UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of May 2020

Commission File Number: 001-36897

 

 

FIRSTSERVICE CORPORATION

(Translation of the registrant’s name into English)

 

 

1255 Bay Street, Suite 600

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

M5R 2A9

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

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

Form 20-F  ☐            Form 40-F  ☒

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

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On May 25, 2020, FirstService Corporation (“FirstService”) filed the following documents on FirstService’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com, which are furnished as exhibits hereto:

 

Exhibit

  

Title

99.1    Stock Purchase Agreement
99.2    Registration Rights Agreement
99.3    Material Change Report, dated May 25, 2020


SIGNATURES

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

 

    FIRSTSERVICE CORPORATION
Date: May 26, 2020     By:  

/s/ Jeremy Rakusin

      Name: Jeremy Rakusin
      Title: Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 99.1

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Stock Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of May 22, 2020 by and between FirstService Corporation, a corporation existing under the laws of Ontario, Canada (the “Company”), and Durable Capital Master Fund LP, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Purchaser”).

RECITALS

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and relying on an exemption from the prospectus requirements of applicable Canadian securities laws, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company, common shares in the capital of the Company (the “Common Shares”) as more fully described in this Agreement.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and Purchaser hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:

“Action” means any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of their respective properties or any officer, director or employee of the Company acting in his or her capacity as an officer, director or employee before or by any federal, state, county, local or foreign court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory authority, stock market, stock exchange or trading facility.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act. With respect to Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as the Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Purchaser.

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

“Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or a statutory holiday in the Province of Ontario, Canada or any day


on which banking institutions in the State of New York or the Province of Ontario are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

“Canadian Filings” means the public filings made by the Company with applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities on SEDAR.

“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1.

“Closing Date” means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all of the conditions set forth in Section 2.1, Section 2.2 and Article V are satisfied or waived, as the case may be, or such other date as the parties may agree.

“Commission” or “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Common Share Equivalents” means any securities of the Company which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Shares or other securities that entitle the holder to receive, directly or indirectly, Common Shares.

“Common Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals, and also includes any other class of securities into which the Common Shares may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

“Company’s Knowledge” means with respect to any statement made to the Company’s Knowledge, that the statement is based upon the actual knowledge of D. Scott Patterson (President and Chief Executive Officer) and Jeremy Rakusin (Chief Financial Officer), after reasonable internal inquiry of the appropriate senior officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries having responsibility for the matter in question.

“Control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” or “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

“Effective Date” means the date on which the initial Registration Statement required by Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Fundamental Transaction” means any event pursuant to which: (a) the Company effects (i) any merger of the Company with (but not into) another Person, in which shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than a majority of the outstanding shares of the surviving entity; or (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Company into another Person; (b) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions; (c) any take-over bid, tender offer or exchange offer approved or

 

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authorized by the Board of Directors is completed pursuant to which holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Common Shares deposit (and have taken up), tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property; or (d) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (other than as a result of a subdivision or combination of Common Shares covered by Section 6.14 below or as a result of a transaction, the primary purpose of which is to change the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company).

“GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, as applied by the Company.

“Lien” means any lien, charge, claim, mortgage, pledge, easement, encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restrictions of any kind.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, prospects, business or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except that any of the following, either alone or in combination, shall not be deemed a Material Adverse Effect: (a) effects caused by changes or circumstances affecting general market conditions in the U.S., Canada or other applicable economy or which are generally applicable to the industry or industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, provided that such effects are not borne disproportionately by the Company and its Subsidiaries; (b) effects caused by earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, wildfires or other large-scale natural disasters, hostilities, acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or military actions or any escalation or material worsening of any such hostilities, acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or military actions existing as of the date hereof; or (c) the impact of the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic.

“Nasdaq” means The Nasdsaq Stock Market LLC.

“New York Courts” means the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan.

“Per Share Purchase Price” means $83.46 per Common Share.

“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

“Principal Trading Market” means the Trading Market on which the Common Shares are primarily listed on and quoted for trading.

“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the registration rights agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

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“Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchaser of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such rule.

“SEC Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).

“SEDAR” means the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval of the Canadian Securities Administrators.

“Short Sales” include, without limitation: (a) all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, whether or not against the box, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps, “put equivalent positions” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis); and (b) sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable Common Shares).

“Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other entity which is then in existence and which is, directly or indirectly, controlled by the Company, and shall, where applicable, include any such entity formed or acquired after the date hereof.

“Trading Day” means: (a) a day on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted and traded on its Principal Trading Market (other than the OTCMarkets), (b) if the Common Shares are not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTCMarkets), a day on which the Common Shares are traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTCMarkets, or (c) if the Common Shares are not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Shares are quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported in the OTC Markets Pink Open Market (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Shares are not listed or quoted as set forth in (a), (b) and (c) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

“Trading Market” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, any Nasdaq trading market, the TSX or the OTCMarkets on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.

“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, including the schedules and exhibits attached hereto, and the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Transfer Agent” means TSX Trust Company or any successor transfer agent for the Common Shares.

“TSX” means the Toronto Stock Exchange.

 

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Section 1.2 Interpretation. In this Agreement, unless the express context otherwise requires: (a) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (b) references to the words “Article” or “Section” refer to the respective Articles and Sections of this Agreement, and references to “Exhibit” refer to the Exhibits annexed hereto; (c) references to a “party” mean a party to this Agreement and include references to such party’s permitted successors and permitted assigns; (d) references to a “third party” mean a Person not a party to this Agreement; (e) the terms “dollars” and “$” means U.S. dollars; and (f) wherever the word “include,” “includes” or “including” is used in this Agreement, it will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

ARTICLE II

PURCHASE AND SALE

Section 2.1 Closing.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, 1,797,359 Common Shares (the “Purchased Shares”) at the Per Share Purchase Price, for an aggregate purchase price of $150, 007,582.14 (the “Purchase Price”).

(b) The Closing of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place at the offices of Fogler, Rubinoff LLP, 77 King Street West, Suite 3000, P.O. Box 95, TD Centre North Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5K 1G8 on the Closing Date, or at such other location(s) or remotely by facsimile transmission or other electronic means as the parties may mutually agree.

(c) Except as may otherwise be agreed to between the Company and the Purchaser, on the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall wire the Purchase Price, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds, to a bank account designated in writing by the Company, and the Company shall irrevocably instruct the Transfer Agent to deliver the Purchased Shares to the Purchaser and provide evidence of the issuance of the Purchased Shares, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as expressly provided in Section 4.1(b)), to be followed within one Trading day after Closing by a book-entry statement or a physical share certificate evidencing the issuance of the Purchased Shares

Section 2.2 Closing Deliveries.

(a) On or prior to the Closing, the Company shall issue, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser the following (the “Company Deliverables”):

(i) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;

(ii) the Compliance Certificate referred to in Section 5.1(g);

(iii) a certificate of the Corporate Secretary of the Company, in the form reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser (the “Secretary’s Certificate”), dated as of the

 

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Closing Date: (A) certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the issuance of the Purchased Shares; (B) certifying the current versions of the articles of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws, as amended, of the Company; and (C) certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the Company, together with a certificate of status evidencing that the Company is formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario and not dissolved as of a date within ten days of the Closing Date; and

(iv) the Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third-party consents and approvals necessary for the sale of the Purchased Shares.

(b) On or prior to the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following (the “Purchaser Deliverables”):

(i) the Purchase Price, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds, by wire transfer to a bank account designated in writing by the Company; and

(ii) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as disclosed in the attached schedules, the SEC Reports or the Canadian Filings, the Company hereby represents and warrants, as of the date hereof and the Closing Date (except for the representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be made as of such date), to the Purchaser as follows:

(a) Material Subsidiaries. The Company has no direct or indirect material Subsidiaries other than those listed in Schedule 3.1(a) (each a “Material Subsidiary,” and together the “Material Subsidiaries”). Except: (i) as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(a), the SEC Reports or the Canadian Filings; (ii) for the security interests granted in connection with, or permitted by, the amended and restated credit agreement of the Corporation dated June 21, 2019 (the “Credit Facility”) and the Company’s 3.84% Guaranteed Senior Secured Notes due January 16, 2025 in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 (the “Senior Notes”); (iii) for the transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws or the constating documents of such Material Subsidiary; and (iv) pursuant to shareholder, partnership, operating, joint venture or similar agreements governing such Material Subsidiary, the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or comparable equity interests of each Material Subsidiary free and clear of any and all Liens, and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or comparable equity interest of each Material Subsidiary are validly issued and are (with respect to corporate entities) fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.

(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company is a corporation existing under the laws of Ontario, is current and up-to-date, in all material respects, with all filings

 

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required to be made under its incorporating statute, and has the corporate power and capacity to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as is now carried on by it or proposed to be carried on by it, in each case, as described in the SEC Reports and the Canadian Filings, and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business. Each Material Subsidiary is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company incorporated or formed, as applicable, organized and existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as applicable, is current and up-to-date, in all material respects, with all filings required to be made under its governing statute and has the requisite corporate or other power and capacity to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as is now carried on by it or proposed to be carried on by it, in each case, as described in the SEC Reports and the Canadian Filings, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business. There exist no options, warrants, purchase rights, or other contracts or commitments that could require the Company to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any capital stock, partnership interests or membership interests of any Material Subsidiary other than to another Subsidiary of the Company (subject to the enforcement of any security interest granted in connection with the Credit Facility and the Senior Notes). No act or proceeding has been taken by or, to the knowledge of the Company, against any Material Subsidiary in connection with the liquidation, winding-up or bankruptcy of such Material Subsidiary.

(c) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The Company’s execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, but not limited to, the sale and delivery of the Purchased Shares) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and no further corporate action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or its shareholders in connection therewith. Each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and is, or when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Purchaser), except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Purchased Shares) do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provisions of the

 

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Company’s or any Material Subsidiary’s certificate/articles of incorporation or bylaws or other similar organizational documents of any Material Subsidiary, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would result in a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Material Subsidiary or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any material contract, or (iii) conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Material Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations, assuming the correctness of the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser herein, of any self-regulatory organization to which the Company or its securities are subject, including all applicable Trading Markets), or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document or the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document.

(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. Neither the Company nor any of its Material Subsidiaries is required to obtain any consent, waiver, approval, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, holder of outstanding securities of the Company or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents (including the issuance of the Purchased Shares), other than (i) the filing with the Commission of one or more Registration Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) filings required by applicable state or provincial securities laws, (iii) if applicable, the filing of a Notice of Sale of Securities on Form D with the Commission under Regulation D of the Securities Act, (iv) the filing of any requisite notices and/or application(s) to the Principal Trading Market and the TSX for the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares and the listing of the Purchased Shares for trading or quotation, as the case may be, thereon in the time and manner required thereby (including as contemplated in Section 4.6 of this Agreement), and receipt of conditional approval therefor from the TSX in connection therewith, and (v) those that have been made or obtained prior to the date of this Agreement.

(f) Issuance of the Shares. The Purchased Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all Liens, other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights of shareholders. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser in this Agreement, the Purchased Shares will be issued in compliance with all applicable Canadian and United States federal, provincial and state securities laws.

(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company is as described in its most recently filed SEC Report on Form 40-F, except for: (i) issuances of Purchased Shares pursuant to this Agreement, stock option exercises, restricted stock unit delivery, issuances

 

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pursuant to equity incentive plans or exercises of warrants, or issuances of warrants; and (ii) repurchases by the Company pursuant to its normal course issuer bid. The Company has not issued any capital stock since the date of its most recently filed SEC Report other than to reflect stock option and warrant exercises, restricted stock unit delivery, and issuances of warrants that do not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material effect on the issued and outstanding capital stock, options and other securities of the Company. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares will not obligate the Company to issue Common Shares or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchaser) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities.

(h) SEC Reports. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the 12 months preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis pursuant to the filing requirements for such SEC Reports, or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension, except where the failure to file on a timely basis would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and would not have or reasonably be expected to result in any limitation or prohibition on the Company’s ability to register the Purchased Shares for resale under the Registration Rights Agreement or the Purchaser’s ability to use Rule 144 to resell any Purchased Shares. As of their respective filing dates, or to the extent corrected by a subsequent amendment, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(i) Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing (or to the extent corrected by a subsequent amendment). Such consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial year-end audit adjustments.

(j) Material Changes. Since the date of the latest financial statements included within the SEC Reports or Canadian Filings, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report or Canadian Filing filed prior to the date hereof: (i) there have been no events, occurrences or developments that have had or would reasonably be expected to have,

 

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either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) the Company has not incurred any material liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission. Except for the issuance of the Purchased Shares contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or the Material Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

(k) Litigation. There is no Action which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Purchased Shares or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable decision, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There has not been, and to the Company’s Knowledge there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. During the past five years, the Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

(l) Employment Matters. No material labor dispute exists or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company which would have or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of the Material Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement. To the Company’s Knowledge, no executive officer or key employee, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and to the Company’s Knowledge, the continued employment of each such executive officer or key employee does not subject the Company or any Subsidiary to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters, except, in each case, matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is in compliance with all Canadian, United States, federal, provincial, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(m) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any of the Material Subsidiaries: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under), nor has the Company or any of the Material Subsidiaries received written notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any material contract (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their properties or assets, or (iii) is in violation of, or in receipt of written notice

 

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that it is in violation of, any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority applicable to the Company or any of the Material Subsidiaries, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(n) Regulatory Permits. The Company and each of the Material Subsidiaries possesses all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its business as currently conducted, except as set forth in the SEC Reports and the Canadian Filings, or such that where the failure to possess such permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not and would not have or would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any of the Material Subsidiaries has received any notice of Proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Material Permits.

(o) Title to Assets. The Company and each of the Material Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all tangible personal property owned by it that is material to its business, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except: (i) for security interests granted in connection with, or as permitted by, the Credit Facility and the Senior Notes; (ii) as otherwise disclosed in the SEC Reports or Canadian Filings; and (iii) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Any material real property and material facilities held under lease by the Company and any of the Material Subsidiaries are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(p) Patents and Trademarks. To the Company’s Knowledge, the Company and each of the Material Subsidiaries owns, possesses, licenses or has other rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark applications and registrations, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses, technology, know-how and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or material for use in connection with its businesses as described in the SEC Reports and Canadian Filings and which the failure to so own, possess, license or have the right to use would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). To the Company’s Knowledge, none of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Material Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any Person. There is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened Proceeding or claim by any Person that the Company’s or any Material Subsidiary’s business as now conducted infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of another. To the Company’s Knowledge, there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights that would have or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened Proceeding or claim by another Person challenging the Company’s or any Material Subsidiary’s rights in or to any material Intellectual Property Rights, or challenging inventorship, validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property Rights.

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Company and, to the Company’s Knowledge, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors) that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to applicable securities laws.

(r) Internal Accounting Controls. The Company maintains a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Since January 1, 2018, (i) neither the Company nor any Material Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of the Company or any Material Subsidiary has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or any Material Subsidiary or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that the Company or any Material Subsidiary has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (ii) to the Company’s Knowledge, no attorney representing the Company or any Material Subsidiary, whether or not employed by the Company or any Material Subsidiary, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by the Company, the Material Subsidiaries or any of their officers, directors, employees or agents to the board of directors or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of the Company or any of the Material Subsidiaries.

(s) Disclosure Controls. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(t) Certain Fees. No Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or the Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement,

 

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arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Company with respect to the offer and sale of the Purchased Shares. The Purchaser shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claim made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this paragraph (t) pursuant to any agreement to which the Company is a party that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(u) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2 of this Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act, and no prospectus under applicable Canadian securities laws, is required for the offer and sale of the Purchased Shares by the Company to the Purchaser under the Transaction Documents. The issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Principal Trading Market or the TSX (if the TSX is not the Principal Trading Market).

(v) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to terminate the registration of the Common Shares under the Exchange Act, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received written notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all listing and maintenance requirements of the Principal Trading Market on the date hereof.

(w) Tax Matters. The Company and each of the Material Subsidiaries (i) has accurately and timely prepared and filed (or requested valid extensions thereof) all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith, with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on the books of the Company and (iii) has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, where the failure to so pay or file any such tax, assessment, charge or return would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received notice of any unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the Company or any Material Subsidiary by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction.

(x) Environmental Matters. To the Company’s Knowledge, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is in violation of any Environmental Laws, (iii) is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or (iv) is subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws; which violation, contamination, liability or claim has had or would have,

 

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individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and there is no pending investigation or, to the Company’s Knowledge, investigation threatened in writing that might lead to such a claim.

(y) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any Person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Purchased Shares by any form of general solicitation or general advertising.

(z) Off Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company, any Material Subsidiary and an unconsolidated or other off-balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in the SEC Reports and is not so disclosed and would have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(aa) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any of the Material Subsidiaries, nor to the Company’s Knowledge, any agent or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Material Subsidiary (or made by any Person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

(bb) OFAC Status. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or Person acting on behalf of the Company or any Material Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Purchased Shares, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any joint venture partner or other Person or entity, towards any sales or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(cc) Reporting Issuer Status. The Company is a “reporting issuer” in each of the Provinces of Canada (and no other jurisdiction of Canada) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws in such jurisdictions. The Company is not in default in any material respect of any requirement of applicable Canadian securities laws of such jurisdictions. The Company is not included on a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by any of the Canadian Securities Regulators.

(dd) Transfer Agent. The Transfer Agent at its offices in Toronto, Ontario has been duly appointed as the registrar and the transfer agent for the Common Shares.

 

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Section 3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the Company as follows:

(a) Organization; Authority. The Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands with the requisite partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the applicable Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Purchaser and performance by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary partnership action. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by the Purchaser, and when delivered by the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Company), except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.

(b) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, and the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not: (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Purchaser, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Purchaser is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to the Purchaser, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations hereunder.

(c) Investment Intent. The Purchaser understands that the Purchased Shares are: (i) “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law; and (ii) not qualified for distribution in any Canadian province or territory and are not eligible for resale in Canada for a period ending four months plus one day from the Closing other than pursuant to an exemption from the prospectus requirement under Canadian securities laws, and is acquiring the Purchased Shares as principal for its own account and not with a view to, or for distributing or reselling such shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable Canadian or state securities laws, provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Purchaser does not agree to hold any of the Purchased Shares for any minimum period of time and reserves the right, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such shares pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance with applicable Canadian and United States federal, provincial and state securities laws. The Purchaser is acquiring the Purchased Shares hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. The Purchaser does not presently have any agreement, plan or understanding, directly

 

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or indirectly, with any Person to distribute or effect any distribution of any of the Purchased Shares to or through any Person. There is no Person acting or purporting to act on behalf of the Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated herein who is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee.

(d) Purchaser Status. At the time the Purchaser was offered the Purchased Shares, it was, and at the date hereof it is: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act; and (ii) an “accredited investor”, within the meaning of National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions of the Canadian Securities Administrators (“NI 45-106”) or Section 73.3(2) of the Securities Act (Ontario), entitled to purchase the Purchased Shares in reliance on exemptions from the prospectus requirements of applicable Canadian securities laws, and it is not an “insider” of the Company (within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws). The Purchaser was not created solely to purchase or hold Purchased Shares as an accredited investor as described in paragraph (m) of the definition of “accredited investor” in NI 45-106. The Purchaser represents that the Purchaser has exercised reasonable care to determine the accuracy of the representation made by the Purchaser in this Section 3.2(d) and agrees to notify the Company if the Purchaser becomes aware of any fact arising prior to the Closing that makes the representation given by the Purchaser in this Section 3.2(d) inaccurate.

(e) General Solicitation. The Purchaser is not purchasing the Purchased Shares as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Common Shares published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general advertisement.

(f) Experience of Purchaser. The Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Purchased Shares, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. The Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Purchased Shares and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

(g) Access to Information. The Purchaser acknowledges that it has been afforded the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Purchased Shares. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the Company’s representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents. The Purchaser acknowledges that it has not been provided with a prospectus, an offering memorandum or any other document in connection with its purchase of the Purchased Shares and the decision to purchase the Purchased Shares and execute this Agreement has not been based upon any verbal or written representation made by or on behalf of the Company (except for the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Transaction Documents) or any employee or agent of the Company and has been based entirely upon this Agreement and information contained in the SEC Reports and Canadian Filings.

 

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(h) Independent Investment Decision. The Purchaser has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to purchase the Purchased Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents. The Purchaser understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Purchased Shares constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. The Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Purchased Shares.

(i) Reliance on Exemptions. The Purchaser understands that the Purchased Shares are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the prospectus and registration requirements of Canadian and United States federal, provincial and state securities laws, and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of the Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Purchaser to acquire the Purchased Shares.

(j) No Governmental Review. The Purchaser understands that no Canadian or United States federal, provincial or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Purchased Shares or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Purchased Shares nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Purchased Shares.

(k) Dealer Registration. The Purchaser is not engaged in the business of trading in securities or exchange contracts as a principal or agent and does not hold itself out as engaging in the business of trading in securities or exchange contracts as a principal or agent, or is otherwise exempt from any requirements to be registered as a dealer under National Instrument 31-103 – Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations.

(l) PCMLTFA. To the knowledge of the Purchaser, the funds representing the Purchase Price advanced by the Purchaser (or on behalf of the Purchaser) are not proceeds of crime as defined in the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) (the “PCMLTFA”). To the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge, none of the purchase funds to be provided by the Purchaser (i) have been or will be derived from or related to any activity that is deemed criminal under the laws of Canada or any other applicable jurisdiction, or (ii) are being tendered on behalf of a person or entity (A) with whom the Company would be prohibited from dealing with under applicable money laundering, terrorist financing, economic sanctions, criminal or other similar laws or regulations or (B) who has not been identified to the Purchaser. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Company may in the future be required to disclose the Purchaser’s name and other information relating to this Agreement and the Purchaser’s purchase hereunder on a confidential basis pursuant to the PCMLTFA or similar laws or regulations, and the Company shall notify the Purchaser if the Company is required to provide such information concerning the Purchaser. The Purchaser shall promptly notify the Company if the Purchaser discovers that the representations set forth in this Section 3.2(l) ceases to be true, and to provide the Company with appropriate information in connection with any such change.

 

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ARTICLE IV

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

Section 4.1 Transfer Restrictions.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IV, the Purchaser understands that the Purchased Shares may be disposed of only pursuant to: (i) an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, the Securities Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable state and federal securities laws; and (ii) a prospectus filed and cleared with applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities under, and in compliance with the requirements of, applicable Canadian securities laws or pursuant to an available prospectus exemption under, or in a transaction not subject to, applicable Canadian securities laws, and in compliance with any applicable Canadian securities laws.

(b) Book-entry statements or share certificates evidencing the Purchased Shares shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend and applicable Canadian securities laws in substantially the following form, until such time as they are not required under Section 4.1(c):

(i) THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RULE 144 THEREUNDER) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL (TO THE EXTENT SUCH OPINION IS REQUIRED BY THE COMPANY AND/OR THE TRANSFER AGENT) REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS TRANSFER AGENT; and

(ii) UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE [insert four months plus 1 day from the Closing].

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE LISTED ON THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE (THE “TSX”); HOWEVER, THE SAID SECURITIES CANNOT BE TRADED THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF THE TSX SINCE THEY ARE NOT FREELY TRANSFERABLE, AND CONSEQUENTLY ANY CERTIFICATE

 

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REPRESENTING SUCH SECURITIES IS NOT ‘GOOD DELIVERY’ IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON THE TSX.

(c) The legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)(i) above shall be removed if (i) such Purchased Shares are registered for resale under the Securities Act pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) such Purchased Shares are sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 (if the transferor is not an Affiliate of the Company), or (iii) such Purchased Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such securities and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions. The legends set forth in Section 4.1(b)(ii) above shall be removed if (1) in the case of a legend printed on a book-entry statement or direct registration system advice, such Purchased Shares are registered for resale under the Securities Act pursuant to an effective registration statement, or (2) the period of time noted in the first paragraph of the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)(ii) has expired. Following the earlier of (A) the Effective Date or (B) the later of Rule 144 becoming available for the resale of Purchased Shares, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such securities and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and the period of time noted in the first paragraph of the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)(ii) having expired, in which case the Purchaser shall also be required to provide reasonable assurances, in the form of seller and, if applicable, broker representation letters (the earlier of (A) or (B), the “Legend Removal Date”), the Company shall deliver to the Transfer Agent irrevocable instructions that the Transfer Agent shall reissue a book-entry statement or share certificate, as directed by the Purchaser, representing the Purchased Shares without legend. Any fees (with respect to the Transfer Agent or otherwise) associated with the removal of such legend shall be borne by the Company. No later than three Trading Days following the Legend Removal Date, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Company or the Transfer Agent (with notice to the Company): (i) a legended book-entry statement or share certificate representing the Purchased Shares (endorsed or with stock powers attached, signatures guaranteed, and otherwise in form necessary to effect the reissuance and/or transfer) and/or (ii) an opinion of counsel to the extent required by Section 4.1(a), and the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the transferee of the Purchaser or the Purchaser, as applicable, evidence of a book-entry statement or share certificate representing such Purchased Shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4.1(c) other than to comply with applicable law. Book entry statements for the Purchased Shares subject to legend removal hereunder may be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with DTC as directed by the Purchaser.

Section 4.2 Furnishing of Information. In order to enable the Purchaser to sell the Purchased Shares under Rule 144 (once Rule 144 becomes available for the resale of securities of the Company), until the earlier of (i) the date that the Purchased Shares cease to be Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) (and for no less than 12 months from the Closing), (ii) the date that is 24 months from the Closing or (iii) a Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which the Company is no longer a reporting company under the Exchange Act, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to timely file pursuant to the applicable filing requirements (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all SEC Reports required to be filed by the Company after the date

 

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hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. Except as set forth in clause (iii) above, during such period, if the Company is not required to file SEC reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchaser and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchaser to sell the Purchased Shares under Rule 144.

Section 4.3 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. On or before 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the date hereof, the Company shall issue a press release (the “Press Release”) reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of the Purchaser, an Affiliate of the Purchaser, or any investment adviser of the Purchaser, or include the name of the Purchaser, an Affiliate of the Purchaser or any investment adviser of the Purchaser in any press release or filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, except (i) as required by Canadian or United States federal securities law in connection with any registration statement or prospectus contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, request of the Staff of the Commission or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchaser with prior written notice of such disclosure permitted under this subclause (ii). From and after the issuance of the Press Release, the Purchaser shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information received from the Company or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents that is not disclosed in the Press Release.

Section 4.4 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including this Agreement, or as expressly required by any applicable securities law, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide the Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information regarding the Company that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information without the express written consent of the Purchaser, unless prior thereto the Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

Section 4.5 Use of Proceeds. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay existing indebtedness under the Credit Facility, which will then be available to be drawn, as required, for working capital, acquisitions and associated contingent purchase consideration, and general corporate purposes.

Section 4.6 Listing of Shares. In the time and manner required by the TSX and the Principal Trading Market, the Company shall prepare and file with the TSX and such Principal Trading Market any required notice or listing application covering the Purchased Shares and shall take all commercial reasonable steps necessary to cause all of the Purchased Shares to be approved for listing on the TSX and the Principal Trading Market as promptly as possible thereafter.

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for or to qualify the Purchased Shares for sale to the Purchaser at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification) and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon the written request of the Purchaser.

Section 4.8 Short Sales and Confidentiality After the Date Hereof. The Purchaser shall not engage, directly or indirectly, in any transactions in the Company’s securities (including, without limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities) during the period from the date hereof until the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as required by and described in Section 4.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in Section 4.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Purchaser is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of the Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of the Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall apply only with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio managers that have knowledge about the financing transaction contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 4.9 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Purchaser acknowledges that the Company is required to file (and nothing herein shall prevent or restrict the Company from filing) a report of trade with all applicable Canadian securities regulators containing personal information about the Purchaser. This report of trade will include the full legal name, address, telephone number and email address of the Purchaser, the number and type of securities of the Company purchased, the total purchase price paid for such securities, the date of the Closing and specific details of the prospectus exemption relied upon under applicable Canadian securities laws to complete such purchase, including how the Purchaser qualifies for such exemption. In Ontario, this information is collected indirectly by the securities regulatory authority or regulator in the applicable jurisdiction under the authority granted to it under, and for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of, the securities legislation of such jurisdiction. In Ontario, this information is collected indirectly by the Ontario Securities Commission. The Purchaser may contact the Inquiries Officer at the Ontario Securities Commission at 20 Queen Street West, 22nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 3S8 or by telephone at 416-593-8314 for more information regarding the indirect collection of such information by the Ontario Securities Commission. The Company may also be required pursuant to applicable Canadian securities laws to file the Transaction Documents on SEDAR. By completing this Agreement, the Purchaser authorizes the indirect collection of the information described in this Section 4.9 by all applicable Canadian securities regulators and consents to the disclosure of such information to the public through (i) the filing of a report of trade with applicable Canadian securities regulators and (ii) the filing of the Transaction Documents on SEDAR.

ARTICLE V

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING

Section 5.1 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Purchaser to Purchase Shares. The obligation of the Purchaser to acquire the Purchased Shares at the Closing is subject

 

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to the fulfillment to the Purchaser’s satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Purchaser:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of such date, except for such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date.

(b) The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.

(c) No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction in respect of the Company that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(d) The Company shall have obtained in a timely fashion any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations, and waivers that are necessary for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares at the Closing, all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect.

(e) The Common Shares (i) shall be conditionally approved for listing on the TSX and (ii) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the Commission, a securities commission or other securities regulatory authority of a jurisdiction of Canada, the TSX or the Principal Trading Market from trading on the TSX or the Principal Trading Market, nor shall suspension by the Commission, a securities commission or other securities regulatory authority of a jurisdiction of Canada, the TSX or the Principal Trading Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Date.

(f) The Company shall have delivered the Company Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(a).

(g) The Company shall have delivered to the Purchaser a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Sections 5.1(a), (b) and (e)(i) and, to such officers’ knowledge, the conditions specified in Section 5.1(e)(ii).

Section 5.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Company to sell Shares. The Company’s obligation to sell and issue the Purchased Shares at the Closing to the Purchaser is subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Company on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Company:

(a) The representations and warranties made by the Purchaser in Section 3.2 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, in which case such representations and

 

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warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made, and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date, except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date.

(b) The Purchaser shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Purchaser at or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction in respect of the Purchaser that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(d) The Purchaser shall have obtained in a timely fashion any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations, and waivers that are necessary for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares at the Closing, all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect.

(e) Such Purchaser shall have delivered the Purchaser Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(b).

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 6.1 Fees and Expenses. The Company and the Purchaser shall pay the fees and expenses of their respective advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; provided that the Company shall reimburse the Purchaser for reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including legal fees and expenses, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares to the Purchaser. The Purchaser shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring the Purchased Shares purchased by it.

Section 6.2 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, discussions and representations, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules. At or after the Closing, and without further consideration, the Company and the Purchaser will execute and deliver to the other such further documents as may be reasonably requested in order to give practical effect to the intention of the parties under the Transaction Documents.

Section 6.3 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective: (i) if mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the address below, then three (3) Business Days after mailing; or (ii) if mailed by Federal Express, UPS or other overnight courier service that is nationally recognized in the

 

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United States or Canada, next business morning delivery, then one (1) Business Day after deposit of same in a regularly maintained receptacle of such overnight courier; or (iii) if hand delivered, then upon hand delivery thereof to the address indicated on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on a Business Day. Any notice hand delivered after 5:00 p.m., New York time, shall be deemed delivered on the following Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice, consents, waivers or other communications referred to in this Agreement may be sent by facsimile, e-mail, or other method of delivery, but shall be deemed to have been delivered only when the sending party has confirmed (by reply e-mail or some other form of written confirmation from the receiving party) that the notice has been received by the other party.

The address for such notices and communications shall be as follows:

 

If to the Company:

   FirstService Corporation
   1255 Bay Street, Suite 600
   Toronto, Ontario
   Canada M5R 2A9
   Attention: Jeremy Rakusin, Chief Financial Officer
   Telephone No.: 416-620-1774
  

Email: JRakusin@firstservice.com

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

  

Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

77 King Street West

   Suite 3000, P.O. Box 95
   TD Centre North Tower
   Toronto, Ontario
   Canada M5K 1G8
   Attention: Elliott A. Vardin, Partner
   Telephone No.: 416-941-8872
  

Email: evardin@foglers.com

 

and to

  

Torys LLP

1114 Avenue of the Americas 23rd Floor

   New York, New York 10036
   Attention: Mile Kurta, Partner
   Telephone No.: 212-880-6363
   Email: mkurta@torys.com

 

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If to the Purchaser:    Durable Capital Master Fund LP
   c/o Durable Capital Partners LP 5425 Wisconsin Avenue
   Chevy Chase, MD 20815
   Attention: Julie Jack, General Counsel
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
   Greenberg Traurig, LLP
   One International Place, Suite 2000
   Boston, Massachusetts 02110
   Attention: Bradley Jacobson and Elizabeth Fraser
   Email: jacobsonb@gtlaw.com and frasere@gtlaw.com

or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such Person.

Section 6.4 Amendments; Waivers; No Additional Consideration. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchaser. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

Section 6.5 Construction. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. This Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents.

Section 6.6 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement, or any rights or obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Company without the written consent of the Purchaser except to a successor in the event of a Fundamental Transaction. The Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder in whole or in part to any Person to whom the Purchaser assigns or transfers any Purchased Shares in compliance with the Transaction Documents and applicable law, provided that such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Purchased Shares, by the terms and conditions of this Agreement that apply to the “Purchaser”.

Section 6.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

 

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Section 6.8 Survival. Subject to applicable statute of limitations, the representations, warranties agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Purchased Shares and continue in full force and effect for a period of two years notwithstanding any subsequent disposition or exchange of the Purchased Shares.

Section 6.9 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.

Section 6.10 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.

Section 6.11 Replacement of Shares. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Purchased Shares is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent of such loss, theft or destruction and the execution by the holder thereof of a customary lost certificate affidavit of that fact and an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Transfer Agent for any losses in connection therewith or, if required by the Transfer Agent, a bond in such form and amount as is required by the Transfer Agent. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Purchased Shares. If a replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Purchased Shares is requested due to a mutilation thereof, the Company may require delivery of such mutilated certificate or instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance of a replacement.

Section 6.12 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, the Purchaser and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agree to waive in any Action for specific performance of any such obligation (other than in connection with any Action for a temporary restraining order) the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

Section 6.13 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or the Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be

 

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fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

Section 6.14 Adjustments in Share Numbers and Prices. In the event of any stock split, subdivision, dividend or distribution payable in Common Shares (or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly Common Shares), combination or other similar recapitalization or event occurring after the date hereof and prior to the Closing, each reference in any Transaction Document to a number of shares or a price per share shall be deemed to be amended to appropriately account for such event.

Section 6.15 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the New York Courts. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such New York Court, or that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Stock Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

COMPANY:
FIRSTSERVICE CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Jeremy Rakusin

Name: Jeremy Rakusin
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
PURCHASER:
DURABLE CAPITAL MASTER FUND LP
By:  

Durable Capital Partners LP,

as investment manager

By:  

/s/ Michael Blandino

Name: Michael Blandino
Title:   Authorized Representative

[Signature Page to Stock Purchase Agreement]


SCHEDULE 3.1(a)

Material Subsidiaries

 

Name

  

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation/

Formation

  

Par Value

per Share

  

Authorized Share

Capital

  

Issued and

Outstanding Shares

FS Brands Canada, Inc.    Ontario, Canada    None    An unlimited number of Common Shares    1,000 Common Shares
Paul Davis Restoration Inc.    Ontario, Canada    None    An unlimited number of Common Shares    120.8209 Common Shares
FirstService Residential Management Canada Inc.    Ontario, Canada    None    An unlimited number of: (i) Common Shares; (ii) Class A Shares; and (iii) Class B Shares    10 Common Shares
FirstService Residential BC Ltd.    British Columbia, Canada    None    An unlimited number of Common Shares    15,180,000 Common Shares
FirstService Residential Ontario    Ontario, Canada    None    An unlimited number of GP Units    16,535,000 GP Units
FirstService Residential Property Services Ontario Ltd.    Ontario, Canada    None    An unlimited number of Common Shares    100 Common Shares
FirstService CAM Holdings, Inc.    Delaware, USA    $0.10    60,000 common shares, of which 55,000 are designated as Class A Shares and 5,000 are designated as Class B Shares    1,330.84 Class A Shares and 1 Class B Share
FS Property Services (U.S.) LLC    Delaware, USA    None    Limited liability company interests (units)    100% of the limited liability company interests (100 units)


Name

  

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation/

Formation

  

Par Value

per Share

  

Authorized Share

Capital

  

Issued and

Outstanding Shares

FS Brands, Inc.    Delaware, USA    $0.01    3,000 shares of common stock, of which 1,000 are designated as Class A common stock, 1,000 are designated as Class B common stock and 1,000 are designated as Class C common stock    95.73 shares of Class A common stock, 2.82 shares of Class B common stock and 1.45 shares of Class C common stock
California Closet Holdings, Inc.    Delaware, USA    $0.01    3,000 shares of common stock, of which 1,500 are designated as Class A common stock and 1,500 are designated as Class B common stock    200 shares of Class A common stock and 2.023 shares of Class B common stock
CC Seattle, LLC    Washington, USA    None    Limited liability company interests (units)    100% of the limited liability company interests (1,000 units)
Creative Closets Unlimited, Inc.    Massachusetts, USA    None    15,000 common shares    10,000 common shares
California Closet Company, Inc.    California, USA    None    10,000 shares of Common Stock    1,201 shares of Common Stock
Lunsford Design, Inc.    California, USA    None    1,000 shares    225 shares
Cal Closets Retail, Inc.    Delaware, USA    $0.01    10,000 shares of common stock    80 shares of common stock
SB Closets, Inc.    California, USA    $0.01    1,000 shares of common stock    125 shares of common stock
Floorcoverings International, Ltd.    Georgia, USA    $0.01    10,000 shares of common stock    1,425 shares of common stock
Certa ProPainters Ltd.    Massachusetts, USA    $0.01    200,000 Common Shares and 15,000 Class A Shares    548.7 Common Shares and 4,240 Class A Shares

 

Sch. 3.1(a) – Page 2


Name

  

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation/

Formation

  

Par Value

per Share

  

Authorized Share

Capital

  

Issued and

Outstanding Shares

FSB Holdings, Inc.    Delaware, USA    $0.01    1,000 shares of common stock, of which 334 are designated as Class A common stock, 333 are designated as Class B common stock and 333 are designated as Class C common stock    113.5 shares of Class A common stock, 0.59090 shares of Class B common stock and 5.8551 shares of Class C common stock
Paul Davis Restoration, Inc.    Florida, USA    $1.00    5,000 shares of Common Stock    100 shares of Common Stock
PDO Holdings, Inc.    Delaware, USA    $0.01    10,000 shares of common stock, of which 5,000 are designated as Class A common stock and 5,000 are designated as Class B common stock    260 shares of Class A common stock
Barkay, Inc.    Maryland, USA    $1.00    5,000 shares of common stock    1,052.63 shares of common stock
Paul Davis Systems of Omaha, Inc.    Nebraska, USA    $1.00    10,000 shares    1,000 shares
Pillar To Post Inc.    Delaware, USA    $1.00    12,000 shares    10,000 shares
Century Fire Holdings, LLC    Delaware, USA    None    25,000 Membership Units    21,840.496 Membership Units
Century Fire Protection, LLC    Delaware, USA    None    Limited liability company interests    100% of the limited liability company interests
Super Restoration Service Co., LLC    Florida, USA    None    100,000 Membership Units    100,000 Membership Units
Bellwether FOS Holdco, Inc.    Delaware, USA    $0.0001    1,500,000 shares of Common Stock    1,087,072.9224 shares of Common Stock

 

Sch. 3.1(a) – Page 3


Name

  

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation/

Formation

  

Par Value

per Share

  

Authorized Share

Capital

  

Issued and

Outstanding Shares

Interstate Restoration LLC    Colorado, USA    None    Limited liability company interests    100% of the limited liability company interests
American Pool Enterprises, Inc.    Delaware, USA    None    1,000 shares of common stock, of which 800 are designated as Class A Shares and 200 are designated as Class B Shares    800 Class A Shares and 200 Class B Shares
Poolman 2000, LLC    Delaware, USA    None    Limited liability company interests    100% of the limited liability company interests
Pearl Pool Plastering, LLC    North Carolina, USA    None    Limited liability company interests    100% of the limited liability company interests
American Pool, LLC    Delaware, USA    None    Limited liability company interests    100% of the limited liability company interests
All Florida Distributors, Inc.    Florida, USA    $0.25    10,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and 50,000 shares of Class B Common Stock    1,375 shares of Class A Common Stock and 46,625 shares of Class B Common Stock
FirstService Residential, Inc.    Delaware, USA    $0.01    3,000 shares of common stock, of which 2,000 are designated as Class A common stock and 1,000 are designated as Class B common stock    1148.2390873 shares of Class A common stock and 28.2315127 shares of Class B common stock
FirstService Residential, Nevada, LLC    Nevada, USA    None    Limited liability company interests (units)    100% of the limited liability company interests (280.0713677 units)

 

Sch. 3.1(a) – Page 4


Name

  

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation/

Formation

  

Par Value

per Share

  

Authorized Share

Capital

  

Issued and

Outstanding Shares

FirstService Residential California, LLC    California, USA    None    Limited liability company interests    100% of the limited liability company interests
FirstService Residential Arizona, LLC    Delaware, USA    None    Limited liability company interests    100% of the limited liability company interests
FirstService Residential Minnesota, Inc.    Minnesota, USA    $0.01    100,000 shares of Class A Voting Common Stock and 2,000,000 shares of Class B Nonvoting Common Stock    2,000 shares of Class A Voting Common Stock and 38,000 shares of Class B Nonvoting Common Stock
FirstService Residential Illinois, Inc.    Illinois, USA    $100.00    200 Common Shares    10 Common Shares
FirstService Residential Texas, Inc.    Texas, USA    $1.00    100,000 common shares    100,000 common shares
FirstService Residential Houston, Inc.    Texas, USA    None    100,000 shares    42,000 shares
FirstService Residential Florida, Inc.    Florida, USA    None    1,000 shares of common stock    104.1141412158 shares of common stock
FirstService Residential Illinois 2, Inc.    Illinois, USA    None    500,000 common shares, Series A and 500,000 common shares, Series B    1,000 common shares, Series A
The Wentworth Group, Inc.    Pennsylvania, USA   

Common: None

Preferred: $1,000

   10,000 shares of common stock, of which 5,000 are designated as Class A common stock and 5,000 are designated as Class B common stock, and 10,000 shares of Preferred Stock    95.423 shares of Class A common stock, 4.577 shares of Class B common stock, and 1,200 shares of Preferred Stock

 

Sch. 3.1(a) – Page 5


Name

  

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation/

Formation

  

Par Value

per Share

  

Authorized Share

Capital

  

Issued and

Outstanding Shares

FirstService Residential New York, Inc.    New York, USA    None    1,000 shares of Class A common stock and 500 shares of Class B common stock    80 shares of Class A common stock and 20 shares of Class B common stock
FirstService Residential DC Metro, LLC    Virginia, USA    None    Limited liability company interests    100% of the limited liability company interests
FirstService Residential MidAtlantic, LLC    New Jersey, USA    None    Limited liability company interests    100% of the limited liability company interests
Planned Companies Holding, Inc.    Delaware, USA    $0.01    3,000 shares of common stock    100 shares of common stock
Planned Building Services, Inc.    New Jersey, USA    None    1,000 Class A Common Shares and 1,000 Class B Common Shares    400 Class A Common Shares and 100 Class B Common Shares
Planned Lifestyle Services, Inc.    New Jersey, USA    None    1,420 shares of Class A common stock and 980 shares of Class B common stock    80 shares of Class A common stock and 20 shares of Class B common stock

 

Sch. 3.1(a) – Page 6


EXHIBIT A

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

See Exhibit 99.2.

Exhibit 99.2

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 22, 2020 (the “Closing Date”) by and between FirstService Corporation, a corporation existing under the laws of Ontario, Canada (the “Company”), and Durable Capital Master Fund LP, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Purchaser”). Capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) unless otherwise defined herein.

The parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Certain Definitions.

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

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

“Effectiveness Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.

“Holder(s)” means the Purchaser and any affiliate or permitted transferee of the Purchaser who is a subsequent holder of any Registrable Securities.

“MJDS” means the Multijurisdictional Disclosure System of the United States and Canada.

“OSC” means the Ontario Securities Commission.

“Prospectus” means (a) any prospectus (preliminary or final) included in any Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement (including by any Prospectus Supplement), with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to the prospectus, including post-effective amendments and all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus, and (b) any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

“Prospectus Supplement” means a Prospectus as supplemented with the information regarding the Holders and the Registrable Securities, as contemplated in Section 2(a) hereof.

“Purchase Agreement” means that certain Stock Purchase Agreement by and between the Company and the Purchaser, dated as of May 22, 2020.

“Register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration made by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or similar document in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement or document.

“Registrable Securities” means (a) the Purchased Shares and (b) any other securities issued or issuable with respect to or in exchange for the Purchased Shares, whether by merger, charter amendment, or otherwise; provided that a security shall cease to be a Registrable Security

 


upon (i) sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144, or (ii) such security becoming eligible for sale by a Holder pursuant to Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c).

“Registration Statement” means any registration statement (which may be a Shelf Registration Statement) of the Company filed under the Securities Act that would permit the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.

“Required Holders” means the Holders beneficially owning a majority of the then Registrable Securities.

“Shelf Registration Statement” means any Registration Statement that includes a base shelf prospectus that contemplates offers and sales of the Company’s securities on a continuous or delayed basis in accordance with applicable U.S. and Canadian rules and regulations for shelf offerings.

2. Registration.

(a) On or before the 90th day after the Closing Date (the “Filing Deadline”), the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form F-3 or Form F-10 (or, if Form F-3 or Form F-10 is not then available to the Company, on such form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of the Registrable Securities) (the “Initial Registration Statement”), that would permit the resale of the Registrable Securities, it being understood that if such Initial Registration Statement is a Shelf Registration Statement, the Prospectus contained therein need not name the Holders nor otherwise identify the Registrable Securities if such Prospectus is supplemented with such information by the filing of a prospectus supplement thereto (a “Prospectus Supplement”) following the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Subject to any Commission or OSC comments, such Initial Registration Statement (or, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the applicable Prospectus Supplement) shall include a plan of distribution in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A; provided, however, that no Holder shall be named as an “underwriter” in the Initial Registration Statement or in a Prospectus Supplement without the Holder’s prior written consent or if required by the Commission or the OSC. Such Initial Registration Statement and, if applicable, Prospectus Supplement, also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the Securities Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), such indeterminate number of additional Common Shares resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Registrable Securities. Such Initial Registration Statement and, if applicable, Prospectus Supplement, shall not include any Common Shares or other securities of the Company for the account of any other person without the prior written consent of the Required Holders (but the Initial Registration Statement may include a primary registration by the Company). The Initial Registration Statement (and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each request for acceleration of effectiveness thereof), and any Prospectus Supplement, shall be provided by the Company to the Holders in accordance with Section 3(c) prior to its filing or other submission.

 

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(b) The Company will pay all expenses associated with effecting the registration of the Registrable Securities, including filing and printing fees, the Company’s counsel and accounting fees and expenses, costs associated with clearing the Registrable Securities for sale under applicable state securities laws, listing fees and the Holders’ other reasonable expenses in connection with the registration, but excluding discounts, commissions, fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry professionals with respect to the Registrable Securities being sold and excluding the fees and disbursements of counsel to any Holder.

(c) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have any Registration Statement declared effective (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to file the applicable Prospectus Supplement following such effectiveness) as soon as practicable, and in no event later than the earlier of (A) one hundred twenty (120) days following the Closing Date or (B) (1) if such Registration Statement is on Form F-10 (or any other form available under the MJDS), five (5) days after the date that the Company obtains from the OSC a final receipt (the “OSC Final Receipt”) in respect of the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement, whereupon under the rules of the MJDS, the effectiveness of such Registration Statement may be accelerated, or (2) if such Registration Statement is on any other available non-MJDS form of the Commission, five (5) days after the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission (the “SEC Notification”) that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or not be subject to further review and the effectiveness of such Registration Statement may be accelerated, provided that in the case of either (1) or (2), if the Registration Statement is a Shelf Registration Statement, then the Company shall have five (5) days following the date of the OSC Final Receipt or SEC Notification to file the Prospectus Supplement (the earlier of (A) or (B), the “Effectiveness Deadline”). The Company shall notify the Holders by e-mail as promptly as practicable, and in any event, within twenty four (24) hours, after any Registration Statement is declared effective (and if applicable, the Prospectus Supplement is filed) and shall simultaneously provide the Holders with copies of any related Prospectus to be used in connection with the sale or other disposition of the securities covered thereby.

(d) For not more than forty five (45) consecutive days or for a total of not more than ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period, the Company may suspend the use of any Prospectus included in any Registration Statement contemplated by this Section 2 in the event that the Company determines in good faith that such suspension is necessary to (i) delay the disclosure of material non-public information concerning the Company, the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Company, in the best interests of the Company or (ii) amend or supplement the affected Registration Statement or the related Prospectus so that such Registration Statement or Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case of the Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (an “Allowed Delay”); provided, that the Company shall promptly (and no later than one (1) Business Day after the occurrence of the event causing the Allowed Delay) (A) notify each Holder in writing of the commencement of an Allowed Delay, but shall not (without the prior written consent of an Holder) disclose to such Holder any material non-public information giving rise to an Allowed Delay, (B) advise the Holders in writing to cease all sales

 

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under the Registration Statement until the end of the Allowed Delay, and (C) use commercially reasonable efforts to terminate an Allowed Delay as promptly as practicable.

(e) If (i) the Initial Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Filing Deadline, (ii) such Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission by the Effectiveness Deadline, (iii) the Company fails to comply with the requirements of Section 3(i) at any time after the 90th day after the Closing Date, or (iv) after a Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission and if applicable, the Prospectus Supplement is filed, other than for an Allowed Delay, (A) such Registration Statement ceases for any reason (including, without limitation, by reason of a stop order or the Company’s failure to update the Registration Statement) to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement and if applicable, Prospectus Supplement or (B) the Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities for any reason (other than due to a change in the “Plan of Distribution” or the inaccuracy of any information regarding the Holders), in each case, for more than an aggregate of forty five (45) consecutive calendar days or ninety (90) calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) during any 12-month period (other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement by a Holder or a Holder’s failure to provide information under Section 4(a)) (any such failure or breach in clauses (i) through (iv) above being referred to as an “Event,” and, for purposes of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (iv), the date on which such 45 or 90 calendar day period is exceeded, being referred to as an “Event Date”), then in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law: (1) within five (5) Business Days after an Event Date relating to a failure in clause (i) only, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 0.5% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any Registrable Securities held by such Holder on such Event Date; and (2) on each monthly anniversary following any Event Date until the earlier of (A) the applicable Event is cured or (B) the Registrable Securities cease to be “Registrable Securities” within the meaning of this Agreement, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 0.5% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Holder. The amounts payable pursuant to the foregoing clauses (1) and (2) are referred to collectively as “Liquidated Damages.” The parties agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Purchase Agreement, no Liquidated Damages shall be payable with respect to any period after the expiration of the Effectiveness Period and in no event shall the aggregate amount of Liquidated Damages payable to a Holder exceed, in the aggregate, 5% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing shall preclude any Holder from pursuing or obtaining any available remedies at law, specific performance or other equitable relief in accordance with applicable law. The Effectiveness Deadline for a Registration Statement and if applicable, Prospectus Supplement, shall be extended without default or Liquidated Damages hereunder in the event that the Company’s failure to obtain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on a timely basis results from the failure of a Holder to timely provide the Company with information required by Section 4(a) hereof or otherwise requested by the Company and necessary to complete the Registration Statement and if applicable, Prospectus Supplement, in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and applicable Canadian rules and regulations.

 

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3. Company Obligations. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:

(a) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and if applicable, file a Prospectus Supplement, prior to the Effectiveness Deadline, and to cause such Registration Statement to remain continuously effective for a period that will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and, if applicable, Prospectus Supplement, as amended from time to time, have been sold, or (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and, if applicable, Prospectus Supplement, shall cease to be “Registrable Securities” within the meaning of this Agreement (the “Effectiveness Period”) and advise each Holder in writing when the Effectiveness Period has expired as to their respective Registrable Securities;

(b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the Effectiveness Period and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the distribution of all of the Registrable Securities covered thereby and if applicable, the Prospectus Supplement;

(c) provide to the Holders for review copies of each Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (including if applicable, the Prospectus Supplement) no fewer than seven (7) days prior to their filing with the Commission and not file any document to which a Holder reasonably objects; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to provide in advance to Holders any periodic or current reports to be filed under the Exchange Act and available at www.sec.gov, regardless of whether such reports would be deemed a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement;

(d) use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness by the Commission and, (ii) if such order is issued, obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment;

(e) prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders in connection with the registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such U.S. jurisdictions reasonably requested by the Holders and do any and all other commercially reasonable acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the distribution in such U.S. jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (i) qualify to do business in any U.S. jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(e), (ii) subject itself to general taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be so subject but for this Section 3(e), or (iii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

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securities exchange, interdealer quotation system or other market on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

(g) promptly, and no later than two (2) business days following the occurrence of the specified event, notify the Holders, at any time prior to the end of the Effectiveness Period, upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the Prospectus includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, but shall not (without the prior written consent of an Holder) disclose to such Holder any material non-public information giving rise to such event, and promptly prepare, file with the Commission and furnish to such holder a supplement to or an amendment of such Prospectus (or any filing with the Commission that may be deemed incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;

(h) otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the Securities Act, file any final Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement, including any supplement or amendment thereof, required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act or General Instruction II.L of Form F-10, as applicable, promptly inform the Holders in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Holders are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder; and, beginning after the effective date of each Registration Statement, make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve (12) months, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, including Rule 158 promulgated thereunder (for the purpose of this Section 3(h), “Availability Date” means the 45th day following the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of the fiscal year that includes the effective date of such Registration Statement, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter), it being understood that the Company’s SEC Reports (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) shall satisfy this obligation; and

(i) with a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 (or its successor rule) and any other rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit the Holders to sell shares of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company covenants and agrees to: (i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, until such date as all of the Registrable Securities shall have been resold pursuant to a Registration Statement, Rule 144 or otherwise in a transaction in which the transferee receives freely tradable shares; (ii) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act; and (iii) furnish to each Holder upon request, as long as such Holder owns any Registrable Securities, (A) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting

 

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requirements of the Exchange Act and (B) such other information as may be reasonably requested in order to avail the Holder of any rule or regulation of the Commission that permits the selling of any such Registrable Securities without registration.

4. Obligations of the Holders.

(a) Each Holder shall furnish in writing to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it if substantially different from Exhibit A, as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. At least five (5) business days prior to the first anticipated filing date of any Registration Statement (or in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, prior to the anticipated filing date of the Prospectus Supplement), the Company shall notify each Holder of the information the Company requires from the Holder to have any of its Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement and if applicable, Prospectus Supplement. A Holder shall provide the information to the Company at least three (3) business days prior to the first anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement or Prospectus Supplement, as applicable, if the Holder elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement or Prospectus Supplement. In the event that a Holder does not provide such information on a timely basis, the Company shall provide prompt written notice to the Holder that the Registrable Securities attributable to that Holder will be excluded from the Registration Statement or Prospectus Supplement, as applicable, unless the Holder provides the required information within one (1) business day after its receipt of such notice. If the Holder does not provide the required information to the Company by the end of the next business day after its receipt of such notice, the Company shall have the right to exclude the Registrable Securities attributable to that Holder from the Registration Statement or Prospectus Supplement, as applicable, and the Holder shall not be entitled to receive any liquidated damages pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement with respect to such Registration Statement.

(b) Each Holder, by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement and if applicable, Prospectus Supplement, as contemplated hereunder, unless the Holder has notified the Company in writing of its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement and, if applicable, Prospectus Supplement.

(c) Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of either (i) the commencement of an Allowed Delay pursuant to Section 2(d) or (ii) the happening of an event pursuant to Section 3(g), the Holder will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and, if applicable, Prospectus Supplement that covers such Registrable Securities, until the Holder is advised by the Company that such dispositions may again be made.

 

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5. Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder and its respective officers, directors, members, managers, partners, trustees, employees and agents and other representatives, successors and assigns, and each other person, if any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereof; (ii) any blue sky application or other document executed by the Company specifically for that purpose or based upon written information furnished by the Company filed in any state or other jurisdiction in order to qualify any or all of the Registrable Securities under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information herein called a “Blue Sky Application”); (iii) the omission or alleged omission to state in a Blue Sky Application a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iv) any violation by the Company or its agents of any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act applicable to the Company or its agents and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with such registration; or (v) any failure to register or qualify the Registrable Securities included in any such Registration Statement and, if applicable, Prospectus Supplement, in any state where the Company or its agents has affirmatively undertaken or agreed in writing that the Company will undertake such registration or qualification on a Holder’s behalf and will reimburse such Holder, and each such officer, director, shareholder or member and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished by the Holder or any such controlling person in writing to the Company specifically for use in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto.

(b) Indemnification by the Holders. Each Holder agrees, severally but not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors, officers, employees, stockholders and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expense (including reasonable attorney fees) resulting from any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information furnished in writing by the Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of a Holder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by the Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages the Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by the Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities

 

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included in the Registration Statement and, if applicable, Prospectus Supplement, giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided that any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such person unless (A) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees or expenses, (B) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such person or (C) in the reasonable judgment of any such person, based upon written advice of its counsel, a conflict of interest exists between such person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such person); and provided, further, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that such failure to give notice shall materially and adversely affect the indemnifying party in the defense of any such claim or litigation. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties. No indemnifying party will, except with the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation. The indemnifying party shall not be liable hereunder for any settlements entered into by an indemnified party without the indemnifying party’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

(d) Contribution. If for any reason the indemnification provided for in the preceding paragraphs (a) and (b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient to hold it harmless, other than as expressly specified therein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act shall be entitled to contribution from any person not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.

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(a) Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders.

(b) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

(c) Assignments and Transfers by Holders. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Holders and their respective successors and assigns. A Holder may transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more Persons its rights hereunder in connection with the transfer of Registrable Securities by the Holder to such person, provided that the Holder complies with all laws applicable thereto and provides written notice of assignment to the Company promptly after such assignment is effected.

(d) Assignments and Transfers by the Company. This Agreement may not be assigned by the Company (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Required Holders; provided, however, that in the event that the Company is a party to a Fundamental Transaction in which the Common Shares are converted into the equity securities of another Person, from and after the effective time of such transaction, such Person shall, by virtue of such transaction, be deemed to have assumed the obligations of the Company hereunder. The term “Company” shall be deemed to refer to such Person and the term “Registrable Securities” shall be deemed to include the securities received by the Holders in connection with such transaction unless such securities are otherwise freely tradable by the Holders after giving effect to such transaction.

(e) Benefits of the Agreement. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g. DocuSign) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

(g) Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

(h) Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof but shall be interpreted as if it were written so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and

 

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any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law which renders any provisions hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

(i) Further Assurances. The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.

(j) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

(k) Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement or caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY:
FIRSTSERVICE CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Jeremy Rakusin

Name:   Jeremy Rakusin
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
PURCHASER:
DURABLE CAPITAL MASTER FUND LP
By:   Durable Capital Partners LP, as investment manager
By:  

/s/ Michael Blandino

Name:   Michael Blandino
Title:   Authorized Representative

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


Exhibit A

Plan of Distribution

We are registering the Common Shares issued to the selling stockholders to permit the resale of the Common Shares the holders of such shares from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders of the Common Shares. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the Common Shares.

The selling stockholders, which as used herein includes donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest selling Common Shares or interests in Common Shares received after the date of this prospectus from a selling stockholder as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their Common Shares or interests in Common Shares on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.

The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of shares or interests therein:

 

 

ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

 

block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

 

purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

 

an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

 

privately negotiated transactions;

 

 

short sales effected after the date the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is declared effective by the Commission;

 

 

through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

 

 

broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

 

 

a combination of any such methods of sale; and

 

 

any other method permitted by applicable law.

 

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The selling stockholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Common Shares owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Common Shares, from time to time, under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under applicable provisions of the Securities Act amending the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer the Common Shares in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

In connection with the sale of our Common Shares or interests therein, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Common Shares in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of our Common Shares short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the Common Shares to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

The aggregate proceeds to the selling stockholders from the sale of the Common Shares offered by them will be the purchase price of the Common Shares less discounts or commissions, if any. Each of the selling stockholders reserves the right to accept and, together with their agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of Common Shares to be made directly or through agents.

The selling stockholders also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of that rule.

The selling stockholders and any underwriters, broker-dealers or agents that participate in the sale of the Common Shares or interests therein may be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act. Any discounts, commissions, concessions or profit they earn on any resale of the shares may be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Selling stockholders who are “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

To the extent required, the Common Shares to be sold, the names of the selling stockholders, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agents, dealer or underwriter, any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.

 

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In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the Common Shares may be sold in these jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the Common Shares may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for sale or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.

We have advised the selling stockholders that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of shares in the market and to the activities of the selling stockholders and their affiliates. In addition, to the extent applicable we will make copies of this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time) available to the selling stockholders for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The selling stockholders may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving the sale of the shares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

We have agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and state securities laws, relating to the registration of the shares offered by this prospectus.

We have agreed with the selling stockholders to keep the registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part effective until the earlier of (1) such time as all of the shares covered by this prospectus have been disposed of or (2) the date on which all of the shares may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act.

 

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Exhibit 99.3

FIRSTSERVICE CORPORATION

MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT

(Form 51-102F3)

 

1.

Name and Address of Company

FirstService Corporation (“FirstService”)

1255 Bay Street, Suite 600

Toronto, Ontario M5R 2A9

 

2.

Date of Material Change

May 22, 2020

 

3.

News Release

A news release was disseminated on May 22, 2020 through GlobeNewswire.

 

4.

Summary of Material Change

On May 22, 2020, FirstService announced that it had completed the sale, on a private placement basis, of a total of 1,797,359 common shares (the “Common Shares”) of FirstService, at a price of US$83.46 per share, to Durable Capital Partners LP (“Durable Capital”), for proceeds of approximately US$150 million (the “Private Placement”). In connection with the Private Placement, FirstService granted customary registration rights to Durable Capital for the future resale of the Common Shares purchased in the Private Placement. FirstService intends to use the proceeds of the Private Placement to repay a portion of its existing indebtedness under its revolving credit facility, to finance potential future acquisitions, and to fund working capital and general corporate purposes.

 

5.

Full Description of Material Change

The news release annexed hereto as Schedule “A” provides a full description of the material change.

 

6.

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

This report is not being filed on a confidential basis.

 

7.

Omitted Information

No significant facts remain confidential in, and no information has been omitted from, this report.

 

8.

Executive Officer

If further information is required, please contact Jeremy Rakusin, Chief Financial Officer, at (416) 960-9566.

 

9.

Date of Report

DATED at Toronto, Ontario this 25th day of May, 2020.


SCHEDULE “A”

 

LOGO

 

 

COMPANY CONTACTS:

 

D. Scott Patterson

 

President & Chief Executive Officer

 

Jeremy Rakusin

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

(416) 960-9566

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FIRSTSERVICE CORPORATION COMPLETES US$150 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF COMMON SHARES

TORONTO, CANADA, May 22, 2020 – FirstService Corporation (TSX: FSV; NASDAQ: FSV) (“FirstService”) is pleased to report that today it completed the sale, on a private placement basis, of a total of 1,797,359 common shares (the “Common Shares”) of FirstService, at a price of US$83.46 per share, to Durable Capital Partners LP (“Durable Capital”), for proceeds of approximately US$150 million (the “Private Placement”). In connection with the Private Placement, FirstService granted customary registration rights to Durable Capital for the future resale of the Common Shares purchased in the Private Placement.

FirstService intends to use the proceeds of the Private Placement to repay a portion of its existing indebtedness under its revolving credit facility, to finance potential future acquisitions, and to fund working capital and general corporate purposes.

“We are pleased that Durable Capital understands the opportunity we have in front of us and has further increased its investment in FirstService,” said Scott Patterson, President and Chief Executive Officer of FirstService. “This financing provides us with greater financial flexibility to capitalize on growth opportunities that may arise in the current environment,” he concluded.

The Common Shares issued pursuant to the Private Placement have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or qualified by a prospectus in Canada. The Common Shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act, or sold in Canada absent an exemption from the prospectus requirements of Canadian securities laws. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Common Shares, nor shall there be any sale of the Common Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.


About FirstService Corporation

FirstService Corporation is a North American leader in the essential outsourced property services sector, serving its customers through two industry-leading service platforms: FirstService Residential – North America’s largest manager of residential communities; and FirstService Brands – one of North America’s largest providers of essential property services delivered through individually branded franchise systems and company-owned operations.

FirstService generates US$2.4 billion in annual revenues and has approximately 24,000 employees across North America. With significant insider ownership and an experienced management team, FirstService has a long-term track record of creating value and superior returns for shareholders. The Common Shares of FirstService trade on the NASDAQ and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “FSV”. More information is available at www.firstservice.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking information and forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws. Much of this information can be identified by words such as “expect to,” “expected,” “will,” “estimated” or similar expressions suggesting future outcomes or events, and includes the expected use of the proceeds of the Private Placement. FirstService believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking information and statements are reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking information and statements should not be unduly relied upon.

Forward-looking information and statements are based on current information and expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, the risks related to FirstService’s business, including those identified in FirstService’s annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2019 under the heading “Risk factors” (a copy of which may be obtained at www.sedar.com or as part of FirstService’s Form 40-F at www.sec.gov). Forward-looking information and statements contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and are subject to change. All forward-looking information and statements in this news release are qualified by these cautionary statements. Except as required by applicable law, FirstService undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking information and statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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