Numerex at 400 Interstate Parkway, Suite 1350, Atlanta, GA 30339, Attn: Shareholder Communications;

 

    submitting a valid, later-dated proxy by the Internet, telephone or mail prior to your shares being voted at the special meeting; or

 

    attending the special meeting and voting by ballot in person (your attendance at the special meeting will not, without voting, revoke any proxy that you have previously given).

If you choose to revoke your proxy by written notice or submit a later-dated proxy, you must do so by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on [•], 2017.

If your shares are held in “street name” by your bank, broker or other nominee and you have directed such bank, broker or other nominee to vote your shares, you may instruct such bank, broker or other nominee to change your vote and follow the directions you receive from your bank, broker or other nominee in order to change or revoke your vote.

Abstentions

If you mark your proxy or voting instructions to abstain, it will have no effect on the outcome of the merger proposal, the advisory compensation proposal or the adjournment proposal, assuming that a quorum is otherwise present.

If no instruction as to how to vote is given (including an instruction to abstain) in an executed, duly returned and not revoked proxy, the proxy will be voted “FOR” each of (i) the merger proposal, (ii) the advisory compensation proposal and (iii) the adjournment proposal. However, if you indicate that you wish to vote against the merger proposal, your shares will only be voted in favor of the advisory compensation proposal and the adjournment proposal if you indicate that you wish to vote in favor of such proposal(s).

Tabulation of Votes

The inspector of election at the special meeting will, among other matters, determine the number of shares of Numerex common stock represented at the special meeting to confirm the existence of a quorum, determine the validity of all proxies and ballots and certify the results of voting on all proposals submitted to the Numerex stockholders.

Solicitation of Proxies; Expenses of Solicitation

Numerex will bear all costs and expenses in connection with the solicitation of proxies from its stockholders, except that Numerex and Sierra Wireless have agreed to share equally the expenses of printing and mailing this proxy statement/prospectus and all filing fees payable to the SEC in connection with this proxy statement/prospectus. In addition to the solicitation of proxies by mail, Numerex will request that banks, brokers and other record holders send proxies and proxy material to the beneficial owners of Numerex common stock and secure their voting instructions, if necessary. Numerex will reimburse the banks, brokers and other record holders for their reasonable expenses in taking those actions. Numerex has also made arrangements with MacKenzie Partners, Inc. to assist in soliciting proxies and in communicating with Numerex stockholders and estimates that it will pay them a fee of approximately $9,500 plus reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses for these services. Proxies may also be solicited by Numerex’s directors, officers and other employees through the mail or by telephone, the Internet, fax or other means, but no additional compensation will be paid to these persons.

 

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Householding

The SEC has adopted a rule concerning the delivery of annual reports and proxy statements. It permits Numerex, with your permission, to send a single notice of meeting and, to the extent requested, a single set of this proxy statement/prospectus to any household at which two or more stockholders reside if Numerex believes they are members of the same family. This rule is called “householding,” and its purpose is to help reduce printing and mailing costs of proxy materials.

A number of brokerage firms have instituted householding. If you and members of your household have multiple accounts holding Numerex common stock, you may have received a householding notification from your broker. Please contact your broker directly if you have questions, require additional copies of this proxy statement/prospectus or wish to revoke your decision to household. These options are available to you at any time.

Other Information

As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, the Numerex board of directors knows of no other matters that will be presented for consideration at the special meeting other than as described in this proxy statement/prospectus. If any other matters properly come before the special meeting, or any adjournments of the special meeting, that are set forth in the notice for such special meeting in accordance with the Numerex by-laws and are proposed and are properly voted upon, the enclosed proxies will give the individuals that Numerex stockholders name as proxies discretionary authority to vote the shares represented by these proxies as to any of these matters.

The matters to be considered at the special meeting are of great importance to Numerex stockholders. Accordingly, you are urged to read and carefully consider the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus and submit your proxy by telephone or the Internet or complete, date, sign and promptly return the enclosed proxy in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. If you submit your proxy by telephone or the Internet, you do not need to return the enclosed proxy card.

Assistance

If you need assistance in completing your proxy card, have questions regarding the special meeting, or would like additional copies, without charge, of this proxy statement/prospectus, please contact [•] at [•] (toll-free from the U.S. and Canada), or 1-[•] (from other locations).

THE MERGER PROPOSAL

This section of this proxy statement/prospectus describes the various aspects of the merger and related matters. This section may not contain all of the information that is important to you. You should carefully read this entire proxy statement/prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, including the full text of the merger agreement, a copy of which is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex A, for a more complete understanding of the merger. In addition, important business and financial information about each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless is included in or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. For a listing of the documents incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, see the section entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

Transaction Structure

The merger agreement provides that, subject to the terms and conditions of the merger agreement, at the effective time, Merger Sub, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless, will merge with and into Numerex. As a result, Numerex will survive the merger as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless. The terms and conditions of the merger are contained in the merger agreement, which is described in this proxy statement/prospectus and attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex A. You are encouraged to read the merger agreement carefully, as it is the legal document that governs the merger. All descriptions in this summary and elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus of the terms and conditions of the merger are qualified by reference to the merger agreement.

Merger Consideration

Under the terms of the merger agreement, if the merger is completed, each share of Numerex common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time (other than shares of Numerex common stock owned directly by Sierra Wireless, Numerex or any of their respective subsidiaries) will be automatically converted into the right to receive 0.1800 of a validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Sierra Wireless common share (which we refer to as the “merger consideration”).

 

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Based on the number of shares of Numerex common stock outstanding as of [•], 2017, Sierra Wireless will issue approximately [•] Sierra Wireless common shares to Numerex stockholders at the effective time pursuant to the merger agreement. The actual number of Sierra Wireless common shares to be issued pursuant to the merger agreement will be determined at the effective time based on the exchange ratio, the number of shares of Numerex common stock outstanding at such time and the number of Numerex stock options, other equity-based awards and warrants. Based on the number of shares of Numerex common stock outstanding as of [•], 2017, and the number of Sierra Wireless common shares outstanding as of [•], 2017, immediately after completion of the merger, former Numerex stockholders would own approximately [•]% of the then outstanding Sierra Wireless common shares.

Based on the closing price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM on August 1, 2017, the last full trading day before the announcement of the merger agreement, the per share value of Numerex common stock implied by the merger consideration was $5.34. Based on the closing price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM on [•], 2017, the most recent practicable date prior to the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, the per share value of Numerex common stock implied by the merger consideration was $[•]. The implied value of the merger consideration will fluctuate, however, as the market price of Sierra Wireless common shares fluctuates, because the merger consideration that is payable per share of Numerex common stock is a fixed fraction of a Sierra Wireless common share. As a result, the value of the merger consideration that Numerex stockholders will receive upon the completion of the merger could be greater than, less than or the same as the value of the merger consideration on the date of this proxy statement/prospectus or at the time of the special meeting. Accordingly, you are encouraged to obtain current stock price quotations for Numerex common stock and Sierra Wireless common shares before deciding how to vote with respect to the approval of the merger agreement. Numerex common stock trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “NMRX” and Sierra Wireless common shares trade on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX under the ticker symbols “SWIR” and “SW,” respectively. The price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM is reported in U.S. dollars, while the price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the TSX is reported in Canadian dollars.

Background of the Merger

The Numerex board of directors, with the assistance of Numerex’s senior management and outside advisors, regularly reviews Numerex’s market opportunities and growth, operating results, capital needs and availability, and the strategic alternatives available to Numerex to maximize stockholder value. As part of these reviews, the Numerex board of directors has periodically considered whether the continued execution of Numerex’s business strategy as a standalone company or through a business combination with a third party would provide the best avenue to enhance stockholder value. Likewise, the Sierra Wireless board of directors and management has from time to time evaluated potential merger and acquisition strategies to enhance shareholder value through adding scale and capabilities to drive growth and profitability in key IoT markets.

In furtherance of these strategies, representatives of both Numerex and Sierra Wireless had periodically discussed the potential merits, at a high level, of a business combination. These discussions were conceptual in nature and did not extend beyond high-level discussions.

During July 2016, Marc Zionts, then Chief Executive Officer of Numerex, had preliminary discussions with two parties, whom we refer to as Party A and Party B, regarding a possible business combination transaction with Numerex. At a meeting of the Numerex board of directors on July 27, 2016, Mr. Zionts reported these discussions to the Numerex board of directors and noted that each party had indicated that it may send a written offer setting forth the terms of a proposed business combination with Numerex. Mr. Zionts also advised the Numerex board of directors that he and the EVP Corporate Development & COO of Party B had agreed to meet in person on August 22, 2016.

On August 1, 2016, Numerex received a non-binding offer from Party B offering to acquire Numerex for $11.00 per share in cash or a combination of stock and cash. The proposal did not include any details regarding how Party B would finance the transaction or the proposed allocation between stock and cash. With outside counsel participating, the Numerex board of directors held a telephonic meeting later that day to review Party B’s offer. At the meeting, the Numerex board of directors discussed whether to engage Deutsche Bank as Numerex’s financial advisor and whether to form a committee or working group of the Numerex board of directors to lead any process with respect to a potential business combination going forward and report to the full board. The Numerex board of directors considered Party B’s proposal to be incomplete in certain key respects, including the absence of any information regarding the availability of cash or financing to fund the transaction, but nonetheless thought it was worthwhile to explore the proposal further. Following internal discussion, the Numerex board of directors determined that Party B’s written offer, coupled with the preliminary and ongoing discussions with Party A, were sufficient reasons for Numerex to engage a financial advisor to assist the Numerex board of directors in its consideration of potential offers and review of other strategic alternatives available to Numerex, and that doing so would be in the interest of the Numerex stockholders. The Numerex board of directors decided to engage Deutsche Bank as Numerex’s financial advisor given Deutsche Bank’s experience in mergers and acquisitions and familiarity with Numerex and the industries in which it operates. The Numerex board of directors concluded that Deutsche Bank could assist management and the Numerex board of directors in its evaluation and negotiation of Party B’s offer and the seriousness of each of Party A’s and Party B’s interest in a

 

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potential transaction, Numerex’s assessment of the availability of financing sources to each such party, Numerex’s analysis of the financial terms of any offer, and its review of other strategic options that may be available to Numerex. Also at this meeting, outside legal counsel discussed the fiduciary duties of the Numerex board of directors under Pennsylvania law and reviewed the differences between the duties of directors under Pennsylvania law as compared to Delaware law.

After reviewing Party B’s offer, the Numerex board of directors directed management to negotiate an engagement letter with Deutsche Bank pursuant to which Deutsche Bank would provide advisory and investment banking services to Numerex in connection with its exploration of strategic alternatives. In addition, the Numerex board of directors appointed a working group consisting of Messrs. Holcombe, Singer, Nicolaides, and Ryan (which we refer to as the “Working Group”) to work with Mr. Zionts and Mr. Kenneth Gayron, Numerex’s Chief Financial Officer, in managing the process by which strategic options, including Party B’s offer, would be considered by Numerex and approaching other parties who might have an interest in a strategic transaction with Numerex. On August 2, 2016, representatives of Deutsche Bank participated in a call with Messrs. Zionts and Gayron to finalize the terms of Deutsche Bank’s engagement letter and to discuss the next steps to be taken.

Numerex’s management and the Working Group, with input from Deutsche Bank, initially identified 23 parties (including Party A, Party B, Sierra Wireless, and another party potentially interested in a business combination with Numerex discussed below, which we refer to as “Party D”) who were believed to be potentially interested in engaging in a strategic transaction with Numerex. These parties included potential buyers in the same or related business as Numerex and other potential buyers for which Numerex might be a strategic fit. Commencing on August 15, 2016, with the approval of the Working Group, representatives of Deutsche Bank had conversations with 25 parties, including the original 23 parties described above and two additional parties that reached out to Numerex or Deutsche Bank, including, in September 2016, another party potentially interested in a business combination with Numerex discussed below, which we refer to as “Party C.” In addition, the Working Group subsequently instructed representatives of Deutsche Bank to contact an additional six parties.

After consulting with the Working Group, representatives of Deutsche Bank met with or spoke by telephone on a confidential basis with representatives of 17 of these 31 parties, including Sierra Wireless on August 29, 2016. Six of these parties, including Party A, Party B, Party C, Party D and Sierra Wireless, would later enter into non-disclosure agreements with Numerex and receive a management presentation.

On August 24, 2016, representatives of Deutsche Bank met with Party B’s Chief Executive Officer in San Francisco, California. Party B’s Chief Executive Officer expressed strong support for a business combination transaction, but indicated that a transaction would be contingent on Party B’s ability to secure financing, which Party B had not yet started to seek or obtain.

On August 29, 2016, members of senior management of Numerex met with Party A and its representatives. Representatives of Deutsche Bank also spoke with representatives of Party A’s investment bankers. Thereafter, Party A did not submit a written offer, ultimately withdrew from the process in early September and ceased contact with Numerex regarding a potential transaction.

On September 6, 2016, Messrs. Zionts and Gayron and other members of senior management of Numerex held a management presentation with senior management of Party B, including Party B’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. A representative of Deutsche Bank was also present.

In response to Deutsche Bank’s initial outreach on August 29, 2016, Sierra Wireless expressed an interest in learning more about Numerex. Mr. Zionts and Mr. Gayron met at an industry trade show with Jason Cohenour, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sierra Wireless on September 6, 2016. On September 9, 2016 Sierra Wireless and Numerex entered into a non-disclosure agreement and Numerex provided Sierra Wireless with an overview of Numerex, including products, markets served, operations and certain financial metrics. This was followed on September 10, 2016 with access to a dataroom containing additional information on Numerex, including more detailed financial information.

Numerex and Sierra Wireless next scheduled a management presentation that took place on September 15, 2016 in Chicago with both companys’ CEOs in attendance. Representatives of Deutsche Bank and RBC Capital Markets, Sierra Wireless’ financial advisor (which we refer to as “RBC”) also attended the management presentation.

In early September 2016, a representative of Party C had a conversation with Numerex’s Chief Marketing Officer during which Party C asked whether Numerex would be interested in exploring a potential business combination. Numerex’s Chief Marketing Officer reported this conversation to Mr. Zionts, and Mr. Zionts advised Deutsche Bank of Party C’s potential interest. On September 14, 2016, Mr. Zionts spoke with the Chief Executive Officer of Party C and, at Mr. Zionts direction, representatives of Deutsche Bank contacted Party C’s Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategic Finance. Party C expressed an interest in pursuing a transaction and indicated that it was confident in its ability to move quickly and to obtain

 

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any necessary financing for a transaction.    After advising the Numerex board of directors, Mr. Zionts invited Party C to participate in the strategic review process.    After Party C entered into a non-disclosure agreement, representatives of Party C attended a management presentation and conducted due diligence on September 20 and 21, 2016.

On September 21, 2016, Sierra Wireless submitted a non-binding proposal of $60 to $80 million in cash to acquire certain assets of Numerex’s business. Following receipt of this proposal, representatives of Deutsche Bank worked with Numerex management to assess the offer. Following a telephonic meeting of the Working Group on September 23, 2016, at which members of senior management and representatives of Deutsche Bank were present, at the direction of the Working Group, a representative of Deutsche Bank advised RBC on September 24, 2016 that Sierra Wireless’ offer was inadequate.

Between September 23 and September 30, 2016, Numerex responded to Party C’s requests for additional due diligence information.

On September 28, 2016, Sierra Wireless increased the consideration in its non-binding proposal to acquire certain assets to $80 to $90 million in cash.

On October 3, 2016, Party C submitted an offer to acquire all of the outstanding stock of Numerex for a combination of cash and Party C common stock in the range of $8.00 to $9.00 per share. From October 3 to October 5, 2016, the Working Group convened several times, with representatives of Deutsche Bank and outside counsel participating, to discuss Party C’s offer and, with the assistance of Deutsche Bank and outside legal counsel, negotiated the terms of the offer with Party C and its financial advisor. The Working Group instructed Deutsche Bank to reach out to Party C to negotiate a higher offer price. On October 5, 2016, Party C submitted what it described as a “best and final” offer of $9.50 per share of Numerex common stock. As a condition to its willingness to proceed, Party C indicated that it would require Numerex to enter into an exclusivity agreement.

The Working Group conferred with representatives of Deutsche Bank later that day regarding the status of the strategic review process and recommended calling a meeting of the Numerex board of directors to consider Party C’s proposal. At a meeting of the Numerex board of directors on October 6, 2016, at which representatives of Deutsche Bank and outside legal counsel were present, the Numerex board of directors reviewed the status of the strategic review process, including the status of discussions with Party B, Party C’s offer, and Sierra Wireless’ offer to acquire only certain assets. The Numerex board of directors discussed that Party C’s offer provided more value to Numerex’s stockholders than a sale of only certain assets to Sierra Wireless. The Numerex board of directors then instructed Deutsche Bank to approach Party B again but, if Party B did not present a revised offer or provide more certainty with respect to Party B’s ability to obtain financing, authorized Numerex’s Chief Executive Officer to sign an exclusivity agreement for a limited time with Party C to allow Party C to complete its due diligence and to negotiate a definitive merger agreement with Numerex. As a result, the Numerex board of directors instructed Deutsche Bank to inform Sierra Wireless that Numerex was not interested in selling only certain of its assets. At this point, Sierra Wireless decided to not pursue the opportunity any further.

After not receiving any further information from Party B, Numerex’s management and outside legal counsel negotiated the terms of an exclusivity agreement with Party C. On October 7, 2016, Mr. Zionts executed an exclusivity agreement with Party C granting Party C exclusivity through October 25, 2016, with an automatic extension until November 9, 2016 if Party C confirmed the proposed price and provided a draft of a merger agreement prior to October 25, 2016. Later on October 7, 2016, Party B submitted a revised offer of $9.00 to $10.00 per share in cash, but indicated that it could not provide assurance to Numerex regarding its ability to obtain sufficient financing to complete the transaction. On October 8, 2016, in accordance with the terms of the exclusivity agreement, after consulting with the Working Group and Numerex’s outside counsel, at the direction of the Working Group, a representative of Deutsche Bank advised Party C of the receipt of Party B’s proposal.

On October 8, 2016, Mr. Zionts asked outside legal counsel to provide the Numerex board of directors with an outline of the steps to be taken in response to Party B’s revised offer. In addition to the financing contingency, outside legal counsel highlighted that Party B’s offer was less than its previous offer, required a 90-day exclusivity period, and raised questions about Party B’s ability to execute a transaction successfully. The Numerex board of directors, in consultation with its outside legal counsel, determined not to move forward with Party B in light of the uncertainties surrounding its revised offer and, at the Numerex board of directors’ instruction, a representative of Deutsche Bank informed Party B on October 10, 2016 that Numerex would not respond or engage in further discussions regarding the current offer. Party B did not submit any additional proposals to Numerex, and Numerex considered the offer to be withdrawn.

Between October 8, 2016 and October 28, 2016, Party C conducted extensive business and legal due diligence, and senior management of Numerex and Party C met to discuss Numerex’s current business plans and future strategies. During that same time period, Party C’s and Numerex’s legal counsel, in consultation with Deutsche Bank and Numerex senior management, were negotiating the terms of a definitive merger agreement. On October 24, 2016, Party C notified Numerex

 

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that it had satisfied the conditions of the exclusivity agreement and thus the exclusivity period was automatically extended to 11:59 p.m. on November 7, 2016. On October 28, 2016, Party C’s Chief Executive Officer called Mr. Zionts to inform Numerex that Party C was no longer interested in moving forward with a potential transaction. Party C’s financial advisor also contacted a representative of Deutsche Bank to convey the same message. Party C’s financial advisor advised a representative of Deutsche Bank that, among other things, Party C was not comfortable with Numerex’s business plan.

Following termination of the negotiations with Party C, the Numerex board of directors instructed management to focus on improving Numerex’s operating results and financial condition. In addition, following that meeting, the Numerex board of directors authorized a series of cost reduction initiatives.

In early October, a representative of Party D approached a member of the Working Group to express an interest in exploring a potential transaction with Numerex. Following this discussion, Mr. Zionts and the director spoke with representatives of Deutsche Bank and outside legal counsel and instructed them to negotiate a non-disclosure agreement with Party D. Following execution of the non-disclosure agreement, Mr. Zionts met with a representative of Party D. In late November 2016, a representative of Party D informed a representative of Deutsche Bank and the same member of the Working Group that Party D did not intend to proceed with a transaction as Party D did not see a compelling strategic fit.

On January 10, 2017, the Numerex board of directors terminated the employment of Mr. Zionts and appointed Mr. Gayron as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Kelly Gay as Chief Operating Officer. On January 16, 2017, following the Numerex announcement on January 11, 2017 of changes to its senior leadership, Jason Cohenour, Sierra Wireless’ CEO contacted Stratton Nicolaides, the Chairman of Numerex’s board of directors, to arrange a call. This call occurred on January 26, 2017 and the parties discussed Sierra Wireless’ interest in reengaging in discussions with Numerex regarding a possible transaction. In a follow-up conversation the next day, the parties agreed to arrange an additional meeting among a small number of representatives from each company.

During this time, Numerex had also begun to experience difficulties in meeting certain financial covenants under its existing $17 million term loan facility with Crystal Financial LLC (which we refer to as “Crystal”), and Numerex management had begun the process of seeking a new lender to refinance the Crystal loan. Beginning in early February 2017, Numerex management had been engaged in active negotiations to refinance the Crystal loan. On March 14, 2017, the potential new lender informed Numerex management that it determined not to complete the financing. The closing of the financing had been scheduled for March 15, 2017.

Absent a waiver, amendment or refinancing of the Crystal loan, Numerex would not have been in compliance with certain covenants, including financial covenants, in its loan agreement. As a result, absent a waiver, amendment or refinancing of the Crystal loan prior to filing its annual report for the year ended December 31, 2016, Numerex management concluded that it would have been required to reclassify its long-term debt as a current liability as of December 31, 2016.

The Numerex board of directors directed management to explore options to restructure Numerex’s senior indebtedness, obtain alternative financing or an additional equity infusion or some combination of these measures with its existing and potential financing sources. At this time, management contacted Crystal to seek a waiver of the existing events of default under the Crystal loan agreement, informed Numerex’s independent accountants of the development, and filed a notification of a late filing for its annual report for the year ended December 31, 2016 with the SEC to extend the filing deadline until March 31, 2017.

Crystal agreed to grant a waiver of some of the covenants under the Crystal loan subject to certain conditions. Crystal required, among other things, a $5 million prepayment of the loan and amendments to the loan agreement to provide for, among other things, (i) an additional $2 million prepayment if Numerex had not entered into a definitive agreement with respect to a merger or sale transaction by June 1, 2017 (which date was later extended to June 7, 2017), and (ii) a requirement to retain an investment banker if an agreement relating to a sale of Numerex or a refinancing of the Crystal loan had not been entered into by June 1, 2017 (which date was later extended to June 7, 2017).

On March 14 and March 15, 2017, the Numerex board of directors held a telephonic meeting to review the status of negotiations with Crystal and to discuss possible alternatives for funding the $5 million prepayment to Crystal, including the advisability of seeking additional capital. The Numerex board of directors considered re-engaging with other lenders to refinance the balance of the Crystal loan, raising capital through a sale of common stock (including a significant commitment from board members to participate in any such capital raise) or convertible securities, or issuing debt subordinated to the Crystal loan. On March 16, 2017, the Numerex board of directors convened another telephonic meeting. At the invitation of the Numerex board of directors, Numerex’s Pennsylvania legal counsel addressed the fiduciary duties of a board of directors under Pennsylvania law in connection with raising capital, a change in control transaction, and other scenarios. Specifically, Pennsylvania legal counsel focused on the differences in the fiduciary duty standards applicable to the Numerex board of directors under Pennsylvania law as compared to those of a board of directors of a corporation incorporated under Delaware

 

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law. Pennsylvania counsel also discussed the Numerex board of directors’ fiduciary duties in connection with evaluating financing alternatives, including those involving the participation of directors and executive officers in an equity offering.

At the Numerex board of directors meeting held on March 17, 2017, Brian Igoe, a Numerex director and Chief Investment Officer of the Rainin Group, Inc., advised the Numerex board of directors that he believed that the Kenneth Rainin Foundation (which we refer to as “KRF”) might have an interest in providing a $5 million senior subordinated loan to Numerex to satisfy the required prepayment to Crystal. The Numerex board of directors asked that Mr. Igoe prepare a term sheet outlining the terms of the proposed loan for consideration.

On March 15, 2017, Deutsche Bank provided Sierra Wireless with a document that included a business update focusing on Numerex’s near-term financial performance. On March 17, 2017, Sierra Wireless contacted Numerex to again resume discussions regarding Sierra Wireless’ strategic interest in potentially acquiring Numerex. On that same day, management from both companies and their respective advisors reviewed the business update material on a conference call. On March 21, 2017, in response to questions from representatives of Sierra Wireless, Numerex provided additional information.

On March 23, 2017, Sierra Wireless submitted a non-binding offer to the Numerex board of directors with respect to a possible combination of the two companies. Sierra Wireless’ offer noted that while its initial interest was primarily limited to certain assets of Numerex’s business, Sierra Wireless’ thinking had evolved to include the entire Numerex business. Sierra Wireless’ initial indicative offer was to acquire all of Numerex’s outstanding shares of common stock for the consideration of 0.2063 of a common share of Sierra Wireless per share of Numerex common stock, which implied a purchase price of $6.20 per share of Numerex common stock based on the closing price of Sierra Wireless common shares on March 23, 2017 and a 28% premium to the 20-day volume weighted average price of Numerex’s common stock on that date.

On March 23, 2017, the Numerex board of directors considered a term sheet from KRF outlining the terms of a proposed $5 million dollar senior subordinated note, which included a commitment to fund by March 30, 2017. The Numerex board of directors considered that an equity offering of common stock or convertible securities would be dilutive to existing stockholders and might not raise $5 million. The Numerex board of directors also considered approaching other possible lenders to refinance all or part of the Crystal loan, but concluded that negotiating new loan agreements would take several weeks.

On March 24, 2017, the Numerex board of directors held a telephonic board meeting, with representatives of Deutsche Bank, senior management and outside legal counsel participating. A representative of Deutsche Bank reviewed the financial terms of the Sierra Wireless offer. The Numerex board of directors discussed with Deutsche Bank and outside legal counsel the nature and extent of the process that would be necessary to validate the terms of the offer taking into account, among other things, that Numerex had recently conducted an extensive search in connection with evaluating other offers and the Numerex board of directors’ fiduciary duties under Pennsylvania law. Taking into account the views of Deutsche Bank and its outside legal counsel, the Numerex board of directors concluded that while it was not necessary to conduct another wide-ranging market check, Deutsche Bank should approach two parties, including Party C, to see whether any of them had an interest in making an offer to acquire Numerex at this time. Neither of such parties submitted an offer to acquire Numerex in response to the outreach from Deutsche Bank. In the course of this discussion, the Numerex board of directors discussed with Deutsche Bank and outside legal counsel the fact that the market price for Numerex’s common stock had been adversely affected in light of recent events and determined that Deutsche Bank should contact RBC, Sierra Wireless’ financial advisor, to seek to negotiate a higher offer price in light of recent trading price ranges, the restructuring initiatives to improve Numerex’s financial condition, and the anticipated synergies of a combination. The Numerex board of directors also authorized Deutsche Bank to offer Sierra Wireless a period of exclusivity if it increased its offer price. Following the March 24, 2017 meeting of the Numerex board of directors, a representative of Deutsche Bank contacted RBC and asked that Sierra Wireless consider increasing its offer price in light of the factors described above in exchange for Numerex agreeing to an exclusivity period. A similar call took place on March 29, 2017 between Sierra Wireless’ Chief Executive Officer and Numerex’s Chairman.

On March 30, 2017, the Numerex board of directors, after reviewing the term sheets that had been provided to Numerex by other potential lenders earlier in the year when Numerex was looking for a new lender to refinance the Crystal loan, concluded that the proposed $5 million senior subordinated loan from KRF presented the highest likelihood of success and was the best alternative available to Numerex and its stockholders. Mr. Igoe did not participate in the negotiation of the terms or the Numerex board of directors’ deliberations with respect the senior subordinated promissory note.

On March 31, 2017, Numerex completed the $5 million prepayment of the Crystal loan with the proceeds of the KRF senior subordinated promissory note. In addition, Mr. Igoe joined the Working Group.

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as discussed further below, Sierra Wireless had resumed its discussions with Numerex, and the Numerex board of directors determined that, in light of Numerex’s obligations under the amendment to the Crystal loan agreement entered into in connection with Crystal’s waiver of certain events of default, it was in the best interest of Numerex to proceed on the dual path of negotiating the terms of a new financing facility with Hale Capital and continuing the discussions with Sierra Wireless regarding a potential transaction.

On April 10, 2017, Sierra Wireless submitted a revised non-binding offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Numerex for the consideration of 0.2586 of a common share of Sierra Wireless for each share of Numerex common stock, which implied a purchase price of $6.75 per share of Numerex common stock based on the closing price of Sierra Wireless common shares on April 7, 2017 and a 47% premium to the 20-day volume weighted average price of Numerex’s common stock on that date. In connection with its offer, Sierra Wireless indicated that it would require Numerex to enter into an exclusivity arrangement that would extend until June 9, 2017. The offer also did not address whether Numerex would be permitted to conduct reverse due diligence on Sierra Wireless. On April 11, 2017, the Numerex board of directors convened a telephonic board meeting, with representatives of Deutsche Bank and legal counsel, to consider Sierra Wireless’ revised offer. A Deutsche Bank representative compared the revised offer to Sierra Wireless’ original offer. The Numerex board of directors requested that Numerex management review and prepare a counter-offer, with the assistance of Deutsche Bank and outside legal counsel, to remove certain proposed closing conditions, to clarify that Numerex would conduct due diligence on Sierra Wireless, and to limit exclusivity to 30 days with an automatic 15-day extension if Sierra Wireless was working in good faith to reach agreement on the terms set forth in the counter - offer. On April 13, 2017, Deutsche Bank sent the proposed counter-offer to RBC.

In response to Numerex’s proposed changes to the offer and Deutsche Bank’s discussions with RBC, on April 20, 2017, Sierra Wireless delivered a revised offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Numerex for the consideration of 0.2586 of a common share of Sierra Wireless for each share of Numerex common stock, which implied a purchase price of $6.75 per share of Numerex common stock based on the closing price per share of Sierra Wireless on April 7, 2017. The Numerex board of directors met telephonically on April 21, 2017 with its legal and financial advisors to review the revised offer. Following the discussion, the Numerex board of directors approved the revised offer and authorized Mr. Gayron to countersign it on behalf of Numerex.

On April 24, 2017, Numerex signed Sierra Wireless’ non-binding offer. On that same day, at the request of Numerex management, Numerex’s outside legal counsel began drafting a merger agreement. In May 2017, Numerex engaged Canadian legal counsel. Canadian counsel reviewed drafts of the merger agreement for issues arising under Canadian law. In addition, Canadian counsel evaluated the need for any Canadian regulatory approvals.

From April 25 to June 8, 2017, Sierra Wireless conducted business, financial and legal due diligence on Numerex, including management meetings between Messrs. Cohenour, McLennan (Sierra Wireless’ CFO) and Gayron and Ms. Gay. A two-day diligence session was held in Atlanta on May 15 and May 16, 2017 at which Numerex management presented detailed information about Numerex’s business and product lines, market trends, historical and projected financials, organizational structure, potential merger synergies and other operating areas of Numerex’s business to Sierra Wireless management and RBC.

On May 23, 2017, prior to the expiry of the exclusivity period on May 24, 2017, RBC provided an update to Deutsche Bank with regard to due diligence findings and consequently, valuation concerns that would result in Sierra Wireless no longer being able to agree to the exchange ratio indicated in the non-binding offer letter signed on April 24, 2017.

On June 7, 2017, in light of Numerex’s obligations under the amendment to the Crystal loan agreement, Numerex entered into a note purchase agreement with HCP-FVF, LLC, an affiliate of Hale Capital, as collateral agent and as purchaser, pursuant to which Numerex issued to HCP-FVF, LLC senior secured promissory notes in an aggregate original principal amount of $13.5 million, the proceeds of which were used to repay the outstanding Crystal loan. In connection with its agreement to provide such financing to Numerex, Hale Capital required that Numerex issue to HCP-FVF, LLC detachable warrants to purchase up to 895,944 shares of Numerex common stock (subject to adjustment), which warrants were issued with an exercise price equal to $4.14 per share.

On June 8, 2017, Sierra Wireless sent a revised non-binding proposal to the Numerex board of directors. Citing the results of its due diligence to date, Sierra Wireless now proposed to acquire all of Numerex’s outstanding common shares for the consideration of 0.1846 of a common share of Sierra Wireless for each share of Numerex common stock, which implied, based on the 5-day volume weighted average share price of Sierra Wireless shares ending June 8, 2017, a purchase price of $5.50 per each share of Numerex common stock and a 32% premium to the 20-day volume weighted average price of Numerex’s common stock on that date. At a telephonic meeting of the Numerex board of directors on June 9, 2017, in which representatives of Deutsche Bank and outside counsel participated, representatives of Deutsche Bank reviewed with the Numerex board of directors the financial terms of the current Sierra Wireless offer and advised the Numerex board of directors

 

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that Sierra Wireless had requested additional time to complete business and commercial due diligence and to consider various legal matters, tax considerations and structuring. The Numerex board of directors authorized management to proceed, but proposed to limit the exclusivity period to June 30, 2017, without any further extensions. On June 13, 2017, Numerex’s outside legal counsel delivered a draft of the merger agreement to Sierra Wireless’ legal counsel.

On June 22, 2017, Messrs. Singer, and Gayron and Ms. Gay met with representatives of senior management of Sierra Wireless, including Messrs. Cohenour and McLennan, to conduct reverse due diligence on Sierra Wireless. Representatives of Deutsche Bank and RBC were also present at this meeting. At the meeting, Messrs. Cohenour and McLennan reviewed Sierra Wireless’ business and product lines, market trends, competitive landscape, organizational matters, business model, financial results, and analyst expectations. At this meeting, Mr. Gayron provided an update regarding Numerex’s expected second quarter financial results for fiscal 2017 and an outlook for the balance of the year.

On June 23, 2017, a representative of RBC contacted a representative of Deutsche Bank and informed him that Sierra Wireless was suspending work on the transaction pending a Sierra Wireless board of directors meeting scheduled for June 28, 2017 at which it would decide whether to move forward with the transaction. RBC indicated that Sierra Wireless was concerned about Numerex’s financial performance during the second quarter and its ability to meet its business plan for 2017 and beyond.

On June 26, 2017, the Numerex board of directors held a telephonic meeting, with representatives of Deutsche Bank and outside legal counsel present, to discuss the status of the transaction. Representatives of Deutsche Bank explained the concerns that had been relayed by RBC. At that meeting, the Numerex board of directors agreed that Mr. Singer should contact Kent Thexton, the Chairman of Sierra Wireless’ board of directors, to explore Sierra Wireless’ continued commitment to a transaction with Numerex. On June 27, 2017, Mr. Singer and Mr. Thexton spoke by telephone. After the Sierra Wireless board of directors meeting on June 28, 2017, RBC contacted Deutsche Bank and indicated that Sierra Wireless’ management and board of directors were still deliberating the merits of the transaction and that Mr. Thexton would contact Mr. Singer over that upcoming weekend to discuss their decision and any potential next steps. Representatives of Deutsche Bank updated the Working Group regarding the information relayed by RBC.

On July 2, 2017, Mr. Thexton telephoned Mr. Singer and confirmed Sierra Wireless’ commitment to completing the transaction. Mr. Thexton also requested certain additional diligence information.

Between July 12 and July 17, 2017, Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ senior management teams continued to discuss certain diligence issues, including Numerex’s second-half business forecasts. At the same time, outside legal counsel to each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless continued to exchange drafts of the merger agreement and disclosure schedules. In addition, such outside legal counsel respectively analyzed regulatory issues such as required Hart-Scott-Rodino Act filings and any requirements imposed by Canadian or U.S. telecommunications laws or regulations. Also during this time period, Mr. Singer had periodic calls with Mr. Thexton to discuss the status of the negotiations and resolve open items.

On July 20, 2017, certain directors, members of senior management, and outside legal counsel of each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless held a call to address Sierra Wireless’ remaining due diligence questions.

On July 21, 2017, Sierra Wireless’ legal counsel provided drafts of voting support agreements that it would seek from certain members of the Numerex board of directors and certain of its significant stockholders. Numerex’s outside legal counsel reviewed these drafts, provided comments and conferred with Pennsylvania counsel regarding the ability of a potential buyer to use voting agreements to aggregate votes for a transaction. On July 26, 2017, Sierra Wireless’ legal counsel delivered revised drafts of voting support agreements that were provided to the significant stockholders for review. Thereafter, representatives of each of Sierra Wireless and the significant stockholders continued to negotiate and finalize the terms of the voting agreements.

As discussed above, in connection with the Hale Capital financing, Numerex had issued a warrant to Hale Capital to purchase up to 895,944 shares of Numerex common stock (subject to adjustment). Under the terms of that warrant, in conjunction with a fundamental transaction such as the proposed merger, the acquiring corporation could assume the obligations under the warrant or Hale Capital could elect to participate in the transaction as if it had exercised the warrant or Hale Capital could require that Numerex purchase the warrant based on a formula specified in the warrant. That formula would result in a purchase price that would float until the closing of the merger.

On July 26, 2017, legal counsel for each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless held a telephone call to discuss the terms of the Hale Capital warrant. Numerex’s legal counsel suggested that Sierra Wireless consider issuing warrants to purchase Sierra Wireless common shares in exchange for the Hale Capital warrant. Sierra Wireless declined to issue such warrants and maintained its position as per the original proposal that the Hale Capital warrant be exercised into Numerex common stock. Numerex’s outside legal counsel reported Sierra Wireless’ position to members of Numerex senior management, representatives of Deutsche Bank, Mr. Singer, and Mr. Igoe.

 

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On July 27, 2017, Numerex’s outside legal counsel again contacted Sierra Wireless’ legal counsel, and advised them that Numerex had been informed by Hale’s legal counsel that, after discussion with Hale Capital’s investment committee, Hale Capital would not be willing to exercise the warrant (or have it deemed exercised), and wanted to exercise its buy-out right.

On July 28, 2017, after speaking with a principal at Hale Capital, Mr. Igoe reported to the Working Group, representatives of Deutsche Bank and Numerex’s outside legal counsel that Hale Capital had agreed to a fixed buy-out price of $4.0 million for the warrant. Following this discussion, a representative of Deutsche Bank advised a representative of RBC regarding Hale Capital’s proposal.

Shortly thereafter, a representative of RBC advised a representative of Deutsche Bank that Sierra Wireless expressed serious concern regarding the additional costs associated with the Hale Capital warrant and was reconsidering whether it wanted to proceed with the transaction. The Working Group then spoke by telephone with representatives of Deutsche Bank and Numerex’s outside legal counsel and determined that the best way to proceed with the transaction was to modify the exchange ratio to compensate Sierra Wireless for the additional cost to be incurred in connection with the purchase of the Hale Capital warrant and instructed Deutsche Bank to speak with RBC to convey this proposal. In addition, Mr. Singer contacted Mr. Thexton to convey the same message.

Following this discussion, in accordance with such direction, a representative of Deutsche Bank advised RBC of this development and discussed the implications of the additional expense to the proposed exchange ratio. During their conversation, representatives of Deutsche Bank and RBC determined that the incremental cost translated to a reduction in the exchange ratio by 0.0046.

At a meeting of the full Numerex board of directors on July 31, 2017, a representative of Deutsche Bank compared Sierra Wireless’ prior offer and its revised offer, noting that the reduction in the exchange ratio from 0.1846 to 0.1800 reduced the implied value of the offer price by approximately $0.14 per share of Numerex common stock based on the closing price of a Sierra Wireless common share on July 28, 2017, and compared certain financial metrics of this implied value with similar metrics for certain selected companies and transactions. Following discussion, the Numerex board of directors approved moving forward with a transaction with Sierra Wireless at the reduced exchange ratio of 0.1800 of a common share of Sierra Wireless per share of Numerex common stock.

On August 1, 2017, Messrs. Cohenour and McLennan provided Messrs. Gayron and Singer with an update on Sierra Wireless financial matters. On August 2, 2017, the Numerex board of directors convened to review the final terms of the merger agreement and voting agreements, copies of which had been provided to the Numerex board of directors prior to the meeting. Representatives of Deutsche Bank and Numerex’s outside legal counsel participated in the meeting.

At the meeting, representatives of Deutsche Bank reviewed and discussed with the Numerex board of directors certain financial analyses with respect to the exchange ratio of 0.1800 of a Sierra Wireless common share per share of Numerex common stock and rendered an oral opinion to the Numerex board of directors, confirmed by delivery of a written opinion dated August 2, 2017, to the effect that as of the date of such opinion, and based upon and subject to the assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered and limitations, qualifications and conditions on the review undertaken in connection therewith, as described in Deutsche Bank’s opinion, the exchange ratio of 0.1800 of a Sierra Wireless common share per share of Numerex common stock was fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Numerex common stock (other than Sierra Wireless and its affiliates). A copy of such opinion is attached as Annex B to this proxy statement/prospectus.

Representatives of Numerex’s outside legal counsel then reviewed the terms of the final merger agreement with the members of the Numerex board of directors and also discussed the final voting agreements that would be entered into with Messrs. Nicolaides, Holcombe, and Ryan, as well as two significant stockholders of Numerex. Following consideration of the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, the Numerex board of directors unanimously: (i) approved and declared advisable the merger agreement, the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement; (ii) determined that the terms of the merger agreement, the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement are fair to and in the best interests of Numerex and to its stockholders; (iii) authorized and approved the merger agreement, the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement; and (iv) recommended that Numerex stockholders adopt the merger agreement at a special meeting of holders of Numerex common stock to be duly called and held for such purpose.

In the afternoon of August 2, 2017, after market close, Sierra Wireless issued a press release announcing the merger agreement.

 

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Board of Directors and Management of Sierra Wireless after the Merger

Board of Directors

The merger agreement does not contemplate any changes to Sierra Wireless’ current board of directors. Information about Sierra Wireless’ current board of directors is incorporated herein by reference from Sierra Wireless’ Notice of 2017 Annual General Meeting and Management Information Circular, furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K on April 20, 2017. For more information, see the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Effects of the Merger—Sierra Wireless Governance and Other Matters .”

Management

The merger agreement does not contemplate any changes to Sierra Wireless’ executive officers. Information about Sierra Wireless’ executive officers is incorporated herein by reference from Sierra Wireless’ Annual Information Form, filed with the SEC as part of its Annual Report on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Sierra Wireless’ Reasons for the Merger

At its meeting held on August 2, 2017, after due consideration and consultation with Sierra Wireless’ management and outside legal and financial advisors, the Sierra Wireless board of directors unanimously approved the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. In doing so, the Sierra Wireless board of directors re-confirmed the strategic considerations underlying the acquisition of Numerex, including the following:

 

    adding significant scale to Sierra Wireless’ base of recurring services revenue;

 

    combining Numerex and Sierra Wireless’ strong business and technology platforms to drive global IoT services;

 

    enhancing Sierra Wireless’ business model by increasing recurring and mix of higher gross margin revenue;

 

    expanding Sierra Wireless’ subscriber base in the United States;

 

    increasing the scope of North America carrier agreements in place;

 

    expanding sales and support capacity in the organization; and

 

    further solidifying Sierra Wireless as a leader in device-to-cloud solutions for the IoT.

In making its determination, the Sierra Wireless board of directors considered a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

    the expectation that the merger will be accretive to earnings per share for Sierra Wireless shareholders once anticipated efficiencies and growth are fully realized;

 

    the availability of other targets for strategic acquisitions, including potential targets with quality IoT capabilities;

 

    the integration plan for Numerex within the Cloud & Connectivity Services business unit of Sierra Wireless;

 

    synergy opportunities, balanced with the expectation that some investment will be required to enhance certain operating capabilities;

 

    strategic Mobile Network Operator relationships;

 

    leveraging other Sierra Wireless business units and corporate functions to improve the business model;

 

    the expansion of Sierra Wireless’ sales and channel capacity;

 

    the Sierra Wireless board of directors’ understanding of Numerex’s business, assets, financial condition and results of operations, competitive position and historical and projected financial performance;

 

    the fact that legal, accounting and financial due diligence was conducted with respect to Numerex’s operations and its corporate and financial matters;

 

    favorable terms of the merger agreement, including:

 

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    a balanced valuation with the merger consideration reflecting the value of the Numerex business and accounting for recent performance and the need to invest in Numerex’s business in order to return it to growth;

 

    support for the transaction by key Numerex stockholders;

 

    the fact that the exchange ratio is fixed and will not be adjusted for fluctuations in the market price of Sierra Wireless common shares or Numerex common stock;

 

    restrictions on Numerex’s ability to solicit alternative business combination transactions and to provide confidential due diligence information to, or engage in discussions with, a third party interested in pursuing an alternative business combinations transaction with Numerex, as further discussed in the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—No-Solicitation ”; and

 

    the obligation of Numerex to pay Sierra Wireless a termination fee of approximately $4,012,500 upon termination of the merger agreement under specified circumstances, as further discussed in the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Termination of the Merger Agreement ”; and

 

    the probability that the conditions to the merger will be satisfied.

In connection with its deliberations relating to the merger, the Sierra Wireless board of directors also considered potential risks and negative factors concerning the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

    the risks associated with the closing conditions of the merger, including the risk that the merger might not be completed in a timely manner or at all;

 

    the potential distraction to Sierra Wireless’ current business and specific initiatives;

 

    the difficulties and management challenges inherent in integrating the business, operations and workforce of Numerex with those of Sierra Wireless;

 

    the difficulties and management challenges inherent in returning the Numerex business to profitable growth;

 

    Sierra Wireless’ assessment of the achievability of Numerex’s financial projections, including those described under “ The Merger Proposal – Numerex Unaudited Prospective Financial Information, ” and its expectation that the merger will not be accretive to earnings per share until approximately 12 months after the closing, assuming efficiencies and anticipated growth are fully realized;

 

    the effect that the length of time from announcement until closing could have on the market price of Sierra Wireless common shares, Sierra Wireless’ operating results (particularly in light of the significant costs incurred in connection with the merger) and the relationships with Sierra Wireless’ employees, shareholders, customers, suppliers, regulators, partners and others that do business with Sierra Wireless;

 

    the risk that the anticipated benefits of the merger will not be realized in full or in part, including the risk that expected synergies, expected growth and expected cost savings will not be achieved or not achieved in the expected time frame;

 

    the risk of diverting the attention of Sierra Wireless’ senior management from other strategic priorities to implement the merger and make arrangements for integration of Sierra Wireless’ and Numerex’s operations and infrastructure following the merger;

 

    the potential impact on the market price of Sierra Wireless common shares as a result of the issuance of the merger consideration to Numerex stockholders;

 

    risks associated with managing the technology transitions; and

 

    the risks described in the section entitled “ Risk Factors .”

After consideration of these factors the Sierra Wireless board of directors determined that, overall, the potential benefits of the merger outweighed the potential risks.

 

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The foregoing discussion of factors considered by the Sierra Wireless board of directors is not intended to be exhaustive but includes the material information and factors considered by the Sierra Wireless board of directors in its consideration of the merger and the merger agreement. In view of the wide variety of factors considered in connection with its evaluation of the merger and the complexity of these matters, the Sierra Wireless board of directors did not attempt to quantify, rank or otherwise assign any relative or specific weights to the factors that it considered in reaching its determination to approve the merger and the merger agreement. In addition, individual members of the Sierra Wireless board of directors may have given differing weights to different factors. The Sierra Wireless board of directors conducted an overall review of the factors described above and other material factors, including through discussions with, and inquiry of, Sierra Wireless’ management and outside legal and financial advisors.

The foregoing description of Sierra Wireless’ consideration of the factors supporting the merger is forward-looking in nature. This information should be read in light of the factors discussed in the section entitled “ Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements .”

Numerex’s Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of the Numerex Board of Directors

At its meeting held on August 2, 2017, after due consideration and consultation with Numerex’s management and outside legal and financial advisors, the Numerex board of directors unanimously determined that the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement were fair to, and in the best interests of, Numerex and its stockholders and approved and declared advisable the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. THE NUMEREX BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT NUMEREX STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE ADOPTION OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT .

In evaluating the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger, the Numerex board of directors consulted with senior management, as well as Deutsche Bank and Numerex’s external legal counsel. In the course of making the determination that the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger, are fair to and in the best interests of Numerex and its stockholders and to recommend that Numerex’s stockholders vote in favor of the adoption of the merger agreement, the Numerex board of directors considered numerous factors, including the following non-exhaustive list of factors and benefits of the merger, each of which the Numerex board of directors believed supported its unanimous determination and recommendation:

 

    Business and Financial Condition of Numerex. The Numerex board of directors considered Numerex’s business, financial condition, results of operations, competitive position, properties, assets and prospects as well as its long-term plan. The Numerex board of directors considered, among other factors that the holders of Numerex common stock would continue to be subject to the risks and uncertainties of Numerex executing on its long-term plan if it remained independent. These risks and uncertainties included risks relating to Numerex’s ability to identify sources and obtain additional debt or equity financing, and other risks inherent in its long-term plan. The Numerex board of directors considered Numerex’s need for, and availability on acceptable terms or at all, of additional funding and assessed potential cost-cutting measures that would be necessary to continue operating as a standalone company. The Numerex board of directors weighed the substantial risk and uncertainty associated with remaining a stand-alone entity, as compared to the benefit of combining with Sierra Wireless and the greater resources, capabilities and financial stability offered from such a combination.

 

    Strength of the Combined Company. The Numerex board of directors considered the benefits from the expected strength of the combined company, including the complementary nature of Sierra Wireless’ business and operations, culture and product mix, strategic focus, target markets and client service, and the expanded possibilities, including organic growth and future acquisitions, that would be available to the combined company, given its larger size, product offerings and footprint. The Numerex board also considered the fact that merger would enable the Numerex stockholders, who will own approximately 10% of the combined company, to participate in the future earnings and growth of the combined company.

 

    Strategic Alternatives. The Numerex board of directors considered its belief, especially in view of the results of the solicitation of interest from other strategic partners, that the value offered by Sierra Wireless to holders of Numerex common stock in the merger was more favorable to holders of Numerex common stock than the potential value of remaining an independent public company.

 

   

Merger Consideration. The Numerex board of directors considered the fact that the merger consideration represented, on a pro forma basis, ownership by Numerex stockholders of approximately 10% of the combined company following the consummation of the merger. The Numerex board also considered that, at the time of approving the transaction, the fact that the exchange ratio of 0.1800 represented a premium of approximately 17.5% to Numerex’s volume weighted average share price for the 20 trading day period ending August 1, 2017. The Numerex board of directors

 

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also concluded that, in its view, it had obtained Sierra Wireless’ best and final offer, and that, as of the date of the merger agreement, the merger consideration represented the highest consideration reasonably obtainable.

 

    Deutsche Bank’s Fairness Opinion and Related Analyses. The Numerex board of directors considered Deutsche Bank’s financial analysis with respect to the exchange ratio of 0.1800 of a Sierra Wireless common share per share of Numerex common stock and the oral opinion to the Numerex board of directors, confirmed by delivery of a written opinion dated August 2, 2017, to the effect that as of the date of such opinion, and based upon and subject to the assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered and limitations, qualifications and conditions on the review undertaken in connection therewith, as described in Deutsche Bank’s opinion, the exchange ratio of 0.1800 of a Sierra Wireless common share per share of Numerex common stock was fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Numerex common stock (other than Sierra Wireless and its affiliates).

 

    Fixed Exchange Ratio. The Numerex board considered the fact that the exchange ratio is fixed, which the Numerex board of directors believed was consistent with market practice for transactions of this type and with the strategic purpose of the transaction.

 

    Limited Potentially Interested Counterparties. The Numerex board of directors considered the results of the strategic review process undertaken by Numerex in 2016 and 2017 and, taking into account the advice of Deutsche Bank, concluded that there was only a limited number of potentially interested and capable counterparties that had both the capacity to compete with the terms proposed by Sierra Wireless and the demonstrated interest in Numerex’s business. The Numerex board of directors also considered that the merger agreement allows Numerex to respond to unsolicited takeover proposals if another party decided to approach Numerex and make an offer prior to the stockholder vote.

 

    Strategic Competitive Advantage of Combined Company. The Numerex board believed that the combined company will have a powerful business and technology platform that will enable the combined company to drive a global leadership position in IoT services and solutions. The Numerex board also believed that the merger will strengthen Numerex’s business, advance its product offerings, and accelerate the growth of its recurring revenue streams, providing Numerex stockholders the opportunity to participate in the considerable upside potential of the combined company.

 

    Negotiation Process and Procedural Fairness. The Numerex board of directors considered the fact that the terms of the merger were the result of robust arm’s-length negotiations conducted by Numerex, with the knowledge and at the direction of the Numerex board of directors, and with the assistance of its financial and legal advisors.

 

    Type of Consideration . The Numerex board of directors considered that the merger consideration is to be paid in stock of Sierra Wireless, which provides holders Numerex common stock with the ability to participate in the future growth of Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ respective businesses while limiting Numerex’s significant business risks if it were to remain a stand-alone entity. In addition, the Sierra Wireless shares to be received will be freely tradeable in the public market following closing. The Numerex board believed that Sierra Wireless common shares represented a highly attractive form of consideration for Numerex stockholders, and its expectation that Numerex stockholders would benefit from holding such consideration and benefiting from the strategic value of the combination over the long term.

 

    Likelihood of Completion; Certainty of Closing. The Numerex board of directors considered its belief that the merger will likely be consummated, based on, among other factors:

 

    the fact that the conditions to the merger are specific and limited in scope;

 

    the absence of any financing or Sierra Wireless shareholder vote conditions to consummation of the merger; and

 

    the reputation of Sierra Wireless.

 

    Speed of Completion . The Numerex board of directors considered the anticipated timing of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, and the structure of the merger, which, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the applicable conditions set forth in the merger agreement, should allow stockholders to receive the consideration for their shares of Numerex common stock in a relatively short time frame. The Numerex board of directors considered that the potential for closing in a relatively short time frame could also reduce the amount of time in which Numerex’s business would be subject to the potential disruption and uncertainty pending closing.

 

    Certain Numerex Management Projections. The Numerex board of directors considered the financial forecasts for Numerex prepared by Numerex’s management, which reflect an application of various commercial assumptions of Numerex’s senior management to the latest available long-term plans of Numerex.

 

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    Other Terms of the Merger Agreement . The Numerex board of directors considered other terms of the merger agreement. Certain provisions of the merger agreement that the Numerex board of directors considered important included:

 

    Ability to Respond to Unsolicited Takeover Proposals . Prior to the receipt of Numerex stockholder approval or termination of the merger agreement, the Numerex board of directors may provide non-confidential information and/or engage in discussions or negotiations in connection with an unsolicited bona fide written takeover proposal if the Numerex board of directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that such takeover proposal is, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a superior proposal and that the failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable law, subject to certain notice requirements in favor of Sierra Wireless and the entry into an acceptable confidentiality agreement.

 

    Numerex Adverse Recommendation Change in Response to a Superior Proposal; Ability to Accept a Superior Proposal. The Numerex board of directors may, in connection with a superior proposal, effect a change in recommendation if the Numerex board of directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable law, and/or cause Numerex to terminate the merger agreement to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a superior proposal, subject, in each case, to a four-business day “match right” that would allow Sierra Wireless to match a superior proposal, and which will renew for two additional business days with any revisions to the financial terms or any material revisions to the other terms of the superior proposal.

 

    General Numerex Adverse Recommendation Change. Upon the occurrence of certain intervening events, the Numerex board of directors may also effect a change in recommendation other than in response to a superior proposal if the Numerex board of directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable law, subject to a four-business day match right that would allow Sierra Wireless to make such adjustments to the terms and conditions of the merger agreement to allow the merger to be effected.

In reaching its determinations and recommendations described above, the Numerex board of directors also considered the following potentially negative factors:

 

    Non-Solicitation Covenant . The Numerex board of directors considered that the merger agreement prohibits Numerex from soliciting takeover proposals from third parties.

 

    Termination Fee . The Numerex board of directors considered the fact that Numerex must pay Sierra Wireless a termination fee of approximately $4,012,500, calculated as 3.75% of the aggregate equity value of the merger as of the date of signing the merger agreement, if the merger agreement is terminated under certain circumstances, including to accept a superior proposal, and that the amount of the termination fee is comparable to termination fees in transactions of a similar size, was reasonable, would not likely deter competing bids and would not likely be required to be paid unless Numerex entered into a more favorable transaction. The Numerex board of directors also recognized that the provisions in the merger agreement relating to these fees were insisted upon by Sierra Wireless as a condition to entering into the merger agreement.

 

    Interim Operating Covenants . The Numerex board of directors considered that the merger agreement requires Numerex, prior to the consummation of the merger, to conduct its business in the ordinary course of business in all material respects and use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its business organizations, preserve its advantageous relationships with employees, customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees and others having business dealings with it, and may limit Numerex from taking specified actions, subject to specific limitations, which may delay or prevent Numerex from undertaking strategic opportunities outside the ordinary course of business that may arise pending completion of the merger.

 

   

Risks the Merger May Not Be Completed. The Numerex board of directors considered the risk that the conditions to the merger, including regulatory approval under the HSR Act and failure to obtain stockholder approval, may not be satisfied and that, therefore, the merger may not be consummated. The Numerex board of directors also considered the risks and costs to Numerex if the merger is not consummated, including the diversion of management and employee attention, potential employee attrition, the potential effect on employees, customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors,

 

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licensees and others that do business with Numerex and the potential effect on the market price of the shares of Numerex common stock.

 

    Risks Associated with the Lack of Price Protection . The Numerex board of directors considered the risk of entering into a transaction with the consideration being a fixed percentage of the outstanding shares of Sierra Wireless common shares without a collar associated with the market price of Sierra Wireless’ shares. The Numerex board of directors recognized that the absence of a collar could significantly benefit Numerex stockholders in the event the market price of Sierra Wireless’ shares increases, but could also limit the value to be received by Numerex stockholders in the event the market price of Sierra Wireless’ common shares decreased.

 

    Absence of Sierra Wireless Management Projections. The Numerex board of directors considered that Sierra Wireless did not provide Numerex with internal annual financial forecasts for Sierra Wireless and that, instead, management of Sierra Wireless had discussed certain publicly available quarterly forecasts related to Sierra Wireless with Deutsche Bank, together with certain adjustments thereto and extrapolations thereof based on financial and operating metrics furnished to or discussed with Deutsche Bank by the management of Sierra Wireless.

 

    Potential Conflicts of Interest. The Numerex board of directors considered the fact that Numerex’s executive officers and directors have financial interests in the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger, that may be different from or in addition to those of other stockholders.

 

    Other Risk Associated with the Merger . The Numerex board of directors also considered the risks associated with the integration of the two companies and the fact that the anticipated synergies of the combined entity may not be realized to the extent expected during the negotiations, or at all, as well as the overall business and industry-related risks involving Sierra Wireless’ business.

After considering the foregoing potentially negative and potentially positive factors, the Numerex board of directors concluded that the uncertainties, risks and potentially negative factors relevant to the merger were outweighed by the potential benefits that it expected Numerex and its stockholders would achieve as a result of the transaction.

The foregoing discussion of the factors considered by the Numerex board of directors is intended to be a summary, and is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather includes the principal factors considered by the Numerex board of directors. After considering these factors, the Numerex board of directors concluded that the positive factors relating to the merger agreement and the merger substantially outweighed the potential negative factors. The Numerex board of directors collectively reached the conclusion to approve the merger agreement and the merger, in light of the various factors described above and other factors that the members of the Numerex board of directors believed were appropriate to consider. In view of the wide variety of factors considered by the Numerex board of directors in connection with its evaluation of the merger agreement and the merger, and the complexity of these matters, the Numerex board of directors did not consider it practical, and did not attempt to quantify, rank or otherwise assign relative weights to the specific factors it considered in reaching its decision, and it did not undertake to make any specific determination as to whether any factor, or any particular aspect of any factor, supported or did not support its ultimate determination. Rather, the Numerex board of directors made its recommendation based on the totality of information it received and the investigation it conducted. In considering the factors discussed above, individual directors may have given different weights to different factors. It should be noted that this explanation of the reasoning of the Numerex board of directors and certain information presented in this section is forward-looking in nature and, therefore, should be read in light of the factors discussed in the section entitled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

In considering the recommendation of the Numerex board of directors, you should be aware that directors and executive officers of Numerex have interests in the proposed merger that are in addition to, or different from, any interests they might have as stockholders. For more information, see the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger .”

Opinion of Numerex’s Financial Advisor

At the August 2, 2017 meeting of the Numerex board of directors, Deutsche Bank rendered its oral opinion to the Numerex board of directors, subsequently confirmed by delivery of a written opinion dated August 2, 2017, to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion, and based upon and subject to the assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered, limitations, qualifications and conditions on the review undertaken in connection therewith, as described in Deutsche Bank’s opinion, the exchange ratio was fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of the outstanding shares of Numerex common stock (other than Sierra Wireless and its affiliates).

 

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The full text of Deutsche Bank’s written opinion, dated August 2, 2017, which sets forth the assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered and limitations, qualifications and conditions on the review undertaken by Deutsche Bank in connection with the opinion, is attached to this document as Annex B and is incorporated herein by reference (which we refer to as the “opinion”). The summary of Deutsche Bank’s opinion set forth in this document is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the opinion. Deutsche Bank’s opinion was approved and authorized for issuance by a Deutsche Bank fairness opinion review committee and was addressed to, and was for the use and benefit of, the Numerex board of directors in connection with and for the purpose of its evaluation of the merger. Deutsche Bank’s opinion was limited to the fairness of the exchange ratio, from a financial point of view, to the holders of the outstanding shares of Numerex common stock (excluding Sierra Wireless and its affiliates) as of the date of the opinion. Deutsche Bank’s opinion did not address any other terms of the merger, the merger agreement, the Hale Agreement or any other agreement entered into or to be entered into in connection with the merger. The Numerex board of directors did not ask Deutsche Bank to, and Deutsche Bank’s opinion did not, address the fairness of the merger, or any consideration received in connection therewith, to the holders of any other class of securities, creditors or other constituencies of Numerex, nor did it address the fairness of the contemplated benefits of the merger. Deutsche Bank expressed no opinion as to the merits of the underlying decision by Numerex to engage in the merger or the relative merits of the merger as compared to any alternative transactions or business strategies. Nor did Deutsche Bank express any opinion, and Deutsche Bank’s opinion does not constitute a recommendation, as to how any holder of shares of Numerex common stock should vote with respect to the merger or any other matter. In addition, Deutsche Bank did not express any view or opinion as to the fairness, financial or otherwise, of the amount or nature of any compensation payable to, or to be received by, any of the officers, directors, or employees of any party to the merger, or any class of such persons, in connection with the merger, whether relative to the exchange ratio or otherwise. In particular, Deutsche Bank expressed no opinion with respect to the consideration to be received by Hale Capital in exchange for the surrender of the Hale Warrant pursuant to the Hale Agreement or the relative fairness of the exchange ratio as compared with the consideration to be received by Hale Capital in exchange for the surrender of the Hale Warrant. Deutsche Bank’s opinion did not in any manner address the prices at which the Numerex common stock, the Sierra Wireless common shares or any other securities will trade following the announcement or completion of the merger.

In connection with Deutsche Bank’s role as financial advisor to Numerex, and in arriving at its opinion, Deutsche Bank reviewed (a) certain publicly available financial and other information concerning Numerex, certain internal analyses, financial forecasts and other information relating to Numerex prepared by management of Numerex (which we refer to as the “Numerex forecasts”), and (b) certain publicly available financial and other information concerning Sierra Wireless, including publicly available financial forecasts related to Sierra Wireless furnished to or discussed with Deutsche Bank by the management of Sierra Wireless and certain adjustments thereto and extrapolations thereof based on financial and operating metrics furnished to or discussed with Deutsche Bank by the management of Sierra Wireless, prepared at the direction of Numerex and approved by Numerex for Deutsche Bank’s use (which we refer to as the “Sierra Wireless forecasts”). Deutsche Bank also held discussions with certain senior officers of Numerex regarding the businesses and prospects of Numerex and Sierra Wireless, and with certain senior officers and other representatives and advisor of Sierra Wireless regarding the business and prospects of Sierra Wireless. In addition, Deutsche Bank:

 

    reviewed the reported prices and trading activity for the Numerex common stock and the Sierra Wireless common shares;

 

    to the extent publicly available, compared certain financial and stock market information for Numerex and Sierra Wireless with, to the extent publicly available, similar information for certain other companies Deutsche Bank considered relevant whose securities are publicly traded;

 

    reviewed, to the extent publicly available, the financial terms of certain recent business combinations, which Deutsche Bank deemed relevant;

 

    reviewed the merger agreement and the Hale Agreement; and

 

    performed such other studies and analyses and considered such other factors as Deutsche Bank deemed appropriate.

Deutsche Bank did not assume responsibility for independent verification of, and did not independently verify, any information, whether publicly available or furnished to it, concerning Numerex, Sierra Wireless or the combined company, including, without limitation, any financial information considered in connection with the rendering of Deutsche Bank’s opinion. Accordingly, for purposes of Deutsche Bank’s opinion, Deutsche Bank, with the knowledge and permission of the Numerex board of directors, assumed and relied upon the accuracy and completeness of all such information. Deutsche Bank did not conduct a physical inspection of any of the properties or assets, and did not prepare, obtain or review any independent

 

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evaluation or appraisal of any of the assets or liabilities (including any contingent, derivative or off-balance-sheet assets or liabilities), of Numerex, Sierra Wireless or any of their respective subsidiaries, nor did Deutsche Bank evaluate the solvency or fair value of Numerex, Sierra Wireless or the combined company (or the impact of the merger thereon) under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or similar matters. With respect to the Numerex forecasts used in its analyses, Deutsche Bank assumed with the knowledge and permission of Numerex board of directors, that such forecasts had been reasonably prepared on bases reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of the management of Numerex as to the matters covered thereby. As previously disclosed to the Numerex board of directors, Deutsche Bank was not provided with, and Deutsche Bank did not have access to, financial forecasts relating to Sierra Wireless prepared by the management of Sierra Wireless. Deutsche Bank was advised by the management of Sierra Wireless that Sierra Wireless was not aware of any facts or circumstances that would have caused it to conclude that the Sierra Wireless forecasts were not a reasonable basis, and, at the direction of Numerex, Deutsche Bank assumed that the Sierra Wireless forecasts were a reasonable basis, upon which to evaluate the future financial performance of Sierra Wireless and, accordingly, Deutsche Bank used Sierra Wireless forecasts for purposes of its analysis and opinion. In this regard, on August 1, 2017, upon completion of its latest forecast, management of Sierra Wireless updated management of Numerex on certain financial matters including preliminary second quarter 2017 results, which were ahead of Wall Street consensus estimates, as well as expected third quarter revenue guidance, which at the mid-point was aligned with Wall Street consensus estimates, and third quarter EPS guidance, which at the mid-point was $0.03 per share below Wall Street consensus estimates. Sierra Wireless’ management further indicated that the remainder of the 2017 forecast had not materially changed. The financial analyses described below were prepared prior to receipt of such information. While the Sierra Wireless forecasts and such financial analyses were not updated to reflect this additional information, Deutsche Bank did not believe that such information would be material to its analyses because the long-term forecasts had not changed. In rendering its opinion, Deutsche Bank expressed no view as to the reasonableness of the Numerex forecasts or the Sierra Wireless forecasts or the assumptions on which they were based. Deutsche Bank also assumed, at the direction of Numerex, that the merger would qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of the Code. Deutsche Bank’s opinion was necessarily based upon economic, market and other conditions as in effect on, and the information made available to Deutsche Bank as of, the date of the opinion. Deutsche Bank expressly disclaimed any undertaking or obligation to advise any person of any change in any fact or matter affecting Deutsche Bank’s opinion of which Deutsche Bank becomes aware after the date of its opinion.

For purposes of rendering its opinion, Deutsche Bank assumed with the knowledge and permission of the Numerex board of directors that, in all respects material to Deutsche Bank’s analysis, the merger would be consummated in accordance with the terms of the merger agreement, without any waiver, modification or amendment of any term, condition or agreement that would be material to Deutsche Bank’s analysis. Deutsche Bank also assumed with knowledge and permission of the Numerex board of directors that all material governmental, regulatory or other approvals and consents required in connection with the consummation of the merger would be obtained and that in connection with obtaining any necessary governmental, regulatory or other approvals and consents, no restrictions, terms or conditions would be imposed that would be material to Deutsche Bank’s analysis. Deutsche Bank is not a legal, regulatory, tax or accounting expert and relied on the assessments made by Numerex and its other advisors with respect to such issues.

Numerex selected Deutsche Bank as its financial advisor in connection with the merger based on Deutsche Bank’s qualifications, expertise, reputation and experience in mergers and acquisitions. Pursuant to an engagement letter between Numerex and Deutsche Bank, dated August 2, 2016, Numerex agreed to pay Deutsche Bank a fee estimated to be approximately $3,000,000 for its services as financial advisor to Numerex in connection with the merger, of which $750,000 became payable upon delivery of its opinion (or would have become payable if Deutsche Bank had advised the Numerex board of directors that it was unable to render an opinion) and the remainder of which is contingent upon consummation of the merger. Numerex has also agreed to reimburse Deutsche Bank for its expenses, and to indemnify Deutsche Bank against certain liabilities, in connection with its engagement.

Deutsche Bank is an affiliate of Deutsche Bank AG (together with its affiliates, the “DB Group”). The DB Group has not received fees from Sierra or Numerex with respect to any investment banking, transaction banking, or corporate banking services unrelated to the merger since January 1, 2015. One or more members of DB Group may provide investment and commercial banking services to Sierra Wireless and Numerex in the future, for which Deutsche Bank would expect the DB Group to receive compensation. In the ordinary course of business, members of the DB Group may actively trade in the securities and other instruments and obligations of Sierra Wireless, Numerex and their respective affiliates for their own accounts and for the accounts of their customers. Accordingly, the DB Group may at any time hold a long or short position in such securities, instruments, and obligations.

Summary of Material Financial Analysis

The following is a summary of the material financial analyses presented by Deutsche Bank to the Numerex board of directors on August 2, 2017, and that were used in connection with rendering its opinion described above.

 

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The following summary, however, does not purport to be a complete description of the financial analyses performed by Deutsche Bank, nor does the order in which the analyses are described below represent the relative importance or weight given to the analyses by Deutsche Bank. Some of the summaries of the financial analyses below include information presented in tabular format. In order to fully understand the analyses, the tables must be read together with the full text of each summary. The tables alone do not constitute a complete description of Deutsche Bank’s analyses. Considering the data described below without considering the full narrative description of the financial analyses, including the methodologies and assumptions underlying the analyses, could create a misleading or incomplete view of Deutsche Bank’s analyses. Except as otherwise noted, the following quantitative information, to the extent that it is based on market data, is based on market data as it existed on or before August 1, 2017, and is not necessarily indicative of current market conditions.

In preparing its analysis, Deutsche Bank utilized calculations of, among other things, (i) enterprise value, calculated as equity value plus net debt (“EV”), (ii) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and (iii) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization adjusted to exclude the impact of certain non-cash and non-recurring items (“Adjusted EBITDA”). For purposes of its analysis, Deutsche Bank calculated Numerex’s last twelve months EBITDA on an annualized basis using Numerex’s results for the second quarter of 2017 in order to fully reflect Numerex’s recent cost restructuring initiatives and the resulting improvements in its pro forma results.

Selected Public Companies Analysis

Deutsche Bank reviewed and compared certain financial information and commonly used valuation measurements for Numerex and Sierra Wireless with corresponding financial information and valuation measurements for the publicly-traded IoT companies that are listed below:

 

    CalAmp Corp.

 

    Digi International Inc.

 

    ORBCOMM Inc.

 

    Telit Communications Plc

 

    u-blox Holding AG

Although none of Sierra Wireless or the other selected companies is directly comparable to Numerex, and none of Numerex or the other selected companies is directly comparable to Sierra Wireless, for the purpose of selecting the companies for this analysis, Deutsche bank utilized its professional judgment and experience as investment bankers, taking into account several factors, including, among other things, Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ operational capabilities and financial profile compared with those of the selected companies, the competitive landscape in which Numerex, Sierra Wireless and the selected companies operate and Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ product offerings and those of the selected companies. Accordingly, the analysis of selected publicly traded companies was not simply mathematical. Rather, it involved complex considerations and qualitative judgments, reflected in the opinion of Deutsche Bank, concerning differences in financial and operating characteristics of the selected companies and other factors that could affect the public trading value of such companies.

Based on the closing prices of each of the common stock or common equity of selected companies (including Sierra Wireless) on August 1, 2017, information contained in the most recent public filings of Sierra Wireless and the selected companies, and analyst consensus estimates of Adjusted EBITDA for calendar year 2017 for Sierra Wireless and each of the selected companies, Deutsche Bank calculated the following multiples with respect to Sierra Wireless and each of the selected companies:

 

    EV as a multiple of last twelve months (“LTM”) Adjusted EBITDA 4 ; and

 

    EV as a multiple of the estimated calendar year 2017 Adjusted EBITDA.

Deutsche Bank calculated the same multiples for Numerex based upon (a) LTM Adjusted EBITDA of Numerex, (b) Numerex management’s estimates of the calendar year 2017 Adjusted EBITDA of Numerex, (c) analyst consensus estimates of the calendar year 2017 Adjusted EBITDA of Numerex and (d) implied EV of Numerex based upon the implied value of the

 

4  

In the case of Numerex, LTM Adjusted EBITDA was calculated on an annualized basis using Numerex’s results for the second quarter of 2017 in order to fully reflect Numerex’s recent cost restructuring initiatives and the resulting improvements in its pro forma results.

 

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exchange ratio of $5.34 per share of Numerex common stock based upon the closing price per Sierra Wireless common share of $29.65 on August 1, 2017. The results of this analysis are summarized as follows:

 

     EV/LTM
Adjusted
EBITDA
     EV/CY2017E Adjusted EBITDA  

Selected Companies

     

CalAmp Corp.

     16.1x        15.2x  

Digi International Inc.

     9.0x        11.1x  

ORBCOMM Inc.

     20.3x        18.7x  

Telit Communications Plc

     8.3x        6.9x  

u-blox Holding AG

     15.4x        13.9x  

Median (including Sierra Wireless)

     15.8x        14.6x  

Sierra Wireless

     18.0x        16.5x  

Numerex (at $5.34 per share)

     21.3x       

12.5x (management estimate)

15.0x (analyst consensus)

 

 

Based in part upon the multiples of Sierra Wireless and the selected companies described above and taking into account its professional judgment and experience, Deutsche Bank calculated the following estimated implied exchange ratio ranges (based on the closing price of $29.65 per Sierra Wireless common share on August 1, 2017):

 

    approximately 0.0542 to 0.1206, by applying multiples of EV to Numerex’s LTM Adjusted EBITDA of 8.0x to 15.0x (corresponding to a range of implied values of approximately $1.61 to $3.58 per share of Numerex common stock based upon the closing price per Sierra Wireless common share of $29.65 on August 1, 2017);

 

    approximately 0.0914 to 0.1882, by applying multiples of EV to Numerex’s management estimates of calendar year 2017 Adjusted EBITDA of 7.0x to 13.0x (corresponding to a range of implied values of approximately $2.71 to $5.58 per share of Numerex common stock based upon the closing price per Sierra Wireless common share of $29.65 on August 1, 2017); and

 

    approximately 0.0727 to 0.1536, by applying multiples of EV to analyst consensus estimates of Numerex’s calendar year 2017 Adjusted EBITDA of 7.0x to 13.0x (corresponding to a range of implied values of approximately $2.15 to $4.55 per share of Numerex common stock based upon the closing price per Sierra Wireless common share of $29.65 on August 1, 2017).

Selected Transactions Analysis

Deutsche Bank reviewed publicly available information relating to the eight selected acquisition transactions in the communications and IoT industry announced since May 2011 described in the table below, which are referred to in this section as the “selected transactions.”

Although none of the selected transactions is directly comparable to the merger, the companies that participated in the selected transactions were selected by Deutsche Bank based upon its professional judgment and experience as investment bankers and its knowledge of transactions of a similar nature and are such that, for purposes of analysis, the selected transactions may be considered similar to the merger.

With respect to each selected transaction and based on publicly available information, Deutsche Bank calculated the multiples of the target’s EV to LTM EBITDA. The following table presents the results of this analysis:

 

Date Announced

  

Target

  

Acquirer

  

EV/LTM EBITDA

May 2011    Tekla Corp.    Trimble Finland Oy    28.5x
June 2012    Miranda Technologies Inc.    Belden Inc.    9.0x
April 2013    Telular Corporation    Avista Capital Partners    11.4x
April 2014    Omnilink Systems Inc.    Numerex    Not meaningful
June 2014    Sascar Participações S.A.    Compagnie Generale Des Establishments Michelin SA    15.4x
September 2014    XRS Corp.   

Omnitracs LLC

Vista Equity Partners

   21.7x
February 2016    CalAmp Corp.    LoJack Corporation    15.1x
August 2016    Fleetmatics Group PLC    Verizon Communications Inc.    22.4x
Median          15.4x

 

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Based in part upon the multiples of the selected transactions described above, and taking into account its professional judgment and experience, Deutsche Bank calculated an estimated implied exchange ratio range (based on the closing price of $29.65 per Sierra Wireless common share on August 1, 2017) of approximately 0.0921 to 0.1869 by applying multiples of EV to Numerex’s LTM Adjusted EBITDA of 12.0x to 22.0x (resulting in a range of implied values of approximately $2.73 to $5.54 per share of Numerex common stock based on the closing price per Sierra Wireless common share of $29.65 on August 1, 2017).

Numerex Standalone Discounted Cash Flow Analysis

Deutsche Bank performed a discounted cash flow analysis to determine a range of implied net present values per share of Numerex common stock. Deutsche Bank applied discount rates ranging from 12.0% to 14.1% to estimates of the future unlevered free cash flows of Numerex for the calendar years 2017 through 2021, and to a range of estimated terminal values for Numerex at the end of such period based upon the Numerex forecasts to determine a range of implied enterprise values for Numerex as of August 1, 2017. For purposes of its financial analyses, Deutsche Bank calculated unlevered free cash flow as (a) Adjusted EBITDA less, (b) stock based compensation expense less, (c) cash taxes, less (d) capital expenditures, less (e) change in net working capital. Deutsche Bank derived the foregoing range of discount rates utilizing a weighted average cost of capital analysis based on certain financial metrics for Numerex, Sierra Wireless and the other selected companies described above. The terminal values were calculated using a range of perpetuity growth rates of 3.0% to 5.0%. Deutsche Bank then added cash (net of debt) and divided the result by the number of fully diluted shares of Numerex’s common stock outstanding using the treasury stock method. This analysis resulted in a range of implied net present values of Numerex common stock as of August 1, 2017 of approximately $3.56 to $5.49 per share which, based on the closing price of $29.65 per Sierra Wireless common share on August 1, 2017, corresponded to an implied exchange ratio range of approximately 0.1200 to 0.1853.

Relative Discounted Cash Flow Analysis

Deutsche Bank also performed a discounted cash flow analysis to determine a range of implied net present values per Sierra Wireless common share. Deutsche Bank applied discount rates ranging from 10.0% to 12.0% to estimates of the future unlevered free cash flows of Sierra Wireless for the calendar years 2017 through 2021, and to a range of estimated terminal values for Sierra Wireless at the end of such period based upon the Sierra Wireless forecasts to determine a range of implied enterprise values for Sierra Wireless as of August 1, 2017. For purposes of its financial analyses, Deutsche Bank calculated unlevered free cash flow as (a) Adjusted EBITDA less, (b) stock based compensation expense less, (c) cash taxes, less (d) capital expenditures, less (e) change in net working capital. Deutsche Bank derived the foregoing range of discount rates utilizing a weighted average cost of capital analysis based on certain financial metrics for Sierra Wireless, Numerex and the other selected companies described above. The terminal values were calculated using a range of perpetuity growth rates of 3.0% to 4.0%. Deutsche Bank then added cash (net of debt) and divided the result by the number of fully diluted Sierra Wireless’ common shares outstanding using the treasury stock method. This analysis resulted in a range of implied present values of Sierra Wireless common shares as of August 1, 2017 of approximately $23.07 to $32.70 per share.

Based upon the implied net present value ranges of a share of Numerex common stock described under “Numerex Standalone Discounted Cash Flow Analysis” above and a Sierra Wireless common share as described above, Deutsche Bank derived a range of estimated implied exchange ratio of 0.1542 to 0.1680 (resulting in a range of implied values of approximately $4.57 to $4.98 per share of Numerex common stock based on the closing price of $29.65 per Sierra Wireless common share on August 1, 2017).

Other Information

Deutsche Bank also noted for the Numerex board of directors certain additional factors that were not considered part of its financial analysis with respect to its opinion but were referenced for informational purposes.

Specifically, Deutsche Bank reviewed the historical trading prices for Numerex common stock and Sierra Wireless common shares and the resulting implied exchange ratio for each trading day during the 52-week period ended August 1, 2017 calculated by dividing the closing price per share of Numerex common stock by the closing price per Sierra Wireless common share on each relevant date. Deutsche Bank noted that the implied exchange ratio during such period ranged from a low of approximately 0.1362 to a high of approximately 0.5944 (resulting in implied values of approximately $4.04 to $17.62 per share of Numerex common stock) during such 52-week period. Deutsche Bank also noted that the implied exchange ratio

 

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during the three-month period ended on August 1, 2017 ranged from a low of approximately 0.1362 to a high of approximately 0.2000 (resulting in implied values of approximately $4.04 to $5.93 per share of Numerex common stock based on the closing price of $29.65 per Sierra Wireless common share on August 1, 2017) during such three-month period.

Deutsche Bank reviewed the implied premiums to stock price and implied exchange ratio in 21 all stock transactions involving U.S. acquisition targets (excluding cancelled transactions, merger-of-equal transactions, and real estate, energy and financial transactions) with transaction values greater than $100 million announced since January 1, 2012 based on closing stock prices of the target companies involved in such transactions one-day, 30-days average and 60-days average prior to announcement of the relevant transaction. Deutsche Bank also calculated the same premiums with respect to the exchange ratio of 0.1800 Sierra Wireless common shares per share of Numerex common stock. Negative premiums and premiums above 200% were considered not meaningful. The results of this analysis are summarized as follows:

 

     Premium to Exchange
Ratio
  Premium to Stock Price
     1-day   30-day
avg.
  60-day
avg.
  1-day   30-day
avg.
  60-day
avg.

25th Percentile

   11%   17%   14%   11%   12%   14%

Median

   22%   24%   23%   22%   27%   24%

75th Percentile

   36%   36%   37%   36%   41%   44%

The Merger

   11%   10%   15%   11%   12%   18%

Deutsche Bank also noted that applying a control premium of 10% to 30% to the exchange ratio implied by the closing prices of Numerex common stock and Sierra Wireless common shares on August 1, 2017 resulted in a range of implied exchange ratios of approximately 0.1781 to 0.2105 (resulting in implied values of approximately $5.28 to $6.24 per share of Numerex common stock based on the closing price of $29.65 per Sierra Wireless common share on August 1, 2017).

Deutsche Bank also reviewed the stock price targets for (a) Numerex common stock in the two publicly available research analysts’ reports published in May 2017 which included such a price target, both of which indicated a price target of $5.00 per share and (b) Sierra Wireless common shares in thirteen research analysts’ reports published between May 2017 and July 2017 which included such a price target, which indicated a price target range from a low of $22.00 per share to a high of $33.00 per share. Based on the median price target for Numerex common stock and the price target range for Sierra Wireless common shares, Deutsche Bank calculated a range of implied exchange ratios of approximately 0.1515 to 0.2273 (resulting in implied values of approximately $4.49 to $6.79 per share of Numerex common stock based on the closing price of $29.65 per Sierra Wireless common shares on August 1, 2017).

For each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless, Deutsche Bank also reviewed the LTM revenue, LTM Adjusted EBITDA, the estimated calendar year 2017 revenue (in the case of Numerex, based on the Numerex forecasts and in the case of Sierra Wireless, based on the Sierra Wireless forecasts) and the estimated calendar year 2017 Adjusted EBITDA (in the case of Numerex, based on the Numerex forecasts and in the case of Sierra Wireless, based on the Sierra Wireless forecasts) to analyze and compare the relative implied contributions of Numerex and Sierra Wireless to the combined company. Based upon such implied contributions, Deutsche Bank derived estimates of the implied equity value contributions of Numerex and Sierra Wireless to the combined company and the resulting exchange ratios. The results of this analysis are summarized as follows:

 

          Implied Contribution     Implied Equity Value
Contribution
    Implied Exchange
Ratio
 
          Numerex     Sierra     Numerex     Sierra    

Revenue

   LTM      8     92     6     94     0.1107  
   CY2017E      10     90     8     92     0.1392  

EBITDA

   LTM      10     90     8     92     0.1486  
   CY2017E      15     85     13     87     0.2438  

Miscellaneous

This summary is not a complete description of Deutsche Bank’s opinion or the underlying analyses and factors considered in connection with Deutsche Bank’s opinion. The preparation of a fairness opinion is a complex process involving the application of subjective business and financial judgment in determining the most appropriate and relevant methods of

 

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financial analysis and the application of those methods to the particular circumstances and, therefore, is not readily susceptible to partial analysis or summary description. Deutsche Bank believes that its analyses described above must be considered as a whole and that considering any portion of such analyses and of the factors considered without considering all analyses and factors could create a misleading view of the process underlying its opinion. Selecting portions of the analyses or summary set forth above, without considering the analyses as a whole, could create an incomplete view of the processes underlying the Deutsche Bank opinion. In arriving at its fairness determination, Deutsche Bank considered the results of all of its analyses and did not attribute any particular weight to any factor or analysis. Rather, it made its fairness determination on the basis of its experience and professional judgment after considering the results of all of its analyses. No company or transaction in the analyses described above is identical to Numerex, Sierra Wireless or the merger.

In conducting its analyses and arriving at its opinion, Deutsche Bank utilized a variety of generally accepted valuation methods. The analyses were prepared solely for the purpose of enabling Deutsche Bank to provide its opinion to the Numerex board of directors as to the fairness of the exchange ratio, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Numerex common stock (other than Sierra and its affiliates) as of the date of the opinion and do not purport to be appraisals or necessarily reflect the prices at which businesses or securities actually may be sold, which are inherently subject to uncertainty. As described above, in connection with its analyses, Deutsche Bank made, and was provided by the management of Numerex with, numerous assumptions with respect to industry performance, general business and economic conditions and other matters, many of which are beyond the control of Deutsche Bank or Numerex. Analyses based on estimates or forecasts of future results are not necessarily indicative of actual, past or future values or results, which may be significantly more or less favorable than suggested by such analyses. Because such analyses are inherently subject to uncertainty, being based upon numerous factors or events beyond the control of Numerex or its respective advisors, Deutsche Bank does not assume responsibility if future results or actual values are materially different from these forecasts or assumptions.

The terms of the merger, including the exchange ratio, were determined through arm’s-length negotiations between Numerex and Sierra Wireless and were approved by the Numerex board of directors. Although Deutsche Bank provided advice to the Numerex board of directors during the course of these negotiations, the decision to enter into the merger agreement was solely that of the Numerex board of directors.

Deutsche Bank did not recommend any specific consideration or exchange ratio to Numerex or the Numerex board of directors, or that any specific amount or type of consideration constituted the only appropriate consideration for the transaction. As described above, the opinion of Deutsche Bank and its presentation to the Numerex board of directors were among a number of factors taken into consideration by the Numerex board of directors in making its determination to approve the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder.

Numerex Unaudited Prospective Financial Information

Numerex is including limited unaudited prospective financial information in this proxy statement/prospectus solely because it was among the financial information provided to the Numerex board of directors, Deutsche Bank, Sierra Wireless and RBC in connection with their respective evaluation of the merger. The inclusion of this information should not be regarded as an indication that any of Numerex, Sierra Wireless, their respective affiliates, officers, directors, advisors or other representatives, Deutsche Bank, RBC or any other recipient of this information considered, or now considers, it necessarily to be predictive of actual future results, or that it should be construed as financial guidance, and it should not be relied on as such. This information was prepared solely for internal use and is subjective in many respects.

While presented with numeric specificity, the unaudited prospective financial information reflects numerous estimates and assumptions made with respect to business, economic, market, competition, financial conditions and other matters specific to Numerex’s business, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond Numerex’s control. The unaudited prospective financial information reflects both assumptions as to certain business decisions that are subject to change and, in many respects, subjective judgment, and thus is susceptible to multiple interpretations and periodic revisions based on actual experience and business developments. Numerex can give no assurance that the unaudited prospective financial information and the underlying estimates and assumptions will be realized. In addition, since the unaudited prospective financial information covers multiple years, such information by its nature becomes less predictive with each successive year.

The unaudited prospective financial information does not take into account any circumstances or events occurring after the date it was prepared. Numerex can give no assurance that, had the unaudited prospective financial information been prepared as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, similar estimates and assumptions would be used. NUMEREX DOES NOT INTEND TO, AND DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION TO, MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ANY UPDATE OR OTHER REVISION TO THE UNAUDITED PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO REFLECT CIRCUMSTANCES EXISTING SINCE ITS PREPARATION OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS, EVEN IN THE EVENT THAT ANY OR ALL OF THE ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE UNAUDITED PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL INFORMATION ARE NOT REALIZED, OR TO REFLECT CHANGES IN GENERAL ECONOMIC OR INDUSTRY CONDITIONS, EXCEPT AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

 

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The unaudited prospective financial information does not take into account the possible financial and other effects on Numerex of the merger and does not attempt to predict or suggest future results of the combined company. The unaudited prospective financial information does not give effect to the merger, including the impact of negotiating or executing the merger agreement, the expenses that may be incurred in connection with consummating the merger, potential synergies that may be achieved by the combined company as a result of the merger or the effect of any business or strategic decisions or actions which would likely have been taken if the merger agreement had not been executed, but which were instead altered, accelerated, postponed or not taken in anticipation of the merger. Further, the unaudited prospective financial information does not take into account the effect on Numerex of any possible failure of the merger to occur. None of Numerex, Sierra Wireless or their respective affiliates, officers, directors, advisors or other representatives has made, makes or is authorized in the future to make any representation to any stockholder of Numerex or Sierra Wireless or other person regarding Numerex’s ultimate performance compared to the information contained in the unaudited prospective financial information or that the forecasted results will be achieved.

The following table presents selected unaudited prospective financial data of Numerex prepared by Numerex management and provided to the Numerex board of directors, Deutsche Bank, Sierra Wireless and RBC.

 

     Fiscal year ending  
     December 31,
2017
     December 31,
2018
     December 31,
2019
 
(in millions)                     

Total revenue

   $ 73      $ 80      $ 89  

EBITDA(1)

     4        7        9  

Adjusted EBITDA (2)

     10        12        14  

 

(1) Non-GAAP measure.
(2) Non-GAAP measure. For this purpose, non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA represents GAAP net (loss) income before interest income and expense, income tax expense and benefit, depreciation and amortization, equity compensation and non-operational items.

The unaudited prospective financial information was not prepared with a view toward public disclosure, nor was it prepared with a view toward compliance with GAAP, published guidelines of the SEC or the guidelines established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for the preparation and presentation of prospective financial information. Neither Numerex’s independent registered public accounting firm, nor any other independent accountants, have compiled, examined or performed any procedures with respect to the unaudited prospective financial information contained herein, nor have they expressed any opinion or any other form of assurance on such information or its achievability. The independent registered public accountant report of BDO USA, LLP included in this proxy statement/prospectus relates to Numerex’s historical financial information. It does not extend to the unaudited prospective financial information and should not be read to do so.

No assurances can be given that the assumptions made in preparing the above unaudited prospective financial information will accurately reflect future conditions. The estimates and assumptions underlying the unaudited prospective financial information involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive, financial market conditions and future business decisions that may not be realized and that are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, including, among others, the risks and uncertainties described under “ Risk Factors ” and “ Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements ” elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of Numerex and/or Sierra Wireless and will be beyond the control of the combined company. There can be no assurance that the underlying assumptions will prove to be accurate or that the projected results will be realized, and actual results likely will differ, and may differ materially, from those reflected in the unaudited prospective financial information, whether or not the merger is completed.

In light of the foregoing, and considering that Numerex’s special meeting will be held after the unaudited prospective financial information was prepared, as well as the uncertainties inherent in forecasting information, Numerex and Numerex stockholders are cautioned not to place unwarranted reliance on such information, and Numerex urges all Numerex stockholders and Sierra Wireless shareholders to review Numerex’s most recent SEC filings for a description of Numerex’s reported financial results. See “ Where You Can Find Additional Information.

Listing of Sierra Wireless Common Shares

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is customary in the circumstances. Sierra Wireless must use its best efforts to obtain the listing and admission for trading of the Sierra Wireless common shares issued as merger consideration on both the Nasdaq GM and the TSX.

Delisting and Deregistration of Numerex Common Stock

As promptly as practicable after the effective time, and in any event no more than ten (10) days after the effective time, Numerex common stock currently listed on the Nasdaq will cease to be listed on the Nasdaq and will be deregistered under the U.S. Exchange Act.

Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger

In considering the recommendation of the Numerex board of directors that you vote to adopt the merger agreement, you should be aware that aside from their interests as Numerex stockholders, Numerex’s directors and executive officers have interests in the merger that are different from, or in addition to, those of Numerex stockholders generally. Members of the Numerex board of directors were aware of and considered these interests, among other matters, in evaluating and negotiating the merger agreement and the merger, and in recommending to Numerex stockholders that the merger agreement be adopted. For more information see the sections entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Background of the Merger ” and “ The Merger Proposal—Numerex’s Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of the Numerex Board of Directors .” These interests are described in more detail below, and certain of them are quantified in the narrative and the table below.

Treatment of Numerex Equity Awards and Warrants

Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. At the effective time, each outstanding Numerex option and Numerex stock appreciation right (which we refer to as a “Numerex SAR”) that has an exercise price that is less than the product of (i) the exchange ratio and (ii) the volume weighted average price of a Sierra Wireless common share on the Nasdaq GM for the five trading days ending on the last trading day prior to the day on which the effective time occurs (such Numerex option or Numerex SAR, an “In-the-Money Option” or “In-the-Money SAR,” respectively), will become fully vested and will be automatically cancelled and extinguished in exchange for the right to receive, as soon as reasonably practicable after the effective time, a number of Sierra Wireless common shares for each such Numerex option and Numerex SAR determined by dividing (i) the excess of (x) the exchange ratio multiplied by the volume weighted average price of a Sierra Wireless common share on the Nasdaq GM for the five trading days ending on the last trading day prior to the day on which the effective time occurs minus (y) the per-share exercise price for the shares of Numerex common stock that would have been issuable upon exercise of such In-the-Money Option or In-the-Money SAR, as the case may be, by (ii) the volume weighted average price of a Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM for the five trading days ending on the last trading day prior to the day on which the effective time occurs and rounding to the nearest ten-thousandth of a share. Each Numerex option and Numerex SAR that is not an In-the-Money Option or In-the-Money SAR, as applicable, whether vested or unvested, will automatically be cancelled and cease to represent the right to acquire shares of Numerex common stock, without any payment of any consideration therefor.

Restricted Stock Units. At the effective time, each outstanding restricted stock unit denominated in Numerex common stock (which we refer to as a “Numerex RSU”) whether vested or unvested, will automatically vest in full and any restrictions thereon will lapse. Each such Numerex RSU shall be cancelled and the holder of a Numerex RSU will be entitled to receive, as promptly as practicable (but no later than 15 calendar days) following the effective time, (i) a number of Sierra Wireless common shares equal to 0.1800 multiplied by the number of shares of Numerex common stock represented by each such Numerex RSU and (ii) any accrued but unpaid dividends with respect to any Numerex RSU.

Warrants. Subject to certain exceptions, not less than seven business days prior to the closing of the merger, Numerex will provide written notice to all holders of each outstanding unexercised Numerex warrant to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Numerex common stock (each, a “Numerex Warrant”), which notice shall include such reasonable information as a holder of a Numerex Warrant may reasonably require regarding the treatment of a Numerex Warrant in connection with the closing of the merger and which notice shall otherwise be provided in accordance with the terms of each applicable Numerex Warrant agreement. If, upon receiving notice of the closing of the merger, a holder of a Numerex Warrant exercises its Numerex Warrant in accordance with its terms, then such Numerex Warrant will be (i) deemed exercised immediately prior to and contingent upon the closing of the merger and (ii) cancelled and the holder thereof will be entitled to receive, as promptly as practicable (but no later than 15 calendar days) following the effective time, in consideration of the exercise and cancellation of such Numerex Warrant and in settlement therefor, in lieu of the Numerex common stock immediately issuable upon exercise of the Numerex Warrant, the number of Sierra Wireless common shares equal to the exchange ratio multiplied by the number of shares of Numerex common stock issuable upon the exercise of such Numerex Warrant had the Numerex Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the consummation of the merger. If, upon receiving notice of the closing of the merger, a holder does not exercise its Numerex Warrant in accordance with its terms, then such Numerex Warrant will (i) expire immediately prior to the consummation of the merger and (ii) cease to represent the right to acquire shares of Numerex common stock, without any payment of any consideration therefor.

 

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In connection with entering into the merger agreement, Numerex agreed to repurchase the Hale Warrant for a purchase price of $4.0 million, immediately prior to, and contingent upon, the consummation of the merger.

Quantification of Payments . Under the Numerex 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan and the Numerex 2014 Stock and Incentive Plan (which we collectively refer to as the “Numerex equity plans”), all outstanding equity awards will vest upon a change in control. The merger will constitute a change in control for purposes of the Numerex equity plans.

For an estimate of the amounts that would be payable to each of Numerex’s named executive officers on settlement of their unvested Numerex equity awards, see the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger—Quantification of Payments and Benefits to Numerex’s Named Executive Officers ” below. There are no Numerex executive officers who are not named executive officers. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, none of Numerex’s six non-employee directors held unvested equity awards. The amount in this paragraph is determined using a per share price of Numerex common stock of $4.28, the average closing price per share of Numerex common stock over the first five business days following the announcement of the merger agreement.

Change in Control Agreements with Executive Officers

Each change in control agreement provides that, in the event of a qualifying termination, the executive officer will be entitled to receive a lump sum severance payment in an amount equal to one year of such executive’s annual base in the event of a termination without cause or resignation for good reason within one year following a change-in-control. In addition, upon a change in control, any unvested equity incentive awards would immediately vest in full. Pursuant to those agreements, “termination without cause” is deemed to be a “separation from service” as defined under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (which we refer to as the “Code”). The concept of “resignation for good reason” encompasses termination of employment following a diminution in title, responsibility, or salary level as well as required relocation outside of 50 miles from Numerex’s current headquarters location.

There are no single-trigger benefits, only double-trigger benefits, for the named executive officers. For purposes of this discussion of the severance plans, “single-trigger” refers to benefits that arise from the closing of the merger and “double-trigger” refers to benefits that require two conditions, which are the merger itself as well as a covered termination of employment within one year following the effective time of the merger.

For an estimate of the value of the payments and benefits described above that would be payable to Numerex’s named executive officers under their change in control agreement upon a qualifying termination in connection with the merger, see the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger—Quantification of Payments and Benefits to Numerex’s Named Executive Officers ” below. There are no Numerex executive officers who are not named executive officers.

Other Compensation Matters

In addition to the payments and benefits above, under the terms of the merger agreement, Numerex may take certain compensation actions prior to the completion of the merger that will affect Numerex’s directors and executive officers, although determinations related to such actions have not been made as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus and the impact of such actions is not reflected in the amounts estimated above and in the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger—Quantification of Payments and Benefits to Numerex’s Named Executive Officers ” below. Among other actions, Numerex may pay directors fees and other compensation and benefits in the ordinary course of business. Numerex may also determine and pay annual bonuses in respect of the 2017 fiscal year based on actual performance if the effective time has not occurred by the time such bonuses would be paid in the ordinary course of business, and make grants of equity awards to directors and executive officers in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, subject to certain limitations.

In addition, Numerex may, in consultation with Sierra Wireless, accelerate the vesting and payment of certain compensatory amounts so that they are paid in 2017 for tax planning purposes with respect to Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code.

New Employment Arrangements with Numerex Executive Officers

There have been no discussions between Sierra Wireless and the Numerex executive officers regarding post-closing roles for such executive officers within the Sierra Wireless organization. However, Sierra Wireless may engage in such discussions or enter into new agreements with those individuals in the future. There is at this time no assurance that any discussions will result in any new agreements with Sierra Wireless or, if so, what the terms and conditions of any such agreements would be.

 

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Indemnification and Insurance

Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, Numerex’s directors and executive officers will be entitled to certain ongoing indemnification and coverage for a period of six years following the effective time under directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies from the surviving corporation. This indemnification and insurance coverage is further described in the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Director  & Officer Indemnification and Insurance .”

Sierra Wireless Board of Directors Following the Merger

The merger agreement does not contemplate any changes to Sierra Wireless’ current board of directors. Information about Sierra Wireless’ current board of directors is incorporated herein by reference from Sierra Wireless’ Notice of 2017 Annual General Meeting and Management Information Circular, filed with the SEC on Form 6-K on April 20, 2017. For more information, see the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Effects of the Merger—Sierra Wireless Governance and Other Matters .”

Quantification of Payments and Benefits to Numerex’s Named Executive Officers

The table below summarizes potential golden parachute compensation that each named executive officer would be entitled to receive from Sierra Wireless if the merger is consummated and if the named executive officer’s employment with Numerex thereafter terminates. Please note that the amounts indicated below are estimates based on multiple assumptions that may or may not actually occur, including assumptions described herein. Some of these assumptions are based on information not currently available and, as a result, the actual amounts, if any, to be received by each named executive officer may differ in material respects from the amounts set forth below.

Solely for purposes of calculating such potential golden parachute compensation, Numerex has assumed that the merger occurs on September 1, 2017. In the event that any of the named executive officers subsequently incur a termination of employment without cause or for good reason, such officer would be entitled to the benefits set forth in the table below.

 

Name

   Cash
($) (1)
     Equity
($) (2)
     Perquisites
($)
     Other
($)
     Total
($)
 

Kenneth Gayron

   $ 330,000      $ 260,671        —          —        $ 590,671  

Kelly Gay

   $ 330,000      $ 106,950        —          —        $ 436,950  

Shu Gan

   $ 125,000      $ 101,718        —          —        $ 226,718  

 

(1)   This amount represents the “double-trigger” cash severance payments to which Messrs. Gayron and Gan and Ms. Gay may become entitled under the Change of Control Agreements upon termination. Under the Change of Control Agreements, the amounts become payable in the event that the employment of the applicable named executive officer is terminated without cause or for good reason within one year following a Change of Control. For Mr. Gayron and Ms. Kelly, this amount represents one year of base salary payable in a lump sum within 60 days of termination of employment. For Mr. Gan, this amount represents six months of base salary payable in a lump sum within 60 days of termination of employment.
(2) Equity value calculated based on a price per share of Numerex common stock of $4.28, the average closing price per share of Numerex common stock over the first five business days following the announcement of the merger and less the applicable exercise price in the case of unvested Numerex options and Numerex RSUs.

Accounting Treatment of the Merger

In accordance with U.S. GAAP, the merger will be accounted for as a business combination applying the acquisition method of accounting. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value of the merger consideration paid by Sierra Wireless in connection with the merger will be allocated to Numerex’s net assets based on their fair values as of the completion of the transaction. The excess of the total purchase consideration over the fair value of the identifiable assets acquired, liabilities assumed and any non-controlling interest in Numerex will be allocated to goodwill. The results of operations of Numerex will be included in Sierra Wireless’ consolidated results of operations only for periods subsequent to the completion of the merger.

 

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Regulatory Approvals Required for the Merger

To complete the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, Numerex and Sierra Wireless must make and deliver certain filings, submissions and notices to obtain required authorizations, approvals, consents or expiration of waiting periods from U.S. governmental and regulatory bodies, antitrust and other regulatory authorities. Numerex and Sierra Wireless have each agreed to use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain clearance under the HSR Act and their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all other regulatory approvals necessary to complete the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. Numerex and Sierra Wireless are not currently aware of any material governmental filings, authorizations, approvals or consents that are required prior to the parties’ completion of the merger other than those described in this proxy statement/prospectus. There can be no assurance, however, if and when any of the approvals required to be obtained for the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement will be obtained or as to the conditions or limitations that such approvals may contain or impose.

HSR Act

The merger is subject to the requirements of the HSR Act, which prevents Numerex and Sierra Wireless from completing the merger until required information and materials are furnished to the FTC and the DOJ and specified waiting period requirements have been satisfied. Numerex and Sierra Wireless each intend to file a Pre-merger Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act with the DOJ and FTC prior to September 22, 2017. Numerex and Sierra Wireless are continuing to work closely and cooperatively with the FTC in its review of the merger.

The FTC, the DOJ, state attorneys general, and others may challenge the merger on antitrust grounds either before or after the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period. Accordingly, at any time before or after completion of the merger, any of the FTC, the DOJ or other regulatory authorities could take action under the antitrust laws, including without limitation seeking to enjoin the completion of the merger or permitting completion subject to regulatory concessions or conditions. Neither Numerex nor Sierra Wireless believes that the merger violates federal or state antitrust laws, but there can be no assurance that a challenge to the merger on antitrust grounds will not be made or, if such a challenge is made, that it would not be successful.

Absence of Appraisal or Dissenters’ Rights

Appraisal or dissenters’ rights are statutory rights that enable stockholders to object to an extraordinary transaction, such as a merger, and to demand that the corporation pay such dissenting stockholders the fair value for their shares as determined by a court in a judicial proceeding instead of receiving the merger consideration offered to stockholders in connection with the extraordinary transaction. Dissenters’ rights are not available in all circumstances and exceptions to those rights are set forth in the PBCL.

Under Section 1571 of the PBCL, stockholders of a corporation are not entitled to exercise dissenters’ rights if, on the record date fixed to determine stockholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting of Numerex stockholders, shares of the corporation are either listed on a national securities exchange or held beneficially or of record by more than 2,000 people. Because Numerex’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq, a national securities exchange, holders of Numerex common stock will not be entitled to exercise dissenters’ rights under the PBCL in connection with the merger.

If the merger agreement is adopted and the merger is completed, holders of Numerex common stock who voted against the adoption of the merger agreement will be treated the same as holders who voted for the adoption of the merger agreement and their shares will automatically be converted into the right to receive the merger consideration.

Restrictions on Resales of Sierra Wireless Common Shares Received in the Merger

The Sierra Wireless common shares to be issued in connection with the merger will be registered under the U.S. Securities Act and will be freely transferable under the U.S. Securities Act, except for shares issued to any shareholder who may be deemed to be an “affiliate” of Sierra Wireless for purposes of Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act. Persons who may be deemed to be affiliates include individuals or entities that control, are controlled by, or are under the common control with Sierra Wireless and may include the executive officers, directors and significant shareholders of Sierra Wireless. This proxy statement/prospectus does not cover resale of Sierra Wireless common shares received by any person upon completion of the merger, and no person is authorized to make use of this proxy statement/prospectus in connection with any such resale.

Dividend Policy

Since incorporation, neither Sierra Wireless or Numerex have paid any dividends relating to the Sierra Wireless common shares or the Numerex common stock, respectively. It is not anticipated that Sierra Wireless or Numerex will pay any dividends in the immediate or foreseeable future.

 

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Under the terms of the merger agreement, during the period before the closing of the merger, neither Sierra Wireless nor Numerex is not permitted to pay any dividends or make any other distributions on its capital stock without the consent of the other party to the merger agreement.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following is a general discussion of United States federal income tax consequences of the merger to U.S. holders (as defined below) of Numerex common stock and the ownership and disposition of Sierra Wireless common shares received by such U.S. holders pursuant to the merger. This discussion is limited to such U.S. holders who hold their Numerex common stock, and will hold their Sierra Wireless common shares received pursuant to the merger as “capital assets” within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code (generally, property held for investment). This discussion is based on current provisions of the Code, the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, judicial interpretations thereof and administrative rulings and published positions of the IRS, each as in effect as of the date hereof, and all of which are subject to change or differing interpretations, possibly with retroactive effect, any of which changes could affect the accuracy of the statements and conclusions set forth herein.

This discussion does not purport to address all aspects of United States federal income taxation that may be relevant to particular U.S. holders of Numerex common stock in light of their particular facts and circumstances and does not apply to U.S. holders of Numerex common stock that are subject to special rules under the United States federal income tax laws (including, for example, banks or other financial institutions, dealers in securities or currencies, traders in securities that elect to apply a mark-to-market method of accounting, insurance companies, tax-exempt entities, entities or arrangements treated as partnerships for United States federal income tax purposes or other flow-through entities (and investors therein), subchapter S corporations, retirement plans, individual retirement accounts or other tax-deferred accounts, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, U.S. holders liable for the alternative minimum tax, certain former citizens or former long-term residents of the United States, U.S. holders having a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar, U.S. holders who hold their shares of Numerex common stock as part of a hedge, straddle, constructive sale, conversion transaction or other integrated transaction, U.S. holders who will own at least 5% by vote or value of Numerex common stock (immediately prior to the merger) or of Sierra Wireless common shares (immediately after the merger), U.S. holders who acquired their shares of Numerex common stock through the exercise of an employee stock option or otherwise as compensation or through a tax-qualified retirement plan), and non-U.S. holders (as defined below). This discussion does not address any considerations under United States federal tax laws other than those pertaining to the income tax, nor does it address any considerations under any state, local or non-United States tax laws.

If an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes holds shares of Numerex common stock, or will own Sierra Wireless common shares received pursuant to the merger, the tax treatment of a person treated as a partner in such partnership generally will depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Persons that for United States federal income tax purposes are treated as partners in a partnership holding shares of Numerex common stock, or that will hold Sierra Wireless common shares received pursuant to the merger, should consult their own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences to them of the merger and the ownership and disposition of Sierra Wireless common shares after the merger.

ALL U.S. HOLDERS OF NUMEREX COMMON STOCK SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS AS TO THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF THE MERGER AND THE OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF SIERRA WIRELESS COMMON SHARES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE MERGER, INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-UNITED STATES AND OTHER TAX LAWS.

For purposes of this discussion, the term “U.S. holder” means a beneficial owner of Numerex common stock, or of Sierra Wireless common shares after the merger, that is, for United States federal income tax purposes:

 

    an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;

 

    a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes) created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or any subdivision thereof;

 

    an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source; or

 

    a trust (a) if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (b) that has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

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U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger to U.S. Holders of Numerex Common Stock

It is a condition to the completion of the merger that each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless receive an opinion of their respective counsel to the effect that, for United States federal income tax purposes, the merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and will not result in gain recognition to the U.S. holders of Numerex common stock pursuant to Section 367(a) of the Code (assuming that, in the case of any such U.S. holder who would be treated as a “five-percent transferee shareholder” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-3(c)(5)(ii)) of Sierra Wireless following the merger, such U.S. holder enters into a five-year gain recognition agreement in the form provided in Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-8). The completion of the merger is conditioned upon Numerex receiving an opinion of counsel to the effect that the merger will qualify for the Intended Tax Treatment. However, neither Numerex nor Sierra Wireless intends to request a ruling from the IRS regarding the United States federal income tax consequences of the merger. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the IRS will not challenge the Intended Tax Treatment or that a court would not sustain such a challenge.

If, at the effective time of the merger, any requirement for the merger to qualify for the Intended Tax Treatment is not satisfied, a U.S. holder of Numerex common stock would recognize gain (but may not be able to recognize loss) in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the Sierra Wireless common shares and the amount of cash in lieu of fractional Sierra Wireless common shares received in the merger over such holder’s tax basis in the Numerex common stock surrendered. Gain must be calculated separately for each block of Numerex common stock exchanged by such U.S. holder if such blocks were acquired at different times or for different prices. Any gain so recognized generally would be long-term capital gain if the U.S. holder’s holding period in a particular block of Numerex common stock exceeds one year at the effective time of the merger. Long-term capital gain of non-corporate U.S. holders (including individuals) currently is eligible for preferential United States federal income tax rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations. A U.S. holder’s holding period in Sierra Wireless common shares received in the merger would begin on the day following the merger.

The remainder of this discussion assumes that the merger will qualify for the Intended Tax Treatment.

A U.S. holder receiving Sierra Wireless common shares in exchange for Numerex common stock pursuant to the merger will not recognize any gain or loss, except for any gain or loss that may result from the receipt by such U.S. holder of cash in lieu of fractional Sierra Wireless common shares (as discussed below). The U.S. holder’s aggregate tax basis in the Sierra Wireless common shares received in the merger (including any fractional Sierra Wireless common shares deemed received and redeemed as described below) will be equal to the U.S. holder’s aggregate tax basis in the Numerex common stock surrendered, and the U.S. holder’s holding period for the Sierra Wireless common shares received in the merger (including any fractional Sierra Wireless common shares deemed received and redeemed as described below) will include the U.S. holder’s holding period of the Numerex common stock surrendered.

Where a U.S. holder acquired different blocks of Numerex common stock at different times and at different prices, such U.S. holder’s tax basis and holding period of such common stock may be determined with reference to each block of common stock.

Cash in Lieu of Fractional Sierra Wireless Common Shares

A U.S. holder of Numerex common stock who receives cash in lieu of a fractional Sierra Wireless common share in the merger generally will be treated as having received such fractional Sierra Wireless common share in the merger and then as having received cash in redemption of such fractional Sierra Wireless common share. Gain or loss generally will be recognized based on the difference between the amount of cash received in lieu of the fractional Sierra Wireless common share and the portion of the U.S. holder’s aggregate tax basis in the Numerex common stock surrendered which is allocable to the fractional Sierra Wireless common share. This gain or loss generally will be capital gain or loss, and long-term capital gain or loss if the holding period for the Numerex common stock is more than one year at the effective time of the merger. Long-term capital gain of non-corporate U.S. holders (including individuals) currently is eligible for preferential United States federal income tax rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting on the Merger

Payments of cash made to a U.S. holder (other than U.S. holders that are exempt recipients, such as corporations) will be subject to information reporting. In addition, United States federal “backup withholding” may apply to such cash payments unless the U.S. holder of Numerex common stock:

 

    provides a correct taxpayer identification number and any other required information to the exchange agent, or

 

    is a corporation or comes within certain exempt categories and otherwise complies with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules.

 

 

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Backup withholding does not constitute an additional tax, but rather an advance payment of tax, which may be allowed as a refund or credit against a U.S. holder’s United States federal income tax liability if the required information is supplied to the IRS.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations of Owning and Disposing of Sierra Wireless Common Shares Received in the Merger

Dividends

Under the U.S. federal income tax laws, and subject to the passive foreign investment company, which we refer to as “PFIC,” rules discussed below, if you are a U.S. holder, the gross amount of any dividend Sierra Wireless pays out of its current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) is subject to U.S. federal income taxation. Distributions in excess of current and accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes, will be treated as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent of your basis in the Sierra Wireless common shares and thereafter as capital gain. However, Sierra Wireless does not expect to calculate earnings and profits in accordance with U.S. federal income tax principles. Accordingly, you should expect to generally treat distributions made by Sierra Wireless as dividends.

If you are an individual or other non-corporate U.S. holder, dividends that constitute qualified dividend income will be taxable to you at the preferential rates applicable to long-term capital gains, provided that Sierra Wireless is not a PFIC in the taxable year of the dividend or the preceding taxable year and you meet certain holding period requirements. Dividends Sierra Wireless pays with respect to Sierra Wireless common shares generally will be qualified dividend income. The dividend will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction generally allowed to United States corporations in respect of dividends received from other United States corporations.

You must include any tax withheld from the dividend payment in this gross amount even though you do not in fact receive it. The dividend is taxable to you when you receive the dividend, actually or constructively. The amount of the dividend distribution that you must include in your income as a U.S. holder will be the U.S. dollar value of the Canadian dollar payments made, determined at the spot Canadian dollar/U.S. dollar rate on the date the dividend distribution is includible in your income, regardless of whether the payment is in fact converted into U.S. dollars. Generally, any gain or loss resulting from currency exchange fluctuations during the period from the date you include the dividend payment in income to the date you convert the payment into U.S. dollars will be treated as ordinary income or loss and will not be eligible for the special tax rate applicable to qualified dividend income. Such foreign exchange gain or loss generally will be income or loss from sources within the United States for foreign tax credit limitation purposes.

Subject to certain limitations, Canadian tax withheld in accordance with the Canada-United States Income Tax Convention (1980), as amended (which we refer to as the “Treaty”), and paid over to Canada will be creditable or deductible against your U.S. federal income tax liability. Special rules apply in determining the foreign tax credit limitation with respect to dividends that are subject to the preferential tax rates. To the extent a refund of the tax withheld is available to you under Canadian law or under the Treaty, the amount of tax withheld that is refundable will not be eligible for credit against your U.S. federal income tax liability.

Dividends will be income from sources outside the United States and will, depending on your circumstances, generally be considered “passive” income for purposes of computing the foreign tax credit allowable to you. The rules governing the foreign tax credit are complex and involve the application of rules that depend upon a U.S. holder’s particular circumstances. Accordingly, U.S. holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of the foreign tax credit under their particular circumstances.

Capital Gains

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, if you are a U.S. holder and you sell or otherwise dispose of your Sierra Wireless common shares in a taxable disposition, you will recognize capital gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes equal to the difference between the U.S. dollar value of the amount that you realize and your tax basis, determined in U.S. dollars, in your Sierra Wireless common shares. Capital gain of a noncorporate U.S. holder is generally taxed at preferential rates where the property is held for more than one year. The gain or loss will generally be income or loss from sources within the United States for foreign tax credit limitation purposes.

PFIC Rules

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the value (determined on the basis of a quarterly average) of its assets are considered “passive assets” (generally, assets that generate passive income).

Sierra Wireless believes that Sierra Wireless common shares should not be treated as stock of a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes, but this conclusion is a factual determination that is made annually and thus may be subject to change. If Sierra Wireless were to be treated as a PFIC, gain realized on the sale or other disposition of your Sierra Wireless common shares would not be treated as capital gain. Instead, unless you elect to be taxed annually on a mark-to-market basis with respect to your Sierra Wireless common shares, you would be treated as if you had realized such gain and certain “excess distributions” ratably over your holding period for the Sierra Wireless common shares and would generally be taxed at the highest tax rate in effect for each such year to which the gain was allocated, together with an interest charge in respect of the tax attributable to each such year. With certain exceptions, your Sierra Wireless common shares would be treated as stock in a PFIC if Sierra Wireless were a PFIC at any time during your holding period in your Sierra Wireless common shares.

Information with Respect to Foreign Financial Assets

Owners of “specified foreign financial assets” with an aggregate value in excess of $50,000 (and in some circumstances, a higher threshold) may be required to file an information report with respect to such assets with their tax returns. “Specified foreign financial assets” include financial accounts maintained by foreign financial institutions, as well as the following, but only if they are held for investment and not held in accounts maintained by financial institutions: (i) stocks and securities issued by non-U.S. persons, (ii) financial instruments and contracts that have non-U.S. issuers or counterparties, and (iii) interests in foreign entities. U.S. holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of this reporting requirement to their ownership of the Sierra Wireless common shares.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

If you are a noncorporate U.S. holder, information reporting requirements generally will apply to dividend payments or other taxable distributions made to you within the United States, and the payment of proceeds to you from the sale of Sierra Wireless common shares effected in the United States or through a United States office of a broker.

In addition, backup withholding may apply to such payments if you fail to comply with applicable certification requirements or are notified by the IRS that you have failed to report all interest and dividends required to be shown on your federal income tax returns.

Payment of the proceeds from the sale of Sierra Wireless common shares effected through a foreign office of a broker generally will not be subject to information reporting or backup withholding. However, a sale effected through a foreign office of a broker could be subject to information reporting in the same manner as a sale within the United States (and in certain cases may be subject to backup withholding as well) if (i) the broker has certain connections to the United States, (ii) the proceeds or confirmation are sent to the United States or (iii) the sale has certain other specified connections with the United States.

You generally may obtain a refund of any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules that exceed your income tax liability by filing a refund claim with the IRS.

This discussion does not address tax consequences that may vary with, or are contingent on, individual circumstances. Moreover, it only addresses U.S. federal income tax and does not address any non-income tax or any state, local or non-United States tax consequences. You should consult your own tax advisors concerning the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the merger and the ownership of Sierra Wireless common shares in light of your particular situation, as well as any consequences arising under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.

Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger

This summary is based on the description of the merger set out in this proxy statement/prospectus, the current provisions of the Canadian Tax Act, and an understanding of the current administrative policies and practices of the Canada Revenue Agency (which we refer to as the “CRA”) published in writing prior to the date hereof. This summary takes into account all specific proposals to amend the Canadian Tax Act publicly announced by or on behalf of the Minister of Finance (Canada) prior to the date hereof (which we refer to as the “proposed amendments”) and assumes that all proposed amendments will be enacted in the form proposed; however, no assurances can be given that the proposed amendments will be enacted as proposed, or at all. This summary does not otherwise take into account or anticipate any changes in law or administrative policy or assessing practice whether by legislative, administrative or judicial action, nor does it take into account tax legislation or considerations of any province, territory or foreign jurisdiction, which may differ from those discussed herein. On July 18, 2017, the Minister of Finance (Canada) released a consultation paper that included an announcement of the Government’s intention to amend the Canadian Tax Act to increase the amount of tax applicable to passive investment income earned through

 

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a private corporation. No specific amendments to the Canadian Tax Act were proposed in connection with this announcement. Holders that are private Canadian corporations should consult their own tax advisors.

This summary is of a general nature only and is not exhaustive of all possible Canadian federal income tax considerations applicable to the merger. The income and other tax consequences of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities will vary depending on a holder’s particular status and circumstances, including the country, province or territory in which the holder resides or carries on business. This summary is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, legal or tax advice to any particular holder. No representations are made with respect to the income tax consequences to any particular holder. Holders should consult their own tax advisors for advice with respect to the income tax consequences of the merger in their particular circumstances, including the application and effect of the income and other tax laws of any applicable country, province, state or local tax authority.

This summary does not discuss any non-Canadian income or other tax consequences of the merger. Holders resident or subject to taxation in a jurisdiction other than Canada should be aware that the merger may have tax consequences both in Canada and in such other jurisdiction. Such consequences are not described herein. Holders should consult with their own tax advisors with respect to their particular circumstances and the tax considerations applicable to them.

Application

The following summary describes the principal Canadian federal income tax considerations in respect of the merger generally applicable under the Canadian Tax Act to a beneficial owner of Numerex common stock who disposes, or is deemed to have disposed, of Numerex common stock pursuant to the merger and who, for the purposes of the Canadian Tax Act and at all relevant times, (i) deals at arm’s length with and is not affiliated with Sierra Wireless, Merger Sub or Numerex; and (ii) holds all Numerex common stock, and will hold all Sierra Wireless common shares acquired pursuant to the merger (which we refer to, collectively, in this portion of the summary as the “Securities”) as capital property (which we each refer to in this portion of the summary as a “Holder”). Generally, the Securities will be considered to be capital property to a Holder for purposes of the Canadian Tax Act provided that the Holder does not use or hold those Securities in the course of carrying on a business and has not acquired such Securities in one or more transactions considered to be an adventure or concern in the nature of trade.

This summary is not applicable to a Holder: (i) that is a “financial institution” for the purposes of the “mark-to-market property” rules, (ii) that is a “specified financial institution,” (iii) an interest in which would be a “tax shelter investment,” (iv) that has elected to determine its “Canadian tax results” in a currency other than Canadian currency pursuant to the functional currency reporting rules, (v) that has entered or will enter into, in respect of any Securities, a “derivative forward agreement” or a “synthetic disposition arrangement,” or (vi) in respect of which Numerex is a “foreign affiliate,” all within the meaning of the Canadian Tax Act. Any such Holders should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the particular Canadian federal income tax consequences to them of the merger. This summary does not address issues relevant to stockholders who acquired their Numerex common stock on the exercise of an employee stock option or other employee incentive award. Such stockholders should consult their own tax advisors.

Canadian Currency

For the purposes of the Canadian Tax Act, where an amount that is relevant in computing a taxpayer’s “Canadian tax results” is expressed in a currency other than Canadian dollars, the amount must be converted to Canadian dollars using the single daily exchange rate quoted by the Bank of Canada for the day on which the amount arose, or such other rate of exchange as is acceptable to the CRA.

Holders Resident in Canada

The following portion of the summary is generally applicable to a Holder who, at all relevant times and for purposes of the Canadian Tax Act and any applicable income tax treaty or convention, is or is deemed to be resident in Canada (which we refer to in this portion of the summary as a “Canadian Resident Holder”). A Canadian Resident Holder whose Sierra Wireless common shares would not otherwise be capital property may be entitled to file an election under subsection 39(4) of the Canadian Tax Act to treat the Sierra Wireless common shares and any other “Canadian securities” (as defined in the Canadian Tax Act) owned by such Canadian Resident Holder as capital property. This election will not apply to any Numerex common stock held by such Canadian Resident Holder. Canadian Resident Holders should consult their own tax advisors with respect to whether this election is available and advisable in their particular circumstances.

Disposition of Numerex Common Stock

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disposition, exceed (or are less than) the adjusted cost base to the Canadian Resident Holder of its Numerex common stock, determined immediately before the disposition. The proceeds of disposition to the Canadian Resident Holder will be equal to the sum of the aggregate fair market value of the Sierra Wireless common shares received on the disposition and any cash received in lieu of a fractional Sierra Wireless common share. For a description of the tax treatment of capital gains and capital losses, see the section entitled “ —Taxation of Capital Gains and Capital Losses ” below.

The cost to a Canadian Resident Holder of Sierra Wireless common shares received by that Canadian Resident Holder will be equal to their fair market value at the time they are acquired by such Canadian Resident Holder. For purposes of determining the adjusted cost base of Sierra Wireless common shares, the cost of the Sierra Wireless common shares acquired must be averaged with the adjusted cost base of all other Sierra Wireless common shares held by the Canadian Resident Holder as capital property.

Dividends on Sierra Wireless Common Shares (Post-Merger)

A Canadian Resident Holder who is an individual (other than certain trusts) will be required to include in income any dividends received or deemed to be received on the Sierra Wireless common shares, and will be subject to the gross-up and dividend tax credit rules applicable to taxable dividends received from taxable Canadian corporations, including the enhanced gross-up and dividend tax credit rules applicable to any dividends designated by Sierra Wireless as “eligible dividends” as defined in the Canadian Tax Act. Dividends received or deemed to be received by an individual and certain trusts may give rise to a liability for minimum tax under the Canadian Tax Act.

A Canadian Resident Holder that is a corporation will be required to include in income any dividend received or deemed to be received on its Sierra Wireless common shares, and generally will be entitled to deduct an equivalent amount in computing its taxable income, subject to certain limitations in the Canadian Tax Act. A “private corporation” or a “subject corporation” (each as defined in the Canadian Tax Act) may be liable under Part IV of the Canadian Tax Act to pay an additional refundable tax on any dividend that it receives or is deemed to receive on its Sierra Wireless common shares to the extent that the dividend is deductible in computing the corporation’s taxable income. A holder of Sierra Wireless common shares that is, throughout the year, a “Canadian-controlled private corporation,” as defined in the Canadian Tax Act, may be subject to an additional refundable tax on its “aggregate investment income” which is defined to include dividends that are not deductible in computing taxable income. Subsection 55(2) of the Canadian Tax Act provides that, where certain corporate holders of shares receive a dividend or deemed dividend in specified circumstances, all or part of such dividend may be treated as proceeds of disposition or as a capital gain from the disposition of capital property and not as a dividend. For a description of the tax treatment of capital gains and capital losses, see the section entitled “ —Taxation of Capital Gains and Capital Losses ” below.

Disposition of Sierra Wireless Common Shares (Post-Merger)

A Canadian Resident Holder that disposes or is deemed to dispose of a Sierra Wireless common share after the merger will recognize a capital gain (or a capital loss) equal to the amount by which the proceeds of disposition of the Sierra Wireless common share exceeds (or is less than) the aggregate of the adjusted cost base to the Canadian Resident Holder of such Sierra Wireless common share, determined immediately before the disposition, and any reasonable costs of disposition. For a description of the tax treatment of capital gains and capital losses, see the section entitled “ —Taxation of Capital Gains and Capital Losses ” below.

Taxation of Capital Gains and Capital Losses

Generally, one-half of any capital gain realized by a Canadian Resident Holder in a taxation year will be included in computing the Canadian Resident Holder’s income in that taxation year as a taxable capital gain and, generally, one-half of any capital loss realized in a taxation year (which we refer to as an “allowable capital loss”) must be deducted from the taxable capital gains realized by the Canadian Resident Holder in the same taxation year, in accordance with the rules contained in the Canadian Tax Act. Allowable capital losses in excess of taxable capital gains realized by a Canadian Resident Holder in a particular taxation year may be carried back and deducted in any of the three preceding taxation years or carried forward and deducted in any subsequent taxation year against net taxable capital gains realized by the Canadian Resident Holder in such taxation year, subject to and in accordance with the rules contained in the Canadian Tax Act.

Capital gains realized by an individual and certain trusts may give rise to a liability for minimum tax under the Canadian Tax Act. A Canadian Resident Holder that is, throughout the year, a “Canadian-controlled private corporation,” as defined in the Canadian Tax Act, may be subject to an additional refundable tax on its “aggregate investment income” which is defined to include taxable capital gains.

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share (or on a share for which the share has been substituted) to the extent and under the circumstances prescribed by the Canadian Tax Act. Similar rules may apply where a corporation is a member of a partnership or a beneficiary of a trust that owns shares, directly or indirectly through a partnership or a trust. Canadian Resident Holders to whom these rules may apply should consult their own tax advisors.

Eligibility for Investment

Based on the current provisions of the Canadian Tax Act and subject to the provision of any particular plan, provided that the Sierra Wireless common shares are listed on a “designated stock exchange,” within the meaning of the Canadian Tax Act (which currently includes the TSX), the Sierra Wireless common shares will be qualified investments under the Canadian Tax Act for a trust governed by a registered retirement savings plan (which we refer to as “RRSP”), a registered retirement income fund (which we refer to as “RRIF”), a registered disability savings plan (which we refer to as “RDSP”), a registered education savings plan (which we refer to as “RESP”), a tax-free savings account (which we refer to as “TFSA”) or a deferred profit sharing plan.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Sierra Wireless common shares are “prohibited investments,” within the meaning of the Canadian Tax Act, for a particular RRSP, RRIF, or TFSA, the annuitant of the RRSP or RRIF or the holder of the TFSA, as the case may be, will be subject to a penalty tax under the Canadian Tax Act. The Sierra Wireless common shares will generally not be a “prohibited investment” for these purposes unless the annuitant under the RRSP or RRIF or the holder of the TFSA, as applicable, (i) does not deal at arm’s length with Sierra Wireless for purposes of the Canadian Tax Act, or (ii) has a “significant interest,” as defined in the Canadian Tax Act, in Sierra Wireless. In addition, the Sierra Wireless common shares will generally not be a “prohibited investment” if the Sierra Wireless common shares are “excluded property” for purposes of the prohibited investment rules for an RRSP, RRIF or TFSA. Pursuant to proposed amendments released on March 22, 2017, the rules with respect to “prohibited instruments” are proposed to apply to (i) RESPs and subscribers thereof and (ii) RDSPs and holders thereof.

Holders Not Resident in Canada

The following portion of the summary is generally applicable to a Holder who, at all relevant times and for purposes of the Canadian Tax Act, is not, and is not deemed to be, a resident of Canada and does not use or hold, and is not deemed to use or hold, Numerex common stock and will not use or hold, or be deemed to use or hold, Sierra Wireless common shares in a business carried on in Canada (which we refer to in this portion of the summary as a “Non-Canadian Resident Holder”). This portion of the summary is not generally applicable to a Non-Canadian Resident Holder that is: (i) an insurer carrying on an insurance business in Canada and elsewhere or (ii) an “authorized foreign bank” (as defined in the Canadian Tax Act).

The following portion of the summary assumes that neither Numerex common stock nor Sierra Wireless common shares will constitute “taxable Canadian property” to any particular Non-Canadian Resident Holder at any time. Generally, Numerex common stock or Sierra Wireless common shares, as the case may be, will not constitute taxable Canadian property to a Non-Canadian Resident Holder at a particular time provided that the applicable shares are listed at that time on a designated stock exchange (which includes the Nasdaq and the TSX), unless at any particular time during the 60-month period that ends at that time (i) one or any combination of (a) the Non-Canadian Resident Holder, (b) persons with whom the Non-Canadian Resident Holder does not deal at arm’s length, and (c) partnerships in which the Non-Canadian Resident Holder or a person described in (b) holds a membership interest directly or indirectly through one or more partnerships, owned 25% or more of the issued shares of any class or series of the capital stock of Numerex or Sierra Wireless, as the case may be, and (ii) more than 50% of the fair market value of Numerex common stock or Sierra Wireless common shares, as the case may be, was derived directly or indirectly from one or any combination of: (A) real or immovable properties situated in Canada, (B) “Canadian resource properties” (as defined in the Canadian Tax Act), (C) “timber resource properties” (as defined in the Canadian Tax Act), and (D) options in respect of, or interests in, or for civil law rights in, any of the foregoing property whether or not the property exists. In certain circumstances set out in the Canadian Tax Act, shares which are not otherwise “taxable Canadian property” may be deemed to be “taxable Canadian property.”

Disposition Pursuant to the Merger

A Non-Canadian Resident Holder will not be subject to tax under the Canadian Tax Act on any capital gain realized on a disposition of Numerex common stock, unless the shares are “taxable Canadian property” to the Non-Resident Holder and the shares are not “treaty-protected property” of the Non-Canadian Resident Holder, each within the meaning of the Canadian Tax Act.

Non-Canadian Resident Holders whose Numerex common stock is taxable Canadian property should consult their own tax advisors for advice regarding their particular circumstances, including whether their Numerex common stock constitutes treaty-protected property.

 

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Dividends on Sierra Wireless Common Shares (Post-Merger)

Dividends paid or credited, or deemed to be paid or credited, on Sierra Wireless common shares to a Non-Canadian Resident Holder generally will be subject to Canadian withholding tax at a rate of 25% of the gross amount of the dividend, unless the rate is reduced under the provisions of an applicable income tax convention between Canada and the Non-Canadian Resident Holder’s jurisdiction of residence. For example, the rate of withholding tax under the Treaty applicable to a Non-Canadian Resident Holder who is a resident of the United States for the purposes of the Treaty, is the beneficial owner of the dividend and is entitled to all of the benefits under the Treaty, generally will be 15%. Sierra Wireless will be required to withhold the required amount of withholding tax from the dividend, and to remit it to the CRA for the account of the Non-Canadian Resident Holder.

Disposition of Sierra Wireless Common Shares (Post-Merger)

A Non-Canadian Resident Holder will not be subject to tax under the Canadian Tax Act on any capital gain realized on a disposition of Sierra Wireless common shares, unless the shares are “taxable Canadian property” to the Non-Canadian Resident Holder and the shares are not “treaty-protected property” of the Non-Canadian Resident Holder, each within the meaning of the Canadian Tax Act.

Non-Canadian Resident Holders whose Sierra Wireless common shares are taxable Canadian property should consult their own tax advisors for advice regarding their particular circumstances, including whether their Sierra Wireless common shares constitute treaty-protected property.

 

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THE ADVISORY COMPENSATION PROPOSAL

As required by Section 14A of the U.S. Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules promulgated thereunder, Numerex is providing its stockholders with the opportunity to cast a non-binding, advisory vote at the special meeting to approve the compensation that may be paid or become payable to Numerex’s named executive officers in connection with the merger. This compensation is summarized in the table in the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger ” including the footnotes to the table. This non-binding, advisory proposal relates only to the existing contractual obligations of Numerex (including arrangements that may only become effective if the merger is consummated) that may result in a payment to Numerex’s named executive officers in connection with the consummation of the merger and does not relate to any new compensation or other arrangements entered into in connection with or following the merger.

As a non-binding, advisory vote, this proposal is not binding upon Numerex, Numerex’s board of directors or Sierra Wireless Sierra Wireless’ board of directors, and approval of this proposal is not a condition to completion of the merger. The vote on the advisory compensation proposal is a vote separate and apart from the vote on the merger proposal. Accordingly, you may vote to approve the merger proposal and vote not to approve the advisory compensation proposal and vice versa. Further, the underlying plans and agreements are contractual in nature and not, by their terms, subject to stockholder approval. Accordingly, if the merger agreement is adopted and the merger is completed, the compensation will be made payable, subject only to the conditions applicable thereto, regardless of the outcome of the advisory (non-binding) vote of Numerex stockholders. However, Numerex and Sierra Wireless value the opinions of Numerex stockholders and Sierra Wireless expects to consider the outcome of the vote, along with other relevant factors, when considering future executive compensation, assuming the merger is completed.

The approval of the advisory compensation proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Numerex common stock that are present at the special meeting, in person or by proxy, and are entitled to vote at the special meeting.

The Numerex board of directors encourages you to review carefully the compensation information disclosed in this proxy statement/prospectus.

The Numerex board of directors unanimously recommends that Numerex’s stockholders approve the following resolution:

“RESOLVED, that the stockholders of Numerex Corp. hereby approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation payments, which will or may be made to Numerex Corp.’s named executive officers in connection with the merger, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402(t) of Regulation S-K in the section entitled “ The Merger Proposal—Interests of Numerex’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger ” including the footnotes to the table of Numerex’s proxy statement for the special meeting.”

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THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL

Numerex stockholders are being asked to approve a proposal that will give the Numerex board of directors authority to adjourn the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to approve the merger proposal.

If the adjournment proposal is approved, the special meeting could be adjourned to any date. If the special meeting is adjourned, Numerex stockholders who have already submitted their proxies will be able to revoke them at any time prior to their use. If you sign and return a proxy and do not indicate how you wish to vote on the adjournment proposal, your shares of Numerex common stock will be voted in favor of the adjournment proposal.

The approval of the adjournment proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Numerex common stock that are present at the special meeting, in person or by proxy, and are entitled to vote on the adjournment proposal.

The Numerex board of directors recommends a vote “FOR” the adjournment proposal.

 

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANIES

Sierra Wireless Inc.

13811 Wireless Way

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada V6V 3A4

1-604-231-1100

Sierra Wireless was incorporated under, and is governed by, the CBCA. Sierra Wireless is a leading provider of device-to-cloud solutions for the Internet of Things (which we refer to as “IoT”). Sierra Wireless offers the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of cellular and short range embedded wireless modules and gateways that, combined with its cloud platform and connectivity services, create an end-to-end solution for enabling IoT applications. Original Equipment Manufacturers and enterprises worldwide trust Sierra Wireless’ innovative solutions to get their connected products and services to market faster. Sierra Wireless operates its business under three reportable segments: (i) OEM Solutions; (ii) Enterprise Solutions; and (iii) Cloud and Connectivity Services. Its OEM Solutions segment includes embedded cellular and short range wireless modules, software and tools for OEM customers who integrate wireless connectivity into their solutions across a broad range of industries, including automotive, transportation, energy, enterprise networking, sales and payment, mobile computing, security, industrial monitoring, field services, residential, healthcare and others. Its Enterprise Solutions segment includes a range of intelligent routers and gateways along with management tools and applications that enable secure cellular connectivity for enterprise customers. Its Cloud and Connectivity Services segment comprises three main areas of operations: (i) cloud services, which provide a secure and scalable cloud platform for deploying and managing IoT subscriptions, devices and applications; (ii) global cellular connectivity services, which include our Smart SIM and core network platforms; and (iii) managed broadband cellular services, which include a combination of hardware, connectivity services and cloud services. Sierra Wireless holds all of the common stock of Merger Sub, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary formed in Delaware.

Sierra Wireless is a public company trading on both the Nasdaq GM and the TSX under the ticker symbols “SWIR” and “SW,” respectively. Sierra Wireless’ principal executive offices are located at 13811 Wireless Way, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada V6V 3A4, and its telephone number is 1-604-231-1100.

Additional information about Sierra Wireless can be found on its website at http://www.sierrawireless.com. The information contained in, or that can be accessed through, Sierra Wireless’ website is not intended to be incorporated into this proxy statement/prospectus. For additional information about Sierra Wireless, see the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information.

Wireless Acquisition Sub, Inc.

c/o Sierra Wireless Inc.

13811 Wireless Way, Richmond

British Columbia, Canada V6V 3A4

(604) 231-1100

Wireless Acquisition Sub, Inc. (which we refer to as “Merger Sub”) is a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless. Merger Sub has not carried on any activities or operations to date, except for those activities incidental to its formation and undertaken in connection with the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. By operation of the merger, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Numerex. As a result, Numerex will survive the merger as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless. Upon completion of the merger, Merger Sub will cease to exist as a separate entity.

Merger Sub’s principal executive offices are located at 13811 Wireless Way, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada V6V 3A4, and its telephone number is 1-604-231-1100.

Numerex Corp.

400 Interstate Parkway, Suite 1350

Atlanta, GA

1-770-693-5950

Numerex is a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Numerex is a single source, leading provider of managed enterprise solutions enabling the IoT. Numerex empowers enterprise operations with world-class, managed IoT solutions that are simple, innovative, scalable and secure. Numerex’s core strategy is to generate long term and sustainable recurring revenue through a portfolio of managed, end-to-end IoT solutions which are generally sold on a subscription basis and built on its horizontal, integrated platform. Numerex’s solutions incorporate the key IoT building blocks — Device, Network, Application and Platform. Numerex’s solutions also simplify the implementation and improve the

 

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speed to market for enterprise users in select, targeted verticals in the asset monitoring and optimization, asset tracking, and safety and security markets.

Numerex is a public company trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “NMRX.” Numerex’s principal executive offices are located at 400 Interstate Parkway, Suite 1350, Atlanta, Georgia, and its telephone number is 1-770-693-5950.

Additional information about Numerex can be found on its website at http://www.numerex.com. The information contained in, or that can be accessed through, Numerex’s website is not intended to be incorporated into this proxy statement/prospectus. For additional information about Numerex, see the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information.

 

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THE MERGER AGREEMENT

The summary of the material provisions of the merger agreement below and elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus is qualified in its entirety by reference to the merger agreement, a copy of which is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex A and is incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. This summary does not purport to be complete and may not provide all of the information about the merger agreement that might be important to you. You are urged to read the merger agreement carefully and in its entirety because it is the legal document that governs the merger.

Explanatory Note Regarding the Merger Agreement

The merger agreement and this summary are included solely to provide you with information regarding its terms. The representations, warranties and covenants made in the merger agreement by Sierra Wireless, Numerex and Merger Sub were made solely for the purposes of the merger agreement and as of specific dates and were qualified and subject to important limitations agreed to by Sierra Wireless, Numerex and Merger Sub in connection with negotiating the terms of the merger agreement. In particular, in your review of the representations and warranties contained in the merger agreement and described in this summary, it is important to bear in mind that the representations and warranties were negotiated with the principal purposes of establishing the circumstances in which a party to the merger agreement may have the right to not complete the merger if the representations and warranties of the other party prove to be untrue, and allocating risk between the parties to the merger agreement, rather than establishing matters as facts. The representations and warranties may also be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from those generally applicable to shareholders and reports and documents filed or furnished with or to the SEC or on SEDAR, are qualified by certain matters contained in certain reports publicly filed or furnished with or to the SEC and on SEDAR, and in some cases were qualified by the matters contained in the respective confidential disclosure letters that Numerex and Sierra Wireless delivered to each other in connection with the merger agreement, which disclosures were not included in the merger agreement attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex A. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties, which do not purport to be accurate as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, may have changed since the date of the merger agreement. Accordingly, the representations and warranties and other provisions of the merger agreement should not be read alone, but instead should be read together with the information provided elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, and reports, statements and filings that Numerex and Sierra Wireless file or furnish with or to the SEC and Sierra Wireless files on SEDAR from time to time. For more information, see the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information .”

The Merger

The merger agreement provides that, subject to the terms and conditions of the merger agreement and in accordance with the provisions of the PBCL, at the effective time, Merger Sub, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless, will merge with and into Numerex and, as a result, the separate existence of Merger Sub will cease, and Numerex will continue as the surviving corporation in the merger, becoming a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless.

The completion of the merger will occur no later than the third business day after all of the closing conditions set forth in the merger agreement are satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the closing, but subject to satisfaction or waiver of those conditions), or at such other time as Numerex and Sierra Wireless agree in writing. For more information, see the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Conditions that Must Be Satisfied or Waived for the Merger to Occur .” The merger will become effective as of the date and time specified in the statement of merger filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Effects of the Merger

Merger Sub

The merger agreement provides that the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the effective time will serve as the directors of the surviving corporation in the merger following the effective time, and the officers of Numerex immediately prior to the effective time will serve as the officers of the surviving corporation in the merger following the effective time. The articles of incorporation and bylaws of Merger Sub immediately prior to the effective time will serve as the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the surviving corporation in the merger following the effective time.

Sierra Wireless Governance and Other Matters

The merger agreement does not contemplate any changes to Sierra Wireless’ current board of directors. Information about Sierra Wireless’ current board of directors is incorporated herein by reference from Sierra Wireless’ Notice of 2017 Annual General Meeting and Management Information Circular, furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K on April 20, 2017.

 

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Merger Consideration

At the effective time, by virtue of the merger and without any action on the part of the parties to the merger agreement or any Numerex stockholder, each share of Numerex common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time (including Numerex common stock resulting from the deemed exercise of the Numerex Warrants and Numerex options, and the settlement of Numerex RSUs, and other than shares of Numerex common stock held directly or indirectly by Numerex, Sierra Wireless or any of their respective subsidiaries), will be automatically converted into the right to receive 0.1800 of a validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Sierra Wireless common share (which we refer to as the “merger consideration”).

The merger consideration will be equitably adjusted to provide Numerex stockholders and Sierra Wireless the same economic effect as contemplated by the merger agreement in the event of any reclassification, stock split (including a reverse stock split), stock dividend or distribution, recapitalization, merger or other similar transaction involving Numerex common stock or Sierra Wireless common shares prior to the completion of the merger.

No Fractional Shares

No fractional Sierra Wireless common shares will be issued upon the conversion of Numerex common stock. All fractional Sierra Wireless common shares that a holder of eligible shares would be otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to the merger agreement will be aggregated and rounded to three decimal places. Any holder of eligible shares otherwise entitled to receive a fractional Sierra Wireless common share will be entitled to receive a cash payment, without interest, in lieu of any such fractional share, which payment will be calculated by the exchange agent and will represent such holder’s proportionate interest in a Sierra Wireless common share based on the closing trading price of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM, as reported by the Nasdaq GM on the first day immediately following the effective time. No holder of eligible shares will be entitled by virtue of the right to receive cash in lieu of fractional Sierra Wireless common shares to any dividends, voting rights or any other rights in respect of any fractional Sierra Wireless common share.

Surrender of Numerex Common Stock

Prior to the effective time, Sierra Wireless, at its sole expense, will designate a nationally recognized financial institution or trust company acceptable to Numerex (which we refer to as the “exchange agent”) for the purpose of exchanging the Numerex common stock certificates (which we refer to as the “Numerex certificates”) and the shares of Numerex common stock represented by book-entry (which we refer to as the “Numerex book-entry shares”) for the merger consideration.

At or promptly after the effective time, Sierra Wireless will authorize the exchange agent to issue certificates, or at Sierra Wireless’ option, evidence of shares in book-entry form, representing the shares of Sierra Wireless common shares equal to the aggregate merger consideration for the sole benefit of the former holders of shares of Numerex common stock.

Promptly after the effective time, Sierra Wireless will instruct the exchange agent to mail to each holder of record of a Numerex certificate or a Numerex book-entry share and whose shares of Numerex common stock each were converted into the right to receive the merger consideration a letter of transmittal and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Numerex common stock in exchange for the merger consideration.

Upon surrender to the exchange agent of a Numerex certificate (or an affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or a Numerex book-entry share for cancellation, in accordance with the terms of the transmittal materials and instructions, the holder of such Numerex certificate or Numerex book-entry share will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the applicable merger consideration for each share of the Numerex common stock formerly represented by such Numerex certificate or Numerex book-entry share, to be delivered within 10 business days following the later to occur of (x) the effective time or (y) the exchange agent’s receipt of a duly executed letter of transmittal and such Numerex certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or Numerex book-entry share, and the Numerex certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or Numerex book-entry share so surrendered shall be forthwith cancelled.

If registration of the merger consideration is to be made to a person other than the person in whose name the surrendered Numerex certificate is registered, it shall be a condition precedent of such registration that (A) the Numerex certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed and (B) the person requesting such registration shall have paid any transfer and other similar taxes or shall have established to the satisfaction of Sierra Wireless that such tax either has been paid or is not required to be paid. Registration of the applicable merger consideration with respect to Numerex book-entry share will only be made to the person in whose name such Numerex book-entry share are registered. No interest will be paid or accrued on any cash amount payable upon surrender of the Numerex certificate or the Numerex book-entry share.

If any Numerex certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the exchange agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Numerex certificates, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, the applicable merger consideration payable in respect thereof; provided that Sierra Wireless may, in its discretion and as a condition

 

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precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Numerex certificate to deliver a bond in such reasonable and customary amount as Sierra Wireless may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Sierra Wireless, the surviving corporation or the exchange agent with respect to the Numerex certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

Withholding

Each of Sierra Wireless, Numerex, the surviving corporation and the exchange agent will be entitled to deduct and withhold from the amounts otherwise payable under the merger agreement to any person, such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold by applicable law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by Sierra Wireless, Numerex, the surviving corporation or the exchange agent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts will be treated for all purposes of the merger agreement as having been paid to the person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made.

Treatment of Numerex Equity Awards

Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. At the effective time, each outstanding In-the-Money Option or In-the-Money SAR, will become fully vested and will be automatically cancelled and extinguished in exchange for the right to receive, as soon as practicable after the effective time, a number of Sierra Wireless common shares for each such Numerex option and Numerex SAR determined by dividing (i) the excess of (x) the exchange ratio multiplied by the volume weighted average price of a Sierra Wireless common share on the Nasdaq GM for the five trading days ending on the last trading day prior to the day on which the effective time occurs minus (y) the per-share exercise price for the shares of Numerex common stock that would have been issuable upon exercise of such In-the-Money Option or In-the-Money SAR, as the case may be, by (ii) the volume weighted average price of a Sierra Wireless common share on the Nasdaq GM for the five trading days ending on the last trading day prior to the day on which the effective time occurs, and rounding to the nearest ten-thousandth of a share. Each Numerex option and Numerex SAR that is not an In-the-Money Option or In-the-Money SAR, as applicable, whether vested or unvested, will automatically be cancelled and cease to represent the right to acquire shares of Numerex common stock, without any payment of any consideration therefor.

Sierra Wireless will pay to each holder of In-the-Money Options or In-the-Money SARs cash in lieu of fractional shares to which such holder would be entitled; provided that the calculation of the amount of such fractional shares shall be determined on an aggregate basis taking into account all In-the-Money Options and In-the-Money SARs held by such holder.

Restricted Stock Units. At the effective time, each outstanding restricted stock unit denominated in Numerex RSU whether vested or unvested, will automatically vest in full and any restrictions thereon will lapse. Each such Numerex RSU shall be cancelled and the holder of a Numerex RSU will be entitled to receive, as promptly as practicable (but no later than 15 calendar days) following the effective time, (i) a number of Sierra Wireless common shares equal to 0.1800 multiplied by the number of shares of Numerex common stock represented by each such Numerex RSU and (ii) any accrued but unpaid dividends with respect to any Numerex RSU.

Warrants. Subject to certain exceptions, not less than seven business days prior to the closing of the merger, Numerex will provide written notice to all holders of each outstanding unexercised Numerex Warrant, which notice shall include such reasonable information as a holder of a Numerex Warrant may reasonably require regarding the treatment of a Numerex Warrant in connection with the closing of the merger and which notice shall otherwise be provided in accordance with the terms of each applicable Numerex Warrant agreement. If, upon receiving notice of the closing of the merger, a holder exercises its Numerex Warrant in accordance with its terms, then such Numerex Warrant will be (i) deemed exercised immediately prior to and contingent upon the closing of the merger and (ii) cancelled and the holder thereof will be entitled to receive, as promptly as practicable (but no later than 15 calendar days) following the effective time, in consideration of the exercise and cancellation of such Numerex Warrant and in settlement therefor, in lieu of the Numerex common stock immediately issuable upon exercise of the Numerex Warrant, the number of Sierra Wireless common shares equal to the exchange ratio multiplied by the number of shares of Numerex common stock issuable upon the exercise of such Numerex Warrant had the Numerex Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the consummation of the merger. If, upon receiving notice of the closing of the merger, a holder does not exercise its Numerex Warrant in accordance with its terms, then such Numerex Warrant will (i) expire immediately prior to the consummation of the merger and (ii) cease to represent the right to acquire shares of Numerex common stock, without any payment of any consideration therefor.

With regard to the warrant issued to Hale Capital on June 7, 2017, entitling the holder thereof to the Hale Warrant, Numerex, Sierra Wireless and Hale Capital have entered into the Hale Agreement, under which and in accordance with the terms of the Hale Warrant, Numerex will purchase the Hale Warrant from Hale Capital for the amount of $4,000,000, following which the Hale Warrant will be cancelled.

 

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Representations and Warranties

The merger agreement contains a number of representations and warranties made by each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless solely for the benefit of the other, and that are subject in some cases to important exceptions and qualifications, including, among other things, as to materiality and material adverse effect. Furthermore, the assertions embodied in those representations and warranties are qualified by information in Numerex’s and Sierra Wireless’ respective public filings and the confidential disclosure letters that the parties to the merger agreement have exchanged in connection with execution of the merger agreement, which disclosure letters will not be reflected in the merger agreement or otherwise publicly disclosed. The confidential disclosure letters contain information that modifies, qualifies and creates exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth in the merger agreement. See the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Material Adverse Effect ” below for a definition of material adverse effect applicable to each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless. The representations and warranties were used for the purpose of allocation of risk between the parties to the merger agreement rather than establishing matters of fact. For the foregoing reasons, these descriptions, representations and warranties should not be read alone. The representations and warranties of Numerex in the merger agreement relate to, among other things:

 

    due organization, valid existence, good standing, corporate or other entity power and authority, organizational documents and ownership of subsidiaries;

 

    capital structure, including in particular the number of shares of Numerex common stock, shares of Numerex Class B Common Stock, shares of Numerex preferred stock and Numerex equity-based awards issued and outstanding;

 

    the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the merger agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement;

 

    absence of violations or breaches of its or its subsidiaries’ governing documents or contracts or applicable laws as a result of entering into the merger agreement and the consummation of the merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby;

 

    consents and approvals required in connection with the execution and delivery of the merger agreement or the completion of the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including required filings with, and the consents and approvals of, governmental entities or third parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement;

 

    compliance with applicable laws, including anti-corruption laws and sanctions, since January 1, 2014;

 

    possession of and compliance with, material permits and other governmental authorizations required for the operation of each party’s businesses, including the respective businesses of each of its subsidiaries;

 

    SEC securities filings (including reports, schedules, forms and other documents) since January 1, 2014, including financial statements contained therein;

 

    disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting;

 

    absence of changes since March 31, 2017;

 

    absence of certain liabilities and certain restrictions on business activities of each of the parties to the merger agreement;

 

    compliance with applicable laws (including the Communications Act and Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations) and legal and regulatory proceedings;

 

    matters related to employee benefit plans;

 

    litigation;

 

    certain material contracts, including that there exists no violation or breach of such material contracts;

 

    environmental matters;

 

    tax matters;

 

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    intellectual property matters;

 

    title to Numerex’s assets;

 

    real property matters;

 

    insurance matters;

 

    the inapplicability of certain anti-takeover statutes to the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger;

 

    related party transactions;

 

    the books and records and minute books;

 

    certain supplier, customer and product matters;

 

    absence of malfunction or material interruption of computer and information technology systems in the past four years;

 

    accuracy of the information supplied for inclusion in this proxy statement/prospectus; and

 

    brokers’ fees in connection with the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement.

The merger agreement also contains representations and warranties made by each of Sierra Wireless and the Merger Sub as to, among other things:

 

    due organization, valid existence, good standing, corporate or other entity power and authority, organizational documents and ownership of subsidiaries;

 

    capital structure, including in particular the number of Sierra Wireless common shares, Sierra Wireless preference shares and Sierra Wireless equity-based awards issued and outstanding;

 

    the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the merger agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement;

 

    absence of certain changes since March 31, 2017;

 

    tax matters;

 

    absence of violations or breaches of its or its subsidiaries’ governing documents or contracts or applicable laws as a result of entering into the merger agreement and the consummation of the merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby;

 

    consents and approvals required in connection with the execution and delivery of the merger agreement or the completion of the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including required filings with, and the consents and approvals of, governmental entities or third parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement;

 

    compliance with applicable laws, including anti-corruption laws and sanctions, since January 1, 2014;

 

    filings (including reports, schedules, forms and other documents) with the applicable Canadian and U.S. securities regulatory authorities, including financial statements contained therein;

 

    non-status of Sierra Wireless as an “investment company” under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

 

    the existence of any unresolved written complaint, allegation, assertion, or claim regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Sierra Wireless or any of its subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, in each case since December 31, 2015;

 

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    litigation;

 

    accuracy of the information supplied for inclusion in this proxy statement/prospectus;

 

    the registration of Sierra Wireless common shares to be issued as merger consideration; and

 

    the ownership and operations of Merger Sub.

Material Adverse Effect

Certain of the representations and warranties in the merger agreement are subject to materiality or material adverse effect qualifications (that is, they will not be deemed to be untrue or incorrect unless their failure to be true or correct is material or would result in a material adverse effect).

Under the merger agreement, a “material adverse effect” with respect to Sierra Wireless, Numerex or any of their respective subsidiaries is defined as any change, development, event, occurrence, circumstance, condition or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, is materially adverse to or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on, (i) the condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets (including intangible assets), business, operations or results of operations of Sierra Wireless or Numerex and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of Sierra Wireless or Numerex to consummate the merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby; provided that none of the following will be deemed to be or constitute a material adverse effect or will be taken into account when determining whether a material adverse effect has occurred or may, would or could occur:

 

    (i) changes in general economic or political conditions;

 

    (ii) changes generally affecting the industries in which Sierra Wireless or Numerex and their respective subsidiaries operate;

 

    (iii) changes in applicable law, U.S. GAAP or accounting regulations or principles, or the enforcement, implementation or interpretation thereof, that apply to Sierra Wireless or Numerex and their respective subsidiaries;

 

    (iv) the announcement or pendency of the merger agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, including the impact thereof on relationships with employees, customers, suppliers, distributors or others having relationships with Sierra Wireless, Numerex or any of their respective subsidiaries;

 

    (v) any changes in financial, banking or securities markets in general and any changes in the trading volume or trading prices of any security or any market index or of Sierra Wireless’ or Numerex’s capital stock, as the case may be, in and of themselves;

 

    (vi) any failure to meet financial projections, whether internal or published;

 

    (vii) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof;

 

    (viii) any action required or permitted by the merger agreement or any action taken (or omitted to be taken) with the written consent of, or at the written request of, the other party to the merger agreement; or

 

    (ix) any natural or man-made disaster or acts of God.

Covenants Regarding Conduct of Business by Numerex, Sierra Wireless and Merger Sub Pending the Merger

Covenants Regarding Conduct of Business by Numerex Pending the Merger

Numerex has agreed to certain covenants in the merger agreement restricting the conduct of its business between the date of the merger agreement and the earlier of the effective time of the merger or the termination of the merger agreement. In general, except as required or permitted by the merger agreement, required by applicable law or consented to in writing by Sierra Wireless (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), Numerex has agreed to, and to cause each of its subsidiaries to:

 

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    use its commercially reasonable best efforts consistent with past practice to preserve intact its business organizations and its advantageous relationships with employees, customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees and others having business dealings with Numerex; and

 

    take no action that is intended to or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect or materially delay the ability of Numerex, Sierra Wireless or Merger Sub to obtain any necessary approvals of any governmental entity required for the transactions or to perform its covenants and agreements under the merger agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.

In addition, except as required or permitted by the merger agreement, required by applicable law or consented to in writing by Sierra Wireless (with any such request for consent to be given good faith consideration by Sierra Wireless), from the date of the merger agreement until the earlier of the effective time or the termination of the merger agreement, with certain exceptions, Numerex has agreed not to, and to cause each of its subsidiaries not to, do, cause or permit any of the following:

 

    amend its articles of incorporation or bylaws, or comparable organizational or governing documents;

 

    declare or pay any dividend on or make any other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of any of its capital stock (other than the payment of any dividend or distribution by any subsidiary of Numerex to Numerex or to another subsidiary of Numerex in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice);

 

    split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock;

 

    repurchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock or adopt any resolution, plan or arrangement for liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, except for withholding taxes incurred in connection with the exercise, or settlement, of Numerex equity awards pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement;

 

    (A) grant, confer, award, accelerate, amend or change the period of exercisability or vesting of any Numerex options, Numerex SARs, Numerex Warrants or Numerex RSUs or other rights granted under any of Numerex’s equity-based awards, the vesting of the securities purchased or purchasable under such Numerex options, Numerex SARs, Numerex Warrants or Numerex RSUs or other rights or the vesting schedule issued under such stock plans or otherwise, (B) amend or change any other terms of such Numerex options, Numerex SARs, Numerex Warrants or Numerex RSUs or (C) authorize cash payments in exchange for any Numerex options, Numerex SARs, Numerex Warrants or Numerex RSUs or other rights granted or issued under such plans or otherwise;

 

    subject to certain exceptions, enter into, terminate, waive any of the material terms of, amend or otherwise modify any Numerex material contract;

 

    issue, deliver or sell or authorize or propose the issuance, delivery or sale of, or purchase or propose the purchase of, any shares of its capital stock or securities convertible into, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire, or other contracts of any character obligating Numerex to issue any such shares or other convertible securities, other than the issuance of shares of Numerex common stock pursuant to the exercise of Numerex options, Numerex SARs, Numerex Warrants or pursuant to the settlement of Numerex RSUs, in each case, outstanding on the date of the merger agreement;

 

    (A) hire any additional officers or other employees, or engage any consultants or independent contractors (except hiring of employees to fill open positions arising as a result of the termination for cause or resignation of employees of Numerex following the date of the merger agreement, in each case, so long as no such employee’s aggregate compensation exceeds $150,000 and using Numerex’s standard, unmodified form of offer letter (which we refer to collectively as “Permitted Hires”)), (B) terminate the employment, change the title, office or position, or materially reduce the responsibilities of any employees of Numerex or any of its subsidiaries at a level of Vice President or higher, except for cause or non-performance of material duties, (C) enter into, amend or extend the term of any employment, consulting, severance or termination agreement with any officer, employee, consultant or independent contractor, in each case, except with respect to Permitted Hires or (D) enter into any contract with a labor union or collective bargaining agreement, unless required pursuant to applicable law;

 

   

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reorganization of the Numerex or any of its subsidiaries or (C) reassign the responsibilities of any employee at a level of Vice President or higher in any material respect, except for cause or non-performance of material duties;

 

    (A) make or assume any loans or advances (other than routine travel advances and sales commission draws to employees of Numerex or any of its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice) to, or any investments in or capital contributions to, any person, other than funding to any subsidiary of Numerex in order to fund operations in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, (B) forgive or discharge, in whole or in part, any outstanding loans or advances or (C) amend or modify, in any material respect, any loan previously granted;

 

    (A) transfer or license any rights to any Numerex intellectual property, or acquire or license any third-party intellectual property, other than non-exclusive licenses in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, or (B) transfer or provide a copy of any Numerex-owned intellectual property to any person, other than to current employees and consultants of Numerex or its subsidiaries involved in the development of Numerex’s products on a need-to-know basis, consistent with past practice;

 

    sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of or encumber any of its properties or assets that are material, individually or in the aggregate, to Numerex’s business, other than sales and non-exclusive licenses of Numerex’s products in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, or enter into any contract with respect to the foregoing;

 

    incur any indebtedness, enter into any “keep well” or other contract to maintain any financial statement condition or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing;

 

    make any capital expenditures, capital additions or capital improvements which are more than ten percent (10%) greater than the amounts set forth in the capital expenditures budget provided in the merger agreement;

 

    (A) enter into, adopt, terminate or amend any of Numerex’s employee plans, other than routine amendments that do not materially increase benefits or result in a material increase in administrative costs, or amend any compensation, benefit, entitlement, grant or award provided or made under any such plan, except, in each case, as required under applicable law or as necessary to maintain the qualified status of such plan under the Code; (B) materially amend any deferred compensation plan; (C) pay any special bonus or special remuneration to any employee, non-employee director, independent contractor or consultant or increase the salaries, wage rates or fees of its employees or consultants or materially increase the benefits provided to any of its employees, non-employee directors, independent contractors or consultants (other than ordinary course salary increases for employees at a level below Vice President in connection with annual performance reviews or promotions and that do not exceed ten percent (10%) for any such employee); or (D) add any new members to the Numerex board of directors or to the board of directors or similar governing body of any of its subsidiaries (other than to replace a member of such board of directors who resigns or is otherwise removed from such position following the date of the merger agreement and prior to the closing of the merger);

 

    grant or pay, or enter into any contract providing for the granting of, any severance, retention or termination pay (other than accrued but unpaid salary), or the acceleration of vesting or other benefits upon the closing of the merger or termination of employment, to any person (other than severance payments for employees terminated prior to the date of the merger agreement);

 

    (A) commence a legal proceeding other than (1) for the routine collection of accounts receivable, (2) in such cases where Numerex in good faith and following consultation with Sierra Wireless determines that failure to commence such legal proceeding would result in the material impairment of a valuable aspect of Numerex’s business or (3) for a breach of the merger agreement or (B) settle, offer to settle or agree to settle any material legal proceeding threatened or existing, other than (1) in the ordinary course of business and for consideration not in excess of $325,000, individually, or $400,000, in the aggregate, and(2) without imposing any material restriction on Numerex’s business;

 

    acquire or agree to acquire (whether by merger, consolidation, joint venture, strategic alliance, partnership, purchase of a substantial portion of the assets or by any other similar transaction) any business or any assets of any other person or division thereof;

 

   

other than in the ordinary course of business, (A) make or change any material tax election or adopt or change any accounting tax method, (B) file any material tax return, any amendment to any such tax return or any claim for tax refunds (provided that Sierra Wireless will not unreasonably withhold its consent to such a filing), (C) enter into

 

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any tax sharing or closing agreement, settle any claim or assessment in respect of taxes for an amount materially in excess of the amount accrued or reserved with respect to taxes, (D) consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of taxes or (E) enter into intercompany transactions giving rise to deferred gain or loss of any kind;

 

    change accounting methods or practices or revalue any of its material assets, except, in each case, as required by changes in U.S. GAAP, as confirmed by Numerex’s independent auditors, and after notice to Sierra Wireless;

 

    take any action or knowingly fail to take any action where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent the merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code;

 

    subject to certain exceptions, place or allow the creation of any encumbrance on any of its properties;

 

    fail to timely file any report required to be filed with the SEC prior to the closing of the merger;

 

    act in a manner that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede, interfere with, hinder or delay the consummation by Numerex of the transactions; or

 

    agree in writing or otherwise to take any of the foregoing actions.

Covenants Regarding Conduct of Business by Sierra Wireless Pending the Merger

Sierra Wireless has agreed to certain covenants in the merger agreement restricting the conduct of its business between the date of the merger agreement and the earlier of the effective time of the merger or the termination of the merger agreement. Specifically, except as required or permitted by the merger agreement, required by applicable law or consented to in writing by Numerex (with any such request for consent to be given good faith consideration by Numerex), from the date of the merger agreement until the earlier of the effective time or the termination of the merger agreement with certain exceptions, Sierra Wireless has agreed not to do, cause or permit any of the following:

 

    amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, in each case, in a manner that would be reasonably expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of Sierra Wireless to consummate the merger or otherwise be adverse to the holders of Numerex common stock;

 

    declare or pay any dividend on or make any other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of any of Sierra Wireless’ capital stock;

 

    split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock;

 

    adopt any resolution, plan or arrangement for liquidation, dissolution or winding-up;

 

    take any action or knowingly fail to take any action where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent the merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code;

 

    fail to timely file any report required to be filed with the applicable Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities, the SEC, the TSX or the Nasdaq GM, in each case, prior to the closing of the merger;

 

    act in a manner that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede, interfere with, hinder or delay the consummation by Sierra Wireless of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement; or

 

    agree in writing or otherwise to take any of the foregoing actions.

No Solicitation

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acquisition proposal or any existing discussion that could reasonably be expected to lead to an acquisition proposal;

 

    immediately request, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause, any person (and such person’s representatives), other than Sierra Wireless and its representatives, with which Numerex has engaged in any such activities within the 18 month period preceding the date of the merger agreement to promptly return or destroy all non-public information previously provided to such person (and such person’s representatives); and

 

    immediately terminate access for anyone other than Numerex, Sierra Wireless and Merger Sub and their respective representatives to any data rooms of Numerex.

Except as described in the merger agreement, Numerex (including the Numerex board of directors or any committee thereof) has agreed, from the time of the execution of the merger agreement until the earlier of the effective time of the merger or the termination of the merger agreement in accordance with its terms, that it and any of its subsidiaries will not, and will not authorize or permit any of their respective representatives to, and shall cause their respective representatives not to, directly or indirectly:

 

    solicit, initiate, encourage or knowingly facilitate or induce the making, submission or public announcement of an acquisition proposal, or the making of any inquiry, offer or proposal that would constitute or would reasonably be expected to lead to an acquisition proposal or the making or consummation thereof;

 

    furnish to any third person any non-public information relating to Numerex or any of its subsidiaries, or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of Numerex or any of its subsidiaries to any third person, in each case, in connection with or for the purpose of encouraging or facilitating an acquisition proposal or any inquiry, offer or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an acquisition proposal;

 

    engage in, enter into, participate in, maintain or continue any communications or negotiations regarding an acquisition proposal or any inquiry, offer or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an acquisition proposal, except to notify such person of the existence of these provisions;

 

    agree to, accept, approve, endorse or recommend (or publicly propose or announce any intention or desire to agree to, accept, approve, endorse or recommend) any acquisition proposal or submit any acquisition proposal to the vote of any securityholders of Numerex or any of its subsidiaries;

 

    enter into any commitment, agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet or any other agreement, understanding or contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any acquisition proposal or enter into any agreement, contract, understanding or commitment to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the merger; and

 

    resolve, propose or agree to do any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding the restrictions described above, if, prior to the approval and adoption of the merger agreement by Numerex stockholders, Numerex receives an unsolicited, written, bona fide acquisition proposal that the Numerex board of directors determines in good faith (after consultation with Numerex’s outside legal and financial advisors of national standing) is, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a “Superior Proposal,” then Numerex may enter into discussions with, or deliver or make available any non-public information regarding Numerex and its subsidiaries to any person making such acquisition proposal; provided that that substantially concurrently (and in any event within 24 hours) Numerex delivers or makes available to Sierra Wireless such information to the extent such information was not previously made available to Sierra Wireless; provided , further , that, in each such case, Numerex, its subsidiaries and its representatives comply with each of the following:

 

    none of Numerex, its subsidiaries and their respective representatives shall have violated any of the non-solicitation provisions of the merger agreement;

 

    prior to furnishing any material non-public information to any person, Numerex receives from the person making any acquisition proposal an executed confidentiality agreement on terms no less favorable to Numerex than that certain confidentiality agreement, dated as of September 9, 2016, between Numerex and Sierra Wireless;

 

    the Numerex board of directors determined in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel) that the failure to deliver or make available such information or engage in such discussions would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of its fiduciary obligations to Numerex’s stockholders under applicable law; and

 

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    Numerex provides written notice to Sierra Wireless immediately after any such determination by the Numerex board of directors and before Numerex enters into discussions with, or delivers or makes available any non-public information to any person making such acquisition proposal.

In addition, from and after the date of the merger agreement, Numerex will promptly (but in any event within 24 hours) notify Sierra Wireless orally and in writing of the receipt of such acquisition proposal, and (i) if it is in writing, deliver to Sierra Wireless a copy of such acquisition proposal and any related draft agreements and other written material relating to such acquisition proposal or (ii) if oral, communicate to Sierra Wireless the material terms and conditions of such acquisition proposal, including, in each case, the identity of the person making such acquisition proposal. Numerex will keep Sierra Wireless reasonably informed on a current basis (but in any event within 24 hours of any such change) of the status and material terms of, and any material amendments, changes or modifications or proposed material amendments or modifications to, any such acquisition proposal (or the status thereof).

An “acquisition proposal” means any bona fide inquiry, offer, proposal, or indication of interest, or any public announcement of intention to make any offer, inquiry, proposal or indication of interest, relating to any transaction, or series of related transactions, involving:

 

    (i) any acquisition or purchase by any person or “group,” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act, directly or indirectly, of (A) securities representing 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities of Numerex or any of its subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 25% or more of Numerex’s consolidated assets, or any tender or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any person or group beneficially owning 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities of Numerex;

 

    (ii) any merger, consolidation, division, business combination or similar transaction involving Numerex or any of its subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 25% or more of Numerex’s consolidated assets, pursuant to which Numerex stockholders immediately preceding such transaction hold securities representing less than 75% of the outstanding voting power of the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction (or parent entity of such surviving or resulting entity); or

 

    (iii) a sale or other disposition in a transaction or series of transactions by Numerex or any of its subsidiaries of assets representing (A) 25% or more of the aggregate fair market value of the assets of Numerex and its subsidiaries or (B) 25% or more of the consolidated net revenues, consolidated net income or consolidated book value of Numerex and its subsidiaries, immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions, in each case, other than the merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby.

A “Superior Proposal” means any unsolicited, bona fide written acquisition proposal submitted after the date of the merger agreement, which (i) is not subject to a financing condition, (ii) is on terms that the Numerex board of directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) determines in good faith (following consultation with Numerex’s outside legal counsel and independent financial advisor, in each case of national standing), taking into account, among other things, all legal, financial, regulatory, timing and other aspects of such acquisition proposal are more favorable, from a financial point of view, to the Numerex and Numerex stockholders than the terms of the merger (after giving effect to any adjustments to the terms of the merger agreement proposed by Sierra Wireless in response to such acquisition proposal) and (iii) is reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with its terms on a timely basis, taking into account all legal, regulatory and financial aspects (including the certainty of closing and the availability of financing) and the ability of such third party to consummate the transactions contemplated by such acquisition proposal; provided that for purposes of the definition of Superior Proposal, the references to “twenty five percent (25%)” in the definition of acquisition proposal shall be deemed to be references to “fifty percent (50%).”

Changes in the Numerex Board of Directors Recommendation

The Numerex board of directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) has agreed, subject to certain exceptions summarized below, not to make an “adverse recommendation change,” which means Numerex has agreed not to:

 

    withhold, withdraw, amend or modify, or publicly propose to withhold, withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse to Sierra Wireless or Merger Sub, its board recommendation that Numerex stockholders vote in favor of the adoption of the merger agreement at the special meeting (which we refer to as the “board recommendation”);

 

    approve, endorse or recommend, or publicly propose to approve, endorse or recommend to the Numerex stockholders an acquisition proposal;

 

   

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“stop, look and listen” communication by the Numerex board of directors pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) of the U.S. Exchange Act shall not be deemed to be an adverse recommendation change unless and until the Numerex board of directors fails to reconfirm the board recommendation within 10 business days following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer);

 

    fail to publicly reaffirm the board recommendation, in each case, within five business days after Sierra Wireless so requests in writing;

 

    enter into any definitive agreement providing for an acquisition proposal; or

 

    resolve or publicly propose to take any action described in the foregoing clauses.

Notwithstanding the restrictions described above, the Numerex board of directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) may (i) make an adverse recommendation change in response to (i) make an adverse recommendation change in response to intervening event that the Numerex board of directors determines in good faith (after consultation with Numerex’s outside legal counsel and financial advisor) would be reasonably likely to violate its fiduciary obligations to Numerex and Numerex stockholders under applicable law, (ii) make an adverse recommendation change in response to Numerex’s receipt of an unsolicited, written, bona fide acquisition proposal that the Numerex board of directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, constitutes a Superior Proposal, or (iii) if Numerex has complied, in all material respects, with the non-solicitation provisions of the merger agreement, cause Numerex to terminate the merger agreement and cause Numerex to enter into a definitive written agreement providing for such Superior Proposal, if and only if, in all cases, the Numerex board of directors determines in good faith, after consulting with and receiving advice from outside counsel, that failure to (A) make an adverse recommendation change or (B) terminate the merger agreement and enter into a definitive written agreement providing for a Superior Proposal, as the case may be, would reasonably be likely to violate the Numerex board of directors’ fiduciary obligations to Numerex and Numerex stockholders under applicable law.

Prior to making an adverse recommendation change in response to an intervening event or regarding a Superior Proposal or terminating of the merger agreement, Numerex shall have complied in all material respects with the non-solicitation provisions of the merger agreement and Numerex must inform Sierra Wireless in writing of its intention to make such an adverse recommendation change or terminate the merger agreement at least four business days prior to taking such action, and (x) in the case of a Superior Proposal, describe the material terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal (including the identity of the person making such Superior Proposal and a copy of the then-current forms of all of the relevant proposed transaction documents related thereto, including definitive agreements with respect to such Superior Proposal and any financing commitments relating thereto) or (y) in the case of an intervening event, a description of the event and any related documentation. During the four business day notice period, as may be extended, Numerex must have negotiated, and must have caused its representatives to negotiate, with Sierra Wireless in good faith (to the extent Sierra Wireless desires to negotiate) with regard to any adjustments proposed by Sierra Wireless to the terms and conditions of the merger agreement so that such Superior Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Proposal (or in the event of an intervening event, to allow the merger to be completed) and, following the end of such four business day period, as may be extended, the Numerex board of directors has considered in good faith any revisions to the terms of the merger agreement proposed by Sierra Wireless and determine (after consultation with Numerex’s outside legal and financial advisors) that failure to make an adverse recommendation change or terminate the merger agreement would be reasonably likely to violate the its fiduciary obligations to Numerex and Numerex stockholders under applicable law and, if applicable, prior to, or substantially concurrent with, the termination of the merger agreement, pay the termination fee described below under the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Termination of the Merger Agreement—Termination Fee .”

An “intervening event” means any material event, development or change in circumstances with respect to Numerex and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, first occurring after the date of the merger agreement and prior to the approval and adoption of the merger agreement by Numerex stockholders, which event, development or change in circumstances was not known or reasonably foreseeable by the Numerex board of directors or other specified individuals as of, or prior to, the date of the merger agreement; provided, that an intervening event will not include: (i) the receipt, existence or terms of an acquisition proposal, any matter related thereto or consequences thereof, (ii) changes in and of themselves in the market price or trading volume of Numerex common stock or Sierra Wireless common shares or (iii) the fact in and of itself that Numerex or Sierra Wireless meets or exceeds or fails to meet or exceed internal or published projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions for any period.

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its financial advisors and outside legal counsel to, negotiate with Sierra Wireless in good faith (if Sierra Wireless indicates to Numerex that it desires to negotiate) the terms of the merger agreement and (ii) Numerex will take into account all changes and adjustments to the terms of the merger agreement proposed by Sierra Wireless in determining whether such Superior Proposal continues to constitute a Superior Proposal. Numerex will keep Sierra Wireless reasonably informed of all developments affecting the material terms of any such Superior Proposal (and Numerex will provide Sierra Wireless with copies of any additional written materials received that relate to such Superior Proposal).

Nothing contained in the merger agreement prohibits the Numerex board of directors from (i) taking and disclosing to the Numerex stockholders a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) or Rule 14d-9 under the U.S. Exchange Act or Item 1012 of Regulation M-A or otherwise complying with the provisions of Rule 14e-2 or Rule 14d-9 under the U.S. Exchange Act or Item 1012 of Regulation M-A; provided that none of the following shall be deemed to be an adverse recommendation change: (i) a “stop, look and listen” or similar communication of the type contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f) under the U.S. Exchange Act (provided that such communication is also accompanied by a public statement by the Numerex board of directors expressly reaffirming the board recommendation), (ii) an express rejection of any applicable acquisition proposal or (iii) an express reaffirmation of the board recommendation.

Efforts to Obtain Required Stockholder Votes

Each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless has agreed to (i) use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4, of which this proxy statement/prospectus is a part, under the U.S. Securities Act, as promptly as practicable using its reasonable best efforts to make such filing no later than 20 business days after the date of the merger agreement ( provided that no party to the merger agreement shall be in breach of this timing obligation to the extent the delay is the result of an inability, after reasonable best efforts, to prepare required pro forma financial statements); (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comment from the SEC with respect to the registration statement on Form F-4, have the registration statement on Form F-4 declared effective under the U.S. Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing, keep the registration statement on Form F-4 effective for as long as necessary to consummate the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement and promptly after the registration statement on Form F-4 is declared effective, mail this proxy statement/prospectus to Numerex stockholders; and (iii) cause each of this proxy statement/prospectus and the registration statement on Form F-4 to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the U.S. Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and the applicable requirements of each of the Nasdaq GM and the TSX.

Numerex has agreed to (i) mail this proxy statement/prospectus to its stockholders no later than five business days after it is declared effective and (ii) hold a special meeting of its stockholders, as soon as practicable but no more than 25 business days following the date on which this proxy statement/prospectus is declared effective, for the purpose of seeking the Numerex stockholder approval of the merger proposal, and, except if the Numerex board of directors has made an adverse recommendation change, to use its reasonable best efforts to solicit the requisite stockholder adoption for such proposal.

Employee Benefits

For the 18 month period following the effective time, Sierra Wireless will or will cause the surviving corporation (or other affiliate) to provide employee benefit and compensation plans for the benefit of employees who are actively employed by Numerex and its subsidiaries on the closing date (which we refer to as “Numerex Employees”) with (i) an annual base salary or base wage that is not less than the annual base salary or base wage in effect immediately prior to the effective time and (ii) employee benefits; provided that the aforementioned total compensation under (i) and (ii) is at least substantially equivalent in the aggregate to that provided as of the date of the merger agreement to similarly situated employees of Sierra Wireless and its subsidiaries whose workplace is in the United States. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, Sierra Wireless will or will cause the surviving corporation or other affiliate of Sierra Wireless, to provide to each Numerex Employee whose employment is terminated by the surviving corporation (or Sierra Wireless or any of its affiliates) without “cause” during the period commencing on the closing date, and specifically excluding any voluntary resignation by any Numerex Employee, and ending on the first anniversary of the closing date with the severance payments and benefits to which such Numerex Employee would have been entitled under the applicable severance pay plan of Numerex and its subsidiaries, subject to the terms of the severance plan, including the requirement to sign a waiver and release.

Sierra Wireless has agreed to give Numerex Employees credit for their service with Numerex prior to the closing date of the merger in connection with any employee benefit plan maintained by Sierra Wireless or any of its subsidiaries for purposes of eligibility, vesting and entitlement to benefits to the extent that such recognition of service will not result in the duplication of any benefits.

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dental or other welfare plans in which such Numerex Employees are eligible to participate as of or after the effective time to the extent that such limitations were waived or satisfied under the applicable Numerex plan and to provide credit for any co-payments, coinsurances and deductibles paid prior to the closing date, in each case, under Sierra Wireless’s health and welfare plans following the closing date of the merger.

Director & Officer Indemnification and Insurance

Sierra Wireless has agreed to cause the surviving corporation, for six years after the closing of the merger, to indemnify and hold harmless each current and former director, officer and employee of Numerex and any of its subsidiaries (including individuals who served at the request of Numerex or its subsidiaries as a director or officer of another third person) (which we refer to collectively and including such individual’s affiliates as the “indemnified parties”) against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, inquiries, fines, fees, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including with respect to matters, acts or omissions existing or occurring at or prior to the effective time) (including matters, acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of the merger agreement and the transactions and actions contemplated thereby)), arising out of or pertaining to the fact that the indemnified party (or such indemnified party’s affiliate) is or was an officer, director or employee of Numerex or its subsidiaries, is or was serving at the request of Numerex or its subsidiaries as a director or officer of another person or in respect of any acts or omissions in their capacities as such directors, officers or employees occurring at or prior to the effective time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the effective time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and Numerex’s organizational documents.

Sierra Wireless has agreed to, or cause the surviving corporation to, for a period of six years after the effective time, either (i) maintain Numerex’s and Numerex’s subsidiaries’ existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance policy or (ii) provide substitute polices of not less than the existing coverage and have other terms not less favorable to the insured persons, with respect to claims against the present and former officers and directors of Numerex or any of its subsidiaries arising from facts or events that occurred on or prior to the effective time; provided that Sierra Wireless or the surviving corporation is not required to spend annual premiums in excess of 300% of the annual premium payable by Numerex for such insurance for the year ending December 31, 2016 (which we refer to as the “premium cap”), and if Sierra Wireless is unable to obtain such insurance, it shall obtain as much comparable insurance as possible for the years within such six year period for an annual premium equal to the premium cap, in respect of each policy year within such period. In lieu of the foregoing insurance, Numerex may purchase “tail” insurance coverage no less favorable than the aforementioned coverage, at a cost per year of  “tail” insurance no greater than the premium cap.

Takeover Statutes

Each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless has agreed not to take any action that would cause a state takeover statute or similar law or regulation to become applicable to the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement and, if any such takeover statute or similar law becomes applicable to the merger and related transactions, take all necessary steps within its control to exempt (or ensure the continued exemption of) those transactions from, or if necessary challenge the validity or applicability of, any applicable takeover statute or similar law, as is in effect as of the date of the merger agreement or thereafter.

Payoff of Numerex Existing Debt

No later than three business days prior to the closing date of the merger, Numerex has agreed to obtain all necessary approvals to terminate Numerex’s and its subsidiary’s debt to the extent required under such documents. Unless otherwise agreed with the lenders holding such Numerex debt, Sierra Wireless will use its reasonable commercial efforts to extinguish such debt as soon as practicable following the closing of the merger.

Other Covenants and Agreements

The merger agreement also contains additional covenants, including, among others, matters relating to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the U.S. Exchange Act, securities law matters, listing of Sierra Wireless common shares on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX, announcements relating to the merger, notice of failures to comply with covenants and covenants relating to access to information.

 

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Regulatory Approvals

Each of Numerex and Sierra Wireless has agreed to:

 

    promptly after the execution of the merger agreement, apply for or otherwise seek, and use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, all consents and approvals of governmental entities required to be obtained by it for the consummation of the merger and the other transactions;

 

    make an appropriate filing of a notification and report form as required under the HSR Act no later than September 22, 2017;

 

    as soon as practicable following the date of the merger agreement, make any filings required by any other applicable antitrust law, supply as soon as reasonably practicable and advisable any additional information or documentary material that may be required or reasonably requested by any governmental authority, and act in accordance with the merger agreement to obtain any necessary approvals, consents, waivers, permits, authorizations or other actions or non-actions from each governmental authority as soon as practicable;

 

    keep each other reasonably fully informed of the status of various matters relating to the consummation of the merger and work cooperatively to obtain all necessary approvals under the merger agreement, including promptly notify the other party upon receipt of (i) any substantive comments from any officials of any governmental entity in connection with any filings made pursuant to the merger agreement and (ii) any request by any officials of any governmental entity for amendments or supplements to any filings made pursuant to, or information provided to comply in all material respects with, any applicable law;

 

    use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such objections, if any, as may be asserted by any governmental entity with respect to the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement under any applicable antitrust laws;

 

    take any and all of the following actions to the extent necessary to cause the expiration of the notice periods under applicable antitrust laws with respect to the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement and to obtain the approval of any governmental entity with jurisdiction over the enforcement of any applicable law regarding the transactions: (i) entering into negotiations, (ii) providing information required by applicable law and (iii) substantially complying with any “second request” for information pursuant to applicable antitrust laws; and

 

    use its respective reasonable best efforts, and to cooperate with each other party to the merger agreement to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, appropriate or desirable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including taking all reasonable actions necessary to satisfy the parties’ respective conditions set forth above and executing and delivering such other instruments and doing and performing such other acts and things as may be reasonably necessary, appropriate or desirable to effect completely the consummation of the merger and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement.

Conditions that Must Be Satisfied or Waived for the Merger to Occur

Conditions to the Obligations of Sierra Wireless, Merger Sub and Numerex

Each party’s obligation to complete the merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following mutual conditions:

 

    adoption of the merger agreement by Numerex stockholders;

 

    approval of the Sierra Wireless common shares to be issued in the merger for listing on the Nasdaq GM and the TSX, subject only to the provision of required documentation as is customary in the circumstances;

 

    expiration or early termination of the waiting period applicable to the completion of the merger under the HSR Act;

 

    the absence of any court or other governmental entity of competent jurisdiction having enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any injunction, order, judgment or law that is in effect and enjoins, makes illegal or otherwise prohibits completion of the merger;

 

    the absence of any governmental entity having instituted any pending legal proceeding, action, claim or litigation before any governmental entity of competent jurisdiction seeking to restrain, enjoin or prohibit the completion of the merger; and

 

   

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registration statement having been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose having been commenced by the SEC, unless subsequently withdrawn.

Conditions to the Obligations of Sierra Wireless and Merger Sub

The obligations of Sierra Wireless and Merger Sub to complete the merger are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of further conditions, including:

 

    the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Numerex contained in the merger agreement as of the date of the merger agreement and as of the closing date (other than representations that by their terms speak specifically as of another date), subject to the materiality standards provided in the merger agreement;

 

    Numerex having performed in all material respects the obligations required to be performed by it under the merger agreement at or prior to the closing;

 

    Sierra Wireless’s receipt of a certificate signed on behalf of Numerex by an executive officer of Numerex, certifying that the conditions set forth in the two bullets directly above have been satisfied;

 

    Since the merger agreement, no material adverse effect on Numerex having occurred; and

 

    Sierra Wireless will have received an opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers or a nationally-recognized law firm experienced in such matters, dated as of the closing date, that the merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

Conditions to the Obligations of Numerex

The obligation of Numerex to complete the merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of further conditions, including:

 

    the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Sierra Wireless and Merger Sub contained in the merger agreement as of the date of the merger agreement and as of the closing date (other than representations that by their terms speak specifically as of another date), subject to the materiality standards provided in the merger agreement;

 

    each of Sierra Wireless and Merger Sub having performed in all material respects the obligations required to be performed by it under the merger agreement at or prior to the closing;

 

    Numerex’s receipt of a certificate signed on behalf of Sierra Wireless by an executive officer of Sierra Wireless, certifying that the conditions set forth in the three bullets directly above have been satisfied;

 

    Since the merger agreement, no material adverse effect on Sierra Wireless having occurred; and

 

    Numerex will have received an opinion of opinion of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP or another nationally-recognized law firm experienced in such matters, dated as of the closing date, that the merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

Termination of the Merger Agreement

Termination by Mutual Agreement

The merger agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the effective time by the mutual written consent of Numerex and Sierra Wireless.

Termination by Either Numerex or Sierra Wireless

The merger agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the effective time by either Numerex or Sierra Wireless under the following circumstances:

 

   

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completion of the merger as a result of a review of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement by the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment and/or (iii) the registration statement having been declared effective; provided, that such termination rights shall not be available to a party if the failure of the merger to have been consummated on or before the outside date was primarily due to the failure of such party to perform any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement of such party set forth in the merger agreement;

 

    if the “requisite Numerex stockholder vote” ( i.e. , the adoption of the merger agreement by the holders of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Numerex common stock entitled to vote on the merger proposal) is not obtained;

 

    if a governmental entity that must grant an approval in connection with the merger issues a final and non-appealable denial; and

 

    if a governmental entity of competent jurisdiction issues an injunction permanently restraining or enjoining the completion of the merger.

Termination by Sierra Wireless

The merger agreement may be terminated by Sierra Wireless under the following circumstances:

 

    at any time prior to the effective time, if Numerex breaches any of its representations or warranties or fails to perform any of the covenants or agreements under the merger agreement, and such breach or failure to perform (a) would give rise to the failure of a closing condition and (b) is incapable of being cured prior to the outside date or is not cured within 45 days after the giving of notice thereof by Sierra Wireless; and

 

    at any time prior to the time the requisite Numerex stockholder vote is obtained, the Numerex board of directors fails to include the Numerex board recommendation in this proxy statement/prospectus that is filed and mailed to the Numerex stockholders, makes a change of recommendation, or fails to recommend, within 10 business days after the commencement of a tender or exchange offer by a third party for outstanding shares of Numerex common stock, against acceptance of such tender or exchange offer.

Termination by Numerex

Additionally, the merger agreement may be terminated by Numerex under the following circumstances:

 

    at any time prior to the effective time, if Sierra Wireless or Merger Sub breaches any of its representations or warranties or fails to perform any of the covenants or agreements under the merger agreement, and such breach or failure to perform (a) would give rise to the failure of a closing condition and (b) is incapable of being cured prior to the outside date or is not cured within 45 days after the giving of notice thereof by Numerex; and

 

    at any time prior to the time the requisite Numerex stockholder vote is obtained, in order to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal; provided that Numerex pays the termination fee to Sierra Wireless substantially concurrently with the time of such termination though Numerex may enter into any transaction that is a Superior Proposal simultaneously with the termination of the merger agreement, as described in the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—Termination of the Merger Agreement—Termination Fee ” below.

Subject to a limited number or circumstances prescribed in the merger agreement, Numerex and Sierra Wireless will be responsible for their own expenses relating to the merger. If the merger agreement is terminated without Numerex stockholder approval of the merger having been obtained, then Numerex will be required to reimburse Sierra Wireless for its out-of-pocket costs and expenses up to $850,000. If the merger agreement is terminated by Sierra Wireless as a result of any fraud or willful and material breach of the merger agreement by Numerex, then Numerex will be required to reimburse Sierra Wireless for its out-of-pocket costs and expenses up to $2,000,000.

Effect of Termination

In the event that Numerex or Sierra Wireless terminates the merger agreement, the merger agreement will become void and have no effect, without any liability on the part of the Sierra Wireless, Merger Sub or Numerex or their respective directors, officers and affiliates, except that the confidentiality agreement, dated as of September 9, 2016, between Numerex and Sierra Wireless, and certain other provisions of the merger agreement, including confidentiality of information obtained for certain covenants disclaiming Numerex obligations with regard to effect of termination, expenses and termination fee, nonsurvival of representations, warranties and agreements, amendment, extension, waiver, notices, interpretation, counterparts, entire agreement, governing law, jurisdiction, waiver of jury trial, assignment, third-party beneficiaries, specific performance, disclosure schedule, expenses and severability will survive termination. No termination will relieve any party to the merger

 

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agreement from any liability or damages arising out of, resulting from or in connection with any fraud or willful and material breach with respect to any of such party’s representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements set forth in the merger agreement occurring prior to the termination of the merger agreement.

Expenses

If the merger agreement is terminated without Numerex stockholder approval of the merger having been obtained, then Numerex will be required to reimburse Sierra Wireless for its out-of-pocket costs and expenses up to $850,000.

If the merger agreement is terminated by Sierra Wireless as a result of any fraud or willful and material breach by Numerex of any material covenant, agreement, representation or warrant in the merger agreement, then Numerex will be required to reimburse Sierra Wireless for its out-of-pocket costs and expenses up to $2,000,000.

Except as described above, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby will be paid by the party incurring such fees or expenses, whether or not the merger is consummated; provided that all filing fees under all applicable law (including the HSR Act and under any other antitrust laws applicable to the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement) will be paid by Sierra Wireless.

Termination Fee

Numerex has agreed to pay Sierra Wireless a termination fee of approximately $4,012,500 in the event that:

 

    at any time prior to the approval of the merger proposal, Sierra Wireless terminates the merger agreement due to an adverse recommendation change by the Numerex board of directors;

 

    at any time prior to the approval of the merger proposal, Numerex terminates the merger agreement in order to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a “Superior Proposal”; or

 

    (A) (i) either Numerex or Sierra Wireless terminates the merger agreement due to the failure to obtain the required vote of the Numerex stockholders at a duly convened Numerex stockholder meeting where a vote on the merger agreement occurs; (ii) either Numerex or Sierra Wireless terminates the merger agreement due to the non-occurrence of the closing of the merger by the outside date, the issuance of a final and non-appealable denial by a governmental entity that must grant an approval in connection with the merger or by mutual written agreement of both parties to the merger agreement, in each case, prior to the approval of the merger agreement by the Numerex stockholders and only if all conditions to obligations of each of Numerex, Sierra Wireless and Merger Sub have been satisfied or were capable of being satisfied prior to such termination; or (iii) the merger agreement is terminated by Sierra Wireless as a result of any fraud or willful and material breach by Numerex of any material covenant, agreement, representation or warrant in the merger agreement; and (B) an acquisition proposal is publicly disclosed after the date of the merger agreement and not publicly withdrawn within 15 business days before the special meeting of Numerex stockholders; and (C) within 12 months of the date the merger agreement is terminated, Numerex enters into a definitive agreement or consummates a transaction with respect to acquisition proposal; provided that, for the purposes of this provision, all references in the definition of  “acquisition proposal” to twenty-five percent (25%) shall instead refer to fifty percent (50%).

Amendment, Extension and Waiver

Amendment

Subject to applicable law, the merger agreement may be amended by the parties thereto, in writing, at any time before or after receipt of the Numerex stockholder approval.

Extension; Waiver

Subject to applicable law, any party to the merger agreement may, in writing, at any time (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or acts of any other party to the merger agreement, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such party contained in the merger agreement or in any document delivered pursuant to the merger agreement or (iii) waive compliance by the other party with any of the agreements or conditions for the benefit of such party contained in the merger agreement.

 

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Specific Performance

In addition to any other remedy that may be available to each party to the merger agreement, including monetary damages, each of the parties will be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of the merger agreement and to seek to enforce specifically its terms and provisions.

Governing Law

The merger agreement is governed by the law of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of law principles thereof to the extent that such principles would direct a matter to another jurisdiction; provided, that matters relating to the fiduciary duties of the Numerex board of directors are governed by the law of the State of Pennsylvania.

 

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THE VOTING AGREEMENTS

The following is a summary of the material terms of the voting agreements by and among Sierra Wireless and certain stockholders of Numerex, dated August 2, 2017. This summary may not contain all of the information about the voting agreements that is important to you. The summary in this section and elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of voting agreement attached as Annex C to, and incorporated by reference into, this proxy statement/prospectus. You are encouraged to read the form of voting agreement in its entirety.

On August 2, 2017, Sierra Wireless entered into certain voting agreements with Gwynedd Resources, Ltd.; Viex Opportunities Fund, LP – Series One; Viex Special Opportunities Fund II, LP; Viex Special Opportunities Fund III, LP; Viex GP, LLC; Viex Special Opportunities GP II, LLC; Viex Special Opportunities GP III, LLC; Viex Capital Advisors, LLC; Eric Singer; Tony G. Holcombe; Stratton J. Nicolaides; and Andrew J. Ryan, each a Numerex stockholder (collectively, the “Holders”). As of the date of the voting agreements, the Holders had the sole voting and sole dispositive power with respect to 5,354,097 shares of common stock of Numerex (which we refer to as the “Voting Shares”), which constituted approximately 27.2% of the outstanding common stock of Numerex as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Subject to the terms of the voting agreements, each Holder has agreed to, among other things, (i) cause all of the Voting Shares to approve and adopt the merger agreement and merger and (ii) to cause all of the Voting Shares to vote against any acquisition proposal or any other action, agreement or transaction that would be reasonably expected to impede or delay the merger. By entering into the voting agreements, the Holders also agreed to revoke any and all previous proxies or powers of attorney granted with respect to the Voting Shares and appoint Sierra Wireless as such proxy and attorney-in-fact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the voting requirements and the related proxies provided pursuant to the voting agreements will be suspended in the event of, and for so long as, the board of directors of Numerex should for any reason not recommend that stockholders vote in favor of the merger.

The voting agreements generally will terminate upon, among other things, (i) termination of the merger agreement, (ii) if Numerex should enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a “superior proposal” (as defined in the section entitled “ The Merger Agreement—No Solicitation ”), (iii) once Numerex stockholder approval of the merger has been obtained or (iv) upon any change to the terms of the merger agreement that decrease the amount or change the form of consideration received by Numerex stockholders in the merger. Upon termination of the voting agreements, subject to certain exceptions, no party shall have any further obligations or liabilities under such agreement, except that Viex Opportunities Fund, LP – Series One and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “Viex”) agreed to certain post-merger restrictions with respect to Sierra Wireless and its securities.

Pursuant to its voting agreement with Sierra Wireless, if the merger is completed, Viex agreed not to take any of the following actions from the completion of the merger until June 30, 2019: (i) purchase or otherwise acquire beneficial ownership of any Sierra Wireless common shares, other than those common shares that Viex receives as consideration in the merger, (ii) seek or encourage any person to submit nominations, or engage in the solicitation of proxies or consents, for the election or removal of Sierra Wireless directors, (iii) otherwise act to seek control of or influence Sierra Wireless’ board of directors, management or policies, or (iv) take any actions that question the validity or effectiveness of Sierra Wireless’ shareholder rights plan adopted by the Sierra Wireless shareholders at the annual general and special meetings of Sierra Wireless shareholders held on May 21, 2015 (which we refer to as the “Shareholder Rights Plan”) or any securities issued pursuant thereto. In the voting agreement by and between Sierra Wireless and Viex, each such party also agreed, if the merger is completed, to abide by mutual non-disparagement obligations from the completion of the merger until June 30, 2019.

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements give effect to the proposed combination of Sierra Wireless and Numerex using the acquisition method of accounting. Under the acquisition method of accounting and for the purpose of these pro forma condensed combined financial statements, Sierra Wireless is treated as the acquirer and Numerex as the acquiree. Pursuant to the merger agreement, Sierra Wireless agreed to combine with Numerex through a merger of Merger Sub with and into Numerex. Based on the consideration calculation prescribed in the merger agreement, the estimated price for the acquisition of Numerex is approximately $[•] million based on the closing price of Sierra Wireless’ common shares on [•], 2017. Completion of the merger is subject to the conditions contained in the merger agreement and described in this proxy statement/prospectus.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements have been derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the historical audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements of Sierra Wireless and Numerex, respectively, the notes thereto, and the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements include any necessary adjustments to conform Numerex’s financial statement amounts to Sierra Wireless’ accounting policies.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of earnings includes adjustments which are directly attributable to the merger, factually supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact on the condensed combined results, and thus excludes adjustments arising from non-recurring effects of the transaction that are not expected to continue in future periods. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of financial position includes adjustments that are directly attributable to the merger and factually supportable, regardless of whether they have continuing effect or are non-recurring. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements do not give effect to any cost savings, operating synergies, and revenue enhancements expected to result from the merger or the costs to achieve these cost savings, operating synergies, and revenue enhancements.

The pro forma adjustments are based on available preliminary information and certain assumptions that management of Sierra Wireless believes are reasonable under the circumstances. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are presented for informational purposes only. Future results may vary significantly from the results reflected because of various factors, including those discussed in the sections entitled “ Risk Factors ” and “ Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements ” and in Sierra Wireless’ management’s discussion and analysis and consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 filed on Form 40-F on March 10, 2017 and Sierra Wireless’ unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes for the six months ended June 30, 2017 furnished on Form 6-K on August 10, 2017, each of which is incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. For more information, see the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information .” All pro forma adjustments and their underlying assumptions are described more fully in the notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

 

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

   Sierra Wireless     Numerex     Pro Forma
Adjustments
    Notes     Pro Forma
Combined
 

Revenue

   $ 615,607     $ 70,645     $ —         $ 686,252  

Cost of goods sold

     397,864       36,531       —           434,395  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Gross Margin

     217,743       34,114       —           251,857  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Expenses

          

Sales and marketing

     64,242       13,318       —           77,560  

Research and development

     73,077       9,224       —           82,301  

Administration

     40,956       13,998       —           54,954  

Restructuring

     —         1,831       —           1,831  

Acquisition-related and integration

     843       —         —           843  

Impairment

     —         12,005       —           12,005  

Amortization

     17,277       6,540       3,130       3 (f)      26,947  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 
     196,395       56,916       3,130         256,441  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) from operations

     21,348       (22,802     (3,130       (4,584

Other income (loss)

     (1,653     (1,858     1,988       3 (d)      (1,523
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

     19,695       (24,660     (1,142       (6,107

Income tax expense (recovery)

     4,310       (340     (3,393     3 (g)      577  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net earnings (loss)

   $ 15,385     $ (24,320   $ 2,251       $ (6,684
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per common share

          

Basic

   $ 0.48     $ (1.25       $ (0.19

Diluted

   $ 0.48     $ (1.25       $ (0.19

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2017

 

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

   Sierra Wireless      Numerex
(note 3(j))
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
    Notes     Pro Forma
Combined
 

Revenue

   $ 335,303      $ 30,366     $ —         $ 365,669  

Cost of goods sold

     219,945        15,172       —           235,117  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Gross Margin

     115,358        15,194       —           130,552  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Expenses

           

Sales and marketing

     37,011        5,835       —           42,846  

Research and development

     40,008        3,919       —           43,927  

Administration

     20,965        5,040       —           26,005  

Restructuring

     632        780       —           1,412  

Acquisition-related and integration

     1,326        337       (670     3 (e)      993  

Impairment

     3,668        —         —           3,668  

Amortization

     9,386        2,966       1,477       3 (f)      13,829  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 
     112,996        18,877       807         132,680  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) from operations

     2,362        (3,683     (807       (2,128

Other income (loss)

     4,613        (3,253     3,310       3 (d)      4,670  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

     6,975        (6,936     2,503         2,542  

Income tax expense (recovery)

     537        165       (1,231     3 (g)      (529
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net earnings (loss)

   $ 6,438      $ (7,101   $ 3,734       $ 3,071  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per common share

           

Basic

   $ 0.20      $ (0.36       $ 0.09  

Diluted

   $ 0.20      $ (0.36       $ 0.08  

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF JUNE 30, 2017

 

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

   Sierra Wireless     Numerex
(note 3(j))
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
    Notes     Pro Forma
Combined
 

Assets

          

Current assets

          

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 89,012       5,575       (23,419     3 (d)    $ 64,573  
         (6,595     3 (e)   

Accounts receivable

     133,791       9,747       —           143,538  

Inventories

     65,867       8,566       —           74,433  

Prepaids and other

     6,601       1,329       —           7,930  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 
     295,271       25,217       (30,014       290,474  

Property and equipment

     36,716       6,942       —           43,658  

Intangible assets

     69,462       15,724       14,258       3 (b)      99,444  

Goodwill

     163,363       33,554       25,767       3 (b)      222,684  

Deferred income taxes

     16,725       —         4,899       3 (b)      21,624  

Other assets

     9,954       2,026       —           11,980  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 
   $ 591,491     $ 83,463     $ 14,910       $ 689,864  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Liabilities

          

Current liabilities

          

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     160,724       16,608       (149     3 (d)      177,183  

Current maturities of debt

     —         4,799       (4,799     3 (d)      —    

Deferred revenue and credits

     3,767       1,411       (173     3 (b)      5,005  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 
     164,491       22,818       (5,121       182,188  

Debt

     —         10,266       (10,266     3 (d)      —    

Long-term obligations

     34,018       2,017       (41     3 (b)      35,994  

Deferred income taxes

     11,163       626       4,899       3 (b)      16,688  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 
     209,672       35,727       (10,529       234,870  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Equity

          

Shareholder’s equity

          

Common stock

     349,057       —         79,770       3 (c)      428,827  

Treasury stock

     (3,396     (5,773     5,773       3 (h)      (3,396

Additional paid-in capital

     23,342       108,985       (108,985     3 (h)      23,342  

Retained earnings (deficit)

     19,202       (55,372     55,372       3 (h)      12,607  
         (6,595     3 (e)   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (6,386     (104     104       3 (h)      (6,386
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 
     381,819       47,736       25,439         454,994  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 
     591,491       83,463       14,910         689,864  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO THE PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

 

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are based on Sierra Wireless’ and Numerex’s historical consolidated financial statements as adjusted to give effect to the merger. The unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 give effect to the acquisition as if it had occurred on January 1, 2016. The unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2017 gives effect to the acquisition as if it had occurred on June 30, 2017.

The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (which we refer to as “U.S. GAAP”), on a basis consistent with those followed in Sierra Wireless’ December 31, 2016 audited annual consolidated financial statements and unaudited interim financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2017. Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars (which we refer to as “U.S. dollars”). The term dollars and the symbol “$” refer to U.S. dollars.

The pro forma adjustments and purchase price allocation for Numerex are preliminary and are based on currently available information and certain estimates and assumptions. The actual adjustments to the combined financial statements upon closing of the merger will depend on a variety of factors, such as additional available information, final net assets of Numerex and the market price of Sierra Wireless common shares. As a result of these factors, the actual adjustments will differ from the pro forma adjustments and the differences may be material.

The pro forma condensed combined financial statements may not be indicative of what the combined company’s financial condition or results of operations would have been had the acquisition occurred on the dates indicated. They also may not be useful in predicting the future financial condition and results of operations of the combined company.

 

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE MERGER

Pursuant to the merger agreement, Numerex will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless, through a merger of Merger Sub with and into Numerex in a stock-for-stock merger transaction. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Numerex shareholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 0.1800 common shares of Sierra Wireless for each share of Numerex common stock. Concurrent with closing, Numerex’s debt of approximately $23 million, including fees, shall be repaid with Sierra Wireless cash.

 

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3. PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENTS AND ASSUMPTIONS

The following adjustments have been recorded in the pro forma combined financial statements to reflect the pro forma effects of the merger as described in the preceding note:

 

  (a) Purchase price, funding requirements and financing structure

The following table summarizes the estimated purchase price, funding requirements and the assumed financing structure for the merger:

 

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

   note     $  

Estimated Purchase Price and Funding Requirements

    

Issuance of common shares

     (c)      79,770  

Debt extinguishment

     (d)      23,419  
    

 

 

 

Estimated Purchase Price

       103,189  
    

 

 

 

Acquisition-related costs

     (e)      6,595  
    

 

 

 

Estimated Funding Requirements

     $ 109,784  
    

 

 

 

Assumed Financing Structure

    

Issuance of common shares

       79,770  

Cash on hand

       30,014  
    

 

 

 
     $ 109,784  
    

 

 

 

The final purchase price and resulting goodwill will vary based on the market price of Sierra Wireless’ common shares and the accrued interest on the debt at the time the merger is completed. Goodwill may also vary based on the finalization of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

 

  (b) Estimated purchase price allocation

The merger is accounted for using the acquisition method and accordingly, the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed are based on our preliminary estimates of their respective fair values as at June 30, 2017 and are subject to final valuation adjustments which may cause some of the amounts to be materially different from those shown on the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of financial position. The acquisition accounting is dependent upon certain valuation assumptions and other validations that have not yet been completed.

 

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The following table summarizes the preliminary estimated values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at acquisition date:

 

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

   Numerex      Fair value and
other
adjustments
     Fair value  

Assets Acquired

        

Current assets

     25,217        —          25,217  

Property and equipment

     6,942        —          6,942  

Intangible assets

     15,724        14,258        29,982  

Goodwill

     33,554        (33,554      —    

Other assets

     2,026        4,899        6,925  
  

 

 

       

 

 

 
     83,463           69,066  

Liabilities Assumed

        

Current liabilities

     17,870        (173      17,697  

Other liabilities

     2,643        4,858        7,501  
  

 

 

       

 

 

 
     20,513           25,198  
        

 

 

 

Fair value of net assets acquired

           43,868  
        

 

 

 

Pro forma goodwill

           59,321  
        

 

 

 

Estimated purchase price

           103,189  
        

 

 

 

The carrying value of current assets and liabilities approximates fair value due to their relatively short-term to maturity. The preliminary fair value of deferred revenue is based on an estimate of the legal performance obligation assumed by Sierra Wireless.

The preliminary estimated fair value of intangible assets is $30.0 million, primarily comprised of customer relationships, existing technology and brand.

The excess of the purchase price over the preliminary value assigned to the net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill.

The final purchase price and resulting goodwill will vary based on the market price of Sierra Wireless’ common shares and the accrued interest on the debt on the closing date of the merger. Goodwill may also vary based on the finalization of the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are prepared based on the closing price of Sierra Wireless’ common shares on the Nasdaq GM of $22.15 on August 31, 2017. The below table illustrates a 10% fluctuation in the market price of Sierra Wireless common shares and the resulting potential impact on the estimated purchase price and goodwill:

 

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

   Estimated
Purchase
Price
     Estimated
Goodwill
 

As presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements

     103,189      $ 59,321  

10% increase in Sierra Wireless common share price

     111,166        67,298  

10% decrease in Sierra Wireless common share price

     95,212        51,344  

 

  (c) Issuance of share capital

As part of the consideration for the merger, Sierra Wireless will issue common shares at a value of $79.8 million, comprising 3.6 million shares at $22.15 per common share as of August 31, 2017.

 

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  (d) Debt extinguishment

Concurrent with the closing of the merger, the outstanding notes payable totaling $18.6 million to Hale Capital and Kenneth Rainin Foundation shall be repaid, plus fees of approximately $4.8 million. The final amount of fees to be paid will vary depending on timing of closing of the merger.

Deferred financing costs of $3.5 million related to the above notes payable are written off and adjusted through retained earnings as these costs are non-recurring in nature.

Interest expense and loss on debt extinguishment has been reversed in the six months ended June 30, 2017 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations as a result of the debt extinguishment upon the merger closing.

 

  (e) Acquisition-related costs

Acquisition-related costs are estimated at approximately $6.6 million, composed of estimated investment banking, legal, accounting and other costs associated with the completion of the transaction. These costs have been included as a pro forma adjustment to retained earnings as these costs are attributable to the acquisition and are non-recurring in nature.

Acquisition-related costs incurred by Sierra Wireless and Numerex totaling $0.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2017 have been reversed as these costs are attributable to the acquisition and are non-recurring for the combined company.

 

  (f) Intangible asset amortization

Intangible asset amortization expense has been adjusted by eliminating Numerex’s historical amortization expense and including an estimate of the expense resulting from the amortization of the estimated fair value of intangible assets over their average estimated useful lives.

 

  (g) Income taxes

Income tax adjustments reflect the estimated tax effects of the above noted pro forma adjustments using statutory tax rates of 37.98% for Sierra Wireless and Numerex related adjustments.

 

  (h) Numerex’s historical equity

The historical equity of Numerex, composed of treasury stock, additional paid-in capital, retained earnings (loss) and accumulated other comprehensive loss has been eliminated.

 

  (i) Earnings per common share

Earnings per common share is calculated by dividing net earnings (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. The calculation of the pro forma earnings per common share for the year ended December 31, 2016 and for the six months ended June 30, 2017 reflects the assumed issuance of approximately 3.6 million of Sierra Wireless common shares as if the merger closing had taken place on January 1, 2016.

 

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     For the year ended
December 31, 2016
     For the six months
ended June 30, 2017
 

Net earnings (loss)

   $ (6,684    $ 3,071  

Weighted average shares outstanding

     32,032        32,038  

Assumed issuance of common shares

     3,601        3,601  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Pro forma weighted average shares outstanding

     35,633        35,639  

Assumed dilution

     —          590  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Pro forma diluted weighted average shares outstanding

     35,633        36,229  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Pro forma earnings (loss) per share

     

Basic

   $ (0.19    $ 0.09  

Diluted

   $ (0.19    $ 0.08  

As the combined company incurred a loss for the year ended December 31, 2016, all equity awards in the year were anti-dilutive and are excluded from the diluted weighted average shares.

 

  (j) Classifications in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements

The following reclassifications are made to align presentation of Numerex’ financial statement amounts with Sierra Wireless’s financial statements in the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.

 

(in thousands of U.S. dollars)

   As reported in
Numerex’s Financial
Statements
     Reclassification      As presented in the
Unaudited Pro
Forma Condensed
Combined Financial
Statements
 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017

        

General and administrative

     5,377        (337      5,040  

Acquisition-related and integration

     —          337        337  

As of June 30, 2017

        

Software

     5,818        (5,818      —    

Property and Equipment

     5,727        1,215        6,942  

Intangible Assets

     11,121        4,603        15,724  

 

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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management of Numerex

The table below shows the shares of Numerex common stock (rounded to the nearest whole number) beneficially owned as of August 31, 2017 by (i) each person known by Numerex to beneficially own more than 5% of the shares of Numerex common stock issued and outstanding, (ii) each director (who was serving as a director as of that date) and nominee for director, (iii) each named executive officer, and (iv) all current directors and executive officers as a group. In general, a person “beneficially owns” shares if he or she has or shares with others the right to vote those shares or to dispose of them, or if the person has the right to acquire such voting or disposition rights on August 31, 2017 or 60 days thereafter (such as by exercising options). The percentage of shares of Numerex common stock beneficially owned is based on 19,570,839 shares of common stock outstanding as of August 31, 2017 (as well as shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options and restricted stock units exercisable or vesting within 60 days after August 31, 2017). Furthermore, unless otherwise noted, the mailing address of each person or entity named in the table is 400 Interstate Parkway, Suite 1350, Atlanta, Georgia 30339.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner

   Number of Shares
of Numerex
Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned
     Percent of Class  

All currently known five percent beneficial owners

     

Paul J. Solit, LP (1)

Potomac Capital Partners

825 Third Ave, 33 rd Floor

New York, NY 10022

     1,513,590        7.65

Gwynedd Resources, Ltd. (2)

1011 Centre Road, Suite 322

Wilmington, DE 19805

     2,947,280        14.90

VIEX Capital Advisors LLC (3)

825 Third Ave, 33 rd Floor

New York, NY 10022

     1,897,394        9.59

Yorkmount Capital Partners, LP (4)

2313 Lake Austin Blvd, Suite 202

Austin, TX 78703

     1,513,590        7.65

Kenneth Lebow (5)

The Lebow Family Revocable Trust

808 San Ysidro Lane

Santa Barbara, CA 93108

     1,356,692        6.86

All currently known directors and executive officers

     

Eric Singer (3)

     1,897,394        9.59

Andrew J. Ryan (6)

     247,368        1.25

Stratton J. Nicolaides (7)

     241,425        1.22

Tony G. Holcombe (8)

     111,350        *  

Sherrie G. McAvoy (9)

     54,407        *  

Jerry A. Rose (10)

     52,000        *  

Brian R. Igoe (11)

     58,500        *  

Shu Gan (12)

     43,736        *  

Kenneth Gayron (13)

     32,206        *  

Kelly Gay (14)

     5,613        *  

All executive officers and directors as a group (10 persons)

     2,733,999        13.82

 

* Less than 1%

 

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(1) Based on information provided by Potomac Capital Partners, L.P., Paul J. Solit, Potomac Capital Management, LLC, and Potomac Capital Management, Inc. in a Schedule 13G/A filed on February 6, 2017. According to the Schedule 13G/A, each of Potomac Capital Partners, L.P., Potomac Capital Management, LLC, Potomac Capital Management, Inc. and Paul J. Solit has sole voting and dispositive power over 483,751 shares of Numerex common stock and Paul J. Solit has sole voting and dispositive power over 1,085,811 additional shares of Numerex common stock.
(2) The shareholders of Gwynedd Resources, Ltd., which we refer to as “Gwynedd,” include various trusts for the benefit of Maria E. Nicolaides and her children for which Elizabeth Baxavanis, Mrs. Nicolaides’ mother-in-law, serves as trustee. The Gwynedd trusts beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 2,947,280 shares representing ownership of approximately 89% of the outstanding stock of Gwynedd. Mrs. Baxavanis disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Numerex common stock owned by Gwynedd. Mrs. Nicolaides disclaims beneficial ownership of 327,143 shares owned by Gwynedd that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the other shareholders of Gwynedd, including trusts for the benefit of her children.
(3) VIEX Capital Advisors LLC beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, an aggregate of 1,897,394 shares of Numerex common stock consisting of: (i) 399, 837 shares owned by VIEX Opportunities Fund LP—Series One (Series One), (ii) 1,259,908 shares owned by VIEX Special Opportunities Fund II, LP (VSO II), and (iii) 221,649 shares owned by VIEX Special Opportunities Fund III, LP (VSO III) Mr. Singer, by virtue of his position as managing member of each of the general partners of VIEX, Series One, VSO II, and VSO III may be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned directly by such entities and (iv) 16,000 shares of Numerex common stock held directly by Mr. Singer.
(4) Based on information provided by Yorkmont Capital Partners, LP, Yorkmont Capital Management, LLC, and Graeme P. Rein in a Schedule 13G/A filed on January 6, 2017. According to the Schedule 13G/A. each of Yorkmont Capital Partners, LP, Yorkmont Capital Management, LLC, and Graeme P. Rein has sole voting and dispositive power over 1,513,590 shares of Numerex common stock and Graeme P. Rein has sole voting and dispositive power over 3,900 additional shares of Numerex common stock.
(5) According to Schedule 13D/A, filed jointly with the SEC on August 2, 2010, by Kenneth Lebow, et al (who we refer to as “Lebow”), Lebow beneficially owned 1,356,692 shares of Numerex common stock.
(6) The subset of shares held by Mr. Ryan includes 247,368 shares of Numerex common stock but does not include the 2,947,280 shares of Numerex common stock owned by Gwynedd, with respect to which Mr. Ryan disclaims beneficial ownership.
(7) The subset of shares held by Mr. Nicolaides includes: (i) 136,643 shares of Numerex common stock, and (ii) 104,782 shares of Numerex common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 13,650 restricted stock units or stock options to acquire 28,150 shares of Numerex common stock that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017. Shares beneficially owned by Mr. Nicolaides also do not include the 2,947,280 shares of Numerex common stock owned by Gwynedd, with respect to which Mr. Nicolaides disclaims beneficial ownership.
(8) The subset of shares held by Mr. Holcombe includes 111,350 shares of Numerex common stock.
(9) The subset of shares held by Ms. McAvoy includes 54,407 shares of Numerex common stock.
(10) The subset of shares held by Mr. Rose includes 52,000 shares of Numerex common stock.
(11) The subset of shares held by Mr. Igoe includes 50,000 shares of Numerex common stock held directly and 8,500 shares of Numerex common stock held indirectly.
(12) The subset of shares held by Mr. Gan includes: (i) 7,879 shares of Numerex common stock, (ii) 5,250 restricted stock units vesting within 60 days of August 31, 2017, and (iii) 30,607 shares of Numerex common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 18,527 restricted stock units or stock options to acquire 40,823 shares that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(13) The subset of shares held by Mr. Gayron includes: (i) 8,056 shares of Numerex common stock, and (ii) 24,150 shares of Numerex common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 60,933 restricted stock units or stock options to acquire 97,450 shares that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.

 

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(14) The subset of shares held by Ms. Gay includes 5,613 shares of Numerex common stock, but does not include 25,000 restricted stock units or stock options to acquire 25,000 shares that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.

 

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management of Sierra Wireless

The table below shows the Sierra Wireless common shares beneficially owned as of August 31, 2017 by (i) each director (who was serving as a director as of that date) and nominee for director, (ii) each named executive officer, and (iii) all current directors and executive officers as a group. Sierra Wireless does not have any shareholders who beneficially own more than 5% of the Sierra Wireless common shares issued and outstanding as of August 31, 2017. In general, a person “beneficially owns” shares if he or she has or shares with others the right to vote those shares or to dispose of them, or if the person has the right to acquire such voting or disposition rights on August 31, 2017 or 60 days thereafter (such as by exercising options). The percentage of Sierra Wireless common shares beneficially owned is based on 32,217,408 Sierra Wireless common shares outstanding as of August 31, 2017. Furthermore, unless otherwise noted, the mailing address of each person or entity named in the table is 13811 Wireless Way, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada V6V 3A4.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner

   Number of Sierra
Wireless Common
Shares Beneficially
Owned
     Percent of Class  

All currently known directors and executive officers

     

Jason W. Cohenour (1)

     360,219        1.12

David G. McLennan (2)

     89,981        *  

Jason L. Krause (3)

     64,624        *  

Charles E. Levine (4)

     53,370        *  

Bill G. Dodson (5)

     47,994        *  

Thomas Sieber (6)

     38,803        *  

A.Daniel Schieler (7)

     37,481        *  

Gregory D. Aasen (8)

     37,259        *  

Philippe Guillemette (9)

     36,010        *  

Kent P. Thexton (10)

     30,317        *  

Pierre Teyssier (11)

     29,124        *  

Robin A. Abrams (12)

     28,217        *  

Rene Link (13)

     15,131        *  

Paul G. Cataford (14)

     14,112        *  

Marc A. Overton (15)

     —          —    

All executive officers and directors as a group (15 persons)

     882,642        2.74

 

* Less than 1%
(1) The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Mr. Cohenour include: (i) 325,528 Sierra Wireless common shares and (ii) 34,691 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 170,267 stock options or 75,826 restricted share units (which we refer to as “RSUs”) that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(2) The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Mr. McLennan include: (i) 14,238 Sierra Wireless common shares, (ii) 54,918 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon release of RSUs within 60 days of August 31, 2017 and (iii) 20,825 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 77,102 stock options or 34,335 RSUs that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(3) The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Mr. Krause include: (i) 24,732 Sierra Wireless common shares, (ii) 26,953 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon release of RSUs within 60 days of August 31, 2017 and (iii) 12,939 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 35,979 stock options or 15,967 RSUs that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.

 

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(4) The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Mr. Levine include: (i) 39,862 Sierra Wireless common shares and (ii) 13,508 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 4,119 stock options or 9,522 RSUs that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(5) The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Mr. Dodson include: (i) 12,903 Sierra Wireless common shares, (ii) 17,519 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon release of RSUs within 60 days of August 31, 2017 and (iii) 17,572 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 32,016 stock options or 14,307 RSUs that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(6) The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Mr. Sieber include: (i) 32,238 Sierra Wireless common shares and (ii) 6,565 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 4,339 stock options or 9,522 RSUs that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(7) The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Mr. Schieler include: (i) 25,096 Sierra Wireless common shares and (ii) 12,385 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 42,790 stock options or 19,069 RSUs that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(8) The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Mr. Aasen include: (i) 20,477 Sierra Wireless common shares, (ii) 6,215 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon release of RSUs within 60 days of August 31, 2017 and (iii) 10,567 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 4,119 stock options or 9,522 RSUs that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(9) The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Mr. Guillemette include: (i) 3,427 Sierra Wireless common shares, (ii) 13,626 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon release of RSUs within 60 days of August 31, 2017 and (iii) 18,957 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 35,979 stock options or 15,967 RSUs that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(10) The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Mr. Thexton include: (i) 13,535 Sierra Wireless common shares, (ii) 6,215 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon release of RSUs within 60 days of August 31, 2017 and (iii) 10,567 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 4,119 stock options or 9,522 RSUs that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(11) The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Mr. Teyssier include: (i) 22,286 Sierra Wireless common shares and (ii) 6,838 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 31,207 stock options or 14,307 RSUs that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(12) The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Ms. Abrams include: (i) 14,709 Sierra Wireless common shares and (ii) 13,508 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 4,119 stock options or 9,522 RSUs that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(13)

The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Mr. Link include: (i) 8,393 Sierra Wireless common shares and (ii) 6,738 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of

 

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  August 31, 2017, but does not include 31,548 stock options or 13,342 RSUs that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(14) The Sierra Wireless common shares held by Mr. Cataford include: (i) 7,830 Sierra Wireless common shares, (ii) 1,619 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon release of RSUs within 60 days of August 31, 2017 and (iii) 4,663 Sierra Wireless common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days of August 31, 2017, but does not include 4,119 stock options or 9,522 RSUs that vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.
(15) Mr. Overton does not hold Sierra Wireless common shares and his 18,376 RSUs vest more than 60 days after August 31, 2017.

 

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COMPARISON OF RIGHTS OF SIERRA WIRELESS SHAREHOLDERS AND NUMEREX STOCKHOLDERS

General

Sierra Wireless is organized under the federal laws of Canada and, accordingly, the rights of Sierra Wireless shareholders will be governed principally by the CBCA, Sierra Wireless’ restated articles of incorporation and Sierra Wireless’ by-laws. Numerex is organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the rights of Numerex stockholders are governed by the PBCL, which we refer to as “Pennsylvania Law,” and the Numerex articles of incorporation and by-laws. Upon completion of the merger, each share of Numerex common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time will be converted into the right to receive the merger consideration. As a result, Numerex stockholders will become common shareholders of Sierra Wireless and their rights will be governed principally by the CBCA and Sierra Wireless’ restated articles of incorporation and by-laws (as defined below).

Material Differences Between the Rights of Shareholders of Sierra Wireless and Stockholders of Numerex

The following is a summary of material differences between the rights of Sierra Wireless shareholders under the CBCA and Sierra Wireless’ restated articles of incorporation, as amended (which we refer to as Sierra Wireless’ “articles”), and General By-Law No. 1 (which we refer to collectively as Sierra Wireless’ “by-laws”) and the existing rights of Numerex stockholders under Pennsylvania Law, the Numerex articles of incorporation, as amended, and the Numerex by-laws, as amended. While Numerex and Sierra Wireless believe that the following summary covers all of the material differences, it may not contain all of the information that is important to you. The following summary does not include a complete description of all differences between the rights of Sierra Wireless shareholders and Numerex stockholders, nor does it include a complete discussion of the respective rights of Sierra Wireless shareholders and Numerex stockholders.

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the CBCA, Sierra Wireless’ articles and by-laws, Pennsylvania Law, the Numerex articles of incorporation and by-laws and the various other documents referred to in this summary. You are urged to carefully read this entire proxy statement/prospectus, the relevant provisions of the CBCA and Pennsylvania Law, Sierra Wireless’ articles and by-laws, the Numerex articles of incorporation and by-laws and each other document referred to in this proxy statement/prospectus for a more complete understanding of the differences between the rights of a Sierra Wireless shareholder and the rights of a Numerex stockholder. Numerex has filed with the SEC its articles of incorporation and by-laws referenced in this summary of shareholder rights. Sierra Wireless’ articles and by-laws are filed as exhibits to this proxy statement/prospectus and are incorporated by reference herein. For more information, see the section entitled “ Where You Can Find Additional Information .” References to a “holder” in the following summary are to the registered holder of the applicable shares.

 

Provision

  

Sierra Wireless

  

Numerex

Authorized and Outstanding Share Capital   

The authorized share capital of Sierra Wireless consists of an unlimited number of common shares, and an unlimited number of preference shares, issuable in series.

 

As of [•], 2017, the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, Sierra Wireless had [•] common shares issued and outstanding and no preference shares issued and outstanding.

 

Holders of Sierra Wireless common shares are entitled to all of the applicable rights and obligations provided under the CBCA and Sierra Wireless’ articles and by-laws.

 

Under Sierra Wireless’ articles, the preference shares of Sierra Wireless may be

  

The aggregate number of shares of stock that Numerex has the authority to issue is 38,000,000 shares, consisting of (i) 30,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, no par value, (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, no par value and (iii) 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock, no par value.

 

As of [•], 2017, the record date for the special meeting, Numerex had [•] shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding and no shares of Class B common stock or preferred stock issued and outstanding.

 

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Provision

  

Sierra Wireless

  

Numerex

  

issued at any time or from time to time in one or more series. Before any shares of a series of preference shares are issued, the directors of Sierra Wireless will fix the number of shares that will form such series and will, subject to the limitations set out in Sierra Wireless’ articles, determine the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions to be attached to the preference shares of such series, except as required by law or in accordance with any voting rights which may from time to time be attached to any series of preference shares, the holders of preference shares as a class shall not be entitled to receive notice of, to attend or to vote at any meeting of the shareholders of Sierra Wireless.

 

In addition to the rights set out above, holders of Sierra Wireless’ preference shares are entitled to all of the applicable rights and obligations provided under the CBCA and Sierra Wireless’ articles and by-laws.

 

The number of authorized Sierra Wireless common shares or preference shares of Sierra Wireless may be increased or reduced (but not below the number of issued Sierra Wireless common shares or preference shares of Sierra Wireless, as applicable) through an amendment of Sierra Wireless’ articles authorized by special resolution of Sierra Wireless shareholders, and, if applicable, a separate special resolution of the holders of the affected class or series of shares in accordance with the provisions of the CBCA.

 

Under the CBCA and the by-laws of Sierra Wireless, the board of directors of Sierra Wireless, without shareholder approval, may approve the issuance of authorized but unissued Sierra Wireless common shares or preference shares of Sierra Wireless, including one or more new series of preferred shares.

  

Holders of Numerex common stock are entitled to all of the applicable rights and obligations provided under Pennsylvania Law and the Numerex articles of incorporation and by-laws.

 

Under Pennsylvania Law, the board of directors, without stockholder approval, may amend the articles of incorporation to reflect a reduction in the number of authorized shares resulting from a share repurchase and/or delete all references to a class or series that is no longer outstanding.

Variation of Rights Attaching to a Class or Series of Shares    Under the CBCA, the rights attaching to Sierra Wireless common shares may be varied only through an amendment of Sierra Wireless’ articles authorized by special resolution of Sierra Wireless’ shareholders.    Under Pennsylvania Law, there are no limits imposed on the classes or series of shares a corporation issues. However, the articles of incorporation must include any limitations or restrictions on any classes or series of capital stock.
Consolidation and Division; Subdivision    Under the CBCA, the issued shares of a class or series of Sierra Wireless may be changed into a different number of shares of the same class or series or into the same or a    Under Pennsylvania Law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote thereon is

 

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Provision

  

Sierra Wireless

  

Numerex

   different number of shares of other classes or series through an amendment to its articles authorized by special resolution of Sierra Wireless shareholders, and, if applicable, a separate special resolution of the holders of any affected class or series of shares in accordance with the provisions of the CBCA.    needed for a consolidation or a division.
Reduction of Share Capital    Under the CBCA, Sierra Wireless may, by a special resolution of Sierra Wireless shareholders, reduce its stated capital for a class or series of shares for any reason, provided there are no reasonable grounds for believing that Sierra Wireless is, or after the proposed reduction of its stated capital would be, unable to pay its liabilities as they become due or, after the proposed reduction of its stated capital, the realizable value of Sierra Wireless’ assets would be less than the aggregate of its liabilities.    Under Pennsylvania law, Numerex may repurchase shares to reduce outstanding capital shares.
Distributions, Dividends, Repurchases and Redemptions   

Distributions/Dividends

 

Under Sierra Wireless’ articles and the CBCA, Sierra Wireless shareholders are entitled to receive dividends if, as and when declared by the directors of Sierra Wireless, subject to prior satisfaction of preferential dividends applicable to any preference shares and provided that there are no reasonable grounds for believing that Sierra Wireless is, or after the proposed payment of dividends would be, unable to pay its liabilities as they become due or, after the proposed payment of dividends, the realization value of Sierra Wireless’ assets would be less than the aggregate of its liabilities.

  

Distributions/Dividends

 

Under Pennsylvania Law, Numerex may make dividends to its shareholders. However, no distribution may be made if it would result in Numerex becoming unable to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of business or if Numerex’s total assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus the amount that would be needed, if Numerex were dissolved, to satisfy the shareholders whose preferential rights are superior to those receiving the distribution.

 

Repurchases/Redemptions

 

Under Pennsylvania Law, Numerex has the power to acquire its own shares. The shares acquired shall be deemed issued but not outstanding, except that the board of directors may, by resolution, restore any or all of the previously issued shares owned by it to the status of authorized but unissued shares.

Dividends in Shares/Bonus Issues    In accordance with the CBCA, Sierra Wireless may pay dividends in money or property or by issuing fully paid shares.    Under Pennsylvania Law, Numerex, may make distributions to its shareholders in money or other property or the incurrence of indebtedness to or for the benefit of any shareholder.
Preemptive Rights of Shareholders    Sierra Wireless shareholders do not have preemptive rights to acquire newly issued shares.    Numerex stockholders do not have preemptive rights to acquire newly issued shares of stock.

 

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Sierra Wireless

  

Numerex

Lien on Shares, Calls on Shares and Forfeiture of Shares    Under the CBCA, shares must be fully paid prior to issue, and are non-assessable. Sierra Wireless shares will not be issued until the consideration for the share is fully paid in money or in property or past services that are not less in value than the fair equivalent of the money that Sierra Wireless would have received if the share had been issued for money. The determination of whether property or services are the fair equivalent of monetary consideration will be made by the Sierra Wireless board of directors.    Numerex stockholders do not have preemptive rights to acquire newly issued shares of stock.
Transfer Restrictions    Not applicable.    Not applicable.
Voting Rights   

Each Sierra Wireless common share entitles the holder to one vote at all meetings of Sierra Wireless shareholders, except meetings at which only holders of another specified class or series of shares are entitled to vote separately as a class or series.

 

Except as required by law, including the CBCA, or in accordance with any voting rights which may from time to time be attached to any series of preference shares, holders of the preference shares of Sierra Wireless will not be entitled to receive notice of, to attend or to vote at any meeting of the Sierra Wireless shareholders, provided that the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached to the preference shares as a class may be added to, changed or removed only with the approval of the holders of the preference shares given in such manner as may then be required by law, at a meeting of the holders of the preference shares duly called for that purpose.

  

Each share of Numerex Class A common stock entitles the holder to one vote at all meetings of Numerex stockholders. The Class B Common stock shall not be entitled to vote on any matter which may be brought before the shareholders, except as required by law. The Numerex by-laws provide that no person shall have the right to case more than 10% of the total votes, which all holders of voting securities are entitled to cast at any meeting, unless authorized to do so by the board and subject to such conditions as the board may impose.

 

Except as required by law, including Pennsylvania Law, holders of any preferred stock will not be entitled to receive notice of, to attend or to vote at any meeting of the Numerex stockholders. Numerex does not currently have any shares of preferred stock outstanding.

 

If a person or shareholder group acquires ownership, beneficially or of record, or more than 10% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Numerex, the board of directors of Numerex may (i) terminate all voting rights attributable to such person or group during the time that such ownership exceeds 10%, (ii) commence litigation to require such person or group to divest the number of shares in excess of such 10% limitation, or (iii) take such other action as is appropriate, including seeking injunctive relief and giving Numerex or other individuals or entities designated by Numerex the right to purchase all or any portion of the number of shares owned by such person or group in excess of such 10% limitation.

 

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Number of Directors; Quorum; Election; Composition of the Board of Directors; Classified Board; Removal; Vacancies   

Number of Directors

 

Sierra Wireless’ articles provide for a minimum of one and a maximum of nine directors. The number of directors to be elected to the Sierra Wireless board of directors is determined by the Sierra Wireless board of directors. The Sierra Wireless board of directors has the ability to appoint additional directors between shareholder meetings, provided the number of additional directors so appointed does not exceed one third of the number of directors elected at the most recent shareholder meeting.

 

The Sierra Wireless board of directors currently consists of 7 directors. After completion of the merger, the Sierra Wireless board of directors will continue to consist of 7 directors.

  

Number of Directors

 

The Numerex by-laws provide that the number of directors constituting its board of directors shall consist of not less than three and not more than ten directors. The number of directors to be elected to the Numerex board of directors is determined by the Numerex board of directors.

 

The Numerex board of directors currently consists of 7 directors.

  

Quorum

 

Under Sierra Wireless’ by-laws, a quorum for a meeting of the Sierra Wireless board of directors is a majority of the directors.

  

Quorum

 

A majority of the directors in office shall be necessary to constitute a quorum.

  

Election

 

Pursuant to Sierra Wireless’ by-laws, directors of Sierra Wireless are elected at the annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders called for such purpose and hold office until the close of the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected.

 

Under the CBCA, the election of directors and the appointment of an auditor of Sierra Wireless occurs pursuant to a plurality voting standard, which provides that shares may only be voted “for” or “withheld” from voting. As a result, in situations where there are not more nominees than directors to be elected, only a single vote in favor of a director is required to elect such director. In situations where there are more nominees than directors to be elected, the nominees receiving the highest number of “for” votes are elected.

 

In response to this plurality voting standard and as a requirement of the rules of the TSX, the Sierra Wireless board of directors has adopted a “majority voting” policy which provides that any nominee for director in an uncontested election who receives more withheld votes than

  

Election

 

The Numerex by-laws provide that directors are elected at the annual meeting of stockholders or at a special meeting called for such purpose and hold office until the next annual meeting or until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify.

 

Under Pennsylvania law, the candidates for election as directors receiving the highest number of votes cast (known as a plurality) up to the number of directors to be elected will be elected.

 

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“for” votes ( i.e. , the nominee is not elected by at least a majority of 50% + 1 vote), will immediately tender their resignation and will not participate in any meeting of the Sierra Wireless board of directors or any committee thereof at which the resignation is considered. The Sierra Wireless board of directors, on the recommendation of the Governance and Nominating Committee, will determine whether or not to accept the resignation within 90 days after the date of the shareholder meeting, and will accept the resignation absent exceptional circumstances. Sierra Wireless will promptly issue a news release with the decision of the Sierra Wireless board of directors, and if the Sierra Wireless board of directors determines not to accept a resignation, the news release will state the reasons for that decision. The director’s resignation will be effective when accepted by the Sierra Wireless board of directors. If the Sierra Wireless board of directors accepts the director’s resignation, it can appoint a new director to fill the vacancy.

 

Under the CBCA, cumulative voting is only permitted if the articles of a corporation specifically provide for it. Sierra Wireless’ articles do not provide for cumulative voting.

  
  

Classified Board

 

Sierra Wireless’ articles and by-laws do not divide its board of directors into classes.

  

Classified Board

 

The Numerex articles of incorporation and by-laws do not divide its board of directors into classes.

  

Removal

 

The CBCA and Sierra Wireless’ by-laws provide that Sierra Wireless shareholders may, by ordinary resolution at a special meeting of Sierra Wireless shareholders, remove any director or directors from office.

  

Removal

 

The Numerex articles of incorporation provides that directors may be removed from office at any time by the shareholders, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of shareholders entitled to cast at least 75% of the votes which all shareholders would be entitled to cast at any annual election of directors.

 

The board of directors may, without shareholder approval, declare vacant the office of any director for any proper cause, including, but not limited to, conflict of interest or other breach of fiduciary duty.

 

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      fraudulent or dishonest acts, gross abuse of authority or discretion, or for any other proper cause. Section 1726(a)(4) of the PBCL also provides that the board of directors may be removed at any time with or without cause by the unanimous vote or written consents of shareholders entitle to vote thereon.
  

Vacancies

 

The CBCA generally allows a vacancy on the board of directors to be filled by a quorum of directors, except a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number or the minimum or maximum number of directors or a failure to elect the number or minimum number of directors provided for in the articles.

 

Pursuant to Sierra Wireless’ by-laws, vacancies in the board of directors may be filled for the remainder of its term of office from among persons qualified for election by the remaining directors if constituting a quorum; otherwise such vacancies will be filled at the next annual meeting of shareholders at which directors for the ensuing year are to be elected or at a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose.

  

Vacancies

 

The Numerex by-laws provide that vacancies, including vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of directors, are to be filled by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the remaining members of the board, even though less than a quorum, and such person so elected shall be a director until his or her successor is elected by the shareholders.

Citizenship and Residency of Directors    The CBCA requires that at least 25% of the directors of Sierra Wireless (or if Sierra Wireless ever has less than four directors, at least one director) must be resident Canadians.    Not applicable.
Duties of Directors   

Under the CBCA, the directors of Sierra Wireless owe a statutory fiduciary duty to Sierra Wireless. The directors have a duty to manage, or supervise the management of, the business and affairs of Sierra Wireless. In exercising their powers and discharging their duties, the directors must: (i) act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of Sierra Wireless; and (ii) exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances.

 

Under the CBCA, the directors of Sierra Wireless may delegate their duties to a managing director or committee of directors, or to an officer of Sierra Wireless, provided that the directors may not delegate the power to:

   Under Pennsylvania law, the standard of conduct for directors is governed by statute. Pennsylvania Law requires that a director of a Pennsylvania corporation perform his or her duties: (1) in good faith, (2) in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the best interests of Numerex, and (3) with such care, including reasonable inquiry, skill and diligence, as a person of ordinary prudence would use under similar circumstances.
  

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shareholders any question or matter requiring the approval of the shareholders;

 

(ii)        fill a vacancy among the directors or in the office of auditor, or appoint additional directors;

 

(iii)       issue securities except as authorized by the directors;

 

(iv)       issue shares of a series except as authorized by the directors;

 

(v)         declare dividends;

 

(vi)       purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares issued by Sierra Wireless;

 

(vii)      pay a commission to any person in consideration of the person’s purchasing or agreeing to purchase shares of Sierra Wireless from Sierra Wireless or from any other person, or procuring or agreeing to procure purchasers for any such shares except as authorized by the directors;

 

(viii)     approve a management proxy circular;

 

(ix)       approve a takeover bid circular or directors’ circular;

 

(x)         approve any financial statements of Sierra Wireless; or

 

(xi)       adopt, amend or repeal by-laws.

  
Conflicts of Interest of Directors   

Under the CBCA, each of the directors of Sierra Wireless must disclose to Sierra Wireless, in writing or by requesting to have it entered in the minutes of meetings of directors or of meetings of committees of directors, the nature and extent of any interest that he or she has in a material contract or material transaction, whether made or proposed, with Sierra Wireless, if the director (i) is a party to the contract or transaction, (ii) is a director or an officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of a party to the contract or transaction, or (iii) has a material interest in a party to the contract or transaction.

 

A director who discloses such a conflict of interest will not vote on any resolution to approve the contract or transaction, unless the contract or transaction relates primarily to his or her remuneration as a director,

   Under Pennsylvania Law, a contract or a transaction between a business corporation and a director or an entity in which a director has a financial or other interest is not void or voidable solely for that reason or solely because the director participates in the meeting of the board of directors that authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because the director’s vote is counted for that purpose, if: (i) the material facts as to the relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or known to the board of directors and the board authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum; or (ii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified.

 

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officer, employee, agent or mandatary of Sierra Wireless or an affiliate, is for indemnity or insurance of directors of Sierra Wireless, or is with an affiliate of Sierra Wireless.

 

Where Sierra Wireless enters into a material contract or transaction with a director of Sierra Wireless, or with another person or entity of which a director of Sierra Wireless is a director or officer or in which a director of Sierra Wireless has a material interest, the director or officer is not accountable to Sierra Wireless or its shareholders if (i) disclosure of the interest was made as described above, (ii) the directors of Sierra Wireless approved the contract or transaction, and (iii) the contract or transaction was reasonable and fair to Sierra Wireless when it was approved.

 

Despite the foregoing, even if a director’s interest is not disclosed as described above, provided the director was acting honestly and in good faith, such director is not accountable to Sierra Wireless or to its shareholders in respect of a transaction or contract in which the director has an interest provided that:

 

•    the contract or transaction is approved or confirmed by special resolution at a meeting of the Sierra Wireless shareholders;

 

•    disclosure of the interest was made to the Sierra Wireless shareholders in a manner sufficient to indicate its nature before the contract or transaction was approved or confirmed; and

 

•    the contract or transaction was reasonable and fair to Sierra Wireless when it was approved or confirmed.

 

In addition, directors of Sierra Wireless are required to certify compliance with Sierra Wireless’ Code of Business Conduct on an annual basis.

  
Shareholders’ Disclosure of Interests in Shares   

Sierra Wireless shareholders are not required to disclose their interests in shares of Sierra Wireless, except for in limited circumstances, including when nominating a candidate for election as a director, making certain other shareholder proposals or requisitioning a meeting of shareholders in accordance with each of the CBCA and Sierra Wireless’ by-laws.

   Neither Pennsylvania Law nor the Numerex articles of incorporation or by-laws impose an obligation with respect to disclosure by stockholders of their interests in Numerex common stock, except as part of a stockholders’ nomination of a director or stockholder proposals to be made at an annual meeting.
  

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   securities laws, a Sierra Wireless shareholder is required to disclose their interest in Sierra Wireless’ shares where such shareholder’s holdings equal or exceed 10% of the voting rights attached to the voting securities.   
Record Dates   

Under the CBCA, the Sierra Wireless board of directors may fix a record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend or entitled to participate in a liquidation distribution or for any other purpose, other than to establish a shareholder’s right to receive notice of or to vote at a meeting, which record date must be not more than 60 days before the day on which the particular action is to be taken. If no record date is fixed by the Sierra Wireless board of directors, the record date will be at the close of business on the day on which the directors pass the resolution in respect of the applicable action.

 

Under the CBCA, the Sierra Wireless board of directors may fix a record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at a meeting of shareholders, which record date must be no fewer than 21 days and not more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. However, notwithstanding the CBCA, pursuant to Canadian securities laws, the record date must be no fewer than 30 days before the date of the meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Sierra Wireless board of directors, the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of or vote at a meeting of shareholders will be at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which the notice is given.

 

If a record date is fixed, unless notice of the record date is waived in writing by every holder of a share of the class or series affected, notice thereof will be given, not less than seven (7) days before the date so fixed, (i) by advertisement in a newspaper published or distributed in the place where Sierra Wireless has its registered office and in each place in Canada where it has a transfer agent or where a transfer of its shares may be recorded; and (ii) by written notice to each stock exchange in Canada on which the shares of Sierra Wireless are listed for trading, the depositaries and the

   Under Pennsylvania law, the Numerex board of directors may fix a time prior to the date of any meeting of shareholders as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, the meeting, which time, except in the case of an adjourned meeting, shall be not more than 90 days prior to the date of the meeting of shareholders. If a record date is not fixed, the record date for (i) determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which the meeting is held, (i) for determining shareholders entitled to entitled to: express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when prior action by the board of directors is not necessary; call a special meeting of the shareholders; or propose an amendment of the articles; shall be at the close of business on the day on which the first written consent or dissent, request for a special meeting or petition proposing an amendment of the articles is filed with the secretary of Numerex, and (ii) determining shareholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

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   Canadian securities regulators.   
Annual Meetings of Shareholders   

Under the CBCA, the Sierra Wireless board of directors must call an annual meeting of shareholders not later than 15 months after holding the last preceding annual meeting but no later than six months after the end of Sierra Wireless’ preceding financial year.

 

Pursuant to the CBCA and Sierra Wireless’ by-laws, meetings of Sierra Wireless shareholders will be held at such place in Canada as determined by the directors.

 

At an annual meeting, shareholders will receive the financial statements of Sierra Wireless and the auditor’s report, elect directors of Sierra Wireless and appoint Sierra Wireless’ auditor. All other business that may properly come before an annual meeting of shareholders or any business coming before a special meeting of shareholders is considered special business. For special business to be properly brought before a meeting, it must be specified in the notice of meeting and include (i) the nature of that business in sufficient detail to permit the shareholder to form a reasoned judgment thereon; and (ii) the text of any special resolution to be submitted to the meeting.

   Under Pennsylvania Law, at least one meeting of the shareholders shall be held in each calendar year for the election of directors. If the annual meeting is not held or there is no action by written consent within six months after the designated annual meeting date, any shareholder can call for the annual meeting at any time.
Shareholder Nominations and Proposals/Proxy Access   

Under Sierra Wireless’ by-laws, an eligible Sierra Wireless shareholder wishing to nominate a director for election to the Sierra Wireless board of directors is required to provide notice to Sierra Wireless, in proper form, within the following time periods:

 

(i)     in the case of an annual meeting (including an annual and special meeting) of Sierra Wireless shareholders, not less than 30 days prior to the date of the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the meeting is to be held on a date that is less than 50 days after the date on which the first public announcement of the date of the meeting was made, notice of the nomination will be made not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the first public announcement of the date of the meeting; and

 

(ii)    in the case of a special meeting (which is not also an annual

  

Under the Numerex by-laws, a Numerex stockholder wishing to nominate a director for election to the Numerex board of directors must provide written notice, in proper form, within the following time periods:

 

(i)     with respect to an election to be held at an annual meeting of stockholders, not less than 120 days before the date Numerex’s proxy statement released to shareholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting; and

 

(ii)    with respect to an election to be held at a special meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which notice of the special meeting is first given to shareholders.

 

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meeting) of Sierra Wireless shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors (whether or not also called for other purposes), not later than the close of business on the 15 th day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the meeting was made.

 

In order to be in proper form, the notice of nomination must include:

 

(i)     the name, age, business and residential address of the proposed nominee;

 

(ii)    the principal occupation, business or employment of the proposed nominee;

 

(iii)  whether the proposed nominee is a “resident Canadian” within the meaning of the CBCA;

 

(iv)   the number of securities of each class of voting securities of Sierra Wireless or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned, or controlled or directed, directly or indirectly, by the proposed nominee, as of the record date for the meeting of shareholders (if such date is at the time publicly available and has occurred) and as of the date of such notice;

 

(v)    any other information relating to the proposed nominee that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident’s proxy circular or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the CBCA or any applicable securities laws;

 

(vi)   the number of securities of each class of voting securities of Sierra Wireless or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned, or controlled or directed, directly or indirectly, by such nominating shareholder or any other person with whom such nominating shareholder is acting jointly or in concert with respect to Sierra Wireless or any of its securities, as of the record date for the meeting (if such date is at the

  

(i)     the name and address of the stockholder giving the notice and the person or persons nominated;

 

(ii)    a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of capital stock of Numerex entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons nominated;

 

(iii)  a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder;

 

(iv)   such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such stockholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the SEC had each nominee been nominated by the board of directors; and

 

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time publicly available and has occurred) and as of the date of such notice;

 

(vii)    full particulars regarding any proxy, contract, arrangement, agreement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such nominating shareholder has a right to vote any shares of Sierra Wireless;

 

(viii)  any other information relating to such nominating shareholder that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident’s proxy circular or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the CBCA or any applicable securities laws; and

 

(ix)     a written consent duly signed by each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee for election to the board of directors and to serve as a director of Sierra Wireless, if elected.

  
  

Pursuant to the CBCA, Sierra Wireless shareholders may nominate candidates for election to the board of directors through the shareholder proposal mechanism provided for under the CBCA (provided such shareholder either owns, as registered or beneficial holder, or has the support of shareholders who own, as registered or beneficial holders, such number of shares either equal to one percent of the outstanding voting shares of Sierra Wireless or having a fair market value of C$2,000 for a period of at least six months prior to the nomination) and provided such shareholder complies with the advance notice procedures in Sierra Wireless’ by-laws.

 

Under Sierra Wireless’ by-laws, in order to be an eligible shareholder to nominate a director, a Sierra Wireless shareholder must (i) at the close of business on the date of the giving of the notice of nomination and on the record date for notice of the relevant meeting, be entered in the securities register of Sierra Wireless as a holder of one or more

  

 

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   shares carrying the right to vote at such meeting or who beneficially owns shares that are entitled to be voted at such meeting and provides evidence of such beneficial ownership to Sierra Wireless, and (ii) comply with the advanced notice procedures in Sierra Wireless’ by-laws.   
Calling Special Meetings of Shareholders   

Under the CBCA, the Sierra Wireless board of directors may call a special meeting of shareholders at any time.

 

In addition, holders of five percent or more of the outstanding shares of Sierra Wireless that carry the right to vote at a meeting sought to be held may requisition a shareholders meeting under the applicable provisions of the CBCA. The requisition must state the business to be transacted at the meeting. The Sierra Wireless board of directors must call a meeting of shareholders to transact the business stated in the requisition within 21 days of receiving the requisition; otherwise the shareholder may call the meeting. The Sierra Wireless board of directors is not required to call a meeting upon receiving a requisition by a shareholder if (i) the business stated in the requisition is of a proscribed nature, (ii) a record date has already been fixed and notice provided in respect of a meeting, or (iii) the Sierra Wireless board of directors has already called a meeting and given notice of such meeting.

   The Numerex by-laws provide that a special meeting of the shareholders may be called at any time by the board of directors or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. Pennsylvania law does not permit the shareholders of a registered corporation to call a special meeting of shareholders.
Shareholder Action by Written Consent    Sierra Wireless’ by-laws provide that a resolution in writing signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of shareholders is as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the shareholders unless a written statement with respect to the subject matter of the resolution is submitted by a director or auditor in accordance with the CBCA.    The Numerex by-laws do not address the ability of shareholders to act by written consent. However, under Pennsylvania law, unless restricted in the bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting by written consent.
Adjournment of Shareholder Meetings    The chair of any meeting of Sierra Wireless shareholders may, with the consent of the meeting, and subject to such conditions as the meeting may decide, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place. If a meeting of the Sierra Wireless shareholders is adjourned for less than 30 days it will not be necessary to give notice    Any regular or special meeting of the shareholders, including one at which directors are to be elected, may be adjourned for such period as the shareholders present and entitled to vote shall direct.

 

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   of the adjourned meeting, other than by announcement at the meeting that it is adjourned. If a meeting of Sierra Wireless shareholders is adjourned by one or more adjournments for an aggregate of 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting will be given as for an original meeting, in accordance with the provisions of the Canada Corporations Act.   
Amendments to Articles or Certificate of Incorporation    Under the CBCA, an amendment to Sierra Wireless’ articles requires approval by special resolution, being 66 2/3% of the votes cast, in person or by proxy, in respect of the resolution at a meeting of Sierra Wireless shareholders, and, if applicable, a separate special resolution of the holders of any separately affected class of shares in accordance with the provisions of the CBCA.    Under Pennsylvania Law, an amendment to the articles of incorporation can be proposed by adoption of a resolution by the Numerex board. An amendment must be submitted to a vote and approved by a majority of the votes cast by all shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, if any class or series of shares is entitled to vote thereon as a class, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast in each such class vote, except for amendments on matters specified in Section 1914(c) of the PBCL that do not require shareholder approval and for those matters specified to require a higher vote under the Numerex articles of incorporation.
Amendments to By-laws    The Sierra Wireless board of directors may, by resolution, make, amend or repeal any by-law that regulates the business or affairs of Sierra Wireless. Where the directors make, amend or repeal a by-law, they are required under the CBCA to submit the by-law, or the amendment or repeal of a by-law, to the Sierra Wireless shareholders at the next meeting of shareholders and the shareholders may confirm, reject or amend the by-law, by an ordinary resolution. If the by-law, amendment or repeal is rejected by shareholders, or the directors do not submit the by-law, amendment or repeal to the shareholders as required, the by-law, amendment or repeal ceases to be effective and no subsequent resolution of the directors to make, amend or repeal a by-law having substantially the same purpose or effect is effective until it is confirmed or confirmed as amended by the shareholders.   

The Numerex by-laws may from time to time be amended or repealed, in whole or in part, by a majority vote of the incumbent directors.

 

The Numerex by-laws may from time to time be amended or repealed, in whole or in part, by the shareholders (i) by a majority of the votes cast by shareholders at any duly convened annual or special meeting in the case of an amendment or repeal that has been previously approved by at least a majority of the incumbent directors or (ii) by the affirmative vote of at least 65% of the votes cast by shareholders at any duly convened annual or special meeting in the case of an amendment or repeal that has not previously been approved by at least a majority of the incumbent directors.

Rights of Inspection    Under the CBCA, Sierra Wireless shareholders and creditors of Sierra Wireless and their personal representatives may examine: (i) Sierra Wireless’ articles and by-laws, and all amendments thereto, and a copy of any unanimous shareholder agreement; (ii) minutes of meetings and    Under Pennsylvania Law, Numerex shareholders, upon written demand, have a right to examine, in person or by agent or attorney, during the usual hours for business for any proper purpose, the share register, books and records of account, and records of the proceedings of the incorporators,

 

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   resolutions of Sierra Wireless shareholders; (iii) copies of all notices of directors or notices of change of directors; and (iv) Sierra Wireless’ securities register, during the usual business hours of Sierra Wireless, and may take extracts from the records, free of charge, and any other person may do so on payment of a reasonable fee.    shareholders and directors and to make copies or extracts therefrom.
Shareholder Suits   

Derivative Action

 

Under the CBCA, a “complainant” (as such term is defined in the table under “ Oppression Remedy ” below) may apply to a court for leave to bring a derivative action in the name and on behalf of Sierra Wireless or any of its subsidiaries, or to intervene in an existing action to which Sierra Wireless or any of its subsidiaries is a party, for the purpose of prosecuting, defending or discontinuing the action on behalf of Sierra Wireless or its subsidiary. However, under the CBCA, no action may be brought and no intervention in an action may be made unless a court is satisfied that: (i) the complainant has given notice to the board of directors of Sierra Wireless or its subsidiary of the complainant’s intention to apply to the court for such leave not less than 14 days before bringing the application if the board of directors of Sierra Wireless or its subsidiary do not bring, diligently prosecute or defend or discontinue the action; (ii) the complainant is acting in good faith; and (iii) it appears to be in the interests of Sierra Wireless or its subsidiary that the action be brought, prosecuted, defended or discontinued.

 

Under the CBCA, the court in a derivative action may make any order it determines to be appropriate, including, without limitation, an order authorizing the complainant or any other person to control the conduct of the action, an order giving directions for the conduct of the action, an order directing that any amount determined to be payable by a defendant in the action will be paid, in whole or in part, directly to former and present security holders of Sierra Wireless or its subsidiary instead of to Sierra Wireless or its subsidiary and an order requiring Sierra Wireless or its subsidiary to pay reasonable legal fees incurred by the complainant in connection with the action.

  

Generally, under Pennsylvania Law, a shareholder may bring an action or proceeding to enforce a secondary right of such shareholder against any present or former officer or director of Numerex because Numerex refuses to enforce rights that may properly be asserted by it, provided that the shareholder plaintiff must have been a shareholder of Numerex or owner of a beneficial interest in the shares at the time of the transaction of which such shareholder complains.

 

Pennsylvania Law does not provide for a remedy similar to the oppression remedy under the Canada Corporations Act; however, stockholders are entitled to remedies for violation of a director’s fiduciary duties under Pennsylvania common law.

 

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The CBCA provides an oppression remedy that enables a court to make any order, including, without limitation:

 

(i)       an order restraining the conduct complained of;

 

(ii)      an order appointing a receiver or receiver-manager;

 

(iii)     an order to regulate Sierra Wireless’ affairs by amending Sierra Wireless’ articles or by-laws or creating or amending a unanimous shareholder agreement;

 

(iv)     an order directing an issue or exchange of securities;

 

(v)      an order appointing directors in place of or in addition to all or any of the directors then in office;

 

(vi)     an order directing Sierra Wireless or any other person, to purchase securities of a security holder;

 

(vii)    an order directing Sierra Wireless or any other person, to pay a security holder any part of the monies that the security holder paid for securities;

 

(viii)  an order varying or setting aside a transaction or contract to which Sierra Wireless is a party and compensating Sierra Wireless or any other party to the transaction or contract;

 

(ix)     an order requiring Sierra Wireless, within a time specified by the court, to produce to the court or an interested person financial statements in the required form or an accounting in such other form as the court may determine;

 

(x)      an order compensating an aggrieved person;

 

(xi)     an order directing rectification of the registers or other records of Sierra Wireless;

 

(xii)    an order liquidating and dissolving Sierra Wireless;

 

(xiii)  an order directing an investigation under the CBCA to be made; and

 

(xiv)   an order requiring the trial of any issue.

  

 

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An application under the oppression remedy may be made by a “complainant,” which means:

 

(i)     a registered holder or beneficial owner, and a former registered holder or beneficial owner, of a security of Sierra Wireless or any of its affiliates,

 

(ii)    a director or an officer or a former director or officer of Sierra Wireless or any of its affiliates,

 

(iii)  the director appointed under the CBCA, or

 

(iv)   any other person who, in the discretion of a court, is a proper person to make such an application.

  
Limitation of Personal Liability of Directors and Officers    Under the CBCA, no provision in a contract, Sierra Wireless’s articles or by-laws of Sierra Wireless or a resolution of Sierra Wireless’ board of directors or shareholders relieves a director or officer of Sierra Wireless from the duty to act in accordance with CBCA or the regulations thereunder or relieves them from liability for a breach thereof.    Under Numerex’s articles of incorporation and Pennsylvania Law, a director shall not be personally liable for monetary damages for any action taken unless (i) the director breached or failed to perform the duties of his or her office and (ii) the breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness. Under Pennsylvania law, Numerex may purchase and maintain insurance for a director or officer against any liability asserted against such individual, and incurred in his or her capacity as a director or officer or arising out of his or her position, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such individual against such liability under Pennsylvania Law.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers   

Under the CBCA, Sierra Wireless may indemnify its directors and officers, its former directors and officers or another individual who acts or acted at Sierra Wireless’ request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, which we refer to as an “indemnifiable person,” against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the indemnifiable person in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the indemnifiable person is involved because of that association with Sierra Wireless or other

   Pennsylvania Law and Numerex’s articles of incorporation provide that Numerex may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a representative of Numerex, against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed

 

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entity, provided that:

 

•    the indemnifiable person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of Sierra Wireless, or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at Sierra Wireless’ request; and

   to, the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. No indemnification or advancement or reimbursement of expenses will be provided to a person if a final unappealable judgment or award establishes that such director or officer engaged in intentional misconduct or involves a transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit.
  

•    in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the indemnifiable person had reasonable grounds for believing that the indemnifiable person’s conduct was lawful.

 

Sierra Wireless may advance funds to an indemnifiable person for the costs, charges and expenses of a proceeding referred to above, provided, however, that the indemnifiable person will repay the funds if the individual does not fulfill the above-mentioned conditions.

 

An indemnifiable person is also entitled to indemnity from Sierra Wireless in respect of all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by the indemnifiable person in connection with the defense of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding to which the indemnifiable person is subject because of the indemnifiable person’s association with Sierra Wireless or other entity, if the indemnifiable person:

 

(i)     was not judged by the court or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything that the indemnifiable person ought to have done; and

 

(ii)    fulfills the conditions first set out above.

 

In the case of a derivative action, indemnity may be made only with court approval, if the indemnifiable person fulfills the requirements first mentioned above.

 

Under Sierra Wireless’ by-laws, Sierra Wireless will indemnify a director or officer of Sierra Wireless, a former director or officer of Sierra

   Unless ordered by a court, the determination of whether indemnification is proper in a specific case will be determined by (1) the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action or proceeding; (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable or if obtainable and a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or (3) by the shareholders. To the extent that a representative of a business corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of a third-party action, derivative action or corporate action, he or she must be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such individual in connection therewith.

 

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Wireless, or another individual who acts or acted at Sierra Wireless’ request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, to the extent permitted and in accordance with the CBCA.

 

In addition, Sierra Wireless may, under the CBCA and its by-laws, purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of an indemnifiable person against such liabilities and in such amounts as the Sierra Wireless board of directors may from time to time determine and are permitted by the CBCA.

  
Appraisal/Dissent Rights   

The CBCA provides that Sierra Wireless shareholders are entitled to exercise dissent rights and to be paid the fair value of their shares as determined in accordance with the provisions of the CBCA, if Sierra Wireless:

 

•     is subject to an order in respect of an “arrangement” (as such term is defined in the CBCA) in accordance with the provisions of the CBCA;

 

•     resolves to amend its articles to add, change or remove any provisions restricting or constraining the issue, transfer or ownership of shares of that class;

 

•     resolves to amend its articles to add, change or remove any restriction on the business or businesses that Sierra Wireless may carry on;

 

•     resolves to amalgamate, other than an amalgamation with a parent or a subsidiary or an amalgamation with a sister corporation, in each case in accordance with the provisions of the CBCA;

 

•     resolves to be continued under the laws of another jurisdiction;

 

•     resolves to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all its property other than in the ordinary course of business; or

 

•     resolves to carry out a going-private transaction or a squeeze-out transaction (as such terms are defined in the CBCA).

 

A shareholder is not entitled to dissent if an amendment to the articles is effected by a court order approving a reorganization (as

  

Under Pennsylvania Law, Numerex shareholders are entitled to dissent from, and to obtain payment of the fair value of their shares in the event of any corporate action.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, under Section 1571(b) of the PBCL, dissenters’ rights are not generally conferred to shareholders in a merger if their shares are (i) listed on a national securities exchange or designated as a national market system security on an interdealer quotation system by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; or (ii) held beneficially or of record by more than 2,000 persons. Because Numerex shares are registered on the NYSE, a national securities exchange, Numerex shareholders would not have dissenters’ rights in such a transaction.

 

Under Section 317 of the PBCL, the bylaws or a resolution of the board of directors may direct that all or part of the shareholders shall have dissenters’ rights in connection with any corporate action or transaction that would not otherwise entitle such shareholders to dissenters’ rights. The Numerex bylaws do not provide for any additional dissenters’ rights and Numerex has not adopted any resolution providing for additional dissenters’ rights.

 

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   defined in the CBCA) or by a court order made in connection with an action for an oppression remedy.   
Shareholder Rights Plans   

The Shareholder Rights Plan is designed to encourage the fair treatment of Sierra Wireless shareholders in connection with any take-over offer for the common shares of Sierra Wireless.

 

The Shareholder Rights Plan provides the board of directors and shareholders with 60 days to fully consider any unsolicited take-over bid to allow the board of directors, if appropriate, to consider other alternatives to maximize shareholder value and to allow additional time for competing bids to emerge.

 

If a bid is made to all shareholders, is held open for at least 60 days and is accepted by shareholders holding more than 50% of the outstanding common shares of Sierra Wireless, or is otherwise approved by the board of directors, then the Shareholder Rights Plan will not affect the rights of shareholders. Otherwise, all shareholders, except the parties making a take-over bid, will be able to acquire a number of additional common shares of Sierra Wireless at half the market price.

   Not applicable.
Approval of Extraordinary Transactions; Anti-Takeover Provisions   

Under the CBCA, a merger, consolidation, sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property of Sierra Wireless other than in the ordinary course of business of Sierra Wireless, including pursuant to an amalgamation (other than an amalgamation with a parent or a subsidiary or an amalgamation with a sister corporation in accordance with the provisions of the CBCA) and an arrangement (as defined in the CBCA), or a dissolution of Sierra Wireless, is generally required to be approved by special resolution, being 66 2/3% of the votes cast, in person or by proxy, in respect of the resolution at a meeting of Sierra Wireless shareholders.

 

Additionally, Multilateral Instrument 61-101— Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (which we refer to as “MI 61-101”) of the Canadian Securities Administrators contains detailed requirements in connection with “related party transactions” and “business

  

Under Pennsylvania law, Section 2538 of Subchapter 25D of the PBCL requires certain transactions with an “interested shareholder” to be approved by a majority of disinterested shareholders. “Interested shareholder” is defined broadly to include any shareholder who is a party to the transaction or who is treated differently than other shareholders and affiliates of the corporation.

 

Subchapter 25F of the PBCL generally establishes a 5-year moratorium on a “business combination” with an “interested shareholder.” “Interested shareholder” is defined generally to be any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the corporation’s voting stock. “Business combination” is defined broadly to include mergers, consolidations, asset sales and certain self-dealing transactions. Certain restrictions apply to business combinations following the 5-year period. Among other exceptions, Subchapter 25F will be rendered inapplicable if the board of directors approves the proposed business

 

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   combinations.” A related party transaction means, generally, any transaction by which an issuer, directly or indirectly, consummates one or more specified transactions with a related party, including purchasing or disposing of an asset, issuing securities or assuming liabilities. “Related party,” as defined in MI 61-101, includes (i) directors and senior officers of the issuer, (ii) holders of voting securities of the issuer carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to all the issuer’s outstanding voting securities and (iii) holders of a sufficient number of any securities of the issuer to materially affect control of the issuer. A “business combination” means, generally, any amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation, amendment to share terms or other transaction, as a consequence of which the interest of a holder of an equity security may be terminated without the holder’s consent.    combination, or approves the interested shareholder’s acquisition of 20% of the voting shares, in either case prior to the date on which the shareholder first becomes an interested shareholder.
   MI 61-101 requires, subject to certain exceptions, specific detailed disclosure in the proxy (information) circular sent to security holders in connection with a related party transaction or business combination where a meeting is required and, subject to certain exceptions, the preparation of a formal valuation of the subject matter of the related party transaction or business combination and any non-cash consideration offered in connection therewith, and the inclusion of a summary of the valuation in the proxy circular. MI 61-101 also requires, subject to certain exceptions, that an issuer not engage in a related party transaction or business combination unless, in addition to any other required shareholder approvals, the disinterested shareholders of the issuer have approved the related party transaction or business combination by a simple majority of the votes cast.   
Compulsory Acquisitions    The CBCA provides that if an offer is made to shareholders of a distributing corporation (as defined in the CBCA), such as Sierra Wireless, at approximately the same time to acquire all of the shares of a class of issued shares, including an offer made by a distributing corporation to repurchase all of the shares of a class of its shares (which we refer to as a “takeover bid”) and such offer is accepted within 120 days of the takeover    Not applicable.

 

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   bid by holders of not less than 90% of the shares (other than the shares held by the offeror or an affiliate or associate of the offeror) of any class of shares to which the takeover bid relates, then the offeror is entitled to acquire the shares held by those holders of securities of that class who did not accept the takeover bid either on the same terms on which the offeror acquired shares under the takeover bid or for payment of the fair value of such holder’s shares as determined in accordance with the dissent right procedures under the CBCA.   
Rights Upon Liquidation   

Under the CBCA, Sierra Wireless may liquidate and dissolve by special resolution of the holders of each class of Sierra Wireless shares, whether or not such Sierra Wireless shareholders are otherwise entitled to vote.

 

Each Sierra Wireless common share entitles the holder to participate rateably in any distribution of the assets of Sierra Wireless upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, subject to prior rights and privileges attaching to the preference shares of Sierra Wireless.

   In the event of Numerex’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of its common stock would be entitled to their proportionate share of any assets in accordance with each holder’s holdings remaining after payment of liabilities and any amounts due to other claimants, including the holders of any outstanding shares of preferred stock.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Canadian counsel to Sierra Wireless, has opined upon the validity of the Sierra Wireless common shares offered by this proxy statement/prospectus.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements and schedule of Numerex as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016 and Numerex management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016 incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus have been so incorporated in reliance on the reports of BDO USA, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated herein by reference, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

The audited financial statements and schedule of Numerex as of December 31, 2015 and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2015 incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement have been so incorporated by reference in reliance upon the report of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accountants, upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

The consolidated financial statements of Sierra Wireless at December 31, 2016, and for the year then ended, appearing in Sierra Wireless’ Annual Report (Form 40-F) for the year ended December 31, 2016, and the effectiveness of Sierra Wireless’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are, and audited financial statements to be included in subsequently filed documents will be, incorporated herein in reliance upon the reports of Ernst & Young LLP pertaining to such financial statements and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the respective dates (to the extent covered by consents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

The consolidated financial statements of Sierra Wireless as of December 31, 2015, and for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2015, have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the report of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

CHANGE IN NUMEREX ACCOUNTANTS

As previously reported, on February 4, 2016 Grant Thornton LLP (which we refer to as “Grant Thornton”) notified the Numerex audit committee of its decision not to stand for re-appointment following completion of its audit services for 2015.

The audit reports of Grant Thornton on Numerex’s financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were such reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

During Numerex’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015, there were no disagreements with Grant Thornton on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Grant Thornton, would have caused Grant Thornton to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports for such periods.

During each of the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015, and the subsequent interim period through March 15, 2016, there was no “ reportable event,” as that term is described in Item 16F(a)(1)(v)(A)-(D) of Form 20-F related to a material weakness in Numerex’s internal control over financial reporting, except that management’s assessment of Numerex’s internal control over financial reporting identified a material weakness as of December 31, 2015 related to effective monitoring and oversight of controls as it relates to (i) the source data, assumptions and projections utilized pertaining to the evaluation process for impairment of

 

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goodwill and other intangible assets and (ii) controls over the completeness, existence, accuracy in its accounting for capitalized internally developed software costs.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015, and the subsequent interim period through the date of its appointment, neither Numerex nor anyone acting on its behalf has consulted with BDO USA, LLP with respect to (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on Numerex’s financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to Numerex that BDO USA, LLP concluded was an important factor considered by Numerex in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement” or “reportable event” within the meaning of Item 16F(a)(1) of Form 20-F.

Numerex has provided a copy of the above statements to Grant Thornton and requested that it furnish Numerex with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not they agree with the above disclosure. A copy of that letter, dated September 18, 2017, is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this proxy statement/prospectus is a part.

CHANGE IN SIERRA WIRELESS ACCOUNTANTS

As previously reported, effective on May 19, 2016 Sierra Wireless elected to not reappoint KPMG LLP (which we refer to as “KPMG”) as its auditors as a result of Sierra Wireless’ comprehensive external audit review process, which included a formal “request for proposal” being tendered to qualifying firms (including the incumbent auditor, KPMG).

The audit reports of KPMG on Sierra Wireless’ financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were such reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

During Sierra Wireless’ fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015, there were no disagreements with KPMG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of KPMG, would have caused KPMG to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports for such periods.

During each of the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015, and the subsequent interim period through March 17, 2016, there was no “ reportable event,” as that term is described in Item 16F(a)(1)(v)(A)-(D) of Form 20-F related to a material weakness in Sierra Wireless’ internal control over financial reporting.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015, and the subsequent interim period through the date of its appointment, neither Sierra Wireless nor anyone acting on its behalf has consulted with Ernst & Young LLP with respect to (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on Sierra Wireless’ financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to Sierra Wireless that Ernst & Young LLP concluded was an important factor considered by Sierra Wireless in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement” or “reportable event” within the meaning of Item 16F(a)(1) of Form 20-F.

Sierra Wireless has provided a copy of the above statements to KPMG and requested that it furnish Sierra Wireless with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not they agree with the above disclosure. A copy of that letter, dated September 8, 2017, is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this proxy statement/prospectus is a part.

ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

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in this proxy statement/prospectus are residents of jurisdictions outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service within the United States upon Sierra Wireless and those directors, officers and experts, or to realize in the United States upon judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon civil liability of Sierra Wireless and such directors, officers or experts under U.S. federal securities laws. There is uncertainty as to the enforceability in Canada by a court in original actions, or in actions to enforce judgments of United States courts, of the civil liabilities predicated upon U.S. federal securities laws.

OTHER MATTERS

As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, the Numerex board of directors knows of no matters that will be presented for consideration at the special meeting other than as described in this proxy statement/prospectus. If any other matters properly come before Numerex stockholders at the special meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and are voted upon, the enclosed proxy will be deemed to confer discretionary authority on the individuals that it names as proxies to vote the shares represented by the proxy as to any of these matters. The individuals named as proxies intend to vote in accordance with the recommendation of the Numerex board of directors.

FUTURE STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

Numerex

If the merger is completed, Numerex will not have public stockholders and there will be no public participation in any future meeting of stockholders. However, if the merger is not completed or if Numerex is otherwise required to do so under applicable law, Numerex will hold an annual meeting of Numerex stockholders with respect to fiscal year 2017. Any stockholder nominations or proposals for other business intended to be presented at Numerex’s next annual meeting must be submitted to Numerex as set forth below.

If a Numerex stockholder wishes to submit a proposal in accordance with SEC Rule 14a-8 for inclusion in Numerex’s proxy statement for its 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, such proposal must be mailed to Numerex’s General Secretary and Counsel at The Ryan Law Group, LLP, 14 East 4th Street, Suite 406, New York, NY 10012. Since the date of the 2017 annual meeting of the stockholders would be changed by more than 30 days from the date of the 2016 annual meeting, then the deadline for inclusion of any proposal in Numerex’s proxy statement is a reasonable time before Numerex begins to print and send its proxy materials for its 2017 annual meeting of stockholders. Pursuant to the rules of the SEC, simply submitting a proposal does not guarantee that it will be included.

Numerex stockholders interested in submitting nominees for the Numerex board of directors for inclusion in Numerex’s 2017 proxy statement will need to comply with the terms of the Numerex’s by-laws, which include providing timely written notice to Numerex’s General Secretary and Counsel at The Ryan Law Group, LLP, 14 East 4th Street, Suite 406, New York, NY 10012. To be considered timely, Numerex must receive a stockholder’s written notice a reasonable time before Numerex begins to print and send its proxy materials for its 2017 annual meeting of stockholders.

In addition, if a Numerex stockholder wishes to introduce business or nominate directors at Numerex’s 2017 Annual Meeting (other than a matter or nominee to be included in the proxy statement), such stockholder must send Numerex written notice which complies with the requirements of the Numerex by-laws, and Numerex must receive it no later than a reasonable time before Numerex begins to print and send its proxy materials for its 2017 annual meeting of stockholders. The individuals named as proxy holders for Numerex’s 2017 Annual Meeting will have discretionary authority to vote proxies on matters of which we are not properly notified and also may have discretionary voting authority under other circumstances. Such notice must be mailed to Numerex’s General Secretary and Counsel at The Ryan Law Group, LLP, 14 East 4th Street, Suite 406, New York, NY 10012.

HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS

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permitted by the U.S. Exchange Act, only one copy of this proxy statement is being delivered to Numerex stockholders residing at the same address, unless such stockholders have notified Numerex of their desire to receive multiple copies of the proxy statement. This process, which is commonly referred to as “householding,” potentially provides extra convenience for stockholders and cost savings for companies.

If you have consented to “householding” but wish to receive separate annual reports and proxy statements in the future, notify Numerex’s Investor Relations by phone at 1-770-693-5950, by e-mail at InvestorRelations@numerex.com or by mail at Numerex Corp., c/o Investor Relations, 400 Interstate North Parkway, Suite 1350, Atlanta, GA 30339. You will be removed from the “householding” program within 30 days after Numerex receives your notice. If your household received a single mailing of this proxy statement/prospectus and you would like to receive additional copies, Numerex’s Investor Relations can promptly handle that request for you as well.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Numerex files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Sierra Wireless files or furnishes annual reports, current reports and other information with the SEC under the U.S. Exchange Act. As Sierra Wireless is a “foreign private issuer,” under the rules adopted under the U.S. Exchange Act it is exempt from certain of the requirements of the U.S. Exchange Act, including the proxy and information provisions of Section 14 of the U.S. Exchange Act and the reporting and liability provisions applicable to officers, directors and significant stockholders under Section 16 of the U.S. Exchange Act.

You may read and copy these reports, statements or other information filed by Numerex or Sierra Wireless at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. You may also obtain copies of this information by mail from the Public Reference Section of the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates, from commercial document retrieval services, and at the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. The information contained on the SEC’s website is not incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus.

You may also access the SEC filings and obtain other information about Numerex and Sierra Wireless through the websites maintained by Numerex and Sierra Wireless at http://www.numerex.com and http://www.sierrawireless.com, respectively. The information contained in those websites is not incorporated by reference in, or in any way part of, this proxy statement/prospectus. You should not rely on such information in deciding whether to approve the merger proposal unless such information is in this proxy statement/prospectus or has been incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus.

Sierra Wireless has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4, of which this proxy statement/prospectus is a part, under the U.S. Securities Act, to register the issuance of Sierra Wireless common shares in the merger. The registration statement, including attached exhibits, contains additional relevant information about Sierra Wireless, the Sierra Wireless common shares and Numerex. As allowed by SEC rules, this proxy statement/prospectus does not contain all the information you can find in the registration statement or exhibits to the registration statement.

Sierra Wireless files reports, statements and other information with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Sierra Wireless’ filings are electronically available to the public from SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com. The information contained on SEDAR is not incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus.

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

The SEC allows Numerex and Sierra Wireless to “incorporate by reference” information into this proxy statement/prospectus. This means that Numerex and Sierra Wireless can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this proxy statement/prospectus, except for any information that is superseded by information that is included directly in this proxy statement/prospectus or incorporated by reference subsequent to the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

 

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This proxy statement/prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below that Numerex and Sierra Wireless have previously filed with the SEC. They contain important information about the companies and their financial condition. The following documents, which were filed by the companies with the SEC, are incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules):

 

Sierra Wireless Filings with the SEC

(File No. 000-30718)

  

Period and/or Filing Date

Annual Report on Form 40-F    Year ended December 31, 2016, as filed March 10, 2017
Management Information Circular included in Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K    Filed April 20, 2017
Management’s Discussion and Analysis and Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K    Three and six months ended June 30, 2017, as filed August 10, 2017

Numerex Filings with the SEC

(File No. 000-22920)

  

Period and/or Filing Date

Annual Report on Form 10-K    Year ended December 31, 2016, as filed March 31, 2017
Annual Report on Form 10-K/A    Year ended December 31, 2016, as filed May 1, 2017
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q    Quarter ended June 30, 2017, as filed August 8, 2017
Current Reports on Form 8-K    Filed on January 12, 2017, January 23, 2017, March 1, 2017, March 16, 2017, March 21, 2017, May 9, 2017, June 12, 2017, August 3, 2017, August 7, 2017 and August 8, 2017 (other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed)

All documents filed by Numerex and Sierra Wireless under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the U.S. Exchange Act from the date of this proxy statement/prospectus to the completion of the offering will also be deemed to be incorporated into this proxy statement/prospectus by reference other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed. These documents include periodic reports, such as Annual Reports on Form 10-K and 40-F, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K under the U.S. Exchange Act), proxy statements and, to the extent, if any, Sierra Wireless designates therein that they are so incorporated, Reports of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K that Sierra Wireless furnishes to the SEC.

In addition, the description of Sierra Wireless common shares contained in Sierra Wireless’ registration statement under Section 12 of the U.S. Exchange Act is incorporated by reference.

Numerex and Sierra Wireless also incorporate by reference the merger agreement attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex A.

 

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Sierra Wireless has supplied all information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus relating to Sierra Wireless, and Numerex has supplied all information contained in or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus relating to Numerex.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this proxy statement/prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this proxy statement/prospectus.

You may also obtain copies of any document incorporated in this proxy statement/prospectus, without charge, by requesting them in writing or by telephone from the appropriate company at the addresses below, or from the SEC through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Sierra Wireless shareholders and Numerex stockholders may request a copy of such documents by contacting:

 

Numerex Corp.

400 Interstate Parkway, Suite 1350

Atlanta, Georgia 30339

Attention: Kenneth Gayron

Telephone: 1-770-693-5950

  

Sierra Wireless Inc.

13811 Wireless Way

Richmond, BC, Canada V6V 3A4

Attention: Investor Relations

Telephone: 1-604-231-1181

In addition, you may obtain copies of any document incorporated in this proxy statement/prospectus, without charge, by visiting the websites maintained by Numerex and Sierra Wireless at http://www.numerex.com and http://www.sierrawireless.com, respectively.

If you would like to request documents, please do so by [ ], 2017 to receive them before the special meeting. If you request any incorporated documents from us, we will mail them to you by first class mail, or another equally prompt means, within one business day after we receive your request.

Numerex and Sierra Wireless have not authorized anyone to give any information or make any representation about the merger, the special meeting or Numerex and Sierra Wireless that is different from, or in addition to, that contained in this proxy statement/prospectus or in any of the materials that Numerex and Sierra Wireless have incorporated into this proxy statement/prospectus by reference. Therefore, if anyone does give you information of this sort, you should not rely on it. The information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus unless the information specifically indicates that another date applies, and neither the mailing of this proxy statement/prospectus to shareholders nor the issuance of Sierra Wireless common shares in the merger should create any implication to the contrary.

 

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ANNEX A - AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

by and among

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.

NUMEREX CORP.

and

WIRELESS ACQUISITION SUB, INC.

 

 

Dated as of August 2, 2017

 

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ARTICLE I

 

THE MERGER

 

Section 1.1

  

Certain Definitions

     A-6  

Section 1.2

  

The Merger

     A-18  

Section 1.3

  

Closing

     A-18  

Section 1.4

  

Effective Time

     A-18  

Section 1.5

  

Effects of the Merger

     A-18  

Section 1.6

  

Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation

     A-18  

Section 1.7

  

Directors and Officers

     A-19  

Section 1.8

  

Tax Consequences

     A-19  

ARTICLE II

 

EFFECT ON THE CAPITAL STOCK AND EQUITY AWARDS; DELIVERY OF MERGER CONSIDERATION

 

Section 2.1

  

Treatment of Company Class A Common Stock

     A-19  

Section 2.2

  

Treatment of Merger Sub Capital Stock

     A-20  

Section 2.3

  

Adjustments

     A-20  

Section 2.4

  

Exchange Agent; Procedure for Surrender of Shares

     A-20  

Section 2.5

  

Transfer Books; No Further Ownership Rights

     A-21  

Section 2.6

  

Treatment of Company Equity Awards

     A-22  

Section 2.7

  

Fractional Shares

     A-24  

Section 2.8

  

Further Assurances

     A-24  

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

Section 3.1

  

Corporate Organization; Subsidiaries

     A-24  

Section 3.2

  

Capitalization

     A-26  

Section 3.3

  

Authority; No Violation

     A-27  

Section 3.4

  

Compliance with Laws; Permits

     A-29  

Section 3.5

  

Company SEC Reports

     A-30  

Section 3.6

  

Financial Statements

     A-31  

Section 3.7

  

Absence of Changes

     A-32  

Section 3.8

  

Restrictions on Business Activities

     A-32  

Section 3.9

  

Employee Benefit Plans and Employee Matters

     A-32  

Section 3.10

  

Opinion

     A-37  

Section 3.11

  

Litigation

     A-38  

Section 3.12

  

Material Contracts

     A-38  

 

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Section 3.13

  

Environmental Matters

     A-40  

Section 3.14

  

Taxes

     A-40  

Section 3.15

  

Intellectual Property

     A-42  

Section 3.16

  

Title to Property and Assets

     A-45  

Section 3.17

  

Insurance

     A-46  

Section 3.18

  

Accounting and Internal Controls

     A-46  

Section 3.19

  

Anti-Takeover Provisions

     A-47  

Section 3.20

  

Related Party Transactions

     A-47  

Section 3.21

  

Minute Books

     A-47  

Section 3.22

  

Systems

     A-47  

Section 3.23

  

Suppliers and Customers.

     A-48  

Section 3.24

  

Product

     A-48  

Section 3.25

  

Broker’s Fees

     A-49  

Section 3.26

  

Information Supplied

     A-49  

Section 3.27

  

Communications Regulatory Compliance

     A-49  

Section 3.28

  

No Other Representations

     A-50  

Section 3.29

  

Non-Reliance

     A-50  

ARTICLE IV

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB

 

Section 4.1

  

Organization and Good Standing

     A-51  

Section 4.2

  

Capitalization

     A-51  

Section 4.3

  

Authority; No Violation

     A-52  

Section 4.4

  

Taxes

     A-53  

Section 4.5

  

Absence of Changes

     A-53  

Section 4.6

  

Reporting Status; Securities Law Matters

     A-54  

Section 4.7

  

Financial Statements

     A-54  

Section 4.8

  

Accounting; Internal Controls

     A-55  

Section 4.9

  

Freely Tradeable Shares

     A-56  

Section 4.10

  

United States Securities Laws

     A-56  

Section 4.11

  

Absence of Litigation

     A-57  

Section 4.12

  

Merger Sub

     A-57  

Section 4.13

  

Information Supplied

     A-57  

Section 4.14

  

No Other Representations

     A-58  

Section 4.15

  

Non-Reliance

     A-58  

ARTICLE V

 

COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

 

Section 5.1

  

Conduct of Business Prior to the Effective Time

     A-58  

Section 5.2

  

Company Forbearances

     A-59  

Section 5.3

  

Parent Forbearances

     A-63  

 

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Section 5.4

  

Certain Limitations on Control

     A-63  

ARTICLE VI

 

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

Section 6.1

  

Proxy Statement and Form F-4

     A-64  

Section 6.2

  

Shareholder Approvals

     A-66  

Section 6.3

  

Approval of Sole Stockholder of Merger Sub

     A-67  

Section 6.4

  

No Solicitation

     A-67  

Section 6.5

  

Access to Information

     A-71  

Section 6.6

  

Confidentiality; Public Disclosure

     A-72  

Section 6.7

  

Extinguishment of Company Debt

     A-73  

Section 6.8

  

Regulatory Approvals.

     A-73  

Section 6.9

  

Reasonable Efforts

     A-75  

Section 6.10

  

Third-Party Consents; Notices

     A-75  

Section 6.11

  

Notice of Certain Matters

     A-75  

Section 6.12

  

Employees and Contractors; Directors; Equity Matters

     A-76  

Section 6.13

  

Indemnification

     A-77  

Section 6.14

  

Section 16 Matters

     A-79  

Section 6.15

  

Takeover Statutes

     A-79  

Section 6.16

  

Transaction Litigation

     A-79  

Section 6.17

  

Stock Exchange Listing and Delisting

     A-79  

Section 6.18

  

Transition

     A-80  

Section 6.19

  

Dormant Subsidiaries

     A-80  

ARTICLE VII

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

Section 7.1

  

Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger

     A-80  

Section 7.2

  

Conditions to Obligations of the Company

     A-81  

Section 7.3

  

Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub

     A-82  

ARTICLE VIII

 

TERMINATION

 

Section 8.1

  

Termination

     A-83  

Section 8.2

  

Effect of Termination

     A-85  

Section 8.3

  

Expenses and Termination Fee

     A-85  

 

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ARTICLE IX

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 9.1

  

Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements

     A-87  

Section 9.2

  

Amendment

     A-87  

Section 9.3

  

Extension; Waiver

     A-87  

Section 9.4

  

Notices

     A-87  

Section 9.5

  

Interpretation

     A-89  

Section 9.6

  

Counterparts

     A-89  

Section 9.7

  

Entire Agreement

     A-89  

Section 9.8

  

Governing Law; Jurisdiction

     A-89  

Section 9.9

  

Waiver of Jury Trial

     A-90  

Section 9.10

  

Assignment; Third-Party Beneficiaries

     A-90  

Section 9.11

  

Specific Performance

     A-90  

Section 9.12

  

Disclosure Schedule

     A-90  

Section 9.13

  

Expenses

     A-91  

Section 9.14

  

Severability

     A-91  

Section 9.15

  

No Agreement Until Executed

     A-91  

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A-1

   Support Agreement Shareholders

Exhibit A-2

   Form of Support Agreement

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER , dated as of August 2, 2017 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among Sierra Wireless, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Canada (“ Parent ”), Numerex Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “ Company ”) and Wireless Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub ”).

RECITALS

A. The boards of directors of Parent, the Company and Merger Sub have determined that it is in the best interests of their respective companies and their shareholders that, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Merger Sub merge with and into the Company (the “ Merger ”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (sometimes referred to herein in such capacity as the “ Surviving Corporation ”).

B. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as a condition to the willingness of Parent to enter into this Agreement, the shareholders of the Company set forth on Exhibit A-1 have entered into a voting and support agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 , dated as of the date hereof (the “ Support Agreement ”), with Parent, pursuant to which each such shareholder has agreed, among other things, to vote, or cause to be voted, all shares of Company Class A Common Stock held by such person in favor of the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in such Support Agreement.

C. The parties desire to make certain representations, warranties and agreements in connection with the Merger and also to prescribe certain conditions to the Merger.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

THE MERGER

Section 1.1 Certain Definitions .

(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below.

Acquisition Proposal ” means any bona fide inquiry, offer, proposal, or indication of interest, or any public announcement of intention to make any offer, inquiry, proposal or indication of interest, relating to any transaction, or series of related transactions, involving: (i) any acquisition or purchase by any Person or Group, directly or indirectly, of (A) securities representing 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries whose assets individually or in the aggregate constitute 25% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company, or any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any Person or Group beneficially owning 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Company, (ii) any merger, consolidation, division, business combination or similar transaction involving the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries whose assets individually or in the aggregate constitute 25% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s shareholders immediately preceding such transaction hold securities representing less than 75% of the outstanding voting power of the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction (or parent entity of such surviving or resulting entity), or (iii) a sale or other disposition in a transaction or series of transactions by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of assets representing (A) 25% or more of the aggregate fair market value of the assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, or (B) 25% or more of the consolidated net revenues, consolidated net income or consolidated book value of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions, in each case, other than the Merger and the other Transactions.

 

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Affiliate ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act.

Anti-Corruption Law ” means any Applicable Law that is designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate bribery or corruption (governmental or commercial), including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act and any other Applicable Law that prohibits the corrupt payment, offer, promise or authorization of the payment or transfer of anything of value (including gifts or entertainment), directly or indirectly, to any Person, including any Government Official.

Antitrust Law ” means any Applicable Law that is designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade.

Applicable Law ” means with respect to any Person, any federal, national, state, provincial, foreign, local, municipal or other law, statute, constitution, resolution, ordinance, code, permit, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity and any Orders applicable to such Person or its Subsidiaries, their business or any of their respective assets or properties.

Business Day ” means a day (i) other than Saturday or Sunday and (ii) on which commercial banks are open for business in New York, New York, Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia.

Canadian Securities Laws ” means all applicable securities laws in each of the provinces of Canada and the respective rules and regulations made thereunder together with applicable published national and local instruments, policy statements, notices, blanket orders and rulings thereunder of the Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities.

Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities ” means each securities commission or similar regulatory authority in each of the provinces of Canada.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Company Business ” means the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as currently conducted, including the design, development, manufacturing, reproduction, branding, marketing, advertising, promotion, licensing, sale, offer for sale, importation, distribution, provision and/or use of any and all Company Products.

 

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Company Capital Stock ” means the Company Class A Common Stock, the Company Class B Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.

Company Class A Common Stock ” means the Class A Common Stock of the Company, no par value.

Company Class B Common Stock ” means the Class B Common Stock of the Company, no par value.

Company Debt ” means all indebtedness of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for borrowed money, whether current or funded, short- or long-term, secured or unsecured, direct or indirect, including any accrued and unpaid interest, fees, premiums and prepayment or termination penalties (including any penalties payable by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries in connection with the termination or prepayment in full of any the Company Debt at or prior to the Closing), if any, measured as of the Closing, and including, without duplication, (i) any indebtedness evidenced by any bond, debenture, note, mortgage, indenture, letter of credit or other debt instrument or debt security, (ii) any indebtedness to any lender or creditor under credit facilities of the Company, (iii) any indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of property with respect to which the Company is liable contingently or otherwise, as obligor or otherwise, (iv) any amounts owing under any capitalized or synthetic leases, (v) any drawn amounts under letter of credit arrangements and (vi) any liability of other Persons of the type described in clauses (i) through (v) that the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has guaranteed, that is recourse to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or any of their assets or that is otherwise the legal liability of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries.

Company Intellectual Property ” means any and all Company-Owned Intellectual Property and any and all material Third-Party Intellectual Property used in the conduct of the Company Business.

Company Intellectual Property Agreements ” means any Contract to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or is otherwise bound and pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has granted any rights with respect to any Company-Owned Intellectual Property or has been granted any rights with respect to any material Third-Party Intellectual Property (other than generally commercially available Third-Party Intellectual Property subject to standard end-user license agreements).

 

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Company Material Adverse Effect ” means with respect to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, any change, development, event, occurrence, circumstance, condition or effect (each, an “ Effect ”) that, individually or in the aggregate, regardless of whether or not such Effect constitutes a breach of the representations or warranties made by the Company in this Agreement is materially adverse to, or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on, (i) the condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets (including intangible assets), business, operations or results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of the Company to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions and to fully perform its covenants and other obligations under this Agreement; provided, that none of the following will be deemed to be or constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect or will be taken into account when determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or may, would or could occur: (A) changes in general economic or political conditions, (B) changes generally affecting the industries in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate, (C) changes in Applicable Law, GAAP or accounting regulations or principles, or the enforcement, implementation or interpretation thereof, that apply to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, (D) the announcement or pendency of this Agreement or the Transactions, including the impact thereof on relationships with employees, customers, suppliers, distributors or others having relationships with the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, (E) any changes in financial, banking or securities markets in general, including any disruption thereof and any changes in the trading volume or trading prices of any security or any market index or of the Company’s capital stock in and of themselves (it being understood and agreed that such exception shall not apply to any underlying Effect that may have caused such change in the trading prices or volumes), (F) any failure to meet financial projections, whether internal or published (it being understood and agreed that such exception shall not apply to any underlying Effect that may have caused such failure to meet projections), (G) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof, (H) any action required or permitted by this Agreement or any action taken (or omitted to be taken) with the written consent of or at the written request of Parent, or (I) any natural or man-made disaster or acts of God; or provided, that the exceptions in clauses (A), (B), (C), (E), (G) and (I) shall not apply to the extent that such changes have a materially disproportionate effect on the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other participants in the Company’s and the Company Subsidiaries’ industries.

Company Option Plans ” means the 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan and the 2014 Stock and Incentive Plan, as amended.

Company Options ” means options granted under the Company Option Plans to purchase shares of Company Class A Common Stock.

Company-Owned Intellectual Property ” means any and all Intellectual Property that is owned, or purported to be owned, by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, including Company Registered Intellectual Property Rights.

Company Products ” means all material commercial products or services marketed, licensed, sold or distributed by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

Company Preferred Stock ” means the Preferred Stock of the Company, no par value.

Company Registered Intellectual Property Rights ” means all United States, Canadian and foreign: (A) patents and patent applications (including provisional applications), (B) industrial design applications and registrations, (C) registered trademarks or service marks, applications to register trademarks or service marks, intent-to-use applications or other registrations or applications related to trademarks or service marks, (D) registered Internet domain names, (E) registered copyrights and applications for copyright registration and (F) any other Intellectual Property Rights that are the subject of an application, certificate, filing, registration or other document issued, filed with or recorded by any Governmental Entity owned by, registered or filed in the name of, the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

 

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Company RSUs ” means restricted stock units awarded under the Company Option Plans that may be settled by the issuance of shares of Company Class A Common Stock.

Company SARs ” means stock appreciation rights awarded under the Company Option Plans to acquire shares of Company Class A Common Stock.

Company Shareholder Advisory Vote ” means the Company shareholder advisory vote contemplated by Rule 14a-21(c) under the Exchange Act, regardless of the outcome of the vote.

Company Source Code ” means, collectively, the Company-Owned Intellectual Property consisting of the software source code for Company Products.

Company Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company.

Contract ” means any legally binding written, oral or other agreement, contract, subcontract, lease, binding understanding, obligation, promise, instrument, indenture, mortgage, note, option, guarantee, warranty, purchase order, license, sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan, commitment or undertaking of any nature.

Encumbrance ” means, with respect to any asset or security, any mortgage, deed of trust, deemed or statutory trust, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, title retention device, conditional sale or other security arrangement, collateral assignment, claim, charge, adverse claim of title, option or other rights to acquire an interest, ownership or right to use, restriction or other encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset or security (including any restriction on (i) the voting of any security or the transfer of any security or other asset, (ii) the receipt of any income derived from any asset, (iii) the use of any asset or (iv) the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute of ownership of any asset).

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

FCC ” means the Federal Communications Commission.

GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the relevant periods.

Government Official ” means (i) any official, employee, agent or representative of, or any Person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of, any Governmental Entity, (ii) any political party, political party official or candidate for political office, (iii) any official, employee, agent or representative of, or any Person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of, a company, business, enterprise or other entity owned, in whole or in part, or controlled by any Governmental Entity or (iv) any official, employee, agent or representative of, or any Person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of, a public international organization.

 

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Governmental Entity ” means any supranational, national, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign government, any court, tribunal, arbitrator, administrative agency, commission or other authority or instrumentality, in each case whether domestic or foreign, or any quasi-governmental or private body exercising any executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or other functions of, or pertaining to, government (including any governmental or political division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality, organization, unit, body or entity and any court or other tribunal).

Group ” has the meaning ascribed to such term under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

Hazardous Substances ” means any material or substance that is regulated, classified or otherwise described as a toxic or hazardous substance, waste or material or a pollutant or contaminant or infectious waste, or words of similar import, in any of the Environmental Laws and specifically including all hazardous substances under Health Canada’s Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), or chemicals or compounds that are otherwise subject to regulation, control or remediation, or for which liability can be imposed, under Environmental Laws, and includes asbestos, petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof, natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, or synthetic gas usable for fuel, or any mixture or by-product of any of the foregoing), toxic mold, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde, radon gas and radioactive matter.

HSR Act ” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

Intellectual Property ” means (i) Intellectual Property Rights and (ii) Proprietary Information and Technology.

Intellectual Property Rights ” means any and all of the following and all rights in, arising out of, or associated therewith, throughout the world: patents, utility models and applications therefor and all reissues, divisions, re-examinations, renewals, extensions, provisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, and equivalent or similar rights in inventions and discoveries anywhere in the world, including invention disclosures, common law and statutory rights associated with trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information and know how, industrial designs and any registrations and applications therefor, trade names, logos, trade dress, trademarks and service marks, trademark and service mark registrations, trademark and service mark applications, and any and all goodwill associated with and symbolized by the foregoing items, Internet domain name applications and registrations, Internet and World Wide Web URLs or addresses, copyrights, moral rights, copyright registrations and applications therefor, and all other rights corresponding thereto, mask works, mask work registrations and applications therefor, and any equivalent or similar rights in semiconductor masks, layouts, architectures or topology, moral and economic rights of authors and inventors, however denominated, and any similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing.

 

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Intervening Event ” means any material event or development or material change in circumstances with respect to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, first occurring or arising after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Company Shareholder Approval if and only if such event, development or change in circumstances was neither known by the board of directors of the Company or those individuals set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) nor reasonably foreseeable by the board of directors of the Company or those individuals set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) as of, or prior to, the date of this Agreement; provided, that in no event shall the following events, developments or changes in circumstances constitute an Intervening Event: (A) the receipt, existence or terms of an Acquisition Proposal or any matter relating thereto or consequence thereof, (B) changes in and of themselves in the market price or trading volume of the Company Class A Common Stock or the Parent Common Stock or (C) the fact in and of itself that the Company or Parent meets or exceeds or fails to meet or exceed internal or published projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions for any period.

Knowledge ” of a Person, with respect to any matter in question, means (i) with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of those individuals set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) and (ii) with respect to Parent, the actual knowledge of those individuals set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) , in each case after reasonable inquiry of those employees who would reasonably be expected to have actual knowledge of the matter in question.

Legal Proceeding ” means any private or governmental action, inquiry, claim, charge, complaint, demand, proceeding, suit, hearing, litigation, arbitration, mediation, audit or investigation, in each case whether civil, criminal, administrative, judicial or investigative, or any appeal therefrom.

Liabilities ” means all debts, liabilities, obligations and commitments of any kind, whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, determined or determinable, asserted or unasserted, known or unknown, including those arising under any Applicable Law, Order or Contract, regardless of whether the same would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP or disclosed in the notes thereto.

made available ” means, with respect to any statement in this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Schedule or the Parent Disclosure Schedule to the effect that any information, document or other material has been “made available” to a Person, that such information, document or material was (i) included in the electronic data room established in connection with this Agreement at least 24 hours prior to the execution of this Agreement, (ii) actually delivered (whether by physical or electronic delivery) to a Person or its Representatives, at least 24 hours prior to the execution of this Agreement or (iii) contained in the Company SEC Reports or Parent Reports, as applicable.

NASDAQ ” means The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.

NASDAQ GM ” means The NASDAQ Global Market.

Order ” means any judgment, writ, decree, stipulation, determination, decision, legal or arbitration award, settlement or consent agreement, charge, ruling, injunction, restraining order or other order issued, promulgated or entered into by or with (or in the case of a settlement or consent agreement, subject to) any Governmental Entity, whether temporarily, preliminarily or permanently in effect.

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Parent Material Adverse Effect ” means with respect to Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate, regardless of whether or not such Effect constitutes a breach of the representations or warranties made by Parent in this Agreement is materially adverse to, or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on, (i) the condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets (including intangible assets), business, operations or results of operations of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of Parent to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions and to fully perform its covenants and other obligations under this Agreement; provided, that none of the following will be deemed to be or constitute a Parent Material Adverse Effect or will be taken into account when determining whether a Parent Material Adverse Effect has occurred or may, would or could occur: (A) changes in general economic or political conditions, (B) changes generally affecting the industries in which Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries operate, (C) changes in Applicable Law, GAAP or accounting regulations or principles, or the enforcement, implementation or interpretation thereof, that apply to Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries, (D) the announcement or pendency of this Agreement or the Transactions, including the impact thereof on relationships with employees, customers, suppliers, distributors or others having relationships with Parent or the Parent Subsidiaries, (E) any changes in financial, banking or securities markets in general, including any disruption thereof and any changes in the trading volume or trading prices of any security or any market index or of Parent’s capital stock in and of themselves (it being understood and agreed that such exception shall not apply to any underlying Effect that may have caused such change in the trading prices or volumes), (F) any failure to meet financial projections, whether internal or published (it being understood and agreed that such exception shall not apply to any underlying Effect that may have caused such failure to meet projections, (G) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof, (H) any action required or permitted by this Agreement or any action taken (or omitted to be taken) with the written consent of or at the written request of the Company, or (I) any natural or man-made disaster or acts of God; or provided, that the exceptions in clauses (A), (B), (C), (E), (G) and (I) shall not apply to the extent that such changes have a materially disproportionate effect on Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other participants in Parent’s and the Parent Subsidiaries’ industries.

Parent Options ” means options granted under Parent’s Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan.

Parent Phantom RSUs ” means phantom units awarded under Parent’s 2013 Phantom RSU Plan.

Parent RSUs ” means restricted share units awarded under one or more of the following: the 2011 Treasury Based Restricted Share Unit Plan; the Restricted Share Unit Plan (USA Participants) dated May 9, 2007; and the Amended and Restated Share Unit Plan (All Non-USA Participants) dated October 2015.

Parent Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of Parent.

PBCL ” means, collectively, the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988 and the Pennsylvania Entity Transactions Law.

 

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Permitted Encumbrance ” means (i) Encumbrances for current Taxes not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith (provided that reserves, established in accordance with GAAP, have been recorded on the Company Balance Sheet or Parent Balance Sheet, as applicable, for any such contest), (ii) mechanics’, carriers’, workers’, repairers’ and other statutory liens and Encumbrances that are incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, that are not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith (provided that reserves, established in accordance with GAAP, have been recorded on the Company Balance Sheet or Parent Balance Sheet, as applicable, for any such contest), (iii) zoning, entitlement, building and other land use regulations imposed by Governmental Entities having jurisdiction over such Person’s owned or leased real property, which are not violated by the current use and operation of such real property, (iv) such imperfections of title and non-monetary Encumbrances and other liens that are not reasonably likely to materially detract from or interfere with the use of the properties subject thereto or affected thereby, or otherwise materially impair any business operations involving such properties, (v) Encumbrances in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return of money bonds and similar obligations, (vi) Encumbrances existing under Applicable Law relating to the transfer of securities, (vii) Encumbrances securing indebtedness reflected on the Company Balance Sheet or Parent Balance Sheet, as applicable, or (viii) Encumbrances that have not had or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material Adverse Effect, as applicable.

Person ” means any natural person, company, corporation, limited liability company, general partnership, limited partnership, trust, proprietorship, unincorporated association, joint venture, business organization or Governmental Entity.

Proprietary Information and Technology ” means any and all of the following: works of authorship, computer programs, source code and executable code, whether embodied in software, firmware or otherwise, assemblers, applets, compilers, user interfaces, application programming interfaces, protocols, architectures, documentation, annotations, comments, designs, files, records, schematics, netlists, test methodologies, test vectors, emulation and simulation tools and reports, hardware development tools, models, tooling, prototypes, breadboards and other devices, data, data structures, databases, data compilations and collections, inventions (whether or not patentable), invention disclosures, discoveries, improvements, technology, proprietary and confidential ideas and information, know-how and information maintained as trade secrets, tools, concepts, techniques, methods, processes, formulae, patterns, algorithms and specifications, customer lists and supplier lists and any and all instantiations or embodiments of the foregoing or any Intellectual Property Rights in any form and embodied in any media.

Representatives ” means, collectively, with respect to any Person, such Person’s officers, directors, Affiliates, employees, agents or advisors, including any investment banker, broker, attorney, accountant, consultant or other authorized representative of such Person.

Sanctions ” means economic sanctions imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by a U.S. or Canadian Governmental Entity, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State.

 

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SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

Securities Laws ” means all applicable federal, state (including “blue sky”), provincial or foreign securities laws, including, without limitation, the Canadian Securities Laws.

SEDAR ” means the Canadian Securities Administrators’ System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, business entity, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other Person of which such first Person, either alone or together with one or more of its Subsidiaries or by one or more other of its Subsidiaries (i) directly or indirectly owns or controls securities or other interests representing more than 50% of the voting power of such Person, or (ii) is entitled, by Contract or otherwise, to elect, appoint or designate directors constituting a majority of the members of such Person’s board of directors or other governing body.

Superior Proposal ” means an unsolicited, bona fide written Acquisition Proposal submitted after the date hereof, which (i) is not subject to a financing condition, (ii) is on terms that the board of directors of the Company (or a duly authorized committee thereof) determines in good faith (following consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel and independent financial advisor, in each case of national standing), taking into account, among other things, all legal, financial, regulatory, timing and other aspects of such Acquisition Proposal, including conditions to consummation and the Person making the offer, are more favorable, from a financial point of view, to the Company and the Company’s shareholders than the terms of the Merger (after giving effect to any adjustments to the terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent in response to such Acquisition Proposal) and (iii) is reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with its terms on a timely basis, taking into account all legal, regulatory and financial aspects (including the certainty of closing and the availability of financing) and the ability of such third party to consummate the transactions contemplated by such Acquisition Proposal; provided that for purposes of the definition of Superior Proposal, the references to “twenty five percent (25%)” in the definition of Acquisition Proposal shall be deemed to be references to “fifty percent (50%).”

Takeover Laws ” means any “moratorium,” “fair price,” “interested shareholder,” “business combination,” “control share acquisition” or similar provision of any federal, state or provincial anti-takeover Applicable Law.

 

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Tax ” (and, with correlative meaning, “ Taxes ,” “ Taxable ” and “ Taxing ”) means (i) any income, alternative or add-on minimum tax, gross income, estimated, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, telecommunication tax, value added, transfer, franchise, capital stock, profits, license, registration, withholding, payroll, social security (or equivalent), pension, employment, unemployment, disability, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property (real, tangible or intangible), environmental or windfall profit tax, custom duty or other tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or any penalty, addition to tax or additional amount (whether disputed or not) imposed by any Tax Authority, (ii) any Liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or aggregate group for any Taxable period and (iii) any Liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) or (ii) as a result of being a transferee of or successor to any Person or as a result of any express obligation to assume such Taxes or to indemnify any other Person.

Tax Authority” means any Governmental Entity responsible for the assessment, determination, collection or administration of any Tax (domestic or foreign).

Tax Return ” means any return, statement, report or form (including estimated Tax returns and reports, withholding Tax returns and reports, any schedule or attachment and information returns and reports) relating to Taxes.

Third-Party Intellectual Property ” means any and all Intellectual Property owned by a third party.

Transactions ” means the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

TSX ” means the Toronto Stock Exchange.

(b) Other capitalized terms used herein and not defined in Section 1.1(a) have the meanings located in the corresponding section below:

 

Term

  

Section

Agreement

  

Preamble

Balance Sheet Date

  

Section 3.6(a)

Book-Entry Shares

  

Section 2.4(a)

Certificates

  

Section 2.4(a)

Chosen Courts

  

Section 9.8

Closing

  

Section 1.3

Closing Date

  

Section 1.3

COBRA

  

Section 3.9(c)

Communications Laws

  

Section 3.27

Company

  

Preamble

Company Adverse Recommendation Change

  

Section 6.4(e)

Company Balance Sheet

  

Section 3.6(a)

Company Board Recommendation

  

Section 6.2(b)

Company Board Recommendation Notice

  

Section 6.4(g)

Company Disclosure Schedule

  

Section 9.12

Company Disqualified Persons

  

Section 6.12(d)

Company Employees

  

Section 6.12(a)

Company Employee Plan

  

Section 3.9(a)

Company ERISA Affiliate

  

Section 3.9(a)

 

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Term

  

Section

Company Financial Statements

  

Section 3.6(a)

Company Government Contract

  

Section 3.12(c)

Company Insiders

  

Section 6.14

Company Material Contract

  

Section 3.12(a)

Company Permits

  

Section 3.4(b)

Company SEC Reports

  

Section 3.5(a)

Company Shareholder Approval

  

Section 3.3(b)

Company Shareholder Meeting

  

Section 6.2(a)

Company Voting Debt

  

Section 3.2(g)

Company Warrant

  

Section 2.6(b)

Confidential Information

  

Section 3.15(j)

Confidentiality Agreement

  

Section 6.6(a)

Department of State

  

Section 1.4

Effective Time

  

Section 1.4

Environmental Law

  

Section 3.13

ERISA

  

Section 3.9(a)

Exchange Agent

  

Section 2.4(a)

Exchange Ratio

  

Section 2.1(a)

Excluded Shares

  

Section 2.1(b)

HSR Condition

  

Section 7.1(f)

Indemnified Parties

  

Section 6.13(a)

Insurance Policies

  

Section 3.17

In-the-Money Option

  

Section 2.6(a)

In-the-Money SAR

  

Section 2.6(a)

Leased Real Property

  

Section 3.16(b)

Legal Proceedings Condition

  

Section 7.1(e)

Measurement Date

  

Section 4.2(a)

Merger

  

Recitals

Merger Consideration

  

Section 2.1(a)

Merger Sub

  

Preamble

Merger Sub Documents

  

Section 4.12(a)

Notice Period

  

Section 6.4(h)

Open Source Materials

  

Section 3.15(k)

Parent

  

Preamble

Parent Balance Sheet

  

Section 4.7(a)

Parent Disclosure Schedule

  

Section 9.12

Parent Financial Statements

  

Section 4.7(a)

Parent Plans

  

Section 6.12(b)

Parent Reports

  

Section 4.6(b)

Parent Welfare Plan

  

Section 6.12(b)

Permitted Hires

  

Section 5.2(vi)

Premium Cap

  

Section 6.13(b)

Proxy/Prospectus

  

Section 6.1(a)

Registration Statement

  

Section 6.1(a)

Restraints

  

Section 7.1(d)

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

  

Section 3.5(b)

 

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Term

  

Section

SEC Condition

  

Section 7.1(c)

Statement of Merger

  

Section 1.4

Support Agreement

  

Recitals

Surviving Corporation

  

Recitals

Termination Date

  

Section 8.1(b)(i)

Termination Date Extension

  

Section 8.1(b)(i)

Termination Fee

  

Section 8.3(d)

Transaction Litigation

  

Section 6.16

USAC

  

Section 3.27

WARN Act

  

Section 3.9(u)

Section 1.2 The Merger . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in accordance with the PBCL, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall merge with and into the Company. The Company shall be the Surviving Corporation in the Merger and shall continue its existence under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease.

Section 1.3 Closing . On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the closing of the Merger (the “ Closing ”) shall take place at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, at the offices of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, counsel to the Company, on a date to be specified by the parties, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver (subject to Applicable Law) of the latest to occur of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VII (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied or waived at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions), unless another date, time or place is agreed to in writing by Parent and the Company. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “ Closing Date ”.

Section 1.4 Effective Time . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on or before the Closing Date, Parent shall cause to be filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “ Department of State ”), a Statement of Merger with respect to the Merger (the “ Statement of Merger ”), duly executed and completed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the PBCL. The Merger shall become effective as of the date and time specified in the Statement of Merger (such date and time, the “ Effective Time ”).

Section 1.5 Effects of the Merger . At and after the Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects set forth in the applicable provisions of the PBCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Company shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.

Section 1.6 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation . The articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be the articles of incorporation and bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, until duly amended in accordance with the respective terms thereof and Applicable Law.

 

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Section 1.7 Directors and Officers .

(a) The directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation and shall hold office until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed, or their earlier death, resignation or removal.

(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, the officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation and shall hold office until their respective successors are duly appointed, or their earlier death, resignation or removal.

Section 1.8 Tax Consequences . It is intended that the Merger shall qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and that this Agreement is intended to be, and is adopted as, a “plan of reorganization” for purposes of Sections 354, 361 and 368 of the Code and within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-2(g).

ARTICLE II

EFFECT ON THE CAPITAL STOCK AND EQUITY AWARDS; DELIVERY OF MERGER CONSIDERATION

Section 2.1 Treatment of Company Class A Common Stock .

(a) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or holders of any securities of the Company, each share of Company Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (including shares of Company Class A Common Stock resulting from the exercise of Company Warrants in accordance with Section 2.6(b) , and other than the Excluded Shares) shall automatically be cancelled and converted into the right to receive, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 2.3 , 0.1800 shares (the “ Exchange Ratio ”) of Parent Common Stock (such fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock, the “ Merger Consideration ”) whereupon each holder of Company Class A Company Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration issuable in respect thereof pursuant to this ARTICLE II, which Merger Consideration shall be deemed to be issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares.

(b) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any other Person, all shares of Company Class A Common Stock owned by the Company (including any shares of Company Class A Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company and any shares of Company Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of Company Options, Company SARs, Company Warrants and the settlement of Company RSUs), Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries (“ Excluded Shares ”) shall be canceled and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be paid therefor.

 

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Section 2.2 Treatment of Merger Sub Capital Stock . At the Effective Time, the issued and outstanding shares of the common stock of Merger Sub shall be automatically converted into and become fully paid and nonassessable shares of the common stock of the Surviving Corporation equal in number to the number of shares of Company Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (including shares of Company Class A Common Stock resulting from the exercise of Company Warrants in accordance with Section 2.6(b) and other than the Excluded Shares) and shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation.

Section 2.3 Adjustments . If, prior to the Effective Time, the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock or Company Class A Common Stock shall have been increased, decreased or changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or securities, in any such case as a result of a reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or other similar change in capitalization, or there shall be any extraordinary dividend or distribution paid, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment shall be made to the Merger Consideration to give holders of Company Class A Common Stock the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such event; provided, that nothing in this sentence shall be construed to permit Parent or the Company to take any action with respect to its securities that is prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.

Section 2.4 Exchange Agent; Procedure for Surrender of Shares .

(a) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall designate a bank or trust company acceptable to the Company (the “ Exchange Agent ”) for the purpose of exchanging the Company Class A Common Stock certificates (the “ Certificates ”) and the shares of Company Class A Common Stock represented by book-entry (“ Book-Entry Shares ”) for the Merger Consideration. All fees and expenses of the Exchange Agent shall be paid by Parent. At or promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall authorize the Exchange Agent to issue certificates, or at Parent’s option, evidence of shares in book-entry form, representing the shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the aggregate Merger Consideration for the sole benefit of the former holders of shares of Company Class A Common Stock.

(b) Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share and whose shares of Company Class A Common Stock each were converted pursuant to Section 2.1(a) into the right to receive the Merger Consideration (i) a letter of transmittal, which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of such to the Exchange Agent and shall be in such form and have such other provisions as Parent may reasonably specify and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Class A Common Stock in exchange for the Merger Consideration that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 2.1(a) , including any amount of cash payable in respect of fractional shares in accordance with Section 2.7 . Upon surrender of a Certificate (or an affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Share for cancellation to the Exchange Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the applicable Merger Consideration for each share of Company Class A Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share, to be delivered within ten (10) Business Days following the later to occur of (x) the Effective Time or (y) the Exchange Agent’s receipt of a duly executed letter of transmittal and such Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Share, and the Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall be forthwith canceled. The Exchange Agent shall accept such Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Shares upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the Exchange Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with normal exchange practices. If registration of the Merger Consideration is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition precedent of such registration that (A) the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or shall be otherwise in proper form for transfer and (B) the Person requesting such registration shall have paid any transfer and other similar Taxes required by reason of the registration of the Merger Consideration to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered or shall have established to the satisfaction of Parent that such Tax either has been paid or is not required to be paid. Registration of the applicable Merger Consideration with respect to Book-Entry Shares shall only be made to the Person in whose name such Book-Entry Shares are registered. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.4(b) , each Certificate and Book-Entry Share shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive the applicable Merger Consideration as contemplated by this Section 2.4(b) , without interest thereon.

 

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(c) In the event that any Certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof (such affidavit to be in a form reasonably satisfactory to Parent and the Exchange Agent), the applicable Merger Consideration payable in respect thereof pursuant to Section 2.1(a) , including any amount payable in respect of fractional shares in accordance with Section 2.7 ; provided, that Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate to deliver a bond in such reasonable and customary amount as Parent may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent with respect to the Certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

Section 2.5 Transfer Books; No Further Ownership Rights . At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Class A Common Stock on the records of the Company. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to the shares of Company Class A Common Stock formerly represented thereby except as otherwise provided for herein or by Applicable Law. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are presented to Parent for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Agreement.

(a) Termination of Exchange Agent; No Liability . With respect to any portion of the Merger Consideration that remains unclaimed by the holders of Company Class A Common Shares one (1) year after the Effective Time, such holders shall thereafter look only to Parent (subject to abandoned property, escheat or similar Applicable Law) as general creditors thereof with respect to the applicable Merger Consideration due to such holders upon due surrender of their Certificates or Book-Entry Shares and compliance with the procedures in Section 2.4(b) , without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any holder of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for any Merger Consideration, or other amounts, properly delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Applicable Law.

 

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(b) Withholding . Each of Parent, the Company, the Surviving Corporation and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amounts otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as may be required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under Applicable Law with respect to Taxes. Any amounts so deducted and withheld shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made.

Section 2.6 Treatment of Company Equity Awards .

(a) Company Options and Company SARs . At the Effective Time, without any action on the part of the holder thereof, each Company Option and Company SAR that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that has an exercise price that is less than the product of (1) the Exchange Ratio and (2) the Parent Stock Price (such product, the “Merger Consideration FMV” (such Company Option or Company SAR, an “ In-the-Money Option ” or “ In-the-Money SAR ”, respectively), shall become fully vested (to the extent not already vested) and shall automatically be canceled and extinguished, no longer be outstanding and cease to represent the right to acquire shares of Company Class A Common Stock, and in consideration therefor, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, a “number” of shares of Parent Common Stock for each such Company Option and Company SAR, wherein the “number” is determined by dividing (i) the excess of (x) the Exchange Ratio multiplied by the Parent Stock Price minus (y) the per-share exercise price for the shares of Company Class A Common Stock that would have been issuable upon exercise of such In-the-Money Option or In-the-Money SAR as the case may be, by (ii) the Parent Stock Price and rounding to the nearest ten-thousandth of a share. Each Company Option and Company SAR that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that is not an In-the-Money Option or In-the-Money SAR, whether vested or unvested, shall be canceled and extinguished, no longer be outstanding and cease to represent the right to acquire shares of Company Class A Common Stock and no consideration shall be paid therefore. Parent shall pay to each holder of In-the-Money Options or In-the-Money SARs cash in lieu of fractional shares to which such holder would be entitled pursuant to this Section 2.6(a) ; provided that the calculation of the amount of such fractional shares shall be determined on an aggregate basis taking into account all In-the-Money Options and In-the-Money SARs held by such holder. For purposes hereof, “Parent Stock Price” shall mean the volume weighted average price of a share of Parent Common Stock on NASDAQ GM for the five (5) trading days ending on the last trading day prior to the day on which the Effective Time occurs.

 

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(b) Company Warrants . Not less than seven (7) Business Days prior to the Closing, the Company will provide written notice to all holders of each outstanding unexercised warrant to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Company Class A Common Stock (each, a “ Company Warrant ”), which notice shall include such reasonable information as a holder of a Company Warrant may reasonably require regarding the treatment of a Company Warrant in connection with the Closing and which notice shall otherwise be provided in accordance with the terms of each applicable Company Warrant agreement. If, upon receiving notice of the Closing of the Merger, the holder of a Company Warrant exercises such Company Warrant in accordance with its terms, then (1) such exercise shall be deemed effective immediately prior to and contingent upon the consummation of the Merger and such exercise will be governed by the terms of the applicable Company Warrant agreement, and (2) at the Effective Time, such Company Warrant shall be cancelled and, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, as promptly as practicable (but no later than fifteen (15) calendar days) following the Effective Time, in consideration of the exercise and cancellation of such Company Warrant and in settlement therefor, in lieu of the Company Class A Common Stock immediately issuable upon exercise of the Company Warrant, that number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio multiplied by the number of shares of Company Class A Common Stock that would have been issuable upon exercise of such Company Warrant had the Company Warrant been exercised immediately prior thereto. If, upon receiving notice of the Closing of the Merger, the holder of a Company Warrant does not exercise such Company Warrant in accordance with its terms, then (A) such Company Warrant will expire immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger and (B) at the Effective Time, such Company Warrant shall be cancelled and extinguished, no longer outstanding and cease to represent the right to acquire shares of Company Class A Common Stock or receive any Merger Consideration, without any payment of any consideration therefor. The Company agrees to take all necessary action to terminate each Company Warrant as of the Effective Time in accordance with the terms of the applicable Company Warrant agreement. The provisions of this Section 2.6(b) shall not apply in respect of the warrants issued to, and outstanding in the name of, HCP-FVF, LLC, the treatment of which is governed by an agreement between HCP-FVF LLC and the Company.

(c) Company Restricted Stock Units . At the Effective Time, each Company RSU that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall vest in full and the restrictions thereon shall lapse. As of the Effective Time, each such Company RSU shall be cancelled and the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, as promptly as practicable (but no later than fifteen (15) calendar days) following the Effective Time, (1) a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio multiplied by the number of shares of Company Class A Common Stock represented by each such Company RSU and (2) any accrued but unpaid dividends with respect to any Company RSU, in each case without interest and less applicable withholding Taxes.

(d) Notices . Parent and the Company shall cooperate to provide any notices to the holders of Company Options, Company SARs, Company Warrants and Company RSUs required in connection with the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions.

(e) The Company shall, immediately prior to the Effective Time, take all actions necessary in order to, and terminate each Company Option Plan and cancel the Company Options and Company SARs (in accordance with cancellation agreements or otherwise) and to effectuate the actions contemplated by this Section 2.6 and to ensure that no holder of Company Options, Company SARs, Company Warrants or Company RSUs shall have any rights from and after the Effective Time with respect to any such Company Options, Company SARs, Company Warrants or Company RSUs, except as expressly provided in this Section 2.6 ; provided that such actions shall expressly be conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger and each of the other Transactions and shall be of no force or effect if this Agreement is terminated.

 

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Section 2.7 Fractional Shares .

(a) No certificates, receipts or scrip representing fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender or transfer for exchange of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares and no such holder of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be entitled to dividends, voting rights or any other rights in respect of any fractional share.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each holder of a share of Company Class A Common Stock converted in the Merger who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock (after taking into account all shares of Company Class A Common Stock held at the Effective Time by such holder) shall receive, in lieu thereof, from the Exchange Agent, an amount in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock to which such holder would otherwise have been entitled by (ii) the closing price for a share of Parent Common Stock on NASDAQ GM on the first Business Day immediately following the Effective Time.

Section 2.8 Further Assurances . If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and interest in, to and under, and/or possession of, all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company, the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation are fully authorized in the name and on behalf of the Company or otherwise, to take all lawful action necessary or desirable to accomplish such purpose or acts.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

Except as set forth in the (a) Company SEC Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC (and made publicly available) on or following January 1, 2014 and prior to the date hereof (excluding any documents incorporated by reference therein and excluding disclosures contained in the “risk factors” section or constituting “forward looking statements”, or which are cautionary, predictive or speculative in nature), it being understood that this clause (a) will not apply to any of Section 3.1 , Section 3.2 , Section 3.3 , Section 3.5 , Section 3.6 and Section 3.25 ; or (b) Company Disclosure Schedule dated as of the date of this Agreement, the Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows:

Section 3.1 Corporate Organization; Subsidiaries .

(a) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Section 3.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and correct list of the Company Subsidiaries and their respective jurisdictions of organization or formation. Each Company Subsidiary is an entity that is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization or formation (except, in the case of good standing, any jurisdiction that does not recognize such concept). The Company and each Company Subsidiary has the corporate or other applicable power to own, lease or operate its properties and assets and to conduct its respective business and is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification or license is required by Applicable Law (to the extent the concept of “good standing” is recognized by such jurisdiction), except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing, individually or in the aggregate with any such other failures, would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b) The Company has made available to Parent a true, correct and complete copy of the articles of incorporation and bylaws or other equivalent organizational or governing documents, as applicable, of the Company and each Company Subsidiary, in each case as amended to date.

(c) All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock and membership interests, as applicable, of each Company Subsidiary are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, are owned by the Company or another Company Subsidiary free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances, and are not subject to any preemptive right or right of first refusal, other than in favor of the Company or a Company Subsidiary, including whether created by statute, the articles of incorporation and bylaws or other equivalent organizational or governing documents, as applicable, of such Company Subsidiary or any Contract to which the Company or such Company Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound. There are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, “put” or “call” rights, exchangeable or convertible securities or other Contracts to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is party or by which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is bound with respect to the issued or unissued capital stock or other securities of any Company Subsidiary or otherwise obligating the Company or any Company Subsidiary to provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of any securities in any Company Subsidiary or issue, transfer, sell, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or sell any such securities, including any shareholder rights plans, “poison pill,” anti-takeover plans or other similar devices. Other than the Company Subsidiaries, the Company does not directly or indirectly own any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity or similar interest in, any Person. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any obligation to acquire any equity or voting interest, security, right, agreement or commitment or to provide funds or make any investment in any Person.

 

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Section 3.2 Capitalization .

(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists solely of 30,000,000 shares of Company Class A Common Stock, 5,000,000 shares of Company Class B Common Stock and 3,000,000 shares of Company Preferred Stock. As of the date hereof, (i) a total of 19,675,128 shares of Company Class A Common Stock were issued and outstanding, (ii) no shares of Company Class B Common Stock were issued and outstanding or held by the Company as treasury shares, (iii) no shares of Company Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding or held by the Company as treasury shares, (iv) 1,462,819 shares of Company Class A Common Stock were held by the Company as treasury shares, (v) 888,729 shares of Company Class A Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding Company Options, (vi) 150,432 shares of Company Class A Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding Company SARS, (vii) 1,020,944 shares of Company Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the outstanding Company Warrants, (viii) 204,789 shares of Company Class A Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon the settlement of outstanding Company RSUs, (ix) 1,312,279 shares of Company Class A Common Stock were reserved pursuant to future grants under the Company Option Plans and (x) no other shares of Company Capital Stock were issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. The Company has not designated, authorized or issued any shares of capital stock other than the Company Capital Stock. Except as set forth in Section 3.2(b) , Section 3.2(c) and Section 3.2(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as of the date hereof, there are no options, restricted stock units, restricted shares, shares of phantom stock, other equity-based awards relating to the shares of Company Capital Stock (whether settled in shares of Company Capital Stock or cash), warrants, puts, calls, rights or Contracts of any character to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound (x) obligating the Company to grant, issue, deliver, sell, repurchase or redeem, or cause to be issued, delivered, sold, repurchased or redeemed, any shares of Company Capital Stock, any options, restricted stock units or warrants to purchase or acquire any Company Capital Stock or other securities of the Company, or any Company Voting Debt, or (y) obligating the Company to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting and/or repurchase rights of, change the price of, or otherwise amend or enter into any such option, restricted stock unit, warrant, put, call, right or Contract.

(b) Section 3.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the date hereof, a detailed description of all outstanding Company Warrants.

(c) Section 3.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the date hereof, a schedule of outstanding Company Options and Company SARs, including (i) the grant number that correlates to the holder thereof, (ii) the date of grant thereof, (iii) the number of shares of Company Class A Common Stock subject thereto, (iv) the exercise price thereof (if any), (v) the number of such Company Options and Company SARs that are vested or unvested and (vi) the specific Company Option Plan pursuant to which such Company Option or Company SAR was granted.

(d) Section 3.2(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the date hereof, a schedule of outstanding Company RSUs, including (i) the grant number that correlates to the holder thereof, (ii) the date of grant thereof, (iii) the number of shares of Company Class A Common Stock subject thereto, (iv) the number of such Company RSUs that are remaining or forfeited and (v) the specific Company Option Plan pursuant to which such Company RSU was granted.

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(f) All issued and outstanding shares of Company Class A Common Stock and all outstanding Company Options, Company SARs, Company Warrants and Company RSUs were issued, and all repurchases of Company securities were made, in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Law and all requirements set forth in applicable Contracts. All shares that may be issued upon the exercise of Company Options, Company SARs or Company Warrants or upon the settlement of Company RSUs will, if and when issued, be validly issued in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Law and all requirements set forth in applicable Company Option Plans and Contracts. Each Company Option was granted with an exercise price per share equal to or greater than the fair market value of a share of Company Class A Common Stock on the effective date of such grant, has a grant date identical to the grant date approved by the Company’s board of directors or the compensation committee thereof, which is either the date on which the Company Option was awarded or a later date specified by the Company’s board of directors or the compensation committee thereof.

(g) No Company Debt (i) having the right to vote on any matters on which shareholders may vote (or which is convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having such right) or (ii) the value of which is in any way based upon or derived from the capital or voting stock of the Company (collectively, “ Company Voting Debt ”), is issued or outstanding.

(h) Other than the Support Agreements, there are no Contracts relating to voting, or the purchase or sale, of any Company Class A Common Stock between or among the Company, on the one hand, and any of the Company’s shareholders, on the other hand. The terms of each of the Company Option Plans, the Company Options, the Company SARs, the Company Warrants and the Company RSUs permit the treatment of each such award as provided in Section 2.6 , without the consent or approval of the holders thereof, the Company’s shareholders or otherwise. True, correct and complete copies of each Company Option Plan, the standard form of all Contracts relating to or issued under each Company Option Plan and all agreements and instruments relating to or issued under each Company Option Plan with respect to the Company Options, the Company SARs, the Company Warrants or the Company RSUs that differ in any material respect from such standard form agreements have been made available to Parent, and such agreements and instruments have not been amended, modified or supplemented since being made available to Parent, and there are no agreements, understandings or commitments to amend, modify or supplement such agreements or instruments in any case from those made available to Parent. No change in the price, exercise period or other modification in the terms of any Company Option, Company RSU, Company SAR, put, call or other right, in any such case will arise in connection with the Merger or upon termination of employment or service with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or with the Surviving Company, following the Merger or otherwise.

Section 3.3 Authority; No Violation .

(a) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and, subject to obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval, to consummate the Merger and perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and, subject to obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval, the consummation of the Merger and the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and no additional corporate actions or proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary, other than obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

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(b) At a meeting duly called and held prior to the execution of this Agreement, the board of directors of the Company, by resolutions duly adopted at such meeting (and not thereafter modified or rescinded) by the unanimous vote of the full board of directors of the Company, has (i) determined that the Merger and the terms and conditions of this Agreement are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of the Company and the Company’s shareholders, (ii) approved the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, including the Merger, and (iii) directed that the adoption of this Agreement be submitted to the Company’s shareholders for consideration, with a recommendation that all of the Company’s shareholders adopt this Agreement. The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by all shareholders entitled to vote on the plan of merger (such affirmative vote, the “ Company Shareholder Approval ”) is the only vote of the Company’s shareholders or other equity holders necessary under Applicable Law and the Company’s articles of incorporation and bylaws to adopt this Agreement and to consummate the Merger.

(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions will not (i) result in a violation or breach of, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default), require any consent or approval to be obtained or notice to be given under, or give rise to any third party right of termination, cancellation, suspension, acceleration, penalty or payment obligation or right to purchase or sale under, or loss of any material benefit under any provision of: (A) the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, (B) any Company Permit or Company Material Contract to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party or to which any of them, or any of their respective properties or assets, may be subject or by which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is bound, or (C) any Applicable Law or Order applicable to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets; (ii) give rise to any rights of first refusal or trigger any change in control provisions, rights of first offer or first refusal or any similar provisions or any restrictions or limitations under any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, Company Material Contract, license, franchise or Company Permit to which any the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party; (iii) give rise to any termination or acceleration of indebtedness, or cause any third party indebtedness to come due before its stated maturity or cause any available credit to cease to be available; or (iv) result in the imposition of any Encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or restrict, hinder, impair or limit the ability of either the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to conduct its business as and where it is now being conducted, other than, in the case of clauses (B) and (C) of this Section 3.3(c) , which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially alter or materially delay any of the Transactions. The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws.

 

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(d) No consent, approval, order, authorization, release or waiver of, or registration, notification, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required by the Company or any Company Subsidiary in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger, except for (i) the filing of the Statement of Merger pursuant to Section 1.3 , (ii) such filings and notifications as may be required under the HSR Act and any other applicable Antitrust Law and the expiration or early termination of applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act and any such other applicable Antitrust Law, (iii) the filing with the SEC of (A) a proxy statement relating to the Company Shareholder Meeting, and (B) such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement and the Merger, (iv) such other filings and notifications as may be required under federal, provincial, state (including “blue sky”) or foreign securities laws or the rules and regulations of NASDAQ and (v) such other consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, releases, waivers, registrations, notifications, declarations or filings that, if not obtained or made, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to (A) result in a Company Material Adverse Effect or (B) prevent, materially alter or materially delay the consummation of the Merger.

Section 3.4 Compliance with Laws; Permits .

(a) The Company and each Company Subsidiary, since January 1, 2014, has complied with, is not in violation of, and has not received any written notice regarding any violation with respect to, any Applicable Law or Order including any applicable Anti-Corruption and export and import control laws with respect to the Company Business, except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(b) The Company and each Company Subsidiary has obtained each federal, state, provincial, county, local or foreign governmental consent, license, permit, grant or other authorization of a Governmental Entity that is required for and material to the operation of the Company Business or the holding of any interest in any of its material assets or properties (all of the foregoing consents, licenses, permits, grants and other authorizations, collectively, the “ Company Permits ”), and all of the Company Permits are in full force and effect, except where the failure to obtain or maintain such Company Permits would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with the terms of the Company Permits. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written, or to the Knowledge of the Company, oral, notice from any Governmental Entity regarding (A) any failure to comply in all material respects with any term or requirement of any Company Permit or (B) any actual or possible revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination or modification of any Company Permit, except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Company Permits will be terminated or materially impaired, or will become terminable, in whole or in part, as a result of the Merger.

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(d) The Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries is and, since January 1, 2014, has been in compliance, other than in de minimis respects, with all Sanctions applicable to each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, since January 1, 2014, neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has received any written notices of violations with respect to any Sanctions.

Section 3.5 Company SEC Reports .

(a) The Company has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis, all forms, registration statements, schedules, reports, prospectuses, proxy statements and documents (including items incorporated by reference) required to be so filed or furnished by the Company with the SEC since January 1, 2014. All such required forms, registration statements, schedules, reports, prospectuses, proxy statements and documents, including all exhibits and schedules thereto (and including those that the Company may file following the date hereof) are referred to herein as the “ Company SEC Reports ”. After the date of this Agreement and until the Effective Time, the Company will file all forms, registration statements, schedules, reports, prospectuses, proxy statements and documents with the SEC that are required to be filed by it under Applicable Law at or prior to the time so required, including any amendments or supplements thereto. As of their respective dates (or, if amended, as of the date of the last such amendment), the Company SEC Reports (i) complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes Oxley Act ”) and the respective rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such Company SEC Reports and (ii) did not at the time they were filed (or if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date hereof, then on the date of such amended or superseding filing) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except to the extent corrected prior to the date hereof by a subsequently filed Company SEC Report. None of the Company Subsidiaries is required to file any forms, reports or other documents with the SEC. As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC with respect to the Company SEC Reports. There has been no material correspondence between the SEC and the Company or any Company Subsidiary since January 1, 2014 that is not available on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval database. To the Knowledge of the Company, there is not, as of the date of this Agreement, any investigation or review being conducted by the SEC or any other Governmental Entity of any Company SEC Report (including the financial statements included therein).

(b) Since January 1, 2014, no executive officer of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has failed to make the certifications required of him or her under Section 302 or Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with respect to any Company SEC Report, except as disclosed in certifications filed with the Company SEC Reports, and at the time of filing or submission of each such certification, such certification was true and accurate and complied with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Since January 1, 2014, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary, nor any of their executive officers has received notice from any Governmental Entity challenging or questioning the accuracy, completeness, form or manner of filing of such certifications.

 

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Section 3.6 Financial Statements .

(a) The Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as at and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 (including the notes thereto) and the Company’s unaudited consolidated interim financial statements, each as included in the Company SEC Reports (collectively, the “ Company Financial Statements ”), were derived from the accounting books and records of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and have been, or will be, as the case may be, prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, except (i) as otherwise indicated in such financial statements and the notes thereto or, in the case of audited statements, in the related report of the Company’s independent auditors, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, are subject to normal period-end adjustments (none of which are material, individually or in the aggregate) and may omit notes which are not required by Applicable Law in the unaudited statements) and present fairly in all material respects or will present fairly in all material respects, as the case may be, the consolidated financial condition, results of operations, changes in financial position of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and for the periods indicated therein (subject, in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements, to normal period-end adjustments, none of which are material, individually or in the aggregate) in accordance with GAAP and reflect reserves required by GAAP in respect of all material contingent liabilities, if any, of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The March 31, 2017 balance sheet of the Company contained in the Company SEC Reports is hereinafter referred to as the “ Company Balance Sheet ” and the “ Balance Sheet Date ” means March 31, 2017.

(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any material Liabilities that are required to be disclosed on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP except for: (i) Liabilities reflected on, accrued on or reserved against on the Company Balance Sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP, (ii) Liabilities that have been incurred since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice and that have not had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (iii) the fees and expenses of the investment banks, attorneys, consultants and accountants incurred in connection with this Agreement and (iv) Liabilities incurred as a result of the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement. Except as reflected in the Company Financial Statements, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to any material off-balance sheet arrangement (as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act). BDO USA, LLP is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and has not resigned or been dismissed as independent registered public accountants of the Company as a result of or in connection with any disagreement with the Company on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures. The Company has not had any dispute with BDO USA, LLP regarding accounting matters or policies.

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(d) The financial books, records and accounts of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries: (i) have been maintained in all material respects in accordance with Applicable Law on a basis consistent with prior years; (ii) are stated in reasonable detail and accurately and fairly reflect the transactions, acquisitions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries in all material respects; and (iii) accurately and fairly reflect in all material respects the basis for the Company Financial Statements.

Section 3.7 Absence of Changes . Since the Balance Sheet Date through the date of this Agreement:

(a) the Company and each Company Subsidiary has conducted the Company Business in the ordinary course of business,

(b) there has not occurred any Effect that constituted or with the passage of time would reasonably be expected to constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect, and

(c) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has taken any action that would be prohibited by Section 5.2(i) , Section 5.2(ii) , Section 5.2(vii) , Section 5.2(viii) , Section 5.2(x) , Section 5.2(xi) , Section 5.2(xvii) , Section 5.2(xix) or Section 5.2(xxiii) if taken during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time.

Section 3.8 Restrictions on Business Activities . There is no Contract or Order binding upon the Company or any Company Subsidiary that currently has or would reasonably be expected to have after consummation of the Merger, the effect of materially prohibiting or impairing (i) the conduct of the Company Business or (ii) any acquisition of material property by the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

Section 3.9 Employee Benefit Plans and Employee Matters .

(a) Section 3.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule includes a complete and accurate list, as of the date hereof of each material Company Employee Plan. “ Company Employee Plan ” means (i) each employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”), whether or not subject to ERISA and whether or not maintained or sponsored in a jurisdiction outside of the United States, (ii) each stock option, stock purchase, phantom stock, stock appreciation right, supplemental retirement, severance, sabbatical, medical, dental, vision care, disability, employee relocation, cafeteria benefit (Section 125 of the Code), dependent care (Section 129 of the Code), life insurance or accident insurance plans, programs or arrangements, or similar arrangements under Applicable Law outside of the United States, (iii) all bonus, pension, profit sharing, savings, severance, retirement, deferred compensation or incentive plans, programs or arrangements, (iv) other material fringe or employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements that apply to senior management and that do not generally apply to all employees, (v) any employment or service agreements (except for offer letters providing for at-will employment that do not provide for severance, acceleration or post-termination benefits), consulting or independent contractor agreements, compensation agreements, change in control agreements or severance agreements, written or otherwise, for the benefit of, or relating to, any present or former director, officer, employee, consultant or independent contractor, and (vi) each trust, escrow or similar agreement related to (i) – (v) above; in the case of (i) – (vi) above that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to (or that is required to be maintained or contributed to) by the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, at a relevant time, is treated as a single employer with the Company or any Company Subsidiary (a “ Company ERISA Affiliate ”) within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code but excluding government sponsored or government affiliated plans, programs, and arrangements. Neither the Company nor any Company ERISA Affiliate has, since January 1, 2014 extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed, modified or forgiven an extension of credit made prior to such date, in the form of a personal loan to or for any officer or director of the Company.

 

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(b) The Company has made available to Parent a true, correct and complete copy of each material Company Employee Plan, plan document, amendments thereto, and, to the extent applicable, the most recent audited financial statements, Form 5500 and actuarial or valuation reports and any related trust documents, insurance policies or Contracts, and summary plan descriptions with respect to each such Company Employee Plan that is subject to ERISA reporting requirements. Section 3.6(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Company Employee Plans intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code. The Company has made available to Parent a true, correct and complete copy of the most recent Internal Revenue Service determination or opinion letter issued with respect to each such Company Employee Plan, and nothing has occurred since the issuance of each such letter that would reasonably be expected to cause the loss of the tax-qualified status of any Company Employee Plan subject to Section 401(a) of the Code. The Company has made available to Parent the most recent registration statement and prospectus, if any, prepared in connection with each Company Employee Plan. The Company has made available to Parent all material correspondence in the last three (3) years with any Governmental Entity about the Company Employee Plans.

(c) None of the Company Employee Plans promises or provides retiree medical or other retiree welfare benefits to any person other than as required under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“ COBRA ”), or similar state law. There has been no “prohibited transaction” (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code and not exempt under Section 408 of ERISA and regulatory guidance thereunder) with respect to any Company Employee Plan. Each Company Employee Plan has been administered in accordance with its terms in all material respects and in compliance with the requirements prescribed by Applicable Law (including ERISA and the Code) in all material respects, and the Company, each Company Subsidiary and each Company ERISA Affiliate has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under the Company Employee Plans. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary or Company ERISA Affiliate is subject to any material Liability or material penalty under Sections 4976 through 4980 of the Code or Title I of ERISA with respect to any of the Company Employee Plans. All contributions required to be made by the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Company ERISA Affiliate to any Company Employee Plan and all insurance premiums for insurance policies relating to Company Employee Plans have been made on or before their due dates, and to the extent required by GAAP a reasonable amount has been accrued for contributions to and amounts payable under each Company Employee Plan for the current plan year. No Legal Proceeding has been brought against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or to the Knowledge of the Company, is threatened, against or with respect to any such Company Employee Plan, including any disputed claim or any audit by the Internal Revenue Service or United States Department of Labor.

 

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(d) Since January 1, 2014, no Company Employee Plan has been funded through a “welfare benefit fund” as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code, and no benefits under any Company Employee Plan have been or are provided through a voluntary employees’ beneficiary association (within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of the Code) or a supplemental unemployment benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 501(c)(17) of the Code).

(e) With respect to any insurance policy providing funding for benefits under any Company Employee Plan, (i) there is no material liability of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries in the nature of a retroactive rate adjustment, loss sharing arrangement or other actual or contingent liability, nor would there be any such liability if such insurance policy was terminated on the Closing Date, and (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company no insurance company issuing any such policy is in receivership, conservatorship, liquidation or similar proceeding, and to the Knowledge of the Company, no such proceedings with respect to any such insurer are imminent.

(f) No Company Employee Plan that is a health plan, welfare plan or retirement plan provides benefits to any individual who is not a current or former employee of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, or the dependents or other beneficiaries of any such current or former employee, except to the extent required by COBRA or other Applicable Law.

(g) No Person has a right to any gross up or indemnification from the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries with respect to any such Company Employee Plan, payment or arrangement subject to Section 409A of the Code.

(h) There is no agreement, plan, arrangement or Contract covering any current or former employee or other service provider of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or Company ERISA Affiliate to which the Company and/or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company and/or any Company Subsidiary is bound that, considered individually or considered collectively with any other such agreements, plans, arrangements or other Contracts to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary or Company ERISA Affiliate is a party, will, or would reasonably be expected to, as a result of the Transactions (whether alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events), give rise directly or indirectly to the payment of any amount that would reasonably be expected to be non-deductible under Section 162(m) of the Code determined as of the date hereof and based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof.

(i) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary or Company ERISA Affiliate currently maintains, sponsors, participates in or contributes to, or has within the past six (6) years maintained, established, sponsored, participated in or contributed to, any “pension plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) that is subject to Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.

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(k) With respect to each group health plan benefitting any current or former employee of the Company or any Company ERISA Affiliate that is subject to Section 4980B of the Code, the Company and each Company ERISA Affiliate have complied in all material respects with the continuation of coverage requirements of Section 4980B of the Code and Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA.

(l) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary maintains, participates in or contributes to a compensation or benefit plan maintained under the laws of a relevant jurisdiction outside of the United States, excluding government sponsored or affiliated plans.

(m) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Merger or any other Transaction will, either individually or together or with the occurrence of some other event, (i) result in any benefit or payment (including severance, golden parachute, or bonus) becoming due to any current or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) materially increase or otherwise enhance any benefits otherwise payable by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to any current or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor, (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits, except as required under Section 411(d)(3) of the Code or Applicable Law, (iv) increase the amount of compensation due to any current or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor, or (v) result in the forgiveness in whole or in part of any outstanding loans made by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to any employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor.

(n) No amounts paid or payable under any Company Employee Plan or to the Knowledge of the Company otherwise paid or payable (whether in cash, in property, or in the form of benefits) in connection with the Transactions (either solely as a result thereof or as a result of such transactions in conjunction with any other event) to any employee, officer, director or shareholder of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or Affiliates who is a “disqualified individual” (as such term is defined in Section 1.280G-1) of the Treasury Regulations will result in the disallowance of a deduction pursuant to Section 280G of the Code.

(o) Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions, either alone or in conjunction with any other event, will (i) trigger any obligation of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to fund (through a grantor trust or otherwise) any compensation, equity award or other benefit, or (ii) require a “gross-up,” indemnification for, or other payment due to any “disqualified individual” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code due to the imposition of the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code on any payment to such disqualified individual.

 

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(p) The Company and each Company Subsidiary is in compliance, and for the past four (4) years has complied, in all material respects with all Applicable Laws respecting employment or termination of employment of their respective employees, labor relations, discrimination in employment, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification (including the proper classification of workers as: (i) independent contractors and consultants; and (ii) exempt and non-exempt), wages, hours, occupational safety and health, and employment practices, including the Immigration Reform and Control Act, and is not, and has not, engaged in any unfair labor practice. The Company and each Company Subsidiary has paid in full to all current and former employees, independent contractors and consultants all wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, benefits and other compensation due to or on behalf of such employees, independent contractors and consultants. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is liable for any payment to any trust or other fund or to any Governmental Entity, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security, income or any other tax, workers’ compensation or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice). To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no pending claims against the Company and/or any Company Subsidiary under any workers compensation plan or policy. There are no claims, demands, charges or controversies pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, between the Company or any Company Subsidiary and any of their respective current or former employees (other than routine claims made in the ordinary course of business for benefits under the Company Employee Plans). There are no charges, complaints, audits or investigations against the Company or any Company Subsidiary by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor or any other Governmental Entity pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(q) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is, and for the past four (4) years has been, a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement or other labor union Contract, no collective bargaining agreement is being negotiated by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any duty to bargain with any labor organization, and no labor organization has been either certified or voluntarily recognized as the representative of any current or former employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no, and in the past four (4) years there have not been, activities or proceedings of any labor union or to organize the employees of the Company or any of its the Company Subsidiaries. There is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened that may interfere with the respective business activities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary, nor to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective Representatives, has committed any unfair labor practice in connection with the operation of the Company Business, and there is no charge or complaint against the Company or any Company Subsidiary by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable Governmental Entity pending or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(r) The employment of each of the employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is “at will” (except for non-U.S. employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary located in a jurisdiction that does not recognize the “at will” employment concept) and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any obligation to provide any particular form or period of notice prior to terminating the employment of any of their respective employees.

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(t) The Company and each Company Subsidiary has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of each of the following, to the extent applicable: (i) all forms of offer letters, (ii) all forms of employment agreements and severance agreements, (iii) all forms of services agreements and agreements with current consultants and/or advisory board members, (iv) all forms of confidentiality, non-competition or inventions agreements between current and former employees and/or consultants and the Company or any Company Subsidiary (and a true, correct and complete list of employees, consultants and/or others not subject thereto), (v) executed copies of all offer letters, employment agreement and severance agreements for the Company’s executive officers, (vi) as of the date hereof, the most current management organization chart(s), (vii) all agreements and/or insurance policies providing for the indemnification of any officers or directors of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (viii) a summary of Liability for termination payments to current and former executive officers of the Company or any Company Subsidiary and (ix) a schedule of bonus commitments made to current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

(u) The Company and each Company Subsidiary is in compliance, and, for the past three (3) years has complied, in all material respects with the Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended (“ WARN Act ”), or any similar state or local Applicable Law. In the past six (6) years, (i) the Company has not effectuated a “plant closing” (as defined in the WARN Act) affecting any site of employment or one or more facilities or operating units within any site of employment or facility of its business, (ii) there has not occurred a “mass layoff” (as defined in the WARN Act) affecting any site of employment or facility of the Company and (iii) the Company has not been affected by any transaction or engaged in layoffs or employment terminations sufficient in number to trigger application of any similar state, provincial, local or foreign Applicable Law. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has caused any of its respective employees to suffer an “employment loss” (as defined in the WARN Act) during the 90-day period ending on the date hereof. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any obligation to re-instate any of its current or former employees.

(v) To the Knowledge of the Company, no employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is in violation of any material term of any employment agreement, non-competition agreement or any restrictive covenant to a former employer relating to the right of any such employee to be employed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary because of the nature of the Company Business or to the use of trade secrets or proprietary information of others.

Section 3.10 Opinion . The board of directors of the Company has received an opinion from Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion, and based upon and subject to the assumptions, limitations, qualifications and conditions set forth in such opinion, the Exchange Ratio was fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of outstanding shares of Company Class A Common Stock (other than Parent and its Affiliates). As of the date hereof, such opinion has not been withdrawn, revoked or modified. The Company shall, promptly following the execution and delivery of this Agreement by all parties, furnish a true, correct and complete written copy of such opinion to Parent solely for informational purposes.

 

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Section 3.11 Litigation . There is no (a) Legal Proceeding pending or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective assets or properties or against any current or former officer or director of the Company, or any Company Subsidiary in such individual’s capacity or (b) Order against the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective assets or properties or against any current or former officer or director of the Company, or any Company Subsidiary in such individual’s capacity as such, that in the case of (a) and (b), that (i) would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede or delay the consummation of the Merger, (ii) involves an amount in excess of $100,000; (iii) seeks specific performance or injunctive relief, or (iv) would, individually or in the aggregate with any other Legal Proceedings and Orders, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.12 Material Contracts .

(a) Except (i) for this Agreement, (ii) for the Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Reports prior to the date hereof, or (iii) as set forth in Section 3.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as of the date hereof neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is party to or bound by any Contract:

(i) that contains covenants binding upon the Company or any of its Affiliates that materially restrict the ability of the Company or any of its Affiliates to compete in any business or in any geographic area that, in each case, are material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole as of the date of this Agreement, except for leases;

(ii) that is a material partnership, joint venture or similar Contract that, in each case, is material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole as of the date of this Agreement;

(iii) under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is liable for indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $100,000;

(iv) relating to the provision by a third party of cellular or satellite connectivity services to the Company or any Company Subsidiary (whether provided directly to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or provided for resale to their respective customers);

(v) relating to the supply or sale to the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any hardware product that sold in excess of 4,000 units in the first six months of 2017;

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(viii) that relates to the acquisition or disposition of any business (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise);

(ix) under which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries in aggregate received payments in excess of $500,000 in 2016, or in excess of $250,000 in the first six months of 2017;

(x) that by its terms calls for aggregate payments to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries under such Contract of more than $1,000,000 over the remaining term of such Contract (other than this Agreement or purchase orders for the purchase of inventory and/or equipment in the ordinary course of business); or

(xi) that is a lease, sublease or license in respect of any Leased Real Property (including any subleases of any Leased Real Property by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to any other Person), in each case providing for payments in excess of $50,000 per year.

Each Contract (i) set forth (or required to be set forth) in Section 3.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and (ii) any Contract that is a “Material Contract” (as such term is defined in Item 6.01(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC) other than any Company Employee Plan, is referred to herein as a “ Company Material Contract ”.

(b) Each of the Company Material Contracts has been duly executed, is a legal, valid and binding obligation of, and enforceable against, the Company or the Company Subsidiary that is a party thereto, and is in full force and effect (other than any such failures to be in full force and effect on account of a party other than the Company or a Company Subsidiary). The Company or the Company Subsidiary that is a party to a Company Material Contract is in compliance, in all material respects, with all the terms and conditions of each Company Material Contract and no default or event of default or event, occurrence, condition or act, with respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiary exists that, with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or the happening of any other event or condition, would reasonably be expected give any third party the right to declare a material breach or an event of default or exercise any remedy under any Company Material Contract or cancel, terminate or materially modify any Company Material Contract, and (iii) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral, notice regarding any actual material violation or breach of, material default under, or intention to cancel, any Company Material Contract. True, correct and complete copies of all Company Material Contracts, and all amendments thereof, have been made available to Parent.

(c) To the Knowledge of the Company, with respect to any Contracts between the Company and any Governmental Entity (each, a “ Company Government Contract ”), there is, as of the date hereof, neither an existing nor a reasonable basis for a: (i) civil fraud or criminal investigation by any Governmental Entity, (ii)  qui tam action brought against the Company or any Company Subsidiary under the Civil False Claims Act, (iii) suspension or debarment proceeding (or equivalent proceeding) against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (iv) claim or request by a Governmental Entity for a material contract price adjustment based on asserted defective pricing, disallowance of cost or non-compliance with statute, regulation or contract, (v) material dispute involving the Company or any Company Subsidiary relating to such Company Government Contract, (vi) material claim or equitable adjustment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary relating to such Company Government Contract or (vii) termination of any Company Government Contract by any Governmental Entity for default or failure to perform.

 

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Section 3.13 Environmental Matters . Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect: (a) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have complied with all Applicable Law relating to (i) the protection or restoration of the environment, health, safety or natural resources; (ii) the handling, use, presence, disposal, release or threatened release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Substance; and (iii) pollution, contamination or any injury or threat of injury to persons or property involving any Hazardous Substance (“ Environmental Laws ”); (b) there are no proceedings, claims, actions, or investigations of any kind, pending or threatened in writing, by any person, court, agency, or other Governmental Entity or any arbitral body, against the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Environmental Law; (c) there are no Orders with any Governmental Entity that impose any Liabilities or obligations under or in respect of any Environmental Law; and (d) there are, and have been, no Hazardous Substances or other environmental conditions at any property currently owned, operated, or otherwise used by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries under circumstances which would reasonably be expected to result in liability to or claims against the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Environmental Law.

Section 3.14 Taxes .

(a) The Company and each Company Subsidiary has properly completed and timely filed all material Tax Returns required to be filed by Applicable Law on or before the Effective Date and has timely paid all material Taxes due and payable by the Company or Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, including all installments on account of taxes for the current year that are due and payable by the Company whether or not assessed (or reassessed) by the appropriate Tax Authority, and has, as applicable, timely remitted such Taxes to the appropriate Tax Authority under Applicable Law, except for Taxes which are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP. All such Tax Returns were complete and accurate in all material respects when filed and were prepared in substantial compliance with all Applicable Law. The Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of all federal and state income and other material Tax Returns filed on or after January 1, 2012.

(b) The Company Balance Sheet reflects all Liability for unpaid Taxes of the Company and/or any Company Subsidiary for periods (or portions of periods) through the Balance Sheet Date. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any Liability for unpaid Taxes accruing after the Balance Sheet Date except for Taxes arising in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, subsequent to the Balance Sheet Date.

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(d) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary (1) has been a member of a group filing Tax Returns on a consolidated, combined, unitary or similar basis (other than a group the common parent of which was the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any group consisting of the Company and/or any Company Subsidiaries) nor (2) has any liability for any Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or any Company Subsidiary) as a result of (i) a Tax sharing, Tax indemnity or Tax allocation agreement or any similar agreement to indemnify such Person (other than commercial contracts entered into with third parties in the ordinary course of business not primarily related to taxes), (ii) being a transferee or successor of such Person or (iii) the application of Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury Regulations (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Applicable Law).

(e) Each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary has disclosed on its Tax Returns any Tax reporting position taken in any Tax Return that could result in the imposition of penalties under Section 6662 of the Code or any comparable provisions of state, local or foreign Applicable Law.

(f) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has participated in, and none of them are currently participating in a “Listed Transaction” within the meaning of Section 6707A(c)(2) of the Code or Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

(g) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary will be required to include income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, Taxable income for any Taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any (i) change in method of accounting for a Taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) “closing agreement” described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax Applicable Law) entered into on or prior to the Closing Date, (iii) intercompany transactions or any excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Applicable Law) created on or prior to the Closing Date, (iv) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date or (v) prepaid amount received or accrued on or prior to the Closing Date, in the case of (i), (iii), (iv) and (v), outside of the ordinary course of business.

(h) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock qualifying for Tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (i) in the two years prior to the date hereof or (ii) in a distribution that could otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction with the Merger.

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(j) Since January 1, 2012, no written claim has been made by a Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction where the Company or any Company Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns that the Company or any Company Subsidiary is or may be subject to Taxation by such jurisdiction. Neither the Company or any Company Subsidiary conducts business in any country or other jurisdiction where it is not a resident for tax purposes.

(k) Neither the Company or any Company Subsidiary has: (i) directly or indirectly, transferred property or supplied services to, or acquired property or services from, any Person with whom it was not dealing at arm’s length (for the purposes of the Code) for consideration other than consideration equal to the fair market value of the property or services at the time of the transfer, supply or acquisition of such property or services; (ii) failed to make or obtain, where required, records or documents that meet the requirements of Section 6662 and Section 482 of the Code; or (iii) entered into any advance pricing agreement with any Governmental Entity.

(l) The Company is not and since January 1, 2012, has not been, a “U.S. real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.

(m) The Company has not taken any action and, to the Company’s Knowledge, there is no fact or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

(n) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the representations and warranties contained in this Section 3.14 and Section 3.9 are the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Company relating to Tax liabilities or compliance with Tax Laws, and no other representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be construed to relate to such matters.

Section 3.15 Intellectual Property .

(a) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries own or have the right or license to use all Company Intellectual Property.

(b) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries own and have good and exclusive title to each material item of Company-Owned Intellectual Property free and clear of any Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances).

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(d) Each Company Intellectual Property Agreement is in full force and effect (other than any such failures to be in full force and effect on account of a party other than the Company or a Company Subsidiary), there exists no default or event of default or event, occurrence, condition or act, with respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would reasonably be expected to give any third party the right to declare a material breach or an event of default, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral, notice regarding any actual material violation or breach of, material default under, or intention to cancel, any such Company Intellectual Property Agreements. The consummation of the Transactions will not result in the breach, modification, cancellation, termination, suspension of, or acceleration of any performance, benefit, remedy or payment with respect to any material Company Intellectual Property Agreement, or give any third party the right to do any of the foregoing or receive any such performance, benefit, remedy or payments. None of the Company Intellectual Property Agreements grant any exclusive rights to or under any Company-Owned Intellectual Property to any third party. True, correct and complete copies of all such Company Intellectual Property Agreements, and all amendments thereof, have been made available to Parent.

(e) There are no royalties, honoraria, fees or other payments payable by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to any Person (other than salaries and fees payable to employees, consultants and independent contractors not contingent on or related to use of their work product) as a result of the ownership, use, possession, license-in, license-out, sale, marketing, advertising or disposition of any Company-Owned Intellectual Property by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries.

(f) To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no unauthorized use, unauthorized disclosure, infringement, violation, or misappropriation of any Company-Owned Intellectual Property by any third party. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has brought any Legal Proceeding for infringement, violation, or misappropriation of any Intellectual Property Right, or in the six-year period preceding the date hereof, breach of any Company Intellectual Property Agreement.

(g) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been sued in any Legal Proceeding (or received any written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threat) in the six-year period preceding the date hereof that involves a claim of infringement or misappropriation by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any Intellectual Property Right of any third party or that contests the validity, ownership, enforceability or registrability of any Company-Owned Intellectual Property or any rights of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to Third-Party Intellectual Property under a Company Intellectual Property Agreement or to otherwise exercise any Intellectual Property Right.

(h) To the Company’s Knowledge, the conduct of the Company Business and the Company Products, have not infringed, misappropriated or violated, and do not infringe, misappropriate or violate any Third-Party Intellectual Property, and do not constitute unfair competition or unfair trade practices under the laws of any jurisdiction.

 

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(i) No Company-Owned Intellectual Property or rights of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to Third-Party Intellectual Property under a Company Intellectual Property Agreement is subject to any Legal Proceeding or outstanding Order that restricts in any manner the use, transfer or licensing thereof by the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

(j) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps to protect and preserve the confidentiality of all material confidential or trade secret information (“ Confidential Information ”) of the Company or provided by any third party to the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any material breach of security or otherwise unauthorized access by third parties to the Confidential Information, including personally identifiable information in the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s possession, custody or control. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have, and have implemented, a policy of securing written invention disclosure and Intellectual Property assignment agreements, and proprietary information agreements regarding the protection of Confidential Information, from their employees, consultants and independent contractors.

(k) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has incorporated Open Source Materials into, or combined or distributed Open Source Materials with, Company Intellectual Property or Company Products, or otherwise used Open Source Materials, in such a way that grants, or purports to grant, to any third party, any rights or immunities under any material Company-Owned Intellectual Property Rights (including using any Open Source Materials that require, as a condition of use, modification and/or distribution of such Open Source Materials that other software incorporated into, derived from or distributed with such Open Source Materials be (i) disclosed or distributed in source code form, (ii) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works or (iii) redistributable at no charge). “ Open Source Materials ” means software or other material that is distributed as “free software,” “open source software” or under similar licensing or distribution terms (including but not limited to the GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Mozilla Public License (MPL), BSD licenses, the Artistic License, the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL), the Sun Industry Standards License (SISL), the Apache License and any license identified as an open source license by the Open Source Initiative (www.opensource.org)). The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions of all licenses for all Open Source Materials incorporated into, or combined or distributed with, any Company Products by the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

(l) Other than in the ordinary course of Company Business pursuant to escrow arrangements with Customers and in connection with the development, testing, validation and maintenance of Company Products and Company Intellectual Property and the performance of other services on the Company’s behalf, neither the Company, any Company Subsidiary, nor any other Person then acting on their behalf has disclosed, delivered or licensed to any Person, agreed or obligated itself to disclose, deliver or license to any Person, or permitted the disclosure or delivery to any escrow agent or other Person of, any material Company Source Code (other than providing access to Company Source Code on a “need to know” basis from the premises of the Company or any Company Subsidiary). Neither the execution of this Agreement nor any of the Transactions will result in release from escrow or other delivery to a third party of any Company Source Code.

 

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(m) The Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ privacy practices conform, and at all times have conformed, in all material respects to the then-applicable privacy policies. The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with all Applicable Laws relating to (a) the privacy of users of the Company Products and the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ websites, (b) the collection, use, storage and disclosure of any personally identifiable information or personal data collected or stored by the Company or its Subsidiaries or by third parties acting on Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ behalf or having authorized access to the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ records, including personally identifiable information or personal data with respect to the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees, and (c) electronic communications privacy, law enforcement access, reporting of illegal content, and data retention. There has been no unauthorized access to, unauthorized disclosure of, or other misuse of any such personally identifiable information or personal data collected by the Company or its Subsidiaries.

(n) The representations and warranties contained in this Section 3.15 are the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Company relating to Intellectual Property, and no other representation or warranty of the Company contained herein shall be construed to relate to Intellectual Property.

Section 3.16 Title to Property and Assets .

(a) Each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary is in possession of (either directly or through a bailee) and has good and valid title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of their respective tangible assets, real and personal, reflected on the Company Balance Sheet or acquired after the Balance Sheet Date (except properties, interests in properties and assets sold or otherwise disposed of since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice), in each case, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances, other than, in each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Notwithstanding the forgoing, it is understood and agreed that matters regarding Company Intellectual Property are not addressed in this Section 3.16 .

(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary owns any real property or interests in real property. Section 3.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete list as of the date hereof of all real property and interests in real property leased or subleased by the Company or any Company Subsidiary (each such property or interest, “ Leased Real Property ”). With respect to the Leased Real Property, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has, other than with respect to Permitted Encumbrances, (i) subleased, licensed or otherwise granted any Person the right to use or occupy such Leased Real Property or any material portion thereof or (ii) collaterally assigned or granted any other security interest in any such leasehold estate or any material interest therein. The Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of all leases, subleases and other Contracts under which the Company and/or any Company Subsidiary uses or occupies or has the right to use or occupy, now or in the future, any Leased Real Property, including all modifications, amendments and supplements thereto.

 

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Section 3.17 Insurance . As of the date hereof, except as would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, each of the material policies of insurance and bonds of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (“ Insurance Policies ”) or renewals thereof are in full force and effect and provide coverage adequate and customary in the industry for the operation of their respective businesses (taking into account the cost and availability of such insurance and the risks (including without limitation product liability risks) posed by the Company Business), and the Company each Company Subsidiary are in compliance with the terms of such Insurance Policies. As of the date hereof, except as would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no claim pending under any of such Insurance Policies as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such Insurance Policies, (ii) all premiums due and payable under all such Insurance Policies have been timely paid and (iii) each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary is otherwise in compliance with the terms of such Insurance Policies. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written notice of any threatened termination of, or material premium increase with respect to, any of such Insurance Policies.

Section 3.18 Accounting and Internal Controls .

(a) The Company maintains a system of internal controls over financial reporting as defined in the Exchange Act. Such internal control over financial reporting is effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and includes policies and procedures that: (A) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries; (B) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are being made only with the requisite authorizations of management and directors of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, as applicable; and (C) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements. As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company or any Company Subsidiary nor the Company’s independent auditors has identified: (x) any “material weaknesses” in the design and implementation or maintenance of internal controls over financial reporting of the Company that are reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal control over financial reporting of the Company.

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(c) Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any Representative of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any written complaint, allegation, assertion, claim, deficiency or weakness regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any written complaint, allegation, assertion, or claim that the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, which has not been resolved to the satisfaction of the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors.

(d) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable criteria for continued listing of the Company Class A Common Stock on NASDAQ, including all applicable corporate governance rules and regulations.

Section 3.19 Anti-Takeover Provisions . The Company has taken any and all action necessary to render the provisions of Subchapter D (specifically Section 2538), Subchapter E, Subchapter F, Subchapter G, Subchapter H (solely with respect to such actions taken by the board of directors of the Company pursuant to Section 2571) inapplicable to Parent, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, and to this Agreement, the Support Agreements, the Merger and the other Transactions. The Company is not a party to a rights agreement, poison pill or similar agreement or plan.

Section 3.20 Related Party Transactions . Except as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statements included in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, there are no Contracts or other transactions currently in place between the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and: (i) any officer or director of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries; (ii) any holder of record or, to the Knowledge of the Company, beneficial owner of 10% or more of the Company Class A Common Shares; and (iii) any Affiliate or associate of any such, officer, director, holder of record or beneficial owner, on the other hand.

Section 3.21 Minute Books . The corporate minute books of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries contain minutes of substantially all meetings and resolutions of its board of directors and committees of such boards of directors or managers, as applicable, other than those portions of minutes of meetings reflecting discussions of the Merger, and shareholders or members, as applicable, held according to Applicable Laws and are complete and accurate in all material respects.

Section 3.22 Systems . The computer and information technology systems currently in use by the Company and each Company Subsidiary to conduct the Company Business adequately meet the data processing and other information technology needs of the Company Business. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no material defects relating to such systems. Such systems are in good working order, are sufficient to permit the continued operation of the systems substantially in the manner as currently conducted by the Company and each Company Subsidiary; function materially in accordance with all applicable specifications and have been and are being properly and regularly maintained. In the past four (4) years there has been no malfunction or material interruption of the systems, or components thereof, that severely affected or restricted customers’ ability to use the Company Products or other services of the Company Business (e.g. severity 1 incidents). To the Knowledge of the Company, no person has gained unauthorized access to the systems or any data stored on them. The Company and each Company Subsidiary has taken all reasonable steps within its control to ensure the systems contain appropriate protections and security measures to safeguard against the unauthorized use, copying, disclosure, modification, theft or destruction of and access to the systems or its data; the data processing and data storage facilities used by the systems within the Company’s or Company Subsidiary’s control are protected consistent with current industry standards and practices; and the continuing availability of the functionality provided by the systems in the event of any malfunction of, any material interruption in the operation of, or other form of disaster affecting, the systems, whether due to natural disaster, power failure or otherwise.

 

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Section 3.23 Suppliers and Customers .

(a) Section 3.23(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the 10 largest suppliers to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (without actual names or pricing information) as of the date hereof, measured by dollar value of purchases by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries from January 1, 2016 to the date of this Agreement. As of the date hereof, none of the suppliers listed on Section 3.23(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule has, since January 1, 2016, to the Knowledge of the Company, notified the Company or any Company Subsidiary that it is (i) cancelling or terminating its relationship with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) materially and adversely modifying its relationship with, or the pricing or volume of goods or services sold to, the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or (iii) asserting any material dispute, indemnity claim or claim for damages between such supplier and the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

(b) Section 3.23(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the 10 largest customers of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (without actual names or pricing information) as of the date hereof, measured by dollar value of purchases from the Company and the Company Subsidiaries from January 1, 2016 to the date of this Agreement. As of the date hereof, none of the customers listed on Section 3.23(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule has, since January 1, 2016, to the Knowledge of the Company, notified the Company or any Company Subsidiary that it is (i) cancelling or terminating its relationship with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) materially and adversely modifying its relationship with, or the pricing or volume of goods or services purchased from, the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or (iii) asserting any material dispute, indemnity claim or claim for damages between such customer and the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

Section 3.24 Product . All Company Products have been manufactured in accordance in all material respects with Applicable Law and meet the all material specifications in all Contracts with customers of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries relating to the sale of such Company Products. Since January 1, 2014, there have not been any claims against the Company or any Company Subsidiary pursuant to any product warranty or with respect to the production, distribution or sale of defective or inferior products or with respect to any warnings or instructions that have, in the aggregate, exceeded the Company’s and the Company Subsidiaries’ warranty reserve for such fiscal year. Neither the Company nor the Company Subsidiaries nor any of their respective customers have, at any time, instituted a product recall of any Company Product or received a notice from any Governmental Entity or other entity that a product recall related to any Company Product is or might be necessary (whether for any safety issue, quality issue or otherwise). To the Knowledge of the Company, no circumstance or condition exists (that with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) that will, or would reasonably be expected to, require or result in a product recall related to any Company Product. No epidemic failure (or similar concept) under any contract has occurred, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no circumstance or condition exists (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) that will, or would reasonably be expected to, result in an epidemic failure of any Company Product (and, including for the avoidance of doubt, any component part of any Company Product). All services provided by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to their respective customers have been provided in material compliance with Applicable Law and the material terms of all Contracts relating thereto.

 

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Section 3.25 Broker’s Fees . Other than Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents has utilized any broker, finder or financial advisor or incurred any liability for any broker’s fees, commissions or finder’s fees in connection with the Merger or any other Transactions.

Section 3.26 Information Supplied . The information supplied or to be supplied by the Company for inclusion in the Registration Statement, including the Proxy/Prospectus, will not, at the time that the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that no representation or warranty is made by the Company with respect to statements made therein based on information supplied by or on behalf of Parent or any of its Affiliates specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement. The Proxy/Prospectus will not, at the date the Proxy/Prospectus is first mailed to the Company’s shareholders, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that, in each case, no representation or warranty is made by the Company with respect to statements made therein based on information supplied by or on behalf of Parent or any of its Affiliates specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy/Prospectus. The Proxy/Prospectus shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

Section 3.27 Communications Regulatory Compliance . The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with the Communications Act, with all applicable FCC rules and regulations, and with the communications laws, and regulations of each state in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate or provide services to their customers (“ Communications Laws ”). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not and will not operate as a telecommunications service provider, a common carrier, or a private carrier, as these terms are defined in the Communications Laws. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have received no written communications from the FCC, the Universal Service Administrative Company (“ USAC ”) or a state-level regulatory authority suggesting that the Company or any Company Subsidiary is subject to regulation pursuant to the Communications Laws. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have made no filings or registered with USAC. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have received no written communication from any company that provides wireless or wireline telecommunications capacity to them indicating that they are subject to regulation as a telecommunications service provider or are subject to filing and/or contribution obligations with USAC. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not executed a reseller certificate, as the term is used in the Communications Laws, for any company that provides wireless or wireline telecommunications capacity to them. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any written communication from the FCC or any other federal or state governmental entity in the United States alleging a violation of the Communication Laws.

 

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Section 3.28 No Other Representations . Except for the representations and warranties of the Company expressly set forth in this ARTICLE III, (a) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries (or any other Person) makes, or has made any representation or warranty (whether express or implied) relating to the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, operations, properties, assets, liabilities or otherwise in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, including as to the accuracy or completeness of any such information, (b) no Person has been authorized by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to make any representation or warranty relating to the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, operations, properties, assets, liabilities or otherwise in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, and (c) any estimate, projection, prediction, data, financial information, memorandum, presentation or any other materials or information provided or addressed to Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives, including any materials or information made available in the electronic data room hosted by the Company in connection with the Transactions or in connection with presentations by the Company’s management, are not and shall not be deemed to be or include representations or warranties unless and to the extent any such materials or information is the subject of any representation or warranty of the Company set forth in ARTICLE III.

Section 3.29 Non-Reliance . The Company, on behalf of itself and the Company Subsidiaries, acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in ARTICLE IV, it is not acting (including, as applicable, by entering into this Agreement or consummating the Merger) in reliance on: (a) any representation or warranty, express or implied; (b) any estimate, projection, prediction, data, financial information, memorandum, presentation or other materials or information provided or addressed to the Company or any of its Affiliates or Representatives, in connection with presentations by or discussions with Parent’s management whether prior to or after the date of this Agreement or in any other forum or setting; or (c) the accuracy or completeness of any other representation, warranty, estimate, projection, prediction, data, financial information, memorandum, presentation or other materials or information.

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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB

Except as set forth in the (a) Parent Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC (and made publicly available) and the Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities or any other documents filed via the SEDAR filing system on or following January 1, 2014 and prior to the date hereof (excluding any documents incorporated by reference therein and excluding disclosures contained in the “risk factors” section or constituting “forward looking statements”, or which are cautionary, predictive or speculative in nature), it being understood that this clause (a) will not apply to any of Section 4.1 , Section 4.2 , Section 4.3 , Section 4.6 and Section 4.7 ; or (b) Parent Disclosure Schedule dated as of the date of this Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Company as follows:

 

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Section 4.1 Organization and Good Standing .

(a) Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Canada. Parent has the corporate or other applicable power to own, lease or operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as presently being conducted and is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification or license is required by Applicable Law (to the extent the concept is recognized by such jurisdiction), except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing, individually or in the aggregate with any such other failures, would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Parent has made available to Company a true, correct and complete copy of the restated articles of incorporation and bylaws of Parent.

Section 4.2 Capitalization .

(a) The authorized capital stock of Parent consists of an unlimited number of shares of Parent Common Stock, of which 32,185,878 were issued and outstanding as of the date that is two (2) Business Day prior to the date hereof (the “ Measurement Date ”), an unlimited number of preference shares, of which none were issued and outstanding as of the Measurement Date. Parent has not designated, authorized or issued any other shares of capital stock. Other than the Parent Options, the Parent RSUs, and Parent Phantom RSUs there are no options, restricted stock units, shares of phantom stock, other equity-based awards relating to the shares of Parent Common Stock (whether settled in shares of Parent Common Stock or cash), warrants, puts, calls, rights or Contracts of any character to which Parent is a party or by which it is bound obligating Parent to grant, issue, deliver, sell, repurchase or redeem, or cause to be issued, delivered, sold, repurchased or redeemed, any shares of Parent Common Stock, any options, restricted stock units or warrants to purchase or acquire any Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent, or any voting debt, or obligating Parent to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting and/or repurchase rights of, change the price of, or otherwise amend or enter into any such option, restricted stock unit, warrant, put, call, right or Contract.

(b) All issued and outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and are free of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances), preemptive rights, rights of first refusal and “put” or “call” rights created by statute, the restated articles of incorporation or bylaws of Parent or any Contract to which Parent is a party or by which it is bound. There is no liability for dividends accrued and unpaid by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary.

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Section 4.3 Authority; No Violation .

(a) Parent has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Parent, enforceable against Parent in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions does not require the affirmative vote of Parent’s shareholders under Applicable Law or Parent’s restated articles of incorporation or bylaws.

(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent do not, and the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions will not (i) result in a violation or breach of, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default), require any consent or approval to be obtained or notice to be given under, or give rise to any third party right of termination, cancellation, suspension, acceleration, penalty or payment obligation or right to purchase or sale under, any provision of: (A) the restated articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of Parent or Merger Sub, (B) any material contract to which Parent Merger Sub is a party or to which any of them, or any of their respective properties or assets, may be subject or by which Parent, any of the Parent Subsidiaries or Merger Sub is bound, or (C) any Applicable Law, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to Parent, or Merger Sub or any of their respective properties or assets; (ii) give rise to any rights of first refusal or trigger any change in control provisions, rights of first offer or first refusal or any similar provisions or any restrictions or limitations under any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, material contract, material license, franchise or material permit to which any Parent, or Merger Sub is a party; (iii) give rise to any termination or acceleration of indebtedness, or cause any third party indebtedness to come due before its stated maturity or cause any available credit to cease to be available; or (iv) result in the imposition of any Encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of Parent, or Merger Sub or restrict, hinder, impair or limit the ability of either Parent, or Merger Sub to conduct its business as and where it is now being conducted, other than, in the case of clauses (B) and (C) of this Section 4.3(b) , which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially alter or materially delay any of the Transactions. Parent is not in violation of any of the provisions of its restated articles of incorporation or bylaws.

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(d) No consent, approval, order, authorization, release or waiver of, or registration, notification, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger, except for (i) the filing of the Statement of Merger pursuant to Section 1.3 , (ii) such filings and notifications as may be required under the HSR Act and any other applicable Antitrust Law and the expiration or early termination of applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act and any such other applicable Antitrust Law, (iii) the Registration Statement to be filed with the SEC and documents to be filed with the TSX by Parent in connection with the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, (iv) such other filings and notifications as may be required under federal, state (including “blue sky”), provincial or foreign securities laws or the rules and regulations of the TSX or NASDAQ GM and (v) such other consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, releases, waivers, registrations, notifications, declarations or filings that, if not obtained or made, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to (A) result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect or (B) prevent, materially alter or materially delay the consummation of the Merger.

Section 4.4 Taxes .

(a) Parent has properly completed and timely filed all material Tax Returns required to be filed by Applicable Law on or before the Effective Date and has timely paid all material Taxes due and payable by Parent, including all installments on account of taxes for the current year that are due and payable by Parent whether or not assessed (or reassessed) by the appropriate Tax Authority, and has, as applicable, timely remitted such Taxes to the appropriate Tax Authority under Applicable Law, except for Taxes which are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP. All such Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects when filed and were prepared in substantial compliance with all Applicable Law.

(b) Parent has not taken any action and is not aware of any fact or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

Section 4.5 Absence of Changes . Since March 31, 2017 through the date of this Agreement:

(a) Parent has conducted its business only in the ordinary course of business, other than the entering into of this Agreement.

(b) There has not occurred any event that constituted or with the passage of time would constitute a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Parent has not effected or passed any resolution to approve a split, consolidation or reclassification of any of the outstanding Parent Common Stock.

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Section 4.6 Reporting Status; Securities Law Matters .

(a) Parent is a “reporting issuer” and not on the list of reporting issuers in default under applicable Canadian Securities Laws. The Parent Common Stock is listed on TSX and NASDAQ GM. As of the date hereof, Parent is not subject to regulation by any other stock exchange. Parent has not taken any action to cease to be a reporting issuer in any province of Canada, nor has Parent received notification from any Canadian Securities Regulatory Authority seeking to revoke the reporting issuer status of Parent. No delisting, suspension of trading or cease trade or other order or restriction with respect to any securities of Parent is pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened.

(b) Parent has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents (including exhibits and other information incorporated therein) required to be filed by Parent with the applicable Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities, the SEC, the TSX and NASDAQ GM (collectively, the “ Parent Reports ”). Each Parent Report at the time filed (or if amended or superseded by a filing or amendment prior to the date of this Agreement, then at the time of such filing or amendment), (i) complied in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable Canadian Securities Laws and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to such Parent Reports and (ii) did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities, any Governmental Entity, the TSX or NASDAQ GM with respect to the Parent Reports. Parent has not filed any confidential material change report that at the date of this Agreement remains confidential.

Section 4.7 Financial Statements .

(a) Parent’s audited consolidated financial statements as at and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 (including the notes thereto) and Parent’s unaudited consolidated interim financial statements, each as included in the Parent Reports (collectively, the “ Parent Financial Statements ”), were derived from the accounting books and records of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries and have been, or will be, as the case may be, prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, except (i) as otherwise indicated in such financial statements and the notes thereto or, in the case of audited statements, in the related report of Parent’s independent auditors, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, are subject to normal period-end adjustments (none of which are material, individually or in the aggregate) and may omit notes which are not required by Applicable Law in the unaudited statements) and present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition, results of operations, changes in financial position of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and for the periods indicated therein (subject, in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements, to normal period-end adjustments, none of which are material, individually or in the aggregate) in accordance with GAAP and reflect reserves required by GAAP in respect of all material contingent liabilities, if any, of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The balance sheet of Parent as of the Balance Sheet Date contained in the Parent Reports is hereinafter referred to as the “ Parent Balance Sheet ”.

 

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(b) Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has any material Liabilities that are required to be disclosed on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP except for: (i) Liabilities reflected on, accrued on or reserved against on the face of the Parent Balance Sheet as of the Balance Sheet Date (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP, (ii) Liabilities that have been incurred since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice and that have not had or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, (iii) the fees and expenses of the investment banks, attorneys, consultants and accountants incurred in connection with this Agreement and (iv) Liabilities incurred as a result of the performance by Parent of its obligations under this Agreement. Parent has not had any material dispute with any of its auditors regarding accounting matters or policies during any of its past three full fiscal years or during the current fiscal year.

(c) The financial books, records and accounts of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries: (i) have been maintained in all material respects in accordance with Applicable Law on a basis consistent with prior years; (ii) are stated in reasonable detail and accurately and fairly reflect the transactions, acquisitions and dispositions of the assets of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries in all material respects; and (iii) accurately and fairly reflect in all material respects the basis for the Parent Financial Statements.

Section 4.8 Accounting; Internal Controls .

(a) Parent maintains internal control over financial reporting. Such internal control over financial reporting is effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and includes policies and procedures that: (A) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries; (B) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries are being made only with the requisite authorizations of management and directors of Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable; and (C) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of Parent or the Parent Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on Parent’s financial statements. To the Knowledge of Parent, as of the date of this Agreement: (x) there are no “material weaknesses” in the design and implementation or maintenance of internal controls over financial reporting of Parent that are reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of Parent to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (y) there is no fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal control over financial reporting of Parent.

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(c) Since December 31, 2015, neither Parent nor any of the Parent Subsidiaries nor, to the Parent’s Knowledge, any Representative of Parent or any of the Parent Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any written complaint, allegation, assertion, or claim regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Parent or any of the Parent Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any written complaint, allegation, assertion, or claim that Parent or any of the Parent Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, which has not been resolved to the satisfaction of the audit committee of Parent’s board of directors.

(d) Parent is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable criteria for continued listing of the Parent Common Stock on NASDAQ GM and the TSX, including all applicable corporate governance rules and regulations.

(e) Neither Parent nor, to the Knowledge of Parent, any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives (in each case, acting in their capacities as such) has, since January 1, 2014, directly or indirectly through its representatives or any Person authorized to act on its behalf (including any distributor, agent, sales intermediary or other third party), materially violated the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) or any other Anti-Corruption Law. Neither Parent nor, to the Knowledge of Parent, any of its directors, officers or employees (acting in their capacities as such) has been convicted of violating the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) or any other Anti-Corruption Law.

(f) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect, Parent and each of Parent Subsidiaries is and, since January 1, 2014, has been in compliance, other than in de minimis respects, with all Sanctions applicable to each of Parent and Parent Subsidiaries. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect, since January 1, 2014, neither Parent nor any of Parent Subsidiaries has received any written notices of violations with respect to any Sanctions.

Section 4.9 Freely Tradeable Shares . The Parent Common Stock to be issued as the Merger Consideration shall be registered or qualified for distribution, or exempt from or not subject to any requirement for registration or qualification for distribution, under Canadian Securities Laws, U.S. federal securities laws and the state securities laws of each U.S. state where holders entitled to receive such shares are located. Such securities will not be “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and shall not be subject to any “hold period” resale restrictions under National Instrument 45-102 – Resale of Securities of the Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities, provided the conditions in subsection 2.6(3) (paragraphs 2 through 5) thereof are satisfied in respect of any such trade.

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Section 4.11 Absence of Litigation . There are no civil, criminal, administrative or other suits, claims, actions, proceedings or arbitrations pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened against Parent or Merger Sub, other than any such suit, claim, action, proceeding or arbitration that would not or would not reasonably be expected to, prevent, materially delay or materially impede the consummation by Parent or Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby. Neither Parent nor any of its subsidiaries nor any of their respective material properties is or are subject to any order, writ, judgment injunction, decree or award except for those that would not reasonably be expected to, prevent, materially delay or materially impede the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by Parent or Merger Sub.

Section 4.12 Merger Sub .

(a) Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now being conducted. Parent has made available to the Company certified copies of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws for Merger Sub (the “ Merger Sub Documents ”).

(b) Merger Sub was incorporated on April 1, 2008 solely for the purpose of engaging in a U.S. merger and has not engaged in any business activities or conducted any operations other than those relating to the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and has no assets or Liabilities (other than immaterial Liabilities incurred in connection with its formation). As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists solely of 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 10 shares of which are validly issued and outstanding as of the date hereof and registered in the name of Parent.

(c) Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Merger and other Transactions and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Merger Sub and the consummation by Merger Sub of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part thereof.

(d) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Merger Sub does not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with the provisions of this Agreement by Merger Sub shall not, conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or loss of a benefit under, or result in the creation of any Encumbrance (other than Permitted Encumbrances) upon any of the properties or assets of Merger Sub under the applicable Merger Sub Documents.

Section 4.13 Information Supplied . The information supplied or to be supplied by Parent for inclusion in the Registration Statement, including the Proxy/Prospectus, will not, at the time that the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that no representation or warranty is made by Parent with respect to statements made therein based on information supplied by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement. The Proxy/Prospectus will not, at the date the Proxy/Prospectus is first mailed to the Company’s shareholders, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that, in each case, no representation or warranty is made by Parent with respect to statements made therein based on information supplied by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy/Prospectus. The Registration Statement and the Proxy/Prospectus shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

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Section 4.14 No Other Representations . Except for the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub expressly set forth in this ARTICLE IV, (a) neither Parent nor Merger Sub (or any other Person) makes, or has made any representation or warranty (whether express or implied) relating to Parent or Merger Sub, or any of their respective businesses, operations, properties, assets, liabilities or otherwise in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, including as to the accuracy or completeness of any such information, (b) no Person has been authorized by Parent or Merger Sub to make any representation or warranty relating to Parent or any of their respective businesses, operations, properties, assets, liabilities or otherwise in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, and (c) any estimate, projection, prediction, data, financial information, memorandum, presentation or any other materials or information provided or addressed to the Company or any of its Affiliates or Representatives in connection with the Transactions or in connection with presentations by Parent’s management, are not and shall not be deemed to be or include representations or warranties unless and to the extent any such materials or information is the subject of any representation or warranty of Parent set forth in this ARTICLE IV.

Section 4.15 Non-Reliance . Parent and Merger Sub acknowledge and agree that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in ARTICLE III, it is not acting (including, as applicable, by entering into this Agreement or consummating the Merger) in reliance on: (a) any representation or warranty, express or implied; (b) any estimate, projection, prediction, data, financial information, memorandum, presentation or other materials or information provided or addressed to Parent or any of its Affiliates or Representatives, in connection with presentations by or discussions with the Company’s management whether prior to or after the date of this Agreement or in any other forum or setting; or (c) the accuracy or completeness of any other representation, warranty, estimate, projection, prediction, data, financial information, memorandum, presentation or other materials or information.

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

Section 5.1 Conduct of Business Prior to the Effective Time .

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(i) conduct its and their business in the usual, regular and ordinary course in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted and in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Law;

(ii) use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past practice to preserve intact its present business organizations and preserve its advantageous relationships with employees, customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees and others having business dealings with it; and

(iii) take no action that is intended to or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect or materially delay the ability of the Company, Parent or Merger Sub to obtain any necessary approvals of any Governmental Entity required for the Transactions or to perform its covenants and agreements under this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions.

Section 5.2 Company Forbearances . Without limiting the generality or effect of Section 5.1(a) , during the period from the date hereof and continuing until the earlier of (x) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with ARTICLE VII and (y) the Effective Time, the Company shall not, and shall cause each Company Subsidiary not to, do, cause or permit any of the following, except (1) to the extent expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, (2) as consented to in writing by Parent, with any such request for consent to be given good faith consideration by Parent, (3) as required by Applicable Law or (4) as set forth on Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule:

(i) amend its articles of incorporation or bylaws, or comparable organizational or governing documents;

(ii) declare or pay any dividend on or make any other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of any of its capital stock (other than the payment of any dividend or distribution by any Company Subsidiary to the Company or another Company Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice), or split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock, repurchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock or adopt any resolution, plan or arrangement for liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, except for withholding Taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of Company Options, Company SARs, Company Warrants or the settlement of Company RSUs;

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(iv) (A) enter into any Contract that would constitute a Company Material Contract if entered into immediately prior to the date hereof, (B) terminate (other than allowing expiration according to its scheduled term), or waive any of the material terms of, any Company Material Contracts or (C) amend or otherwise modify any Company Material Contract (or any other Contract that, after giving effect to such amendment or modification, would be a Company Material Contract if entered into prior to the date hereof, taking into account such amendment);

(v) issue, deliver or sell or authorize or propose the issuance, delivery or sale of, or purchase or propose the purchase of, any shares of its capital stock or securities convertible into, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire, or other Contracts of any character obligating it to issue any such shares or other convertible securities, other than the issuance of shares of Company Class A Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of Company Options, Company SARS or Company Warrants or pursuant to the settlement of Company RSUs, in each case, outstanding on the date hereof;

(vi) (A) hire any additional officers or other employees, or engage any consultants or independent contractors (except hiring of employees to fill open positions arising as a result of the termination for cause or resignation of employees of the Company following the date hereof, in each case so long as no employee’s aggregate compensation exceeds $150,000 and using the Company’s standard, unmodified form of offer letter that provides for at will employment and that does not provide for severance, acceleration or post-termination benefits not imposed by Applicable Law (“ Permitted Hires ”)), (B) terminate the employment, change the title, office or position, or materially reduce the responsibilities of any employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary at a level of Vice President or higher, except for cause or non-performance of material duties, (C) enter into, amend or extend the term of any employment, consulting, severance or termination agreement with any officer, employee, consultant or independent contractor (except with respect to Permitted Hires) or (D) enter into any Contract with a labor union or collective bargaining agreement (unless required by Applicable Law);

(vii) (A) commence, implement or effect any material organizational restructuring of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or take any action that would result in any restructuring, shutdown or similar change, (B) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (other than the Merger), or (C) reassign the responsibilities of any employee at a level of Vice President or higher in any material respect, except for cause or non-performance of material duties;

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(ix) (A) transfer or license to any Person any rights to any Intellectual Property, other than non-exclusive licenses in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, (B) acquire or license from any Person any Third-Party Intellectual Property, other than non-exclusive, non-royalty bearing licenses in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, or (C) transfer or provide a copy of any Company Source Code to any Person (including any current or former employee or consultant of the Company or any contractor or commercial partner of the Company outside the United States or Canada) other than providing access to Company Source Code to current employees and consultants of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries involved in the development of Company Products on a need-to-know basis, consistent with past practice;

(x) sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of or encumber any of its properties or assets that are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company Business, other than sales and non-exclusive licenses of Company Products in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, or enter into any Contract with respect to the foregoing;

(xi) incur any Liability that would be Company Debt, enter into any “keep well” or other Contract to maintain any financial statement condition, or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing;

(xii) make any capital expenditures, capital additions or capital improvements which are more than 10 % greater than the amounts set forth in the capital expenditures budget set forth on Schedule 5.2(xii) ;

(xiii) materially change the amount or terms of any insurance coverage;

(xiv) (A) enter into, adopt, terminate or amend any Company Employee Plan other than routine amendments that do not materially increase benefits or result in a material increase in administrative costs or amend any compensation, benefit, entitlement, grant or award provided or made under any such plan, except in each case as required under Applicable Law or as necessary to maintain the qualified status of such plan under the Code, (B) materially amend any deferred compensation plan within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and Internal Revenue Service Notice 2005-1 except to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of such Section or Notice, (C) pay any special bonus or special remuneration to any employee, non-employee director, independent contractor or consultant or increase the salaries, wage rates or fees of its employees or consultants or materially increase the benefits provided to any of its employees, non-employee directors, independent contractors or consultants (other than ordinary course salary increases for employees at a level below Vice-President in connection with annual performance reviews or promotions and that do not exceed 10% for any such employee) or (D) add any new members to the board of directors of the Company or to the board of directors or similar governing body of any Company Subsidiary (other than to replace a member of the board of directors of the Company or the board of directors or similar governing body of such Company Subsidiary who resigns or is otherwise removed from such position following the date hereof and prior to the Closing);

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(xvi) (A) commence a Legal Proceeding other than (1) for the routine collection of accounts receivable, (2) in such cases where the Company in good faith determines that failure to commence such Legal Proceeding would result in the material impairment of a valuable aspect of the Company Business (provided that the Company consults with Parent prior to the filing of such a suit) or (3) for a breach of this Agreement or (B) settle, offer to settle or agree to settle any pending or threatened Legal Proceeding or other dispute, including any such Legal Proceeding between a third party and any customers of the Company for which the Company is providing a defense or indemnity, other than in the ordinary course of business and for consideration not in excess of $325,000 individually or $400,000 in the aggregate and that would not impose any material restriction on the Company Business;

(xvii) acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any Person or division thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets or enter into any Contract with respect to a joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership;

(xviii) other than in the ordinary course of business, (A) make or change any material election in respect of Taxes, or adopt or change any accounting method in respect of Taxes, in each case, if such change would result in material Taxes, (B) file any material Tax Return, any amendment to any such Tax Return or any claim for Tax refunds (provided that Parent will not unreasonably withhold its consent to such a filing), (C) enter into any Tax sharing or similar agreement or closing agreement, settle any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes for an amount materially in excess of the amount accrued or reserved with respect to Taxes, (D) consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or (E) enter into intercompany transactions giving rise to deferred gain or loss of any kind;

(xix) change accounting methods or practices (including any change in depreciation or amortization policies) or revalue any of its material assets (including writing down the value of inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice and GAAP), except in each case as required by changes in GAAP (which requirement is confirmed by its independent auditors) and after notice to Parent;

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(xxiii) agree in writing or otherwise to take, any of the actions described in clauses (i) through (xxii) of this Section 5.2 , or any action that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede, interfere with, hinder or delay the consummation by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries of the Transactions.

Section 5.3 Parent Forbearances . During the period from the date hereof and continuing until the earlier of (x) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with ARTICLE VIII and (y) the Effective Time, Parent shall not do, cause or permit any of the following (except (1) to the extent expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or (2) as consented to in writing by the Company, with any such request for consent to be given good faith consideration by the Company:

(i) amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, in each case, in a manner that would be reasonably expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of Parent to consummate the Merger or otherwise be adverse to the holders of Company Class A Common Stock;

(ii) declare or pay any dividend on or make any other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of any of its capital stock, or split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or adopt any resolution, plan or arrangement for liquidation, dissolution or winding-up;

(iii) take any action or knowingly fail to take any action where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code;

(iv) fail to timely file any Parent Reports (in complete form, with all required signatures, certifications and exhibits) required to be filed between the date hereof and the Closing; or

(v) agree in writing or otherwise to take any of the actions described in clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 5.3 , or any action that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede, interfere with, hinder or delay the consummation by the Parent of the Transactions.

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ARTICLE VI

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

Section 6.1 Proxy Statement and Form F-4 .

(a) Parent and the Company shall jointly prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC a proxy statement relating to the Company Shareholder Meeting and a prospectus that Parent will use in the United States to offer the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger (such proxy statement and prospectus, together with all amendments and supplements thereto, the “ Proxy/Prospectus ”), and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to, with the Company’s reasonable cooperation, prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4 pursuant to which the offer and sale of shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger will be registered pursuant to the Securities Act and which will include the Proxy/Prospectus as a part thereof (such registration statement, together with all amendments and supplements thereto, the “ Registration Statement ”), as promptly as practicable using its reasonable best efforts to make such filing no later than twenty (20) Business Days after the date hereof (provided, that no party shall be in breach of this timing obligation to the extent the delay is the result of an inability, after reasonable best efforts, to prepare required pro forma financial statements). Parent and the Company each shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) respond as promptly as practicable to any comment from the SEC with respect to the Registration Statement and Proxy/Prospectus, (ii) have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after its filing, to (iii) maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for as long as necessary to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (iv) promptly after the Registration Statement is declared effective, mail the Proxy/Prospectus to the shareholders of the Company. Parent shall also use its reasonable best efforts to satisfy, prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement, all necessary Securities Laws or “blue sky” notice requirements in connection with the Merger and to consummate the other Transactions. Parent shall also use its reasonable best efforts to take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, in connection with the issuance of the Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of Company Class A Common Stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actions. The Company shall also use its reasonable best efforts to take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, in connection with the Proxy/Prospectus, and Parent shall furnish all information concerning Parent as may be reasonably requested in connection with such filing.

(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the other of the receipt of any comments from the SEC and of any request from the SEC for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Proxy/Prospectus or for additional information and shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, provide the other with copies of all correspondence between it and/or any of its Representatives, on one hand, and the SEC or any state securities commission, on the other hand, with respect to the Registration Statement or Proxy/Prospectus and all written comments with respect to the Registration Statement or the Proxy/Prospectus received from the SEC or any state securities commission.

(c) The Company and Parent will cause each of the Proxy/Prospectus and Registration Statement to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and the applicable requirements of the NASDAQ GM and TSX.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Registration Statement, the Proxy/Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) and other documents related to the Company Shareholder Meeting and the issuance of the shares of Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger with the applicable Governmental Entity, responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto and mailing such documents to shareholders, each of the Company and Parent shall cooperate and provide the other (and its respective legal counsel) with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on drafts of such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Registration Statement, Proxy/Prospectus or such other document will be made by one party without the other party’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, condition or delayed). Each party will include in the Proxy/Prospectus, the Registration Statement and such other documents related to the Company Shareholder Meeting or the issuance of the shares of Parent Common Stock in respect of the Merger all comments reasonably and promptly proposed by the other party or its legal counsel and each agrees that all information relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries included in the Proxy/Prospectus and the Registration Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonably, and all information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries included in the Proxy/Prospectus and the Registration Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to the Company, acting reasonably.

(e) If, at any time prior to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, either the Registration Statement or the Proxy/Prospectus, so that such document would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto, and the Company and Parent shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any appropriate amendment of, or supplement to, the Registration Statement or the Proxy/Prospectus and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement to shareholders of the Company.

(f) Parent will as promptly as practicable take all actions to list on the NASDAQ GM and TSX the shares of Parent Common Stock that it proposes to issue as Merger Consideration.

 

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Section 6.2 Shareholder Approvals .

(a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act (or in the case of the record date, a reasonable time before the Registration Statement is declared effective), the Company shall, in accordance with Applicable Law and the Company’s articles of incorporation and bylaws, establish a record date (which record date will be as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date on which it is established) for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold, a meeting of the Company’s shareholders (including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “ Company Shareholder Meeting ”), in accordance with Section 321 of the PBCL, for the sole purpose of obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval, holding the Company Shareholder Advisory Vote in accordance with the PBCL and Applicable Law, and such other matters as may be agreed by Parent; provided, however, that the Company Shareholder Meeting shall be held no later than twenty-five (25) Business Days after the Registration Statement is declared effective (unless adjourned or postponed in accordance with the terms of this Section 6.2(a) ). The Company will cause the Proxy/Prospectus to be mailed to its shareholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the SEC has declared the Registration Statement effective, but in any event no later than five (5) Business Days after the Registration Statement is declared effective. Subject to Section 6.4(d) , the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable on its part to obtain the Company Shareholder Approval and hold the Company Shareholder Advisory Vote at the Company Shareholder Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, including soliciting from its shareholders proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement in compliance with all Applicable Law and its articles of incorporation and bylaws. The Company shall ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Company Shareholder meeting are solicited in compliance with all Applicable Law. The Company shall not adjourn or postpone the Company Shareholder Meeting without the prior written consent of Parent; provided, that the Company may adjourn or postpone the Company Shareholder Meeting (A) if the failure to adjourn or postpone the Company Shareholder Meeting would reasonably be expected to be a violation of Applicable Law or to allow reasonable additional time for the filing and/or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that the board of directors of the Company has determined in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, is necessary or required to be filed under Applicable Law or for the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 6.4(g) and Section 6.4(h) and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the Company’s shareholders prior to the Company Shareholder Meeting, (B) if, as of the time that the Company Shareholder Meeting is originally scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy/Prospectus) or rescheduled, pursuant to this Section 6.2(a) , there are insufficient shares of Company Class A Common Stock represented at such meeting (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Company Shareholder Meeting or (C) if, as of the time that the Company Shareholder Meeting is originally scheduled, adjournment or postponement of the Company Shareholder Meeting is necessary to enable the Company to solicit additional proxies required to obtain the Company Shareholder Approval; further provided, that in the event that there are insufficient votes to obtain the Company Shareholder Approval at the Company Shareholder Meeting, the Company may postpone or adjourn the Company Shareholder Meeting up to two (2) times for up to thirty (30) days to the extent permitted by Applicable Law.

(b) Except to the extent expressly permitted by Section 6.4(f) , (i) the board of directors of the Company shall recommend that the Company’s shareholders vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement (the “ Company Board Recommendation ”) at the Company Shareholder Meeting, (ii) the Proxy/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of the Company has recommended that the Company’s shareholders vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement at the Company Shareholder Meeting and (iii) neither the board of directors of the Company nor any committee thereof shall effect a Company Adverse Recommendation Change.

(c) The Company agrees (i) to provide Parent with periodic updates concerning proxy solicitation results on a timely basis (including, if requested, promptly providing periodic voting reports) and (ii) to give written notice to Parent one (1) day prior to the Company Shareholder Meeting and on the day of, but prior to, the Company Shareholder Meeting indicating whether as of such date insufficient proxies representing the Company Shareholder Approval appear to have been obtained.

 

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(d) Unless this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to ARTICLE VIII, the Company’s obligation to establish a record date for, call, give notice of, convene and hold the Company Shareholder Meeting in accordance with this Section 6.2 shall not be limited to, or otherwise affected by, the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission to the Company of any Acquisition Proposal or Superior Proposal or by any Company Adverse Recommendation Change.

Section 6.3 Approval of Sole Stockholder of Merger Sub . Immediately after the execution of this Agreement, Parent shall execute and deliver, in accordance with Applicable Law and its restated articles of incorporation and bylaws, in its capacity as sole stockholder of Merger Sub, a written consent adopting this Agreement. Such consent shall not be modified or rescinded and Parent shall deliver such consent to the Company promptly upon the execution thereof.

Section 6.4 No Solicitation .

(a) Termination of Prior Discussions . Upon execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall, and shall cause their respective Representatives to, immediately (i) cease any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted prior to or on the date hereof with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) cease any existing discussion that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) request, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause, any Person (and such Person’s Representatives), other than Parent and its Representatives, with which the Company has engaged in any such activities within the 18 month period preceding the date hereof to promptly return or destroy all non-public information previously provided to such Person (and such Person’s Representatives) and (iv) terminate access for anyone other than the Company, Parent and Merger Sub and their respective Representatives to any physical or electronic data rooms of the Company. From and after the date hereof, the Company shall, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries to, enforce (and shall not, nor permit any Company Subsidiary to, waive, amend, terminate, modify or fail to enforce) any provision of any “standstill” or similar obligation of any Person, including the provisions of any confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements entered into in connection with or applicable to an Acquisition Proposal, to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party.

(b) No-Solicitation . Subject to Section 6.4(d) and Section 6.4(f) , from and after the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with ARTICLE VIII, the Company (including the board of directors of the Company and any committee thereof) and the Company Subsidiaries will not, and will not authorize or permit any of their respective Representatives to, and shall cause their respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, encourage or knowingly facilitate or induce the making, submission or public announcement of an Acquisition Proposal, or the making of any inquiry, offer or proposal that would constitute or would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal or the making or consummation thereof, (ii) furnish to any Person any non-public information relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiaries, or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries to any Person, in each case in connection with or for the purpose of encouraging or facilitating an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, offer or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage in, enter into, participate in, maintain or continue any communications or negotiations regarding an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, offer or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, except to notify a Person that had made or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is making inquiries with respect to, or is considering making, an Acquisition Proposal of the existence of the provisions of this Section 6.4(b) , (iv) agree to, accept, approve, endorse or recommend (or publicly propose or announce any intention or desire to agree to, accept, approve, endorse or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal or submit any Acquisition Proposal to the vote of any securityholders of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (v) enter into any commitment, agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet or any other agreement, understanding or contract (whether binding or not) contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Proposal or enter into any agreement, contract, understanding or commitment to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the Merger or (vi) resolve, propose or agree to do any of the foregoing.

 

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(c) Notice . From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly (but in any event within 24 hours) advise Parent orally and in writing after receipt by the Company and/or any Company Subsidiary (and/or to the knowledge of the Company, by any of the Company’s Representatives) of any Acquisition Proposal and (i) if such Acquisition Proposal is in writing, the Company shall deliver to Parent a copy of such Acquisition Proposal and any related draft agreements and other written material relating to such Acquisition Proposal or (ii) if such Acquisition Proposal is oral, the Company shall communicate to Parent the material terms and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal, including, in each case, the identity of the Person submitting any such Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall keep Parent reasonably informed on a current basis (but in any event within 24 hours of any such change) of the status and material terms of, and any material amendments, changes or modifications or proposed material amendments or modifications to, any such Acquisition Proposal (or the status thereof). The Company shall not enter into any Contract with any Person that prohibits the Company from providing any information to Parent in accordance with this Section 6.4(c) .

(d) Superior Proposals . If, at any time prior to the date that the Company Shareholder Approval is obtained, the Company receives an unsolicited, written, bona fide Acquisition Proposal that the board of directors of the Company determines in good faith (after consultation with the Company’s outside legal and financial advisors of national standing) is, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Superior Proposal, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.4(a) , the Company may (A) enter into discussions with any Person making such an Acquisition Proposal and (B) deliver or make available to such Person non-public information regarding the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (provided that substantially concurrently (and in any event within 24 hours) the Company delivers or makes available to Parent such information to the extent such information was not previously made available to Parent); provided, that, in each such case, the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and the Company Representatives shall have complied with each of the following:

(i) none of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives shall have violated (other than immaterial breaches) any of the provisions of this Section 6.4 ;

 

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(ii) (x) the board of directors of the Company first shall have determined in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel) that the failure to deliver or make available such information or engage in such discussions would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of its fiduciary obligations to the Company and the Company’s shareholders under Applicable Law, and (y) the Company provides written notice to Parent immediately after any such determination by the board of directors of the Company and before taking any of the actions described in (A) and (B) of this sentence; and

(iii) prior to delivering or making available to any such Person any material non-public information, the Company first shall have received from such Person an executed confidentiality agreement on terms no less favorable to the Company than the Confidentiality Agreement.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the board of directors of the Company (including a duly authorized committee thereof) shall not (i) withhold, withdraw, amend or modify, or publicly propose to withhold, withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse to Parent or Merger Sub, the Company Board Recommendation (including any failure to include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy/Prospectus), (ii) approve, endorse or recommend, or publicly propose to approve, endorse or recommend to the shareholders of the Company an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) fail to publicly recommend against acceptance of any tender offer or exchange offer for the Company Class A Common Stock within ten (10) Business Days after commencement of such offer or against any Acquisition Proposal (provided that a “stop, look and listen” communication by the board of directors of the Company to the shareholders of the Company pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) of the Exchange Act shall not be deemed to be a Company Adverse Recommendation Change unless and until the board of directors of the Company fails to reconfirm the Company Board Recommendation by the close of business on the tenth (10th) Business Day following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer), (iv) other than with respect to the period of up to ten (10) Business Days applicable to tender offer or exchange offers that are the subject of the preceding clause (iii), fail to publicly reaffirm the Company Board Recommendation, in each case, within five (5) Business Days after Parent so requests in writing, (v) enter into any definitive agreement providing for an Acquisition Proposal or (vi) resolve or publicly propose to take any action described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) (each of the foregoing actions described in clauses (i) through (v) being referred to as a “ Company Adverse Recommendation Change

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the board of directors of the Company (or a duly authorized committee thereof) may: (i) make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change in response to an Intervening Event if the Company’s board of directors has determined in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that the failure of the Company’s board of directors to make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change would be reasonably likely to violate its fiduciary obligations to the Company and the Company’s shareholders under Applicable Law; (ii) make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change in response to the Company receiving an unsolicited, written, bona fide Acquisition Proposal that the Company’s board of directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, constitutes a Superior Proposal; or (iii) if the Company has complied in all material respects with this Section 6.4 , cause the Company to terminate this Agreement and, prior to or substantially concurrently with such termination, cause the Company to enter into a definitive written agreement providing for such Superior Proposal, if, and only if, in all cases, the board of directors of the Company determines in good faith, after consulting with and receiving advice from outside counsel, that the failure to (1) effect a Company Adverse Recommendation Change or (2) terminate this Agreement and enter into a definitive written agreement providing for a Superior Proposal, as the case may be, would be reasonably likely to violate its fiduciary obligations to the Company and the Company’s shareholders under Applicable Law.

 

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(g) Subject to Section 6.4(f) , (i) no Company Adverse Recommendation Change may be made in response to an Intervening Event or Superior Proposal and (ii) no termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 6.4(f) may be made unless: (A) the Company complies in all material respects with this Section 6.4(g) , (B) the Company provides Parent prior written notice of its intent to make any Company Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.4(f) at least four (4) Business Days prior to taking such action (a “ Company Board Recommendation Notice ”), which notice shall specify (x) in the case of such action taken in connection with a Superior Proposal, the material terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal (including the identity of the Person making such Superior Proposal and a copy of the then-current forms of all of the relevant proposed transaction documents related thereto, including definitive agreements with respect to such Superior Proposal and any financing commitments relating thereto) or (y) in the case of such action taken in connection with an Intervening Event, a description of such event and any related documentation; and (C) the Company shall have, (x) during the four (4) Business Day period specified above (and any additional period related to a revision of the Superior Proposal, as provided below), negotiated, and caused its Representatives to negotiate, with Parent in good faith (to the extent Parent desires to negotiate) with respect to any adjustments proposed by Parent to the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Superior Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Proposal (or in the event of an Intervening Event, to allow the Merger to be effected), (y) following the end of such four (4) Business Day period specified above (and any additional period related to a revision of the Superior Proposal, as provided below), the Company’s board of directors shall have considered in good faith any revisions to the terms of this Agreement proposed in writing by Parent, and shall have determined, after consultation with its outside financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that failure to make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement would be reasonably likely to violate its fiduciary obligations to the Company and the Company’s shareholders under Applicable Law, and (z) if applicable, prior to or substantially concurrent with, the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.4(f) , pay the Termination Fee as set forth in Section 8.3(d) .

(h) The parties agree that, in the case of such actions taken in connection with a Superior Proposal, any material amendment to the financial terms or other material terms of such Superior Proposal shall require a new Company Board Recommendation Notice and an additional two (2) Business Day period (the period inclusive of all such days, the “ Notice Period ”). The Company agrees that: (i) during the Notice Period the Company shall, and shall cause its financial advisors and outside legal counsel to, negotiate with Parent in good faith (if Parent indicates to the Company that it desires to negotiate) the terms of this Agreement and (ii) the Company shall take into account all changes and adjustments to the terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent in determining whether such Superior Proposal continues to constitute a Superior Proposal. The Company shall keep Parent reasonably informed of all developments affecting the material terms of any such Superior Proposal (and the Company shall provide Parent with copies of any additional written materials received that relate to such Superior Proposal).

 

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(i) Compliance with Tender Offer Rules . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit the board of directors of the Company from taking and disclosing to the Company’s shareholders a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) or Rule 14d-9 under the Exchange Act or Item 1012 of Regulation M-A or otherwise complying with the provisions of Rule 14e-2 or Rule 14d-9 under the Exchange Act or Item 1012 of Regulation M-A; provided, that none of the following shall be deemed to be a Company Adverse Recommendation Change: (i) a “stop, look and listen” or similar communication of the type contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act (provided that such communication is also accompanied by a public statement by the board of directors of the Company expressly reaffirming the Company Board Recommendation), (ii) an express rejection of any applicable Acquisition Proposal or (iii) an express reaffirmation of the Company Board Recommendation.

Section 6.5 Access to Information

(a) Subject to Applicable Law, the Company and Parent each shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to), upon reasonable request by the other, furnish the other with all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, directors, officers and shareholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the Proxy/Prospectus, the Registration Statement or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger and the Transactions.

(b) The Company shall (and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries to), upon giving of reasonable notice by Parent, afford Parent’s officers and other authorized Representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours following reasonable advance notice throughout the period prior to the Effective Time, to its officers, employees, agents, contracts, books and records (including the work papers of such party’s independent accountants upon receipt of any required consents from such accountants), as well as properties, offices and other facilities, and, during such period, shall (and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries to) furnish promptly to the Parent all information concerning its business, properties and personnel as may reasonably be requested. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6.5 shall require or be construed to require the Company to allow Parent or its Representatives to perform any on-site procedures (including an on-site study) with respect to any property of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries.

(c) This Section 6.5 shall not be construed to require the Company to permit any access to any of its (or the Company Subsidiaries’) officers, employees, agents, contracts, books or records, or its (or the Company Subsidiaries’) properties, offices or other facilities, or to permit any inspection, review, sampling or audit, or to disclose or otherwise make available any information that in the reasonable judgment of the Company would (i) unreasonably disrupt the operations of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, (ii) result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of any third parties or violate the terms of any confidentiality provisions in any agreement with a third party entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, (iii) result in a violation of Applicable Law, including any fiduciary duty, (iv) waive the protection of any attorney-client or similar privilege or (v) result in the disclosure of any personal information that would expose the Company to the risk of liability. In the event that the Company objects to any request submitted pursuant to and in accordance with Section 6.5(a) and withholds information on the basis of the foregoing clauses (i) through (v), the Company shall inform Parent as to the general nature of what is being withheld and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make appropriate substitute arrangements to permit reasonable disclosure that does not suffer from any of the foregoing impediments, including through the use of reasonable best efforts to (A) obtain the required consent or waiver of any third party required to provide such information and (B) implement appropriate and mutually agreeable measures to permit the disclosure of such information in a manner to remove the basis for the objection, including by arrangement of appropriate clean room procedures, redaction or entry into a customary joint defense agreement with respect to any information to be so provided, if the Company determines that doing so would reasonably permit the disclosure of such information without violating Applicable Law or confidentiality restriction or jeopardizing such privilege. All requests for information made pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be directed to Kelly Gay or other Person designated by the Company. All information exchanged or made available shall be governed by the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

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(d) No exchange of information or investigation by Parent or its Representatives shall affect or be deemed to affect, modify or waive the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement.

(e) To the extent that any of the information or material furnished pursuant to this Section 6.5 or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement may include material subject to the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or any other applicable privilege concerning pending or threatened legal proceedings or governmental investigations, the parties understand and agree that they have a commonality of interest with respect to such matters and it is their desire, intention and mutual understanding that the sharing of such material is not intended to, and shall not, waive or diminish in any way the confidentiality of such material or its continued protection under the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable privilege. All such information that is entitled to protection under the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable privilege shall remain entitled to such protection under these privileges, this Agreement and under the joint defense doctrine.

Section 6.6 Confidentiality; Public Disclosure .

(a) The parties hereto acknowledge that Parent and the Company have previously executed a Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2016 (as may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “ Confidentiality Agreement ”), which shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

 

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(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall consult with the other party before issuing or making, and shall provide and shall not issue any press release or make any public statement relating to this Agreement or the Transactions without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, that either the Company or Parent may, without obtaining such prior consent, issue such press release or make such public statement to the extent that such party determines in good faith (following consultation with its outside legal counsel) that such press release or public statement is required by Applicable Law or the rules of any national securities exchange to be issued or made so long as such party shall have (i) used all reasonable efforts to consult and discuss in good faith with the other party the form and content thereof prior to its release and (ii) considered in good faith any reasonable changes that are suggested by the other party prior to releasing or making such press release or public statement. Each of the Company and Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Representatives to comply with this Section 6.6(b) . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.6(b) , (i) Parent and the Company may make press releases or public announcements concerning this Agreement or the Transactions that consist solely of information previously disclosed in all material respects in previous press releases or announcements made by Parent and/or the Company in compliance with this Section 6.6(b) , (ii) Parent and the Company may make public statements in response to specific questions by the press, analysts, investors or those attending industry conferences or financial analyst conference calls, so long as any such statements consist solely of information previously disclosed in all material respects in previous press releases, public disclosures or public statements made jointly by Parent and the Company and do not reveal any material, non-public information regarding the other parties hereto, this Agreement or the Transactions, and (iv) the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.6(b) shall not apply to any release or announcement made or proposed to be made in connection with, or in response to, a Company Adverse Recommendation Change that is effected in compliance with Section 6.4(f) . In addition to the foregoing obligations, Parent and the Company shall consult with each other reasonably in advance of issuing any non-public communications to employees or other constituents relating to this Agreement or the Transactions.

Section 6.7 Extinguishment of Company Debt . No later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall cause the lenders holding Company Debt to have prepared and delivered to the Company and Parent pay-off letters in customary form, which pay-off letters shall be updated, as necessary, on the Closing Date to specify (a) the identity of each lender; (b) the amount owed or to be owed to each such lender; and (c) the bank account and wire transfer information for each such lender. Unless otherwise agreed with the lenders holding Company Debt, Parent agrees to use its reasonable commercial efforts to extinguish the Company Debt, in accordance with the pay-off letters, as soon as practicable following the Closing.

Section 6.8 Regulatory Approvals .

(a) Each of Parent and the Company shall promptly after the execution of this Agreement apply for or otherwise seek, and use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, all consents and approvals of Governmental Entities required to be obtained by it for the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions. Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, each of Parent and the Company shall, as soon as practicable (and in any event no later than fifteen (15) Business Days) following the date hereof, file a Premerger Notification and Report under the HSR Act, and shall, as soon as practicable following the date hereof, make any filings required by any other applicable Antitrust Law. The parties hereto shall promptly supply one another with any information that may be required in order to make such filings or obtain such consents and approvals. Each party hereto shall (i) consult and cooperate with one another, and consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions and proposals made or submitted by or on behalf of any party hereto in connection with proceedings under or relating to any applicable Antitrust Law, (ii) coordinate with one another in preparing and exchanging such materials and (iii) promptly provide one another (and its counsel) with copies of all filings, presentations or submissions (and a summary of any oral presentations) made by such party to any Governmental Entity in connection with this Agreement; provided, that with respect to any such analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions or proposals or such filings, presentations or submissions, each of Parent and the Company need not supply the other (or its counsel) with copies (or in case of oral presentations, a summary) to the extent that any Applicable Law requires such party or its subsidiaries to restrict or prohibit access to any such information.

 

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(b) Each party hereto will notify the other promptly upon the receipt of (i) any substantive comments from any officials of any Governmental Entity in connection with any filings made pursuant hereto and (ii) any request by any officials of any Governmental Entity for amendments or supplements to any filings made pursuant to, or information provided to comply in all material respects with, any Applicable Law. Whenever any event occurs that is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any filing made pursuant to Section 6.8(a) , each party hereto will promptly inform the other parties of such occurrence and cooperate in filing with the applicable Governmental Entity such amendment or supplement.

(c) Each of Parent and the Company shall use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such objections, if any, as may be asserted by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Transactions under any applicable Antitrust Laws. Parent and the Company shall take any and all of the following actions to the extent necessary to cause the expiration of the notice periods under applicable Antitrust Laws with respect to the Transactions and to obtain the approval of any Governmental Entity with jurisdiction over the enforcement of any Applicable Law regarding the Transactions: (i) entering into negotiations, (ii) providing information required by Applicable Law, (iii) substantially complying with any “second request” for information pursuant to applicable Antitrust Laws, and (iv) defending any action, suit or proceeding instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by any Government Entity or any third party challenging the Transactions or that would otherwise prohibit or materially impair or materially delay the consummation of such Transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parent shall not be required to (and Company and its Subsidiaries shall not, without the prior written consent of the Parent) commit to or effect any divestiture, disposal, holding separate or licensing of, any agreement to conduct in a specified manner, or any restriction on or limitation of, any of the assets or business of Parent or the Company.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Company, and the Company shall cause the Company Subsidiaries not to, without Parent’s prior written consent, commit to or propose any divestiture transaction, or commit or propose to alter their businesses or commercial practices in any way, or otherwise take or commit to take (or propose to take or commit to take) any such action that, in each case, would reasonably be expected to limit Parent’s freedom of action with respect to, or Parent’s ability to retain any of the businesses, product lines or assets of, the Company Business or otherwise receive the full benefits of this Agreement.

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Section 6.9 Reasonable Efforts . In furtherance of and without limitation of the obligations of Section 6.8(c) , each of the parties hereto agrees to use its respective reasonable best efforts, and to cooperate with each other party hereto to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, appropriate or desirable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other Transactions, including (a) taking all reasonable actions necessary to satisfy the parties’ respective conditions set forth in ARTICLE VII and (b) executing and delivering such other instruments and doing and performing such other acts and things as may be reasonably necessary, appropriate or desirable to effect completely the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions.

Section 6.10 Third-Party Consents; Notices .

(a) If requested by Parent, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, prior to the Closing, and deliver to Parent, at or prior to the Closing, all notices, consents, waivers and approvals under each Contract listed or described in Section 3.3(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (and any Contract entered into after the date hereof that would have been required to be listed or described in Section 3.3(c) or Section 3.3(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule if entered into immediately prior to the date hereof), using a form reasonably acceptable to Parent.

(b) The Company shall give all notices and other information required to be given to the employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary under any Applicable Law in connection with the Transactions.

Section 6.11 Notice of Certain Matters . The Company and Parent will give written prompt notice to the other of: (a) any fact, event or circumstance known to it that (i) is reasonably likely, individually or taken together with all other facts, events and circumstances known to it, to result in any Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material Adverse Effect with respect to it or (ii) would cause or constitute a material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein that reasonably could be expected to give rise, individually or in the aggregate, to the failure of a condition in ARTICLE VII to be satisfied, (b) the receipt of any (i) written notice from any third Person alleging that the consent or approval of such Person is or may be required in connection with the Merger and the Transactions or (ii) any notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions, or (c) any Legal Proceeding commenced or, to its Knowledge, threatened against a party hereto, or relating to or involving the Company, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries that, relate to the Merger or other Transactions. No notification given pursuant to this Section 6.11 shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements herein or affect the satisfaction or non-satisfaction of any conditions to the obligations of the parties hereto under this Agreement or otherwise limit or affect the remedies available hereunder to the parties, and any failure to give notice in accordance with the foregoing with respect to any breach shall not be deemed to constitute a violation of this Section 6.11 or the failure of any condition set forth in Section 7.2 or Section 7.3 to be satisfied, or otherwise constitute a breach of this Agreement by the party failing to give such notice, in each case unless the underlying breach would independent result in a failure of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 or Section 7.3 to be satisfied

 

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Section 6.12 Employees and Contractors; Directors; Equity Matters .

(a) During the period commencing on the Effective Time and ending on the 18 month anniversary of the Closing Date, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation (or other Affiliate) to, provide employee benefit and compensation plans for the benefit of employees who are actively employed by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date (“ Company Employees ”), while employed by the Surviving Corporation (or Parent or any Affiliate of Parent), with total compensation comprised of (i) an annual base salary or base wage that is no less than the annual base salary or base wage in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (ii) employee benefits; such that the aforementioned total compensation under (i) and (ii) is at least substantially equivalent in the aggregate to that provided as of the date hereof to similarly situated employees of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries whose workplace is in the United States. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation or other Affiliate of Parent, to provide to each Company Employee whose employment is terminated by the Surviving Corporation (or Parent or any of its Affiliates) without “cause” during the period commencing on the Closing Date, and specifically excluding any voluntary resignation by any Company Employee, and ending on the first anniversary of the Closing Date with the severance payments and benefits to which the Company Employee would have been entitled under the applicable severance pay plan of the Company and its Subsidiaries listed in Section 3.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule immediately prior to the Effective Time taking into account the Company Employee’s length of service with the Company and its Subsidiaries as provided in Section 6.12(b) , subject to the terms of the severance plan, including the requirement to sign a waiver and release, if applicable.

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(c) Parent agrees to cause all Company Employee Plans to be honored in accordance with their terms as of the date hereof, provided that this Section 6.12(c) shall not be construed to limit the ability of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries to amend or terminate any Company Employee Plan to the extent that such amendment or termination is permitted by the terms of the applicable Company Employee Plan and Applicable Law.

(d) On or about the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the mailing of the Proxy/Prospectus, the Company shall deliver to Parent, with respect to any Persons who are “disqualified individuals” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) with respect to the Company (“ Company Disqualified Persons ”) and who are reasonably expected to receive any “excess parachute payments” in connection with the Merger, calculations prepared by an accounting firm showing the estimated effect of Section 280G and Section 4999 of the Code with respect to such Company Disqualified Persons in connection with the Merger. No later than five (5) Business Days prior to the expected date on which the Closing will occur, the Company shall deliver to Parent a report that updates the calculations provided to Parent pursuant to the preceding sentence. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and Parent shall each use commercially reasonable efforts to take any actions reasonably appropriate to mitigate and/or minimize the impact of the tax consequences of Section 280G of the Code (including but not limited to accelerating the payment of bonuses for 2017 so that they are paid during 2017), provided that the terms of all Company Employee Plans and all employment and severance agreements shall be honored, except as otherwise agreed upon in writing by the affected Company Disqualified Individuals.

Section 6.13 Indemnification .

(a) From and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall, for six (6) years after the Closing, indemnify and hold harmless each individual who is as a former or present director, officer or employee of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or who is as of the date of this Agreement, or who thereafter commences prior to the Effective Time, serving at the request of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries as a director or officer of another Person (including such individual’s Affiliates, the “ Indemnified Parties ”), against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, inquiries, fines, fees, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including with respect to matters, acts or omissions existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including matters, acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the transactions and actions contemplated hereby)), arising out of or pertaining to the fact that the Indemnified Party (or such Indemnified Party’s Affiliate) is or was an officer, director or employee of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, is or was serving at the request of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries as a director or officer of another person or in respect of any acts or omissions in their capacities as such directors, officers or employees occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law and to the extent permitted under the Company’s charter documents. Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses incurred by an Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law and the Company’s charter documents, provided, that the Indemnified Party to whom expense are advanced provides and undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. Without limiting the foregoing, at the Effective Time the Surviving Company shall, for a period of six (6) years after the Closing Date, cause the certificate of incorporation and bylaws or similar organizational documents of the Surviving Company to maintain in effect provisions for limitation of liabilities of directors and officers, indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of the Indemnified Parties no less favorable to the Indemnified Parties than as set forth in the Company charter documents, in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in a manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of the individuals who immediately before the Effective Time were Indemnified Parties except as required by Applicable Law.

 

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(b) For a period of six (6) years from and after the Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall either cause to be maintained in effect the current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance maintained by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or provide substitute polices of not less than the existing coverage and have other terms not less favorable to the insured persons with respect to claims arising from facts or events that occurred on or before the Effective Time (including the Transactions), except that in no event shall Parent or the Surviving Corporation be required to pay with respect to such insurance policies (or substitute insurance policies) of the Company in respect of any one policy year more than 300% of the annual premium payable by the Company for such insurance for the year ending December 31, 2016 (the “ Premium Cap ”), and if Parent is unable to obtain the insurance required by this Section 6.13(b) it shall obtain as much comparable insurance as possible for the years within such six-year period for an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap, in respect of each policy year within such period; provided, that in lieu of the foregoing, the Company may obtain at or prior to the Effective Time a six-year “tail” policy under the Company’s existing directors and officers insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to that described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, on an annual basis, does not exceed the Premium Cap. If the Company purchases such a “tail” policy, Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall maintain such “tail” policy in full force and effect and continue to honor its obligations thereunder.

(c) The provisions of this Section 6.13 (i) shall survive consummation of the Merger, (ii) are intended to be for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each indemnified or insured party (including the Indemnified Parties), his or her heirs and his or her representatives and (iii) are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any such person may have by contract or otherwise.

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Section 6.14 Section 16 Matters . Prior to the Effective Time, Parent and the Company shall each take all such steps as may be necessary or appropriate to cause any disposition of Company Class A Common Stock, Company Options, Company SARs, Company Warrants or Company RSUs by officers and directors of the Company subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act (“ Company Insiders ”), and any acquisitions of Parent Common Stock by any Company Insiders who, immediately following the Merger, will be officers or directors of the Surviving Corporation subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, in each case pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to be exempt from liability pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law.

Section 6.15 Takeover Statutes . No party will take any action that would cause the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to be subject to requirements imposed by any Takeover Law and each of them will take all necessary steps within its control to exempt (or ensure the continued exemption of) those transactions from, or if necessary challenge the validity or applicability of, any applicable Takeover Law, as now or hereafter in effect.

Section 6.16 Transaction Litigation . Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall promptly (and in any event within forty-eight (48) hours) notify Parent of all Legal Proceedings commenced or threatened against the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, or their respective directors, officers or Representatives, in each case in connection with, arising from or otherwise relating to the Merger or any other Transaction (“ Transaction Litigation ”) (including by providing copies of all pleadings with respect thereto) and thereafter keep Parent reasonably informed with respect to the status thereof. The Company shall (a) give Parent the reasonable opportunity to participate in the defense, settlement or prosecution of any Transaction Litigation; and (b) consult with Parent with respect to the defense, settlement and prosecution of any Transaction Litigation; provided, that none of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective directors, officers or Representatives shall compromise, settle, come to an arrangement regarding or agree to compromise, settle, or come to an arrangement regarding any Transaction Litigation or consent to the same unless Parent shall have consented in writing in advance of any such action. For purposes of this Section 6.16 , “participate” means that Parent will be kept apprised of proposed strategy and other significant decisions with respect to the Transaction Litigation by the Company, and Parent may offer comments or suggestions with respect to such Transaction Litigation, including the right to review and comment on all material filings and responses to be made by the Company in connection with such Transaction Litigation and the Company shall in good faith take such comment or suggestion into account, but will not be afforded any decision-making power or other authority over such Transaction Litigation.

Section 6.17 Stock Exchange Listing and Delisting . Prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger to be conditionally approved for listing on NASDAQ GM and the TSX, subject only to customary post-closing deliverables. To the extent requested by Parent, prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall cooperate with Parent and use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under Applicable Law and the rules and policies of the NASDAQ to enable the delisting by the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company Class A Common Stock from NASDAQ and the deregistration of the shares of Company Class A Common Stock under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, and in any event no more than ten (10) days after the Effective Time.

 

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Section 6.18 Transition . Commencing following the date hereof, and in all cases subject to Applicable Law, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, reasonably cooperate with Parent and its Subsidiaries to facilitate the integration of the parties and their respective businesses effective as of the Closing Date or such later date as may be determined by Parent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from the date hereof through the Closing Date and consistent with the performance of their day-to-day operations and the continuous operation of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, the Company shall cause the employees, officers and representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries to use their reasonable best efforts to provide support, including support from their outside contractors and vendors, and to assist Parent in performing all tasks, including equipment installation, reasonably required to result in a successful integration at the Closing or such later date as may be determined by Parent.

Section 6.19 Dormant Subsidiaries . Forthwith after the date hereof, the Company shall commence the winding-up or dissolution of the Company Subsidiaries named in Section 6.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to pursue the completion of the winding-up or dissolution of such named Company Subsidiaries on or before the Closing Date and shall provide regular progress updates thereof to Parent.

ARTICLE VII

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 7.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger . The respective obligations of the parties to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:

(a) Shareholder Approvals . The Company Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained.

(b) Stock Exchange Listing . The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued to the holders of Company Class A Common Stock upon consummation of the Merger shall have been conditionally approved for listing on the TSX, subject only to customary post-closing deliverables and on NASDAQ GM, subject only to official notice of issuance.

(c) Registration Statement . The Registration Statement shall have become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the SEC and not withdrawn (the “ SEC Condition ”).

(d) No Injunctions or Restraints; Illegality . No Applicable Law, judgment, order, injunction, ruling or decree issued, enacted, promulgated, issued, entered, amended or enforced by any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing, enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Merger or any of the other Transactions (collectively, “ Restraints ”) shall be in effect. No statute, rule, regulation, order, injunction or decree shall have been issued, enacted, amended, entered, promulgated or enforced by any Governmental Entity which prohibits or makes illegal consummation of the Merger.

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(f) HSR Act . All applicable waiting periods (and any extensions thereof) applicable to the Merger under the HSR Act shall have expired or early termination of such waiting periods shall have been granted (the “ HSR Condition ”).

(g) Additional Governmental Approvals . The Company and Parent and their respective Subsidiaries shall have timely obtained from each Governmental Entity all required approvals, waivers and consents, including under any applicable Antitrust Law.

Section 7.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Company . The obligation of the Company to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions shall be subject to the satisfaction at the Closing of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived (to the extent permitted by Applicable Law), in writing, by the Company at or prior to the Effective Time (it being understood that each such condition is solely for the benefit of the Company and may be waived in writing by the Company in its sole discretion without notice, liability or obligation to any Person):

(a) Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of Parent in Section 4.2(a) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of such date (except for representations and warranties that address matters only as to a specified date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct with respect to such specified date). All other representations and warranties of Parent in this Agreement, without giving effect to any materiality or “Parent Material Adverse Effect” or any similar standard or qualification therein, shall be true and correct on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of such date, except (i) for those representations and warranties that address matters only as to a specified date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct with respect to such specified date, and (ii) where the failure of such representations or warranties to be true and correct has not had, and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Performance of Obligations of Parent . Parent shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Effective Time.

(c) Officer’s Certificate . The Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent by an executive officer of Parent certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 7.2(a) and Section 7.2(b) .

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(e) Receipt of a Tax Opinion . The Company shall have received the opinion of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP or if Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP is unable or unwilling to deliver such opinion, from another nationally-recognized law firm experienced in such matters reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that, on the basis of facts, representations and assumptions set forth or referred to in such opinion, the Merger shall qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. In rendering such opinion, counsel may require and rely upon representations contained in certificates of officers of Parent and the Company, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such counsel.

Section 7.3 Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub . The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions shall be subject to the satisfaction at the Closing of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived (to the extent permitted by Applicable Law), in writing, by Parent at or prior to the Effective Time (it being understood that each such condition is solely for the benefit of Parent and may be waived in writing by Parent in its sole discretion without notice, liability or obligation to any Person):

(a) Representations and Warranties .

(i) The representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3.1(a) , Section 3.3(a) and Section 3.3(b) shall be true and correct on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of such date (except for representations and warranties that address matters only as to a specified date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct with respect to such specified date);

(ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3.1(b) , Section 3.1(c) and Section 3.25 , disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect or any similar standard or qualification, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of such date (except for representations and warranties that address matters only as to a specified date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects with respect to such specified date),

(iii) the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3.2(a) , Section 3.2(b) , Section 3.2(c) , Section 3.2(d) and Section 3.2(g) shall be true and correct other than in de minimis respects on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of such date (except for representations and warranties that address matters only as to a specified date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct with respect to such specified date), and

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(b) Performance of Obligations of the Company . The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Effective Time.

(c) Officer’s Certificate . Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an executive officer of the Company certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 7.3(a) and Section 7.3(b) .

(d) No Material Adverse Effect . There shall not have occurred after the date of this Agreement any circumstance, development, change, event, effect or occurrence that has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(e) Receipt of a Tax Opinion . Parent shall have received the opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers or if PricewaterhouseCoopers is unable or unwilling to deliver such opinion, from a nationally-recognized law firm experienced in such matters reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that, on the basis of facts, representations and assumptions set forth or referred to in such opinion, the Merger shall qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. In rendering such opinion, counsel may require and rely upon representations contained in certificates of officers of Parent and the Company, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such counsel.

ARTICLE VIII

TERMINATION

Section 8.1 Termination . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, whether before or after the Company Shareholder Approval has been obtained (except as noted below), this Agreement may be terminated and the Merger abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time:

(a) by the mutual consent of Parent and the Company in a written instrument;

(b) by either of Parent or the Company upon written notice to the other party:

(i) if the Effective Time shall not have occurred on or before April 1, 2018 (as such date may be extended by the Termination Date Extension, the “ Termination Date ”); provided, however, that if on the Termination Date, the SEC Condition, the Legal Proceedings Condition as a result of a review of the Transactions by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and/or or the HSR Condition have not been satisfied, but all other conditions to Closing shall have been satisfied (or, in the case of conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at Closing, shall be capable of being satisfied on April 1, 2018) or waived by all parties entitled to the benefit of such conditions, then, at the election of either Parent or the Company, upon prior written notice to the other party, such date may be extended to August 1, 2018 (the “ Termination Date Extension ” provided, further, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(b)(i) shall not be available to a party if the failure of the Merger to have been consummated on or before the Termination Date was primarily due to the failure of such party to perform any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement of such party set forth in this Agreement;

 

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(ii) if any Restraint having the effect set forth in Section 7.1(d) shall be in effect and shall have become final and non-appealable; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(b)(ii) shall not be available to a party if such final, non-appealable Restraint was primarily due to the failure of such party to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement; or

(iii) if a meeting of the shareholders of the Company is duly convened (or at any adjournment or postponement thereof) and the Company Shareholder Approval is not obtained by reason of the failure to obtain the required vote upon a final vote taken at the Company Shareholder Meeting; or

(c) by Parent at any time prior to the Effective Time upon written notice to the Company:

(i) if the Company shall have breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (A) if it occurred or was continuing to occur on the Closing Date, would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.3(a) and Section 7.3(b) , and (B) by its nature, cannot be cured by the Company by the Termination Date or, if such breach or failure is capable of being cured by the Termination Date, the Company shall not have cured such breach or failure within forty-five (45) calendar days following receipt of written notice from Parent describing such breach or failure in reasonable detail; provided that Parent shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(c)(i) if it is then in breach of any representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements hereunder that would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b) ; or

(ii) at any time prior to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval in the event of a Company Adverse Recommendation Change; or

(d) by the Company at any time prior to the Effective Time upon written notice to Parent:

(i) if Parent or Merger Sub shall have breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (A) if it occurred or was continuing to occur on the Closing Date would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b) and (B) by its nature, cannot be cured by Parent or Merger Sub by the Termination Date or, if such breach or failure is capable of being cured by the Termination Date, Parent shall not have cured such breach or failure within forty-five (45) calendar days following receipt of written notice from the Company describing such breach or failure in reasonable detail; provided that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(d)(i) if it is then in breach of any representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements hereunder that would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.3(a) or Section 7.3(b) ; or

 

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(ii) at any time prior to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, in order to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal, in accordance with Section 6.4 ; provided that the Company substantially concurrently with such termination pays or causes to be paid the Termination Fee contemplated in Section 8.3 (provided that Parent shall have provided wiring instructions for such payment or, if not, then such payment shall be paid promptly following delivery of such instructions); it being understood that the Company may enter into any transaction that is a Superior Proposal pursuant to Section 6.4 simultaneously with the termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(d)(ii) .

Section 8.2 Effect of Termination . In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 8.1 , written notice thereof shall be given to the other party or parties, specifying the provisions hereof pursuant to which such termination is made, and this Agreement shall forthwith become null and void and of no effect and all rights and obligations of any party hereto shall cease, and there shall be no liability on the part of Parent, Merger Sub or the Company or their respective directors, officers and Affiliates hereunder; provided, that (i)  Section 6.6(a) (Confidentiality), this Section 8.2 (Effect of Termination), Section 8.3 (Expenses and Termination Fee) and ARTICLE IX (General Provisions) shall remain in full force and effect and survive any termination of this Agreement and (ii) nothing herein shall relieve any party hereto from any liability or damages arising out of, resulting from or in connection with any fraud or willful and material breach with respect to any of such party’s representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements set forth in this Agreement occurring prior to termination, in which case the aggrieved party shall not be limited to expense reimbursement or any fee payable pursuant to Section 8.3 , and shall be entitled to all rights and remedies available at law or in equity. The Confidentiality Agreement shall survive in accordance with its terms following the termination of this Agreement.

Section 8.3 Expenses and Termination Fee .

(a) General . Except as set forth in this ARTICLE VIII and in Section 9.13 , all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses whether or not the Merger is consummated.

(b) Filing Fees . Parent shall be responsible for all filing fees under all Applicable Law (including the HSR Act and under any other Antitrust Laws applicable to the Transactions).

(c) Parent Expenses . In the event that this Agreement is terminated by Parent or the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(iii) , the Company shall pay to or as directed by Parent all of the out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Parent, in an amount not to exceed $850,000. In the event that this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(i) as a result of fraud or willful and material breach of any covenant, agreement, representation or warranty of this Agreement by the Company, the Company shall pay to or as directed by Parent all of the out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Parent, in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000. In each case, such payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated in writing by Parent, prior to or substantially concurrent with the termination of this Agreement.

 

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(d) Termination Fee .

(i) In the event that this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(ii) , the Company shall pay or cause to be paid to or as directed by Parent a fee equal to 3.75% of the aggregate equity value of the Transaction as of the date hereof (the “ Termination Fee ”), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated in writing by Parent, prior to or substantially concurrently with the termination of this Agreement.

(ii) In the event that this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(ii) , the Company shall pay or cause to be paid to or as directed by Parent the Termination Fee, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated in writing by Parent, prior to or substantially concurrent with the termination of this Agreement.

(iii) In the event that (A) (x) this Agreement is terminated by either Parent or the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(iii) , (y) this Agreement is terminated by either Parent or the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(a) , Section 8.1(b)(i) or Section 8.1(b)(ii) without the Company Shareholder Approval having been obtained (and all other conditions set forth in Section 7.2 and Section 7.3 have been satisfied or were capable of being satisfied prior to such termination) or (z) this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(i) as a result of the Company’s fraud or willful and material breach of any provision of this Agreement and without the Company Shareholder Approval having been obtained (and all other conditions set forth in Section 7.2 have been satisfied or were capable of being satisfied prior to such termination), and (B) an Acquisition Proposal shall have been made known to senior management of the Company or shall have been publicly announced or shall have become publicly known and shall not have been publicly withdrawn by a date that is at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Company Shareholder Meeting and (C) within twelve (12) months of the termination of this Agreement, the Company enters into a definitive agreement or consummates a transaction with respect to an Acquisition Proposal (whether or not the same Acquisition Proposal as that referred to in clause (B) hereof), then the Company shall, on the earlier of the date it enters into such definitive agreement and the date of consummation of such transaction, pay or cause to be paid to or as directed by Parent the Termination Fee, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated in writing by Parent; provided, that for purposes of this Section 8.3(d)(iii) , all references in the definition of Acquisition Proposal to “25%” shall instead refer to “50%”.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, but without limiting the right of any party to recover liabilities or damages arising out of the other party’s fraud or willful and material breach of any provision of this Agreement, in the event that the Company is required to pay to or as directed by Parent the Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.3(d) , the maximum aggregate amount of monetary fees, liabilities or damages payable by the Company under this Agreement shall be equal to the Termination Fee. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that, subject to Section 8.2 , payment of the Termination Fee is not intended to be a penalty, but rather are liquidated damages in a reasonable amount that will compensate Parent, as the case may be, in the circumstances in which payment of such Termination Fee is due and payable, for the efforts and resources expended and opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the Transactions, which amount would otherwise be impossible to calculate with precision. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub acknowledges that the agreements contained in Section 8.3(d) and Section 8.3(e) are an integral part of the transactions contemplated hereby, and that, without these agreements, the Company, Parent and Merger Sub would not enter into this Agreement.

 

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(f) No Duplication of Termination Fee . The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that in no event shall the Company be required to pay the Termination Fee on more than one occasion, whether or not the Termination Fee may be payable under more than one provision of this Agreement at the same or at different time and the occurrence of different events.

ARTICLE IX

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 9.1 Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements . None of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time, except for Section 6.6 and for those other covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement that by their terms apply or are to be performed, in whole or in part, after the Effective Time.

Section 9.2 Amendment . Subject to Applicable Law, the parties hereto may amend this Agreement by authorized action at any time pursuant to an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto.

Section 9.3 Extension; Waiver . Subject to Applicable Law, any party hereto may at any time: (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions for the benefit of such party contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party. No delay in exercising any rights under this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of such right, and no waiver of any breach or default shall be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default of the same or any other provision hereof.

Section 9.4 Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or if by facsimile or email, upon confirmation of receipt, (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered utilizing a next-day service by a recognized next-day courier or (c) on the earlier of confirmed receipt or the fifth Business Day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered to the addresses set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:

 

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(a) if to Parent or Merger Sub, to:

Sierra Wireless, Inc.

13811 Wireless Way

Richmond, BC V6V 3A4

Attention: Jason W. Cohenour

Facsimile No.: 604-231-1109

Telephone No.: 604-231-1100

with a copy to:

Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP

Suite 2600, Three Bentall Centre

595 Burrard Street

Vancouver, BC V7X 1L3

Attention: Jocelyn M. Kelley

Facsimile No.: 604-631-3309

Telephone No.: 604-631-3370

(b) if to the Company, to:

Numerex Corp.

400 Interstate North Parkway, 13th Floor

Atlanta, GA 30339

Attention: Kenneth Gayron

Facsimile No.: [Number]

Telephone No.: 770-615-1410

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

601 Massachusetts Ave NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

Attention: Richard E. Baltz

Facsimile No.: 202-942-5999

Telephone No.: 202-942-5000

and

Andrew J. Ryan

The Ryan Law Group LLP

14 E. 4th St., Suite 406

New York, NY 10012

Telephone: 212-944-7300

 

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Section 9.5 Interpretation . The table of contents and article and section headings are for reference purposes only and do not limit or otherwise affect any of the substance of this Agreement. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms. All pronouns and any variations thereof refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the context may require. If a word or phrase is defined, the other grammatical forms of such word or phrase have a corresponding meaning. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit but not otherwise defined therein shall have the meaning set forth in this Agreement. The words “include,” “includes” or “including” are to be deemed followed by the words “without limitation.” The words “herein,” “hereof” or “hereunder” and similar terms are to be deemed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any specific Section. All references to “dollars” or “$” in this Agreement are to United States dollars. This Agreement is the product of negotiation by the parties, having the assistance of counsel and other advisors, and the parties intend that this Agreement not be construed more strictly with regard to one party than with regard to any other party.

Section 9.6 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic means), all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other party, it being understood that each party need not sign the same counterpart.

Section 9.7 Entire Agreement . This Agreement (including the documents and the instruments referred to in this Agreement), together with the Confidentiality Agreement, Company Disclosure Schedule and Parent Disclosure Schedule, constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements, communications and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof.

Section 9.8 Governing Law; Jurisdiction . This Agreement and all disputes or controversies arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the laws of any other jurisdiction that might be applied because of the conflicts of laws principles of the State of New York; provided, that matters relating to the fiduciary duties of the Company’s board of directors shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Pennsylvania. Each party agrees that it will bring any action or proceeding in respect of any claim arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby exclusively in any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction located in the Borough of Manhattan in the State of New York (the “ Chosen Courts ”), and, solely in connection with claims arising under this Agreement or the Merger that are the subject of this Agreement, (a) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chosen Courts, (b) waives any objection to laying venue in any such action or proceeding in the Chosen Courts, (c) waives any objection that the Chosen Courts are an inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any party and (d) agrees that service of process upon such party in any such action or proceeding will be effective if notice is given in accordance with Section 9.4 .

 

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Section 9.9 Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ARISING OUT OF, OR RELATING TO, THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.9 .

Section 9.10 Assignment; Third-Party Beneficiaries . Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned by either of the parties (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other party, except for assignments by Merger Sub to a wholly owned direct or indirect Subsidiary of Parent. Any purported assignment in contravention hereof shall be null and void. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. Except for Section 6.6 , which is intended to benefit each Indemnified Person and his or her heirs and representatives, this Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement) is not intended to and does not confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies, express or implied, under this Agreement. The representations and warranties in this Agreement are the product of negotiations among the parties hereto and are for the sole benefit of the parties. Any inaccuracies in such representations and warranties are subject to waiver by the parties hereto in accordance herewith without notice or liability to any other person. In some instances, the representations and warranties in this Agreement may represent an allocation among the parties hereto of risks associated with particular matters regardless of the Knowledge of any of the parties hereto. Consequently, persons other than the parties may not rely upon the representations and warranties in this Agreement as characterizations of actual facts or circumstances as of the date of this Agreement or as of any other date.

Section 9.11 Specific Performance . The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, each of the parties shall be entitled to seek specific performance of the terms hereof including an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to seek to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law or in equity.

Section 9.12 Disclosure Schedule . Before entry into this Agreement, the Company delivered to Parent a schedule (the “ Company Disclosure Schedule ”) and Parent delivered to the Company a schedule (the “ Parent Disclosure Schedule ”), in each case that sets forth, among other things, items the disclosure of which is necessary or appropriate either in response to an express disclosure requirement contained in a provision hereof or as an exception to one or more representations or warranties contained in ARTICLE III or ARTICLE IV, as applicable, or to one or more covenants contained herein; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the mere inclusion of an item as an exception to a representation or warranty shall not be deemed an admission that such item represents a material exception or material fact, event or circumstance or that such item has had or would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 9.13 Expenses . Except (i) with respect to costs and expenses of printing and mailing the Proxy/Prospectus and all filing and other fees paid to the SEC in connection with the Merger, which shall be borne equally by the Company and Parent and (ii) as otherwise provided in Section 8.3 , all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Merger, this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such fees or expenses, whether or not the Merger is consummated.

Section 9.14 Severability . Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any Applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or portion of any provision in such jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion of any provision had never been contained herein.

Section 9.15 No Agreement Until Executed . Irrespective of negotiations among the parties of drafts of this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute or be deemed to be evidence of a Contract between the parties hereto unless and until this Agreement is executed by all parties hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Jason Cohenour

 

Name:  Jason Cohenour

 

Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer

 

NUMEREX CORP.

By:

 

/s/ Kenneth Gayron

 

Name:  Kenneth Gayron

 

Title:    Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

WIRELESS ACQUISITION SUB, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Jason Cohenour

 

Name:  Jason Cohenour

 

Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer

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Schedule 1.1(a)

Company Knowledge Parties

Kenneth Gayron

Kelly Gay

Wayne Stargardt

Shu Gan

 

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Schedule 1.1(b)

Parent Knowledge Parties

Jason Cohenour

David McLennan

Khairun Vellani

 

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Exhibit A-1

Support Agreement Shareholders

Gwynedd Resources, Ltd.

Viex Opportunities Fund, LP – Series One

Viex Special Opportunities Fund II, LP

Viex Special Opportunities Fund III, LP

Viex GP, LLC

Viex Special Opportunities GP II, LLC

Viex Special Opportunities GP III, LLC

Viex Capital Advisors, LLC

Tony G. Holcombe

Stratton J. Nocolaides

Andrew J. Ryan

Eric Singer

 

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Form of Support Agreement

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ANNEX B - OPINION OF NUMEREX’S FINANCIAL ADVISOR

 

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Board of Directors

Numerex Corp.

400 Interstate Parkway, Suite 1350

Atlanta, GA 30339-2119

Lady and Gentlemen:

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (“Deutsche Bank”) has acted as financial advisor to Numerex Corp. (the “Company”) in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 2, 2017 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Sierra Wireless, Inc. (’’Parent”), the Company and Wireless Acquisition Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), which provides, among other things, for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, as a result of which the Company will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Transaction”). As set forth more fully in the Merger Agreement, as a result of the Transaction, each share of class A common stock, no par value per share (the “Company Class A Common Stock”), of the Company, other than shares owned by the Company, Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries, will be converted into the right to receive 0.1800 of a common share, no par value per share (the “Parent Common Stock”), of Parent (the “Exchange Ratio”).

You have requested our opinion, as investment bankers, as to the fairness of the Exchange Ratio, from a financial point of view, to the holders of the outstanding shares of Company Class A Common Stock, excluding Parent and its affiliates.

In connection with our role as financial advisor to the Company, and in arriving at our opinion, we reviewed certain publicly available financial and other information concerning the Company, certain internal analyses, financial forecasts and other information relating to the Company prepared by management of the Company (the “Company Forecasts”), and certain publicly available financial and other information concerning Parent, including publicly available financial forecasts relating to Parent furnished to or discussed with us by the management of Parent and certain adjustments thereto and extrapolations thereof based on financial and operating metrics furnished to or discussed with us by the management of Parent, prepared at the direction of the Company and approved by the Company for our use (the “Parent Forecasts”). We have also held discussions with certain senior officers of the Company regarding the businesses and prospects of the Company and Parent and with certain senior officers and other representatives and advisors of Parent regarding the businesses and prospects of Parent. In addition, we have (i) reviewed the reported prices and trading activity for the Company Class A Common Stock and Parent Common Stock, (ii) to the extent publicly available, compared certain financial and stock market information for the Company and Parent with, to the extent publicly available, similar information for certain other companies we considered relevant whose securities are publicly traded, (iii) reviewed, to the extent publicly available, the financial terms of certain recent business combinations which we deemed relevant, (iv) reviewed the Merger Agreement and the letter agreement, dated August 2, 2017 (the “HCP Agreement”), between HCP-FVF, LLC (“HCP”) and the Company relating to the surrender by HCP of a warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase up to

 

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895,944 shares of Company Class A Common Stock in connection with the Transaction, and (v) performed such other studies and analyses and considered such other factors as we deemed appropriate.

We have not assumed responsibility for independent verification of, and have not independently verified, any information, whether publicly available or furnished to us, concerning the Company, Parent or the combined company, including, without limitation, any financial information considered in connection with the rendering of our opinion. Accordingly, for purposes of our opinion, we have, with your knowledge and permission, assumed and relied upon the accuracy and completeness of all such information. We have not conducted a physical inspection of any of the properties or assets, and have not prepared, obtained or reviewed any independent evaluation or appraisal of any of the assets or liabilities (including any contingent, derivative or off-balance-sheet assets or liabilities), of the Company, Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries, nor have we evaluated the solvency or fair value of the Company, Parent or the combined company (or the impact of the Transaction thereon) under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or similar matters. With respect to the Company Forecasts made available to us and used in our analyses, we have assumed with your knowledge and permission that such forecasts have been reasonably prepared on bases reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of the management of the Company as to the matters covered thereby. As you are aware, we have not been provided with, and we did not have access to, financial forecasts relating to Parent prepared by management of Parent. We have been advised by the management of Parent that Parent is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would cause it to conclude that the Parent Forecasts are not a reasonable basis, and, at the direction of the Company, we have assumed that the Parent Forecasts are a reasonable basis, upon which to evaluate the future financial performance of Parent and, accordingly we have used the Parent Forecasts for purposes of our analysis and opinion. In rendering our opinion, we express no view as to the reasonableness of the Company Forecasts or the Parent Forecasts or the assumptions on which they are based. We have also assumed, at the direction of the Company, that the Transaction will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Our opinion is necessarily based upon economic, market and other conditions as in effect on, and the information made available to us as of, the date hereof. We expressly disclaim any undertaking or obligation to advise any person of any change in any fact or matter affecting our opinion of which we become aware after the date hereof.

For purposes of rendering our opinion, we have assumed with your knowledge and permission that, in all respects material to our analysis, the Transaction will be consummated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, without any waiver, modification or amendment of any term, condition or agreement that would be material to our analysis. We also have assumed with your knowledge and permission that all material governmental, regulatory or other approvals and consents required in connection with the consummation of the Transaction will be obtained and that in connection with obtaining any necessary governmental, regulatory or other approvals and consents, no restrictions, terms or conditions will be imposed that would be material to our analysis. We are not legal, regulatory, tax or accounting experts and have relied on the assessments made by the Company and its other advisors with respect to such issues.

 

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This opinion has been approved and authorized for issuance by a Deutsche Bank fairness opinion review committee and is addressed to, and is for the use and benefit of, the Board of Directors of the Company in connection with and for the purpose of its evaluation of the Transaction. This opinion is limited to the fairness of the Exchange Ratio, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Company Class A Common Stock (excluding Parent and its affiliates) as of the date hereof. This opinion does not address any other terms of the Transaction, the Merger Agreement, the HCP Agreement or any other agreement entered into or to be entered into in connection with the Transaction. You have not asked us to, and this opinion does not, address the fairness of the Transaction, or any consideration received in connection therewith, to the holders of any other class of securities, creditors or other constituencies of the Company, nor does it address the fairness of the contemplated benefits of the Transaction. We express no opinion as to the merits of the underlying decision by the Company to engage in the Transaction or the relative merits of the Transaction as compared to any alternative transactions or business strategies. Nor do we express an opinion, and this opinion does not constitute a recommendation, as to how any holder of shares of Company Class A Common Stock should vote with respect to the Transaction. In addition, we do not express any view or opinion as to the fairness, financial or otherwise, of the amount or nature of any compensation payable to or to be received by any of the officers, directors, or employees of any party to the Transaction, or any class of such persons, in connection with the Transaction whether relative to the Exchange Ratio or otherwise. In particular, we express no opinion with respect to the consideration to be received by HCP in exchange for the surrender of the Warrant pursuant to the HCP Agreement or the relative fairness of the Exchange Ratio as compared with the consideration to be received by HCP in exchange for the surrender of the Warrant. This opinion does not in any manner address what the value of the Parent Common Stock actually will be when issued pursuant to the Transaction or the prices at which the Company Class A Common Stock, the Parent Common Stock or any other securities will trade following the announcement or consummation of the Transaction.

Deutsche Bank will be paid a fee for its services as financial advisor to the Company in connection with the Transaction, a portion of which becomes payable upon delivery of this opinion (or would have become payable if Deutsche Bank had advised the Board of Directors that it was unable to render this opinion) and a substantial portion of which is contingent upon consummation of the Transaction. The Company has also agreed to reimburse Deutsche Bank for its expenses, and to indemnify Deutsche Bank against certain liabilities, in connection with its engagement. We are an affiliate of Deutsche Bank AG (together with its affiliates, the “DB Group”). The DB Group may provide investment and commercial banking services to Parent and the Company in the future, for which we would expect the DB Group to receive compensation. In the ordinary course of business, members of the DB Group may actively trade in the securities and other instruments and obligations of Parent, the Company and their respective affiliates for their own accounts and for the accounts of their customers. Accordingly, the DB Group may at any time hold a long or short position in such securities, instruments and obligations.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing assumptions, limitations, qualifications and conditions, it is Deutsche Bank’s opinion as investment bankers that, as of the date hereof, the Exchange Ratio is fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Company Class A Common Stock (excluding Parent and its affiliates).

 

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ANNEX C – FORM OF VOTING AGREEMENT

VOTING AGREEMENT

This VOTING AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), is dated as of August 2, 2017, by and between SIERRA WIRELESS, INC., a Canadian corporation (“ Parent ”), and [●] (“ Shareholder ”).

WHEREAS, in connection with Parent and Wireless Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Merger Sub ”), entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Merger Agreement ”), with Numerex Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “ Company ”), Parent has requested Shareholder, and Shareholder has agreed, to enter into this Agreement with respect to all shares of Class A Common Stock, no par value per share, of the Company (the “ Company Common Stock ”) that Shareholder beneficially owns (such shares, together with all other shares of Company Common Stock acquired (whether beneficially or of record) by Shareholder after the date hereof and prior to the earlier of the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and the Termination Date (but excluding any shares of the Company sold or transferred on or after the date hereof in compliance with Section 4.01(b) ), the “ Shares ”);

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Shareholder acknowledges that Parent and Merger Sub are entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements of Shareholder set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

VOTING AGREEMENT

Section 1.01 Voting Agreement . During the term of this Agreement, Shareholder hereby agrees to vote or, as applicable, cause or direct to be voted, all Shares at the time of any vote (A) to approve and adopt the Merger Agreement and the Merger and in favor of the Company Shareholder Advisory Vote at the Company Shareholder Meeting, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, at which such Merger Agreement is submitted for the consideration and vote of the shareholders of the Company and (B) against (i) any Acquisition Proposal and (ii) any other action, agreement or transaction that would reasonably be expected to materially impede, interfere with, delay or postpone the Merger or any other transaction contemplated in the Merger Agreement; provided , that each of Shareholder’s voting obligation set forth in this Section 1.01 and Shareholder’s appointment of Parent as its proxy and attorney-in-fact pursuant to S ection 1.02(a) will be suspended for so long as the Company’s board of directors is not recommending that shareholders of the Company vote in favor of the Merger. For the avoidance of doubt, each of Shareholder’s voting obligation set forth in this Section 1.01 and Shareholder’s appointment of Parent as its proxy and attorney-in-fact pursuant to Section 1.02(a) will be in full force at any time that the Company’s board of directors is recommending that shareholders of the Company vote in favor of the Merger. Shareholder hereby revokes any and all previous proxies or powers of attorney granted with respect to the Shares. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, each Shareholder will continue to hold and shall have the right to exercise all voting rights related to such Shareholder’s Shares.

 

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Section 1.02 Grant of Irrevocable Proxy; Appointment of Proxy .

(a) Shareholder hereby irrevocably appoints Parent as its proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), to vote or, as applicable, cause or direct to be voted (including by proxy, if applicable), the Shares in accordance with Section 1.01 above at the Company Shareholder Meeting, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, at which any of the matters described in Section 1.01 above is to be considered, in each case prior to the Termination Date; provided , however , that such irrevocable proxy shall be effective (automatically and without any further action by any of the parties hereto) only upon written notice from Parent to Shareholder no later than five (5) business days prior to the Company Shareholder Meeting notifying Shareholder of Parent’s election to effect the proxy described in this Section 1.02 (the “ Parent Proxy Election ”), it being understood that Shareholder may exercise voting rights in the ordinary course prior to such notice in a manner consistent with Section 1.01 . Shareholder represents that all proxies, powers of attorney, instructions or other requests given by Shareholder prior to the execution of this Agreement in respect of the voting of any of the Shares, if any, are not irrevocable. Shareholder shall take such further action or execute such other instruments as may be necessary to effectuate the intent of this proxy.

(b) Shareholder affirms that, if the Parent Proxy Election is made pursuant to Section 1.02(a) , such irrevocable proxy is given in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, and that such irrevocable proxy is given to secure the performance of the duties of Shareholder under this Agreement. Shareholder further affirms that such irrevocable proxy is coupled with an interest and is intended to be irrevocable during the term of this Agreement. If for any reason any proxy granted herein is not irrevocable, then Shareholder agrees to vote the Shares in accordance with Section 1.01 above. The parties hereto agree that the foregoing is a voting agreement.

(c) The proxy granted by each Shareholder in this Section 1.02 shall automatically terminate without any further action required by any person upon termination of the Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SHAREHOLDER

Shareholder represents and warrants to Parent that:

Section 2.01 Authorization . Shareholder has the full legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform Shareholder’s obligations hereunder. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereby by Parent, this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Shareholder.

Section 2.02 No Conflicts .

(a) No authorization, consent or approval of any other person is necessary for the execution of this Agreement by the Shareholder; and

(b) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder, the consummation by the Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby or compliance by the Shareholder with any of the provisions hereof shall (i) result in, or give rise to, a violation or breach of or a default under any of the terms of any material contract, understanding, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Shareholder is a party or by which the Shareholder or any of the Shares or its assets may be bound or (ii) violate any applicable order, writ, injunction, decree, judgment, statute, rule or regulation, except for any of the foregoing as would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the Shareholder’s ability to perform his obligations under this Agreement. There is no legal or administrative proceeding, claim, suit or action pending against Shareholder or, to the knowledge of Shareholder, threatened against Shareholder or any other person that, currently or if successful, materially impairs or would reasonably be expected to materially impair the Shareholder’s ability to perform his obligations under this Agreement.

Section 2.03 Ownership of Shares . Other than as disclosed on the signature page hereto, Shareholder has (except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, including in connection with the Permitted Transfer of any Shares), sole voting power and sole dispositive power with respect to the Shares, free and clear of any Encumbrance and any other limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote or otherwise dispose of the Shares), except pursuant to applicable federal securities laws. None of the Shares is subject to any voting trust or other agreement or arrangement with respect to the voting of such Shares.

Section 2.04 Total Shares . Except for the Shares set forth on the signature page hereto and except for any Company Options, Warrants, Company RSUs and Company SARs held by Shareholder, as of the date hereof, Shareholder does not beneficially own any (i) shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company, (ii) securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company or (iii) Company Options or other rights to acquire from the Company any capital stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or voting securities of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT

Parent represents and warrants to Shareholder:

Section 3.01 Organization; Authority; Execution and Delivery; Enforceability . Parent is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Canada. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent, the consummation by Parent of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the compliance by Parent with the provisions of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent and its governing body or stockholders, as applicable, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent (or its governing body or stockholders, as applicable) are necessary to authorize this Agreement, to comply with the terms of this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Parent has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement (and each person (used herein as defined in the Merger Agreement) executing this Agreement on behalf of Parent has full power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of Parent and to thereby bind Parent), to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to comply with the provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and, assuming due authorization (in the case of each Stockholder that is not a natural person), execution and delivery by each Stockholder, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent, enforceable against Parent in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) general principles of equity.

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS OF SHAREHOLDER

During the term of this Agreement, Shareholder hereby covenants and agrees that:

Section 4.01 No Proxies for or Encumbrances on Shares.

(a) Except pursuant to and in furtherance of the terms of this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 4.01(b) ) or as disclosed on the signature page hereto, Shareholder shall not during the term of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of Parent, (i) grant any proxies or enter into any voting trust or other agreement or arrangement with respect to the voting of any Shares other than voting in the ordinary course in a manner consistent with Section 1.01 , (ii) offer for sale, sell (constructively or otherwise), transfer, assign, tender in any tender or exchange offer, pledge, grant, encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of (by merger, testamentary disposition, operation of Law or otherwise) (collectively, “ Transfer ”), or enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the Transfer of any Shares, or any interest therein, including, without limitation, any swap transaction, option, warrant, forward purchase or sale transaction, futures transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any such transaction) or combination of any such transactions, in each case, involving any Shares that grants or has the effect of granting a third party the right to vote or direct the voting of such Shares, or (iii) knowingly take any action that would have the effect of preventing or delaying Shareholder from performing any of its obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the fact that the Shares are held in a margin account shall not be deemed a violation of this Section 4.01 or Article II .

 

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(b) Any Shareholder that effects a Transfer of any Shares to a Permitted Transferee of such Shareholder shall cause each such Permitted Transferee to execute a signature page to this Agreement and deliver the same to the Parent, pursuant to which such Permitted Transferee agrees to be a “Shareholder” pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Shares that are the subject of such Transfer (such Transfer, a “ Permitted Transfer ”). “ Permitted Transferee ” means, with respect to any Shareholder, (A) any other Shareholder, (B) a spouse, lineal descendant or antecedent, brother or sister, adopted child or grandchild or the spouse of any child, adopted child, grandchild or adopted grandchild of such Shareholder, (C) any trust, the trustees of which include only the persons named in clauses (A) or (B) and the beneficiaries of which include only the persons named in clauses (A) or (B), (D) any corporation, limited liability company or partnership, the shareholders, members or general or limited partners of which include only the persons named in clauses (A) or (B), (E) if such Shareholder is a trust, the beneficiary or beneficiaries authorized or entitled to receive distributions from such trust, or (F) to any person by will, for estate or tax planning purposes, for charitable purposes or as charitable gifts or donations. Transfers of Shares to Permitted Transferees made pursuant to this Section 4.01(b) shall not be a breach of this Agreement.

Section 4.02 Other Offers . Shareholder shall not (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any Acquisition Proposal or the making of any proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to the consummation of any Acquisition Proposal, or (ii) enter into or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish any material non-public information relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary in connection with an Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Shareholder may take any actions to the extent the Company is permitted to take such actions under Section 6.4(d) of the Merger Agreement and nothing herein shall limit or affect any action of Shareholder taken in such Shareholder’s capacity as an officer or director of the Company.

Section 4.03 Appraisal Rights . Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Shareholder irrevocably waives and agrees not to exercise any rights to demand appraisal of any Shares which may arise with respect to the Merger or dissent from the Merger.

Section 4.04 Proxy Statement . Shareholder hereby agrees to permit the Company to publish and disclose in the Proxy Statement (including all documents filed with the SEC in accordance therewith), Shareholder’s identity and beneficial ownership of the Shares or other equity interests of the Company and the nature of Shareholder’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under this Agreement to the extent required by Applicable Law.

 

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Section 4.05 Acquisition of Additional Shares . During the term of this Agreement, Shareholder shall notify Parent promptly in writing of the direct or indirect acquisition of record or beneficial ownership of additional shares of Company Common Stock after the date hereof, if any, all of which shall be considered Shares and be subject to the terms of this Agreement as though owned by Shareholder on the date hereof.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.01 Further Assurances . Parent and Shareholder shall each execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all further documents and instruments and use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under Applicable Law, to perform each party’s respective obligations under this Agreement.

Section 5.02 Amendments; Termination . Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this Agreement or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective. This Agreement, and all obligations, terms and conditions contained herein, shall automatically terminate without any further action required by any person upon the earliest to occur of (a) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms; (b) the time Company Shareholder Approval has been obtained; and (c) except as otherwise permitted pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the making of any material change, by amendment, waiver or other modification to any provision of the Merger Agreement that decreases the amount or changes the form of the consideration to the shareholders of the Company. Upon termination of this Agreement, no party shall have any further obligations or liabilities under this Agreement.

Section 5.03 Expenses . All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense.

Section 5.04 Successors and Assigns . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided that, other than as permitted by Section 4.01(b), neither party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the other party hereto.

Section 5.05 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

 

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Section 5.06 Specific Performance . Each party acknowledges that monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy in the event that any covenant or agreement in this Agreement is not performed in accordance with its terms, and therefore agrees that, in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right available to the parties, each party will have the right to an injunction, temporary restraining order or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any such breach and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof. Each party agrees not to oppose the granting of such relief in the event a court determines that such a breach has occurred, and to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy. All rights, powers, and remedies provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity shall be cumulative and not alternative, and the exercise or beginning of the exercise of any thereof by a party shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right, power or remedy by a party.

Section 5.07 Counterparts; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received counterparts hereof signed by all of the other parties hereto. Until and unless each party has received (by electronic communication, facsimile or otherwise) a counterpart hereof signed by the other party hereto, this Agreement shall have no effect and no party shall have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any other oral or written agreement or other communication). Signatures to this Agreement transmitted by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail in “portable document format” (“.pdf”) form or by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of a document, will have the same effect as physical delivery of the paper document bearing the original signature.

Section 5.08 Severability . If any term, provision or covenant of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. If a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the parties hereto agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to limit such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace such term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable as so modified. In the event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the parties hereto agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term or provision.

Section 5.09 Capacity . Shareholder is signing this Agreement solely in Shareholder’s capacity as a shareholder of the Company, and not in any other capacity and this Agreement shall not limit or otherwise affect any actions taken, or required or permitted to be taken, by Shareholder or any Affiliate, employee, designee or Representative of Shareholder or any of its Affiliates in any other capacity, including, if applicable, as an officer or director of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, including to disclose information acquired solely in such Shareholder’s capacity as a director or officer of the Company, and any actions taken (whatsoever), or failure to take any actions (whatsoever), by such Shareholder in such capacity as a director or officer of the Company shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.10 Non-Recourse . Each party to this Agreement enters into this Agreement solely on its own behalf, the obligations each Shareholder under this Agreement are several (with respect to itself) and not joint with the obligations of any other Shareholder and each such party shall be liable, severally and not jointly, solely for any breaches of this Agreement by such party and in no event shall any party be liable for breaches of this Agreement by any other party hereto. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Shareholder pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the parties as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the parties are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to the obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 5.11 No Agreement Until Executed . Irrespective of negotiations among the parties of drafts of this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute or be deemed to be evidence of a Contract between the parties hereto unless and until this Agreement and the Merger Agreement is executed by all parties hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Voting Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    

 

[SHAREHOLDER]
     
  Name:  

 

Class of Stock

 

Shares Owned

Class A Common Stock

 

[Voting Agreement Signature Page]

 

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PART II—INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the “CBCA”), the Registrant may indemnify its current or former directors or officers or another individual who acts or acted at the Registrant’s request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of his or her association with the Registrant or another entity. The CBCA also provides that the Registrant may advance moneys to a director, officer or other individual for costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with such a proceeding; provided that such individual shall repay the moneys if the individual does not fulfill the conditions described below.

However, indemnification is prohibited under the CBCA unless the individual:

 

    acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the Registrant’s best interests, or the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at the Registrant’s request; and

 

    in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful.

An indemnifiable person is also entitled to indemnity from the Registrant in respect of all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by the indemnifiable person in connection with the defense of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding to which the indemnifiable person is subject because of the indemnifiable person’s association with the Registrant or other entity, if the indemnifiable person:

 

  (i) was not judged by the court or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything that the indemnifiable person ought to have done; and

 

  (ii) fulfills the conditions first set out above.

The Registrant’s by-laws require the Registrant to indemnify each director or officer, former director or officer, or person who acts or acted at the Registrant’s request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the Registrant is or was a shareholder or creditor, and his heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the Registrant or such body corporate, if (a) he acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Registrant; and (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he had reasonable grounds for believing that his conduct was lawful.

The Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with its directors and certain officers which provide, among other things, that the Registrant will indemnify the indemnified party to the fullest extent permitted by law from and against all losses which the indemnified party may reasonably suffer, sustain, incur or be required to pay as a result of, or in connection with any claim in which the indemnified party is involved as a result of serving or having served as a director or officer, provided certain criteria are satisfied.

In addition, the Registrant may, under the CBCA and its by-laws, purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of an indemnifiable person against such liabilities and in such amounts as the Registrant’s board of directors may from time to time determine and are permitted by the CBCA.

 

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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the U.S. Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the U.S. Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the U.S. Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

A list of the exhibits included as part of this registration statement is set forth in the Exhibit Index that immediately precedes such exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 22. Undertakings

 

(a) In accordance with Item 512 of Regulation S-K, the undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the U.S. Securities Act;

 

  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total U.S. dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any derivation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20%. change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

 

  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the U.S. Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

 

  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;

 

  (4) To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering;

 

  (5) That prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered hereunder through use of a prospectus which is a part of this registration statement, by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c), such reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form with respect to reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form;

 

  (6)

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  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

 

  (7) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the U.S. Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the U.S. Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the U.S. Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

  (8) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the U.S. Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference into the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and

 

  (9) That, for purposes of determining liability under the U.S. Securities Act, if the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness (provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use).

 

  (10) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the U.S. Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

  (i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

  (ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 

  (iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

  (iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

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(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: (i) to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Item 4, 10(b), 11 or 13 of this Form F-4, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated prospectus by first class mail or other equally prompt means, and (ii) to arrange or provide for a facility in the United States for the purpose of responding to such requests. The undertaking in subparagraph (i) above includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.

 

(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 2, 2017, by and among Sierra Wireless, Inc., Numerex Corp. and Wireless Acquisition Sub, Inc. (included as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus).
3.1    Articles of Incorporation of Sierra Wireless, Inc.
3.2    By-Laws of Sierra Wireless, Inc.
4.1    Form of Specimen Common Share Certificate.
4.2    Amended and Restated Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement, dated May 21, 2015, between Sierra Wireless, Inc. and Montreal Trust Company of Canada.
4.3    Standby Letter of Credit Facility, dated December 5, 2013, between Sierra Wireless, Inc. and Toronto Dominion Bank.
4.4    Revolving Credit Facility, dated May 30, 2017, between Sierra Wireless, Inc. and The Toronto-Dominion Bank and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
5.1*    Opinion of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, as to the validity of the common shares to be issued by Sierra Wireless, Inc.
10.1    Sierra Wireless, Inc. Amended and Restated Restricted Share Unit Plan, dated October 2015.
10.2    Sierra Wireless, Inc. 2011 Treasury Based Restricted Share Unit Plan, dated April 11, 2017.
16.1    Letter from Grant Thornton LLP, dated September 18, 2017, regarding Numerex’s change in independent registered public accounting firm.
16.2    Letter from KPMG LLP, dated September 8, 2017, regarding Sierra Wireless’ change in independent registered public accounting firm.
21.1    Subsidiaries of Sierra Wireless, Inc.
23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors for the financial statements of Sierra Wireless, Inc.
23.2    Consent of BDO USA, LLP, independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of Numerex Corp.
23.3    Consent of KPMG LLP as auditors for the financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2015 of Sierra Wireless, Inc.
23.4    Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the period ended December 31, 2015 of Numerex Corp.
23.5*    Consent of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1*    Form of Proxy Card of Numerex Corp.
99.2    Fairness Opinion of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (included as Annex B to this proxy statement/prospectus).

 

* To be filed by amendment.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 18, 2017.

 

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jason W. Cohenour

  Name:   Jason W. Cohenour
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Jason Cohenour and David McLennan, and each of them acting individually, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in any and all capacities, including the capacities stated below, any and all amendments (including post- effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration statements filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 relating thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other prospectus in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of each to act alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

Signature/Name

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Jason W. Cohenour

Jason W. Cohenour

   Director, President and Chief Executive Officer   September 18, 2017

/s/ David G. McLennan

David G. McLennan

   Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary   September 18, 2017

/s/ Gregory D. Aasen

Gregory D. Aasen

   Director   September 18, 2017

/s/ Robin A. Abrams

Robin A. Abrams

   Director   September 18, 2017

/s/ Paul G. Cataford

Paul G. Cataford

   Director   September 18, 2017

/s/ Charles E. Levine

Charles E. Levine

   Director   September 18, 2017

/s/ Thomas Sieber

Thomas Sieber

   Director   September 18, 2017

/s/ Kent P. Thexton

Kent P. Thexton

   Director   September 18, 2017

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned has signed this registration statement solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of Sierra Wireless, Inc. in the United States, in the City of Blaine, State of Washington, on this 18 th day of September, 2017.

 

By:  

/s/ Jason W. Cohenour

 

Jason W. Cohenour

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

CANADA BUSINESS

CORPORATIONS ACT

  

LOI CANADIENNE SUR LE

SOCIÉTÉS PAR ACTIONS

FORM 7    FORMULE 7

RESTATED ARTICLES

OF INCORPORATION

(SECTION 180)

  

STATUS CONSTITUTIFS

MIS À JOUR

(ARTICLE 180)

1 .    Name of corporation - Dénomination de la société    Corporation No. - N° de la société
   SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.    292543-5
2.    The place in Canada where the registered office is situated    Lieu au Canada où est situé le siège social
   City of Vancouver, Province of British Columbia   
3.    The classes and any maximum number of shares that the corporation is authorized to issue    Catégories et tout nombre maximal d’actions que la société est autorisée à émettre
   The Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares having the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions set out in Schedule A attached hereto and an unlimited number of preference shares issuable in one or more series, having the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions set out in Schedule B attached hereto.
4.    Restrictions, if any, on share transfer    Restrictions sur le transfer des actions, s’il y a lieu
   None.   
5.    Number (or minimum and maximum number) of directors    Nombre (ou nombre minimal et maximal) d’administrateurs
   A minimum of 1 and a maximum of 9.   
6.    Restrictions, if any, on business the corporation may carry on    Limites imposées à l’activité commerciale de la société, s’il y a lieu
   None.   
7.    Other provisions, if any    Autres dispositions, s’il y a lieu
   Authorization to Appoint Additional Directors   
   The directors may, within the maximum number permitted by the articles, appoint one or more directors, who shall hold office for a term expiring not later than the close of the next annual meeting of the shareholders, but the total number of directors so appointed may not exceed one-third of the number of directors elected at the previous annual meeting of shareholders.
The foregoing restated articles of incorporation correctly set out, without substantive change, the corresponding provisions of the articles of incorporation as amended and supersede the original articles of incorporation.    Cette mise à jour des statuts constitutifs démontre exactement, sans changement substantiel, les dispositions correspondantes des statuts constitutifs modifiés qui remplacent les statuts constitutifs originaux.

 

Signature    Date             D -J    M    Y - A   FOR DEPARTMENTAL USE ONLY - Á L’USAGE DE MINISTÈRE SEULEMENT
LOGO    14    05    99  
Title – Titre            Filed - Déposée
President            MAY 14 1999


SCHEDULE A

PROVISIONS ATTACHING TO COMMON SHARES

The common shares (the “Common Shares”) shall have attached thereto the following rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions:

1.1 Dividends

Subject to the prior rights of the holders of the Preference Shares and any other shares ranking senior to the Common Shares with respect to priority in the payment of dividends, the holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive dividends and the Corporation shall pay dividends thereon, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation out of moneys properly applicable to the payment of dividends, in such amount and in such form as the board of directors of the Corporation may from time to time determine, and all dividends which the board of directors of the Corporation may declare on the Common Shares shall be declared and paid in equal amounts per share on all Common Shares at the time outstanding.

1.2 Dissolution

In the event of the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs, subject to the prior rights of the holders of the Preference Shares and any other shares ranking senior to the Common Shares with respect to priority in the distribution of assets upon dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or distribution for the purpose of winding-up, the holders of the Common Shares shall be entitled to receive the remaining property and assets of the Corporation.

1.3 Voting Rights

The holders of the Common Shares shall be entitled to receive notice of and to attend all meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation and shall have one vote for each Common Share held at all meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation, except meetings at which only holders of another specified class or series of shares of the Corporation are entitled to vote separately as a class or series.


SCHEDULE B

PROVISIONS ATTACHING TO THE PREFERENCE SHARES

The preference shares (the “Preference Shares”), as a class, shall have attached thereto the following rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions:

1.1 Directors’ Authority to Issue in One or More Series

The board of directors of the Corporation may issue the Preference Shares at any time and from time to time in one or more series. Before the shares of a particular series are issued, the board of directors of the Corporation shall fix the number of shares in such series and shall determine, subject to the limitations set out in the articles, the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions to be attached to the shares of such series including, without limitation, the rate or rates, amount or method or methods of calculation of dividends thereon, the time and place of payment of dividends, whether cumulative or non-cumulative or partially cumulative and whether such rate, amount or method of calculation shall be subject to change or adjustment in the future, the currency or currencies of payment of dividends, the consideration and the terms and conditions of any purchase for cancellation, retraction or redemption rights (if any), the conversion or exchange rights attached thereto (if any), the voting rights attached thereto (if any), and the terms and conditions of any share purchase plan or sinking fund with respect thereto. Before the issue of shares of a series, the board of directors of the Corporation shall send to the Director (as defined in the Canada Business Corporations Act) articles of amendment containing a description of such series including the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions determined by the board of directors of the Corporation.

1.2 Ranking of Preference Shares

No rights, privileges, restrictions or conditions attached to a series of Preference Shares shall confer upon a series a priority in respect of dividends or return of capital over any other series of Preference Shares then outstanding. The Preference Shares shall be entitled to priority over the Common Shares and over any other shares of the Corporation ranking junior to the Preference Shares with respect to priority in the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of the assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs. If any cumulative dividends or amounts payable on a return of capital in respect of a series of Preference Shares are not paid in full, the Preference Shares of all series shall participate rateably in respect of such dividends, including accumulations, if any, in accordance with the sums that would be payable on such shares if all such dividends were declared and paid in full, and in respect of any repayment of capital in accordance with the sums that would be payable on such repayment of capital if all sums so payable were paid in full; provided, however, that in the event of there being insufficient assets to satisfy in full all such claims to dividends and return of capital, the claims of the holders of the Preference Shares with respect to repayment of capital shall first be paid and satisfied and any assets remaining thereafter shall be applied towards the payment and satisfaction of claims in respect of dividends. The Preference Shares of any series may also be given such other preferences, not inconsistent with sections 1.1 to 1.4 hereof, over the Common Shares and over any other shares ranking junior to the Preference Shares as may be determined in the case of such series of Preference Shares.


1.3 Voting Rights

Except as hereinafter referred to or as otherwise required by law or in accordance with any voting rights which may from time to time be attached to any series of Preference Shares, the holders of the Preference Shares as a class shall not be entitled as such to receive notice of, to attend or to vote at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation.

1.4 Approval of Holders of Preference Shares

The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Preference Shares as a class may be added to, changed or removed but only with the approval of the holders of the Preference Shares given as hereinafter specified.

The approval of the holders of Preference Shares to add to, change or remove any right, privilege, restriction or condition attaching to the Preference Shares as a class or to any other matter requiring the consent of the holders of the Preference Shares as a class may be given in such manner as may then be required by law, subject to a minimum requirement that such approval shall be given by resolution passed by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast at a meeting of the holders of Preference Shares duly called for that purpose. The formalities to be observed in respect of the giving of notice of any such meeting or any adjourned meeting and the conduct thereof shall be those from time to time required by the Canada Business Corporations Act (as from time to time amended, varied or replaced) and prescribed in the by-laws of the Corporation with respect to meetings of shareholders. On every poll taken at a meeting of holders of Preference Shares as a class, each holder entitled to vote thereat shall have one vote in respect of each Preference Share held by him.

 

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Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAW NO. 1

OF

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.


AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAW NO. 1

A by-law relating generally to the

transaction of the business and

affairs of

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.

 

ARTICLE 1   
INTERPRETATION   

1.1

 

History

     1  

1.2

 

Definitions

     1  
ARTICLE 2   
BUSINESS OF THE CORPORATION   

2.1

 

Registered Office

     2  

2.2

 

Corporate Seal

     2  

2.3

 

Financial Year

     2  

2.4

 

Execution of Instruments

     2  

2.5

 

Banking Arrangements

     2  

2.6

 

Voting Rights in Other Bodies Corporate

     2  

2.7

 

Divisions

     2  
ARTICLE 3   
BORROWING AND SECURITY   

3.1

 

Borrowing Power

     3  

3.2

 

Delegation

     3  
ARTICLE 4   
DIRECTORS   

4.1

 

Number of Directors

     3  

4.2

 

Qualification

     3  

4.3

 

Election and Term

     3  

4.4

 

Removal of Directors

     4  

4.5

 

Vacation of Office

     4  

4.6

 

Vacancies

     4  

4.7

 

Action by the Board

     4  

4.8

 

Canadian Directors Present at Meetings

     4  

4.9

 

Meeting by Telephone

     4  

4.10

 

Place of Meetings

     4  

4.11

 

Calling of Meetings

     4  

4.12

 

Notice of Meeting

     4  

4.13

 

First Meeting of New Board

     5  

 


4.14

 

Adjourned Meeting

     5  

4.15

 

Regular Meetings

     5  

4.16

 

Chairman

     5  

4.17

 

Quorum

     5  

4.18

 

Votes to Govern

     5  

4.19

 

Conflict of Interest

     5  

4.20

 

Remuneration and Expenses

     6  
ARTICLE 5       
COMMITTEES       

5.1

 

Committees of the Board

     6  

5.2

 

Transaction of Business

     6  

5.3

 

Audit Committee

     6  

5.4

 

Advisory Bodies

     6  

5.5

 

Procedure

     6  
ARTICLE 6       
OFFICERS       

6.1

 

Appointment

     6  

6.2

 

Chairman of the Board

     6  

6.3

 

Managing Director

     6  

6.4

 

President

     7  

6.5

 

Secretary

     7  

6.6

 

Treasurer

     7  

6.7

 

Powers and Duties of Officers

     7  

6.8

 

Term of Office

     7  

6.9

 

Agents and Attorneys

     7  

6.10

 

Conflict of Interest

     7  
ARTICLE 7       
PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS       

7.1

 

Limitation of Liability

     7  

7.2

 

Indemnity

     8  

7.3

 

Advance of Costs

     8  
ARTICLE 8       
SHARES       

8.1

 

Allotment of Shares

     8  

8.2

 

Commissions

     8  

8.3

 

Registration of Transfers

     8  

8.4

 

Non-recognition of Trusts

     8  

8.5

 

Share Certificates

     8  

 

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8.6   Replacement of Share Certificates      9  
8.7   Joint Shareholders      9  
8.8   Deceased Shareholders      9  
8.9   Transfer Agents and Registrars      9  
ARTICLE 9   
DIVIDENDS AND RIGHTS   
9.1   Dividends      9  
9.2   Dividend Cheques      9  
9.3   Record Date for Dividends and Rights      10  
ARTICLE 10   
ADVANCE NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS OF DIRECTORS   
10.1   Nomination of Directors      10  
ARTICLE 11   
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS   
11.1   Annual Meetings      12  
11.2   Special Meetings      13  
11.3   Place of Meetings      13  
11.4   Notice of Meetings      13  
11.5   List of Shareholders Entitled to Notice      13  
11.6   Record Date for Notice      13  
11.7   Meetings Without Notice      13  
11.8   Chairman, Secretary and Scrutineers      13  
11.9   Persons Entitled to be Present      14  
11.10   Quorum      14  
11.11   Right to Vote      14  
11.12   Proxyholders and Representatives      14  
11.13   Time for Deposit of Proxies      14  
11.14   Joint Shareholders      14  
11.15   Votes to Govern      15  
11.16   Show of Hands      15  
11.17   Ballots      15  
11.18   Adjournment      15  
11.19   Action in Writing by Shareholders      15  
11.20   Only One Shareholder      15  
ARTICLE 12   
NOTICES   
12.1   Method of Giving Notices      15  
12.2   Notice to Joint Shareholders      16  

 

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12.3   Computation of Time    16
12.4   Undelivered Notices    16
12.5   Omissions and Errors    16
12.6   Persons Entitled by Death or Operation of Law    16
12.7   Waiver of Notice    16
12.8   Interpretation    16
ARTICLE 13   
EFFECTIVE DATE   
13.1   Effective Date    17

 

 

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BE IT ENACTED as a by-law of the Corporation as follows:

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

1.1 History . By-Law No. 1 approved by the board May 31, 1993 and confirmed by the shareholder of the Corporation on May 31, 1993, was amended by Amended and Restated By-Law No. 1 approved by the board April 22, 1999 and confirmed by the shareholders of the Corporation on April 23, 1999, was further amended by Amended and Restated By-Law No. 1 approved by the board March 20, 2003 and confirmed by the shareholders of the Corporation on April 28, 2003 and was further amended by Amended and Restated By-Law No. 1 approved by the board April 14, 2014 and confirmed by the shareholders of the Corporation on May 22, 2014 (collectively, the “ 2014 By-Law ”). The board, by its signature hereto, amends and restates the 2014 By-Law, with effect as of the date set forth in Article 13.

1.2 Definitions . In the by-laws of the Corporation, unless the context otherwise requires:

Act ” means the Canada Business Corporations Act , or any statute that may be substituted therefor, as from time to time amended;

appoint ” includes “elect” and vice versa;

articles ” means the articles attached to the certificate of SIERRA WIRELESS, INC. as from time to time amended or restated;

board ” means the board of directors of the Corporation;

by-laws ” means this by-law and all other by-laws of the Corporation from time to time in force and effect;

cheque ” includes a draft;

Corporation ” means the corporation SIERRA WIRELESS, INC. under the Act by the said certificate to which the articles are attached, and named “ SIERRA WIRELESS, INC. ”;

meeting of shareholders ” includes an annual meeting of shareholders and a special meeting of shareholders; and “ special meeting of shareholders ” includes a meeting of any class or classes of shareholders and a special meeting of all shareholders entitled to vote at an annual meeting of shareholders; and

recorded address ” has the meaning set forth in section 12.8.

Save as aforesaid, words and expressions defined in the Act, including “ resident Canadian ” have the same meanings when used herein. Words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa; and words importing a person include an individual, partnership, association, body corporate, trustee, executor, administrator and legal representative.

 


ARTICLE 2

BUSINESS OF THE CORPORATION

2.1 Registered Office . The registered office of the Corporation shall be at the place within Canada from time to time specified in the articles and at such location therein initially as is specified in the notice thereof filed with the articles and thereafter as the board may from time to time determine.

2.2 Corporate Seal . Until changed by the board, the corporate seal of the Corporation shall be in the form impressed hereon.

2.3 Financial Year . Until changed by the board, the financial year of the Corporation shall end on the last day of December in each year.

2.4 Execution of Instruments . Deeds, transfers, assignments, contracts, obligations, certificates and other instruments may be signed on behalf of the Corporation by two persons, one of whom holds the office of chairman of the board, managing director, president, vice president or director and the other of whom holds one of the said offices or the office of secretary, treasurer, assistant secretary or assistant treasurer or any other office created by by-law or by the board. In addition, the board or the said two persons may from time to time direct the manner in which and the person or persons by whom any particular instrument or class of instruments may or shall be signed. Any signing officer may affix the corporate seal to any instrument requiring the same.

2.5 Banking Arrangements . The banking business of the Corporation including, without limitation, the borrowing of money and the giving of security therefor, shall be transacted with such banks, trust companies or other bodies corporate or organizations as may from time to time be designated by or under the authority of the board. Such banking business or any part thereof shall be transacted under such agreements, instructions and delegations of powers as the board may from time to time prescribe.

2.6 Voting Rights in Other Bodies Corporate . The signing officers of the Corporation under section 2.4 may execute and deliver proxies and arrange for the issuance of voting certificates or other evidence of the right to exercise the voting rights attaching to any securities held by the Corporation. Such instruments shall be in favour of such persons as may be determined by the officers executing or arranging for the same. In addition, the board may from time to time direct the manner in which and the persons by whom any particular voting rights or class of voting rights may or shall be exercised.

2.7 Divisions . The board may cause the business and operations of the Corporation or any part thereof to be divided into one or more divisions upon such basis, including without limitation types of business or operations, geographical territories, product lines or goods or services, as may be considered appropriate in each case. In connection with any such division the board or, subject to any direction by the board, the chief executive officer may authorize from time to time, upon such basis as may be considered appropriate in each case:

 

  (a) Subdivision and Consolidation - the further division of the business and operations of any such division into sub-units and the consolidation of the business and operations of any such divisions and sub-units;

 

  (b) Name - the designation of any such division or sub-unit by, and the carrying on of the business and operations of any such division or sub-unit under, a name other than the name of the Corporation; provided that the Corporation shall set out its name in legible characters in all places required by-law; and

 

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  (c) Officers - the appointment of officers for any such division or sub-unit, the determination of their powers and duties, and the removal of any of such officers so appointed, provided that any such officers shall not, as such, be officers of the Corporation.

ARTICLE 3

BORROWING AND SECURITY

3.1 Borrowing Power . Without limiting the borrowing powers of the Corporation as set forth in the Act, but subject to the articles, the board may from time to time on behalf of the Corporation, without authorization of the shareholders:

 

  (a) borrow money upon the credit of the Corporation;

 

  (b) issue, reissue, sell or pledge bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee of the Corporation, whether secured or unsecured;

 

  (c) to the extent permitted by the Act, give directly or indirectly financial assistance to any person by means of a loan, guarantee or otherwise on behalf of the Corporation to secure performance of any present or future indebtedness, liability or obligation of any person; and

 

  (d) mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create a security interest in all or any currently owned or subsequently acquired real or personal, movable or immovable, property of the Corporation including book debts, rights, powers, franchises and undertakings, to secure any such bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee or any other present or future indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Corporation.

Nothing in this section limits or restricts the borrowing of money by the Corporation on bills of exchange or promissory notes made, drawn, accepted or endorsed by or on behalf of the Corporation.

3.2 Delegation . Unless the articles of the Corporation otherwise provide, the board may from time to time delegate to a director, a committee of the board, or an officer of the Corporation any or all of the powers conferred on the board by section 3.1 to such extent and in such manner as the board may determine at the time of such delegation.

ARTICLE 4

DIRECTORS

4.1 Number of Directors . Until changed in accordance with the Act, the board shall consist of not fewer than the minimum number and not more than the maximum number of directors provided in the articles.

4.2 Qualification . No person shall be qualified for election as a director if he is less than 18 years of age, if he is of unsound mind and has been so found by a court in Canada or elsewhere, is not an individual, or has the status of a bankrupt. A director need not be a shareholder. Subject to the Act, at least 25 percent of the directors shall be resident Canadians, or if the number of directors is fewer than four, at least one director shall be a resident Canadian. As long as required by the Act, at least 2 directors shall not be officers or employees of the Corporation or its affiliates.

4.3 Election and Term . The election of directors shall take place at each annual meeting of shareholders and all the directors then in office shall retire but, if qualified, shall be eligible for re-

 

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election. The number of directors to be elected at any such meeting shall be the number of directors then in office unless the directors otherwise determine. Where the shareholders adopt an amendment to the articles to increase the number or maximum number of directors, the shareholders may, at the meeting at which they adopt the amendment, elect the additional number of directors authorized by the amendment. The election shall be by resolution. If an election of directors is not held at the proper time, the incumbent directors shall continue in office until their successors are elected.

4.4 Removal of Directors . Subject to the Act, the shareholders may by resolution passed at a meeting of shareholders specially called for such purpose remove any director from office and the vacancy created by such removal may be filled at the same meeting, failing which it may be filled by the board.

4.5 Vacation of Office . A director ceases to hold office when he dies; he is removed from office by the shareholders; he ceases to be qualified for election as a director; or his written resignation is sent or delivered to the Corporation, or, if a time is specified in such resignation, at the time so specified, whichever is later.

4.6 Vacancies . Subject to the Act, a quorum of the board may appoint a qualified individual to fill a vacancy in the board.

4.7 Action by the Board . The board shall manage the business and affairs of the Corporation. The powers of the board may be exercised at a meeting (subject to sections 4.8 and 4.9) at which a quorum is present or by resolution in writing signed by all the directors entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the board. Where there is a vacancy in the board, the remaining directors may exercise all the powers of the board so long as a quorum remains in office.

4.8 Canadian Directors Present at Meetings . The board shall not transact business at a meeting, other than filling a vacancy in the board, unless at least 25 percent of the directors present are resident Canadians, or if the Corporation has fewer than four directors, at least one of the directors present is a resident Canadian, except where:

 

  (a) a resident Canadian director who is unable to be present approves in writing or by telephone or other communications facilities the business transacted at the meeting; and

 

  (b) at least 25 percent of the directors present would have been resident Canadians had that director been present at the meeting.

4.9 Meeting by Telephone . If all the directors of the Corporation consent thereto generally or in respect of a particular meeting, a director may participate in a meeting of the board or of a committee of the board by means of such conference telephone or other communications facilities as permit all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, and a director participating in such a meeting by such means is deemed to be present at the meeting. Any such consent shall be effective whether given before or after the meeting to which it relates and may be given with respect to all meetings of the board and of committees of the board.

4.10 Place of Meetings . Meetings of the board may be held at any place in or outside Canada.

4.11 Calling of Meetings . Meetings of the board shall be held from time to time at such time and at such place as the board, the chairman of the board, the managing director, the president or any two directors may determine.

4.12 Notice of Meeting . Notice of the time and place of each meeting of the board shall be given in the manner provided in Article 12 to each director not less than 48 hours before the time when

 

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the meeting is to be held. A notice of a meeting of directors need not specify the purpose of or the business to be transacted at the meeting except where the Act requires such purpose or business to be specified, including, if required by the Act, any proposal to:

 

  (a) submit to the shareholders any question or matter requiring approval of the shareholders;

 

  (b) fill a vacancy among the directors or in the office of auditor;

 

  (c) issue securities;

 

  (d) declare dividends;

 

  (e) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares issued by the Corporation;

 

  (f) pay a commission for the sale of shares;

 

  (g) approve a management proxy circular;

 

  (h) approve a take-over bid circular or directors’ circular;

 

  (i) approve any annual financial statements; or

 

  (j) adopt, amend or repeal by-laws.

4.13 First Meeting of New Board . Provided a quorum of directors is present, each newly elected board may without notice hold its first meeting immediately following the meeting of shareholders at which such board is elected.

4.14 Adjourned Meeting . Notice of an adjourned meeting of the board is not required if the time and place of the adjourned meeting is announced at the original meeting.

4.15 Regular Meetings . The board may appoint a day or days in any month or months for regular meetings of the board at a place and hour to be named. A copy of any resolution of the board fixing the place and time of such regular meetings shall be sent to each director forthwith after being passed, but no other notice shall be required for any such regular meeting except where the Act requires the purpose thereof or the business to be transacted thereat to be specified.

4.16 Chairman . The chairman of any meeting of the board shall be the first mentioned of such of the following officers as have been appointed and who is a director and is present at the meeting: chairman of the board, managing director or president. If no such officer is present, the directors present shall choose one of their number to be chairman.

4.17 Quorum . Subject to section 4.8, a majority of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board.

4.18 Votes to Govern . At all meetings of the board every question shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast on the question. In case of an equality of votes the chairman of the meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.

4.19 Conflict of Interest . A director who is a party to, or who is a director or officer of or has a material interest in any person who is a party to, a material contract or proposed material contract with the Corporation shall disclose the nature and extent of his interest at the time and in the manner provided by the Act. Any such contract or proposed contract shall be referred to the board or shareholders for approval even if such contract is one that in the ordinary course of the Corporation’s business would not

 

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require approval by the board or shareholders. Such a director shall not vote on any resolution to approve the same except as provided by the Act.

4.20 Remuneration and Expenses . The directors shall be paid such remuneration for their services as the board may from time to time determine. The directors shall also be entitled to be reimbursed for travelling and other expenses properly incurred by them in attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof. Nothing herein contained shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving remuneration therefor.

ARTICLE 5

COMMITTEES

5.1 Committees of the Board . The board may appoint one or more committees of the board, however designated, and delegate to any such committee any of the powers of the board except those which pertain to items which, under the Act, a committee of the board has no authority to exercise.

5.2 Transaction of Business . The powers of a committee of the board may be exercised by a meeting at which a quorum is present or by resolution in writing signed by all members of such committee who would have been entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the committee. Meetings of such committee may be held at any place in or outside Canada.

5.3 Audit Committee . The board shall elect annually from among its number an audit committee to be composed of not fewer than 3 directors of whom a majority shall not be officers or employees of the Corporation or its affiliates. The audit committee shall have the powers and duties provided in the Act.

5.4 Advisory Bodies . The board may from time to time appoint such advisory bodies as it may deem advisable.

5.5 Procedure . Unless otherwise determined by the board, each committee and advisory body shall have power to fix its quorum at not less than a majority of its members, to elect its chairman and to regulate its procedure.

ARTICLE 6

OFFICERS

6.1 Appointment . The board may from time to time appoint a president, one or more vice-presidents (to which title may be added words indicating seniority or function), a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board may determine, including one or more assistants to any of the officers so appointed. One person may hold more than one office. The board may specify the duties of and, in accordance with this by-law and subject to the Act, delegate to such officers powers to manage the business and affairs of the Corporation. Subject to sections 6.2 and 6.3, an officer may but need not be a director.

6.2 Chairman of the Board . The board may from time to time also appoint a chairman of the board who shall be a director. If appointed, the board may assign to him any of the powers and duties that are by any provisions of this by-law assigned to the managing director or to the president; and he shall have such other powers and duties as the board may specify.

6.3 Managing Director . The board may from time to time also appoint a managing director who shall be a resident Canadian and a director. If appointed, he shall be the chief executive officer and, subject to the authority of the board, shall have general supervision of the business and affairs of the Corporation; and he shall have such other powers and duties as the board may specify. During the

 

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absence or disability of the president, or if no president has been appointed, the managing director shall also have the powers and duties of that office.

6.4 President . The president shall be the chief operating officer and, subject to the authority of the board, shall have general supervision of the business of the Corporation; and he shall have such other powers and duties as the board may specify. During the absence or disability of the managing director, or if no managing director has been appointed, the president shall also have the powers and duties of that office.

6.5 Secretary . The secretary shall attend and be the secretary of all meetings of the board, shareholders and committees of the board and shall enter or cause to be entered in records kept for that purpose minutes of all proceedings thereat; he shall give or cause to be given, as and when instructed, all notices to shareholders, directors, officers, auditors and members of committees of the board; he shall be the custodian of the stamp or mechanical device generally used for affixing the corporate seal of the Corporation and of all books, records and instruments belonging to the Corporation, except when some other officer or agent has been appointed for that purpose; and he shall have such other powers and duties as otherwise may be specified.

6.6 Treasurer . The treasurer shall keep proper accounting records in compliance with the Act and shall be responsible for the deposit of money, the safekeeping of securities and the disbursement of the funds of the Corporation; he shall render to the board whenever required an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial position of the Corporation; and he shall have such other powers and duties as otherwise may be specified.

6.7 Powers and Duties of Officers . The powers and duties of all officers shall be such as the terms of their engagement call for or as the board or (except for those whose powers and duties are to be specified only by the board) the chief executive officer may specify. The board and (except as aforesaid) the chief executive officer may, from time to time and subject to the provisions of the Act, vary, add to or limit the powers and duties of any officer. Any of the powers and duties of an officer to whom an assistant has been appointed may be exercised and performed by such assistant, unless the board or the chief executive officer otherwise directs.

6.8 Term of Office . The board, in its discretion, may remove any officer of the Corporation. Otherwise each officer appointed by the board shall hold office until a successor is appointed or until his earlier resignation.

6.9 Agents and Attorneys . The Corporation, by or under the authority of the board, shall have power from time to time to appoint agents or attorneys for the Corporation in or outside Canada with such powers (including the power to subdelegate) of management, administration or otherwise as may be thought fit.

6.10 Conflict of Interest . An officer shall disclose his interest in any material contract or proposed material contract with the Corporation in accordance with section 4.19.

ARTICLE 7

PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

7.1 Limitation of Liability . Every director and officer of the Corporation in exercising his powers and discharging his duties shall act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation and exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. Subject to the foregoing, no director or officer shall be liable for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of any other director, officer or employee, or for joining in any receipt or other act for conformity, or for any loss, damage or expense happening to the Corporation through the

 

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insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired for or on behalf of the Corporation, or for the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the moneys of the Corporation shall be invested, or for any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious acts of any person with whom any of the moneys, securities or effects of the Corporation shall be deposited, or for any loss occasioned by any error of judgment or oversight on his part, or for any other loss, damage or misfortune which shall happen in the execution of the duties of his office or in relation thereto; provided that nothing herein shall relieve any director or officer from the duty to act in accordance with the Act and the regulations thereunder or from liability for any breach thereof.

7.2 Indemnity . Subject to the Act, the Corporation shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer, or a person who acts or acted at the Corporation’s request as a directors or officer of a body corporate of which the Corporation is or was a shareholder or creditor, and his heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the Corporation or such body corporate, if (a) he acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation; and (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he had reasonable grounds for believing that his conduct was lawful. The Corporation shall also indemnify such person in such other circumstances as the Act or law permits or requires. Nothing in this by-law shall limit the right of any person entitled to indemnity to claim indemnity apart from the provisions of this by-law.

7.3 Advance of Costs . The Corporation shall advance moneys to a director, officer or other individual for the costs, charges and expenses of a proceeding referred to in section 7.2. The individual shall repay the moneys if the individual does not fulfil the conditions of section 7.2.

ARTICLE 8

SHARES

8.1 Allotment of Shares . Subject to the Act and articles, the board may from time to time allot or grant options to purchase the whole or any part of the authorized and unissued shares of the Corporation at such times and to such persons and for such consideration as the board shall determine, provided that no share shall be issued until it is fully paid as provided by the Act.

8.2 Commissions . The board may from time to time authorize the Corporation to pay a reasonable commission to any person in consideration of his purchasing or agreeing to purchase shares of the Corporation, whether from the Corporation or from any other person, or procuring or agreeing to procure purchasers for any such shares.

8.3 Registration of Transfers . Subject to the Act, no transfer of a share shall be registered in a securities register except upon presentation of the certificate representing such share with an endorsement which complies with the Act made thereon or delivered therewith duly executed by an appropriate person as provided by the Act, together with such reasonable assurance that the endorsement is genuine and effective as the board may from time to time prescribe, and upon payment of all applicable taxes and any reasonable fees prescribed by the board.

8.4 Non-recognition of Trusts . Subject to the Act, the Corporation may treat the registered holder of any share as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notices, to receive any dividend or other payment in respect of the share, and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner of the share.

8.5 Share Certificates . Every holder of one or more shares of the Corporation shall be entitled, at his option, to a share certificate, or to a non-transferable written certificate of

 

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acknowledgement of his right to obtain a share certificate, stating the number and class or series of shares held by him as shown on the securities register. Such certificates shall be in such form as the board may from time to time approve. Any such certificate shall be signed in accordance with section 2.4 and need not be under the corporate seal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the board otherwise determines, certificates representing shares in respect of which a transfer agent and/or registrar has been appointed shall not be valid unless countersigned by or on behalf of such transfer agent and/or registrar. The signature of one of the signing officers under section 2.4 or, in the case of a certificate which is not valid unless countersigned by or on behalf of a transfer agent and/or registrar and in the case of a certificate which does not require a manual signature under the Act, the signatures of both signing officers under section 2.4 may be printed or mechanically reproduced in facsimile thereon. Every such facsimile signature shall for all purposes be deemed to be the signature of the officer whose signature it reproduces and shall be binding upon the Corporation. A certificate executed as aforesaid shall be valid notwithstanding that one or both of the officers whose facsimile signature appears thereon no longer holds office at the date of issue of the certificate.

8.6 Replacement of Share Certificates . The board or any officer or agent designated by the board may in its or his discretion direct the issue of a new share or other such certificate in lieu of and upon cancellation of a certificate that has been mutilated or in substitution for a certificate claimed to have been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken on payment of such reasonable fee and on such terms as to indemnity, reimbursement of expenses and evidence of loss and of title as the board may from time to time prescribe, whether generally or in any particular case.

8.7 Joint Shareholders . If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, the Corporation shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate in respect thereof, and delivery of such certificate to one of such persons shall be sufficient delivery to all of them. Any one of such persons may give effectual receipts for the certificate issued in respect thereof or for any dividend, bonus, return of capital or other money payable or warrant issuable in respect of such share.

8.8 Deceased Shareholders . In the event of the death of a holder, or of one of the joint holders, of any share, the Corporation shall not be required to make any entry in the securities register in respect thereof or to make any dividend or other payments in respect thereof except upon production of all such documents as may be required by-law and upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Corporation and its transfer agents.

8.9 Transfer Agents and Registrars . The board may from time to time appoint one or more agents to maintain, in respect of each class of shares of the Corporation issued by it, a central securities register and one or more branch securities registers. Such a person may be designated as transfer agent or registrar according to his functions and one person may be designated both registrar and transfer agent. The board may at any time terminate such appointment.

ARTICLE 9

DIVIDENDS AND RIGHTS

9.1 Dividends . Subject to the Act, the board may from time to time declare dividends payable to the shareholders according to their respective rights and interests in the Corporation. Dividends may be paid in money or property or by issuing fully paid shares of the Corporation. Any dividend unclaimed after a period of 6 years from the date on which the same has been declared to be payable shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Corporation.

9.2 Dividend Cheques . A dividend payable in money shall be paid by cheque to the order of each registered holder of shares of the class or series in respect of which it has been declared and mailed by prepaid ordinary mail to such registered holder at his recorded address, unless such holder otherwise directs. In the case of joint holders the cheque shall, unless such joint holders otherwise direct, be made

 

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payable to the order of all of such joint holders and mailed to them at their recorded address. The mailing of such cheque as aforesaid, unless the same is not paid on due presentation, shall satisfy and discharge the liability for the dividend to the extent of the sum represented thereby plus the amount of any tax which the Corporation is required to and does withhold. In the event of non-receipt of any dividend cheque by the person to whom it is sent as aforesaid, the Corporation shall issue to such person a replacement cheque for a like amount on such terms as to indemnity, reimbursement of expenses and evidence of non-receipt and of title as the board may from time to time prescribe, whether generally or in any particular case.

9.3 Record Date for Dividends and Rights . The board may fix in advance a date, preceding by not more than 50 days the date for the payment of any dividend or the date for the issue of any warrant or other evidence of the right to subscribe for securities of the Corporation, as a record date for the determination of the persons entitled to receive payment of such dividend or to exercise the right to subscribe for such securities, and notice of any such record date shall be given not less than 7 days before such record date in the manner provided by the Act. If no record date is so fixed, the record date for the determination of the persons entitled to receive payment of any dividend or to exercise the right to subscribe for securities of the Corporation shall be at the close of business on the day on which the resolution relating to such dividend or right to subscribe is passed by the board.

ARTICLE 10

ADVANCE NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS OF DIRECTORS

10.1 Nomination of Directors .

(a) Subject only to the Act and the articles of the Corporation, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the provisions of this section 10.1 shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the board may be made at either any annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation or any special meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation but only if one of the purposes for which such meeting was called was the election of directors. Such nominations may be made in the following manner:

 

  (i) by or at the direction of the board, including pursuant to a notice of meeting; or

 

  (ii) by or at the direction or request of one or more shareholders of the Corporation pursuant to a proposal made in accordance with the provisions of the Act, or a requisition for a shareholders’ meeting made in accordance with the provisions of the Act; or

 

  (iii) by any person (a “ Nominating Shareholder ”) who: (1) at the close of business on the date of the giving of the notice provided below in this section 10.1 and at the close of business on the record date for notice of such meeting, is entered in the securities register of the Corporation as a holder of one or more shares in the capital of the Corporation carrying the right to vote at such meeting or who beneficially owns shares in the capital of the Corporation that are entitled to be voted at such meeting; and (2) complies with the notice procedures set forth below in this section 10.1.

(b) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a Nominating Shareholder, the Nominating Shareholder must have given notice thereof that is both timely (in accordance with paragraph (c) below) and in proper written form (in accordance with paragraph (d) below) to the corporate secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation.

 

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(c) To be timely, a Nominating Shareholder’s notice to the corporate secretary of the Corporation must be made:

 

  (i) in the case of an annual meeting of shareholders, not less than 30 days prior to the date of such annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that if such annual meeting of shareholders is to be held on a date that is less than 50 days after the date on which the first Public Announcement (the “ Notice Date ”) of the date of such annual meeting of shareholders was made, notice by the Nominating Shareholder may be made not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) date following the Notice Date; and

 

  (ii) in the case of a special meeting of shareholders (which is not also an annual meeting) called for the purpose of electing directors (whether or not called for other purposes), not later than the close of business on the fifteenth (15 th ) day following the day on which the first Public Announcement of the date of such special meeting of shareholders was made.

Upon any adjournment or postponement of a meeting or the announcement of any such adjournment or postponement, a new time period for the giving of a Nominating Shareholder’s notice, as described in this section 10.1(c), will commence.

(d) To be in proper written form, a Nominating Shareholder’s notice to the corporate secretary of the Corporation must set forth:

 

  (i) as to each person whom the Nominating Shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a director: (1) the name, age, business address and residential address of such person; (2) the principal occupation or employment of such person; (3) the class or series and number of shares in the capital of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such person or which are under the control or direction of such person, as of the record date for the meeting of shareholders (if such date shall then have been made publicly available and shall have occurred) and as of the date of such notice; (4) such person’s written consent to being named in the notice as a nominee and to serving as a director of the Corporation, if elected; and (5) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident’s proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for the election of directors pursuant to the Act and Applicable Securities Laws; and

 

  (ii) as to the Nominating Shareholder(s) giving the notice: (1) the number of securities of each class of voting securities of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned, or controlled or directed, directly or indirectly, by such person or any joint actors, as of the record date for the meeting (if such date shall then have been made publicly available and shall have occurred) and as of the date of such notice, and (2) full particulars regarding any proxy, contract, arrangement, agreement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such Nominating Shareholder(s) has a right to vote any shares of the Corporation, and (3) any other information relating to such Nominating Shareholder(s) that would be required to be made in a dissident’s proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Act and any other applicable laws.

The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such ether information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an

 

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“independent” director or that could be material to a reasonable shareholder’s understanding of such “independence”, or the lack thereof, of such proposed nominee.

(e) No person shall be eligible for election as a director unless nominated in accordance with the provisions of this section 10.1 provided, however, that nothing in this section 10.1 shall he deemed to preclude discussion by a shareholder of the Corporation (as distinct from the nomination of directors) at a meeting of shareholders of any matter that is properly before such meeting pursuant to the provisions of the Act. The chairman of a meeting of shareholders shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination has been made in accordance with the procedures set forth in the foregoing provisions of this section 10.1 at such meeting of shareholders and, if any proposed nomination is not in compliance with such foregoing provisions, to declare that such defective nomination shall be disregarded.

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section 10.1, notice given to the corporate secretary of the Corporation may only be given by personal delivery, fax transmission or by e-mail (at such e-mail address as stipulated from time to time by the corporate secretary of the Corporation for the purpose of any such notice), and shall be deemed to have been given and made only at the time it is so served by personal delivery, fax (provided that receipt of confirmation of such fax has been received) or e-mail to the corporate secretary of the Corporation at the address of the principal executive offices of the Corporation; provided, however, that if any such delivery or electronic communication is made on a day which is not a business day in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada or later than 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on a day which is a business day in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, then such delivery or electronic communication shall be deemed to have been made on the next subsequent day that is a business day in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

(g) For purposes of this section 10.1:

 

  (i) Applicable Securities Laws ” mean the Securities Act (British Columbia) and the equivalent securities legislation of each of the other provinces and territories of Canada which are applicable to and govern the Corporation, as such statutes are amended from time to time, and the rules, regulations and forms made or promulgated under any such statute and the published national instruments, multilateral instruments, policies, bulletins and notices of the securities commission and similar regulatory authority of each of provinces and territories of Canada which are applicable to and govern the Corporation; and

 

  (ii) Public Announcement ” means disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service in Canada, or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation under its profile on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval at www.sedar.com.

(h) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section 10.1. the board may, in its sole discretion, waive any requirement in this section 10.1.

ARTICLE 11

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

11.1 Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at such time in each year and, subject to section 11.3, at such place as the board, the chairman of the board, the managing director or the president may from time to time determine, for the purpose of considering the financial statements and reports required by the Act to be placed before the annual meeting, electing directors, appointing auditors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

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11.2 Special Meetings . The board, the chairman of the board, the managing director or the president shall have power to call a special meeting of shareholders at any time.

11.3 Place of Meetings . Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the registered office of the Corporation or elsewhere in the municipality in which the registered office is situate or, if the board shall so determine, at some other place in Canada.

11.4 Notice of Meetings . Notice of the time and place of each meeting of shareholders shall be given in the manner provided in Article 12 not less than 21 nor more than 50 days before the date of the meeting to each director, to the auditor, and to each shareholder who at the close of business on the record date for notice is entered in the securities register as the holder of one or more shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting. Notice of a meeting of shareholders called for any purpose other than consideration of the financial statements and auditor’s report, election of directors and reappointment of the incumbent auditor shall state the nature of such business in sufficient detail to permit the shareholder to form a reasoned judgment thereon and shall state the text of any special resolution to be submitted to the meeting.

11.5 List of Shareholders Entitled to Notice . For every meeting of shareholders, the Corporation shall prepare a list of shareholders entitled to receive notice of the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the number of shares held by each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting. If a record date for the meeting is fixed pursuant to section 11.6, the shareholders listed shall be those registered at the close of business on such record date. If no record date is fixed, the shareholders listed shall be those registered at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which notice of the meeting is given or, where no such notice is given, on the day on which the meeting is held. The list shall be available for examination by any shareholder during usual business hours at the registered office of the Corporation or at the place where the central securities register is maintained and at the meeting for which the list was prepared.

11.6 Record Date for Notice . The board may fix in advance a date, preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders by not more than 50 days and not less than 21 days, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and notice of any such record date shall be given not less than 7 days before such record date, by newspaper advertisement in the manner provided in the Act and by written notice to each stock exchange in Canada on which the shares of the Corporation are listed for trading. If no such record date is so fixed, the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the meeting shall be at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which the notice is given or, if no notice is given, shall be the day on which the meeting is held.

11.7 Meetings Without Notice . A meeting of shareholders may be held without notice at any time and place permitted by the Act (a) if all the shareholders entitled to vote thereat are present in person or duly represented or if those not present or represented waive notice of or otherwise consent to such meeting being held, and (b) if the auditors and the directors are present or waive notice of or otherwise consent to such meeting being held; so long as such shareholders, auditors or directors present are not attending for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called. At such a meeting any business may be transacted which the Corporation at a meeting of shareholders may transact.

11.8 Chairman, Secretary and Scrutineers . The chairman of any meeting of shareholders shall be the first mentioned of such of the following officers as have been appointed and who is present at the meeting: managing director, president, chairman of the board, or a vice-president who is a shareholder. If no such officer is present within 15 minutes from the time fixed for holding the meeting, the persons present and entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to be chairman. If the secretary of the Corporation is absent, the chairman shall appoint some person, who need not be a shareholder, to act as

 

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secretary of the meeting. If desired, one or more scrutineers, who need not be shareholders, may be appointed by a resolution or by the chairman with the consent of the meeting.

11.9 Persons Entitled to be Present . The only persons entitled to be present at a meeting of shareholders shall be those entitled to vote thereat, the directors and auditor of the Corporation and others who, although not entitled to vote, are entitled or required under any provision of the Act or the articles or by-laws to be present at the meeting. Any other person may be admitted only on the invitation of the chairman of the meeting or with the consent of the meeting.

11.10 Quorum . Subject to the Act in respect of a majority shareholder, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of shareholders shall be two persons present in person, each being a shareholder entitled to vote thereat, or a duly appointed proxyholder or representative for a shareholder so entitled and who hold or represent by proxy in the aggregate not less than 25% of the shares entitled to be voted at the meeting. If a quorum is present at the opening of any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present or represented by proxy may proceed with the business of the meeting notwithstanding that a quorum is not present throughout the meeting. If a quorum is not present at the opening of any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present or represented by proxy may adjourn the meeting to a fixed time and place but may not transact any other business.

11.11 Right to Vote . Every person named in the list referred to in section 11.5 shall be entitled to vote the shares shown thereon opposite such person’s name at the meeting to which such list relates, except to the extent that (a) where the Corporation has fixed a record date in respect of such meeting, such person has transferred any of his shares after such record date or, where the Corporation has not fixed a record date in respect of such meeting, such person has transferred any shares after the date on which such list is prepared, and (b) the transferee, having produced properly endorsed certificates evidencing such shares or having otherwise established that he owns such shares, has demanded not later than 10 days before the meeting that his name be included in such list. In any such excepted case the transferee shall be entitled to vote the transferred shares at such meeting.

11.12 Proxyholders and Representatives . Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders may appoint a proxyholder, or one or more alternate proxyholders, to attend and act as the shareholder’s representative at the meeting in the manner and to the extent authorized and with the authority conferred by the proxy. A proxy shall be in writing executed by the shareholder or his attorney and shall conform with the requirements of the Act. Alternatively, every such shareholder which is a body corporate or association may authorize by resolution of its directors or governing body an individual to represent it at a meeting of shareholders and such individual may exercise on the shareholder’s behalf all the powers it could exercise if it were an individual shareholder. The authority of such an individual shall be established by depositing with the Corporation a certified copy of such resolution, or in such other manner as may be satisfactory to the secretary of the Corporation or the chairman of the meeting. Any such proxyholder or representative need not be a shareholder.

11.13 Time for Deposit of Proxies . The board may specify in a notice calling a meeting of shareholders a time, preceding the time of such meeting by not more than 48 hours, excluding Saturdays and holidays, before which time proxies to be used at such meeting must be deposited. A proxy shall be acted upon only if, prior to the time so specified, it shall have been deposited with the Corporation or an agent thereof specified in such notice or if, no such time having been specified in such notice, it has been received by the secretary of the Corporation or by the chairman of the meeting or any adjournment thereof prior to the time of voting.

11.14 Joint Shareholders . If two or more persons hold shares jointly, any one of them present in person or duly represented at a meeting of shareholders may, in the absence of the other or others, vote the shares; but if two or more of those persons are present in person or represented and vote, they shall vote as one the shares jointly held by them.

 

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11.15 Votes to Govern . At any meeting of shareholders every question shall, unless otherwise required by the articles or by-laws or by-law, be determined by a majority of the votes cast on the question. In case of an equality of votes either upon a show of hands or upon a poll, the chairman of the meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.

11.16 Show of Hands . Subject to the Act, any question at a meeting of shareholders shall be decided by a show of hands, unless a ballot thereon is required or demanded as hereinafter provided, and upon a show of hands every person who is present and entitled to vote shall have one vote, subject to any provision of the Act restricting the ability of a proxyholder or alternate proxyholder to vote by way of show of hands where such person has conflicting instructions from more than one shareholder. Whenever a vote by show of hands shall have been taken upon a question, unless a ballot thereon is so required or demanded, a declaration by the chairman of the meeting that the vote upon the question has been carried or carried by a particular majority or not carried and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting shall be prima facie evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against any resolution or other proceeding in respect of the said question, and the result of the vote so taken shall be the decision of the shareholders upon the said question.

11.17 Ballots . On any question proposed for consideration at a meeting of shareholders, and whether or not a show of hands has been taken thereon, the chairman may require a ballot or any person who is present and entitled to vote on such question at the meeting may demand a ballot. A ballot so required or demanded shall be taken in such manner as the chairman shall direct. A requirement or demand for a ballot may be withdrawn at any time prior to the taking of the ballot. If a ballot is taken each person present shall be entitled, in respect of the shares which such person is entitled to vote at the meeting upon the question, to that number of votes provided by the Act or the articles, and the result of the ballot so taken shall be the decision of the shareholders upon the said question.

11.18 Adjournment . The chairman at a meeting of shareholders may, with the consent of the meeting and subject to such conditions as the meeting may decide, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place. If a meeting of shareholders is adjourned for less than 30 days, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting, other than by announcement at the earliest meeting that is adjourned. Subject to the Act, if a meeting of shareholders is adjourned by one or more adjournments for an aggregate of 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as for an original meeting.

11.19 Action in Writing by Shareholders . A resolution in writing signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of shareholders is as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the shareholders unless a written statement with respect to the subject matter of the resolution is submitted by a director or the auditor in accordance with the Act.

11.20 Only One Shareholder . Where the Corporation has only one shareholder or only one holder of any class or series of shares, the shareholder present in person or duly represented constitutes a meeting.

ARTICLE 12

NOTICES

12.1 Method of Giving Notices . Any notice (which term includes any communication or document) to be given (which term includes sent, delivered or served) pursuant to the Act, the regulations thereunder, the articles, the by-laws or otherwise to a shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board shall be sufficiently given if delivered personally to the person to whom it is to be given or if delivered to his recorded address or if mailed to him at his recorded address by prepaid ordinary or air mail or if sent to him at his recorded address by any means of prepaid transmitted or recorded communication. A notice so delivered shall be deemed to have been given when it is delivered

 

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personally or to the recorded address as aforesaid; a notice so mailed shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in a post office or public letter box; and a notice so sent by any means of transmitted or recorded communication shall be deemed to have been given when dispatched or delivered to the appropriate communication company or agency or its representative for dispatch. The secretary may change or cause to be changed the recorded address of any shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board in accordance with any information believed by him to be reliable.

12.2 Notice to Joint Shareholders . If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, any notice may be addressed to all such joint holders, but notice addressed to one of such persons shall be sufficient notice to all of them.

12.3 Computation of Time . In computing the date when notice must be given under any provision requiring a specified number of days’ notice of any meeting or other event, the day of giving the notice shall be excluded and the day of the meeting or other event shall be included.

12.4 Undelivered Notices . If any notice given to a shareholder pursuant to section 12.1 is returned on three consecutive occasions because he cannot be found, the Corporation shall not be required to give any further notices to such shareholder until he informs the Corporation in writing of his new address.

12.5 Omissions and Errors . The accidental omission to give any notice to any shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board or the non-receipt of any notice by any such person or any error in any notice not affecting the substance thereof shall not invalidate any action taken at any meeting held pursuant to such notice or otherwise founded thereon.

12.6 Persons Entitled by Death or Operation of Law . Every person who, by operation of law, transfer, death of a shareholder or any other means whatsoever, shall become entitled to any share, shall be bound by every notice in respect of such share which shall have been duly given to the shareholder from whom he derives his title to such share prior to his name and address being entered on the securities register (whether such notice was given before or after the happening of the event upon which he became so entitled) and prior to his furnishing to the Corporation the proof of authority or evidence of his entitlement prescribed by the Act.

12.7 Waiver of Notice . Any shareholder, proxyholder or other person entitled to attend a meeting of shareholders, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board may at any time waive any notice, or waive or abridge the time for any notice, required to be given to him under the Act, the regulations thereunder, the articles, the by-laws or otherwise, and such waiver or abridgement, whether given before or after the meeting or other event of which notice is required to be given, shall cure any default in the giving or in the time of such notice, as the case may be. Any such waiver or abridgement shall be in writing except a waiver of notice of a meeting of shareholders or of the board or a committee of the board which may be given in any manner.

12.8 Interpretation . In the by-laws, “recorded address” means in the case of a shareholder his address as recorded in the securities register; and in the case of joint shareholders the address appearing in the securities register in respect of such joint holding or the first address so appearing if there are more than one; and in the case of a director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board, his latest address as recorded in the records of the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE 13

EFFECTIVE DATE

13.1 Effective Date . This Amended and Restated By-Law No. 1 shall come into force with effect as of and from such date as the Corporation becomes a distributing corporation under the Act.

MADE by the board as of the 13 th day of April, 2016.

 

David McLennan

Secretary

CONFIRMED by the shareholders in accordance with the Act as of the 19 th day of May, 2016.

 

David McLennan

Secretary

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

LOGO


LOGO

The follo•.•.~ing abbre”iations shall be oonslrued as though the •.• .. ords set forth belo•.•.• opposite eadlabbre’llia~on •.• .. ere ~”itten out in fnll where snch abbreviatillll appears: TEN COM TEN ENT JTTEN (Name) CUST (Name) UN IF GIFT MIN ACT iSiatei as tenants in oommon as tenants by lhe entireties as joint tenants ‘i•Hh rights of survi”orship and not as tenants in common (Name) as Custodian for (Name:1 under the (State; Unifllf’m Gins to Minors A~t Additional abbrE:\Iia,ons may also be used though not in lhe abo”e list. • PIN$• in$erl Soeialln$uranee, Tax ld•ntifieation, or other identifying numb•r of hn$l&r.e. For value received the undersigned hereby sells. assigns and transfers unto Insert name and address of ~ansferee shares represented by this certificate and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint the attorney of the undersigned to transfer the said shares on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. LE: DATED: _________ _ Les abre”iations sui” antes doi\lent etre interpretees cam me si les expressions correspondantes etaient eaites en toutes letres : TEN COM - a ti~e de priJPri&taires en commnn TEN ENT - a ti~e de tenants unitaires JT TEN - a ‘tre de copropri6ctaires a”ec gain de survie et non 3 titre de proprietlires en cr.mmun (Nom) CUST (NO!fl) UNIF - (Nom) 3 titre de,depositaire pour (Nom) en <ertu de Ia Unilonn Gifts to GIFT MIN ACT (Etali Minllf’s Act de \Etali Des al:ffi>liatilllls an~es que cenes qni sllllt dlllln&es <.i-dessns penvent anssi ere ntitisees. • Vet~illez inseri~ le num6fo d’a$6urane• soeial•, te num6fo d’id•ntifieation aux fins de l’imp61 ou tout aulre num6fo permt~lilnl d’identifier le e.ssionnair•. Pour valeur reyue, le soussigne vend, cede et transfere par les presentes a lnserer le nom et l’adresse du oessionnaire actions representees par le present certificat et nom me irrevocablement le fonde de pouvoir du soussig ne charge d’inscrire le transfer! desdites actions aux registres de Ia Societe, avec pie in pouvoir de substitution a eel egard. Signature of Shareholder I Signature de l’actionnaire Signature of Guarantor I Signature du garant Signature Guarantee: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate(s), in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatsoe’!er and must be guaranteed by a major Canadian Schedule I chartered bank or a member of an acceptable Medallion Signature Guarantee Program (STAMP, SEMP. MSPi. The Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words “Signature Guaranteed”. In the USA, signature guarantees must be done by members of a “Medallion Signature Guarantee Program” only. Signature guarantees are not accepted from Treasury Branches, Credit Unions or Caisses Populaires unless they are members of the Stamp Medallion Program. Garantie de &ignature : La signature apposee aux fins de celle cession do it correspondre ex.1ctement au nom qui est inscrit au recto du certificat, sans aucun changement, et do it etre gamntie par une oonque it charte canadienne de I’Annexe 1 ou un membre d’un programme de garantie de signature Medallion acceptable (STAMP. SEMP. MSP). Le garant doit apposer un timbre ponant Ia mention« Signature Guaranteed». Aux Etats-Unis, seuls les tnembres d’un « Medallion Signature Guarantee Program .. peuvent garantir une signature. Les garanties de signature ne peuvent pas etre faites par des caisses d’epargne (oo Treasury Branches oo). des caisses de credit(« Credit Unions »i ou des Caisses Populaires, il moins qu’elles ne soient metnbres du programme de garantie de signature lvtedallion ST AlvtP. Until the Separation Time (as defined in the Rights Agreement referred to below), this certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in an Amended and Restated Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2015, as such may from time to time be amended, restated, varied or replaced, (the “Rights Agreement”), between Sierra Wireless, Inc. (the “Corporation”j and Cotnputershare Investor Se~1ices Inc. as Rights Agent, the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and, a copy of which is on file at the registered office of the Corporation. In certain circumstances, as set forth, in the Rights Agreement, such Rights may be amended, redeemed, may expire, may become void (W, in certain cases, they are “Beneficially Owned” by an “Acquiring Person”, as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement, or a transferee thereof) or may be evidenced by separate certificates and may no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Corporation will mail or armnge for the mailing of a copy of the Rights Agreement to the holder of this certificate without charge as soon as practicable, after the receipt of a written request therefor. SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS- INSTRUCTIONS DE SECURITE l i ltS IS WA1 CRMAI1KCD PAP LA, DO NOl ACCCPl WITI IOUT NOTINO Wil t CRMARK I·IOLI) TO l iGHT TO VERIFY W/\TFRMIIRK. PAPILH f lliGHAN I~ . NE PIIS ACCFPTFR SANS VFRIFIF.A I A PRFSFNCE DU FILIGRANE. POU t~ CE FAIRE. PLACER A LA LUMIERE. 01CEIA

Exhibit 4.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED

SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.

and

COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES INC.

as Rights Agent

Dated as of May 21, 2015

(amending and restating the Amended and Restated Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement

dated May 24, 2012)


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

  
    

1.1

  Certain Definitions      2  

1.2

  Currency      12  

1.3

  Acting Jointly or in Concert      12  

1.4

  Control      12  

1.5

  Holder of Rights      13  

1.6

  References to this Agreement      13  

ARTICLE 2

THE RIGHTS

  

2.1

  Legend on Common Share Certificates      13  

2.2

  Initial Exercise Price; Exercise of Rights; Detachment of Rights      14  

2.3

  Adjustments to Exercise Price; Number of Rights      15  

2.4

  Date on Which Exercise is Effective      18  

2.5

  Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating of Rights Certificates      18  

2.6

  Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange      19  

2.7

  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Rights Certificates      19  

2.8

  Persons Deemed Owners      20  

2.9

  Delivery and Cancellation of Certificates      20  

2.10

  Agreement of Rights Holders      20  

ARTICLE 3

ADJUSTMENTS TO THE RIGHTS IN THE EVENT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

  

3.1

  Flip-in Event      21  
ARTICLE 4
THE RIGHTS AGENT
  

4.1

  General      22  

4.2

  Merger, Amalgamation or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent      23  

4.3

  Duties of Rights Agent      23  

4.4

  Change of Rights Agent      24  

4.5

  Compliance with Money Laundering Legislation      25  

4.6

  Privacy Provision      25  
ARTICLE 5
MISCELLANEOUS
  

5.1

  Redemption and Termination      25  

5.2

  Expiration      27  

5.3

  Issuance of New Rights Certificates      27  

5.4

  Supplements and Amendments      27  

5.5

  Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares      29  

5.6

  Rights of Action      29  

5.7

  Holder of Rights Not Deemed a Shareholder      29  

5.8

  Notice of Proposed Actions      30  

5.9

  Notices      30  

5.10

  Costs of Enforcement      31  

5.11

  Successors      31  

5.12

  Benefits of this Agreement      31  

5.13

  Descriptive Headings      31  

5.14

  Governing Law      31  

5.15

  Language      31  

5.16

  Counterparts      31  

5.17

  Severability      32  

5.18

  Effective Date      32  


5.19

  Shareholder Review      32  

5.20

  Regulatory Approvals      32  

5.21

  Declaration as to Non-Canadian and Non-U.S. Holders      32  

5.22

  Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors      33  

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN AGREEMENT made as of May 21, 2015 (amending and restating the Amended and Restated Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement dated May 24, 2012).

BETWEEN:

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC. , a body corporate organized under the laws of Canada (hereinafter referred to as the “ Corporation ”)

OF THE FIRST PART

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COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES INC. , a body corporate organized under the laws of Canada (hereinafter referred to as the “ Rights Agent ”)

OF THE SECOND PART

WHEREAS the Corporation and Montreal Trust Company of Canada (“ Montreal Trust ”) entered into an agreement dated April 27, 2000 respecting a shareholder rights plan (the “ Original Plan ”);

AND WHEREAS the stock transfer and corporate trust business of Montreal Trust was sold to the Rights Agent in 2000;

AND WHEREAS the continued existence of the Original Plan was approved, in accordance with its terms, by the Corporation’s shareholders at the annual and special meeting of shareholders held on April 28, 2003;

AND WHEREAS the continued existence and the amendment and restatement of the Original Plan (the “ First Amended and Restated Plan ”) was approved by shareholders at the annual and special meeting of shareholders on April 25, 2006;

AND WHEREAS the continued existence and the amendment and restatement of the First Amended and Restated Plan (the “ Second Amended and Restated Plan ”) was approved by shareholders at the annual and special meeting of shareholders on May 9, 2009;

AND WHEREAS the continued existence of the Second Amended and Restated Plan (the “ Existing Plan ”) was approved by shareholders at the annual and special meeting of shareholders on May 24, 2012, which Existing Plan would be effective at the latest until the close of business on the date on which the 2015 annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation terminates unless a resolution ratifying the continued existence of the Existing Plan was approved by the Independent Shareholders (as defined in the Existing Plan);

AND WHEREAS the Board of Directors of the Corporation has determined that it is advisable to continue the Existing Plan by adopting an amended and restated shareholder rights plan to take effect immediately upon receipt of approval of the Independent Shareholders, to effect the continued distribution of rights under the Existing Plan as amended and restated herein (the “ Rights Plan ”) to ensure, to the extent possible, that all shareholders of the Corporation are treated fairly in connection with any take-over offer or bid for the common shares of the Corporation and to ensure that the Board of Directors is provided with a sufficient time to evaluate unsolicited take-over bids and to explore and develop alternatives to maximize shareholder value;

AND WHEREAS , in order to continue the Rights Plan, the Board of Directors of the Corporation has:


  (a) confirmed the distribution of one right (a “ Right ”) in respect of each Common Share as hereinafter defined) outstanding at the close of business on April 27, 2000 (the “ Record Time ”), such distribution having been made to shareholders of record at the Record Time; and

 

  (b) confirmed the issuance of one Right in respect of each Common Share issued after the Record Time and prior to the earlier of the Separation Time (as hereinafter defined) and the Expiration Time (as hereinafter defined);

AND WHEREAS each Right entitles the holder thereof after the Separation Time to purchase securities of the Corporation pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

AND WHEREAS the Corporation desires to confirm the appointment of the Rights Agent to act on behalf of the Corporation, and the Rights Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, transfer, exchange and replacement of Rights Certificates (as hereinafter defined), the exercise of Rights and other matters referred to herein;

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the premises and the respective agreements set forth herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

1.1 Certain Definitions

For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

 

  (a) Acquiring Person ” shall mean any Person who is the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation; provided, however, that the term “Acquiring Person” shall not include:

 

  (i) the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation;

 

  (ii) any Person who becomes the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation as a result of any one or a combination of

 

  (A) an acquisition or redemption by the Corporation of Common Shares of the Corporation which, by reducing the number of Common Shares outstanding, increases the proportionate number of Common Shares Beneficially Owned by such Person to 20% or more of the Common Shares of the Corporation then outstanding;

 

  (B) share acquisitions made pursuant to a Permitted Bid (“ Permitted Bid Acquisitions ”);

 

  (C)

share acquisitions (1) in respect of which the Board of Directors of the Corporation has waived the application of Section 3.1 pursuant to Sections 5.1(b), (c) or (d); or (2) which were made on or prior to the Effective Date; or (3) which were made pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan of the Corporation; or (4) pursuant to the receipt or exercise of rights issued by the Corporation to all the holders of the Common Shares (other than holders resident in a jurisdiction where such distribution is restricted or impracticable as a result of applicable law) to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares or Convertible Securities, provided that such rights are acquired directly from the Corporation and not from any other Person and provided that the Person does not thereby acquire a greater percentage of Common Shares or Convertible

 

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  Securities so offered than the Person’s percentage of Common Shares or Convertible Securities beneficially owned immediately prior to such acquisition: or (5) pursuant to a distribution by the Corporation of Common Shares or Convertible Securities made pursuant to a prospectus, provided that the Person does not thereby acquire a greater percentage of Common Shares or Convertible Securities so offered than the Person’s percentage of Common Shares or Convertible Securities beneficially owned immediately prior to such acquisition; or (6) pursuant to a distribution by the Corporation of Common Shares or Convertible Securities by way of a private placement or a securities exchange take-over bid or circular or upon the exercise by an individual employee of stock options granted under a stock option plan of the Corporation or rights to purchase securities granted under a share purchase plan of the Corporation, provided that (i) all necessary stock exchange approvals for such private placement, stock option plan or share purchase plan have been obtained and such private placement, stock option plan or share purchase plan complies with the terms and conditions of such approvals and (ii) such Person does not become the Beneficial Owner of more than 25% of the Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the distribution, and in making this determination the Common Shares to be issued to such Person in the distribution shall be deemed to be held by such Person but shall not be included in the aggregate number of outstanding Common Shares immediately prior to the distribution; or (7) pursuant to an amalgamation, merger or other statutory procedure requiring shareholder approval (“ Exempt Acquisitions ”);

 

  (D) the acquisition of Common Shares upon the exercise of Convertible Securities received by such Person pursuant to a Permitted Bid Acquisition, Exempt Acquisition or a Pro Rata Acquisition (as defined below) (“ Convertible Security Acquisitions ”); or

 

  (E) acquisitions as a result of a stock dividend, a stock split or other event pursuant to which such Person receives or acquires Common Shares or Convertible Securities on the same pro rata basis as all other holders of Common Shares of the same class (“ Pro Rata Acquisitions ”);

provided, however, that if a Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the Common Shares of the Corporation then outstanding by reason of any one or a combination of (i) share acquisitions or redemptions by the Corporation or (ii) Permitted Bid Acquisitions or (iii) Exempt Acquisitions or (iv) Convertible Security Acquisitions or (v) Pro Rata Acquisitions and, after such share acquisitions or redemptions by the Corporation, Permitted Bid Acquisitions, Exempt Acquisitions, Convertible Security Acquisitions or Pro Rata Acquisitions, such Person subsequently becomes the Beneficial Owner of more than an additional 1.00% of the number of Common Shares of the Corporation outstanding other than pursuant to any one or a combination of share acquisitions or redemptions of shares by the Corporation, Permitted Bid Acquisitions, Exempt Acquisitions, Convertible Security Acquisitions or Pro Rata Acquisitions, then as of the date of any such acquisition such Person shall become an “Acquiring Person”;

 

  (iii) a Person (a “ Grandfathered Person ”) who is the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation as at the Record Time; provided, however, that this exception shall not be, and shall cease to be, applicable to a Grandfathered Person in the event that such Grandfathered Person shall, after the Record time (A) cease to own 20% or more of the outstanding Common Shares or (B) become the Beneficial Owner (other than pursuant to any one or a combination of (1) share acquisitions or redemptions by the Corporation or (2) Permitted Bid Acquisitions or (3) Exempt Acquisitions or (4) Convertible Security Acquisition or (5) Pro Rata Acquisitions) of additional Common Shares constituting more than 1% of the number of Common Shares outstanding as at the Record Time;

 

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  (iv) for a period of 10 days after the Disqualification Date, any Person who becomes the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the outstanding Common Shares as a result of such Person becoming disqualified from relying on clause 1.1(e)(B) solely because such Person makes or announces an intention to make a Take-over Bid, either alone, through such Person’s Affiliates or Associates or by acting jointly or in concert with any other Person. For the purposes of this definition, “ Disqualification Date ” means the first date of public announcement that any Person is making or intends to make a Take-over Bid either alone, through such Person’s Affiliates or Associates or by acting jointly or in concert with any other Person; or

 

  (v) an underwriter or member of a banking or selling group that becomes the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the Common Shares in connection with a distribution of securities by way of prospectus or private placement.

 

  (b) Affiliate ”, used to indicate a relationship with a specified corporation, means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more controlled intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified corporation.

 

  (c) Amendment Date ” means May 21, 2015.

 

  (d) Associate ” of a specified individual shall mean any individual to whom such specified individual is married or with whom such specified individual is living in a conjugal relationship, outside marriage, or any relative of such specified individual or said spouse who has the same home as such specified individual.

 

  (e) A Person shall be deemed the “ Beneficial Owner ”, and to have “ Beneficial Ownership ”, of, and to “ Beneficially Own ”:

 

  (i) any securities as to which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates is the owner at law or in equity;

 

  (ii) any securities as to which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has the right to acquire (A) upon the exercise of any Convertible Securities, or (B) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, in either case where such right is exercisable within a period of 60 days and whether or not on condition or the happening of any contingency (other than (1) customary agreements with and between underwriters and banking group or selling group members with respect to a distribution to the public or pursuant to a private placement of securities or (2) pursuant to a pledge of securities in the ordinary course of business); and

 

  (iii) any securities which are Beneficially Owned within the meaning of clauses 1.1(e)(i) or (ii) above by any other Person with which such Person is acting jointly or in concert;

provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the “ Beneficial Owner ”, or to have “ Beneficial Ownership ” of, or to “ Beneficially Own ”, any security:

 

  (A) where (1) the holder of such security has agreed to deposit or tender such security pursuant to a Permitted Lock-up Agreement to a Take-over Bid made by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates or any other Person referred to in clause 1.1(e)(iii) or (2) such security has been deposited or tendered pursuant to a Take-over Bid made by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates or any other Person referred to in clause 1.1(e)(iii), in each case until the earliest time at which any such tendered security is accepted unconditionally for payment or exchange or is taken up and paid for;

 

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  (B) where such Person, any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates or any other Person referred to in clause 1.1(e)(iii), holds such security provided that (1) the ordinary business of any such Person (the “ Investment Manager ”) includes the management of investment funds for others and such security is held by the Investment Manager in the ordinary course of such business in the performance of such Investment Manager’s duties for the account of any other Person including the acquisition or holding of securities for non-discretionary accounts held on behalf of a client by a broker or dealer registered under applicable securities laws, or (2) such Person (the “ Trust Company ”) is licensed to carry on the business of a trust company under applicable laws and, as such, acts as trustee or administrator or in a similar capacity in relation to the estates of deceased or incompetent Persons or in relation to other accounts and holds such security in the ordinary course of such duties for the estates of deceased or incompetent Persons or for such other accounts, or (3) such Person (the “ Plan Trustee ”) is the administrator or trustee of one or more pension funds or plans (each a “ Plan ”) registered under applicable laws and holds such security for the purposes of its activity as such, or (4) such Person is a Plan or is a Person established by statute (the “ Statutory Body ”) for purposes that include, and the ordinary business or activity of such Person includes the management of investment funds for employee benefit plans, pension plans, insurance plans (other than plans administered by insurance companies) or various public bodies or (5) such Person is a Crown agent or agency, or (6) such Person (the “ Manager ”) is the manager or trustee of a mutual fund (“ Mutual Fund ”) that is registered or qualified to issue its securities to investors under the securities laws of any province of Canada or the laws of the United States of America or is a Mutual Fund; provided in any of the above cases, that the Investment Manager, the Trust Company, the Plan Trustee, the Plan, the Statutory Body, the Crown agent or agency, the Manager or the Mutual Fund, as the case may be, is not then making a Take-over Bid or has not announced a current intention to make a Take-over Bid, other than an Offer to Acquire Common Shares or other securities pursuant to a distribution by the Corporation or by means of ordinary market transactions (including pre-arranged trades entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person) executed through the facilities of a stock exchange, securities quotation system, or organized over-the-counter market, alone, through its Affiliates or Associates or by acting jointly or in concert with any other Person; or

 

  (C) because such Person is a client of or has an account with the same Investment Manager as another Person on whose account the Investment Manager holds such security, or where such Person is a client of or has an account with the same Trust Company as another Person on whose account the Trust Company holds such security, or where such Person is a Plan and has a Plan Trustee who is also a Plan Trustee for another Plan on whose account the Plan Trustee holds such security; or

 

  (D) where such Person is (i) a client of an Investment Manager and such security is owned at law or in equity by the Investment Manager, or (ii) an account of a Trust Company and such security is owned at law or in equity by the Trust Company, or (iii) a Plan and such security is owned at law or in equity by the Plan Trustee; or

 

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  (E) where such Person is the registered holder of such security as a result of carrying on the business of or acting as a nominee of a securities depositary.

For purposes of this Agreement, the percentage of Common Shares Beneficially Owned by any Person, shall be and be deemed to be the product determined by the formula:

100 x A/B

Where:

 

A

   =    the number of votes for the election of all directors generally attaching to the Common Shares Beneficially Owned by such Person; and

B

   =    the number of votes for the election of all directors generally attaching to all outstanding Common Shares.

For the purposes of the foregoing formula, where any Person is deemed to Beneficially Own unissued Common Shares which may be acquired pursuant to Convertible Securities, such Common Shares shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of calculating the percentage of Common Shares Beneficially Owned by such Person in both the numerator and the denominator, but no other unissued Common Shares which may be acquired pursuant to any other outstanding Convertible Securities shall, for the purposes of that calculation, be deemed to be outstanding.

 

  (f) Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day that is treated as a holiday at the Corporation’s principal executive offices in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

 

  (g) Business Corporations Act shall mean the Canada Business Corporations Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.C-44, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, and any comparable or successor laws or regulations thereto.

 

  (h) Canadian-U.S. Exchange Rate ” shall mean on any date the inverse of the U.S. Canadian Exchange Rate.

 

  (i) Canadian Dollar Equivalent ” of any amount which is expressed in United States dollars shall mean on any day the Canadian dollar equivalent of such amount determined by reference to the Canadian-U.S. Exchange Rate on such date.

 

  (j) close of business ” on any given date shall mean the time on such date (or, if such date is not a Business Day, the time on the next succeeding Business Day) at which the office of the transfer agent for the Common Shares in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia (or, after the Separation Time, the offices of the Rights Agent in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia) becomes closed to the public.

 

  (k) Common Shares of the Corporation ” and “ Common Shares ” shall mean the common shares in the capital stock of the Corporation as constituted as at the Amendment Date and any other share of the Corporation into which such common shares may be subdivided, consolidated, reclassified or changed from time to time.

 

  (l) Competing Permitted Bid ” means a Take-over Bid that:

 

  (i) is made after a Permitted Bid or another Competing Permitted Bid has been made and prior to the expiry of the Permitted Bid or another Competing Permitted Bid;

 

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  (ii) satisfies all components of the definition of a Permitted Bid other than the requirements set out in the clause (ii) of that definition; and

 

  (iii) contains, and the take-up and payment for securities tendered or deposited is subject to, an irrevocable and unqualified provision that no Common Shares will be taken up or paid for pursuant to the Take-over Bid prior to the close of business on the date that is no earlier than the later of (1) the earliest date on which Common Shares may be taken up or paid for under any Permitted Bid or Competing Permitted Bid that is then in existence and (2) 35 days (or such other minimum period of days as may be prescribed by applicable law in British Columbia) after the date of the Take-over Bid constituting the Competing Permitted Bid.

 

  (m) Convertible Securities ” means at any time any securities issued by the Corporation from time to time (other than the Rights) carrying any exercise, conversion or exchange right pursuant to which the holder thereof may acquire Common Shares or other securities which are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares.

 

  (n) Convertible Security Acquisitions ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Acquiring Person ” herein.

 

  (o) Co-Rights Agents ” shall have the meaning set forth in subsection 4.1(a).

 

  (p) Effective Date ” shall mean the close of business on April 27, 2000.

 

  (q) Exempt Acquisition ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Acquiring Person” herein.

 

  (r) Exercise Price ” shall mean the price at which a holder may purchase the securities issuable upon exercise of one whole Right in accordance with the terms hereof and, subject to adjustment thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, the Exercise Price shall be:

 

  (i) until the Separation Time, an amount equal to three times the Market Price, from time to time, per Common Share; and

 

  (ii) from and after the Separation Time, an amount equal to three times the Market Price, as at the Separation Time, per Common Share.

 

  (s) Expansion Factor ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a);

 

  (t) Expiration Time ” shall mean the earlier of:

 

  (i) the Termination Time; and

 

  (ii) the termination of the annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation in the year 2018;

provided, however, that if the resolution referred to in Section 5.19 is approved by Independent Shareholders in accordance with Section 5.19 at or prior to such annual meeting, “ Expiration Time ”, means the earlier of (i) the Termination Time and (ii) the termination of the annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation in the year which is three years after the year in which such approval occurs.

 

  (u) Fiduciary ” shall mean a trust company registered under the trust company legislation of Canada or any province thereof, a trust company organized under the laws of any state of the United States, a portfolio manager registered under the securities legislation of one or more provinces of Canada or an investment adviser registered under the United States Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or any other securities legislation of the United States or any state of the United States.

 

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  (v) A “ Flip-in Event ” shall mean a transaction occurring subsequent to the date of this Agreement as a result of which any Person shall become an Acquiring Person provided, however, that a Flip-in Event, shall be deemed to occur at the close of business on the tenth day (or such later day as the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine) after the Stock Acquisition Date.

 

  (w) “Grandfathered Person” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Acquiring Person ” herein;

 

  (x) Independent Shareholders ” shall mean holders of outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation excluding (i) any Acquiring Person; or (ii) any Person (other than a Person referred to in Section 1.1(e)(B)) that is making or has announced a current intention to make a Take-over Bid for Common Shares of the Corporation (including a Permitted Bid or a Competing Permitted Bid) but excluding any such Person if the Take-over Bid so announced or made by such Person has been withdrawn, terminated or, expired; or (iii) any Affiliate or Associate of such Acquiring Person or a Person referred to in clause (ii); or (iv) any Person acting jointly or in concert with such Acquiring Person or a Person referred to in clause (ii); or (v) a Person who is a trustee of any employee benefit plan, share purchase plan, deferred profit sharing plan or any similar plan or trust for the benefit of employees of the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation, unless the beneficiaries of the plan or trust direct the manner in which the Common Shares are to be voted or direct whether the Common Shares are to be tendered to a Take-over Bid.

 

  (y) Market Price ” per security of any securities on any date of determination shall mean the average of the daily Closing Price Per Security of such securities (determined as described below) on each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days through and including the Trading Day immediately preceding such date; provided, however, that if an event of a type analogous to any of the events described in Section 2.3 hereof shall have caused the price used to determine the Closing Price Per Security on any Trading Day not to be fully comparable with the price used to determine the Closing Price Per Security on such date of determination or, if the date of determination is not a Trading Day, on the immediately preceding Trading Day, each such price so used shall be appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustment provided for in Section 2.3 hereof in order to make it fully comparable with the price per security used to determine the Closing Price Per Security on such date of determination or, if the date of determination is not a Trading Day, on the immediately preceding Trading Day. The “Closing Price Per Security” of any securities on any date shall be:

 

  (i) the closing board lot sale price or, if such price is not available, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, for such securities as reported by the principal Canadian stock exchange on which such securities are listed or admitted to trading, or if for any reason neither of such prices is available on such day or the securities are not listed or admitted to trading on a Canadian stock exchange, the closing board lot sale price or, if such price is not available, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, for such securities as reported by such other securities exchange or national securities quotation system on which such securities are listed or admitted for trading on which the largest number of such securities were traded during the most recently completed calendar year;

 

  (ii) if, for any reason, none of such prices is available on such date or the securities are not listed or admitted to trading on a Canadian stock exchange or other securities exchange or on a national securities quotation system, the last sale price, or in case no sale takes place on such date, the average of the high bid and low asked prices for such securities in the over-the-counter market, as quoted by any reporting system then in use (as selected by the Board of Directors); or

 

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  (iii) if the securities are not listed or admitted to trading as contemplated in clause 1.1(u)(i) or (ii), the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the securities provided, however, that if on any such date the Closing Price Per Security cannot be determined in accordance with the foregoing, the Closing Price Per Security of such securities on such date shall mean the fair value per share of such securities on such date as determined in good faith by an internationally recognized investment dealer or investment banker with respect to the fair value per share of such securities.

The Market Price, shall be expressed in Canadian dollars and, if initially determined in respect of any day forming part of the 20 consecutive Trading Day periods in question in United States dollars, such amount shall be translated into Canadian dollars at the Canadian Dollar Equivalent thereof.

 

  (z) 1933 Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and any comparable or successor laws or regulations thereto.

 

  (aa) 1934 Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the United States, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and any comparable or successor laws or regulations thereto.

 

  (bb) Offer to Acquire ” shall include:

 

  (i) an offer to purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell, Common Shares; and

 

  (ii) an acceptance of an offer to sell Common Shares, whether or not such offer to sell has been solicited;

or any combination thereof, and the Person accepting an offer to sell shall be deemed to be making an Offer to Acquire to the Person that made the offer to sell.

 

  (cc) Offeror’s Securities ” means Common Shares Beneficially Owned on the date of an Offer to Acquire by any Person who is making a Take-over Bid and “ Offeror ” means a Person who has announced a current intention to make or is making a Take-over Bid.

 

  (dd) Permitted Bid ” means a Take-over Bid made by a Person by means of a Take-over Bid circular and which also complies with the following additional provisions:

 

  (i) the Take-over Bid is made to all holders of record of Common Shares, other than the Offeror;

 

  (ii) the Take-over Bid shall contain, and the provisions for the take-up and payment for Common Shares tendered or deposited thereunder shall be subject to, an irrevocable and unqualified condition that no Common Shares shall be taken up or paid for pursuant to the Take-over Bid prior to the close of business on a date which is not less than 60 days following the date of the Take-over Bid;

 

  (iii) the Take-over Bid shall contain irrevocable and unqualified provisions that, (A) unless the Take-over Bid is withdrawn, Common Shares may be deposited pursuant to the Take-over Bid at any time prior to the close of business on the date of first take-up or payment for Common Shares and (B) all Common Shares deposited pursuant to the Take-over Bid may be withdrawn at any time prior to the close of business on such date;

 

  (iv)

the Take-over Bid shall contain an irrevocable and unqualified condition that more than 50% of the outstanding Common Shares held by Independent Shareholders, determined

 

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  as at the close of business on the date of first take-up or payment for Common Shares under the Take-over Bid, must be deposited to the Take-over Bid and not withdrawn at the close of business on the date of first take-up or payment for Common Shares; and

 

  (v) the Take-over Bid shall contain an irrevocable and unqualified provision that in the event that more than 50% of the then outstanding Common Shares held by Independent Shareholders shall have been deposited to the Take-over Bid and not withdrawn as at the close of business on the date of first take-up or payment for Common Shares under the Take-over Bid, the Offeror will make a public announcement of that fact and the Take-over Bid will remain open for deposits and tenders of Common Shares for not less than 10 Business Days from the date of such public announcement;

provided that if a Take-over Bid constitutes a Competing Permitted Bid, the term “ Permitted Bid ” shall also mean the Competing Permitted Bid.

 

  (ee) Permitted Bid Acquisitions ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Acquiring Person ” herein.

 

  (ff) Permitted Lock-up Agreement ” means an agreement (the “ Lock-up Agreement ”) between a Person and one or more holders of Common Shares (each such holder herein referred to as a “ Locked-up Person ”) (the terms of which are publicly disclosed and reduced to writing and a copy of which is made available to the public (including the Corporation) not later than the date of the Lock-up Bid (as defined below) or if the Lock-up Bid has been made prior to the date of the Lock-up Agreement not later than the first Business Day following the date of the Lock-up Agreement) pursuant to which each Locked-up Person agrees to deposit or tender the Common Shares held by such holder to a Take-over Bid (the “ Lock-up Bid ”) made by the Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates or any other Person referred to in clause 1.1(d)(iii), provided that:

 

  (i) the Lock-up Agreement permits the Locked-up Person to withdraw its Common Shares from the Lock-up Agreement in order to deposit or tender the Common Shares to another Take-over Bid or to support another transaction prior to the Common Shares being taken up and paid for under the Lock-up Bid:

 

  (A) at a price or value per Common Share that exceeds the price or value per Common Share offered under the Lock-up Bid; or

 

  (B) at an offering price for each Common Share that exceeds by as much as or more than a specified amount (the “ Specified Amount ”) the offering price for each Common Share contained in or proposed to be contained in the Lock-up Bid and does not by itself provide for a Specified Amount that is greater than 7% of the offering price contained in or proposed to be contained in the Lock-up Bid;

and, for greater clarity, the agreement may contain a right of first refusal or require a period of delay to give the Person who made the Lock-up Bid an opportunity to match a higher price in another Take-over Bid or transaction or other similar limitation on a Locked-up Person’s right to withdraw Common Shares from the agreement, so long as the limitation does not preclude the exercise by the Locked-up Person of the right to withdraw Common Shares during the period of the other Take-over Bid or transaction; and

 

  (ii) no “break-up” fees, “top-up” fees, penalties, expenses or other amounts that exceed in aggregate the greater of:

 

  (A) 2.5% of the price or value of the consideration payable under the Lock-up Bid to a Locked-up Person; and

 

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  (B) 50% of the amount by which the price or value of the consideration received by a Locked-up Person under another Take-over Bid or transaction exceeds the price or value of the consideration that the Locked-up Person would have received under the Lock-up Bid;

shall be payable by such Locked-up Person if the Locked-up Person fails to deposit or tender Common Shares to the Lock-up Bid, or withdraws Common Shares previously tendered thereto in order to deposit or tender such Common Shares to another Take-over Bid or support another transaction.

 

  (gg) Person ” shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, association, trust, trustee, personal representative, body corporate, corporation, unincorporated organization, syndicate or other entity.

 

  (hh) Pro Rata Acquisition ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Acquiring Person ” herein.

 

  (ii) Record Time ” shall mean the close of business on April 27, 2000.

 

  (jj) Redemption Price ” has the meaning set forth in subsection 5.1(a) herein.

 

  (kk) Rights Certificate ” shall mean, after the Separation Time, the certificate representing the Rights substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

  (ll) Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act (British Columbia), S.B.C. 1985, c. 83, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, each as may be amended from time to time and any comparable or successor laws, rules or regulations thereto.

 

  (mm) Separation Time ” shall mean the close of business on the tenth Business Day after the earlier of:

 

  (i) the Stock Acquisition Date;

 

  (ii) the date of the commencement of, or first public announcement of the intent of any Person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation) to commence a Take-over Bid (other than a Take-over Bid which is a Permitted Bid so long as such Take-over Bid continues to satisfy the requirements of a Permitted Bid), provided that, if any Take-over Bid referred to in this clause (ll) expires, is cancelled, terminated or otherwise withdrawn prior to the Separation Time, such Take-over Bid shall be deemed, for purposes of this Section 1.1(ll), never to have been made; and

 

  (iii) the date upon which a Permitted Bid ceases to be a Permitted Bid;

or such later date as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation acting in good faith provided that, if the foregoing results in the Separation Time being prior to the Record Time, the Separation Time shall be the Record Time and if the Board of Directors determines pursuant to Section 5.1 to waive the application of Section 3.1 to a Flip-in Event, the Separation Time in respect of such Flip-in Event shall be deemed never to have occurred.

 

  (nn) Stock Acquisition Date ” shall mean the first date of public announcement (which, for purposes of this definition, shall include, without limitation, a report filed pursuant to Section 5.2 of Multilateral Instrument 62-104 or Section 13(d) under the 1934 Exchange Act) by the Corporation or an Acquiring Person that a Person has become an Acquiring Person.

 

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  (oo) Subsidiary ” of any specified Person shall mean any corporation or other entity controlled by such specified Person.

 

  (pp) Take-over Bid ” means an Offer to Acquire Common Shares or securities convertible into Common Shares, where the Common Shares subject to the Offer to Acquire, together with the Common Shares into which the securities subject to the Offer to Acquire are convertible, and the Offeror’s Securities, constitute in the aggregate 20% or more of the outstanding Common Shares at the date of the Offer to Acquire.

 

  (qq) Termination Time ” shall mean the time at which the right to exercise Rights shall terminate pursuant to Section 5.1, 5.18 or 5.19 hereof.

 

  (rr) Trading Day ”, when used with respect to any securities, shall mean a day on which the securities exchange or national securities quotation system on which such securities are listed or admitted to trading on which the largest number of such securities were traded during the most recently completed calendar year is open for the transaction of business or, if the securities are not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange, a Business Day.

 

  (ss) “U.S. Canadian Exchange Rate” shall mean on any date:

 

  (i) if on such date the Bank of Canada sets an average noon spot rate of exchange with a conversion of one United States dollar into Canadian dollars, such rate;

 

  (ii) in any other case, the rate for such date for the conversion of one United States dollar into Canadian dollars which is calculated in the manner which shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time acting in good faith.

 

  (tt) U.S.  Dollar Equivalent ” of any amount which is expressed in Canadian dollars shall mean on any day the United States dollar equivalent of such amount determined by reference to the U.S.-Canadian Exchange Rate on such date.

 

1.2 Currency

All sums of money which are referred to in this Agreement are expressed in lawful money of Canada.

 

1.3 Acting Jointly or in Concert

For purposes of this Agreement, a Person is acting jointly or in concert with another Person if such Person has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether formal or informal and whether or not in writing) with such other Person to acquire or Offer to Acquire any Common Shares of the Corporation (other than (A) customary agreements with and between underwriters and banking group or selling group members with respect to a distribution of securities by way of prospectus or private placement; or (B) pursuant to a pledge of securities in the ordinary course of business).

 

1.4 Control

A Person is “ controlled ” by another Person or two or more other Persons acting jointly or in concert if:

 

  (a) in the case of a body corporate, securities entitled to vote in the election of directors of such body corporate carrying more than 50% of the votes for the election of directors are held, directly or indirectly, by or for the benefit of the other Person or Persons acting jointly or in concert and the votes carried by such securities are entitled, if exercised, to elect a majority of the board of directors of such body corporate; or

 

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  (b) in the case of a Person which is not a body corporate, more than 50% of the voting or equity interests of such entity are held, directly or indirectly, by or for the benefit of the other Person or Persons.

and “ controls ”, “ controlling ” and “ under common control with ” shall be interpreted accordingly.

 

1.5 Holder of Rights

As used in this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the term “ holder ” of any Rights shall mean the registered holder of such Rights (or, prior to the Separation Time, the associated Common Shares).

 

1.6 References to this Agreement

In this Agreement, unless otherwise provided herein and unless the context otherwise requires, references to “ this Agreement ”, “ herein ”, “ hereby ” and “ hereunder ” mean this Amended and Restated Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement dated May 21, 2015 between the Corporation and the Rights Agent as amended and supplemented from time to time.

ARTICLE 2

THE RIGHTS

 

2.1 Legend on Common Share Certificates

Certificates for the Common Shares, including without limitation Common Shares issued upon the conversion of Convertible Securities, issued after the Record Time but prior to the earlier of the Separation Time and the Expiration Time shall evidence one Right for each Common Share represented thereby and, commencing as soon as reasonably practicable after the Record Time, shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them (i) the legend set forth in Section 2.1 of the Original Plan, which legend shall be deemed to be amended for all purposes to read the same as the legend in (iii) below, or (ii) the legend set forth in Section 2.1 of the Existing Plan, which legend shall be deemed to be amended for all purposes to read the same as the legend in (iii) below, or (iii) the following legend:

Until the Separation Time (as defined in the Rights Agreement referred to below), this certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in an Amended and Restated Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2015, as such may from time to time be amended, restated, varied or replaced, (the “ Rights Agreement ”), between Sierra Wireless, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”) and Computershare Investor Services Inc. as Rights Agent, the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and, a copy of which is on file at the registered office of the Corporation. In certain circumstances, as set forth, in the Rights Agreement, such Rights may be amended, redeemed, may expire, may become void (if, in certain cases, they are “Beneficially Owned” by an “Acquiring Person”, as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement, or a transferee thereof) or may be evidenced by separate certificates and may no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Corporation will mail or arrange for the mailing of a copy of the Rights Agreement to the holder of this certificate without charge as soon as practicable, after the receipt of a written request therefor.

Certificates representing Common Shares that are issued and outstanding at the Record Time or the Amendment Date shall evidence one Right for each Common Share evidenced thereby notwithstanding the absence of the foregoing legend, until the earlier of the Separation Time and the Expiration Time.

 

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2.2 Initial Exercise Price; Exercise of Rights; Detachment of Rights

 

  (a) Subject to adjustment as herein set forth, each Right will entitle the holder thereof, after the Separation Time, to purchase, for the Exercise Price, or its U.S. Dollar Equivalent as at the Business Day immediately preceding the day of exercise of the Right, one Common Share. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any Rights held by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries shall be void.

 

  (b) Until the Separation Time,

 

  (i) no Right may be exercised; and

 

  (ii) each Right will be evidenced by the certificate for the associated Common Share and will be transferable only together with, and will be transferred by a transfer of, such associated share.

 

  (c) After the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time, the Rights (i) may be exercised; and (ii) will be transferable independent of Common Shares. Promptly following the Separation Time the Rights Agent will mail to each holder of record of Common Shares as of the Separation Time and, in respect of each Convertible Security converted into Common Shares after the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time promptly after such conversion to the holder so converting (other than an Acquiring Person and, in respect of any Rights Beneficially Owned by such Acquiring Person which are not held of record by such Acquiring Person, the holder of record of such Rights) at such holder’s address as shown by the records of the Corporation (the Corporation hereby agreeing to furnish copies of such records to the Rights Agent for this purpose), (x) a Rights Certificate with registration particulars appropriately completed, representing the number of Rights held by such holder at the Separation Time and having such marks of identification or designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the Corporation may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange or securities quotation system on which the Rights may from time to time be listed or traded, or to conform to usage, and (y) a disclosure statement describing the Rights.

 

  (d) Rights may be exercised in whole or in part on any Business Day (or on any other day which, in the city at which an Election to Exercise (as hereinafter defined) is duly submitted to the Rights Agent in accordance with this Agreement, is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day that is treated as a holiday in such city) after the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time by submitting to the Rights Agent (at its office in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada or at any other office of the Rights Agent in the cities designated from time to time for that purpose by the Corporation), the Rights Certificate evidencing such Rights together with an Election to Exercise (an “ Election to Exercise ”) substantially in the form attached to the Rights Certificate duly completed, accompanied by payment by certified cheque, banker’s draft or money order payable to the order of the Rights Agent, of a sum equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Rights being exercised and a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or charge which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the transfer or delivery of Rights Certificates or the issuance or delivery of certificates for Common Shares in a name other than that of the holder of the Rights being exercised.

 

  (e) Upon receipt of a Rights Certificate, with a duly completed Election to Exercise (which does not indicate that the holder so exercising is an Acquiring Person) accompanied by payment as set forth in Section 2.2(d) above, the Rights Agent will thereupon promptly:

 

  (i) requisition from the transfer agent or any co-transfer agent of the Common Shares certificates for the number of Common Shares to be purchased (the Corporation hereby irrevocably authorizing its transfer agent to comply with all such requisitions);

 

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  (ii) when appropriate, requisition from the Corporation the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuing fractional Common Shares and after receipt, deliver such cash to or to the order of the registered holder of the Rights Certificate;

 

  (iii) after receipt of the Common Share certificates, deliver the same to or upon the order of the registered holder of such Rights Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be designated by such holder; and

 

  (iv) tender to the Corporation all payments received on exercise of the Rights.

 

  (f) In case the holder of any Rights shall exercise less than all the Rights evidenced by such holder’s Rights Certificate, a new Rights Certificate evidencing the Rights remaining unexercised will be issued by the Rights Agent to such holder or to such holder’s duly authorized assigns.

 

  (g) The Corporation covenants and agrees that it will:

 

  (i) take all such action as may be necessary and within its power to ensure that all Common Shares delivered upon exercise of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates for such Common Shares (subject to payment of the Exercise Price), be duly and validly authorized, executed, issued and delivered and fully paid and non-assessable;

 

  (ii) take all such action as may be necessary and within its power to comply with any applicable requirements of the Business Corporations Act , the Securities Act , the securities acts or comparable legislation of each of the other provinces of Canada, the 1933 Securities Act and the 1934 Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder or any other applicable law, rule or regulation, in connection with the issuance and delivery of the Rights Certificates and the issuance of any Common Shares upon exercise of Rights;

 

  (iii) use reasonable efforts to cause all Common Shares issued upon exercise of Rights to be listed on the principal exchanges or traded in the over-the-counter markets on which the Common Shares were traded immediately prior to the Stock Acquisition Date;

 

  (iv) cause to be reserved and kept available out of its authorized and unissued Common Shares the number of Common Shares that, as provided in this Agreement, will from time to time be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Rights; and

 

  (v) pay when due and payable any and all Canadian and United States federal, provincial, and state transfer taxes (for greater certainty not including any income taxes or capital gains of the holder or exercising holder or any liability of the Corporation to withhold tax) and charges which may be payable in respect of the original issuance or delivery of the Rights Certificates or certificates for Common Shares, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any transfer tax or charge which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the transfer or delivery of Rights Certificates or the issuance or delivery of certificates for shares in a name other than that of the holder of the Rights being transferred or exercised.

 

2.3 Adjustments to Exercise Price; Number of Rights

The Exercise Price, the number and kind of securities subject to purchase upon exercise of each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 2.3.

 

  (a) In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Amendment Date and prior to the Expiration Time:

 

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  (i) declare or pay a dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares (or other capital stock or securities exchangeable for or convertible into or giving a right to acquire Common Shares or other capital stock) other than pursuant to any optional stock dividend program, dividend reinvestment plan or a dividend payable in Common Shares in lieu of a regular periodic cash dividend;

 

  (ii) subdivide or change the then outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of Common Shares;

 

  (iii) combine or change the then outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of Common Shares; or

 

  (iv) issue any Common Shares (or other capital stock or securities exchangeable for or convertible into or giving a right to acquire Common Shares or other capital stock) in respect of, in lieu of or in exchange for existing Common Shares in a reclassification, amalgamation, merger, statutory arrangement or consolidation,

the Exercise Price and the number of Rights outstanding, or, if the payment or effective date therefor shall occur after the Separation Time, the securities purchasable upon exercise of Rights shall be adjusted in the manner set forth below. If the Exercise Price and number of Rights outstanding are to be adjusted (x) the Exercise Price in effect after such adjustment shall be equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment divided by the number of Common Shares (or other capital stock) (the “ Expansion Factor ”) that a holder of one Common Share immediately prior to such dividend, subdivision, change, combination or issuance would hold thereafter as a result thereof and (y) each Right held prior to such adjustment shall become that number of Rights equal to the Expansion Factor, and the adjusted number of Rights will be deemed to be allocated among the Common Shares with respect to which the original Rights were associated (if they remain outstanding) and the shares issued in respect of such dividend, subdivision, change, combination or issuance, so that each such Common Share (or other capital stock) will have exactly one Right associated with it. If the securities purchasable upon exercise of Rights are to be adjusted, the securities purchasable upon exercise of each Right after such adjustment will be the number of securities that a holder of the securities purchasable upon exercise of one Right immediately prior to such dividend, subdivision, change, combination or issuance would hold thereafter as a result thereof. If after the Amendment Date and prior to the Expiration Time the Corporation shall issue any shares of capital stock other than Common Shares in a transaction of a type described in subsection 2.3(a)(i) or (iv), shares of such capital stock shall be treated herein as nearly equivalent to Common Shares as may be practicable and appropriate under the circumstances and the Corporation and the Rights Agent agree to amend this Agreement in order to effect such treatment. If an event occurs which would require an adjustment under both this Section 2.3 and Section 3.1 hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 2.3 shall be in addition to and shall be made prior to any adjustment required pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof. Adjustments pursuant to subsection 2.3(a) shall be made successively, whenever an event referred to in subsection 2.3(a) occurs.

In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Amendment Date and prior to the Separation Time issue any Common Shares otherwise than in a transaction referred to in the preceding paragraph, each, such Common Share so issued shall automatically have one new Right associated with it, which Right shall be evidenced by the certificate representing such Common Share.

 

  (b)

In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Amendment Date and prior to the Expiration Time fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Common Shares of rights or warrants entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for or carrying a right to purchase or subscribe for Common Shares) at a price per Common Share (or, if a security convertible into or exchangeable for or carrying a right to purchase or subscribe

 

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  for Common Shares, having a conversion, exchange or exercise price (including the price required to be paid to purchase such convertible or exchangeable security or right per share)) less than 90% of the Market Price per Common Share on such record date, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted in the manner set forth below. The Exercise Price in effect after such record date shall equal the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date multiplied by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of Common Shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of Common Shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion, exchange or exercise price of the convertible or exchangeable securities or rights so to be offered (including the price required to be paid to purchase such convertible or exchangeable securities or rights)) would purchase at such Market Price and of which the denominator shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional Common Shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible or exchangeable securities or rights so to be offered are initially convertible, exchangeable or exercisable). In case such subscription price is satisfied in whole or in part by consideration in a form other than cash the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of Rights.

Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed. For purposes of this paragraph (b), the granting of the right to purchase Common Shares pursuant to any dividend or interest reinvestment plan and/or any Common Share purchase plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the Corporation and/or the investment of periodic optional payments and/or employee benefit or similar plans (so long as such right to purchase is in no case evidenced by the delivery of rights or warrants) shall not be deemed to constitute an issue of rights or warrants by the Corporation; provided, however, that in the case of any dividend or interest reinvestment plan, the right to purchase Common Shares is at a price per share of not less than 90% of the current market price per share (determined as provided in such plans) of the Common Shares.

 

  (c) In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Amendment Date and prior to the Expiration Time fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Common Shares of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than a regular periodic cash dividend or a dividend paid in Common Shares ) or rights or warrants entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares (or Convertible Securities in respect of Common Shares) at a price per Common Share (or, in the case of a Convertible Security in respect of Common Shares having a conversion or exercise price per share (including the price required to be paid to purchase such Convertible Security) less than 90% of the Market Price per Common Share on such record date (excluding those referred to in Section 2.3(b)), the Exercise Price shall be adjusted in the manner set forth below. The Exercise Price in effect after such record date shall equal the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation) of the portion of the assets, evidences of indebtedness, rights or warrants so to be distributed applicable to each of the securities purchasable upon exercise of one Right (such determination to be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights). Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed.

 

  (d) Each adjustment made pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be made as of:

 

  (i) the payment or effective date for the applicable dividend, subdivision, change, combination or issuance, in the case of an adjustment made pursuant to paragraph (a) above; and

 

  (ii) the record date for the applicable dividend or distribution, in the case of an adjustment made pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) above, subject to readjustment to reverse the same if such dividend or distribution shall not be made.

 

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  (e) In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Amendment Date and prior to the Expiration Time issue any shares of capital stock (other than Common Shares ), or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any such capital stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such capital stock, in a transaction referred to in clause (a)(i) or (a)(iv) above, or if the Corporation shall take any other action (other than the issue of Common Shares) which might have a negative effect on the holders of Rights, if the Board of Directors acting in good faith determines that the adjustments contemplated by paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above are not applicable or will not appropriately protect the interests of the holders of Rights, the Corporation may determine what other adjustments to the Exercise Price, number of Rights and/or securities purchasable upon exercise of Rights would be appropriate and, if the adjustments contemplated by paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above are applicable, notwithstanding such paragraphs, the adjustments so determined by the Corporation, rather than adjustments contemplated by paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above, shall be made. The Corporation and the Rights Agent shall amend this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.4(b) and (c), as the case may be, to provide for such adjustments.

 

  (f) Each adjustment to the Exercise Price made pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be calculated to the nearest cent. Whenever an adjustment to the Exercise Price is made pursuant to this Section 2.3, the Corporation shall:

 

  (i) promptly prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment and a brief statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment; and

 

  (ii) promptly file with the Rights Agent and with each transfer agent for the Common Shares a copy of such certificate and mail a brief summary thereof to each holder of Rights who requests a copy.

Failure to file such certificate or cause such summary to be mailed as aforesaid, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of any such adjustment or change.

 

  (g) Subject to Section 5.3, irrespective of any adjustment or change in the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights, the Rights Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express the securities so purchasable which were expressed in the initial Rights Certificates issued hereunder.

 

2.4 Date on Which Exercise is Effective

Each person in whose name any certificate for Common Shares is issued upon the exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Common Shares represented thereby on, and such certificate shall be dated, the date upon which the Rights Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered (together with a duly completed Election to Exercise) and payment of the Exercise Price for such Rights (and any applicable transfer taxes and other governmental charges payable by the exercising holder hereunder) was made; provided, however, that if the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the Common Share transfer books of the Corporation are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such shares on, and such certificate shall be dated, the next succeeding Business Day on which the Common Share transfer books of the Corporation are open.

 

2.5 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating of Rights Certificates

 

  (a)

The Rights Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Corporation by any one of its Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President or its Secretary. The signature of any of these officers on the Rights Certificates may be manual or facsimile. Rights Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were

 

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  at any time the proper officers of the Corporation shall bind the Corporation, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the countersignature and delivery of such Rights Certificates. Promptly after the Corporation learns of the Separation Time, the Corporation will notify the Rights Agent of such Separation Time and will deliver Rights Certificates executed by the Corporation to the Rights Agent for countersignature and the Rights Agent shall countersign (manually or by facsimile signature in a manner satisfactory to the Corporation) and mail such Rights Certificates to the holders of the Rights pursuant to Section 2.2(c) hereof. No Rights Certificate shall be valid for any purpose until countersigned by the Rights Agent as aforesaid.

 

  (b) Each Rights Certificate shall be dated the date of countersignature thereof.

 

2.6 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

 

  (a) The Corporation will cause to be kept a register (the “ Rights Register ”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Corporation will provide for the registration and transfer of Rights. The Rights Agent is hereby appointed “Rights Registrar” for the purpose of maintaining the Rights Register for the Corporation and registering Rights and transfers of Rights as herein provided. In the event that the Rights Agent shall cease to be the Rights Registrar, the Rights Agent will have the right to examine the Rights Register at all reasonable times.

 

  (b) After the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time, upon surrender for registration of transfer or exchange of any Rights Certificate, and subject to the provisions of Section 2.6(d) below, the Corporation shall execute, and the Rights Agent shall countersign and deliver, in the name of the holder or the designated transferee or transferees, as required pursuant to the holder’s instructions, one or more new Rights Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number of Rights as did the Rights Certificates so surrendered.

 

  (c) All Rights issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Rights Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Corporation, and such Rights shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Rights surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

  (d) Every Rights Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation or the Rights Agent, as the case may be, duly executed by the holder thereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. As a condition to the issuance of any new Rights Certificate under this Section 2.6, the Corporation may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto.

 

2.7 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Rights Certificates

 

  (a) If any mutilated Rights Certificate is surrendered to the Rights Agent prior to the Expiration Time, the Corporation shall execute and the Rights Agent shall countersign and deliver in exchange therefor a new Rights Certificate evidencing the same number of Rights as did the Rights Certificate so surrendered.

 

  (b) If there shall be delivered to the Corporation and the Rights Agent prior to the Expiration Time (i) evidence of ownership of any Rights Certificate, (ii) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Rights Certificate, and (iii) such security or indemnity as may be required by each of them in their sole discretion to save each of them and any of their agents harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Corporation or the Rights Agent that such Rights Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Corporation shall execute and upon its request the Rights Agent shall countersign and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Rights Certificate, a new Rights Certificate evidencing the same number of Rights as did the Rights Certificate so destroyed, lost or stolen.

 

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  (c) As a condition to the issuance of any new Rights Certificate under this Section 2.7, the Corporation may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Rights Agent) connected therewith.

 

  (d) Every new Rights Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 2.7 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Rights Certificate shall evidence an original additional contractual obligation of the Corporation, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Rights Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Rights, duly issued hereunder.

 

2.8 Persons Deemed Owners

The Corporation, the Rights Agent and any agent of the Corporation or the Rights Agent may deem and treat the Person, in whose name a Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Separation Time, the associated Common Share certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby for all purposes whatsoever and the Corporation and the Rights Agent shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary except as required by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

2.9 Delivery and Cancellation of Certificates

All Rights Certificates surrendered upon exercise or for redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Rights Agent, be delivered to the Rights Agent and, in any case, shall be promptly cancelled by the Rights Agent. The Corporation may at any time deliver to the Rights Agent for cancellation any Rights Certificates previously countersigned and delivered hereunder which the Corporation may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Rights Certificates so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Rights Agent. No Rights Certificate shall be countersigned in lieu of or in exchange for any Rights Certificates cancelled as provided in this Section 2.9, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement. The Rights Agent shall, subject to applicable law, destroy all cancelled Rights Certificates and deliver a certificate of destruction to the Corporation.

 

2.10 Agreement of Rights Holders

Every holder of Rights by accepting the same consents and agrees with the Corporation and the Rights Agent and with every other holder of Rights that:

 

  (a) he will be bound by and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, in respect of all Rights held;

 

  (b) prior to the Separation Time, each Right will be transferable only together with, and will be transferred by a transfer of, the associated Common Share;

 

  (c) after the Separation Time, the Rights Certificates will be transferable only on the Rights Register as provided herein.

 

  (d) prior to due presentment of a Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Separation Time, the associated Common Share certificate) for registration of transfer, the Corporation, the Rights Agent and any agent of the Corporation or the Rights Agent may deem and treat the Person in whose name the Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Separation Time, the associated Common Share certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing on such Rights Certificate or the associated Common Share certificate made by anyone other than the Corporation or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and neither the Corporation nor the Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary;

 

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  (e) such holder of Rights has waived his right to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional shares upon exercise of a Right (except as provided herein);

 

  (f) subject to the provisions of Section 5.4, without the approval of any holder of Rights or Common Shares and upon the sole authority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation acting in good faith this Agreement may be supplemented or amended from time to time as otherwise provided herein; and

 

  (g) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Corporation nor the Rights Agent shall have any liability to any holder of a Right or any other Person as a result of its inability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of any preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, decree or ruling issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or commission, or any statute, rule, regulation or executive order promulgated or enacted by any governmental authority, prohibiting or otherwise restraining performance of such obligation.

ARTICLE 3

ADJUSTMENTS TO THE RIGHTS IN THE EVENT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

 

3.1 Flip-in Event

 

  (a) Subject to Sections 3.1(b), 5.1(b), 5.1(c) and 5.1(d) hereof, in the event that prior to the Expiration Time a Flip-in Event shall occur, the Corporation shall take such action as shall be necessary to ensure and provide that, within 10 Business Days thereafter or such longer period as may be required to satisfy the requirements of the applicable securities acts or comparable legislation, except as provided below, each Right shall thereafter constitute the right to purchase from the Corporation, upon exercise thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, that number of Common Shares of the Corporation having an aggregate Market Price on the date of consummation or occurrence of such Flip-in Event equal to twice the Exercise Price for an amount in cash equal to the Exercise Price, (such right to be appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustment provided for in Section 2.3 in the event that after such date of consummation or occurrence an event of a type analogous to any of the events described in Section 2.3 shall have occurred with respect to such Common Shares).

 

  (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provisions of this Agreement, upon the occurrence of any Flip-in Event, any Rights that are or were Beneficially Owned on or after the earlier of the Separation Time or the Stock Acquisition Date by:

 

  (i) an Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person, or any Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person); or

 

  (ii) a transferee, direct or indirect, of an Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any Person, acting jointly or in concert with, an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person) in a transfer made after the date hereof, whether or not for consideration, that the Board of Directors of the Corporation acting in good faith has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or scheme of an Acquiring Person, (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any Person acting jointly or in concert with any Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person) that has the purpose or effect of avoiding clause (i) of this
    Section 3.l(b),

shall become void and any holder of such Rights (including transferees) shall thereafter have no right, to exercise such Rights under any provision of this Agreement and shall not have any other rights whatsoever in respect of such Rights, whether under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise.

 

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  (c) Any Rights Certificate that represents Rights Beneficially Owned by a Person described in either clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 3.1(b) or transferred to any nominee of any such Person, and any Rights Certificate issued upon transfer, exchange, replacement or adjustment of any other Rights Certificate referred to in this sentence, shall contain the following legend:

“The Rights represented by this Rights Certificate were Beneficially Owned by a Person who was an Acquiring Person or who was an Affiliate or an Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) or was acting jointly or in concert with any of them. This Rights Certificate and the Rights represented hereby shall become void in the circumstances specified in Section 3.1(b) of the Rights Agreement”.

provided that the Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility to ascertain the existence of facts that would require the imposition of such legend but shall be required to impose such legend only if instructed to do so by the Corporation or if a holder fails to certify upon transfer or exchange in the space provided on the Rights Certificate that such holder is not an Acquiring Person, an Affiliate or Associate thereof or a Person acting jointly or in concert with any of them.

ARTICLE 4

THE RIGHTS AGENT

 

4.1 General

 

  (a) The Corporation hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Corporation and the holders of Rights in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Corporation may from time to time appoint such co-Rights Agents (the “ Co-Rights Agents ”) as it may deem necessary or desirable, subject to the consent of the Rights Agent, acting reasonably. In the event the Corporation appoints one or more Co-Rights Agents, the respective duties of the Rights Agent and Co-Rights Agents shall be as the Corporation may determine with the approval of the Rights Agent and Co-Rights Agents. The Corporation agrees to pay to the Rights Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder and, from time to time, on demand of the Rights Agent, its reasonable expenses and counsel fees and other disbursements reasonably incurred in the execution and administration of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder (including the reasonable fees and other disbursements of any expert retained by the Rights Agent with the approval of the Corporation, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld). The Corporation also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent, its directors, officers, employees and agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability, cost, claim, action, damage or expense, incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or wilful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent or its directors, officers, employees and agents, for anything done, suffered or omitted by the Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance, execution and administration of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability, which right to indemnification will survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent.

 

  (b) The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in connection with its administration of this Agreement in reliance upon any certificate for Common Shares, Rights Certificate, certificate for other securities of the Corporation, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent, certificate, statement, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified or acknowledged, by the proper person or persons.

 

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4.2 Merger, Amalgamation or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent

 

  (a) Any corporation into which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may be merged or amalgamated or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, amalgamation or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent is a party or any corporation succeeding to the shareholder or stockholder services business of the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, will be the successor to the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor Rights Agent under the provisions of Section 4.4 hereof. In case, at the time such successor Rights Agent succeeds to the agency created by this Agreement, any of the Rights Certificates have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature of the predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Rights Certificates have not been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Rights Agent or in the name of the successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates will have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.

 

  (b) In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent is changed and at such time any of the Rights Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, the Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name and deliver Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Rights Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.

 

4.3 Duties of Rights Agent

The Rights Agent undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the Corporation and the holders of Rights Certificates, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:

 

  (a) The Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be legal counsel for the Corporation), and the opinion of such counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent as to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion; the Rights Agent may also, with the approval of the Corporation (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) and at the expense of the Corporation, consult with such other experts as the Rights Agent shall consider necessary or appropriate to properly carry out the duties and obligations imposed under this Agreement and the Rights Agent shall be entitled to rely in good faith on the advice of any such expert.

 

  (b) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the Rights Agent deems it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Corporation prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by a person believed by the Rights Agent to be the Chairman of the Board, the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President or the Secretary and delivered to the Rights Agent; and such certificate will be full authorization to the Rights Agent for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate.

 

  (c) The Rights Agent will be liable hereunder only for its own gross negligence, bad faith or wilful misconduct.

 

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  (d) The Rights Agent will not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the certificates for Common Shares or the Rights Certificates (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and will be deemed to have been made by the Corporation only.

 

  (e) The Rights Agent will not be under any responsibility in respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution of any Common Share certificate or Rights Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor will it be responsible for any breach by the Corporation of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Rights Certificate; nor will it be responsible for any change in the exercisability of the Rights (including the Rights becoming void pursuant to Section 3.l(b) hereof) or any adjustment required under the provisions of Section 2.3 hereof or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of Rights after receipt of the certificate contemplated by Section 2.3 describing any such adjustment); nor will it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization of any Common Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Rights or as to whether any Common Shares will, when issued, be duly and validly authorized, executed, issued and delivered and fully paid and non-assessable.

 

  (f) The Corporation agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights Agent of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

  (g) The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from any person believed by the Rights Agent to be the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President or the Secretary, and to apply to such persons for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and it shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered by it in good faith in reliance upon instructions of any such person; it is understood that instructions to the Rights Agent shall, except where circumstances make it impracticable or the Rights Agent otherwise agrees, be given in writing and, where not in writing, such instructions shall be confirmed in writing as soon as reasonably possible after the giving of such instructions.

 

  (h) The Rights Agent and any shareholder or stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in Common Shares, Rights or other securities of the Corporation or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Corporation may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Corporation or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Rights Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Corporation or for any other legal entity.

 

  (i) The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent will not be answerable or accountable for any act, omission, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Corporation resulting from any such act, omission, default, neglect or misconduct, provided reasonable care was exercised in the selection and continued employment thereof.

 

4.4 Change of Rights Agent

The Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement upon 60 days’ notice (or such lesser notice as is acceptable to the Corporation) in writing mailed to the Corporation and to each transfer agent of Common Shares by registered or certified mail, and to the holders of the Rights in accordance with Section 5.9. The Corporation may remove the Rights Agent upon 30 days’ notice in writing given to the Rights Agent and to each transfer agent of the Common Shares (by personal delivery, or registered or certified mail). If the Rights

 

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Agent should resign or be removed or otherwise become incapable of acting, the Corporation will appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If the Corporation fails to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after such removal or after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent, then the resigning Rights Agent or any holder of any Rights may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Corporation or by such a court, shall be a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada or a province thereof. After appointment, the successor Rights Agent will be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Rights Agent without further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder upon payment of its outstanding fees and expenses owing by the Corporation to the predecessor Rights Agent under this Agreement, and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment, the Corporation will file notice thereof in writing with the predecessor Rights Agent and each transfer agent of the Common Shares, and mail a notice thereof in writing to the holders of the Rights. Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 4.4, however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as the case may be.

 

4.5 Compliance with Money Laundering Legislation

The Rights 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 Rights Agent reasonably determines that such an 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 Rights Agent reasonably determine at any time that its acting under this Agreement has resulted in it 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 10 days’ written notice to the Corporation, provided: (i) that the Rights Agent’s written notice shall describe the circumstances of such non-compliance; and (ii) that if such circumstances are rectified to the Rights Agent’s satisfaction within such 10-day period, then such resignation shall not be effective.

 

4.6 Privacy Provision

The parties acknowledge that federal and/or provincial legislation that addresses the protection of individual’s personal information (collectively, “ Privacy Laws ”) applies to obligations and activities under this Agreement. Despite any other provision of this Agreement, neither party will take or direct any action that would contravene, or cause the other to contravene, applicable Privacy Laws. The Corporation will, prior to transferring or causing to be transferred personal information to the Rights Agent, obtain and retain required consents of the relevant individuals to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information, or will 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 Rights Agent will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that its services hereunder comply with Privacy Laws.

ARTICLE 5

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1 Redemption and Termination

 

  (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation acting in good faith may, with the prior consent of holders of Common Shares or of the holders of Rights given in accordance with Section 5.1(f) or (g), as the case may be, at any time prior to the occurrence of a Flip-in Event as to which the application of Section 3.1 has not been waived pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.1, elect to redeem all but not less than all of the then outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $0.00001 per Right appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustment provided for in Section 2.3 in the event that an event of the type analogous to any of the events described in Section 2.3 shall have occurred (such redemption price being herein referred to as the “ Redemption Price ”).

 

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  (b) The Board of Directors of the Corporation acting in good faith may, with the prior consent of the holders of Common Shares given in accordance with Section 5.1(f), determine, at any time prior to the occurrence of a Flip-in Event as to which the application of Section 3.1 has not been waived pursuant to this Section 5.1, if such Flip-in Event would occur by reason of an acquisition of Common Shares otherwise than pursuant to a Take-over Bid made by means of a Take-over Bid circular to all holders of record of Common Shares and otherwise than in the circumstances set forth in Section 5.1(d), to waive the application of Section 3.1 to such Flip-in Event. In the event that the Board of Directors proposes such a waiver, the Board of Directors shall extend the Separation Time to a date subsequent to and not more than ten Business Days following the meeting of shareholders called to approve such waiver.

 

  (c) The Board of Directors of the Corporation acting in good faith may, prior to the occurrence of a Flip-in Event as to which the application of Section 3.1 has not been waived under this clause, determine, upon prior written notice to the Rights Agent, to waive the application of Section 3.1 to that Flip-in Event provided that the Flip-in Event would occur by reason of a Take-over Bid made by means of a Take-over Bid circular sent to all holders of record of Common Shares; further provided that if the Board waives the application of Section 3.1 to such a Flip-in Event, the Board of Directors shall be deemed to have waived the application of Section 3.1 to any other Flip-in Event occurring by reason of any Take-over Bid made by means of a Take-over Bid circular to all holders of record of Common Shares which is made prior to the expiry of any Take-over Bid in respect of which a waiver is, or is deemed to have been, granted under this Section 5.1(c).

 

  (d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation acting in good faith may, in respect of any Flip-in Event waive the application of Section 3.1 to that Flip-in Event, provided that both of the following conditions are satisfied:

 

  (i) the Board of Directors has determined that the Acquiring Person became an Acquiring Person by inadvertence and without any intent or knowledge that it would become an Acquiring Person; and

 

  (ii) such Acquiring Person has reduced its Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares such that at the time of waiver pursuant to this Section 5.1(d) it is no longer an Acquiring Person.

 

  (e) Where, pursuant to a Permitted Bid, a Competing Permitted Bid or a Take-over Bid in respect of which the Board of Directors of the Corporation has waived, or is deemed to have waived, pursuant to Section 5.1(c), the application of Section 3.1, a Person acquires outstanding Common Shares, then the Board of Directors shall immediately upon the consummation of such acquisition without further formality and without any approval under Sections 5.4(b) or (c) be deemed to have elected to redeem the Rights at the Redemption Price.

 

  (f) If a redemption of Rights pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or a waiver of a Flip-in Event pursuant to Section 5.1(b) is proposed at any time prior to the Separation Time, such redemption or waiver shall be submitted for approval to the holders of Common Shares . Such approval shall be deemed to have been given if the redemption or waiver is approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by Independent Shareholders represented in person or by proxy at a meeting of such holders duly held in accordance with applicable laws and the Corporation’s by-laws.

 

  (g) If a redemption of Rights pursuant to Section 5.1(a) is proposed at any time after the Separation Time, such redemption shall be submitted for approval to the holders of Rights. Such approval shall be deemed to have been given if the redemption is approved by holders of Rights by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Rights represented in person or by proxy at and entitled to vote at a meeting of such holders. For the purposes hereof, each outstanding Right (other than Rights which are Beneficially Owned by any Person referred to in clauses (i) to (v) inclusive of the definition of Independent Shareholders) shall be entitled to one vote, and the procedures for the calling, holding and conduct of the meeting shall be those, as nearly as may be, which are provided in the Corporation’s by-laws and the Business Corporations Act with respect to meetings of shareholders of the Corporation.

 

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  (h) Where a Take-over Bid that is not a Permitted Bid is withdrawn or otherwise terminated after the Separation Time has occurred and prior to the occurrence of a Flip-in Event, the Board may elect to redeem all the outstanding Rights at the Redemption Price. Notwithstanding such redemption, all of the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply as if the Separation Time had not occurred and it shall be deemed not to have occurred and the Corporation shall be deemed to have issued replacement Rights to the holders of its then outstanding Common Shares, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

  (i) If the Board of Directors of the Corporation elects or is deemed to have elected to redeem the Rights, and, in circumstances where Section 5.1(a) is applicable, such redemption is approved by the holders of Common Shares or the holders of Rights in accordance with Section 5.1(f) or (g), as the case may be, the right to exercise the Rights will thereupon, without further action and without notice, terminate and the only right thereafter of the holders of Rights will be to receive the Redemption Price.

 

  (j) Within 10 Business Days of the Board of Directors electing or having been deemed to have elected to redeem the Rights or, if Section 5.1(a) is applicable within 10 Business Days after the holders of Common Shares or the holders of Rights have approved a redemption of Rights in accordance with Section 5.1(f) or (g), as the case may be, the Corporation shall give notice of redemption to the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to each such holder at its last address as it appears upon the register of the Rights Agent or, prior to the Separation Time, on the register of the transfer agent for the Common Shares. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided will be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of redemption will state the method by which the payment of the Redemption Price will be made. The Corporation may not redeem, acquire or purchase for value any Rights at any time in any manner other than that specifically set forth in this Section 5.1 or in connection with the purchase of Common Shares prior to the Separation Time.

 

  (k) The Corporation shall give prompt written notice to the Rights Agent of any waiver of the application of Section 3.1 made by the Board of Directors under this Section 5.1.

 

5.2 Expiration

No Person shall have any rights pursuant to this Agreement or in respect of any Right after the Expiration Time, except the Rights Agent as specified in Section 4.1(a) of this Agreement.

 

5.3 Issuance of New Rights Certificates

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the Corporation may, at its option, issue new Rights Certificates evidencing Rights in such form as may be approved by its Board of Directors to reflect any adjustment or change in the number of or kind or class of shares purchasable upon exercise of Rights made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

5.4 Supplements and Amendments

 

  (a)

The Corporation may make amendments to this Agreement to correct any clerical or typographical error or which are required to maintain the validity of this Agreement as a result of any change in any applicable legislation, rules or regulations thereunder. The Corporation may, prior to the date of the shareholders’ meeting referred to in Section 5.18, supplement, amend, vary, rescind or delete any of the provisions of this Agreement without the approval of any holders of Rights or Common Shares (provided that such action would not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights generally) where the Board of Directors acting in good faith deems such

 

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  action necessary or desirable. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.4 to the contrary, no such supplement or amendment shall be made to the provisions of Article 4 except with the written concurrence of the Rights Agent to such supplement or amendment.

 

  (b) Subject to Section 5.4(a), the Corporation may, with the prior consent of the holders of Common Shares, obtained as set forth below, at any time prior to the Separation Time, supplement, amend, vary, rescind or delete any of the provisions of this Agreement and the Rights (whether or not such action would materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights generally). Such consent shall be deemed to have been given if the action requiring such approval is authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by Independent Shareholders present or represented at and entitled to be voted at a meeting of the holders of Common Shares duly called and held in compliance with applicable laws and the articles and by-laws of the Corporation.

 

  (c) The Corporation may, with the prior consent of the holders of Rights, at any time on or after the Separation Time, supplement, amend, vary, rescind or delete any of the provisions of this Agreement and the Rights (whether or not such action would materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights generally), provided that no such amendment, variation or deletion shall be made to the provisions of Article 4 except with the written concurrence of the Rights Agent thereto. Such consent shall be deemed to have been given if such amendment, variation or deletion is authorized by the affirmative votes of the holders of Rights present or represented at and entitled to be voted at a meeting of the holders held in accordance with subsection 5.4(d) and representing 50% plus one of the votes cast in respect thereof.

 

  (d) Any approval of the holders of Rights shall be deemed to have been given if the action requiring such approval is authorized by the affirmative votes of the holders of Rights present or represented at and entitled to be voted at a meeting of the holders of Rights and representing a majority of the votes cast in respect thereof. For the purposes hereof, each outstanding Right (other than Rights which are void pursuant to the provisions hereof) shall be entitled to one vote, and the procedures for the calling, holding and conduct of the meeting shall be those, as nearly as may be, which are provided in the Corporation’s by-laws and the Business Corporations Act with respect to meetings of shareholders of the Corporation.

 

  (e) Any amendments made by the Corporation to this Agreement pursuant to Subsection 5.4(a), other than any amendment to correct any clerical or typographical error, shall:

 

  (i) if made before the Separation Time, be submitted to the shareholders of the Corporation at the next meeting of shareholders and the shareholders may, by the majority referred to in Subsection 5.4(b), confirm or reject such amendment;

 

  (ii) if made after the Separation Time, be submitted to the holders of Rights at a meeting to be called for on a date not later than immediately following the next meeting of shareholders of the Corporation and the holders of Rights may, by resolution passed by the majority referred to in Subsection 5.4(d), confirm or reject such amendment.

Any such amendment shall be effective from the date of the resolution of the Board of Directors adopting such amendment, until it is confirmed or rejected or until it ceases to be effective (as described in the next sentence) and, where such amendment is confirmed, it continues in effect in the form so confirmed. If such amendment is rejected by the shareholders or the holders of Rights or is not submitted to the shareholders or holders of Rights as required, then such amendment shall cease to be effective from and after the termination of the meeting at which it was rejected or to which it should have been but was not submitted or from and after the date of the meeting of holders of Rights that should have been but was not held, and no subsequent resolution of the Board of Directors to amend this Agreement to substantially the same effect shall be effective until confirmed by the shareholders or holders of Rights as the case may be.

 

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  (f) The Corporation shall be required to provide the Rights Agent with notice in writing of any such amendment, rescission or variation to this Agreement as referred to in this Section 5.4 within five days of effecting such amendment, rescission or variation.

 

  (g) Any supplement or amendment to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.4(b) through (e) shall be subject to the receipt of any requisite approval or consent from any governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation, including without limitation any requisite approval of stock exchanges on which the Common Shares are listed.

 

5.5 Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares

 

  (a) The Corporation shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights or to distribute Rights Certificates which evidence fractional Rights. After the Separation Time there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which fractional Rights would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the Market Price of a whole Right in lieu of such fractional Rights as of the date such fractional Rights would otherwise be issuable. The Rights Agent shall have no obligation to make any payments in lieu of fractional Rights unless the Corporation shall have provided the Rights Agent with the necessary funds to pay in full all amounts payable in accordance with Section 2.2(e).

 

  (b) The Corporation shall not be required to issue fractional Common Shares upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of issuing fractional Common Shares, the Corporation shall pay to the registered holder of Rights Certificates at the time such Rights are exercised as herein provided, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the Market Price of one Common Share at the date of such exercise. The Rights Agent shall have no obligation to make any payments in lieu of fractional Common Shares unless the Corporation shall have provided the Rights Agent with the necessary funds to pay in full all amounts payable in accordance with Section 2.2(e).

 

5.6 Rights of Action

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, rights of action in respect of this Agreement, other than rights of action vested solely in the Rights Agent, are vested in the respective holders of the Rights; and any holder of any Rights, without the consent of the Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Rights, may, on such holder’s own behalf and for such holder’s own benefit and the benefit of other holders of Rights, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Corporation to enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, such holder’s right to exercise such holder’s Rights, or Rights to which he is entitled, in the manner provided in this Agreement and in such holder’s Rights Certificate. Without limiting the foregoing or any remedies available to the holders of Rights it is specifically acknowledged that the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any breach of this Agreement and will be entitled to specific performance of the obligations under, and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations of, the obligations of any Person subject to this Agreement.

 

5.7 Holder of Rights Not Deemed a Shareholder

No holder, as such, of any Rights shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of Common Shares or any other securities which may at any time be issuable on the exercise of Rights, nor shall anything contained herein or in any Rights Certificate be construed to confer upon the holder of any Rights, as such, any of the rights of a shareholder of the Corporation or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting shareholders (except as provided in Section 5.8 hereof), or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise, until such Rights, or Rights to which such holder is entitled, shall have been exercised in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

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5.8 Notice of Proposed Actions

In case the Corporation shall propose after the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time:

 

  (a) to effect or permit (in cases where the Corporation’s permission is required) any Flip-in Event; or

 

  (b) to effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or the sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

then, in each such case, the Corporation shall give to each holder of a Right, in accordance with Section 5.9 hereof, a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the date on which such Flip-in Event, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up is to take place, and such notice shall be so given at least 10 Business Days prior to the date of taking of such proposed action by the Corporation.

 

5.9 Notices

Notices or demands to be given or made in connection with this Agreement by the Rights Agent or by the holder of any Rights to or on the Corporation shall be sufficiently given or made if delivered or sent by mail, postage prepaid or by fax (with, in the case of fax, an original copy of the notice or demand sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Corporation following the giving of the notice or demand by fax), addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Rights Agent) as follows:

Sierra Wireless, Inc.

13811 Wireless Way

Richmond, B.C.

V6V 3A4

Attention:            Chief Financial Officer

Fax:                     (604) 231-1103

Notices or demands to be given or made in connection with this Agreement by the Corporation or by the holder of any Rights to or on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if delivered or sent by mail, postage prepaid, or by fax (with, in the case of fax, an original copy of the notice or demand sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Rights Agent following the giving of the notice or demand by fax), addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Corporation) as follows:

Computershare Investor Services Inc.

3 rd Floor - 510 Burrard Street

Vancouver, B.C.

V6C 3B9

Attention:            General Manager, Client Services

Fax:                     (604) 661-9401

Notices or demands to be given or made in connection with this Agreement by the Corporation or the Rights Agent to or on the holder of any Rights shall be sufficiently given or made if delivered or sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by fax (with, in the case of fax, an original copy of the notice or demand sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, to such holder following the giving of the notice or demand by fax), addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as it appears upon the register of the Rights Agent or, prior to the Separation Time, on the register of the Corporation for the Common Shares.

Any notice given or made in accordance with this Section 5.9 shall be deemed to have been given and to have been received on the day of delivery, if so delivered, on the third Business Day (excluding each day during which there exists any general interruption of postal service due to strike, lockout or other cause) following the mailing thereof, if so mailed, and on the day of faxing (provided such sending is during the normal business hours of the addressee on a Business Day and if not, on the first Business Day thereafter). Each of the Corporation and the Rights Agent may from time to time change its address for notice by notice to the other given in the manner aforesaid.

 

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If mail service is or is threatened to be interrupted at a time when the Corporation or the Rights Agent wishes to give a notice or demand hereunder to or on the holders of the Rights, the Corporation or the Rights Agent may, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.9, give such notice by means, of publication once in each of two successive weeks in the business section of the Financial Post and, so long as the Corporation has a transfer agent in the United States, in a daily publication in the United States designated by the Corporation, or in such other publication or publications as may be designated by the Corporation and notice so published shall be deemed to have been given on the date on which the first publication of such notice in any such publication has taken place.

 

5.10 Costs of Enforcement

The Corporation agrees that if the Corporation fails to fulfil any of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement, then the Corporation will reimburse the holder of any Rights for the costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by such holder in actions to enforce his rights pursuant to any Rights or this Agreement.

 

5.11 Successors

All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Corporation or the Rights Agent shall bind and enure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.

 

5.12 Benefits of this Agreement

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Corporation, the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Corporation, the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights.

 

5.13 Descriptive Headings

Descriptive headings appear herein for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

 

5.14 Governing Law

This Agreement and each Right issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the Province of British Columbia and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such Province applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such Province.

 

5.15 Language

Les parties aux présentes ont exigé que la présente convention ainsi que tous les documents et avis qui s’y rattachent et/ou qui en découleront soient rédigés en langue anglaise. The parties hereto have required that this Agreement and all documents and notices related thereto and/or resulting therefrom be drawn up in the English language.

 

5.16 Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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5.17 Severability

If any term or provision hereof or the application thereof to any circumstance is, in any jurisdiction and to any extent, invalid or unenforceable, such term or provision shall be ineffective as to such jurisdiction to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating or rendering unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the application of such term or provision to circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable.

 

5.18 Effective Date

Notwithstanding its amendment and restatement as of the date hereof, this Agreement (subject to receipt of the approval of the Independent Shareholders and the holders of all Common Shares as set forth below) is effective from the Effective Date and replaces and supersedes the Existing Plan. If this Agreement is not approved by resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast by (a) Independent Shareholders who vote in respect of reconfirmation of the Existing Plan as amended and restated herein and (b) all holders of Common Shares, at a meeting of shareholders to be held not later than the date on which the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation terminates, then the Existing Plan and this Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect.

 

5.19 Shareholder Review

If required by the rules and regulations of any stock exchange on which the Common Shares are then listed, at or prior to the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation in 2018, provided that a Flip-in Event has not occurred prior to such time, the Board of Directors shall submit a resolution ratifying the continued existence of this Agreement to all holders of Common Shares for their consideration and, if thought advisable, approval. If such approval is not required by the rules and regulations of any stock exchange on which the Common Shares are then listed, at or prior to the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation in 2018, provided that a Flip-in Event has not occurred prior to such time, the Board of Directors shall submit a resolution ratifying the continued existence of this Agreement to the Independent Shareholders for their consideration and, if thought advisable, approval. Unless the majority of the votes cast by all holders of Common Shares or the Independent Shareholders, as applicable, who vote in respect of such resolution are voted in favour of the continued existence of this Agreement, the Board of Directors shall, immediately upon the confirmation by the Chairman of such shareholders’ meeting of the results of the votes on such resolution and without further formality, be deemed to elect to redeem the Rights at the Redemption Price.

 

5.20 Regulatory Approvals

Any obligation of the Corporation or action or event contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the receipt of any requisite approval or consent from any governmental or regulatory authority. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any issuance or delivery of debt or equity securities (other than non-convertible debt securities) of the Corporation upon the exercise of Rights and any amendment or supplement to this Agreement shall be subject to the prior consent of any exchange upon which the Common Shares of the Corporation may be listed if so required by such exchange.

 

5.21 Declaration as to Non-Canadian and Non-U.S. Holders

If in the opinion of the Board of Directors (who may rely upon the advice of counsel), any action or event contemplated by this Agreement would require compliance with the securities laws or comparable legislation of a jurisdiction outside Canada and the United States of America, its territories and possessions, the Board of Directors acting in good faith may take such actions as it may deem appropriate to ensure that such compliance is not required, including without limitation establishing procedures for the issuance to a Canadian resident Fiduciary of Rights or securities issuable on exercise of Rights, the holding thereof in trust for the Persons entitled thereto (but reserving to the Fiduciary or to the Fiduciary and the Corporation, as the Corporation may determine, absolute discretion with respect thereto) and the sale thereof and remittance of the proceeds of such sale, if any, to the Persons entitled thereto. In no event shall the Corporation or the Rights Agent be required to issue or deliver Rights or securities

 

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issuable on exercise of Rights to Persons who are citizens, residents or nationals of any jurisdiction other than Canada and a province or territory thereof and the United States of America and any state thereof in which such issue or delivery would be unlawful without registration of the relevant Persons or securities for such purposes.

 

5.22 Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors

All actions and determinations (including all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to this Agreement, in good faith, shall not subject any member of the Board of Directors to any liability whatsoever to the holders of the Rights.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed this May 21, 2015, with effect as of the date first above written.

 

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.
PER:      

 

 

Name:    Dave McLennan

Title:      CFO

PER:      

 

 

Name:    Jason Cohenour

Title:      CEO

 

COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES INC.

PER:      

 

 

Name:    

Title:    

PER:      

 

 

Name:    

Title:    

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF RIGHTS CERTIFICATE

Certificate No.                                                                                                                                                                                        Rights

THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, AT THE OPTION OF THE CORPORATION, ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES (SPECIFIED IN SECTION 3.1(b) OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT), RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR TRANSFEREE OF AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR ITS AFFILIATES OR ASSOCIATES (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) OR ANY PERSON ACTING JOINTLY OR IN CONCERT WITH ANY OF THEM MAY BECOME VOID .

Rights Certificate

This certifies that                                                                                                    is the registered holder of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which entitles the registered holder thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Amended and Restated Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement dated as of May 21, 2015 (amending and restating the Amended and Restated Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement dated May 24, 2012), as such may from time to time be amended, restated, varied or replaced, (the “ Rights Agreement ”) between Sierra Wireless, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Canada (the “ Corporation ”), and Computershare Investor Services Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of Canada, as Rights Agent (the “ Rights Agent ”), which term shall include any successor Rights Agent under the Rights Agreement, to purchase from the Corporation at any time after the Separation Time (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) and prior to the Expiration Time (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement), one fully paid common share of the Corporation (a “ Common Share ”) at the Exercise Price referred to below, upon presentation and surrender of this Rights Certificate together with the Form of Election to Exercise duly executed to the Rights Agent at its principal office in the City of Vancouver or in such other cities as may be designated by the Corporation from time to time. Until adjustment thereof in certain events as provided in the Rights Agreement, the Exercise Price shall be: (i) until the Separation Time, an amount equal to three times the Market Price (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement), from time to time, per Common Share; and (ii) from and after the Separation Time, an amount equal to three times the Market Price, as at the Separation Time, per Common Share.

In certain circumstances described in the Rights Agreement, the number of Common Shares which each Right entitles the registered holder thereof to purchase shall be adjusted as provided in the Rights Agreement.

This Rights Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement which terms, provisions and conditions are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which Rights Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Rights Agent, the Corporation and the holders of the Rights Certificates. Copies of the Rights Agreement are on file at the registered office of the Corporation and are available upon written request.

This Rights Certificate, with or without other Rights Certificates, upon surrender at any of the offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, may be exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates of like tenor and date evidencing an aggregate number of Rights equal to the aggregate number of Rights evidenced by the Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates surrendered. If this Rights Certificate shall be exercised in part, the registered holder shall be entitled to receive, upon surrender hereof, another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised.

Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, the Rights evidenced by this Certificate may be redeemed by the Corporation at a redemption price of $0.00001 per Right, subject to adjustment in certain events, under certain circumstances at its option.


No fractional Common Shares will be issued upon the exercise of any Rights evidenced hereby, but in lieu thereof a cash payment will be made, as provided in the Rights Agreement.

No holder of this Rights Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of Common Shares or of any other securities which may at any time be issuable upon the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Rights Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the Rights of a shareholder of the Corporation or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting shareholders (except as provided in the Rights Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Rights Agreement.

This Rights Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent.

WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Corporation and its corporate seal.

Date :                                 

 

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.
By:  

 

  Authorized Officer

Countersigned:

 

COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES INC.
By:  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder desires to transfer the Rights represented by this Rights Certificate.)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED                                                                               hereby sells, assigns and transfers

to                                                                                                                                                                                          

(Please print name and address of transferee)

the Rights represented by this Rights Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints                                                                                   as attorney, to transfer the within Rights on the books of the Corporation, with full power of substitution.

Dated:

Signature Guaranteed:

 

  Signature
  (Signature must correspond to name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.)

Signature must be guaranteed by a Canadian Schedule 1 chartered bank, a major Canadian trust company, a member of a recognized stock exchange or a member of a recognized Medallion Program (STAMP, MSP or SEMP).

 

 

(To be completed if true)

The undersigned hereby represents, for the benefit of all holders of Rights and Common Shares, that the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are not, and, to the knowledge of the undersigned, have never been, Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof or by any Person acting jointly or in concert with any of the foregoing (all capitalized terms, and the phrase “acting jointly or in concert”, are used as defined in the Rights Agreement).

 

Dated:                                                                                                       Signature:                                                                                       
   (Signature must correspond to name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.)

NOTICE

In the event the certification set forth above in the Form of Election to Exercise is not completed upon exercise of the Right(s) evidenced hereby or in the event that the certification set forth above in the Form of Assignment is not completed upon the assignment of the Right(s) evidenced hereby, the Corporation will deem the Beneficial Owner of the Right(s) evidenced by this Rights Certificate to be an Acquiring Person, an Affiliate or Associate thereof or a Person acting jointly or in concert with any of them (each as defined in the Rights Agreement) and, in the case of an assignment, will affix a legend to that effect on any Rights Certificates issued in exchange for this Rights Certificate.


(To be attached to each Rights Certificate)

FORM OF ELECTION TO EXERCISE

TO: SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise                                          whole Rights represented by the attached Rights Certificate to purchase the Common Shares (or other securities or property) issuable upon the exercise of such Rights and requests that certificates for such shares (or other, securities or title to such property) be issued in the name of:

 

 

(Name)

 

(Street)

 

(City and State or Province)

 

(Country, Postal Code or Zip Code)

 

SOCIAL INSURANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY OR

OTHER TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER


If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate, a new Rights Certificate for the balance of such Rights shall be registered in the name of and delivered to:

 

 

(Name)

 

(Street)

 

(City and State or Province)

 

(Country, Postal Code or Zip Code)

 

SOCIAL INSURANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY OR

OTHER TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

Dated:                                                      

Signature Guaranteed:

 

Signature

(Signature must correspond to name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.)

Signature must be guaranteed by a Canadian Schedule 1 chartered bank, a major Canadian trust company, a member of a recognized stock exchange or a member of a recognized Medallion Program (STAMP, MSP or SEMP).

 

 

(To be completed if true)

The undersigned hereby represents, for the benefit of all holders of Rights and Common Shares, that the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are not, and, to the knowledge of the undersigned, have never been, Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof or by any Person acting jointly or in concert with any of the foregoing (all capitalized terms, and the phrase “acting jointly or in concert, are used as defined in the Rights Agreement).

Dated:                                                                                             Signature:                                                                              

 

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NOTICE

In the event the certification set forth above in the Form of Election to Exercise is not completed upon exercise of the Right(s) evidenced hereby or in the event that the certification set forth above in the Form of Assignment is not completed upon the assignment of the Right(s) evidenced hereby, the Corporation will deem the Beneficial Owner of the Right(s) evidenced by this Rights Certificate to be an Acquiring Person, an Affiliate or Associate thereof or a Person acting jointly or in concert with any of them (each as defined in the Rights Agreement) and, in the case of an assignment, will affix a legend to that effect on any Rights Certificates issued in exchange for this Rights Certificate.

Exhibit 4.3


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SECOND AMENDING AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK

(the “Bank”)

AND

SIERRA WIRELESS INC.

(“Sierra Wireless”)

WHEREAS Sierra Wireless and the Bank have entered into Standby Letter of Credit Facility Agreement dated as of July 7, 2011 and Amending Agreement dated as of November 26, 2012 (the “SBLC Facility Agreements”);

NOW THEREFORE FOR VALUABLE CONSIDERATION the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. The SBLC Facility Agreements are amended as follows:

 

  (a) “Facility Limit” to be replaced with:

Up to an aggregate of US$10,000,000.00 (ten million United States Dollars), subject to a maximum amount of US$1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) for any one Letter of Credit, representing the aggregate face amount of all issued and undrawn Letters of Credit under the Facility and all drawn Letters of Credit for which the Applicant has not yet reimbursed the Bank under the Facility.”

 

  (b) “Purpose” to be replaced with:

The Facility is to be used by the Applicant on a revolving basis for the issuance (and subsequent renewal if agreed to by EDC and the Bank) at its request for its own account and for/on behalf of the following wholly-owned subsidiaries namely, Sierra Wireless Do Brasil Comunicacoes Ltda, Sierra Wireless (UK) Limited, and Sierra Wireless SA and any other wholly-owned subsidiary which may be agreed by EDC (each a “Sierra Wireless Subsidiary” and collectively the “Sierra Wireless Subsidiaries”) of standby letters of credit by the Bank in a format acceptable to the Bank.

(above standby letters of credit are hereinafter referred to as the “Letter of Credit” and collectively the “Letters of Credit”).

A Letter of Credit issued at the request of the Applicant on behalf of a Sierra Wireless Subsidiary may not state on its face that it is issued at the request of the Applicant. The Letter of Credit may instead state that it is issued at the request of the Sierra Wireless Subsidiary. All Letters of Credit so issued will continue to be deemed to be issued at the request of the Applicant and the terms of this Agreement will apply fully and effectually as if a reference to the Applicant requesting the issuance of the Letter of Credit had been stated on the face of the Letter of Credit. The Bank shall at all times take instructions for the issuance (and subsequent renewal if agreed to by EDC and the Bank) of the Letter of Credit solely from the Applicant and not from the subsidiary.

 

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  (c) “Letters of Credit Issuance” to be replaced with:

Subject to the Conditions Precedent being met, the Bank will issue Letters of Credit on behalf of the Applicant in United States Dollars (USD), Canadian Dollars (CAD), Euros (EUR) and Pounds Sterling (GBP).

The Applicant unconditionally and irrevocably authorizes the Bank to pay any amount of any demand made on the Bank under and in accordance with the terms of any Letter of Credit.

 

  (d) Add the following paragraph to “Availability’’, sub-section (f):

In no event will the Bank renew any Letter of Credit if: (i) EDC has not confirmed coverage in respect of the Letter of Credit by completing a Confirmation of Request for Cover form; or (ii) the Applicant has not paid the requisite PSG fee to EDC in respect of the renewal before the Bank is required to notify the beneficiary if it elects not to renew the subject Letter of Credit (dictated by the notification requirement in each Letter of Credit).

 

2. The execution of this Second Amending Agreement effectively amends the SBLC Facility Agreements and the terms and conditions contained therein. Except as amended herein, the Parties hereto hereby confirm that in all other respects the terms, covenants and conditions of the SBLC Facility Agreements remain unchanged, unmodified, and in full force and effect. Terms used in this Second Amending Agreement and not defined herein have the same meaning as defined in the SBLC Facility Agreements.

 

3. This Second Amending Agreement shall be interconnective and form part of the SBLC Facility Agreement and shall be binding on and enure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

4. The Corporation confirms it has the power to execute this Second Amending Agreement, deliver this Second Amending Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize such execution, delivery and performance of its obligations under the Second Amending Agreement. Such execution, delivery and performance do not violate or conflict with any law applicable to it, any provision of its constitutional documents or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or any of its assets.

 

5. This Second Amending Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

 

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Dated as of this 5 th day of December, 2013

 

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK      
/s/ Sumit Paliwal     /s/ Nancy Kwa
Name:   Sumit Paliwal     Name:   Nancy Kwa
Title:   Director     Title:   Vice President

Address for the Bank:

TD Bank

77 King Street West

Royal Trust Tower, 19 th Floor

Toronto, Ontario M5K 1A2

 

For:
SIERRA WIRELESS INC.
by:   /s/ David McLennan
Name:   David McLennan
Title:   CFO

Address for the Applicant:

Sierra Wireless Inc.

13811 Wireless Way

Richmond, BC

Canada V6V 3A4

 

 

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Exhibit 4.4

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.

as Borrower

AND

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK

as Administrative Agent

AND

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE

as Documentation Agent

AND

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

from time to time parties hereto,

as Lenders

AND

TD SECURITIES and CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,

as Co-Lead Arrangers

MADE AS OF

May 30, 2017

McCARTHY TÉTRAULT LLP


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1—INTERPRETATION

     1  

1.01

  Definitions      1  

1.02

  Headings      20  

1.03

  Accounting Practices      20  

1.04

  Permitted Encumbrances      21  

1.05

  Currency      21  

1.06

  Paramountcy      21  

1.07

  Non-Business Days      21  

1.08

  Interest Payments and Calculations      21  

1.09

  Determinations By the Borrower      22  

1.10

  Schedules      22  

ARTICLE 2—THE REVOLVING FACILITY

     23  

2.01

  Revolving Facility      23  

2.02

  Demand Nature of Revolving Facility      23  

2.03

  Purpose of Revolving Facility      23  

2.04

  Manner of Borrowing      23  

2.05

  Nature of the Revolving Facility      24  

2.06

  Drawdowns, Conversions and Rollovers      24  

2.07

  Agent’s Obligations with Respect to Advances      24  

2.08

  Lenders’ and Agent’s Obligations with Respect to Advances      25  

2.09

  Irrevocability      25  

2.10

  Cancellation or Permanent Reduction of the Revolving Facility      25  

2.11

  Termination of LIBOR Advances      25  

ARTICLE 3—DISBURSEMENT CONDITIONS

     26  

3.01

  Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement on the Closing Date      26  

3.02

  Conditions Precedent to each Advance under the Revolving Facility      27  

3.03

  Waiver      27  

ARTICLE 4—EVIDENCE OF DRAWDOWNS

     28  

4.01

  Account of Record      28  

ARTICLE 5—PAYMENTS OF INTEREST

     28  

5.01

  Interest on Prime Rate Advances      28  

5.02

  Interest on US Base Rate Advances      28  

5.03

  Interest on LIBOR Advances      29  

5.04

  No Set-Off, Deduction etc.      29  

5.05

  Fees      29  

5.06

  Overdue Principal and Interest      29  

5.07

  Interest on Other Amounts      30  

 


ARTICLE 6—BANKERS’ ACCEPTANCES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

     30  

6.01

  Bankers’ Acceptances      30  

6.02

  Letters of Credit      33  

ARTICLE 7—REPAYMENT

     36  

7.01

  Mandatory Repayment of Principal of the Revolving Facility on Demand      36  

7.02

  Voluntary Repayments and Reductions      37  

7.03

  Excess Over the Maximum Amounts      37  

7.04

  Payment of Breakage Costs etc.      37  

ARTICLE 8—PLACE AND APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS

     38  

8.01

  Place of Payment of Principal, Interest and Fees      38  

8.02

  Netting of Payments      39  

ARTICLE 9—COVENANTS

     39  

9.01

  Financial Covenants      39  

9.02

  Reporting Requirements      39  

9.03

  Negative Covenants      40  

ARTICLE 10—SECURITY

     41  

10.01

  Form of Security      41  

10.02

  Insurance      42  

10.03

  After Acquired Property and Further Assurances      42  

10.04

  Application of Proceeds of Security      42  

10.05

  Security Charging Real Property      42  

ARTICLE 11—DEFAULT

     42  

11.01

  Acceleration and Termination of Rights      42  

11.02

  Payment of Bankers’ Acceptances and Letters of Credit      43  

11.03

  Remedies Cumulative and Waivers      43  

11.04

  Termination of Lenders’ Obligations      44  

11.05

  Saving      44  

11.06

  Perform Obligations      44  

11.07

  Third Parties      44  

11.08

  Set-Off or Compensation      45  

11.09

  Realization of Security      45  

11.10

  Application of Payments      45  

ARTICLE 12—THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS

     46  

12.01

  Payments by the Borrower      46  

12.02

  Knowledge and Required Action      46  

 

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12.03

  Request for Instructions      47  

12.04

  Actions by Lenders      47  

12.05

  Provisions for Benefit of Lenders Only      48  

12.06

  Payments by Agent      48  

12.07

  Acknowledgements, Representations and Covenants of Lenders      49  

12.08

  Rights of Agent      50  

ARTICLE 13—GENERAL

     51  

13.01

  Exchange and Confidentiality of Information      51  

13.02

  Nature of Obligations under this Agreement      51  

13.03

  Addresses, Etc. for Notices      51  

13.04

  Governing Law and Submission to Jurisdiction      53  

13.05

  Judgement Currency      53  

13.06

  Benefit of the Agreement      53  

13.07

  Survival      54  

13.08

  Severability      54  

13.09

  Whole Agreement      54  

13.10

  Further Assurances      54  

13.11

  Time of the Essence      54  

13.12

  Execution by Fax, Electronic Transmission and Counterparts      54  

13.13

  Hypothecary Representation (Fondé de Pouvoir)      55  

13.14

  Anti-Money Laundering Legislation      55  

TABLE OF SCHEDULES

 

Schedule AA    –      Model Credit Agreement Provisions
Schedule A    –      Lenders and Commitments
Schedule B    –      Notice of Request for Advance
Schedule C    –      Repayment Notice
Schedule D    –      Compliance Certificate
Schedule E    –      Borrowing Base Certificate
Schedule F    –      Guarantors on Closing Date

 

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of May 30, 2017

B E T W E E N:

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC., a corporation existing under the laws of Canada (hereinafter referred to as the “ Borrower ”)

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THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the “ Agent ”)

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Each financial institution from time to time party to this Agreement and shown as a Lender on the signature pages hereto (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 parties to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement;

AND WHEREAS the Borrower has requested and the Lenders have agreed to amend and restate the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

AND WHEREAS The Toronto-Dominion Bank will be the Agent as contemplated by Section 7.1 of Schedule AA;

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1—INTERPRETATION

1.01 Definitions

In this Agreement unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith:

“Account Debtor” means any Person who is obligated to pay an Account Receivable.

“Account Receivable” means any right of a Person to payment for services rendered or goods sold in the ordinary course of business classified as an account receivable in accordance with GAAP.

 


“Advance” means a borrowing by the Borrower by way of a Prime Rate Advance, a US Base Rate Advance, a BA Equivalent Note, a LIBOR Advance, acceptance by a Lender of a draft or depository bill presented for acceptance as a Bankers’ Acceptance, the issuance of a Letter of Credit by a Lender, and any reference relating to the amount of Advances shall mean the sum of the principal amount of all outstanding Prime Rate Advances, US Base Rate Advances and LIBOR Advances, whether as a result of a Drawdown, Conversion, Rollover or deemed advance, plus the face amount of all outstanding Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes plus the maximum amount payable under Letters of Credit.

“Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Schedule AA.

“Agent” means The Toronto-Dominion Bank in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders, including any successor agent pursuant to Section 7.7 of Schedule AA.

“Agent’s Payment Branch” means the branch of the Agent located at 222 Bay Street, 15th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5K 1A2, Facsimile (416) 982-5535, or such other office that the Agent may from time to time designate by notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.

“Agreement” means this third 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.

“Applicable Law” has the meaning set forth in Schedule AA.

“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 Borrower’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 Adjust Date”), after the earlier of (i) the date the unaudited quarterly financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.02(2) for the Relevant Quarter and the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.02(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 Section 5.01 and 5.02, Prime Rate Advances and US Base 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 Borrower fails 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)   

Level

  

Total Debt to

EBITDA Ratio

  

Prime Rate Margin/

US Base Rate

  

BA Stamping Fee

Rate, LIBO Rate

Margin, Letters of

 

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Margin

  

Credit Fee Rate

I

   > 1.0x    100 bps    200 bps

II

   < 1.0x    70 bps    170 bps

 

  (b) Upon the occurrence of, and during the continuance of, an Event of Default, the Applicable Margin shall be indicated in clause (a) above for the applicable type of Advance, plus 2.00% per annum.

“Arm’s Length” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Non-Arm’s Length”.

“Assignment and Assumption” has the meaning set forth in Schedule AA.

“BA Discount Proceeds” means, with respect to a particular Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, the following amount:

 

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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 if such Lender has a bankers’ acceptance rate and (ii) CDOR plus 0.10% per annum.

“BA Equivalent Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(1).

 

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“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 6.

“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 Lender up to but excluding the maturity date of such Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, as the case may be in such year.

“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 reference to “BA Stamping Fee Rate” in the definition of “Applicable Margin” relevant to the period in respect of which a determination is being made.

“Bankers’ Acceptance” or “BA” 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 Borrower and accepted by a BA Lender as contemplated under Section 6.01 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 Borrower and accepted by a Lender.

“Borrower” means Sierra Wireless, Inc., a Canadian corporation, and includes its successors by amalgamation or otherwise.

“Borrower’s Counsel” means the firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP or such other firm or firms of legal counsel as the Borrower may from time to time designate.

“Borrowing Base” means 80% of the Eligible Accounts Receivable, less Priority Payables.

“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Schedule E executed by the chief financial officer or the vice-president of finance of the Borrower on behalf of the Borrower which shall contain an aged listing of Accounts Receivable and accounts payable, in each case on a consolidated basis, as of the close of business on the last day of the calendar month.

“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 LIBOR contracts, the redeployment of funds, the loss of investment opportunity or for any other reason whatsoever resulting from the prepayment of any Advance, all as set out in a certificate delivered to the Borrower by any Lender entitled to receive such reimbursement.

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banks generally are open for business in Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia and when used in respect of LIBOR Advances, shall mean any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banks are generally open for business in Toronto, Ontario, New York, New York and London, England and on which transactions can be carried on in the London interbank market and when used in respect of US Base Rate Advances, shall mean any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banks generally are open for business in Toronto, Ontario, Vancouver, British Columbia and New York, New York.

 

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“Canadian Dollars”, “Cdn. Dollars” and “Cdn. $” mean the lawful money of Canada.

“Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) any real or personal property by such Person that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.

“CDOR” means, for any day and relative to Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes having any specified term and face amount, the average of the annual rates for 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 (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) 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 that, if pursuant to the foregoing, CDOR is determined to be a negative number on such day, then CDOR shall be deemed to be zero on such day.

“Closing Date” means May 30, 2017.

“Commitment” means, in respect of each Lender from time to time, the maximum amount of Advances which the Lender may make as set forth in Schedule A to this Agreement (which shall be amended and distributed to all parties by the Agent from time to time as other Persons become Lenders), which for greater certainty shall 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. For greater certainty, the Revolving Facility is (a) payable on demand in accordance with this Agreement; (b) uncommitted; and (c) is not automatically available to the Borrower upon satisfaction of the terms and conditions hereof.

“Compliance Certificate” means the certificate required pursuant to Section 9.02(3), substantially in the form annexed as Schedule D and signed by a senior officer of the Borrower.

“Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any obligation, whether secured or unsecured, of such Person guaranteeing or indemnifying, or in effect guaranteeing or indemnifying, any indebtedness, leases, dividends, letters of credit or other monetary obligations (the “primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person as an account party in respect of a letter of credit or letter of guarantee issued to assure payment by the primary obligor of any such primary obligation and any obligations of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any Property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase Property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the obligee under any such primary

 

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obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation, or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the obligee under such primary obligation against loss in respect of such primary obligation; provided, however, that the term Contingent Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.

“Conversion” means a conversion of an Advance pursuant to Section 2.06(1).

“Conversion Date” means the date specified by the Borrower as being the date on which the Borrower has elected to convert one type of Advance into another type of Advance and which shall 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 Borrower pursuant to Section 2.06.

“Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, the aggregate of the following amounts, at the date of determination: (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money; (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of Property or services which constitute indebtedness; (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments to the extent such obligations would be considered indebtedness for borrowed moneys in accordance with GAAP; (d) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement 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 obligations of such Person as lessee under leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as Capital Leases; (f) all reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person under acceptance, letter of credit and similar facilities; (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 Debt of another Person; (i) the negative Market Value owing by such Person under each Hedge Arrangement; and (j) any other obligation arising under arrangements or agreements that, in substance, provide financing to such Person.

“Depreciation Expense” means, for any period with respect to any Person, depreciation, amortization, depletion and other like reductions to income of such Person for such period not involving any outlay of cash, determined, without duplication and determined on a consolidated basis, in accordance with GAAP.

“Distribution” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any payment, directly or indirectly, by such Person: (a) of any dividends on any shares of its capital, other than dividends payable in shares; (b) on account of, or for the purpose of setting apart any property for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of such Person; (c) of any other distribution in respect of any Equity Interests; (d) of any principal of or interest or premium or fees on or related to an indebtedness or liability of such Person whether ranking, at law or by contract, in right of payment subordinate to any liability of such Person under the Loan Documents or otherwise; or (e) of any management, consulting or similar fee or compensation or any bonus payment or comparable payment, or by

 

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way of gift or other gratuity, to any Affiliate of such Person or to any director, officer or member of the management of such Person or an Affiliate of such Person or to any Person not dealing at Arm’s Length with such first Person (for greater certainty, compensation paid by an Obligor in the course of its business to directors, officers and members of management of Obligors shall not constitute Distributions hereunder).

“Draft” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(1).

“Drawdown” means:

 

  (a) the advance of a 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 Letters of Credit.

“Drawdown Date” means the date on which a Drawdown is made by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions hereof and which shall 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 Borrower pursuant to Section 2.06.

“EBITDA” means, for any period with respect to the Borrower, the Net Income of the Borrower for such period

 

  (a) increased by the sum of (without duplication)

 

  (i) Interest Expense for such period;

 

  (ii) Income Tax Expense for such period;

 

  (iii) Depreciation Expense for such period;

 

  (iv) non-cash stock compensation for such period,

in each case to the extent that such amounts were deducted in the calculation of Net Income for such period; and

 

  (b) decreased or increased by the sum of extraordinary, unusual or non-cash non-recurring items, to the extent included in Net Income for such period.

For greater certainty, (i) any costs that the Borrower has to expense as a result of changes in accounting rules under GAAP for acquisitions and (ii) any foreign exchange non-cash gains or losses, shall not be included for the purposes of calculating EBITDA.

“Eligible Accounts Receivable” means at any time, any Account Receivable of the Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries existing pursuant to the laws of Canada or any Province of Canada or the United States and Sierra HK (net of any credit balance, returns, trade discounts, or unbilled

 

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amounts or retention) that meets and at all times continues to meet all of the standards of eligibility for Eligible Accounts Receivable from time to time established by the Agent and revised by the Agent. Without in any way limiting the discretion of the Agent to establish other or further standards of eligibility from time to time, Eligible Accounts Receivable shall not include any Account Receivable for which any of the following statements is not accurate and complete (and the Borrower by including such account in any computation of the Borrowing Base shall be deemed to represent and warrant to the Agent and the Lenders that to the knowledge of the Borrower all of the following statements are accurate and complete with respect to such account):

 

  (a) it is a valid and legally enforceable obligation of the Account Debtor;

 

  (b) such account is genuine as appearing on its face or as represented in the books and records of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower existing pursuant to the laws of Canada or any Province of Canada or the United States or Sierra HK;

 

  (c) such account is free from valid claims regarding rescission, cancellation or avoidance, whether by operation of law or otherwise, and except to the extent of any reduction made pursuant to paragraph (e) of this definition is net of all then applicable holdbacks provided however, if the Account Debtor has agreed that it will pay such portion of the account that is not being claimed to be rescinded, cancelled or avoided, such portion of the Accounts Receivable shall be allowed;

 

  (d) such account does not relate to services not as of yet completed;

 

  (e) without limiting the generality of paragraph (c) of this definition, is not subject to any dispute, offset, counterclaim or other defence on the part of the Account Debtor or any claim by the Account Debtor that denies liability in whole or in part; and, if the Account Debtor denies liability only in part, the undisputed portion of the Account Receivable shall be allowed so long as the Account Debtor has agreed that it will pay such portion not in dispute in accordance with its terms;

 

  (f) no invoice evidencing it is unpaid ninety (90) days after the date of it being rendered (i.e. ninety (90) days from the invoice date);

 

  (g) such account is not payable by an Account Debtor which is (or who together with its Affiliates are) more than ninety (90) days unpaid after the date of its invoices being rendered (i.e. more than ninety (90) days from the invoice date) with regard to 15% or more of the total accounts owed to the Obligors by such Account Debtor and their Affiliates, unless such account is supported by either (i) a letter of credit, (ii) insurance provided by Export Development Corporation or, (iii) such other insurance acceptable to the Agent;

 

  (h) it is owed by an Account Debtor existing pursuant to the laws of Canada or any Province of Canada or the United States of America unless supported by (i) a letter of credit, (ii) insurance provided by Export Development Corporation, or (iii) such other insurance acceptable to the Agent;

 

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  (i) it is denominated in any one of the following currencies: Canadian Dollars, United States Dollars, Euros, pound sterling (GBP), Japanese yen, Australian dollars or Hong Kong dollars;

 

  (j) it is subject to a first priority security interest in favour of the Agent that has been perfected under Applicable Law governing the perfection of such security interest created under the applicable Security;

 

  (k) such account is, and at all times will be, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances;

 

  (l) the Account Receivable does not arise from a sale or lease to or rendering of services to an Affiliate of any Obligor or to an employee, agent, shareholder, director or other representative of any Obligor, or, in each case, to their respective Affiliates;

 

  (m) in the case of the sale of goods, the subject goods have been sold to an Account Debtor on a true sale basis on open account, or subject to contract, and not on consignment, on approval or on a “sale or return” basis or subject to any other repurchase or return agreement, no material part of the subject goods has been returned, rejected, lost or damaged, and such account is not evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument of any kind unless possession or control of such chattel paper or instrument has been delivered to the Agent on terms acceptable to the Agent;

 

  (n) the Account Debtor of the Account Receivable is not a Governmental Authority except to the extent the Account Receivable is assignable without consent or all necessary consents to assignment have been obtained; and

 

  (o) the Account Debtor obligated on the Account Receivable has not ceased to carry on business or become insolvent, admitted its inability to pay its debts as they come due or that it is otherwise insolvent, made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or consented to or applied for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, liquidator for itself or any material part of its Property, and no petition has been filed by or against the Account Debtor under any bankruptcy or reorganization law which is outstanding at such date.

Any Eligible Accounts Receivable which are at any time Eligible Accounts Receivable but which subsequently fail to meet any of the foregoing requirements and any other standards of eligibility for Eligible Accounts Receivable reasonably established by the Agent shall, in consultation with the Borrower (but not subject to approval by the Borrower) immediately cease to be Eligible Accounts Receivable.

“Eligible Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Schedule AA.

“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

 

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Property, or any consignment or Capital Lease of Property by such Person as consignee or lessee or any other security agreement, trust or arrangement having the effect of security for the payment of any debt, liability or obligation of that Person, and “Encumbrances”,

“Encumbrancer”, “Encumber” and “Encumbered” shall have corresponding meanings.

“Equity Interest” means (i) in the case of any corporation, all capital stock and any securities exchangeable for or convertible into capital stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participation rights or other equivalents of corporate stock (however designated) in or to such association or entity, (iii) in the case of a partnership, limited liability company or unlimited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited), as applicable, and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distribution of assets of, the issuing Person, and including, in all of the foregoing cases described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), any warrants, rights or other options to purchase or otherwise acquire any of the interests described in any of the foregoing cases.

“Equivalent Amount” means, on any date, the equivalent amount in Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars, as the case may be, after giving effect to a conversion of a specified amount of United States Dollars to Canadian Dollars or of Canadian Dollars to United States Dollars, as the case may be, at the noon rate of exchange for Canadian interbank transactions established by the Bank of Canada for the day in question, or if such noon rate is for any reason unavailable, at the indicative rate of exchange for Canadian interbank transactions established by the Bank of Canada for the day in question, or if such indicative rate is for any reason unavailable, at the spot rate quoted for wholesale transactions by the Agent at approximately 12:00 noon (Toronto time) on the date in accordance with its normal practice.

“Euros” means the common currency which member states of the European Union have adopted as a single currency.

“Event of Default” means the failure by the Borrower to repay any or all outstanding Obligations in accordance with Section 7.01 or any other provision of this Agreement, as applicable.

“Excluded Subsidiaries” means collectively, Sierra Wireless Technology (Shenzhen), Ltd., Wireless Acquisition Sub, Inc., Sierra Wireless Technologies S.A.S., Wavecom Korea Co., Ltd., Sierra Wireless Deutschland GmbH, Wavecom Participacoes e representacoes Ltda, Sierra Wireless Solutions and Services S.A., Sunlink Wavecom Limited, Sunlink Wavecom (Shenzhen) Limited, Sierra Wireless South Africa (Proprietary) Limited and Sierra Wireless Japan K.K.

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, an annual rate of interest, expressed on the basis of a year of 360 days, equal, for each day during such period, to the weighted average of the rates on overnight United States federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by United States federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or, for any day on which that rate is not published for that day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the simple average of the quotations for that day for such transactions received by the Agent from three United States federal funds brokers of recognized standing

 

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selected by it; provided that, if pursuant to the foregoing, the Federal Funds Effective Rate is determined to be a negative number on such day, then the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be deemed to be zero on such day.

“Fiscal Quarter” means each successive three-month period of the Borrower’s Fiscal Year ending on or about March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.

“Fiscal Year” means, in respect of the Borrower, the twelve month period ending on or about the last day of December in any year.

“Four Quarter Period” means as at the last day of any particular Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower, the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters which includes the Fiscal Quarter ending as of the date of such calculation (including the last day thereof) and the immediately preceding three Fiscal Quarters.

“GAAP” means those accounting principles which are recognized as being generally accepted and which are in effect from time to time in the United States.

“Governmental Authority” has the meaning set forth in Schedule AA.

“Guarantors” means, collectively, as of the Closing Date, the Obligors listed on Schedule F of this Agreement and each of their successors and assigns and “Guarantor” means any one of them.

“Hedge Arrangement” means, for any period, for any Person, any arrangement or transaction between such Person and any other Person which is an interest rate swap transaction, basis swap, forward interest rate transaction, commodity swap, interest rate option, forward foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency interest rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of such transactions or arrangements) designed to protect or mitigate against risks in interest, currency exchange or commodity price fluctuations and each reference to a “derivative” in Schedule AA is to be treated as a reference to a “Hedge Arrangement”.

“Income Tax Expense” means, with respect to the Borrower, for any period, the aggregate, without duplication and on a consolidated basis, of all current Taxes on the income of the Borrower for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP.

“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.

“Interest Expense” of the Borrower means, for any period, without duplication and on a consolidated basis, the aggregate amount of interest and other financing charges paid or payable by the Borrower, on account of such period with respect to Debt including interest, amortization of 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’

 

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acceptance financing, standby fees, the interest component of Capital Leases and net payments (if any) pursuant to Hedge Arrangements involving interest, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Interest Payment Date” means,

 

  (a) with respect to each 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 and, if any Interest Period is longer than ninety (90) days, the last Business Day of each such ninety (90) day period during such Interest Period.

“Interest Period” means,

 

  (a) with respect to each 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 the 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, the period selected by the Borrower hereunder and being 1, 2, 3 or 6 months duration, subject to availability, commencing on the Drawdown Date, Rollover Date or Conversion Date of such Advance; and

 

  (c) with respect to each LIBOR Advance, the period selected by the Borrower and being 1, 2 or 3 months duration, subject to availability, commencing on the applicable Drawdown Date, Rollover Date or Conversion Date of such Advance, as the case may be;

provided that (i) in any case the last day of each Interest Period shall be also the first day of the next Interest Period, and (ii) the last day of each Interest Period shall be a Business Day and if the last day of an Interest Period selected by the Borrower is not a Business Day the Borrower shall 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 shall 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.

“ISDA Master Agreement” means the 1992 or 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (Multi-Currency - Cross Border) as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., as amended, revised or replaced from time to time.

“Issuing Bank” means TD.

“Judgement Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.05(1)(b).

 

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“Judgement Currency” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.05(1).

“Lenders” means the Persons designated in Schedule A annexed hereto as either a Lender or the Issuing Bank and reference to “ Lender ” in this Agreement may mean that Lender in its capacity as a Lender or the Issuing Bank, 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 Fee Rate” in the pricing grid in the definition of “Applicable Margin” relevant to the period in respect of which determination is being made.

“Letters of Credit” means a letter of credit or letter of guarantee issued by the Issuing Bank pursuant to the Revolving Facility at the request and for the account of the Borrower under this Agreement and “Letter of Credit” means any one thereof.

“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 the greater of:

 

  (a) (i) the simple 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 for deposits in US Dollars in the London England inter-bank market for a period equal to such LIBOR Interest Period which appears on LIBOR Page 01 of the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as the Agent, after consultation with the Lenders, shall 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 equal to such LIBOR Interest Period) as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the second Business Day preceding the first day of such LIBOR Interest Period; or

 

  (ii) if a rate is not determinable pursuant to clause (a)(i) 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) 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

 

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  (iii) if the rate is not determinable pursuant to clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of this definition at the relevant time in respect of the relevant period, Section 2.11 shall apply; and

 

  (b) the LIBOR Floor.

“LIBO Rate Margin” means, for any period, the percentage rate per annum (expressed on the basis of a year of 360 days) applicable to that period as indicated below the reference to “LIBO Rate Margin” in the pricing grid in the definition of “Applicable Margin”.

“LIBOR Advance” means an Advance in United States Dollars made by the Lenders to the Borrower with respect to which the Borrower has specified that interest is to be calculated by reference to the LIBO Rate.

“LIBOR Floor” means 0.00%.

“LIBOR Interest Period” means an Interest Period applicable to any LIBOR Advance.

“Loan Documents” means (a) this Agreement, the Security, all guarantees delivered by any Obligor pursuant to this Agreement; and each document, agreement, instrument and certificate delivered to the Agent by an Obligor on or after the Original Closing Date; (b) the fee letters referred to in Section 5.05; (c) Hedge Arrangements, the Service Agreements and all agreements relating to VISA and other charge cards issued by a Lender; and (d) all present and future security, agreements, documents, certificates and instruments delivered by any Obligor to the Agent or the Lenders after the Original Closing Date whether or not pursuant to, or in respect of the agreements and documents referred to in clause (a); in each case as the same may from time to time be supplemented, amended or restated, and “Loan Document” shall mean any one of the Loan Documents.

“Luxco” means Sierra Wireless Luxembourg S. àr.l., a company incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg as a société à responsabilité limitée, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B-141993, whose registered office is at 5, rue Guillaume Kroll, L-1882 Luxembourg.

“Majority Lenders” means (i) if there are five (5) Lenders or more, Lenders holding at least 66 2/3% of the Commitments under the Revolving Facility and (ii) if there are four (4) Lenders or less, Lenders holding 100% of the Commitments under the Revolving Facility.

“Market Value” means the amount, if any, that a Person would be required to pay in accordance with the applicable Lender’s usual practice in respect to any Hedge Arrangement in order to terminate the Hedge Arrangement as a result of the Person being “out of the money” on a mark to market valuation of the Hedge Arrangement.

“Net Income” means, for any period, with respect to the Borrower, the consolidated net income (loss) of the Borrower, for such period, all 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” shall have the opposite meaning.

 

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“Non BA Lender” means any Lender which is not a BA 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 (and their Affiliates), and any of them under, in connection with, relating to or with respect to each of the Loan Documents and any and all Hedge Arrangements, and any unpaid balance thereof.

“Obligors” has the meaning set forth in Schedule AA and includes as of the Closing Date, the Borrower, each Guarantor, Luxco, Wavecom, Sierra Wireless Korea Limited and all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time (including, without limitation, all of the Subsidiaries of Wavecom from time to time), other than the Excluded Subsidiaries.

“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s articles or other charter documents, by-laws, shareholder agreement, partnership agreement, joint venture agreement, limited liability company agreement or trust agreement, as applicable, and any and all other similar agreements, documents and instruments relative to such Person.

“Original Closing Date” means December 1, 2008.

“Permitted Debt” means:

(a) Debt under this Agreement;

 

  (b) Debt in respect of Purchase Money Security Interests and Capital Leases in an outstanding amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;

 

  (c) Debt owing by Sierra UK under a letter of guarantee issued by HSBC Bank plc in favour of Royal Bank of Scotland in an amount not to exceed 150,000 pound sterling (GBP);

 

  (d) Debt owing by the Borrower under certain credit card programs;

 

  (e) Obligations under Qualifying Hedge Arrangements and other obligations under Hedge Arrangements with a financial institution that is not a Lender so long as it is on an unsecured basis;

 

  (f) Debt owing by the Obligors under letters of credit issued pursuant to Export Development Canada performance security guarantees in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;

 

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  (g) other Debt not covered by clauses (a) through (f) of this definition of Permitted Debt; provided that such Debt shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time; and

 

  (h) Debt consented to in writing by the Lenders from time to time and subject to the terms imposed by the Lenders in connection with such consent.

“Permitted Encumbrances” means, with respect to any Person, the following:

 

  (a) liens for Taxes not yet due or for which instalments have been paid based on reasonable estimates pending final assessments, or if due, 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) undetermined or inchoate liens, rights of distress and charges incidental to current operations which have not at such time been filed or exercised and of which none of the Lenders has been given notice, or which relate to obligations not due or payable, or if due, 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;

 

  (c) reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in any original grants from the Crown or other grants of real or immovable property, or interests therein, which do not materially affect the use of the affected land for the purpose for which it is used by that Person;

 

  (d) zoning, land use and building restrictions, by-laws, regulations and ordinances of federal, provincial, state, municipal and other Governmental Authorities, licences, easements, rights-of-way and rights in the nature of easements (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, licences, easements, rights-of-way and rights in the nature of easements for railways, sidewalks, public ways, sewers, drains, gas, steam and water mains or electric light and power, or telephone and telegraph conduits, poles, wires and cables) which do not materially impair the use of the affected land for the purpose for which it is used by that Person;

 

  (e) title defects, encroachments or irregularities or other matters relating to title which are of a minor nature and which in the aggregate do not materially impair the use of the affected property for the purpose for which it is used by that Person;

 

  (f) the right reserved to or vested in any municipality or governmental or other public authority by the terms of any lease, licence, franchise, grant or permit acquired by that Person or by any statutory provision to terminate any such lease, licence, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

  (g) the Encumbrance resulting from the deposit of cash or securities in connection with leases and other contracts, insurance, tenders or expropriation proceedings, or to secure workers compensation, employment insurance, surety or appeal

 

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bonds, costs of litigation when required by law , liens and claims incidental to current construction, mechanics’, warehousemen’s, carriers’ and other similar liens, and public, statutory and other like obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, and any right of refund, set-off or charge-back available to any bank or other financial institution;

 

  (h) security given to a public utility or any municipality or Governmental Authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of its business provided that such security does not materially impair the use of the affected property for the purpose for which it is used by that Person;

 

  (i) the Encumbrance created by a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, as long as (i) the judgment is being contested diligently and in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which reasonable reserves under GAAP are maintained or (ii) is promptly satisfied by that Person and does not result in an Event of Default;

 

  (j) the Security;

 

  (k) cash collateral security granted by Sierra UK in favour of HSBC Bank plc to secure the Debt described in paragraph (c) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”;

 

  (l) any Encumbrance against Sierra UK arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of trading and not as a result of any default or omission by Sierra UK;

 

  (m) Purchase Money Security Interests and Encumbrances pertaining to Capital Leases, provided that such Encumbrance secures Permitted Debt;

 

  (n) Encumbrances to secure Debt permitted in paragraph (g) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”; and

 

  (o) such other Encumbrances as agreed to in writing by the Lenders in accordance with this Agreement.

“Person” has the meaning set forth in Schedule AA.

“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 base 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 having a face amount comparable to the face amount in respect of which the applicable Prime Rate calculation is being made.

“Prime Rate Advance” means an Advance in Canadian Dollars made by the Lenders to the Borrower with respect to which the Borrower has specified that interest is to be calculated by reference to the Prime Rate.

 

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“Prime Rate Margin” means, for any period, the percentage rate per annum applicable to that period as indicated below the reference to “Margin over Prime” in the pricing grid in the definition of “Applicable Margin”.

“Priority Payable” means at any time, any amount due and payable at such time by an Obligor which is secured by an Encumbrance or statutory right or claim in favour of a Governmental Authority which ranks or is capable of ranking prior to or pari passu with the Encumbrances created by the Security in respect of any Account Receivable including, without limitation, amounts due and payable for wages, vacation pay, termination and severance pay, employee deductions (including income, withholding, social security and other employment taxes), sales tax, excise tax, tax payable pursuant to Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) (net of GST input credits), workers compensation, municipal taxes, government royalties, pension fund obligations, overdue rents or taxes, and other statutory or other claims that in each case have priority over or may rank pari passu with such Encumbrances created by the Security.

“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 any share in the capital of a corporation or ownership interest in any other Person.

“Proportionate Share” means in respect of each Lender from time to time, (a) with respect to the Revolving Facility, the percentage of the Revolving Facility, which a Lender has agreed to advance to the Borrower, determined by dividing the Lender’s Commitment in respect of the Revolving Facility, by the aggregate of all of the Lenders’ Commitments with respect to the Revolving Facility, as the case may be, and, with respect to an Advance, means the Proportionate Share of the Revolving Facility under which such Advance is made and, (b) with respect to the Obligations, pro rata in accordance with the aggregate unpaid amount of the Obligations owed to such Lender, which, in the case of all Qualifying Hedge Arrangements, shall mean all amounts due thereunder including, with respect to all Qualifying Hedge Arrangements (whether or not governed by an ISDA Master Agreement), as a result of a Termination Event (as such term is defined in the ISDA Master Agreement).

“Purchase Money Security Interest” means an Encumbrance created or assumed by an Obligor securing Debt incurred to finance the unpaid acquisition price of personal Property provided that (a) such Encumbrance is created concurrently with or prior to the acquisition of such personal Property, (b) such Encumbrance does not at any time encumber any Property other than the Property financed or refinanced (to the extent the principal amount is not increased) by such Debt and proceeds thereof, (c) the amount of Debt secured thereby is not increased subsequent to such acquisition, and (d) the amount of Debt secured by any such Encumbrance at no time exceeds 100% of the original acquisition price of such personal Property at the time it was acquired, and for the purposes of this definition the term “acquisition” shall include a Capital Lease and the term “acquire” shall have a corresponding meaning.

“Qualifying Hedge Arrangements” means a Hedge Arrangement provided by a Lender which is entered into after the Original Closing Date.

“Relevant Quarter” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.

 

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“Repayment Notice” means the notice substantially in the form annexed hereto as Schedule C.

“Revolving Facility” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

“Rollover” means a rollover of a maturing Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note into a new Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note, as applicable, or the rollover of a maturing LIBOR Advance into a new LIBOR Advance, or the extension of a maturing Letter of Credit.

“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 or the extension of a Letter of Credit.

“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 Borrower in connection with the Rollover of a Bankers’ Acceptance, BA Equivalent Note or a LIBOR Advance pursuant to Section 2.06.

“Schedule I Lenders” means those Lenders that are banks that are chartered under the Bank Act (Canada) and named in Schedule I thereto and “Schedule I Lender” means each such bank.

“Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement” means the second amended and restated credit agreement dated as of October 31, 2012 among the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders, as amended to the date hereof.

“Security” means all security (including guarantees) held from time to time by or on behalf of the Lenders or the Agent on behalf of the Lenders, securing or intended to secure directly or indirectly repayment of the Obligations and includes, without limitation, all Security Documents.

“Security Documents” means the documents referred to in Article 10.

“Service Agreements” means agreements made between an Obligor and a Lender in respect of cash management, payroll, credit card or other banking services.

“Sierra HK” means Sierra Wireless Hong Kong Limited, a corporation existing under the laws of Hong Kong.

“Sierra UK” means Sierra Wireless (UK) Limited, a corporation existing under the laws of England and Wales.

“Subsidiary” means, at any time, as to any Person, any other Person, if at such time the first mentioned Person owns, directly or indirectly, 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 shall include any other Person in like relationship to a Subsidiary of such first mentioned Person.

“TD” means The Toronto-Dominion Bank.

“Total Debt” means, with respect to the Borrower, without duplication and on a consolidated basis, all Debt of the Borrower.

 

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“Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio” means, at any time, the ratio of the Borrower’s (a) Total Debt at such time to (b) EBITDA for most recently completed Four Quarter Period.

“United States Dollars”, “US Dollars” and “US $”, “$” means the lawful money of the United States of America.

“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 base 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) 1.0% per annum.

“US Base Rate Advance” means an Advance in United States Dollars made by the Lenders to the Borrower with respect to which the 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 percentage rate per annum applicable to that period as indicated below the reference to “US Base Rate Margin” in the pricing grid in the definition of “Applicable Margin”.

“Wavecom” means Sierra Wireless S.A. (previously named Wavecom S.A.), a société anonyme organised under French law, whose registered office is located at 3 esplanade du Foncet, 92442 Issy Les Moulineaux, registered with the Companies Registry of Nanterre under the identification number 391 838 042 and whose shares are traded on Euronext Paris (compartiment B).

“Wavecom Debentures” means the 2,571,884 1.75% bonds convertible and/or exchangeable for newly issued shares or existing shares by option (obligations à option de conversion et/ou d’echange en actions nouvelles ou existantes-OCEANE) issued by Wavecom pursuant to an offering circular dated July 5, 2007.

“Wavecom Shares” means the issued and outstanding shares of Wavecom.

1.02 Headings

The division of this Agreement into Articles and Sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

1.03 Accounting Practices

All calculations for the purposes of determining compliance with the financial ratios and financial covenants contained in this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP on a basis consistently applied for each Four Quarter Period. In the event of a change in such GAAP, the Borrower and the Agent (with the approval of the Lenders) shall 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

 

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the financial ratios and financial covenants contained in this Agreement shall be made on a basis consistent with GAAP in existence as at the date of such revisions.

1.04 Permitted Encumbrances

The inclusion of reference to Permitted Encumbrances in any Loan Document is not intended to subordinate and shall not subordinate, and shall not be interpreted as subordinating, any Encumbrance created by any of the Security to any Permitted Encumbrance.

1.05 Currency

Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to dollar amounts (without further description) will mean United States Dollars.

1.06 Paramountcy

In the event of a conflict in or between the provisions of this Agreement including the provisions of any Schedule annexed hereto or 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 Schedule or 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 shall be permitted. If any act or omission is expressly prohibited under any 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 shall not constitute a conflict in or between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of such Loan Document.

1.07 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 shall 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.

1.08 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

 

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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.

(4) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary the Agent shall calculate all fees and interest, including without limitation agency fees according to its regular practice. For greater certainty all such calculations shall be without duplication of any day such that neither interest nor fees shall be calculated in respect of the same day twice.

(5) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall 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 shall 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 permitted by Applicable Law, and any overpayment of interest received by the Agent or the Lenders theretofore shall 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.

1.09 Determinations 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 inquiries and investigations as may be reasonable in the circumstances before making any such determination or assessment.

1.10 Schedules

The following are the Schedules annexed hereto and incorporated by reference and deemed to be part hereof:

 

Schedule AA    –      Model Credit Agreement Provisions
Schedule A    –      Lenders and Commitments

 

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Schedule B    –      Notice of Request for Advance
Schedule C    –      Repayment Notice
Schedule D    –      Compliance Certificate
Schedule E    –      Borrowing Base Certificate
Schedule F    –      Guarantors on the Closing Date

ARTICLE 2—THE REVOLVING FACILITY

2.01 Revolving Facility

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Lenders establish (on a several and not joint or joint and several basis) in favour of the Borrower a revolving uncommitted term credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”) in a principal amount (including Advances made in US Dollars and the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars of Advances made in Canadian Dollars) not to exceed the lesser of:

 

  (a) $10,000,000; and

 

  (b) the Borrowing Base.

2.02 Demand Nature of Revolving Facility

The Revolving Facility is made available by the Lenders to the Borrower on a demand basis. The Agent on behalf of the Lenders may demand repayment of any or all of the Revolving Facility, or cancel any or all of the Revolving Facility at any time upon written notice to the Borrower. The Borrower acknowledges that the Revolving Facility is uncommitted and is not automatically available to the Borrower upon satisfaction of the terms and conditions hereof.

2.03 Purpose of Revolving Facility

Advances under the Revolving Facility shall be used by the Borrower for general corporate purposes.

2.04 Manner of Borrowing

The Borrower may, subject to the terms hereof, make Drawdowns, Conversions and Rollovers as applicable under the Revolving Facility:

 

  (a) in Canadian Dollars, by way of Prime Rate Advances and Bankers’ Acceptances (and BA Equivalent Notes);

 

  (b) in United States Dollars, by way of US Base Rate Advances and LIBOR Advances; and

 

  (c) in Canadian Dollars, United States Dollars, by way of Letters of Credit.

Letters of Credit under the Revolving Facility may not exceed an aggregate face value of $10,000,000 or the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars.

 

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2.05 Nature of the Revolving Facility

Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Revolving Facility is a revolving credit facility and, accordingly, the Borrower may increase or decrease Advances under the Revolving Facility, by making Drawdowns, repayments and further Drawdowns of the amount of Advances that have been repaid.

2.06 Drawdowns, Conversions and Rollovers

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the 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 Note or LIBOR Advance on the last day of the applicable Interest Period thereof or extend Letters of Credit in accordance with their terms, by giving the Agent a Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice, as the case may be.

(2) In the case of a Drawdown, Conversion or Rollover, the Borrower shall give the Agent a Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice, as the case may be, three (3) Business Days (in the cases of LIBOR Advances, Bankers’ Acceptances, BA Equivalent Notes and Letters of Credit) and one (1) Business Day (in the case of all other Advances) prior to the proposed Drawdown Date, Conversion Date or Rollover Date, as the case may be. If a Conversion or Rollover Notice is not delivered to the Agent three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Conversion Date or Rollover Date, as applicable, any LIBOR Advances outstanding on any such Conversion Date or Rollover Date shall be deemed to be converted or rolled over, as applicable, into a US Base Rate Advance, and any Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes outstanding on any such Conversion Date or Rollover Date shall be deemed to be converted or rolled over, as applicable, into a Prime Rate Advance.

(3) Each Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice, as the case may be, shall be delivered by the Borrower on a Business Day on or prior to 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) to the Agent.

(4) Each Drawdown, Conversion or Rollover under the Revolving Facility shall (i) in the case of Prime Rate Advances, be in a minimum principal amount of Cdn.$1,000,000 and in whole multiples of Cdn.$100,000; and (ii) in the case of Bankers’ Acceptances, be in a minimum face amount of Cdn.$1,000,000 and in whole multiples of Cdn.$100,000; (iii) in the case of US Base Rate Advances, be in a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000 and in whole multiples of $100,000; (iv) and in the case of LIBOR Advances, be in a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000 and in whole multiples of $100,000.

2.07 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 shall forthwith notify the Lenders of the proposed Drawdown Date, Conversion Date or Rollover Date, as the case may be, of 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.

 

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2.08 Lenders’ and Agent’s Obligations with Respect to Advances

Each Lender shall, prior to 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the Drawdown Date, Conversion Date or Rollover Date, as the case may be, specified by the 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 Section 2.07 with such Lender’s Proportionate Share of such Advance and by 2:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the same date the Agent shall make available the full amount of the amounts so credited to the Borrower (net of the amount of the existing Advance being rolled over or converted as the case may and, if applicable, the BA Stamping Fee).

2.09 Irrevocability

A Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice, as the case may be, given by the Borrower hereunder shall be irrevocable and shall oblige the Borrower to take the action contemplated on the date specified therein.

2.10 Cancellation or Permanent Reduction of the Revolving Facility

The Borrower may, at any time, upon giving at least two (2) Business Days prior notice to the Agent, cancel in full or, from time to time, permanently reduce in whole or in part the Revolving Facility; provided, however that any reduction under the Revolving Facility shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and increments of $100,000. If the Revolving Facility is so reduced, the Commitments of each of the Lenders shall be reduced pro rata in the same proportion that the amount of the reduction in the Revolving Facility bears to the then current Commitments of the Lenders in effect immediately prior to such reduction.

2.11 Termination of LIBOR Advances

(1) If at any time a Lender determines, acting reasonably, (which determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower) 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 the Borrower or cannot otherwise perform its obligations hereunder with respect to any LIBOR Advance for any such period;

then the Lender shall inform the Agent and upon at least four (4) Business Days written notice by the Agent to the Borrower,

 

  (c) the right of the Borrower to request LIBOR Advances for such period from that Lender shall be and remain suspended until the Agent notifies the Borrower that any condition causing such determination no longer exists; and

 

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  (d) if the Lender is prevented from maintaining a LIBOR Advance, the Borrower shall, 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 Borrower shall 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 shall so notify the Borrower, and the right of the Borrower to request LIBOR Advances for such period shall be and remain suspended until the Agent notifies the Borrower that any condition causing such determination no longer exists.

ARTICLE 3- DISBURSEMENT CONDITIONS

3.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement on the Closing Date

The obligations of the Lenders under this Agreement are subject to and conditional upon the following conditions precedent being satisfied as of the Closing Date:

 

  (a) this Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by all parties hereto;

 

  (b) the Agent shall have received certified copies of the Organizational Documents of the Borrower, the resolutions authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated herein, and the incumbency of the officers of the Borrower;

 

  (c) certificates of status or good standing, as applicable, for the Borrower and each Guarantor for its respective jurisdiction of formation shall have been delivered to the Agent;

 

  (d) evidence that the Borrower has obtained all necessary or required consents or approvals of any Governmental Authority, or other Person in connection with the delivery of the Loan Documents;

 

  (e) releases, discharges and postponements with respect to all Encumbrances which are not Permitted Encumbrances, if any, shall have been delivered to the Agent;

 

  (f) payment of all amounts and fees (including reasonable fees of Lenders’ Counsel) payable to the Lenders and the Agent;

 

  (g) duly executed copies of the Security shall have been delivered to the Agent (along with certificates, if any, representing all shares or other securities pledged, together with related stock powers duly executed in blank) and such financing statements or other registrations of such Security, or notice thereof, shall 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;

 

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  (h) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent certificates of insurance acceptable to the Agent showing, inter alia, the Agent as additional insured, loss payee and mortgagee as its interest may appear on all insurance policies that insure the assets to be secured by the Security;

 

  (i) the Borrower shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Agent and the Lenders the acknowledgement and confirmation agreement described in Section 10.01(2);

 

  (j) a currently dated letter of opinion of Borrower’s Counsel shall have been delivered to the Agent; and

 

  (k) the Agent shall have received such additional evidence, documents or undertakings as the Lenders shall 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 Section 3.01 shall be in full force and effect, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders acting reasonably.

3.02 Conditions Precedent to each Advance under the Revolving Facility

The obligation of the Lenders to make any Advance to the Borrower under the Revolving Facility on or after the Closing Date is subject to and conditional upon the following conditions precedent being satisfied by the Borrower:

 

  (a) the Agent shall have received timely notice as required under Section 2.06(2); and

 

  (b) the Borrower shall confirm to the Agent in writing that all of the covenants of the Obligors required by this Agreement and all other terms and conditions contained in this Agreement that have not been waived in writing by or on behalf of the Lenders have been fully complied with by the Obligors.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Revolving Facility is uncommitted and each Lender has no obligation to make any Advance requested by the Borrower at any time.

3.03 Waiver

The conditions set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 are inserted for the sole benefit of the Lenders and may be waived by the Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 12.04, in whole or in part (with or without terms or conditions), in respect of any Drawdown without prejudicing the right of the Lenders at any time to assert such conditions in respect of any subsequent Drawdown.

 

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ARTICLE 4 - EVIDENCE OF DRAWDOWNS

4.01 Account of Record

The Agent shall open and maintain books of account evidencing all Advances and all other amounts owing by the Borrower to the Lenders hereunder. The Agent shall 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 shall 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 shall promptly advise the Borrower of such entries made in the Agent’s books of account.

ARTICLE 5 - PAYMENTS OF INTEREST

5.01 Interest on Prime Rate Advances

The Borrower shall 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 shall, in the absence of manifest error, be binding upon the Borrower. Subject to Section 5.07, such interest shall 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 shall 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 shall cause an immediate adjustment of the interest rate applicable to such Advance without the necessity of any notice to the Borrower.

5.02 Interest on US Base Rate Advances

The Borrower shall 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 shall, in the absence of manifest error, be binding upon the Borrower. Subject to Section 5.07, such interest shall 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 shall 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 shall cause an immediate adjustment of the interest rate applicable to such Advance without the necessity of any notice to the Borrower.

 

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5.03 Interest on LIBOR Advances

The Borrower shall pay interest on each LIBOR Advance during each Interest Period applicable thereto in United States Dollars for LIBOR Advances made under the Revolving Facility at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the LIBO Rate in effect for 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 for an Interest Period shall, in the absence of manifest error, be binding upon the Borrower. Subject to Section 5.07, such interest shall 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 shall 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.

5.04 No Set-Off, Deduction etc.

All payments (whether interest or otherwise) to be made by the Borrower or any other party 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 reinvestment 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 any 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, the Borrower shall not be required to make any payment under this Section 5.04 in respect of amounts which are expressly not required to be made as provided for under Section 3.2 of Schedule AA.

5.05 Fees

In consideration of the Lenders establishing the Revolving Facility, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent and the Lenders such fees in such amounts set out in any fee letter between the Borrower and the Agent or the Lenders.

5.06 Overdue Principal and Interest

(1) If all or part of any Prime Rate Advance or US Base Rate Advance shall not be paid when due (whether at its stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest (as well after as before judgment), payable on demand at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable under this Agreement from time to time to such type of Advance from the date of such non-payment until paid in full. If any LIBOR Advance shall not be paid when due (whether at its stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest (as well after as before judgment), payable on demand at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable under this Agreement from time to time to US Base Rate Advances from the date of such non-payment until paid in full.

 

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(2) If all or part of any interest in respect of any Prime Rate Advance or US Base Rate Advance shall not be paid when due (whether at its stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue interest shall, to the extent permitted by law, bear interest (as well after as before judgment), payable on demand at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable under this Agreement from time to time to the type of Advance in respect of which such interest was not paid from the date of such non-payment until paid in full. If all or part of any interest in respect of any LIBOR Advance shall not be paid when due (whether at its stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue interest shall, to the extent permitted by law, bear interest (as well after as before judgment), payable on demand at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable under this Agreement from time to time to US Base Rate Advances from the date of such non-payment until paid in full.

5.07 Interest on Other Amounts

If any amount owed by the Borrower to the Agent or any Lender under any of the Loan Documents is not paid when due and payable, and there is no other provision in any Loan Document specifying the interest payable on such overdue amount, such overdue amount shall bear interest (as well after as before judgment), payable (a) on demand at a rate per annum equal at all times to the Prime Rate plus 2.00% (in the case of any such amount payable in any currency other than US Dollars), or (b) on demand at a rate per annum equal at all times to the US Base Rate plus 2.00% (in the case of any such amount payable in US Dollars), in each such case from the date of non-payment until paid in full.

ARTICLE 6 - BANKERS’ ACCEPTANCES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

6.01 Bankers’ Acceptances

(1) To facilitate the procedures contemplated in this Agreement, the Borrower irrevocably appoints each Lender from time to time as the attorney-in-fact of the Borrower to execute, endorse and deliver on behalf of the Borrower drafts (including book based forms and electronic paper) 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 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 Borrower as provided for in this Section shall be as binding upon the Borrower as if it had been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 6.01(1), the Borrower will from time to time as required by the applicable Lender provide to the Lenders an appropriate number of Drafts drawn by the Borrower upon each BA Lender and either payable to a clearing service (if such BA Lender is a member thereof) or payable to the Borrower and endorsed in blank by the 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 Borrower shall be left blank, to be completed by the Lenders as required by this Agreement. All such Drafts or BA Equivalent

 

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Notes shall 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 Borrower, will promptly advise the Borrower of the number and designation, if any, of the Drafts and BA Equivalent Notes then held by it. No Lender shall 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 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, shall (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 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 shall be payable to such clearing service. The term of all Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes issued pursuant to any Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice shall be identical. Each Bankers’ Acceptance and BA Equivalent Note shall be dated the Drawdown Date on which it is issued and shall be for a term of 1, 2, 3 or 6 months, subject to availability. 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, shall be determined by the Agent based upon the amounts of their respective Commitments under the Revolving Facility. In determining a Lender’s Proportionate Share of a request for Bankers’ Acceptances, the Agent, in its sole discretion, shall be entitled to increase or decrease the face amount of any Draft, or BA Equivalent Note to the nearest $1,000.

(4) Each BA Lender shall complete and accept on the applicable Drawdown Date, Conversion Date or Rollover Date, a Draft having a face amount (or Drafts having the face amounts) and term advised by the Agent pursuant to subsection 6.01(3). Each applicable BA Lender shall purchase on the applicable Drawdown Date, Conversion Date or Rollover Date, the Bankers’ Acceptance accepted by it, for an aggregate price equal to the BA Discount Proceeds of such Bankers’ Acceptance. The Borrower shall ensure that there is delivered to each applicable BA Lender that is a member of a clearing service the completed Bankers’ Acceptances, 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, Conversion Date or Rollover Date, will complete and purchase from the Borrower on such Drawdown Date, Conversion Date or Rollover Date, a BA Equivalent Note in a face amount and for a term identical to the face amount and term of the Draft which such Non BA Lender would have been required to accept on such Drawdown Date, Conversion Date or Rollover 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 shall 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 Borrower will execute and deliver to such Non BA

 

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Lender such replacement BA Equivalent Notes and such Non BA Lender shall return the original BA Equivalent Note to the Borrower for cancellation.

(6) The Borrower shall pay to each BA Lender in respect of each Draft tendered by the 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 Borrower shall pay to the applicable Lender the related fee specified in Section 6.01(6), and to facilitate payment such Lender shall be entitled to deduct and retain for 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 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 determines in good faith, which determination shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the Borrower, and so notifies the 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 Borrower to require the Lenders to purchase Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes under this Agreement shall be suspended until the Agent determines that such market does exist and gives notice thereof to the Borrower and any Drawdown Notice, Conversion Notice or Rollover Notice requesting Bankers’ Acceptances shall 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 Borrower shall 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. The obligation of the Borrower to make such payment shall 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 shall be claimed by the Borrower for the payment at maturity of any Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Note. If the Borrower does not make such payment, from the proceeds of an Advance obtained under this Agreement or otherwise, the amount of such required payment shall be deemed to be a Prime Rate Advance to the 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 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 shall be as binding upon the 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.

 

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6.02 Letters of Credit

(1) If the Borrower wishes to request an Advance by way of issuance of Letters of Credit, the Borrower shall, at the time it delivers the notice required pursuant to Section 2.06, execute and deliver the Issuing Bank’s usual documentation relating to the issuance and administration of Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, all reimbursement and indemnity agreements). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of such documentation and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

(2) Each request for a Letter of Credit shall be made available by the Issuing Bank under the Revolving Facility.

(3) No Letter of Credit may be issued for a period in excess of one year. Letters of Credit which are issued under the Revolving Facility may be used by the Borrower for working capital requirements, and may not, for greater certainty, be used to guarantee obligations of Persons who are not Obligors.

(4) If, at any time, a demand for payment (the amount so demanded being herein referred to as a “relevant amount”) is made under a Letter of Credit and notification thereof is given by the Issuing Bank to the Agent, then:

 

  (a) the Agent shall:

 

  (i) promptly notify the applicable Borrower and each of the applicable Lenders of such demand; and

 

  (ii) make demand on each of the applicable Lenders for an amount equal to its Proportionate Share of such relevant amount;

 

  (b) pay such relevant amount on the date upon which such relevant amount becomes payable under the Letter of Credit;

 

  (c) on the second Business Day following the date of the demand made by the Agent under paragraph (a) above, each applicable Lender shall pay to the Agent the amount demanded of it pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) above; and

 

  (d) the Agent shall pay such relevant amount to the Issuing Bank.

(5) Where a demand for payment is made under a Letter of Credit issued in Canadian Dollars or US Dollars, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Prime Rate Advance or US Base Rate Advance, respectively, of the amount demanded from the Issuing Bank. Where a demand for payment is made under a Letter of Credit issued in any other currency, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a US Base Rate Advance in the Equivalent Amount of US Dollars in respect of Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Facility of the amount demanded from the Issuing Bank. In each case payment will be made by the Borrower of all charges and expenses payable to or incurred by the Issuing Bank and the Lenders in connection with payment being made under such Letter of Credit.

 

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(6) The Borrower hereby undertakes to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent, the Issuing Bank and each of the Lenders from time to time on demand by the Agent from and against all liabilities and costs (including, without limitation, any costs incurred in funding any amount which falls due from the Issuing Bank and any Lender under any Letter of Credit hereunder) to the extent that such liabilities or costs are not satisfied or compensated by the payment of interest on sums due pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Letter of Credit except where such liabilities or costs result from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the person claiming indemnification.

(7) The Issuing Bank shall at all times be entitled, and is irrevocably authorized by the Borrower, to make any payment under the Letters of Credit for which a request or demand has been made in the required form without any further reference to the Borrower and any investigation or enquiry, need not concern themselves or 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 shall 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 it shall not be a defence to any demand made of the Borrower hereunder, nor shall the Borrower or its obligations hereunder be impaired by the fact (if it be the case) that the Issuing Bank or the Lenders were 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 Issuing Bank as to the amounts paid by any Lender pursuant to this Section 6.02 or the amount paid out under any Letter of Credit shall, 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) For so long as any Letter of Credit is outstanding, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders a fee equal to the Letter of Credit Fee Rate on the amount of each Letter of Credit, in the Equivalent Amount of US Dollars in respect of Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Facility and such fee will be paid in the currency of such Letter of Credit. In addition, concurrently with the payment of such fee to the Agent, the Borrower shall also pay to the Agent for the benefit of the Issuing Bank a fronting fee equal to 0.10% per annum on the face amount of each Letter of Credit in the currency of such Letter of Credit. Such fees shall each be calculated on the basis of a calendar year and the number of days the Letter of Credit will be outstanding during such period and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day of each Fiscal Quarter, beginning on the first Business Day of the Fiscal Quarter immediately following the Fiscal Quarter in which such Letter of Credit is issued.

The Borrower shall also pay the standard fees and charges of the Issuing Bank in effect from time to time for issuing, renewing and amending Letters of Credit.

(10) The full amount available to be drawn (whether or not the beneficiary can satisfy the conditions to draw) of each Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank on behalf of the Borrower shall be deemed to be an Advance under the Revolving Facility which Advance shall be retired upon the earlier of:

 

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  (i) the return of the Letter of Credit to the Issuing Bank for cancellation;

 

  (ii) the expiration date of the Letter of Credit; or

 

  (iii) the deeming of the undrawn amount of the Letter of Credit to be a Prime Rate Advance or a US Base Rate Advance, as applicable, under the Revolving Facility.

(11) If any Letter of Credit is outstanding upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall if required by the Agent forthwith pay to the Agent an amount (the “deposit amount”) equal to the undrawn principal amount of the outstanding Letter of Credit, which deposit amount shall be held by the Agent for application against the indebtedness owing by the Borrower to the Issuing Bank in respect of any draw on the outstanding Letter of Credit. In the event that the Issuing Bank is not called upon to make full payment on the outstanding Letter of Credit prior to its expiry date, the deposit amount, or any part thereof as has not been paid out, shall, so long as no Event of Default then exists, be returned to the Borrower.

(12) The obligations of the Borrower with respect to Letters of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including, without limitation, the following circumstances:

 

  (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the Letters of Credit;

 

  (ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to or actual departure from this Agreement;

 

  (iii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defence or other right which the 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 Issuing Bank 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;

 

  (iv) 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

any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

(13) The Borrower hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold the Issuing Bank harmless from all losses, damages, costs, demands, claims, expenses (including out-of-pocket expenses) and other consequences which the Issuing Bank may incur, sustain or suffer, other than as a result of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct, as a result of issuing or amending a Letter of Credit, including legal and other expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in any action to

 

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compel payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit or to restrain the Issuing Bank from making payment under a Letter of Credit. Any amounts due under this indemnity shall form part of the Obligations.

It is understood and agreed that the Issuing Bank shall not have any liability for, and that the 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; (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 Issuing Bank and its agents and employees; (v) the existence, form or sufficiency or breach or default under any agreement or instruments of any nature whatsoever; (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 shall be made by the Issuing Bank in its sole discretion, which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower absent manifest error. It is agreed that the Issuing Bank 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 Issuing Bank 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 Issuing Bank may reasonably deem to be applicable, shall be binding upon the Borrower, and shall not affect, impair or prevent the vesting of the Issuing Bank’s rights or powers hereunder or the Borrower’s obligation to make full reimbursement of amounts drawn under the Letters of Credit. Notwithstanding the provision of this Section 6.02(13), the Borrower shall not be responsible for and no Person shall be relieved of responsibility for any gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Person.

ARTICLE 7- REPAYMENT

7.01 Mandatory Repayment of Principal of the Revolving Facility on Demand

(1) Subject to the terms hereof, the Borrower shall repay all Obligations in connection with the 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 Revolving Facility (which, for greater certainty, shall include all amounts payable by the Borrower to the Agent under Section 6.01(9) with respect to any Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Notes and all amounts payable by the Borrower to the Agent under Section 6.02(11) with respect to Letters of Credit) in full on demand upon written notice being delivered by the Agent to the Borrower, and the Revolving Facility and the Commitments thereunder shall be automatically terminated on the date that such written notice is delivered by the Agent to the Borrower.

(2) Any Lender acting alone (or together with other Lenders) may instruct the Agent to demand repayment of any or all Obligations at any time, or cancel any or all of its

 

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Proportionate Share of the Commitments of the Revolving Facility at any time. Upon receiving such instructions from such Lender or Lenders, the Agent shall take all actions requested by the Lender or Lenders.

(3) For greater certainty, the failure by the Borrower to repay any or all Obligations on demand by the Agent shall constitute an Event of Default for the purposes of this Agreement, the Security and the other Loan Documents.

7.02 Voluntary Repayments and Reductions

Subject to the Agent receiving a Repayment Notice which shall be given not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed repayment date and which shall be irrevocable, the Borrower may from time to time repay Advances outstanding under the Revolving Facility without premium, penalty or bonus provided that each such repayment shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of Cdn.$1,000,000 and in whole multiples of Cdn.$100,000 for Advances denominated in Canadian Dollars and in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 and in whole multiples of $100,000 for Advances denominated in United States Dollars. Notwithstanding the foregoing (i) LIBOR Advances may not be repaid prior to the end of the applicable LIBOR Interest Period unless the Borrower pays to the Agent (for the account of each Lender) an amount equal to all Breakage Costs; and (ii) Bankers’ Acceptances, BA Equivalent Notes and Letters of Credit may not be repaid prior to their respective maturity or expiry dates but may be cash collateralized along with delivery of such documentation as may be required by the Agent as specified in Section 7.04. The determination of the amount of any Breakage Costs resulting from, arising out of, or imposed upon or incurred by any Lender as a result of the repayment of any LIBOR Advance prior to the end of the applicable LIBOR Interest Period, when evidenced by a certificate from that Lender giving a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such loss, cost or expense, shall be prima facie evidence of the same.

7.03 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 US Dollars then outstanding under the Revolving Facility, and (b) the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars of Advances in Canadian Dollars then outstanding under the Revolving Facility on such day exceeds the Commitments in respect of the Revolving Facility, the Agent shall notify the Borrower that such an event has occurred, and the Borrower shall immediately upon receipt of such notice repay Advances under the Revolving Facility in an amount equal to such excess.

(2) If the Agent determines that on any day the aggregate of (a) Advances in US Dollars then outstanding under the Revolving Facility, and (b) the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars of Advances in Canadian Dollars then outstanding under the Revolving Facility on such day, exceeds the Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall immediately repay Advances under the Revolving Facility in an amount equal to such excess.

7.04 Payment of Breakage Costs etc.

In connection with each voluntary or mandatory repayment hereunder (i) in connection with LIBOR Advances which are repaid prior to the end of the applicable LIBOR

 

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Interest Period the Borrower shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each applicable Lender) all Breakage Costs; and (ii) in connection with Bankers’ Acceptances, BA Equivalent Notes and Letters of Credit which are to be repaid prior to their respective maturity or expiry dates, the Borrower shall deposit cash 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 shall concurrently deliver to the Agent a cash collateral agreement, supporting resolutions, certificates and opinions in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders.

ARTICLE 8 - PLACE AND APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS

8.01 Place of Payment of Principal, Interest and Fees

(1) The Borrower undertakes at all times when any Advance is outstanding or any other amount is owed by it under any Loan Document to maintain at the Agent’s Payment Branch an account in Cdn. Dollars and an account in US Dollars, which the Agent shall be entitled to debit with such amounts as are from time to time required to be paid by the Borrower under the Loan Documents, as and when such amounts are due. Without in any way limiting the rights of the Agent pursuant to the foregoing, unless otherwise specifically agreed between the Borrower and the Agent, the 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 Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

(2) All payments by the Borrower under any Loan Document, unless otherwise expressly provided in such Loan Document, shall be made to the Agent at the Agent’s Payment Branch, 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 12:00 noon (Toronto time) for value on the date when due, and shall be made in immediately available funds without set-off or counterclaim.

(3) Unless the Agent shall have been notified by the 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 the Borrower under a Loan Document is due that the Borrower does not intend to remit such payment, the Agent shall be entitled to assume that the Borrower has remitted or will remit such payment when so due and the Agent may (but shall 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 the Borrower does not in fact remit such payment to the Agent as required by such Loan Document, each applicable Lender shall 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 the Borrower shall 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 without duplication of interest otherwise paid hereunder) 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

 

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aforesaid. A certificate of the Agent as to any amounts payable by the Borrower pursuant to the preceding sentence and containing reasonable details of the calculation of such amounts shall be prima facie evidence of the amounts so payable.

(4) 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 shall 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.

8.02 Netting of Payments

If, on any date, amounts would be due and payable under this Agreement in the same currency by the Borrower to the Lenders, or any one of them, and by the Lenders, or such Lender, to the 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 the Borrower to the Lenders, or such Lender, exceeds the aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by the Lenders, or such Lender, to the Borrower or vice versa, such obligations shall be replaced by an obligation upon whichever of the 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 Section 11.01, this Section 8.02 shall not permit any Lender to exercise a right of set-off, combination or similar right against any amount which the Borrower may have on deposit with such Lender in respect of any amount to which netting is to apply pursuant to this Section 8.02, but shall apply only to determine the net amount to be payable by the Lenders or one of them to the Borrower, or by the Borrower to the Lenders or one of them pursuant to the Loan Documents.

ARTICLE 9 - COVENANTS

9.01 Financial Covenants

So long as this Agreement is in force, the Borrower, on a consolidated basis, will ensure that at all times its Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio is not at any time, in respect to the immediately preceding Four Quarter Period, greater than 2.50:1. For the purposes of calculating the Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio, the Borrower’s EBITDA shall (without duplication) include (i) the EBITDA of each wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower; and (ii) only Distributions made to the Borrower by any non-wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

9.02 Reporting Requirements

So long as this Agreement is in force, the Borrower shall and shall cause each other Obligor to:

(1) Annual Reports As soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each of the Borrower’s Fiscal Years, cause to be prepared and delivered to the Agent, the

 

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annual audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower including, in each case and without limitation, balance sheet, statement of income and retained earnings and statement of cash flows for such Fiscal Year, accompanied by the Borrower’s comparison to the previous year and the Borrower’s management discussion and analysis (“ MD&A ”), which, other than MD&A, shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and certified by an officer of the Borrower.

(2) Quarterly Reports As soon as available and in any event within 60 days of the end of each Fiscal Quarter (other than the fourth Fiscal Quarter in each Fiscal Year), cause to be prepared and delivered to the Agent as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter, unaudited financial statements of the Borrower prepared on a consolidated basis, including, in each case and without limitation, balance sheet, statement of income and retained earnings, statement of cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter, accompanied by the Borrower’s comparison to the previous year and MD&A, and a list of all outstanding Hedge Arrangements, which, other than MD&A, shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

(3) Compliance Certificate Concurrent with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 9.02(1) and 9.02(2) above, provide the Agent with a Compliance Certificate.

(4) Borrowing Base Certificate (i) Within 20 days of the end of each month in which any Advances are outstanding, and (ii) within 20 days of June 30 and December 31 of each Fiscal Year, furnish to the Agent a Borrowing Base Certificate setting out the calculation of the Borrowing Base as at the last day of the month previously ended.

(5) Annual Business Plan As soon as available and in any event no later than 120 days after the end of the Borrower’s Fiscal Years, furnish to the Agent the annual business plan of the Borrower for the forthcoming Fiscal Year.

(6) Other Information Following the request of a Lender, furnish such other reports or information reasonably requested by a Lender from time to time, including, without limitation, unconsolidated financial statements of any Subsidiary of the Borrower.

(7) Sufficient Copies to Agent Ensure that in complying with this Section 9.02, the Agent is supplied with sufficient quantities of all materials for each of the Lenders and the Agent and wherever possible, that electronic copies are sent which the Agent is then authorized to send electronically to the Lenders.

9.03 Negative Covenants

So long as this Agreement is in force, the Borrower shall not and shall ensure that each Obligor shall not:

(1) No Debt Create, incur, assume or permit any Debt to remain outstanding, other than Permitted Debt.

(2) No Encumbrances Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Encumbrance upon any of its Property except Permitted Encumbrances.

 

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ARTICLE 10- SECURITY

10.01 Form of Security

(1) Prior to the Closing Date, as continuing collateral security for the payment and satisfaction of all Obligations of the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders, the Borrower delivered or caused to be delivered to the Agent for itself and on behalf of the Lenders the following Security:

 

  (a) a general security agreement from the Borrower in favour of the Agent constituting a first-priority Encumbrance (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) on all of the present and future Property of the Borrower;

 

  (b) a securities pledge agreement from the Borrower in favour of the Agent constituting a first-priority Encumbrance (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) on all Equity Interests, that it owns from time to time;

 

  (c) a pledge over shares agreement from the Borrower in favour of the Agent constituting a first-priority Encumbrance (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) on all Equity Interests of Luxco that it owns from time to time;

 

  (d) a guarantee from each Guarantor guaranteeing the due payment and performance to the Agent and the Lenders of all present and future Obligations of the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders or any one or more of them under the Loan Documents;

 

  (e) a general security agreement or debenture, as applicable, from each Guarantor in favour of the Agent constituting a first-priority Encumbrance (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) on all of the present and future Property of such Guarantor;

 

  (f) a securities pledge agreement from each Guarantor that has a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries in favour of the Agent constituting a first-priority Encumbrance (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) on all Equity Interests that it owns from time to time;

 

  (g) a Cdn.$250,000,000 fixed and floating charge debenture, in registrable form, where applicable, from the Borrower and each Guarantor charging all personal property and all of the freehold and leasehold interests in its lands and premises, the said mortgages and encumbrances to be subject to no prior Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances;

 

  (h) a Hong Kong law governed guarantee and indemnity agreement from Sierra HK guaranteeing the due payment and performance to the Agent and the Lenders of all present and future Obligations of the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders or any one or more of them under the Loan Documents; and

 

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  (i) a Hong Kong law governed general security deed from Sierra HK in favour of the Agent constituting a first-priority Encumbrance (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) on all of the present and future Property of Sierra HK.

(2) On the Closing Date, as continuing and collateral security for the payment and satisfaction of all Obligations of the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders, the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent for itself and on behalf of the Lenders an acknowledgement and confirmation agreement from each applicable Obligor relating among other things, to the continuing effect of the Security (including each guarantee delivered by an Obligor) previously delivered by it.

10.02 Insurance

The Borrower and each Guarantor or the appropriate Person if blanket insurance policies are held, will cause the Agent to be shown as a loss payee and additional insured with respect to all insurance on the Property of the Borrower and each Guarantor.

10.03 After Acquired Property and Further Assurances

Each Obligor shall 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 hereby including any insurance thereon. Notwithstanding any provision in any Loan Document to the contrary, the Obligors shall only be required to deliver certificates representing additional Equity Interests acquired by an Obligor after the Closing Date if reasonably requested by the Agent.

10.04 Application of Proceeds of Security

Each of the Lenders acknowledges that the Agent holds the Security to secure the Obligations and upon the occurrence of an acceleration of Obligations under Section 11.01, shall distribute the proceeds of realization in accordance with Section 11.10.

10.05 Security Charging Real Property

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, to the extent that the charges and security interests created by the Security charge real property or any interest therein such charges and security interests shall secure interest after the occurrence of an Event of Default at the same rates as those in effect prior to such occurrence.

ARTICLE 11 - DEFAULT

11.01 Acceleration and Termination of Rights

If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Obligations 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, demand, notice of dishonour or

 

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any other demand or notice whatsoever, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Obligor. In such event a Lender or the Agent on behalf of the Lenders 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 Borrower to the Lenders 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 shall 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.

11.02 Payment of Bankers’ Acceptances and Letters of Credit

If the Borrower does not 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 required to be paid pursuant to Section 11.01, the Agent on behalf of the Lenders shall have the option at any time without notice to the Borrower to give notice to the Lenders to make an Advance to the Borrower equal to the principal amount of all unmatured Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes and the face amount of all unexpired Letters of Credit. The proceeds of such Advance shall be held by the Agent in a non-interest bearing cash collateral account for the benefit of the Borrower and shall be applied in payment of such Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes as they mature and such Letters of Credit if payment is required thereunder or otherwise as the Agent may require. The Borrower shall execute and deliver as security for such Advance all such security as the Lenders may deem necessary or advisable including, without limitation, an assignment of credit balance in respect of such cash collateral account.

11.03 Remedies Cumulative and Waivers

(1) 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 shall 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 shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which it was given and shall 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.

(2) The Agent and the Lenders are not under any obligation to the Obligors or any other Person to realize upon 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. Neither the Agent nor the

 

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Lenders are responsible or liable to the Obligors or any other Person for any loss or damage arising from such realization or enforcement or the failure to do so or for any act or omission on their respective parts or on the part of any director, officer, employee, agent or adviser of any of them in connection with any of the foregoing.

11.04 Termination of Lenders’ Obligations

The occurrence of an Event of Default shall 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 shall 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 shall 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.

11.05 Saving

The Lenders shall not be under any obligation to the Borrower 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. The Lenders shall not be responsible or liable to the Obligors or any other Person for any loss or damage upon the realization or enforcement of, 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 may be responsible or liable for any loss or damage arising from the wilful misconduct or gross negligence of that Lender.

11.06 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, a Lender, may, but shall 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 such Lender 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 shall be an Obligation and shall be secured by the Security.

11.07 Third Parties

No Person dealing with the Lenders or any agent of the Lenders shall be required to inquire whether the Security has become enforceable, or whether the powers which the Lenders or the 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 shall 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.

 

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11.08 Set-Off or Compensation

In addition to and not in limitation of any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law, if repayment is accelerated pursuant to Section 11.01, the Lenders, or any of them, may at any time and from time to time without notice to the Borrower or any other Person, any notice being expressly waived by the Borrower, 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 the Borrower, against and on account of the Obligations notwithstanding that any of them are contingent or unmatured.

11.09 Realization of Security

Each of the Lenders acknowledges that the Agent holds the Security to secure the Obligations and upon the event of the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Agent shall act on the written instructions of a Lender as provided in this Agreement and shall distribute the net sale proceeds of realization of the Security to the Lenders in accordance with their Proportionate Share of the Obligations and in accordance with Section 11.10.

11.10 Application of Payments

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the proceeds of realization of the Security or any portion thereof shall be distributed in the following order:

 

  (i) first, in payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with such realization, including legal, accounting and receivers’ fees and disbursements;

 

  (ii) second, in payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the Lenders in connection with such realization, including legal, accounting and receivers’ fees and disbursements;

 

  (iii) third, against the Obligations to each Lender (but with respect to Hedge Arrangements, limited to Qualifying Hedge Arrangements) in accordance with its Proportionate Share;

 

  (iv) fourth, against all other Obligations owing to the Lenders pursuant to Hedge Arrangements that were not paid in Section (iii) above to each Lender based on the amount owing to such Lender divided by the aggregate amount owing to all Lenders; and

 

  (v) fifth, if all Obligations of the Borrowers listed above have been paid and satisfied in full, any surplus proceeds of realization shall be paid to the applicable Borrower unless otherwise required in accordance with Applicable Law.

 

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ARTICLE 12- THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS

12.01 Payments by the Borrower

(1) Prior to an Event of Default that is continuing, all payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement will be made to and received by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders and will be distributed by the Agent to the Lenders as soon as possible upon receipt by the Agent. Subject to Sections 8.02 and 11.10, the Agent will distribute to the Lenders in accordance with each Lender’s Proportionate Share:

 

  (a) payments of interest;

 

  (b) costs and expenses;

 

  (c) repayments of principal;

 

  (d) prepayments of principal;

 

  (e) amounts received by the exercise of any right of set-off, consolidation of accounts, or by counterclaim or cross-action; and

 

  (f) all other payments received by the Agent.

(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such distribution that would otherwise be made pursuant to Section 12.01(1)(c) or (d) on account of any outstanding Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes will be set aside in a separate collateral account for the primary benefit of the Lenders who have issued such Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Notes (and for the secondary benefit of the Lenders in respect of other Obligations) until and to the extent that such Obligations become matured and not contingent, at which time such distributions will be made to the Lenders for whose primary benefit such amounts are held, at which time such application will be made in accordance with Section 12.01(1)(c) or (d).

12.02 Knowledge and Required Action

The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any 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 the Borrower specifying such Event of Default and stating that such notice is given pursuant to this Section. In the event that the Agent receives such a notice, it shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders, and shall 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 shall, subject to Section 12.03 take such action with respect to such Event of Default as shall be directed by the Lenders in accordance with this Article 12 provided that, unless and until the Agent shall have received such direction the Agent may, but shall not be obliged to, take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interest of the Lenders; and provided further that the Agent in any case shall not be required to take any such action which it determines to be contrary to the Loan Documents or to any Applicable Law.

 

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12.03 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 Loan Documents, the Agent is permitted or required to take or to grant, and the Agent shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any such action or to withhold any such approval and shall not be under any liability whatsoever as a result thereof until it shall have received such instructions from the Lenders. No Lender shall 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 shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take or continue any action under the Loan Documents unless it shall have received further assurances to its satisfaction from the Lenders of their indemnification obligations under Section 7.5 of Schedule AA 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 shall be secured in respect thereof as it may deem appropriate.

12.04 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 Section 12.04(3) all of the Lenders or affected Lenders, as the case may be, (which instrument in writing, for greater certainty, may be delivered by facsimile or other electronic means of communication); provided that, nothing in this Section 12.04 shall prevent a Lender from instructing the Agent to demand repayment of all Obligations in accordance with Section 7.01 and upon such instructions the Agent shall demand on the Borrower repayment of all Obligations.

(2) 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 hereunder may also be included in a resolution that is submitted to a meeting or adjourned meeting of the Lenders duly called and held for the purpose of considering the same as hereinafter provided and shall be deemed to have been obtained if such resolution is passed by the affirmative vote of not less than 66 2/3% (or 100% in the event that there are fewer than five (5) Lenders) of the votes given on a poll of the Lenders with respect to such resolution. A meeting of Lenders may be called by the Agent and shall be called by the Agent upon the request of any two Lenders. Every such meeting shall be held in the City of Toronto or at such other reasonable place as the Agent may approve. At least seven (7) days’ notice of the time and place of any such meeting shall be given to the Lenders and shall include or be accompanied by a draft of the resolutions to be submitted to such meeting, but the notice may state that such draft is subject to amendment at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. The Lenders who are present in person or by proxy at the time and place specified in the notice shall constitute a quorum. A person nominated in writing by the Agent shall be chairman of the meeting. Lenders representing no less than 60% of the outstanding Advances must be present at a meeting or adjourned meeting. Upon every poll taken at any such meeting every Lender who is present in person or represented by a proxy duly appointed in writing (who need not be a Lender) shall be

 

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entitled to one vote in respect of each $1 of its Commitment. In respect of all matters concerning the convening, holding and adjourning of Lenders’ meetings, the form, execution and deposit of instruments appointing proxies and all other relevant matters, the Agent may from time to time make such reasonable regulations not inconsistent with this subsection 12.04(2) as it shall deem expedient and any regulations so made by the Agent shall be binding upon the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection 12.04(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 Revolving Facility, reduce the fees payable, reduce interest rates or other amounts payable with respect to the Revolving Facility, extend any date fixed for payment of principal, interest or other amounts payable relating to the Revolving Facility, extend the repayment dates of the Revolving Facility, change the definition of Majority Lenders or Applicable Margin;

 

  (b) amend, modify, discharge, terminate or waive any of the Security (which, for certainty, includes guarantees) if the effect is to release a material part of the Property subject thereto otherwise than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof; or

 

  (c) amend this Section 12.04(3).

(4) An instrument in writing from the Majority Lenders (any such instrument in writing being an “ Approval Instrument”) shall (subject to the terms of Section 12.04(3)) be binding upon all of the Lenders, and the Agent (subject to the provisions for its indemnity contained in this Agreement) shall be bound to give effect thereto accordingly. For greater certainty, to the extent so authorized in the Approval Instrument, the Agent shall 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.

12.05 Provisions for Benefit of Lenders Only

The provisions of this Article 12, other than this Section 12.05 and the rights of the Borrower to receive notice as specified in this Article 12 relating to the rights and obligations of the Lenders and the Agent inter se shall be operative as between the Lenders and the Agent only, and the Obligors shall not have any rights under or be entitled to rely for any purposes upon such provisions.

12.06 Payments by Agent

(1) For greater certainty, the following provisions shall apply to any and all payments made by the Agent to the Lenders hereunder:

 

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  (a) the Agent shall 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 subject to Section 8.02 the Agent shall 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 the Revolving Facility, such Lender’s entitlement to such payment shall 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 shall, 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 shall, in the absence of manifest error, be binding and conclusive;

 

  (e) upon request, the Agent shall 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 shall be made to such Lender at its address set forth in the signature pages on this Agreement or on the applicable Assignment and Assumption unless notice to the contrary is received by the Agent from such Lender.

(2) Unless the Agent has actual knowledge that the Borrower has not made or will not make a payment to the Agent for value on the date in respect of which the Borrower has notified the Agent that the payment will be made and except to the extent that the Agent has received notice under Section 8.02, the Agent shall be entitled to assume that such payment has been or will be received from the Borrower when due and the Agent may (but shall not be obliged to), in reliance upon such assumption, pay the Lenders corresponding amounts. If the payment by the Borrower is in fact not received by the Agent on the required date and the Agent has made available corresponding amounts to the Lenders, the Borrower shall, 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 the Borrower under this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the amount owing in the absence of manifest error.

12.07 Acknowledgements, Representations and Covenants of Lenders

(1) 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.

 

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(2) Each of the Lenders acknowledges and confirms that in the event that the Agent does not receive payment in accordance with this Agreement, it shall not be the obligation of the Agent to maintain the Revolving Facility in good standing nor shall any Lender have recourse to the Agent in respect of any amounts owing to such Lender under this Agreement.

(3) 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.

(4) Each Lender hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of this Agreement and acknowledges that it is satisfied with the form and content of such documents.

(5) Except to the extent recovered by the Agent from the Borrower, promptly following demand therefor, each Lender shall 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 negligence or wilful misconduct.

(6) Each Lender shall respond promptly to each request by the Agent for the consent of such Lender required hereunder.

(7) Each Lender that assigns all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall pay to the Agent a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 with respect to each such assignment in accordance with Section 10(b)(vi) of Schedule AA.

12.08 Rights of Agent

(1) In administering the Revolving 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 shall 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 shall be entitled to rely and shall 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 has occurred unless the officers or employees of the Lender acting as Agent, active in their capacity as officers or employees responsible for the Borrower’s account, have received notice to the contrary from any other party to this Agreement.

(3) Except in its own right as a Lender, the Agent shall not be required to advance its own funds for any purpose, and in particular, shall 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 shall it be required to pay with its own funds the fees of solicitors, counsel, auditors, experts or agents engaged by it as permitted hereby.

 

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(4) The Agent may round an individual Lender’s Proportionate Share of any Advance to the nearest $1,000 in Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars, as the case may be.

(5) The Agent shall be entitled to scan and provide by email to the Lenders all financial information it receives from the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.02.

ARTICLE 13—GENERAL

13.01 Exchange and Confidentiality of Information

The Borrower authorizes and consents to the reproduction, disclosure and use by the Agent and Lenders of information about the Borrower (including, without limitation, the Borrower’s name and any identifying logos) and the transactions herein contemplated to enable the Agent and/or the Lenders to publish promotional “tombstones” and other forms of notices of the transactions contemplated herein in any manner and in any media (including, without limitation, brochures) although such disclosure shall not reference the purchase price and the use of such information shall be subject to the prior approval of the Borrower acting reasonably. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the Agent or any Lender shall be entitled to determine, in its discretion, whether to use such information, that no compensation will be payable by the Agent or any Lender resulting therefrom, and that the Agent and the Lender shall have no liability whatsoever to the Borrower or any of its employees, officers, directors, affiliates or shareholders in obtaining and using such information in accordance with the terms hereof.

13.02 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 shall not relieve the other Lenders, the Agent or the Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder.

(2) Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible for the obligations of any other Lender hereunder.

13.03 Addresses, Etc. for Notices

Any demand, notice or communication to be made or given hereunder shall be in writing and may be made or given by personal delivery or by transmittal by facsimile or other electronic means of communication addressed to the respective parties as follows:

 

  To the Borrower:
 

Sierra Wireless, Inc.

13811 Wireless Way

  Richmond, British Columbia
  V6V 3A4
  Attention:         Chief Financial Officer
  Facsimile No. (604) 233-1103

 

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   with a copy to:
  

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

595 Burrard Street, P.O. Box 49314

   Suite 2600, Three Bentall Centre
   Vancouver, British Columbia
   V7X 1L3
   Attention:         Jocelyn M. Kelley
   Facsimile No. 604-631-3309
   To the Agent:
   (a) For Drawdowns, Rollovers, Conversions and Repayments:
  

The Toronto-Dominion Bank, as Agent

222 Bay Street, 15th Floor

   Toronto, Ontario
   M5K 1A2
   Attention:         Vice President, Loan Syndications – Agency
   Facsimile No. 416-982-5535
   (b) For all other notices:
   The Toronto-Dominion Bank, as Agent
  

TD Bank Tower

66 Wellington Street West, 9 th Floor

   Toronto, Ontario M5K 1A2
   Attention:         Vice President, Loan Syndications – Agency
   Facsimile No. 416-944-6976
   in the case of any Lender or the Agent, with a copy to:
   McCarthy Tétrault LLP
   Suite 5300
   Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
   Toronto, Ontario
   M5K 1E6
   Attention:         Justin Lapedus
   Facsimile:         (416) 868-0673

or to such other address or facsimile number as any party may from time to time notify the others in accordance with this Section 13.03. Any demand, notice or communication made or given by personal delivery shall be conclusively deemed to have been given on the day of actual delivery thereof, or, if made or given by telex or other electronic means of communication, on the first Business Day following the transmittal thereof.

 

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13.04 Governing Law and Submission to Jurisdiction

British Columbia is the Province for the purpose of Sections 11(a) and (b) of Schedule AA.

13.05 Judgement Currency

(1) If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Borrower or any Obligor in any court in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 13.05 referred to as the “Judgement Currency”) an amount due in Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars under this Agreement, the conversion shall 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 British Columbia 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 Section 13.05(1)(b) being hereinafter in this Section 13.05 referred to as the “Judgement Conversion Date”) .

(2) If, in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 13.05(1)(b), there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgement Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the Borrower shall 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 Judgement 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 Judgement Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgement Conversion Date.

(3) Any amount due from the Borrower under the provisions of Section 13.05(2) shall be due as a separate debt and shall 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 13.05 means the noon rate of exchange based on Canadian interbank transactions in Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars, as the case may be, in the Judgement Currency published or quoted by the Bank of Canada for the day in question, or if such rate is not so published or quoted by the Bank of Canada, such term shall mean the Equivalent Amount of the Judgement Currency.

13.06 Benefit of the Agreement

This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Borrower, the Lenders, the Agent and their respective permitted successors and permitted assigns.

 

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13.07 Survival

The provisions of Section 9 of Schedule AA shall survive the repayment of all Advances, whether on account of principal, interest or fees, and the termination of this Agreement, unless a specific release of such provisions by the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, is delivered to the Borrower.

13.08 Severability

Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

13.09 Whole Agreement

This Agreement amends and restates the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and together with all other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement between the parties to this Agreement with respect to the Revolving Facility and the other matters contemplated in this Agreement as of the date of this Agreement, and supersedes the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and all other negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, with respect to the Revolving Facility. Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute a release or novation of any indebtedness outstanding under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and all Advances outstanding under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement shall continue as Advances outstanding under this Agreement.

13.10 Further Assurances

The Borrower shall provide and shall cause the Obligors to provide the Agent and the Lenders with such other documents, opinions, consents, acknowledgements and agreements as are within their control and reasonably necessary to implement this Agreement or the other Loan Documents from time to time.

13.11 Time of the Essence

Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.

13.12 Execution by Fax, Electronic Transmission and Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original and which counterparts together shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission, and any signature contained hereon by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to be equivalent to an original signature for all purposes.

 

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13.13 Hypothecary Representation (Fondé de Pouvoir)

Without limiting the powers of the Agent pursuant to the terms hereof or of the Loan Documents, for the purposes of holding any Encumbrances granted by an Obligor under the laws of the Province of Quebec pursuant to the Security Documents, the Lenders hereby acknowledge that the Agent shall be and act as the hypothecary representative ( fondé de pouvoir) of all present and future Lenders for all purposes of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec (the “hypothecary representative”) and in particular for all present and future holders of any bond issued by any Obligor to the Agent and secured by a hypothec granted by such Obligor pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec. Each Lender therefore appoints, to the extent necessary, the Agent as its hypothecary representative ( fondé de pouvoir) to hold the Encumbrances created pursuant to such Security Documents in order to secure the Obligations. By executing an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, each Eligible Assignee shall be deemed to ratify the appointment of the Agent as the hypothecary representative of such Eligible Assignee. The Agent accepts to act as hypothecary representative of all present and future Lenders for all purposes of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec.

13.14 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, its directors, authorized signing officers, direct or indirect shareholders or other Persons in control of the Borrower, 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) If the Agent have ascertained the identity of the Borrower or any authorized signatories of the Borrower for the purposes of applicable AML Legislation, then the Agent:

 

  (a) shall be deemed to have done so as an agent for each Lender, and this Agreement shall constitute a “written agreement” in such regard between each Lender and the Agent within the meaning of applicable AML Legislation; and

 

  (b) shall provide to each Lender copies of all information obtained in such regard without any representation or warranty as to its accuracy or completeness.

Notwithstanding the preceding sentence and except as may otherwise be agreed in writing, each of the Lenders agrees that the Agents have no obligation to ascertain the identity of the Borrower or any authorized signatories of the Borrower on behalf of any Lender, or to confirm the completeness or accuracy of any information it obtains from the Borrower or any such authorized signatory in doing so.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement.

BORROWER:

 

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.
By:  

/s/ David McLennan

  Name: David McLennan
  Title: CFO
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]


AGENT:

 

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, as
Agent  
By:  

/s/ Feroz Haq

  Name: Feroz Haq
  Title: Director, Loan Syndications—Agency
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]


LENDERS:

 

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, as a
Lender and as Issuing Bank
By:  

/s/ Matthew Hendel

  Name: Matthew Hendel
  Title: Managing Director
By:  

/s/ Ben Montgomery

  Name: Ben Montgomery
  Title: Director

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]


CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Raj Ahuja

  Name: Raj Ahuja
  Title: Authorized Signatory
By:  

/s/ Timothy Samis

  Name: Timothy Samis
  Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]


SCHEDULE AA

MODEL CREDIT AGREEMENT PROVISIONS

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SCHEDULE AA

MODEL CREDIT AGREEMENT PROVISIONS

1. Definitions

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Agent.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

Applicable Law ” means (a) any domestic or foreign statute, law (including common and civil law), treaty, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, restriction or by-law (zoning or otherwise); (b) any judgement, order, writ, injunction, decision, ruling, decree or award; (c) any regulatory policy, practice, guideline or directive; or (d) any franchise, licence, qualification, authorization, consent, exemption, waiver, right, permit or other approval of any Governmental Authority, binding on or affecting the Person referred to in the context in which the term is used or binding on or affecting the property of such Person, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

Approved Fund ” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee and accepted by the Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Agent.

Basel III ” means (i) 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 (ii) any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to “Basel III”.

Change in Law means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any Applicable Law, (b) any change in any Applicable Law or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any Applicable Law by any Governmental Authority.

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have corresponding meanings.

Default ” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that would constitute an Event of Default except for satisfaction of any condition subsequent required to make the event or condition an Event of Default, including giving of any notice, passage of time, or both.

Eligible Assignee ” means any Person (other than a natural person, any Obligor or any Affiliate of an Obligor), in respect of which any consent that is required by Section 10(b) has been obtained.

Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to the Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of an Obligor hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, and (b) any branch profits taxes or any similar tax imposed by any jurisdiction in which the Lender is located.

 


Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

Governmental Authority means the government of Canada or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government, including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank and including a Minister of the Crown, Superintendent of Financial Institutions or other comparable authority or agency.

Indemnified Taxes means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

Issuing Bank ” means the Person named elsewhere in this Agreement as the issuer of Letters of Credit on the basis that it is “fronting” for other Lenders and not on the basis that it is the attorney of other Lenders to sign Letters of Credit on their behalf, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit. For greater certainty, where the context requires, references to “Lenders” in these Provisions include the Issuing Bank.

Obligors means, collectively, the Borrower and each of the guarantors of the Borrower’s obligations that are identified elsewhere in this Agreement.

Other Taxes means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Participant has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10(d).

Person means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Provisions means these model credit agreement provisions.

Related Parties means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

Taxes means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

2. Terms Generally

(1) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein (including this Agreement) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements, restatements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) unless otherwise expressly stated, all references in these Provisions to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, these Provisions, but all such references elsewhere in this Agreement shall be construed to refer to this Agreement apart from these Provisions, (e) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or

 

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supplemented from time to time and (f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

(2) If there is any conflict or inconsistency between these Provisions and the other terms of this Agreement, the other terms of this Agreement shall govern to the extent necessary to resolve the conflict or inconsistency.

3. Yield Protection

3.1 Increased Costs

(a) Increased Costs Generally . If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender;

(ii) subject any Lender to any Tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Advance made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof, except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.2 and the imposition, or any change in the rate, of any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender, or

(iii) impose on any Lender or any applicable interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Advances made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Advance (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Advance), or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then upon request of such Lender the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

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.

(b) Capital Requirements . If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Advances made by, or the Letters of Credit issued or participated in by such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or its holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of its holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) Certificates for Reimbursement . A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph

 

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(a) or (b) of this Section, including reasonable detail of the basis of calculation of the amount or amounts, and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

(d) Delay in Requests . Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation, except that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefore, unless the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, in which case the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

3.2 Taxes

(a) Payments Subject to Taxes . If any Obligor, the Agent, or any Lender is required by Applicable Law to deduct or pay any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) in respect of any payment by or on account of any obligation of an Obligor hereunder or under any other Loan Document, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased by that Obligor when payable as necessary so that after making or allowing for all required deductions and payments (including deductions and payments applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Agent or Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or payments been required, (ii) the Obligor shall make any such deductions required to be made by it under Applicable Law and (iii) the Obligor shall timely pay the full amount required to be deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower . Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.

(c) Indemnification by the Borrower . The Borrower shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Agent or such Lender and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Agent), or by the Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by an Obligor to a Governmental Authority, the Obligor shall deliver to the Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

(e) Treatment of Certain Refunds and Tax Reductions . If the Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which an Obligor has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section or that, because of the payment of such Taxes or Other Taxes, it has benefited from a reduction in Excluded Taxes otherwise payable by it, it shall pay to the Borrower or Obligor, as applicable, an amount equal to such refund or reduction (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower or Obligor under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund or reduction), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any net after-Tax interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). The Borrower or Obligor as applicable, upon the request of the Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower or Obligor (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Agent or such Lender if the Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund or reduction to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Agent or any Lender to make

 

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available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person, to arrange its affairs in any particular manner or to claim any available refund or reduction.

3.3 Mitigation Obligations: Replacement of Lenders

(a) Designation of a Different Office . If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.1, or requires the Borrower to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.2 , then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Advances hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.2, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) Replacement of Lenders . If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.1, if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.2, if any Lender’s obligations are suspended pursuant to Section 3.4 or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Advances hereunder, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon 10 days’ notice to such Lender and the Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

(i) the Borrower pays the Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 10(b)(vi);

(ii) the assigning Lender receives payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Advances and participations in disbursements under Letters of Credit, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any breakage costs and amounts required to be paid under this Agreement as a result of prepayment to a Lender) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.1 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.2, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and

(iv) such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law.

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

3.4 Illegality

If any Lender determines that any Applicable Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make or maintain any Advance (or to maintain its obligation to make any Advance), or to participate in, issue or maintain any Letter of Credit (or to maintain its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to determine or charge interest rates based upon any particular rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Agent, any obligation of such Lender with respect to the activity that is unlawful shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Agent), prepay or, if

 

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conversion would avoid the activity that is unlawful, convert any Advances, or take any necessary steps with respect to any Letter of Credit in order to avoid the activity that is unlawful. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.

3.5 Inability to Determine Rates Etc.

If the Majority Lenders determine that for any reason a market for bankers’ acceptances does not exist at any time or the Lenders cannot for other reasons, after reasonable efforts, readily sell bankers’ acceptances or perform their other obligations under this Agreement with respect to bankers’ acceptances, the Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the Borrower’s right to request the acceptance of bankers’ acceptances shall be and remain suspended until the Majority Lenders determine and the Agent notifies the Borrower and each Lender that the condition causing such determination no longer exists. If the Majority Lenders determine that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the LIBO Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBO Rate Loan, or that the LIBO Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBO Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain LIBO Rate Loans shall be suspended until the Agent (upon the instruction of the Majority Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing, conversion or continuation of LIBO Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a borrowing of US Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

4. Right of Setoff

If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each of the Lenders and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Obligor against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender has made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Obligor may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of each the Lenders and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff, consolidation of accounts and bankers’ lien) that the Lenders or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to promptly notify the Borrower and the Agent after any such setoff and application, but the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. If any Affiliate of a Lender exercises any rights under this Section 4, it shall share the benefit received in accordance with Section 5 as if the benefit had been received by the Lender of which it is an Affiliate.

5. Sharing of Payments by Lenders

If any Lender, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtains any payment or other reduction that might result in such Lender receiving payment or other reduction of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Advances and accrued interest thereon or other obligations hereunder greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such payment or other reduction shall (a) notify the Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Advances and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders rateably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Advances and other amounts owing them, provided that

(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest,

 

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(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by any Obligor pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Advances or participation in disbursements under Letters of Credit to any assignee or participant, other than to any Obligor or any Affiliate of an Obligor (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply); and

(iii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (w) any payment made while no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in respect of obligations of the Borrower to such Lender that do not arise under or in connection with the Loan Documents, (x) any payment made in respect of an obligation that is secured by a Permitted Encumbrance or that is otherwise entitled to priority over the Borrower’s obligations under or in connection with the Loan Documents, (y) any reduction arising from an amount owing to an Obligor upon the termination of Hedge Arrangements entered into between the Obligor and such Lender, or (z) any payment to which such Lender is entitled as a result of any form of credit protection obtained by such Lender.

The Obligors consent to the foregoing and agree, to the extent they may effectively do so under Applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against each Obligor rights of setoff and counterclaim and similar rights of Lenders with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of each Obligor in the amount of such participation.

6. Agent’s Clawback

(a) Funding by Lenders: Presumption by Agent . Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any advance of funds 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 Advance included in such advance. If the Lender does not do so forthwith, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent forthwith on 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.

(b) Payments by Borrower: Presumptions by Agent . Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower 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.

7. Agency

7.1 Appointment and Authority . Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Person identified elsewhere in this Agreement as the Agent to act on its behalf as the Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably

 

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incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, and no Obligor shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

7.2 Rights as a Lender . The Person serving as the Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Obligor or any Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Agent and without any duty to account to the Lenders.

7.3 Exculpatory Provisions

(1) The Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent:

(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for in the Loan Documents), but the Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or Applicable Law; and

(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the person serving as the Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

(2) The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as is necessary, or as the Agent believes in good faith is necessary, under the provisions of the Loan Documents) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing the Default is given to the Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.

(3) Except as otherwise expressly specified in this Agreement the Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition specified in this Agreement, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent.

7.4 Reliance by Agent . The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, internet or intranet posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of an Advance, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, the Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the Issuing Bank unless the Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Advance or

 

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the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

7.5 Indemnification of Agent . Each Lender agrees to indemnify the Agent and hold it harmless (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower), rateably according to its Proportionate Share (and not jointly or jointly and severally) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel, which may be incurred by or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents or the transactions therein contemplated. However, no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses resulting from the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

7.6 Delegation of Duties . The Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent from among the Lenders (including the Person serving as Agent) and their respective Affiliates. The Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The provisions of this Article and other provisions of this Agreement for the benefit of the Agent shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent.

7.7 Replacement of Agent

(1) The Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Majority Lenders shall have the right in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a Lender having a Commitment to a revolving credit if one or more is established in this Agreement and having an office in Toronto, Ontario or Vancouver, British Columbia, or an Affiliate of any such Lender with an office in Toronto or Vancouver. The Agent may also be removed at any time by the Majority Lenders upon 30 days’ notice to the Agent and the Borrower as long as the Majority Lenders, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint and obtain the acceptance of a successor within such 30 days, which shall be a Lender having a Commitment to a revolving credit if one or more is established in this Agreement and having an office in Toronto or Vancouver, or an Affiliate of any such Lender with an office in Toronto or Vancouver.

(2) If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications specified in Section 7.7(1), provided that if the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Majority Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in the preceding paragraph.

(3) Upon a successor’s appointment as Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the former Agent, and the former Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided in the preceding paragraph). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the termination of the service of the former Agent, the provisions of this Section 7 and of Section 9 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such former Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the former Agent was acting as Agent.

7.8 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders . Each Lender and the Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on

 

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such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and the Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

7.9 Collective Action of the Lenders . Each of the Lenders hereby acknowledges that to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, any collateral security and 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 and under any collateral security are to be exercised not severally, but by the Agent upon the decision of the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for in the Loan Documents). Accordingly, notwithstanding any of the provisions contained herein or in any collateral security, each of the Lenders hereby covenants and agrees that it shall 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 shall be taken only by the Agent with the prior written agreement of the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for in the Loan Documents). Each of the Lenders hereby further covenants and agrees that upon any such written agreement being given, it shall co-operate fully with the Agent to the extent requested by the Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the absence of 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.

7.10 No Other Duties, etc . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Bookrunners, Arrangers or holders of similar titles, if any, specified in this Agreement shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Agent or a Lender hereunder.

8. Notices: Effectiveness; Electronic Communication

(a) Notices Generally . Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as-provided in paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier to the addresses or telecopier numbers specified elsewhere in this Agreement or, if to a Lender, to it at its address or telecopier number specified in the Register or, if to an Obligor other than the Borrower, in care of the Borrower.

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given on a business day between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time where the recipient is located, shall be deemed to have been given at 9:00 a.m. on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).

(b) Electronic Communications . Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender of Advances to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued if such Lender has notified the Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

Unless the Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such

 

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notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

(c) Change of Address, Etc . Any party hereto may change its address or telecopier number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

9. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

(a) Costs and Expenses . The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent and its Affiliates, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation; negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Advances made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Advances or Letters of Credit.

(b) Indemnification by the Borrower . The Borrower shall indemnify the Agent (and any subagent thereof), each Lender and the Issuing Bank, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by any Obligor arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance or non-performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation or non-consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Advance or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Obligor, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Obligor, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by an Obligor and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Obligor against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Obligor has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favour on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, nor shall it be available in respect of matters specifically addressed in Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 9(a).

(c) Reimbursement by Lenders . To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Issuing Bank or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent (or any such subagent), the Issuing Bank or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Proportionate Share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the Issuing Bank in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Agent (or

 

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any such sub-agent) or Issuing Bank in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph (c) are subject to the other provisions of this Agreement concerning several liability of the Lenders.

(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages . To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Obligors shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for indirect, consequential, punitive, aggravated or exemplary damages (as opposed to direct damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby (or any breach thereof), the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Advance or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

(e) Payments . All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after demand therefor. A certificate of the Agent or a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts owing to the Agent, Lender or a sub-agent or Related Party, as the case may be, as specified in this Section, including reasonable detail of the basis of calculation of the amount or amounts, and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

10. Successors and Assigns

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Obligor may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations, hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section. (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Assignment by Lenders . Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Advances at the time owing to it); provided that:

(i) except if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Advances at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Commitment being assigned (which for this purpose includes Advances outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Advance of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000 in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Facility unless each of the Agent and, so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower, otherwise consent to a lower amount (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);

(ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Advance or the Commitment assigned; except that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate credits on a non-pro rata basis;

 

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(iii) any assignment of a Commitment relating to a credit under which Letters of Credit may be issued must be approved by any Issuing Bank (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), unless the Person that is the proposed assignee is itself already a Lender with a Commitment under that credit;

(iv) any assignment must be approved by the Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless:

(x) in the case of an assignment of a Commitment relating to a revolving credit, the proposed assignee is itself already a Lender with the same type of Commitment,

(y) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the assignment is of a Commitment relating to a non-revolving credit that is fully advanced, or

(z) the proposed assignee is a bank whose senior, unsecured, non-credit enhanced, long term debt is rated at least A3, A- or A low by at least two of Moody’s Investor Services Inc., Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited, respectively;

(v) any assignment must be approved by the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless the proposed assignee is itself already a Lender with the same type of Commitment or a Default has occurred and is continuing; and

(vi) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment and Assumption; together with a processing and recordation fee in an amount specified elsewhere in this Agreement and the Eligible Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including any collateral security, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3 and 9, and shall continue to be liable for any breach of this Agreement by such Lender, with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section. Any payment by an assignee to an assigning Lender in connection with an assignment or transfer shall not be or be deemed to be a repayment by the Borrower or a new Advance to the Borrower.

(c) Register . The Agent shall maintain at one of its offices in Toronto, Ontario or Vancouver, British Columbia a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Advances owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Participations . Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, an Obligor or any Affiliate of

 

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an Obligor) (each, a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Advances owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any payment by a Participant in connection with a sale of a participation shall not be or be deemed to be a repayment by the Borrower or a new Advance to the Borrower.

Subject to paragraph (e) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 3 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 4 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 5 as though it were a Lender.

(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights . A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.1 and 3.2 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent.

(f) Certain Pledges . Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under the Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, but no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

11. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

(a) Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Province specified elsewhere in this Agreement and the laws of Canada applicable in that Province.

(b) Submission to Jurisdiction . Each Obligor irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province specified elsewhere in this Agreement, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgement or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Obligor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c) Waiver of Venue . Each Obligor irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

12. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A)

 

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CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

13. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution

(a) Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness : This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in the conditions precedent Section(s) of this Agreement, this Agreement shall become effective when it has been executed by the Agent and when the Agent has received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or by sending a scanned copy by electronic mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

(b) Electronic Execution of Assignments . The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures 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, including Parts 2 and 3 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada), the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 (Ontario) and other similar federal or provincial laws based on the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada or its

Uniform Electronic Evidence Act, as the case may be.

14. Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality

(1) Each of the Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to it, its Affiliates and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority), (c) to the extent required by Applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap, Hedge Arrangement, credit-linked note or similar transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this section or (y) becomes available to the Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than an Obligor.

(2) For purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received in connection with this

Agreement from any Obligor relating to any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to such receipt. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. In addition, the Agent may disclose to any agency or organization that assigns standard identification numbers to loan facilities such basic information describing the facilities provided hereunder as is necessary to assign unique identifiers (and, if requested, supply a copy of this Agreement), it being understood that the Person to whom such

 

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disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to make available to the public only such information as such person normally makes available in the course of its business of assigning identification numbers.

(3) In addition, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Agent may provide the information described on Exhibit B concerning the Borrower and the credit facilities established herein to Loan Pricing Corporation and/or other recognized trade publishers of information for general circulation in the loan market.

 

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EXHIBIT A

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 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:   

 

  
      [and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [ identify Lender ] 1 ]   
3.    Borrower(s):   

 

  
4.    Agent:                                         , as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement   
5.    Credit Agreement: [The [ amount ] Credit Agreement dated as of                     among [ name of Borrower(s) ], the Lenders parties thereto, [ name of Agent ], as Agent, and the other agents parties thereto]
6.    Assigned Interest:      

 

Facility

Assigned 2

   Aggregate Amount
of Commitment /
Advances for all
Lenders 3
     Amount of
Commitment /
Advances Assigned
     Percentage Assigned
of Commitment /
Advances 4
     CUSIP Number  
   $      $        %     

 

1 Select as applicable.
2 Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment (e.g. “Revolving Credit Commitment,” Term Advance Commitment,” etc.)
3 Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.
4 Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Advances of all Lenders thereunder.

 


 

$

   $        %     
 

$

   $        %     

 

7.   

[Trade Date:

 

                                                      ] 5

 

8. Each Lender expressly reserves the rights, powers, privileges, undertakings and actions that it enjoys under any Security Document governed by French law in favour of its assignees, transferees or, as the case may be, its successors, in accordance with the provisions of article 1278 et seq. of the French Civil Code.

 

 

5   To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date

 

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Effective Date:                    , 20         [TO BE INSERTED BY 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:

 

ASSIGNOR
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
By:  

 

  Title:
ASSIGNEE
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By:  

 

  Title:

 

[Consented to and] 6 Accepted:

[NAME OF AGENT],

as

Agent
By:  

 

  Title:
[Consented to:] 7
[NAME OF RELEVANT PARTY]
By:  

 

  Title:

 

 

6 To be added only if the consent of the Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
7 To be added only if the consent of the Borrower and/or other parties (e.g. Swingline Lender, L/C Issuer) is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

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ANNEX 1 to Assignment and Assumption

[                           ] 1

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

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 Loan Document2, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan 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 Loan 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 Loan 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 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, and (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section          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 Agent or any other Lender; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such 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 Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

2. Payments

From and after the Effective Date, the Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignee whether such amounts have accrued prior to, on or after the Effective Date. The Assignor and the Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments by the Agent for periods prior to the Effective Date or with respect to the making of this assignment directly between themselves.

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 permitted assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute on instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy or by sending a scanned copy by electronic mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This

 

1 Describe Credit Agreement at option of Agent.
2 The term “Loan Document” should be conformed to the term used in the Credit Agreement.

 


Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law governing the Credit Agreement.

 

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EXHIBIT B

LOAN MARKET DATA TEMPLATE

Recommended Data Fields – At Close

The items highlighted in bold are those that Loan Pricing Corporation (LPC) deem essential. The remaining items are those that LPC has seen become more prominent over time as transparency has increased in the U.S. Loan Market.

 

Company Level

  

Deal Specific

  

Facility Specific

Issuer Name

  

Currency/Amount

  

Currency/Amount

Location

  

Date

  

Type

SIC (Cdn)

  

Purpose

  

Purpose

Identification Number(s)

  

Sponsor

  

Tenor

Revenue

  

Financial Covenants

  

Term Out Option

     

Expiration Date

  

Target Company

  

Facility Signing Date

*Measurement of Risk

  

Assignment Language

  

Pricing

S&P Sr. Debt

  

Law Firms

  

    Base Rate(s)/Spread(s) /

     

    BA/LIBOR

S&P Issuer

  

MAC Clause

  

    Initial Pricing Level

Moody’s Sr. Debt

  

Springing lien

  

    Pricing Grid (tied to, levels)

Moody’s Issuer

  

Cash Dominion

  

    Grid Effective Date

Fitch Sr. Debt

  

Mandatory Prepays

  

Fees

Fitch Issuer

  

Restrct’d Payments (Neg

  

    Participation Fee (tiered also)

  

Covs)

  

S&P Implied
(internal assessment)

  

Other Restrictions

  

Commitment Fee

DBRS

     

Other Ratings

     

Annual fee

*Industry Classification

     

    Utilization Fee

Moody’s Industry

     

    LC Fee(s)

S&P Industry

     

    BA Fee

Parent

     

Prepayment Fee

Financial Ratios

     

Other Fees to Market

     

    Security

     

    Secured/Unsecured

     

    Collateral and Seniority of Claim

     

    Collateral Value

     

Guarantors

     

Lenders Names/Titles

     

Lender Commitment ($)

     

Committed/Uncommitted

     

Distribution method

     

Amortization Schedule

     

Borrowing Base/Advance Rates

     

New Money Amount

     

Country of Syndication

     

Facility Rating (Loss given default)

     

    S&P Bank Loan

     

    Moody’s Bank Loan

     

    Fitch Bank Loan

     

    DBRS

 


Company Level

  

Deal Specific

  

Facility Specific

          Other Ratings

 

* These items would be considered useful to capture from an analytical perspective.

 

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SCHEDULE A

LENDERS AND COMMITMENTS

 

Lender

   Revolving Facility  

The Toronto-Dominion Bank

   $ 5,000,000  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

   $ 5,000,000  

Total

   $ 10,000,000  

 


SCHEDULE B

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR ADVANCE

 

TO:    The Toronto-Dominion Bank, as Agent
   222 Bay Street, 15th Floor
   Toronto, Ontario
   M5K 1A2   
   Attention:    Vice President Loan Syndications—Agency
   Fax:    (416) 982-5535
FROM:    Sierra Wireless, Inc. (the “ Borrower ”)
RE:    Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 30, 2017 (as amended, modified, revised, restated or replaced from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), made between the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders (as defined therein) and other financial institutions specified therein
DATE:    •, 20•   

 

 

1.    This notice of request for Advance is delivered to you, as Agent, pursuant to the Credit Agreement. All defined terms set forth, but not otherwise defined, in this notice shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise.
2.    The Borrower hereby requests an Advance as follows:
   (a)    Date of Advance:                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
   (b)    Applicable Credit:   
   Revolving Facility    Advance Amount Cdn.$                     
   Revolving Facility    Advance Amount US$                        
   Type and Amount of Advances (check appropriate boxes)
                   

Amount

      (    )    Prime Rate Advance:    Cdn.$                     
      (    )    US Base Rate Advance:    US$                        


(    )  

Bankers’ Acceptances (BA Equivalent Notes):

  
        

Amount

  

        Term in Months            

  

Rollover Amount

 

Cdn.$

  

 

  

 

  

Cdn.$

  

 

    

 

  

 

     

 

    

 

  

 

     

 

(    )  

LIBO Rate Loan :

        
        

Amount

  

Term in Months

  

Rollover Amount

 

US$

  

 

  

 

  

US$

  

 

    

 

  

 

     

 

    

 

  

 

     

 

(    )  

Letter of Credit :

        
        

Amount

  

Expiry Date

         
 

Cdn.$

  

 

  

 

     
 

US$

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

Total Cdn.$                         

  
  

Total US$                         

  
3.   

If Rollover or Conversion of another Advance, provide details of other Advance:

   (a)    Type:                               
   (b)    Amount:                               
   (c)    Maturity Date:                               
4.   

All of the covenants of the Obligors required by the Credit Agreement and all other terms and conditions contained in the Credit Agreement that have not been waived in writing by or on behalf of the Lenders have been fully complied with by the Obligors.

 

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SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.
Per:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
Per:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


SCHEDULE C

REPAYMENT NOTICE

 

TO:    The Toronto-Dominion Bank, as Agent
   222 Bay Street, 15th Floor
   Toronto, Ontario
   M5K 1A2   
   Attention:    Vice President Loan Syndications—Agency
   Fax:    (416) 982-5535
FROM:        Sierra Wireless, Inc. (the “ Borrower ”)
RE:    Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 30, 2017 (as amended, modified, revised, restated or replaced from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), made between the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders (as defined therein) and other financial institutions specified therein
DATE:      

 

1. This notice of request for repayment is delivered to you, as Agent, pursuant to the Credit Agreement. All defined terms set forth, but not otherwise defined, in this notice shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise.

 

2. The undersigned hereby gives you notice of a repayment as follows:

 

(a)

 

Date of Repayment:

  

 

(b)

 

Advance Type:

  

 

(c)

 

Principal Amount:

  

 

(d)   Credit Facility: Revolving Facility   

 

 

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.
Per:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
Per:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


SCHEDULE D

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

TO:    The Toronto-Dominion Bank , as Agent
   222 Bay Street, 15th Floor
   Toronto, Ontario
   M5K 1A2   
   Attention:    Vice President Loan Syndications—Agency
   Fax:    (416) 982-5535
FROM:    Sierra Wireless, Inc. (the “Borrower”)
RE:    Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 30, 2017 (as amended, modified, revised, restated or replaced from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), made between the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders (as defined therein) and other financial institutions specified therein
DATE:      

 

 

The undersigned, the • 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 Credit 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. Unless otherwise defined herein terms used herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.

 

2. I have made or caused to be made such examinations or investigations as are, in my opinion, necessary to furnish this Certificate, and 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 Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of the date of this Certificate.

 

3. The representations and warranties contained in each of the Loan Documents 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. All of the covenants of the Obligors required by the Credit Agreement and all other terms and conditions contained in the Credit Agreement that have not been waived in writing by or on behalf of the Lenders have been fully complied with by the Obligors.


5. For the most recently completed Fiscal Quarter, set forth on Schedule I attached hereto are all patents, trademarks or industrial designs which have been registered or in respect of which an application has been made.

 

6. The attached financial statements for the [Fiscal Quarter/Fiscal Year] ending [insert date] fairly present in all material respects the information contained in such financial statements, and such financial statements, and all calculations of financial covenants and presentation of financial information in this Certificate and the Appendices to this Certificate, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

7. As of • (the “ Computation Date ”):

 

  (a) The Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio was •:1, calculated as follows:

 

(i)    Total Debt [Borrower to break down   
   Total Debt in attached Schedule II]                        $•
(ii)    Net Income                        $•
(iii)   

increased by the sum of the following

amounts (without duplication) to the

extent that such amounts were deducted

in the calculation of Net Income for such

period:

  
   A.    Interest Expense    $•
   B.    Income Tax Expense    $•
   C.    Depreciation Expense    $•
   D.    Non-cash stock compensation for such period    $•
   A + B + C + D =    $•
(iv)    decreased or increased by the sum of extraordinary,
   unusual or non-cash, non-recurring item, to the extent
   included in Net Income for the applicable   
   period       $•
   For greater certainty, (i) any costs that the Borrower has to
   expense as a result of changes in accounting rules under GAAP
   for acquisitions and (ii) any foreign exchange non-cash gains
   or losses, shall not be included for the purposes of calculating
   EBITDA.   

 

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   (v)   (ii) + (iii) [+/–] (iv) [EBITDA]   $•   
   (vi)   (i) divided by (v)   •:1   
   The maximum Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement on the Computation Date was 2.50:1.   
(b)    Based   on the Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio, the   Applicable Margin    will
   [increase/decrease/remain unchanged] at level • effective on •, 20••.   

 

8. Attached hereto on Schedule III is a list of all outstanding Hedge Arrangements as of the Computation Date. The Market Value of such Hedge Arrangements as at the Computation Date is $• and the notional principal amount upon which such Hedge Arrangements are based is $•.

 

9. As at the Computation Date, the aggregate amount outstanding principal amount of Capital Leases and Purchase Money Security Interests was $                            .

 

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Dated as of • day of •, 20••

 

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


SCHEDULE E

BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE

 

TO:    The Toronto-Dominion Bank, as Agent         
   222 Bay Street, 15th Floor            
   Toronto, Ontario            
   M5K 1A2               
   Attention:    Vice President Loan Syndications - Agency      
   Fax:    (416) 982-5535         
FROM:    Sierra Wireless, Inc. (the “ Borrower ”)         
RE:    Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 30, 2017 (as amended, modified, revised, restated or replaced from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), made between the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders (as defined therein) and other financial institutions specified therein
DATE:    •, 20•               

 

1.    This Borrowing Base Certificate is delivered to you pursuant to Section 9.02(4) of the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given thereto in the Credit Agreement.
2.    The following calculations determine the Borrowing Base in accordance with the relevant definitions as set forth in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
   The Borrower hereby certifies, that with respect to the period • to • [preceding calendar month]:
   Borrowing Base            
(A) Eligible Account Receivable    $ •    x .80    = $ •
MINUS         
(B) Priority Payables                   = $ •
Total Borrowing Base (A) - (B)          = $ •

 

3.

Attached hereto as Annex 1 is a detailed list of (A) all Eligible Accounts Receivable broken down by the Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries existing pursuant to the laws of Canada or any Province of Canada or the United States and Sierra HK outlining (i) the aging of such Eligible Accounts Receivable, (ii) the currency in which they are denominated, (iii) any


  deductions, sales discounts, volume rebates, returns and allowances and (B) all accounts payable broken down by the Borrower, each Subsidiary and Sierra HK.

 

4. Attached hereto as Annex 2 is a detailed list of all Eligible Accounts Receivable broken down as follows: (i) those that are owed by Account Debtors existing pursuant to the laws of Canada or any Province of Canada or the United States of America or Sierra HK, and (ii) those that are supported by (A) a letter of credit (including details as to whether or not such letter of credit is cash collateralized), (B) insurance provided by Export Development Corporation, or (C) such other insurance acceptable to the Agent.

 

5. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that this Certificate is a correct statement regarding the status of the Borrowing Base and the amounts set forth herein are in compliance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. The Borrower further represents and warrants that, in relation to calculation of the Borrowing Base there have been no changes to accounting policies, practices and calculation methods from the accounting policies, practices and methods used by the Borrower as at the date of the Credit Agreement, other than as required under GAAP as agreed to by the Agent.

Dated the • day of •, 20••.

 

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.
Per:                                                                                                 
Name:
Title:
Per:                                                                                                 
Name:
Title:

 

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SCHEDULE F

GUARANTORS ON THE CLOSING DATE

Sierra Wireless America, Inc.

Sierra Wireless Hong Kong Limited

Sierra Wireless (UK) Limited

Sierra Wireless (Australia) Pty Limited

Sierra Wireless Luxembourg S.À R.L.

Exhibit 10.1

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT PLAN

 

 

October, 2015

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SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT PLAN

 

1. HISTORY AND PURPOSE

 

1.1 The Board amends and restates the Restricted Share Unit Plan dated February 12, 2010, which amended and restated the original Restricted Share Unit Plan dated March 6, 2007.

 

1.2 This Restricted Share Unit Plan has been established by the Company to provide long-term incentives for the success of the Company, to support the objectives of employee share ownership, to foster a responsible balance between short term and long term results, and to build and maintain a strong spirit of performance and entrepreneurship.

 

2. PLAN DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

 

2.1 In this Plan, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

  (a) Account ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in section 5.1;

 

  (b) Applicable Law ” means any applicable provision of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the Securities Act (British Columbia), the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 , as amended, and the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 , as amended, together with all regulations, rules, policy statements, rulings, notices, orders or other instruments promulgated thereunder and Stock Exchange Rules;

 

  (c) Beneficiary ” means any person designated by a Participant by written instrument filed with the Company to receive any amount, securities or property payable under the Plan in the event of the Participant’s death or, failing any such effective designation, the Participant’s legal representative;

 

  (d) Board ” means the board of directors of the Company;

 

  (e) Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a statutory holiday observed in the Province of British Columbia;

 

  (f) Committee ” means the committee of the Board (which may be constituted by one member of the Board), as constituted from time to time, which may be appointed by the Board to, inter alia , interpret, administer and implement the Plan, and includes any successor committee appointed by the Board for such purposes;

 

  (g) Company ” means Sierra Wireless, Inc. and its respective successors and assigns and any reference in the Plan to action by the Company means action by or under the authority of the Board, the Committee or any person that has been designated by the Board as responsible for this Plan;

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  (h) Corporate Transaction ” means a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or shares, or a merger, consolidation or other capital reorganization of the Company with or into another corporation;

 

  (i) Designated Affiliated Entity ” means a person (including a trust or a partnership) or company in which the Company has a significant investment and which the Company designates as such for the purposes of this Plan;

 

  (j) Disability ” means the illness or mental or physical disability or total or partial incapacity of an individual, as certified by a duly qualified medical practitioner, such that:

 

  (i) solely due to such illness, mental or physical disability or incapacity, the individual is unable to perform his duties or unable to competently perform his duties as an employee of the Company, a Subsidiary or Designated Affiliated Entity either for any consecutive 4 month period or for any period of 6 months (whether or not consecutive) in any consecutive 12 month period; or

 

  (ii) a court of competent jurisdiction has declared such individual to be mentally incompetent or incapable of managing his or her affairs;

 

  (k) Effective Date ” means the 9th day of May, 2007, when this Plan was approved by the Board;

 

  (l) Expiry Date ” means, with respect to a Share Unit, the date specified in a Grant Agreement as the date on which the Share Unit will be terminated and cancelled; or, if no such date is specified in the applicable Grant Agreement, December 31 of the third calendar year following the calendar year that includes the Grant Date of such Share Unit;

 

  (m) Fair Market Value ” means the closing sales price of the Shares (or if such price is not reported then the mean of the bid and ask prices) on the Toronto Stock Exchange on the date of the determination or, if the Shares are not traded on such date, then on the immediately preceding trading date;

 

  (n) Fiscal Year ” means a fiscal year of the Company;

 

  (o) Grant Agreement ” means an agreement between the Company and a Participant under which a Share Unit is granted, together with such amendments, deletions or changes thereto as are permitted under the Plan;

 

  (p) Grant Date ” means the date a Share Unit is granted to a Participant under the Plan;

 

  (q) including ” means including without limitation;

 

  (r) Participant ” means any person who is a full-time employee or, as permitted by Applicable Law, an outside director or corporate officer (who is not an employee) of the Company, a Subsidiary or a Designated Affiliated Entity who has been designated by the Company for participation in the Plan and who has agreed to participate in the Plan on such terms as the Company may specify;

 

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  (s) Payout ” means, with respect to each Vested Share Unit, one Share or, in the discretion of the Company, a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of such Vested Share Unit on the applicable Vesting Date;

 

  (t) Plan ” means this Restricted Share Unit Plan, as amended and restated from time to time;

 

  (u) Shares ” means the common shares of the Company, and includes any shares of the Company into which such shares may be converted, reclassified, subdivided, consolidated, exchanged or otherwise changed, whether pursuant to a reorganization, amalgamation, merger, arrangement or other form of reorganization;

 

  (v) Share Unit ” means a Share Unit credited by means of an entry on books of the Company to a Participant pursuant to the Plan, representing the right to receive for each Vested Share Unit one Share or cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value thereof, at the time, in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in the Plan and the applicable Grant Agreement;

 

  (w) Stock Exchange Rules ” means the applicable rules of any stock exchange or quotation system upon which shares of the Company are listed or quoted, as applicable;

 

  (x) Subsidiary ” means a subsidiary, as defined in the Canada Business Corporations Act ;

 

  (y) Termination ” or “ Terminated ” means, for purposes of this Plan with respect to a Participant, that the Participant has for any reason ceased to provide continuous services as an employee to the Company, a Subsidiary or a Designate Affiliated Entity. An employee will not be deemed to have ceased to provide continuous services as an employee in the case of:

 

  (i) sick leave; or

 

  (ii) any other leave of absence approved by the Committee, provided that such leave is for a period of not more than 90 days unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute, or unless provided otherwise pursuant to formal policy adopted from time to time by the Company, a Subsidiary or a Designated Affiliated Entity and issued and promulgated to employees in writing.

The Committee will have sole discretion to determine whether a Participant has ceased to provide continuous services as an employee and the effective date on which the Participant ceased to provide services (the “ Termination Date ”);

 

  (z) Trust Fund ” means a trust established pursuant to section 6.1 hereof with the Trustee, for the purpose of funding awards of Share Units granted to Participants pursuant to the Plan;

 

  (aa) Trustee ” means the person or persons as may from time to time be appointed by the Company as trustee of the Trust Fund;

 

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  (bb) Vested Share Units ” means Share Units which have vested in accordance with section 3 and the terms of the applicable Grant Agreement; and

 

  (cc) Vesting Date ” means the date on which Share Units of a Participant become Vested Share Units in accordance with section 3 and the terms of the applicable Grant Agreement.

 

2.2 In the Plan, references to the masculine include the feminine; and references to the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, as the context shall require.

 

2.3 The Plan shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and any actions, proceedings or claims in any way pertaining to the Plan shall be commenced in the courts of the Province of British Columbia.

 

2.4 If any provision of the Plan or part hereof is determined to be void or unenforceable all or in part, such determination shall not affect the validity or enforcement of any other provision or part thereof.

 

2.5 Headings wherever used herein are for reference purposes only and do not limit or extend the meaning of the provisions herein contained. A reference to a section or schedule shall, except where expressly stated otherwise, mean a section or schedule of the Plan, as applicable.

 

2.6 Except where expressly provided otherwise, all references in the Plan to currency refer to lawful Canadian currency.

 

2.7 The Company may establish schedules to the Plan for the benefit of Participants outside Canada, based on the Plan but modified to take account of local tax, exchange control or securities in countries other than Canada.

 

3. GRANT OF SHARE UNITS AND TERMS

 

3.1 The Company may grant Share Units to such Participant or Participants in such number and at such times as the Company may, in its sole discretion, determine, as a bonus or similar payment in respect of services rendered by the Participant for a Fiscal Year.

 

3.2 Each Share Unit will give the Participant the right to receive, with respect to each such Share Unit which has become a Vested Share Unit pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and in accordance with the terms of the Grant Agreement relating to such Share Unit, a Payout.

 

3.3 Unless otherwise determined by the Company and as specifically set out in the Grant Agreement, and subject to the terms of this Plan, including section 7, and the Grant Agreement, Share Units granted to a Participant hereunder shall become Vested Share Units as follows: one-third (1/3) of the Share Units shall become Vested Share Units on the first anniversary of the Grant Date for such Share Units; one-third (1/3) of the Share Units shall become Vested Share Units on the second anniversary of the Grant Date for such Share Units; and one-third (1/3) of the Share Units shall become Vested Share Units on the earlier of the third anniversary of the Grant Date for such Share Units and December 15 of the third calendar year following the calendar year that includes such Grant Date.

 

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3.4 Subject to the terms of the Plan and Applicable Law, the Company may determine other terms or conditions of any Share Units, including

 

  (a) any additional conditions with respect to the vesting of Share Units, in whole or in part, to become Vested Share Units or the payment of cash or the provision of Shares under the Plan;

 

  (b) restrictions on the resale of Shares including escrow arrangements; and

 

  (c) any other terms and conditions the Company may in its discretion determine;

which shall be set out in the Grant Agreement. The conditions may relate to all or a portion of the Share Units in a grant and may be graduated such that different percentages (which may be greater or lesser than 100%) of the Share Units in a grant will become vested depending on the extent of satisfaction of one or more such conditions. The Company may, in its discretion, subsequent to the Grant Date of a Share Unit, waive any such term or condition or determine that it has been satisfied.

 

3.5 No certificates shall be issued with respect to Share Units.

 

4. GRANT AGREEMENT

 

4.1 Each grant of a Share Unit will be set forth in a Grant Agreement containing terms and conditions required under the Plan and such other terms and conditions not inconsistent herewith as the Company may, in its sole discretion, deem appropriate.

 

5. SHARE UNIT GRANTS AND ACCOUNTS

 

5.1 An account (“ Account ”), shall be maintained by the Company for each Participant and will be credited with such grants of Share Units as are received by a Participant from time to time pursuant to sections 3.1 and 5.2. Share Units that fail to vest in a Participant pursuant to sections 7.2 or 7.3, or Article 9, or that are paid out to the Participant or his Beneficiary, shall be cancelled and shall cease to be recorded in the Participant’s Account as of the date on which such Share Units are forfeited or cancelled under the Plan or are paid out, as the case may be.

 

5.2 A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any dividends or dividend equivalents in the event that the Company declares dividends that would have been paid to the Participant if the Share Units in his or her Share Unit Account on the relevant record date for dividends on the Shares had been Shares.

 

6. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUND AND PURCHASE OF SHARES

 

6.1 From time to time, the Company may establish and maintain one or more Trust Funds, on such terms and conditions as the Company shall determine. The Company shall from time to time, on its own behalf and on behalf of such of its Subsidiaries and Designated Affiliated Entities as employ Participants, make contributions to the Trust Fund in such amounts and at such times as it may determine for the purpose of funding, in whole or in part, awards of Share Units which become payable to Participants pursuant to the Plan.

 

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6.2 Shares delivered to Participants in connection with the exercise or settlement of Share Units shall be purchased on the open market by the Trustee acting through a broker designated by the Trustee who is independent of the Company in accordance with Stock Exchange Rules and who is a member of the Stock Exchange. Subject to the foregoing part of this section 6.2, any such designation of a broker may be changed from time to time.

 

7. PAYOUTS

 

7.1 Each Participant who continues in employment with the Company, a Subsidiary or a Designated Affiliated Entity on a Vesting Date shall receive a Payout for each Vested Share Unit, subject to withholding tax and other required source deductions. Such Payout shall be made to the Participant or his Beneficiary, as applicable, within 30 days following the Vesting Date and in any event prior to December 31 of the calendar year of the Vesting Date. For greater certainty, no interest shall accrue to, or be credited to, the Participant on any amount payable under the Plan.

 

7.2 Unless otherwise determined by the Company, if a Participant is Terminated by reason of Disability or death prior to a Vesting Date or Vesting Dates, the vesting of any Share Units recorded in such Participant’s Share Unit Account not yet vested upon his Termination shall be accelerated such that all Share Units in the Participants Share Unit Account shall be Vested Share Units. All Payout(s) shall be made to the Participant or to his Beneficiary, as applicable, as soon as practicable and in any event prior to December 31 of such calendar year(s) in which each such Vesting Date occurs.

 

7.3 Unless otherwise determined by the Company, if a Participant is Terminated for any reason other than Disability or death, the Participant will not be entitled to any Payout in respect of Share Units which are not Vested Share Units at the time of the Participant’s Termination. Any such Share Units recorded in a Participant’s Share Unit Account shall be cancelled without payment.

 

7.4 The number of Shares to be provided shall be equal to the whole number of Share Units subject to the Payout. Where the number of Share Units allocated would result in the provision of a fractional Share Unit in the form of a fractional Share, the number of Share Units to be provided in the form of Shares shall be rounded down to the next whole number of Share Units. No fractional Shares shall be provided nor shall cash be paid at any time in lieu of any such fractional interest. Any such fractional interests of a Share Unit which, together with other fractional interests of a Share Unit, form a whole Share Unit, shall be provided in the form of a Share as part of the Share Units to be provided to the Participant on the next applicable Vesting Date, if any.

 

8. FORFEITED SHARE UNITS

 

8.1 No cash or other compensation shall at any time be paid in respect of any Share Units which have been forfeited or terminated under this Plan or on account of damages relating to any Share Units which have been forfeited or terminated under this Plan.

 

8.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or a Grant Agreement, Share Units granted hereunder shall terminate, if not redeemed or previously terminated and forfeited in accordance with the Plan, and be of no further force and effect after the Expiry Date.

 

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9. CORPORATE TRANSACTION

 

9.1 In the event of a Corporate Transaction or proposed Corporate Transaction, the Company, at its option, may, subject to Stock Exchange Rules, do either of the following:

 

  (a) the Company may redeem and cancel Share Units upon giving to any Participant to whom such Share Units have been granted at least 10 days’ written notice of its intention to do so, and the Company shall make a Payout in respect of such Share Units in accordance with section 7.3, without regard to the vesting provisions attached to the Share Units contained in the Plan and without regard to the tax consequences of such action to any Participant; or

 

  (b) the Company, or any corporation or entity which is or would be the successor to the Company or which may issue securities in exchange for Shares upon the Reorganization becoming effective, may, upon notice to the Participant, substitute for Shares under this Plan securities into which the Shares are changed or are convertible or exchangeable, or securities of such other corporation or entity on a basis proportionate to the number of Share Units in the Participant’s account or some other appropriate basis, or some other property.

 

9.2 The Company may specify in any notice under section 9.1, that, if for any reason, the Corporate Transaction is not completed, the Company may revoke such notice. The Company may exercise such right by further notice in writing to the Participant and the Share Unit shall thereafter continue to be allocated to the Participant in accordance with its terms.

 

9.3 Subsections (a) and (b) of section 9.1 are intended to be permissive and may be utilized independently or successively or in combination or otherwise, and nothing therein contained shall be construed as limiting or affecting the ability of the Company to deal with Share Units in the event of a Corporate Transaction in any other manner.

 

9.4 In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, to the extent that a Share Unit has not previously become a Vested Share Unit, it will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action and, except as provided below in this section 9.4, no Payout shall be made with respect thereto. The Company may, in the exercise of its sole discretion in such instances, declare that any Share Unit shall become a Vested Share Unit and be subject to a Payout as of a date fixed by the Committee.

 

10. CHANGES IN SHARE CAPITAL

 

10.1 If the number of outstanding Shares of the Company shall be increased or decreased as a result of a stock split, consolidation, reclassification or recapitalization and not as a result of the issuance of Shares for additional consideration or by way of a stock dividend in the ordinary course, the Company may make appropriate adjustments to the number of Share Units outstanding under the Plan provided that the dollar value of Share Units credited to a Participant’s Account immediately after such an adjustment shall not exceed the dollar value of the Share Units credited to such Participant’s Account immediately prior thereto. Any determinations by the Company as to the adjustments shall be made in its sole discretion and all such adjustments shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes under the Plan.

 

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11. ADMINISTRATION

 

11.1 The Plan shall be administered by the Company in accordance with its provisions. All costs and expenses of administering the Plan will be paid by the Company. The Company, may from time to time, establish administrative rules and regulations and prescribe forms or documents relating to the operation of the Plan as it may deem necessary to implement or further the purpose of the Plan and amend or repeal such rules and regulations or forms or documents. The Company, in its discretion, may appoint a Committee for the purpose of interpreting, administering and implementing the Plan. The Company may also delegate to the Committee or any director, officer or employee of the Company such duties and powers relating to the Plan as it may see fit. The Company may also appoint or engage a trustee, custodian or administrator to administer or implement the Plan.

 

11.2 The Company shall keep or cause to be kept such records and accounts as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration of the Plan and the discharge of its duties. Subject to Applicable Law, at such times as the Company shall determine, the Company shall furnish the Participant with a statement setting forth the details of his or her Share Units including the Grant Date and the Vested and unvested Share Units held by each Participant. Such statement shall be deemed to have been accepted by the Participant as correct unless written notice to the contrary is given to the Company within 30 days after such statement is given to the Participant. Any payment, notice, statement, certificate or other instrument required or permitted to be given under the Plan shall be given by: (i) delivering it personally to the recipient; or (ii) mailing it postage paid (provided that the postal service is then in operation); or (iii) delivering it to the address which is maintained for the Participant in the Company’s personnel records or the Company (attention, Vice President Finance), as applicable. Such payment, notice, statement, certificate or other instrument shall be deemed to have been given or delivered on the date on which it was delivered, if mailed (provided that the postal service is then in operation), shall be deemed to have been given or delivered on the second business day following the date on which it was mailed and if by facsimile or similar means of electronic transmission, on the next business day following transmission.

 

12. BENEFICIARIES AND CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS

 

12.1 Subject to the requirements of Applicable Law, a Participant may designate in writing a Beneficiary to receive any benefits that are payable under the Plan upon the death of such Participant. The Participant may, subject to Applicable Law, change such designation from time to time. Such designation or change shall be in such form and executed and filed in such manner as the Company may from time to time determine.

 

13. GENERAL

 

13.1 The transfer of an employee form the Company to a Subsidiary or a Designated Affiliated Entity, from a Subsidiary or a Designated Affiliated Entity to the Company, or from one Subsidiary or Designated Affiliated Entity to another Subsidiary or Designated Affiliated Entity, shall not be considered a termination of employment for the purposes of the Plan, nor shall it be considered a termination of employment if a Participant is placed on such other leave of absence which is considered by the Company as continuing intact the employment relationship; in such a case, the employment relationship shall be continued until the later of the date when the leave equals ninety days or the date when a Participant’s right to reemployment shall no longer be guaranteed either by law or by contract, except that in the event active employment is not renewed at the end

 

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  of the leave of absence, the employment relationship shall be deemed to have ceased at the beginning of the leave of absence.

 

13.2 From time to time the Company may, in addition to its powers under the Plan, add to or amend any of the provisions of the Plan or terminate the Plan or amend the terms of any Share Units granted under the Plan; provided, however, that (i) any approvals required under any Applicable Law are obtained, and (ii) except where such amendment or termination required for purposes of compliance with Applicable Law, no such amendment or termination shall be made at any time which has the effect of adversely affecting the existing rights of a Participant under the Plan with respect to Share Units that have been granted to them under the Plan without his or her consent in writing. Upon the termination of the Plan, in whole or in part, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, but subject to Applicable Law, determine whether the outstanding Share Units (including Vested and unvested Share Units) or a portion thereof credited to a Participant affected by the termination shall be automatically redeemed and paid out in a lump sum cash payment net of any applicable withholdings or held for the credit of the Participant and redeemed and paid out at a later date in accordance with the terms of the Plan in effect immediately prior to the termination of the Plan.

 

13.3 The determination by the Company of any question which may arise as to the interpretation or implementation of the Plan or any of the Share Units granted hereunder shall be final and binding on all Participants and other persons claiming or deriving rights through any of them.

 

13.4 The Plan shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company, its successors and assigns. The interest of any Participant under the Plan or in any Share Unit shall not be transferable or alienable by him or her either by pledge, assignment or in any other manner, except to a spouse, minor children or minor grandchildren or a personal holding company or family trust controlled by a Participant, the shareholders or beneficiaries of which, as the case may be, are any combination of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s minor children or the Participant’s minor grandchildren, and after his or her lifetime shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Participant’s Beneficiary.

 

13.5 The Company’s grant of any Share Units or its obligation to make any payments or to provide any Shares hereunder is subject to compliance with Applicable Law.    As a condition of participating in the Plan, each Participant agrees to comply with all such Applicable Law and agrees to furnish to the Company all information and undertakings as may be required to permit compliance with such Applicable Law.

 

13.6 The Company, a Subsidiary, a Designated Affiliated Entity or the Trustee may withhold from any amount payable to a Participant, either under this Plan, or otherwise, such amount as may be necessary so as to ensure that the Company, the Subsidiary, the Designated Affiliated Entity or the Trustee will be able to comply with the applicable provisions of any federal, provincial, state or local law relating to the withholding of tax or other required deductions, including on the amount, if any, includable in the income of a Participant. The Company, a Subsidiary, a Designated Affiliated Entity and the Trustee shall also have the right in its discretion to satisfy any such liability for withholding or other required deduction amounts by selling or requiring the Participant to sell Shares which would otherwise be provided to the Participant hereunder. The Company may require a Participant, as a condition to the settlement of a Vested Share Unit, to pay or reimburse the Company, a Subsidiary, a Designated Affiliated Entity or the Trustee for any such withholding or other required deduction of amounts related to the settlement of Vested Share Units.

 

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13.7 A Participant shall not have the right or be entitled to exercise any voting rights, receive any dividends or have or be entitled to any other rights as a shareholder in respect of any Share Units except as may otherwise be provided in the Trust Agreement or the applicable Grant Agreement.

 

13.8 Neither designation of an employee as a Participant nor the grant of any Share Units to any Participant entitles any Participant to the grant, or any additional grant, as the case may be, of any Share Units under the Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken thereunder shall interfere with the right of any person that employs a Participant to terminate the Participant’s employment at any time. Neither any period of notice, if any, nor any payment in lieu thereof, upon termination of employment, wrongful or otherwise, shall be considered as extending the period of employment for the purposes of the Plan.

* * * *

 

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Schedule 1 - France

Purpose of this Schedule

The purpose of this Schedule is to make certain variations to the terms of the Plan, in order to satisfy French securities laws, exchange control, corporate law, social security and tax requirements (especially the provisions of Articles L225-197-1 et seq. of the French Commercial Code) to qualify for favourable income tax and social security treatment in France. The rules of the Plan shall apply subject to the modifications contained in this Schedule 1 whenever the Committee decides to grant a qualifying Share Unit to an Eligible Individual, as defined in this Schedule.

International Mobility – Change of Tax Residence

In the event that a Participant ceases to be a French tax resident at any time when he is the holder of Shares or Vested Share Units that are subject to the Holding Period under the rules of this Schedule 1, the Participant will promptly notify the Committee of such change of tax residence, and the effective date thereof.

In the event that such Participant wishes to have the above mentioned Shares or Vested Share Units removed from the application of the Holding Period requirements under this Schedule 1, the Participant will seek the approval of the Committee, by written notice to the Committee. The Participant will provide such information to the Committee as it may reasonably request. In considering whether to approve such request, the Committee shall act reasonably in its sole discretion.

 

1 Section 1 (Purpose)

No modification.

 

2 Section 2 (Plan definition and interpretations)

 

2.1 The definitions of “Participant”, “Payout” and “Share Unit” stated in Section 2 of the Plan shall be deleted and replaced by the following definitions:

Participant ” means any Eligible Individual selected by the Committee or the Board to be granted Share Units.

Payout ” means, with respect to each Vested Share Unit, one Share.

Share Unit ” means a Share Unit credited by means of an entry on books of the Company to a Participant pursuant to the Plan, representing the right to receive for each Vested Share Unit one Share, at the time, in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in the Plan and the applicable Grant Agreement.

 

2.2 For the purpose of Share Units granted under this Schedule 1, the following new definitions shall be added to those stated in Section 2 of the Plan:

Closed Period ” means (i) the 10 trading days preceding and following the date on which the Company’s consolidated accounts or, failing that, the annual accounts, are made public; (ii) the period between (x) the date on which the executive management of the Company have knowledge of information which, if made public, could have a significant impact on the price of the Shares and (y) the end of the tenth trading day following the date on which this information has been made public or ceases to be of such nature that it could have a significant impact on the price of the Shares; and (iii) any other Dealing Restrictions period.

 


Dealing Restrictions ” means restrictions on dealing in Shares imposed by any law, regulation or code of practice or otherwise;

Defined Disability ” means the circumstance where a Participant is recognised as a disabled employee of the second or third category under the meaning of Article L.341-4 of the French Social Security Code.

Eligible Individual ” means any individual who is a French tax resident and a salaried employee [or a corporate officer 1 ] of Sierra Wireless S.A. (formerly Wavecom S. A.) or any Member of the Group.

Holding Agreement ” means an agreement between the Participant, the Company and an account keeper ( teneur de compte ) designated by the Company, in such form as determined by the Company and delivered by the Participant, in which the Participant undertakes not to sell or transfer Shares before expiry of the Holding Period, and the account keeper undertakes not to perform any such order before expiry of the Holding Period.

Holding Period ” means a two-year period following the transfer of the Shares to the Participant, during which the Shares cannot be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed.

Member of the Group ” means any one of: Sierra Wireless, Inc. or any direct or indirect subsidiary of Sierra Wireless, Inc., where Sierra Wireless, Inc. holds, directly or indirectly, at least 10 per cent of the share capital or voting rights.

Vesting ” means a Participant becoming entitled to receive the Shares comprised in his Vested Share Units and “ Vest ” shall be construed accordingly.

 

2.3 All capitalised terms used in this Schedule 1 and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Plan.

 

3 Section 3 (Grant of Share Units and Terms)

 

3.1 Section 3.4 shall be deleted and replaced by the following provisions:

 

  “3.4 Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Company may determine other terms or conditions of any Share Units, including

 

  (a) any additional conditions with respect to the vesting of Share Units, in whole or in part, to become Vested Share Units or the provision of Shares under the Plan;

 

  (b) restrictions on the resale of Shares including escrow arrangements; and

 

  (c) any other terms and conditions the Company may in its discretion determine;

which shall be set out in the Grant Agreement. The conditions may relate to all or a portion of the Share Units in a grant and may be graduated such that different percentages (which may be lesser but not greater than 100%) of the Share Units in a grant will become vested depending on the extent of satisfaction of one or more such conditions. The Company may, in its discretion, subsequent to the Grant Date of a Share Unit, waive any such term or condition or determine that it has been satisfied, to the extent not contrary to Applicable Law.”

 

3.2 A new Section 3.6 shall be added, according to the following terms:

 

1   Only if the requirements introduced by law n° 2008-1258 dated 3 December 2008 in a new Article L225-197-6 of the French Code of Commerce are met.

 

(ii)


  “3.6 A grant of Share Units cannot be made to any Eligible Individual already holding more than 10 per cent of the share capital of the Company, nor result in an Eligible Individual holding more than 10 per cent of the share capital of the Company.

The total number of Shares which may be allocated under the Plan or any other free shares plan shall not exceed 10 per cent of the share capital of the Company in issue at the Grant Date. “Allocate” means granting a right to acquire unissued shares or the issue and allotment of shares. Rights which have lapsed or been surrendered will not count towards these limits.”

 

3.3 Section 3.7 shall be added, according to the following terms:

 

  “3.7 The Board or the Committee shall not grant Share Units under this Schedule 1 after February 10, 2020.”

 

4 Section 4 (Grant Agreement)

No modification.

 

5 Section 5 (Share Unit grants and accounts)

 

5.1 In Section 5.1, the words “or that are paid out to the Participant or his Beneficiary” and “or are paid out, as the case may be” shall be deleted.

 

6 Section 6 (Establishment of Trust Fund and Purchase of Shares)

No modification.

 

7 Section 7 (Payouts)

 

7.1 Section 7.1 shall be deleted and replaced by the following provisions:

 

  “7.1 Vesting . Each Participant who continues in employment with the Company, a Subsidiary or a Designated Affiliated Entity on a Vesting Date shall receive a Payout for each Vested Share Unit. Subject to Section 7.6 ( Delay for Dealing Restrictions ), the Company shall arrange for the number of Shares in respect of which the Share Unit has vested to be transferred as soon as administratively practicable after the Vesting Date to a share account administered in the name and for the benefit of the Participant by an account keeper ( teneur de compte ) designated by the Committee. Participants shall have full shareholder voting and dividend rights on the transferred Shares. For greater certainty, no interest shall accrue to, or be credited to, the Participant on any amount payable under the Plan.

Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or this Schedule 1 other than Section 7.2 ( Death and Defined Disability ), the Vesting Date shall not be before the second anniversary of the Grant Date. If a Share Unit would Vest, in accordance with any provision of the Plan or this Schedule 1, other than under Section 7.2 ( Death and Defined Disability ), before the second anniversary of the Grant Date, the Share Unit will not so Vest but will continue until the second anniversary of the Grant Date, or a later date as determined by the Committee, when it will Vest.

 

(iii)


7.2 Section 7.2 shall be deleted and replaced by the following provisions:

 

  “7.2. Death and Defined Disability . Notwithstanding any other rule of the Plan, where a Participant leaves employment for reason of death, his personal representatives may require, within six (6) months from the date of death, Vesting of the deceased’s Share Units and the transfer of the underlying Shares. The Shares will be transferred to the personal representatives of the Participant as soon as practicably possible following their request, and shall not be subject to any Holding Period.

Notwithstanding any other rule of the Plan, where a Participant suffers from a Defined Disability, he can request at any time the Vesting of its Share Units and the transfer of the underlying Shares. Shares transferred to a Participant suffering from a Defined Disability shall not be subject to any Holding Period.”

 

7.3 In Section 7.3, the word “Disability” shall be deleted and replaced by the words “Defined Disability”.

 

7.4 A new Section 7.5 ( Holding Period ) shall be added, according to the following provisions:

 

  “7.5 Holding Period .

 

  7.5.1 Shares transferred under Section 7.1 will be held by the account keeper on behalf of the Participant, for the duration of the Holding Period, in accordance with the provisions of the Holding Agreement, except as provided under Section 7.2 ( Death and Defined Disability ).

 

  7.5.2 Upon expiry of the Holding Period, the Participant will be free to dispose of the Shares, except during the Closed Periods during which the sale of the Shares is prohibited.”

 

7.5 A new Section 7.6 ( Delay for Dealing Restrictions ) shall be added, according to the following provisions:

 

  “7.6 Delay for Dealing Restrictions .

 

  7.6.1 If the Vesting of a Share Unit is prevented on any date by a Dealing Restriction, the Share Unit will Vest on the first date on which it is no longer so prevented.

 

  7.6.2 If the transfer of Shares is prohibited according to Section 7.5.2 ( Holding Period ), the period for transfer of Shares under those rules will start (or continue) to run from the first date on which it is no longer so prevented.”

 

8 Section 8 (Forfeited Share Units)

No modification.

 

9 Section 9 (Corporate Transaction)

Section 9 shall apply only to the extent it does not run foul of Article L225-197-1-III of the French Commercial Code.

 

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10 Section 10 (Change in share capital)

Section 10 shall apply only to the extent it does not run foul of Article L225-197-1-III of the French Commercial Code.

 

11 Section 11 (Administration)

No modification.

 

12 Section 12 (Beneficiaries and claims for benefits)

Section 12 shall be deleted.

 

13 Section 13 (General)

 

13.1 In Section 13.2, the words “Upon the termination of the Plan, in whole or in part, the Company shall, in its discretion, but subject to Applicable Law, determine whether the outstanding Share Units (including Vested and unvested Share Units) or a portion thereof credited to a Participant affected by the termination shall be automatically redeemed and paid out in a lump sum cash payment net of any applicable withholdings or held for the credit of the Participant and redeemed and paid out at a later date in accordance with the terms of the Plan in effect immediately prior to the termination of the Plan” shall be deleted.

 

13.2 In Section 13.4, the words “except to a spouse, minor children or minor grandchildren or a personal holding company or family trust controlled by a Participant, the shareholders or beneficiaries of which, as the case may be, are any combination of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s minor children or the Participant’s minor grandchildren, and after his or her lifetime shall ensure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Participant’s Beneficiary” shall be deleted.

 

13.3 In Section 13.5, the words “or its obligation to make any payments” shall be deleted.

 

13.4 Section 13.6 shall be deleted and replaced by the following provisions:

 

  “13.6 Tax . The Participant will be responsible, subject to Applicable Law, for all taxes, social security contributions or other levies arising in connection with a Share Unit. The Company, any employing company or trustee of any employee benefit trust, may withhold any amounts or make such arrangements as it considers necessary to meet any liability to pay or account for any such taxation or social security contributions or other levies. These arrangements may include the deduction of the amount of the liability from any cash amount payable to the Participant under the Plan or otherwise. The Participant will promptly do all things necessary to facilitate such arrangements and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, Vesting or the transfer of Shares may be delayed until he does so. The Participants (or heirs, if applicable) are responsible for reporting the receipt of any income under the Plan, however made, to the appropriate tax authorities. The Member of the Group with whom a Participant is or was in employment on the date the Shares are transferred will communicate the name of the Participant and the number of Shares being transferred to the social security authorities competent for that Member of the Group, in accordance with the provisions of Article L.242-1 of the French Social Security Code.”

 

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13.5 Section 13.7, the words “except as may otherwise be provided in the Trust Agreement or the applicable Grant Agreement” shall be deleted.

 

14 Section 14 (Severability)

A new section 14 (Severability) shall be added, according to the following provisions:

“Severability

The terms and conditions provided in the Plan as amended by this Schedule 1 are severable and if any one or more provisions are determined to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable under French law, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless be binding and enforceable.”

 

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Exhibit 10.2

SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.

2011 TREASURY BASED

RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT PLAN

 

1. PURPOSE

 

1.1 This Restricted Share Unit Plan has been established by the Company to provide long-term incentives for the success of the Company, to support the objectives of employee share ownership, to foster a responsible balance between short term and long term results, and to build and maintain a strong spirit of performance and entrepreneurship.

 

2. PLAN DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

 

2.1 In this Plan, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

  (a) “Accelerated Payment Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7;

 

  (b) “Account” has the meaning ascribed thereto in section 5.1;

 

  (c) “Applicable Law” means any applicable provision of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the Securities Act (British Columbia), the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 , as amended, and the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 , as amended, together with all regulations, rules, policy statements, rulings, notices, orders or other instruments promulgated thereunder and Stock Exchange Rules;

 

  (d) “Applicable Withholding Taxes” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 15.5;

 

  (e) “Award” means an award of Share Units granted to a Participant under the Plan;

 

  (f) “Award Value” means the target dollar amount for an Award as contemplated by section 3.1 hereof.

 

  (g) “Beneficiary” means any person designated by a Participant by written instrument filed with the Company to receive any amount, securities or property payable under the Plan in the event of the Participant’s death or, failing any such effective designation, the Participant’s legal representative;

 

  (h) “Black-Out Extension Term” means ten (10) business days from the date that any Black-Out Period ends;

 

  (i) “Black-Out Period” means a period of time (i) during which, pursuant to policies relating to insider trading adopted by the Board, certain designated persons may not trade in any securities of the Company; or (ii) when there exists undisclosed material information in respect of the Company;


  (j) “Board” means the board of directors of the Company and, to the extent that any or all of the powers of the Board are delegated to the Committee in accordance with section 13.1 hereof, includes the Committee;

 

  (k) “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a statutory holiday observed in the Province of British Columbia;

 

  (l) “Committee” means a committee appointed by the Board, or, if no committee is appointed, the Board, as such committee may be constituted from time to time and may be designated to, inter alia , interpret, administer and implement the Plan;

 

  (m) “Company” means Sierra Wireless, Inc. and its respective successors and assigns;

 

  (n) “Corporate Transaction” means a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or shares, or a merger, consolidation or other capital reorganization of the Company with or into another corporation;

 

  (o) “Designated Affiliated Entity” means a person (including a trust or a partnership) or company in which the Company has a significant investment and which the Company designates as such for the purposes of this Plan;

 

  (p) “Disability” means the illness or mental or physical disability or total or partial incapacity of an individual, as certified by a duly qualified medical practitioner, such that:

 

  (i) solely due to such illness, mental or physical disability or incapacity, the individual is unable to perform his duties or unable to competently perform his duties as an employee of the Company, a Subsidiary or Designated Affiliated Entity either for any consecutive 4 month period or for any period of 6 months (whether or not consecutive) in any consecutive 12 month period; or

 

  (ii) a court of competent jurisdiction has declared such individual to be mentally incompetent or incapable of managing his or her affairs;

 

  (q) “Effective Date” means the 17th day of May, 2011, when this Plan was approved by the shareholders of the Company;

 

  (r) “Exercise Date” means the day upon which the Company receives notice from the Participant of exercise of all or a portion of the Vested Share Units held by such Participant or, failing such notice, the day immediately prior to the Expiry Date;

 

  (s) “Expiry Date” means the date determined by the Committee (not to exceed five (5) years from the Grant Date), subject to extension in accordance with section 7.9, in connection with each Award made pursuant to the Plan which is the last Business Day on which Shares may be issued pursuant to Awards granted hereunder;

 

  (t)

“Fair Market Value” means, on any particular date, the closing sales price of the Shares (or if such price is not reported then the mean of the bid and ask prices) on the Toronto Stock Exchange (in respect of Canadian Participants) and on the Nasdaq Global Market (in respect of all other Participants) or, if the Shares are not traded on

 

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  such date, then on the immediately preceding trading date. In the event that the Shares are not listed and posted for trading on any stock exchange, the Fair Market Value shall be the fair market value of the Shares as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, acting reasonably and in good faith;

 

  (u) “Fiscal Year” means a fiscal year of the Company;

 

  (v) “Grant Agreement” means an agreement between the Company and a Participant under which an Award is granted, together with such amendments, deletions or changes thereto as are permitted under the Plan;

 

  (w) “Grant Date” means the date as of which an Award shall take effect, provided that the Grant Date shall not be a date prior to the date the Committee approves an Award;

 

  (x) “including” means including without limitation;

 

  (y) “Insider” shall have the meaning given to that term in the TSX rules relating to security-based compensation arrangements;

 

  (z) “Issue Date” means, with respect to any Award, the date upon which Shares covered thereunder shall be issued to the Participant of such Award;

 

  (aa) “Outside Director” means every director of the Company who is not a full-time employee or independent contractor of the Company;

 

  (bb) “Participant” means any person who is:

 

  (i) a full-time employee or independent contractor of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries (“subsidiaries”), or a part-time employee or independent contractor of the Company and its subsidiaries working not less than 20 hours per week; or

 

  (ii) a consultant to the Company or a subsidiary in respect of whom the Company is permitted to grant Options; or

 

  (iii) an Outside Director of the Company or a subsidiary;

 

  (cc) “Plan” means this 2011 Treasury Based Restricted Share Unit Plan, as amended and restated from time to time;

 

  (dd) “Security Based Compensation Arrangement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the provisions of the TSX rules relating to security based compensation arrangements;

 

  (ee) “Shares” means the common shares of the Company, and includes any shares of the Company into which such shares may be converted, reclassified, subdivided, consolidated, exchanged or otherwise changed, whether pursuant to a reorganization, amalgamation, merger, arrangement or other form of reorganization and “Share” means one such common share of the Company;

 

  (ff) “Share Unit” means a right, granted in accordance with section 3.1 hereof, to receive a Share;

 

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  (gg) “Stock Exchange Rules” means the applicable rules of any stock exchange or quotation system upon which shares of the Company are listed or quoted, as applicable;

 

  (hh) “Subsidiary” means a subsidiary, as defined in the Canada Business Corporations Act ;

 

  (ii) “Termination” or “Terminated” means, for purposes of this Plan with respect to a Participant, that the Participant has for any reason ceased to provide continuous services as an employee to the Company, a Subsidiary or a Designate Affiliated Entity. An employee will not be deemed to have ceased to provide continuous services as an employee in the case of:

 

  (i) sick leave; or

 

  (ii) any other leave of absence approved by the Committee, provided that such leave is for a period of not more than 90 days unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute, or unless provided otherwise pursuant to formal policy adopted from time to time by the Company, a Subsidiary or a Designated Affiliated Entity and issued and promulgated to employees in writing.

 

       The Committee will have sole discretion to determine whether a Participant has ceased to provide continuous services as an employee and the effective date on which the Participant ceased to provide services (the “ Termination Date ”);

 

  (jj) “TSX” means the Toronto Stock Exchange.

 

  (kk) “Vested Share Units” means Share Units which have vested in accordance with the terms of this Plan and/or the terms of the applicable Grant Agreement; and

 

  (ll) “Vesting Date” means the date on which a Share Unit becomes a Vested Share Unit pursuant to the provisions of this Plan and the terms of the applicable Grant Agreement.

 

2.2 In the Plan, references to the masculine include the feminine; and references to the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, as the context shall require.

 

2.3 The Plan shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and any actions, proceedings or claims in any way pertaining to the Plan shall be commenced in the courts of the Province of British Columbia.

 

2.4 If any provision of the Plan or part hereof is determined to be void or unenforceable all or in part, such determination shall not affect the validity or enforcement of any other provision or part thereof.

 

2.5 Headings wherever used herein are for reference purposes only and do not limit or extend the meaning of the provisions herein contained. A reference to a section or schedule shall, except where expressly stated otherwise, mean a section or schedule of the Plan, as applicable.

 

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2.6 The Company may establish schedules to the Plan for the benefit of Participants outside Canada, based on the Plan but modified to take account of local tax, exchange control or securities in countries other than Canada.

 

3. AWARDS AND TERMS IN GENERAL

 

3.1 Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Board may, from time to time, grant one or more Awards of Share Units to Participants on such terms and conditions consistent with the Plan as the Board shall determine. In determining the Participants to whom Awards may be granted and the individual Award Value therefore, the Board may take into account such factors as it shall determine, in its sole and absolute discretion. In determining the number of Share Units covered by each Award, the Board shall ensure that, to the greatest extent possible, its methodology is applied on a consistent basis.

 

3.2 Each Share Unit will give the Participant the right to receive one Share or cash in lieu in accordance with Article 7 with respect to each such Share Unit which has become a Vested Share Unit pursuant to the provisions of this Plan and in accordance with the terms of the Grant Agreement relating to such Share Unit.

 

3.3 Unless otherwise determined by the Company and as specifically set out in the Grant Agreement, and subject to the terms of this Plan, including section 7, and the Grant Agreement, Share Units granted to a Participant hereunder shall become Vested Share Units as follows: one-third (1/3) of the Share Units shall become Vested Share Units on the first anniversary of the Grant Date for such Share Units; one-third (1/3) of the Share Units shall become Vested Share Units on the second anniversary of the Grant Date for such Share Units; and one-third (1/3) of the Share Units shall become Vested Share Units on the third anniversary of the Grant Date for such Share Units. The vesting provisions in any Grant Agreement will be determined by the Board in its sole discretion. The Board in its sole discretion may, by resolution, permit all unvested Share Units to vest immediately and be paid out in accordance with Article 7.

 

3.4 Subject to the terms of the Plan and Applicable Law, the Company may determine other terms or conditions of any Share Units, including

 

  (a) any additional conditions with respect to the vesting of Share Units, in whole or in part, to become Vested Share Units or the payment of cash or the provision of Shares under the Plan;

 

  (b) restrictions on the resale of Shares including escrow arrangements; and

 

  (c) any other terms and conditions the Company may in its discretion determine;

 

     which shall be set out in the Grant Agreement. The conditions may relate to all or a portion of the Share Units in an Award and may be graduated such that different percentages (which may be greater or lesser than 100%) of the Share Units in an Award will become vested depending on the extent of satisfaction of one or more such conditions. The Company may, in its discretion, subsequent to the Grant Date, waive any such term or condition or determine that it has been satisfied.

 

3.5 No certificates shall be issued with respect to Share Units.

 

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4. GRANT AGREEMENT

 

4.1 Each Award will be evidenced by a Grant Agreement, in such form or forms as the Board shall approve from time to time, containing such terms and conditions consistent with the Plan as the Board may determine and such other terms and conditions not inconsistent herewith as the Company may, in its sole discretion, deem appropriate.

 

5. AWARDS AND ACCOUNTS

 

5.1 An account ( “Account” ), shall be maintained by the Company for each Participant and will be credited with such Awards of Share Units as are received by a Participant from time to time pursuant to sections 3.1 and 5.2. Share Units that fail to vest with a Participant pursuant to sections 7.2 or 7.3, or Article 9, or that are paid out to the Participant or his Beneficiary, shall be cancelled and shall cease to be recorded in the Participant’s Account as of the date on which such Share Units are forfeited or cancelled under the Plan or are paid out, as the case may be.

 

5.2 The Company shall keep or cause to be kept such records and accounts as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration of the Plan and the discharge of its duties, which records shall, absent manifest error, be considered conclusively determinative of all information contained therein.

 

5.3 A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any dividends or dividend equivalents in the event that the Company declares dividends that would have been paid to the Participant if the Share Units in his or her Share Unit Account on the relevant record date for dividends on the Shares had been Shares.

 

6. RESTRICTIONS ON ISSUANCE

 

6.1 Subject to adjustment in accordance with Sections 10 and 11, the aggregate number of Share Units outstanding pursuant to the Plan from time to time shall not exceed 2.6% of the number of issued and outstanding Shares from time to time.

 

6.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing:

 

  (a) the number of Shares issued to any one person pursuant to the Plan shall not exceed 5% of the total number of outstanding Shares on non-diluted basis;

 

  (b) the maximum number of Shares issuable to Insiders pursuant to the Plan, together with any Shares issuable pursuant to any other Security Based Compensation Arrangement, at any time, shall not exceed 10% of the total number of outstanding Shares on a non-diluted basis;

 

  (c) the maximum number of Shares issued to Insiders pursuant to the Plan, together with any Shares issued pursuant to any other Security Based Compensation Arrangement, within any one year period, shall not exceed 10% of the total number of outstanding Shares on a non-diluted basis;

 

  (d) the number of Shares issued pursuant to the Plan, together with any Shares issued pursuant to any other Security Based Compensation Arrangement, to any one Insider and such Insiders’ associates, within a one-year period, shall not exceed 5% of the outstanding Shares on a non-diluted basis; and

 

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  (e) the number of Shares issued to Outside Directors under the Plan, together with any Shares issued pursuant to any other Security Based Compensation Arrangement, shall not exceed 1% of the total number of outstanding Shares on a non-diluted basis and the Award Value of all Awards (together with the award value of all other rights granted under any other Security Based Compensation Arrangement) to Outside Directors shall not exceed $100,000 per year per Outside Director.

 

7. SETTLEMENT OF SHARE UNITS

 

7.1 Upon receipt of a notice from the Participant of exercise of all or a portion of the Vested Share Units held by such Participants, or failing such notice immediately prior to the Expiry Date (such date being the Issue Date), the Company shall settle the Vested Share Units specified in such notice, by either:

 

  (a) issuing Shares to the Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 7.2; or

 

  (b) paying cash to the Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 7.3.

 

     Where the Board does not specify any payment method for the Vested Share Units credited to a Participant’s Account, the form of payment shall be in Shares as provided in Section 7.2.

 

7.2 Where the Company issues Shares from treasury, the number of Shares that are issuable to the Participant on the Issue Date shall be issued from treasury by the Company as fully paid and non-assessable shares in consideration of past services valued by the Board at no less than the Fair Market Value of the number of Shares covered by the Award at the Grant Date.

 

     For greater certainty and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the number of Shares issued to a Participant will be equal to the number of Vested Share Units specified in the notice, less the number of Shares that results by dividing the Applicable Withholding Taxes by the Fair Market Value as at the Issue Date.

 

     Fractional Shares shall not be issued and where a Participant would be entitled to receive a fractional Share in respect of any Vested Share Unit, the Company will pay to such Participant, in lieu of such fractional Share, cash equal to the Fair Market Value on the Issue Date, as applicable, of the fractional Vested Share Unit, net of Applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

7.3 Where the Board elects to settle the Vested Share Units in cash, the payment will be equal to the product that results by multiplying (a) the number of Vested Share Units specified in the notice, and (b) the Fair Market Value on the Issue Date, less an amount equal to the Applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

7.4 Unless otherwise agreed to by the Participant and the Board, the Company will settle the Vested Share Units by the payment in cash, Shares, or a combination thereof, as elected by the Committee and calculated in accordance with Sections 7.2 and 7.3, to the Participant within 30 days of the applicable Issue Date.

 

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7.5 In the event of the death of a Participant, the Company, as applicable, shall make a payment in cash, issue Shares or use a combination of such payment methods, as elected by the Board and calculated in accordance with Sections 7.2 and 7.3, within 30 days of the Participant’s death.

 

7.6 Upon payment pursuant to this Article 7, the entitlement of a Participant to receive any and all amounts in respect of the Vested Share Units to which such payment relates shall be fully discharged and satisfied and all such Vested Share Units shall thereupon be cancelled and terminated.

 

7.7 No interest shall accrue to, or be credited to, the Participant or his Beneficiary on any amount payable under the Plan.

 

7.8 The Company shall not be obliged to issue any Shares if such issuance would violate any Applicable Law. The Company, in its sole discretion, may postpone the issuance or delivery of Shares under any Award as the Board may consider appropriate, and may require any Participant to make such representations and furnish such information as it may consider appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of Shares in compliance with Applicable Law. The Company shall not be required to qualify for resale pursuant to a prospectus or similar document any Shares awarded under the Plan.

 

7.9 In the event the Expiry Date would otherwise occur during a Black-Out Period, the Expiry Date shall be extended to the last day of the Black-Out Extension Period.

 

8. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

 

8.1 Unless otherwise determined by the Board in its sole discretion or unless otherwise expressly set forth in a Grant Agreement pertaining to a particular Award or any written employment agreement governing a Participant’s role with the Company, if a Participant is Terminated by reason of Disability or death prior to a Vesting Date or Vesting Dates, then vesting of all outstanding Award of Share Units not yet vested shall be accelerated such that all such Share Units shall become Vested Share Units.

 

8.2 Unless otherwise determined by the Board in its sole discretion or unless otherwise expressly set forth in a Grant Agreement pertaining to a particular Award or any written employment agreement governing a Participant’s role with the Company, if a Participant is Terminated for any reason other than Disability or death, then any outstanding Award of Share Units that have not become Vested Share Units prior to the Participant’s Termination shall immediately be cancelled and forfeited and all rights and interests in respect of such Share Units of the Participant (and the executors, administrators, beneficiaries or other permitted transferee of the Participant) shall thereupon terminate, in all cases, for no consideration.

 

9. FORFEITED SHARE UNIT S

 

9.1 No cash or other compensation shall at any time be paid in respect of any Share Units which have been forfeited or terminated under this Plan or on account of damages relating to any Share Units which have been forfeited or terminated under this Plan.

 

9.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or a Grant Agreement, Share Units granted hereunder shall terminate, if not exercised or previously terminated and forfeited in accordance with the Plan, and be of no further force and effect after the Expiry Date.

 

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10 CORPORATE TRANSACTION

 

10.1 In the event of a Corporate Transaction or proposed Corporate Transaction, the Company, at its option, may, subject to Stock Exchange Rules, do either of the following:

 

  (a) the Company may redeem and cancel Share Units upon giving to any Participant to whom such Share Units have been granted at least 10 days’ written notice of its intention to do so, and the Company shall make a payment in respect of such Share Units in accordance with Article 7, without regard to the vesting provisions attached to the Share Units contained in the Plan and without regard to the tax consequences of such action to any Participant; or

 

  (b) the Company, or any corporation or entity which is or would be the successor to the Company or which may issue securities in exchange for Shares upon the Corporate Transaction becoming effective, may, upon notice to the Participant, substitute for Shares under this Plan securities into which the Shares are changed or are convertible or exchangeable, or securities of such other corporation or entity on a basis proportionate to the number of Share Units in the Participant’s account or some other appropriate basis, or some other property.

 

10.2 The Company may specify in any notice under section 10.1, that, if for any reason, the Corporate Transaction is not completed, the Company may revoke such notice. The Company may exercise such right by further notice in writing to the Participant and the Share Unit shall thereafter continue to be allocated to the Participant in accordance with its terms.

 

10.3 Subsections (a) and (b) of section 10.1 are intended to be permissive and may be utilized independently or successively or in combination or otherwise, and nothing therein contained shall be construed as limiting or affecting the ability of the Company to deal with Share Units in the event of a Corporate Transaction in any other manner.

 

10.4 In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, to the extent that a Share Unit has not previously become a Vested Share Unit, it will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action and, except as provided below in this section 10.4, no payment shall be made with respect thereto. The Company may, in the exercise of its sole discretion in such instances, declare that any Share Unit shall become a Vested Share Unit and be subject to a payment as of a date fixed by the Committee.

 

11. CHANGES IN SHARE CAPITAL

 

11.1 If the number of outstanding Shares of the Company shall be increased or decreased as a result of a stock split, consolidation, reclassification or recapitalization and not as a result of the issuance of Shares for additional consideration or by way of a stock dividend in the ordinary course, the Company may make appropriate adjustments to the number of Share Units outstanding under the Plan provided that the Fair Market Value of outstanding Awards of Share Units after such an adjustment shall not exceed the Fair Market Value immediately prior thereto. Any determinations by the Company as to the adjustments shall be made in its sole discretion and all such adjustments shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes under the Plan.

 

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12. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN

 

12.1 The Board shall have the power to, without shareholder approval, at any time and from time to time, either prospectively or retrospectively, amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan, any provisions thereof or any Share Unit granted under the Plan, as the Board, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

 

  (a) for the purposes of making formal minor or technical modifications to any of the provisions of the Plan,

 

  (b) to correct any ambiguity, defective provision, error or omission in the provisions of the Plan,

 

  (c) to change the vesting provisions of Share Units including, without limitation, any acceleration of vesting provisions; or

 

  (d) to change the termination provisions of Share Units or the Plan which does not entail an extension beyond the original Expiry Date of the Share Units;

 

  provided, however that:

 

  (e) such amendment, suspension or termination is in accordance with applicable laws and the rules of any stock exchange on which the Shares are listed;

 

  (f) no such amendment, suspension or termination shall be made at any time to the extent such action would materially adversely affect the existing rights of a Participant with respect to any then outstanding Share Unit, as determined by the Board of Directors acting in good faith, without his or her consent in writing;

 

  (g) the Board shall obtain shareholder approval of the following amendments:

 

  (i) to increase the maximum number of Shares issuable on the exercise of Awards under Section 6.1 (other than pursuant to Section 10 or Section 11);

 

  (ii) to increase the number of Shares issuable to Insiders above the restrictions in Section 6.2;

 

  (iii) to extend the Expiry Date of any outstanding Awards;

 

  (iv) to extend the maximum permitted Expiry Date under the Plan beyond five (5) years;

 

  (v) to cancel and re-issue any Awards;

 

  (vi) to permit Share Units granted under the Plan to be transferable or assignable other than for normal estate settlement purposes;

 

  (vii) to change the definition of Participants to permit the introduction or re-introduction of non-employee directors on a discretionary basis or amendments that increase limits previously imposed on Outside Director participation; and

 

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  (viii) to amend this Section 12.1(g).

 

12.2 If the Plan is terminated, the provisions of the Plan and any administrative guidelines and other rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Directors and in force on the date of termination will continue in effect as long as any rights pursuant thereto remain outstanding and, notwithstanding the termination of the Plan, the Board of Directors shall remain able to make such amendments to the Plan or the Share Units as they would have been entitled to make if the Plan were still in effect.

 

13. ADMINISTRATION

 

  13.1 The Board shall have the authority to administer the Plan and to exercise all the powers and authorities either specifically granted to it under the Plan or necessary or advisable in the administration of the Plan subject to and not inconsistent with the express provisions of this Plan including, without limitation, the authority to:

 

  (a) determine the Participants and approve the terms and conditions of Awards granted to Participants including, without limitation, the Award Value, the Grant Date and any charges to the vesting schedule in section 3.3;

 

  (b) interpret the Plan and Grant Agreements;

 

  (c) prescribe, modify and rescind procedures, rules and policies relating to the Plan;

 

  (d) correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan in the manner and to the extent it considers necessary or advisable for the implementation and administration of the Plan;

 

  (e) exercise all rights reserved to the Company under the Plan;

 

  (f) determine the terms and conditions of Grant Agreements to be used in connection with the Awards of Share Units; and

 

  (g) make all other determinations and take all other actions as it considers necessary or advisable for the implementation and administration of the Plan.

The Board’s determinations and actions under this Plan are final, conclusive and binding on the Company and the Participants.

To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Board may from time to time delegate to the Committee all or any of the powers of the Board. Any decision made or action taken by the Board or by the Committee arising out of or in connection with the administration or interpretation of this Plan in this context is final, binding and conclusive on the Company and the Participants.

 

13.2 The Company shall keep or cause to be kept such records and accounts as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration of the Plan and the discharge of its duties. Subject to Applicable Law, at such times as the Company shall determine, the Company or its stock plan service provider shall furnish the Participant with a statement setting forth the details of his or her Share Units including the Grant Date and the Vested and unvested Share Units held by each Participant. Such statement shall be deemed to have been accepted by the

 

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     Participant as correct unless written notice to the contrary is given to the Company within 30 days after such statement is given to the Participant. Any payment, notice, statement, certificate or other instrument required or permitted to be given under the Plan shall be given by: (i) delivering it personally to the recipient; or (ii) mailing it postage paid (provided that the postal service is then in operation); or (iii) delivering it to the address which is maintained for the Participant in the Company’s personnel records or the Company (attention, Vice President Finance), as applicable. Such payment, notice, statement, certificate or other instrument shall be deemed to have been given or delivered on the date on which it was delivered, if mailed (provided that the postal service is then in operation), shall be deemed to have been given or delivered on the second business day following the date on which it was mailed and if by facsimile or similar means of electronic transmission, on the next business day following transmission.

 

14. BENEFICIARIES AND CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS

 

14.1 Subject to the requirements of Applicable Law, a Participant may designate in writing a Beneficiary to receive any benefits that are payable under the Plan upon the death of such Participant. The Participant may, subject to Applicable Law, change such designation from time to time. Such designation or change shall be in such form and executed and filed in such manner as the Company may from time to time determine.

 

15. GENERAL

 

15.1 The transfer of an employee form the Company to a Subsidiary or a Designated Affiliated Entity, from a Subsidiary or a Designated Affiliated Entity to the Company, or from one Subsidiary or Designated Affiliated Entity to another Subsidiary or Designated Affiliated Entity, shall not be considered a termination of employment for the purposes of the Plan, nor shall it be considered a termination of employment if a Participant is placed on such other leave of absence which is considered by the Company as continuing intact the employment relationship; in such a case, the employment relationship shall be continued until the later of the date when the leave equals ninety days or the date when a Participant’s right to reemployment shall no longer be guaranteed either by law or by contract, except that in the event active employment is not renewed at the end of the leave of absence, the employment relationship shall be deemed to have ceased at the beginning of the leave of absence.

 

15.2 The determination by the Company of any question which may arise as to the interpretation or implementation of the Plan or any of the Share Units granted hereunder shall be final and binding on all Participants and other persons claiming or deriving rights through any of them.

 

15.3 The Plan shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company, its successors and assigns. The interest of any Participant under the Plan or in any Share Unit shall not be transferable or alienable by him or her either by pledge, assignment or in any other manner, except to a spouse, children or grandchildren or a personal holding company or family trust controlled by a Participant, the shareholders or beneficiaries of which, as the case may be, are any combination of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s children or the Participant’s grandchildren, and after his or her lifetime shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Participant’s Beneficiary.

 

15.4 The Award of Share Units and the Company’s obligation to settle Vested Share Units hereunder is subject to compliance with Applicable Law. As a condition of participating in the Plan, each Participant agrees to comply with all such Applicable Law and agrees to furnish to the Company all information and undertakings as may be required to permit compliance with such Applicable Law.

 

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15.5 The Company, a Subsidiary or a Designated Affiliated Entity may withhold from any amount payable to a Participant, either under this Plan, or otherwise, such amount as may be necessary so as to ensure that the Company, the Subsidiary or the Designated Affiliated Entity will be able to comply with the applicable provisions of any federal, provincial, state or local law relating to the withholding of tax or other required deductions, including on the amount, if any, includable in the income of a Participant. The Company, a Subsidiary and a Designated Affiliated Entity shall also have the right in its discretion to satisfy any such liability for withholding or other required deduction amounts by selling or requiring the Participant to sell Shares which would otherwise be provided to the Participant hereunder. The Company may require a Participant, as a condition to the settlement of a Vested Share Unit, to pay or reimburse the Company, a Subsidiary or a Designated Affiliated Entity for any such withholding or other required deduction of amounts related to the settlement of Vested Share Units.

 

15.6 A Participant shall not have the right or be entitled to exercise any voting rights, receive any dividends or have or be entitled to any other rights as a shareholder in respect of any Share Units.

 

15.7 Neither designation of an employee as a Participant nor the Award of any Share Units to any Participant entitles any Participant to any further Award, of any Share Units under the Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken thereunder shall interfere with the right of any person that employs a Participant to terminate the Participant’s employment at any time. Neither any period of notice, if any, nor any payment in lieu thereof, upon termination of employment, wrongful or otherwise, shall be considered as extending the period of employment for the purposes of the Plan.

 

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SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.

2011 TREASURY BASED RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT PLAN

ADDENDUM FOR U.S. PARTICIPANTS

This Addendum modifies the Sierra Wireless, Inc. 2011 Treasury Based Restricted Share Unit Plan (the “Plan”) with respect to Awards issued to individuals who are residents of the United States or otherwise subject to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), for purposes of the tax treatment of Awards (referred to as “U.S. Participants”). Capitalized terms in this Addendum that are not otherwise defined will have the meaning provided in the Plan.

1. Modification to Awards and Terms in General . Contrary to the last sentence of Section 3.3 of the Plan, the Board may not, in it sole discretion, and by resolution, accelerate the vesting of Share Units held by U.S. Participants. For U.S. Participants Share Units will vest in accordance with the schedule provided in Section 3.3 of the Plan, or in accordance with an alternative schedule provided in the Grant Agreement, with the potential of accelerated vesting upon a Participant’s death or Disability, in accordance with Section 8.1, or upon a Corporate Transaction, unless specifically provided otherwise in the Grant Agreement.

2. Modification to Settlement of Share Units . Section 7.1 of the Plan is modified such that a U.S. Participant may not choose when to exercise any part of his Vested Share Units, but rather the settlement of Awards will occur automatically in conjunction with the Vesting Date, or the Participant’s death or Disability, in accordance with Section 7.4 and 7.5. Section 7.4 of the Plan is also modified to eliminate any right of a U.S. Participant and/or the Board (with respect to a U.S. Participant) to accelerate or defer the timing of the settlement of Vested Share Units to a date other than a date within 30 days following the Issue Date. For these purposes the Issue Date will be the same as the Vesting Date.

3. Modification to Corporate Transaction Provisions . Notwithstanding the language of Section 10.1 of the Plan, any Award of Share Units that has not previously vested will accelerate and become vested in connection with a Corporate Transaction that occurs before the Participant has experienced a Termination, unless specifically provided otherwise in the Grant Agreement. Similarly, in the event of a proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, as described in Section 10.4, a Share Unit that has not previously become a Vested Share Unit will terminate immediately, and will not be accelerated as to vesting, unless otherwise provided in the Grant Agreement.

4. Modification to Amendment or Termination of Plan . Section 12.1(c) is modified to eliminate the Board’s discretionary authority, with respect to U.S. Participants, to unilaterally accelerate the vesting events associated with Awards. In addition, the Plan, as it applies to U.S. Participants, is intended to qualify as a “short-term deferral,” as defined in the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A. The Company will interpret the Plan to reach that result, and retains the right to modify the Plan or any Grant Agreement, as necessary, to retain the characterization as a short-term deferral arrangement under Code Section 409A.

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Exhibit 16.1

September 18, 2017

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Office of the Chief Accountant

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

Re:    Sierra Wireless, Inc.

Dear Sir or Madam:

We have read the section titled “Change in Numerex Accountants” of Form F-4 of Sierra Wireless, Inc. dated September 18, 2017, and have the following comments:

 

  1. We agree with the statements made in the first, second, third, fourth, and sixth paragraphs concerning our firm contained therein.

 

  2. We have no basis on which to agree or disagree with the statements made in the fifth paragraph.

Very truly yours,

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

Exhibit 16.2

 

LOGO

KPMG LLP

PO Box 10426 777 Dunsmuir Street

Vancouver BC V7Y 1K3

Canada

Telephone (604) 691-3000

Fax (604) 691-3031

September 8, 2017

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We were previously principal accountants for Sierra Wireless Inc. and, under the date of February 29, 2016, we reported on the consolidated financial statements of Sierra Wireless Inc. as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 and for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2015 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015. On March 17, 2016, we were dismissed. We have read Sierra Wireless Inc.’s statements included in its Registration Statement on Form F-4 under the heading “Change in Sierra Wireless Accountants” and we agree with such statements, except that we are not in a position to agree or disagree with Sierra Wireless Inc.‘s statement that Ernst & Young LLP was not engaged regarding the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on Sierra Wireless Inc.’s consolidated financial statements.

Very truly yours,

/s/ KPMG LLP

Chartered Professional Accountants

Vancouver, Canada

KPMG LLP is a Canadian limited liability partnership and a member firm of the KPMG

network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative

(“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. KPMG Canada provides services to KPMG LLP.

Exhibit 21.1

Subsidiaries of Sierra Wireless, Inc.:

The following table lists the principal subsidiaries of Sierra Wireless and their jurisdictions of incorporation or organization. All such entities are 100% owned, directly or indirectly, by Sierra Wireless.

 

Name

  

Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization

Sierra Wireless America, Inc.    Delaware, U.S.A.
Sierra Wireless S.A.    France
Sierra Wireless Hong Kong Limited    Hong Kong
Sierra Wireless Sweden AB    Sweden

Subsidiaries with total assets and revenues less than 10 per cent, and in the aggregate less than 20 per cent, of total consolidated assets or total consolidated revenue are excluded from the list.

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement on Form F-4 and related Prospectus of Sierra Wireless, Inc. for the registration of up to 3,630,000 of its common shares and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated March 10, 2017, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Sierra Wireless, Inc., and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Sierra Wireless, Inc., included in its Annual Report (Form 40-F) for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Vancouver, Canada    /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
September 18, 2017    Chartered Professional Accountants

Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Numerex Corp.

Atlanta, Georgia

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration Statement of our reports dated March 31, 2017, relating to the consolidated financial statements and schedule, and the effectiveness of Numerex Corp.’s internal control over financial reporting appearing in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

We also consent to the reference to us under the caption “Experts” in the Prospectus.

/s/ BDO USA, LLP

Atlanta, Georgia

September 18, 2017

Exhibit 23.3

 

LOGO

KPMG LLP

PO Box 10426 777 Dunsmuir Street

Vancouver BC V7Y 1K3

Canada

Telephone (604) 691-3000

Fax (604) 691-3031

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Sierra Wireless Inc.:

We consent to the use of our report dated February 29, 2016, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of Sierra Wireless Inc. as of December 31, 2015, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive earnings (loss), equity and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2015, incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Chartered Professional Accountants

Vancouver, Canada

September 18, 2017

KPMG LLP is a Canadian limited liability partnership and a member firm of the KPMG

network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative

(“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. KPMG Canada provides services to KPMG LLP.

Exhibit 23.4

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have issued our report dated March 14, 2016 with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Numerex Corp. as of December 31, 2015 and for the two years in the period ended December 31, 2015, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Numerex Corp. for the year ended December 31, 2016, which is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement of Sierra Wireless, Inc. on Form F-4. We consent to the incorporation by reference of the aforementioned report in this Registration Statement, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption “Experts.”

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

Atlanta, Georgia

September 18, 2017