UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

Form 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

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

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of January 2021

Commission File Number 001-39005

 

 

SUNDIAL GROWERS INC.

(Registrant’s name)

 

 

#300, 919 – 11 Avenue SW

Calgary, AB T2R 1P3

Tel.: (403) 948-5227

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

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):  ☐

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

 

 

 


SIGNATURES

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

 

    SUNDIAL GROWERS INC.
Date: January 19, 2021     By:   /s/ Jim Keough
      Name: Jim Keough
      Title:   Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT

 

Exhibit

  

Description of Exhibit

99.1†    Share Purchase Agreement, dated December 29, 2020 by and among Sundial Growers Inc., 2657408 Ontario Inc. and the other parties named therein
99.2†    Share Purchase Agreement, dated December 29, 2020 by and among Sundial Growers Inc. and the parties named therein
99.3†    Amended and Restated Debenture (Fifth Amendment), dated June 18, 2020, by among 2657408 Ontario Inc., as agent and nominee for the lenders named therein from time to time, Zenabis Investments Ltd. as the Corporation, and the guarantors named therein
99.4†    Amended and Restated Monitoring Services Agreement, dated April 22, 2020, by and among NGBA-BC Holdings Ltd., as consultant, Zenabis Investments Ltd., as the Company, and 2657408 Ontario Inc., as the lender.

 

Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(6), Item 601(b)(2)(ii) or Item 601(b)(10)(iv), as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, because they are both (i) not material and (ii) would likely cause competitive harm to the registrant if publicly disclosed or include information the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

Exhibit 99.1

Certain information in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(6), Item 601(b)(2)(ii) or
Item 601(b)(10)(iv), as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would likely cause competitive harm to the registrant if publicly disclosed or includes information the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

SUNDIAL GROWERS INC.

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2657408 ONTARIO INC.

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[***]

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[***]

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[***]

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[***]

– and –

[***]

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

 

December 29, 2020


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION

     2  
   1.1    Definitions      2  
   1.2    Interpretation      5  
   1.3    Entire Agreement      6  
   1.4    Severability      6  
   1.5    Amendments, Waivers, Investigations      7  
   1.6    Governing Law      7  
   1.7    Paramountcy      7  

ARTICLE 2 PURCHASE AND SALE

     7  
   2.1    Agreement to Purchase and Sell      7  
   2.2    Purchase Price      7  
   2.3    Location and Time of the Closing      7  

ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     8  
   3.1    By the Shareholder      8  
   3.2    By the Shareholder regarding the Corporation      9  
   3.3    Representations of the Purchaser      15  
   3.4    Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants      16  

ARTICLE 4 CONDITIONS

     16  
   4.1    Conditions for the Benefit of the Purchaser      16  
   4.2    Conditions for the Benefit of the Shareholder      18  
   4.3    Notice of Breach      18  

ARTICLE 5 POST-CLOSING COVENANTS

     19  
   5.1    Post-Closing Covenants      19  

ARTICLE 6 INDEMNIFICATION

     19  
   6.1    Indemnification by the Shareholder      19  
   6.2    Indemnification by the Purchaser      20  
   6.3    Notice of Claim      20  
   6.4    Direct Claims      20  
   6.5    Third Party Claims      21  
   6.6    Subrogation      22  
   6.7    Enforceability of Loan Agreements      22  
   6.8    Limitation of Liability      23  

ARTICLE 7 GENERAL MATTERS

     23  
   7.1    Public Statements      23  
   7.2    Confidentiality      24  
   7.3    Non-Circumvention      24  
   7.4    Expenses      25  
   7.5    Notices      25  
   7.6    Time of Essence      26  
   7.7    Further Assurances      26  
   7.8    Counterparts and Electronic Signatures      26  
   7.9    Enurement      27  
   7.10    Assignment      27  


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 29th day of December, 2020.

AMONG:

SUNDIAL GROWERS INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta (the “Purchaser”)

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2657408 ONTARIO INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario (the “Corporation”)

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[***], a limited partnership formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario (the “[***]”)

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[***], a trust formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“[***]”)

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[***], a trust formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“[***]”)

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[***], a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (“[***]”)

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[***], a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“[***]” and together with [***], [***] and [***], the “Syndicate”)

(each a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”)

RECITALS:

 

A.

The Shareholder is the legal and beneficial owner of 100 Common Shares of the Corporation, representing all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation (the “Purchased Shares”);

 

B.

the Purchaser wishes to purchase and the Shareholder wishes to sell to the Purchaser the Purchased Shares, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

C.

immediately following the Closing Time, the Purchaser shall capitalize the Corporation and cause the Corporation to pay to the Syndicate, the Loan Agreements Purchase Price, and the Syndicate shall, among other things, disclaim their rights in and to the Loan Agreements and the Participation Agreements, subject to the terms and condition set forth herein.


NOW THEREFORE the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

 

1.1

Definitions

In this Agreement:

 

  (a)

Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions;

 

  (b)

Agreement” means this agreement, and all appendices attached to this agreement, in each case as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and the expressions “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto”, “hereunder”, “hereby” and similar expressions refer to this agreement and unless otherwise indicated, references to Articles and sections are to Articles and sections in this Agreement;

 

  (c)

Applicable Laws” means, in respect of any Person, property, transaction, event or course of conduct, all applicable laws, statutes, regulations, rules, by-laws, ordinances, protocols, practices, regulatory policies, codes, guidelines, official directives, orders, rulings, judgments and decrees of any Governmental Authority, and all conditions, restrictions or requirements imposed by the terms of, or applicably by reason of, any permits, approvals, review processes of any Governmental Authority or any filings with respect to any work under any Contract including, without limitation, any applicable building permits;

 

  (d)

Approvals” means approvals, certificates, authorizations, Consents, filings, permits, grants, licences, notifications, privileges, registrations, rights, orders, judgments, rulings, directives, ordinances, decrees, registrations and filings;

 

  (e)

Business Day” means any day, other than Saturday, Sunday or any statutory holiday in the Province of Alberta or the Province of Ontario;

 

  (f)

Claim” means any actual or threatened civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory, arbitral or investigative inquiry, action, suit, investigation or proceeding and any claim or demand resulting therefrom or any other claim or demand of whatever nature or kind;

 

  (g)

Closing” means the completion of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares pursuant to this Agreement at the Closing Time;

 

  (h)

Closing Date” means December 29, 2020;

 

  (i)

Closing Time” means 10:00am, EST, on the Closing Date;

 

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  (j)

Common Shares” means common shares in the capital of Corporation;

 

  (k)

Confidential Information” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.2;

 

  (l)

Consents” means, collectively, all of the consents, permissions or approvals of:

 

  (i)

any Governmental Authority;

 

  (ii)

any Person pursuant to or in connection with any Contract, required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

  (m)

Contracts” means any contract, agreement, commitment, lease or other binding instrument, whether written or oral;

 

  (n)

Corporations Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of the signatory and [***], [***], [***] and [***] as the officers, directors or trustees, as the case may be, of such corporation or trust having the relevant knowledge together with the knowledge which they would have had if they made inquiries and investigations into the relevant matter that a reasonably prudent individual would have made in similar circumstances;

 

  (o)

Direct Claim” means a Claim which originates pursuant to this Agreement and does not involve a Third Party Claim;

 

  (p)

Encumbrance” means any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance, mortgage, hypothec, adverse claim or title retention agreement, preferential right, trust arrangement, contractual right of set-off or other security agreement or arrangement of any nature or kind whatsoever;

 

  (q)

Governmental Authority” means any:

 

  (i)

federal, provincial, state, regional, municipal, local or other government, domestic or foreign;

 

  (ii)

governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature including any agency, branch, department, commission, board, court or tribunal;

 

  (iii)

body exercising any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, expropriation or taxing authority, domestic or foreign; or

 

  (iv)

self-regulatory organization or stock exchange having jurisdiction in the relevant circumstances;

 

  (r)

Indemnified Party” means a Person whom the Shareholder or the Purchaser, as the case may be, is required to indemnify under Article 6;

 

  (s)

Indemnifying Party” means, in relation to an Indemnified Party, a Party to this Agreement that is required to indemnify such Indemnified Party under Article 6;

 

  (t)

Loan Agreements” means, collectively, the agreements set forth in Appendix A;

 

  (u)

Loan Agreements Purchase Price” means the sum of $58,875,000.00;

 

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  (v)

Loan Unenforceability Event” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.7;

 

  (w)

Loss” means any loss, injury, liability, damage, cost, expense (including reasonable legal and consulting fees and disbursements), or deficiency of any kind or nature, suffered or incurred by an Indemnified Party, in connection with any Claim made by it hereunder, including in respect of any proceeding, assessment, judgment, settlement or compromise relating thereto;

 

  (x)

Material Adverse Change” means any event or change that:

 

  (i)

is, or is reasonably likely to be, materially adverse to a Person, its financial condition or its results of operations, or

 

  (ii)

prevents, or would reasonably be likely to prevent, consummation of the transaction of purchase and sale provided for hereunder;

 

  (y)

Notice of Claim” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.3;

 

  (z)

Participation Agreements” means, collectively, the Participation Agreements listed in Appendix A hereto;

 

  (aa)

Party” means a party to this Agreement and any reference to a Party includes its successors and permitted assigns and “Parties” means every Party;

 

  (bb)

Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, syndicate, body corporate with or without share capital, unincorporated association or trust and, where the context requires, any of the foregoing when acting as trustee, executor, administrator or other legal representative;

 

  (cc)

Purchase Price” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2;

 

  (dd)

Purchased Shares” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble to this Agreement;

 

  (ee)

Quit Claim Agreement” means the quit claim agreement between the Corporation and each member of the Syndicate dated the Closing Date in the form attached hereto as Appendix B;

 

  (ff)

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a Person that is controlled directly or indirectly by another Person and includes a subsidiary of that subsidiary and, for purposes of this definition, a Person controls a second Person if:

 

  (i)

the Person, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns or exercises control or direction over securities of the second Person carrying votes which, if exercised, would entitle the Person to elect a majority of the directors of the second Person, unless the Person beneficially owns or exercises control or direction over voting securities only to secure an obligation;

 

  (ii)

the second Person is a partnership, the Person beneficially owns or exercises control or direction over more than fifty percent (50%) of the interests in the partnership; or

 

  (iii)

the second Person is a limited partnership, the Person is the general partner of the limited partnership or the control Person of the general partner;

 

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  (gg)

Tax” and “Taxes” means all taxes, assessments, reassessments, charges, dues, duties, rates, fees, imposts, levies and similar charges of any kind lawfully levied, assessed or imposed by any Governmental Authority, including all income taxes (including any tax on or based upon net income, gross income, income as specially defined, earnings, profits or selected items of income, earnings or profits), windfall profits taxes, gross receipts taxes, withholding or similar taxes, branch taxes, net worth taxes, surtaxes, production taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, ad valorem taxes, value added taxes, excise taxes, goods and services tax, harmonized sales tax, capital taxes, stamp taxes, premium taxes, property taxes, land transfer taxes, mining taxes, environmental taxes, franchise taxes, licence taxes, health taxes, payroll taxes, employment taxes, severance taxes, social security premiums, employment insurance or compensation premiums, Canada or Quebec Pension Plan premiums, workers’ compensation premiums, mandatory pension and other social fund taxes or premiums, alternative or add-on minimum taxes, custom duties or other governmental taxes, assessments, charges, dues, duties, rates, fees, imposts, levies and similar charges of any kind whatsoever imposed by any Governmental Authority in respect of the relevant entity, together with any interest, penalties or additions thereto and any interest in respect of such penalties or additions;

 

  (hh)

Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended;

 

  (ii)

Tax Returns” means all returns, reports, declarations, elections, information statements and forms, including any schedules thereto, required by any Governmental Authority to be made, prepared or filed in respect of Taxes by the relevant entity;

 

  (jj)

Third Party” means a Person that is not a Party;

 

  (kk)

Third Party Claim” means a Claim by an Indemnified Party which originates by reason of a Person (other than such Indemnified Party) making a claim against the Indemnified Party; and

 

  (ll)

Zenabis” means Zenabis Investments Ltd. as the borrower and Zenabis Global Inc. as the guarantor under the Loan Agreements.

 

1.2

Interpretation

In this Agreement:

 

  (a)

Headings and Table of Contents. The inclusion of headings and a table of contents is for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation hereof.

 

  (b)

Gender and Number. Except where the context requires otherwise, words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa and words importing gender include all genders.

 

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  (c)

Including. Where the word “including” or “includes” is used, it means including or includes “without limitation”.

 

  (d)

Material. Where the term “material” or “materially” is used, it shall be construed, measured or assessed on the basis of whether the matter would materially affect a Party or would prevent or significantly impede the purchase or sale of the Purchased Shares or the completion of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

  (e)

No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement is the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Party proposing any such language.

 

  (f)

Statutory References. A reference to a statute includes all rules and regulations made pursuant to such statute and, unless expressly provided otherwise, the provisions of any statute, rule or regulation which amends, supplements or supersedes any such statute, rule or regulation.

 

  (g)

Currency. Except where expressly provided otherwise herein, all amounts are stated and shall be paid in Canadian dollars.

 

  (h)

Time Periods. Except where expressly provided otherwise herein, time periods within or following which any payment is to be made or act is to be done shall be calculated by excluding the day on which the period commences and including the day on which the period ends and by extending the period to the following Business Day if the last day of the period is not a Business Day.

 

1.3

Entire Agreement

This Agreement and the other written agreements entered into on the Closing Date in connection herewith constitute the entire agreement between the Parties pertaining to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. There are no representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, conditions, indemnities or other provisions, whether oral or written, express or implied, collateral, statutory or otherwise, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other written agreements entered into on the Closing Date in connection herewith, except as expressly contained in this Agreement and the other written agreements entered into on the Closing Date in connection herewith and this Agreement supersedes any and all prior and/or contemporaneous agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

1.4

Severability

Each of the provisions contained in this Agreement is distinct and severable and a declaration of invalidity or unenforceability of any such provision or part thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof. To the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, the parties waive any provision of law which renders any provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable in any respect. The parties shall engage in good faith negotiations to replace any provision which is declared invalid or unenforceable with a valid and enforceable provision, the economic effect of which comes as near as possible to that of the invalid or unenforceable provision which it replaces.

 

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1.5

Amendments, Waivers, Investigations

Except as expressly provided otherwise herein, no amendment or waiver of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party to be bound thereby. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any other provision nor shall any waiver of any provision of this Agreement constitute a continuing waiver unless expressly provided otherwise herein. No investigation or waiver made by or on behalf of any Party shall have the effect of waiving, diminishing the scope of or otherwise affecting any representation or warranty made by any other Party pursuant to this Agreement.

 

1.6

Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein (excluding any conflict of law rule or principle of such laws that might refer such interpretation or enforcement to the laws of another jurisdiction). The parties hereby attorn to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario.

 

1.7

Paramountcy

In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any document provided pursuant to this Agreement, then, unless such document or written acknowledgement from the Parties states that such document shall prevail in the event of such conflict, notwithstanding anything else contained in such document, the provisions of this Agreement will prevail and the provisions of such document will be deemed to be amended to the extent necessary to eliminate such conflict.

ARTICLE 2

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1

Agreement to Purchase and Sell

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Purchaser shall purchase and the Shareholder shall sell the Purchased Shares for the Purchase Price at the Closing Time.

 

2.2

Purchase Price

The purchase price for the Purchased Shares shall be $10.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $1,000 (the “Purchase Price”).

 

2.3

Location and Time of the Closing

The Closing shall take place at the Closing Time electronically and using an Escrow Agreement in the form appended as Appendix E, and any and all deliverables at closing under this Agreement will be made by facsimile, email or other electronic means, save that the original of the endorsed share certificate representing the Purchased Shares shall be delivered as directed by the Purchaser.

 

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ARTICLE 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1

By the Shareholder

The Shareholder acknowledges and confirms that each of the following representations and warranties as they relate to the Shareholder are made as of the date of execution of this Agreement and at the Closing Time. The Shareholder acknowledges that the Purchaser is relying upon the following representations and warranties in connection with its purchase of the Purchased Shares.

 

  (a)

Validity. The Shareholder has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder and to perform the terms and conditions hereof.

 

  (b)

Enforceability against the Shareholder. This Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Shareholder, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar laws from time to time in effect affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies and to general principles of equity.

 

  (c)

Right to Sell Purchased Shares. The Shareholder is the sole legal owner of all of the Purchased Shares registered in the name of the Shareholder and the sole beneficial owner of such Purchased Shares, with good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all Encumbrances. No third party has any right or option in respect of the Purchased Shares that could affect the ability of the Shareholder to transfer good and marketable title to the Purchased Shares to the Purchaser free and clear of all Encumbrances. The Shareholder is not a party to any shareholder agreement, voting trust agreement or any other agreement or instrument which in any way limits or restricts the transfer to the Purchaser any of the Purchased Shares, except for share transfer restrictions contained in the articles of the Corporation. At or prior to the Closing Time, all such restrictions will have been complied with or terminated by the director resolution approving the transfer.

 

  (d)

Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the performance of the obligations under this Agreement by the Shareholder, and the completion by the Shareholder of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, do not and will not:

 

  (i)

contravene any provision of the constating documents of the Shareholder;

 

  (ii)

result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default (or an event, condition or occurrence which, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or give rise to any termination rights, rights of first refusal or other buy-sell rights or the amendment, acceleration or cancellation of or change in any rights or obligations of any Person under, any provision of any contract, agreement, lease, licence, concession, franchise or permit to which the Shareholder is a party or by which the Shareholder is bound or subject or of which the Shareholder is a beneficiary;

 

  (iii)

contravene the Loan Agreements; or

 

  (iv)

contravene any Applicable Law;

 

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  (e)

Approvals. No authorization, Approval of, or filing with or notice to, any Governmental Authority, court or other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Shareholder for the purchase of any of the Purchased Shares.

 

  (f)

Residency. The Shareholder is not a non-resident of Canada for the purpose of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

 

  (g)

Brokers Fees. The Shareholder has no liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any financial advisor, broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor has it granted any right of first refusal or commitment to engage any such Person in connection with any future transaction.

 

  (h)

Termination of the Participation Agreements and Quit Claim Agreement. The termination of the Participation Agreements by the execution of the Quit Claim Agreement will not:

 

  (i)

result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default (or an event, condition or occurrence which, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or give rise to any termination rights, rights of first refusal or other buy-sell rights or the amendment, acceleration or cancellation of or change in any rights or obligations of any Person under, any provision of any contract, agreement, lease, licence, concession, franchise or permit, including, without limitation, the Loan Agreements and each security document entered into in connection with such Loan Agreements; or

 

  (ii)

require the authorization, Approval of, or filing with or notice to, any Governmental Authority, court or other Person.

 

3.2

By the Shareholder regarding the Corporation

The Shareholder acknowledges and confirms that each of the following representations and warranties as they relate to the Corporation are made as of the date of execution of this Agreement and as of the Closing Time. The Shareholder acknowledges that the Purchaser is relying upon the following representations and warranties in connection with the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares.

 

  (a)

Incorporation and Existence. The Corporation is incorporated, organized and is validly existing under the laws of its incorporation, and is registered, licensed or qualified to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties and assets owned or leased or the nature of its business makes such registration, licensing or qualification necessary.

 

  (b)

Corporate Power. The Corporation has the corporate power and capacity to carry on its business as it is currently conducted, to own or lease its property and assets.

 

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  (c)

Capitalization.

 

  (i)

The Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which there are 100 Common Shares outstanding as at the date hereof, all of which are legally and beneficially owned and controlled by the Shareholder.

 

  (ii)

all of the shares of the Corporation have been validly issued and are outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares;

 

  (iii)

there are no options, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion privileges, exchange rights, pre-emptive rights or other rights, agreements or commitments of a similar nature to which the Corporation is bound relating to the outstanding or unissued share capital of the Corporation or obligating the Corporation to issue any shares of, or other equity interest in, the Corporation or securities or obligations of any kind convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of the Corporation, nor are there any outstanding stock appreciation rights, phantom equity or similar rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments based upon the book value, income or any other attribute of the Corporation;

 

  (iv)

there are no outstanding bonds, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation having the right to vote (or that are convertible for, exercisable into or exchangeable for securities having the right to vote) on any matter on which the holders of shares may vote; and

 

  (v)

there are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Corporation to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of the Corporation or any agreements or other arrangements regarding the voting or disposition of any outstanding shares of the Corporation. The Corporation has no Subsidiaries, nor is the Corporation a party to any joint venture, partnership or similar business arrangement with any other Person.

 

  (d)

Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the performance of the obligations under this Agreement by the Corporation, and the completion by the Corporation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, do not and will not:

 

  (i)

contravene any provision of the constating documents of the Corporation;

 

  (ii)

result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default (or an event, condition or occurrence which, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or give rise to any termination rights, rights of first refusal or other buy-sell rights or the amendment, acceleration or cancellation of or change in any rights or obligations of any Person under, any provision of any contract, agreement, lease, licence, concession, franchise or permit to which the Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation is bound or subject or of which the Corporation is a beneficiary;

 

  (iii)

give rise to any right of termination or acceleration of indebtedness by any Person, or cause any third party indebtedness owing by the Corporation to become due and payable before its stated maturity or cause any available credit to cease to be available;

 

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  (iv)

result in the imposition of, give rise to or trigger any claim upon any of the assets of the Corporation, or restrict, hinder, impair or limit the ability of the Corporation to carry on the Corporation’s business;

 

  (v)

contravene the Loan Agreements;

 

  (vi)

create any Encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Corporation; or

 

  (vii)

contravene any Applicable Law.

 

  (e)

Approvals. No authorization, Approval of, or filing with or notice to, any Governmental Authority, court or other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Corporation for the purchase of any of the Purchased Shares.

 

  (f)

Indebtedness. The Corporation does not have any outstanding bonds, debentures, notes, mortgages, direct, indirect or contingent liabilities or long term liabilities or any other indebtedness.

 

  (g)

Liabilities and Guarantees. Since its incorporation, the Corporation has no outstanding liabilities (whether absolute, contingent, accrued or otherwise), and is not a party to or bound by any agreement of guarantee, support, indemnification or assumption, comfort letter, or other agreement or commitment of a similar nature with respect to the obligations, liabilities (whether absolute, contingent, accrued or otherwise) or indebtedness of any Person.

 

  (h)

Contracts. Correct and complete copies of all Contracts entered into by the Corporation, together with all amendments thereto have been provided to the Purchaser and are listed in Appendix A hereto. Other than the Contracts set forth in Appendix A hereto, the Corporation has not entered into any other Contracts since the date of its incorporation.

 

  (i)

Loan Agreements.

 

  (i)

Each Loan Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of each party thereto that is enforceable against such parties in accordance with their respective terms.

 

  (ii)

Each security document granted in respect of the Loan Agreements creates a valid, first ranking (save for the Atholville property), security interest in favour of the Corporation in the collateral described therein that is personal property, and is sufficient to create a valid security interest in favour of the Corporation in the collateral described therein to secure the payment and performance of the obligations described therein as being secured thereby, subject, in each case, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar laws from time to time in effect affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies and to general principles of equity.

 

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  (iii)

The Corporation has done no act to release Zenabis or the Guarantors (as that term is defined in Appendix A) from any covenants pursuant to the Loan Agreements or any other security granted to the Corporation.

 

  (iv)

The Corporation holds and will continue to hold good and marketable, registered and documentary title to the Loan Agreements and is the sole legal owner, and the Syndicate are the sole beneficial owners, of the Loan Agreements, free and clear of all Encumbrances.

 

  (v)

No Claims have been made by or on behalf of the Corporation under any title insurance policies, if any, relating to the Loan Agreements and the Corporation has no knowledge of any matter that would impair or diminish the coverage of any such policies.

 

  (vi)

The loan statement in respect of the Loan Agreements attached hereto as Appendix C is a true and accurate account of the amounts outstanding under the Loan Agreements as of the date of the Closing Date.

 

  (vii)

None of Zenabis or any Guarantor has made any Claim, defense, set-off or counterclaim against the Corporation as lender under the Loan Agreements or otherwise and the Corporation is not aware of any present facts that would give rise to any such Claim, defense, set off or counter claim or otherwise (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, under the Loan Agreements).

 

  (viii)

The Loan Agreements constitute all of the loan documents evidencing the indebtedness of Zenabis to the Corporation and the Syndicate (including, without limitation, the security therefor) and all material correspondence relating to the exercise or preservation of the Corporation’s rights and remedies under the Loan Agreements. True copies of all of the Loan Agreements, including all amendments thereto, have been delivered by the Corporation to the Purchaser.

 

  (j)

No Breach of Loan Agreements. Other than as set out in Schedule 3.2(j), there is currently no material violation or breach of or default of any of the Loan Agreements.

 

  (k)

Other Indebtedness. To the Corporation’s Knowledge, Schedule 3.2(k) is a true and accurate account of the funded indebtedness owing by Zenabis to third parties as at December 27, 2020.

 

  (l)

Assets. Other than the Loan Agreements and the Corporation’s Contracts, the Corporation does not have any assets, nor has it had any other assets since the date of its incorporation.

 

  (m)

Taxes.

 

  (i)

The Corporation has at no time since its date of incorporation earned any income and, as a result, it has never had a liability for any Taxes.

 

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  (ii)

With respect to the Corporation, there are:

 

  (A)

no Taxes due and payable by it;

 

  (B)

no Taxes or other amounts required by Applicable Laws to be withheld by it; and

 

  (C)

no amounts on account of sales or transfer taxes, including goods and services, harmonized sales and provincial or territorial sales taxes, required by Applicable Laws to be collected by it.

 

  (iii)

There are no disputes, proceedings, investigations, audits, assessments, reassessments or claims now pending or, to the Corporation’ Knowledge, threatened against the Corporation that propose to assess material Taxes. There are no liens, upon any of the assets or properties of the Corporation, for taxes that have not been paid by the Corporation.

 

  (iv)

No claim has ever been made by or is expected from any Governmental Authority against the Corporation in a jurisdiction in which the Corporation does not file a Tax Return that it is or may be subject to taxation in that jurisdiction.

 

  (v)

Since incorporation, the only activity carried on by the Corporation was acting as agent and nominee for the Syndicate and the Corporation has had no income for purposes of the Tax Act and has not otherwise had any other activity or held any other property.

 

  (n)

No Default. The Corporation is not in violation or material breach of, or material default under, and there exists no event, condition or occurrence which, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a material default under, or give rise to any termination rights under, any provision of Contract, lease, licence or permit to which the Corporation is a party or by which it is bound or is subject or of which it is a beneficiary.

 

  (o)

Compliance with Laws.

 

  (i)

The Corporation is in compliance with all Applicable Laws in all material respects; and

 

  (ii)

the Corporation is in compliance with all internal policies or codes of conduct in all respects and no breaches of such policies or codes of conduct have been reported to, nor have any waivers of compliance with such policies or codes of conduct been granted by the Corporation.

 

  (p)

Non-Arms Length Transactions.

With regard to the Corporation:

 

  (i)

the Corporation has not made any payment or loan to, or borrowed any monies from or is otherwise indebted to, any officer, director, employee or shareholder of the Corporation, nor to any Person not dealing at arm’s length (within the meaning of the Tax Act) with the Corporation, or any of its Affiliates; and

 

  (ii)

except for contracts of employment, contractor agreements, the Corporation is not a party to any contract, lending arrangement, pledge of security or other agreement or commercial arrangement with any shareholder, Affiliate or non-arm’s length party.

 

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  (q)

Litigation and Other Proceedings. With regard to the Corporation:

 

  (i)

there are no proceedings against or involving the Corporation (whether in progress or threatened); no event has occurred which could reasonably be expected to give rise to any proceedings; no Person has made any written or verbal threat to the Corporation to commence or revive any proceeding; and there is no order, decree, injunction, rule, award or order of any court, government department, commission, agency, arbitrator or similar body outstanding against the Corporation; and

 

  (ii)

the Corporation has not received any opinion or memorandum or legal advice from legal counsel retained by it to the effect that the Corporation is exposed, from a legal standpoint, to any liability.

 

  (r)

Corporate Records. With regard to the Corporation: (i) the corporate records and minute books of the Corporation are complete and accurate in all material respects, and contain copies of minutes of all meetings of directors and committees thereof and shareholders or holders of other ownership interests held since their respective dates of incorporation or formation, and all such meetings were duly called and held; and (ii) the share certificate books, registers of shareholders or holders of other ownership interests, registers of transfers and registers of directors of the Corporation are complete and accurate in all material respects.

 

  (s)

Zenabis.

 

  (i)

Other than in Schedule 3.2(j), neither Zenabis nor any of the Guarantors are in violation or breach of or in default of any of the Loan Agreements;

 

  (ii)

to the Corporation’s Knowledge, other than Schedule 3.2(j), neither Zenabis nor any of the Guarantors are in violation or breach of or in default of its BMO Credit Facility; and

 

  (iii)

to the Corporation’s Knowledge, there is no material undisclosed information in respect of Zenabis or any of the Guarantors relevant to the transaction hereunder or the Loan Agreements and their status.

 

  (t)

Brokers Fees. The Corporation has no liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any financial advisor, broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor has it granted any right of first refusal or commitment to engage any such Person in connection with any future transaction.

 

  (u)

Material Facts. This Agreement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact that would cause the statements contained therein or herein to be misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made.

 

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3.3

Representations of the Purchaser

The Purchaser acknowledges and confirms that each of the following representations and warranties as they relate to the Purchaser are made as of the date of execution of this Agreement and as of the Closing Time. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Shareholder is relying upon the following representations and warranties in connection with the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares:

 

  (a)

Incorporation and Existence. The Purchaser is incorporated, organized and is validly existing under the laws of its incorporation, and is registered, licensed or qualified to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties and assets owned or leased or the nature of its business makes such registration, licensing or qualification necessary.

 

  (b)

Enforceability against the Purchaser. This Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar laws from time to time in effect affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies and to general principles of equity.

 

  (c)

Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the performance of the obligations under this Agreement by the Purchaser, and the completion by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, do not and will not:

 

  (i)

contravene any provision of the constating documents of the Purchaser;

 

  (ii)

result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default (or an event, condition or occurrence which, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or give rise to any termination rights, rights of first refusal or other buy-sell rights or the amendment, acceleration or cancellation of or change in any rights or obligations of any Person under, any provision of any contract, agreement, lease, licence, concession, franchise or permit to which the Purchaser is a party or by which the Purchaser is bound or subject or of which the Purchaser is a beneficiary;

 

  (iii)

give rise to any right of termination or acceleration of indebtedness by any Person, or cause any third party indebtedness owing by the Purchaser to become due and payable before its stated maturity or cause any available credit to cease to be available;

 

  (iv)

result in the imposition of, give rise to or trigger any claim upon any of the assets of the Purchaser, or restrict, hinder, impair or limit the ability of the Purchaser to carry on the business of the Corporation;

 

  (v)

create any Encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Purchaser; or

 

  (vi)

contravene any Applicable Law.

 

  (d)

Approvals. No authorization, Approval of, or filing with or notice to, any Governmental Authority, court or other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Purchaser for the purchase of any of the Purchased Shares.

 

  (e)

Brokers Fees. The Purchaser has no liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any financial advisor, broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor has it granted any right of first refusal or commitment to engage any such Person in connection with any future transaction.

 

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3.4

Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants

The representations and warranties, covenants (to the extent that they have not been fully preformed at or prior to the Closing Time) and agreements contained in this Agreement and in all certificates and documents delivered pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement shall survive the Closing, and in particular:

 

  (a)

the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.1(a) to (d) and Sections 3.2(a) to 3.2(e), 3.3(a) to (d) shall survive for the maximum amount of time under Applicable Laws, and a claim in respect of the breach thereof may be brought at any time after the Closing;

 

  (b)

the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.2(m) in respect of any Taxes arising in or in respect of a period shall survive until the date which is 45 days after the relevant Governmental Authority is no longer entitled to assess or reassess liability for Taxes against the applicable Party for that period, having regard without limitation to any waivers given by the relevant Party in respect of such period, except to the extent that any intentional misrepresentation has been made or any fraud has been committed by the Purchaser or the Corporation in filing a Tax Return or in supplying information for the purposes of any Applicable Law imposing Tax on the Purchaser or the Corporation, as applicable; and

 

  (c)

all other representations and warranties shall terminate at the expiration of 24 months following the Closing.

ARTICLE 4

CONDITIONS

 

4.1

Conditions for the Benefit of the Purchaser

 

  (a)

The obligation of the Purchaser to complete the purchase of the Purchased Shares and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing Time, of each of the following conditions:

 

  (i)

Delivery of Share Certificates. The Shareholder shall have delivered to the Purchaser the share certificate(s) representing the Purchased Shares duly endorsed in blank for transfer or accompanied by duly signed share transfer forms.

 

  (ii)

Certificates of Status. The Shareholder shall have delivered to the Purchaser a certificate of status or its equivalent issued by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to the Corporation.

 

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  (iii)

[***] Purchase Agreement. An executed copy of the share purchase agreement with respect to all of the issued and outstanding shares of [***] and all documents ancillary thereto shall be have been delivered to the Purchaser.

 

  (iv)

Undertaking. An executed undertaking of the Corporation and the Syndicate shall have been delivered to the Purchaser regarding the filing of outstanding Tax filings.

 

  (v)

Deliveries. Certified copies of:

 

  (A)

the constating documents and by-laws of the Corporation; and

 

  (B)

the resolutions of the board of directors of the Corporation authorizing this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,

shall have been delivered to the Purchaser.

 

  (vi)

Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Shareholder made in or pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct at the Closing Time as if made at and as of the Closing Time; the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed by the Shareholder at or prior to the Closing Time shall have been performed in all respects.

 

  (vii)

No Action to Restrain. No action or proceeding shall be pending or threatened by any Person to restrain or prohibit:

 

  (A)

the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares pursuant to this Agreement; or

 

  (B)

the Purchaser from carrying on the business of the Corporation as is being carried on as at the date of this Agreement.

 

  (viii)

Change in Law. No Applicable Laws shall have been enacted the effect of which will be to prevent the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

  (ix)

Loan Agreements. The Loan Agreements as listed in Appendix A shall not be further amended and are in full force and effect.

 

  (x)

Legal Opinion. The Purchaser shall have received a legal opinion from counsel to the Shareholder, in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, acting reasonably.

 

  (b)

The conditions contained in this Section 4.1 are for the exclusive benefit of the Purchaser and may be waived in whole or in part by the Purchaser in writing at any time.

 

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4.2

Conditions for the Benefit of the Shareholder

 

  (a)

The obligation of the Shareholder to complete the sale of the Purchased Shares and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the fulfillment or performance, at or before the Closing Time, of each of the following conditions:

 

  (i)

Payments. The Shareholder shall have received the Purchase Price payable pursuant to Section 2.1 and the payments required pursuant to the Escrow Agreement shall have been deposited to escrow on those terms.

 

  (ii)

Delivery of Resolutions. The resolutions of the directors of the Purchaser authorizing the entry into this Agreement shall have been delivered to the Shareholder, in form and substance satisfactory to the Shareholder, acting reasonably.

 

  (iii)

Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Purchaser made in or pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct at the Closing Time as if made at and as of the Closing Time; the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed by the Purchaser at or prior to the Closing Time shall have been performed.

 

  (b)

The conditions contained in this Section 4.2 are for the exclusive benefit of the Shareholder and may be waived in whole or in part by the Shareholder in writing at any time.

 

4.3

Notice of Breach

Each of the Shareholder and the Purchaser, as applicable, shall give prompt detailed notice setting out the relevant particulars to the other parties of the occurrence, or failure to occur, at any time prior to the Closing Time of any event or state of facts where such occurrence or failure to occur would, or could reasonably be expected to:

 

  (a)

cause any of its representations or warranties contained herein to be untrue or incorrect on the Closing Date;

 

  (b)

result in its failure to comply with or satisfy any covenant or agreement contained herein prior to the Closing Date;

 

  (c)

any Material Adverse Change in the business of the Corporation; or

 

  (d)

result in the failure to satisfy any of the conditions in the other party’s favour contained in Section 4.1 or 4.2, as applicable.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.3, the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 4.3 will not limit or otherwise affect the remedies available hereunder to the party receiving such notice or the conditions to such party’s obligation to consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

 

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ARTICLE 5

POST-CLOSING COVENANTS

 

5.1

Post-Closing Covenants

Immediately following the Closing Time, other than with respect to Section 5.1(d) below, each of the parties covenants and agrees to carry out the respective events and transactions below, each of which shall occur in the following order:

 

  (a)

the Purchaser shall capitalize the Corporation by making a contribution to the Corporation in an amount that is not less than the Loan Agreements Purchase Price;

 

  (b)

the Purchaser shall cause the Corporation to and the Corporation shall wire the Purchase Price and the Loan Agreements Purchase Price, as applicable, in accordance with the directions and wire instructions attached hereto as Appendix D;

 

  (c)

upon receipt of the payment identified in Section 5.1(b) in full, each member of the Syndicate shall release from escrow the agreements to terminate and quit-claim their respective rights in and to the Participation Agreements and the Loan Agreements, in accordance with the Quit Claim Agreement; and

 

  (d)

the payment of $744,528.23, representing fees and interest payable to the Corporation pursuant to the Loan Agreements up to and including the Closing Date for the calendar month of December 2020, whether paid in cash or some other form of consideration and whether received in a going concern capacity, an insolvency proceeding or other context, whether for debt forgiveness, payment, compromise or otherwise, to be paid within 2 Business Days of receipt of same by the Purchaser from Zenabis in accordance with the wire instructions attached hereto as Appendix D. The Purchaser further covenants that it shall not and shall not permit the Corporation to forgive or otherwise waive the rights to receive the above payments except for consideration and where payment of such amounts are not specifically separated in any payment arrangement such amounts shall be calculated on a percentage basis of the payment amounts regardless of form relative to the amount then owing to the Corporation multiplied by the amount received by the Corporation.

ARTICLE 6

INDEMNIFICATION

 

6.1

Indemnification by the Shareholder

Subject to Sections 6.6, 6.7, 6.8(b) and 6.8(d), the Shareholder shall indemnify and save the Purchaser harmless for and from and after the Closing Date against and in respect of any Losses resulting from:

 

  (a)

any Loss of the Purchaser as a result of any breach of representation or warranty of the Shareholder contained in this Agreement with respect to the Corporation or in any certificate or document delivered pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement;

 

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  (b)

any Loss of the Purchaser as a result of any breach or any non-fulfilment of any covenant or agreement on the part of the Shareholder contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or document delivered pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

  (c)

all claims, demands, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal expenses, in respect of the foregoing.

 

6.2

Indemnification by the Purchaser

The Purchaser shall indemnify and save the Shareholder harmless for and from and after the Closing Date against and in respect of any Losses resulting from:

 

  (a)

any Loss of any Shareholder as a result of any breach of representation or warranty by the Purchaser contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or document delivered pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement;

 

  (b)

any Loss of any Shareholder as a result of any breach or any non-fulfilment of any covenant or agreement on the part of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or document delivered pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

  (c)

all claims, demands, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal expenses, in respect of the foregoing.

 

6.3

Notice of Claim

If an Indemnified Party becomes aware of any act, omission or state of facts that may give rise to Losses in respect of which a right of indemnification is provided for under this Article 6, the Indemnified Party shall promptly give written notice thereof (a “Notice of Claim”), which notice shall specify whether the potential Losses arise as a result of a Direct Claim or a Third Party Claim. Each Notice of Claim shall specify with reasonable particularity (to the extent that the information is available):

 

  (a)

the factual basis for the Claim, and any provisions of the Agreement, or of any Applicable Laws, relied upon; and

 

  (b)

the amount of the Claim, or, if an amount is not determinable, an approximate and reasonable estimate of the potential Claim.

 

6.4

Direct Claims

Subject to Sections 6.8(b) and 6.8(d):

Following receipt of notice of a Direct Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall have ten (10) days to make such investigation of the Direct Claim as the Indemnifying Party considers necessary or desirable. For the purpose of such investigation, the Indemnified Party shall make available to the Indemnifying Party and its representatives the information relied upon by the Indemnified Party to substantiate the Direct Claim, together with all such other information as the Indemnifying Party may reasonably request. If the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party agree at or prior to the expiration of such ten (10) day period (or any extension thereof agreed upon by the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party) as to the validity and amount of the Direct Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall immediately pay to the Indemnified Party the full agreed upon amount of the Direct Claim.

 

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6.5

Third Party Claims

Subject to Sections 6.8(b) and 6.8(d):

 

  (a)

With respect to any Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall have the right, at its own expense, to participate in or assume control of the negotiation, settlement or defence of the Third Party Claim and, in such event, the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for all of the Indemnified Party’s out-of-pocket expenses as a result of such participation or assumption. If the Indemnifying Party elects to assume such control, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in the negotiation, settlement or defence of such Third Party Claim at its own expense and shall have the right to disagree on reasonable grounds with the selection and retention of legal counsel, in which case legal counsel satisfactory to both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall be retained by the Indemnifying Party.

 

  (b)

If the Indemnifying Party, having elected to assume control as contemplated in Section 6.5(a), thereafter fails to defend such Third Party Claim within a reasonable time, the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to assume such control and the Indemnifying Party shall be bound by the results obtained by the Indemnified Party with respect to such Third Party Claim.

 

  (c)

In the event that any Third Party Claim is of a nature such that the Indemnified Party is required by Applicable Laws to make a payment to any Third Party with respect to such Third Party Claim before the completion of settlement negotiations or related legal proceedings, the Indemnified Party may make such payment and the Indemnifying Party shall, forthwith after demand by the Indemnified Party, reimburse the Indemnified Party for any such payment.

 

  (d)

Except in the circumstances contemplated by Sections 6.5(b), whether or not the Indemnifying Party assumes control of the negotiation, settlement or defence of any Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall not negotiate, settle, compromise or pay any Third Party Claim except with the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld).

 

  (e)

The Indemnified Party shall not permit any right of appeal in respect of any Third Party Claim to terminate without giving the Indemnifying Party notice thereof and an opportunity to contest such Third Party Claim.

 

  (f)

The Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with each other with respect to Third Party Claims, shall keep each other advised with respect thereto (including supplying copies of all relevant documentation promptly as it becomes available) and shall each designate a representative who will keep himself or herself informed about and be prepared to discuss the Third Party Claim with his or her counterpart and with legal counsel at all reasonable times.

 

  (g)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Indemnifying Party shall not settle any Third Party Claim without the consent of the Indemnified Party unless the settlement includes a complete release of the Indemnified Party with respect to the claim.

 

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  (h)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if the Indemnifying Party:

 

  (i)

is not entitled to assume the investigation and defence of a Third Party Claim under this Agreement;

 

  (ii)

does not elect to assume the investigation and defence of a Third Party Claim;

 

  (iii)

assumes the investigation and defence of a Third Party Claim but fails to diligently pursue such defence; or

 

  (iv)

the Indemnified Party reasonably concludes that the Third Party Claim is not being defended to its satisfaction, acting reasonably, the Indemnified Party has the right (but not the obligation), to undertake the defence of the Third Party Claim.

 

  (i)

In the case where the Indemnifying Party fails to diligently pursue the defence of the Third Party Claim or the Indemnified Party reasonably concludes that the Third Party Claim is not being defended to its satisfaction, acting reasonably, the Indemnified Party may not assume the defence of the Third Party Claim unless the Indemnified Party gives the Indemnifying Party written demand to diligently pursue the defence and the Indemnifying Party fails to do so within 10 days after receipt of the demand, or such shorter period as may be required to respond to any deadline imposed by a court, arbitrator or other tribunal or Governmental Authority.

 

6.6

Subrogation

In the event that an Indemnifying Party shall be obligated to indemnify an Indemnified Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall, upon fulfillment of its obligations with respect to indemnification (including payment in full of all amounts due pursuant to its indemnification obligations) be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party with respect to the claims to which such indemnification relates.

 

6.7

Enforceability of Loan Agreements

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, if the Purchaser is unable to exercise its rights under the Loan Agreements and as a result thereof is unable to collect the payments under the Loan Agreements (a “Loan Unenforceability Event”), then the Purchaser may, at its election:

 

  (a)

require the Shareholder to promptly repay the Purchase Price and the Loan Agreements Purchase Price to the Purchaser, and contemporaneously with such payment, the Purchaser shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the Purchased Shares to the Shareholder, duly endorsed in blank for transfer or accompanied by duly signed share transfer forms; or

 

  (b)

retain ownership of the Purchased Shares and require the Syndicate to act as its nominee and bare trustee in accordance with the Quit Claim Agreement.

 

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For greater certainty, the Purchaser’s rights upon the occurrence of a Loan Unenforceability Event shall be limited to the remedies set out in this Section 6.7, and the Purchaser shall not have a right to payment under this Section 6.7 unless it delivers the Purchased Shares to the Shareholder in accordance with Section 6.7(a).

 

6.8

Limitation of Liability

The Parties agree that, in all cases:

 

  (a)

in no event shall a Party be liable for indirect or consequential, exemplary, punitive or special damages (including without limitation, loss of profits, loss of opportunity, loss of business, loss of reputation and loss of financing) relating to this Agreement or any other any agreement, instrument or document executed in connection with this Agreement even if such Party has been advised of the possibility of such damages in advance and whether such losses arise in, under or pursuant to contract, tort, common law, equity, statute or otherwise.

 

  (b)

No Party shall be entitled to duplication of recovery by reason of the state of facts giving rise to Losses.

 

  (c)

The maximum aggregate liability of a Party for indemnification pursuant to this Article 6 will not exceed the sum of the Purchase Price and the Loan Agreements Purchase Price.

 

  (d)

The limitations set forth in this Section 6.8 shall not apply with respect to:

 

  (i)

Losses which result from a breach by a Party of its obligations of confidentiality hereunder;

 

  (ii)

Losses for Taxes that are payable by the Corporation but unpaid prior to the Closing Date; and

 

  (iii)

any portion of Losses that resulted primarily and directly from the fraud or the wilful misconduct of a Party or its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, representatives, successors or assigns.

ARTICLE 7

GENERAL MATTERS

 

7.1

Public Statements

No public announcement or statement concerning the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be made by a Party, its Affiliates or their respective directors, officers, employees or shareholders without the prior written consent of the other Party (in each such case such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless such disclosure is required by Applicable Law. If such disclosure is required by Applicable Law, each Party shall use commercially reasonable good faith efforts to enable the other Party to review and comment on such disclosure prior to the release thereof and, if such prior review and consultation is not possible, to give oral and written notice of such disclosure immediately following the making of such disclosure. Communication to Zenabis will be subject to mutual agreement as to timing and content.

 

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7.2

Confidentiality

The Parties shall treat the terms of this Agreement and all information provided under or in connection with this Agreement (collectively, “Confidential Information”) as confidential and may not either disclose Confidential Information or use it other than for bona fide purposes connected with this Agreement or any other agreements or instruments in any way related to this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties to this Agreement, except for that consent is not required for disclosure to:

 

  (a)

an Affiliate of a party to this Agreement, directors, officers, or employees of a party to this Agreement or an Affiliate to a party to this Agreement, as long as they in turn are required to treat the Confidential Information as confidential on terms substantially the same as those set out in this Section 7.2;

 

  (b)

accountants, professional advisers and bankers and other lenders, whether current or prospective, as long as they are subject to statutory professional secrecy rules or similar legal concepts under Applicable Laws or, in turn, are required to treat the Confidential Information as confidential on terms substantially the same as those set out in this Section 7.2;

 

  (c)

any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over a party to this Agreement, to the extent legally required, and then only after, to the extent permitted by law, informing the other parties thereof and, to the extent possible, with sufficient notice in advance to permit the other parties to seek a protective order or other remedy;

 

  (d)

any Person to the extent required by any Applicable Laws, judicial process or the rules and regulations of any recognized stock exchange and then only subject to prior consultation with the other Parties;

 

  (e)

any intended assignee of the rights and interests of a party under this Agreement or to a Person intending to acquire an interest in a party to this Agreement as long as the intended assignee or acquirer in turn is required by that party to treat the Confidential Information as confidential in favour of the other parties on terms substantially the same as those set out in this Section 7.2; or

 

  (f)

the extent that the Confidential Information is in or lawfully comes into the public domain other than by breach of this Section 7.2.

 

7.3

Non-Circumvention

Neither the Corporation, the Syndicate (other than [***] solely with respect to itself but not its Affiliates) nor any of their respective Affiliates may, without the Purchaser’s prior written consent for a period of two years from the Closing Date: (i) enter into any transaction similar to, in competition with, or which otherwise could have the effect of preventing the Purchaser from receiving the full benefit of the transactions set forth in this Agreement, including any debt or equity financing with Zenabis, its Affiliates or any third party seeking to advance any such funds, directly or indirectly, to Zenabis or its Affiliates; (ii) directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate, participate in or continue discussions or negotiations regarding any Contract with Zenabis or its Affiliates; or (iii) respond to or engage with any approach from any Person in connection with any matter which would prevent or significantly impede the purchase or sale of the Purchased Shares or the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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7.4

Expenses

Each Party shall be responsible for the expenses (including fees and disbursements of its advisors and agents) incurred by it in connection with the negotiation and settlement of this Agreement and the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

7.5

Notices

Any notice, consent, waiver, direction or other communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement by a Party shall be in writing and may be given by sending same by facsimile, email, prepaid first-class mail or by delivery by hand addressed to the Party to which the notice is to be given at the applicable address noted below. Any such notice, consent, waiver, direction or other communication, if sent by facsimile or email, shall be deemed to have been given and received at the time of receipt (if a Business Day or, if not, the next succeeding Business Day) unless actually received after 4:00 p.m. (local time) at the point of delivery in which case it shall be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day; if mailed by prepaid first-class mail at any time other than during a general discontinuance of postal service due to strike, lock-out of otherwise, shall be deemed to have been received on the fourth Business Day after the post-marked date thereof; or, if delivered by hand, shall be deemed to have been received on the day on which it is delivered (if a Business Day, if not, the next succeeding Business Day).

The address for each of the Parties shall be as follows:

 

  (a)

To the Purchaser:

Sundial Growers Inc.

#200, 919 - 11th Avenue SW

Calgary, AB

T2R 1P3

Attention:        [***]

Email:              [***]

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

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

66 Wellington Street West

Suite 5300

Toronto, Ontario, M5K 1E6

Attention:        [***]

Email:              [***]

 

  (b)

To the Shareholder and the [***] Members of the Syndicate:

[***]

Attention:        [***]

Email:              [***]

 

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

Cassels Brock LLP

2100 Scotia Plaza

40 King Street West

Toronto, Ontario, M5H 3C2

Attention:        [***]

Email:              [***]

 

  (c)

To [***]:

[***]

Attention:        [***]

Email:              [***]

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

Dickinson Wright LLP

Commerce Court West

199 Bay Street, Suite 2200

Toronto, Ontario, M5L 1G4

Attention:        [***]

Email:              [***]

The failure to send or deliver to any Party’s counsel a copy of any notice, consent, waiver, direction or other communication given under this Section 7.5 shall not invalidate any such notice, consent, waiver, direction or other communication.

 

7.6

Time of Essence

Time is of the essence of this Agreement.

 

7.7

Further Assurances

The Parties shall, from time to time and at all times hereafter, at the request of the other but without further consideration, do all such other acts and execute and deliver all such further documents and instruments as shall be reasonably required in order to fully perform and carry out the terms and intent of this Agreement.

 

7.8

Counterparts and Electronic Signatures

This Agreement may be executed by the Parties in counterparts and may be delivered by facsimile or other means of electronic communication and all such counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement. Documents executed, scanned and transmitted electronically and electronic signatures shall be deemed original signatures for purposes of this Agreement and all matters related thereto, with such scanned and electronic signatures having the same legal effect as original signatures.

 

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7.9

Enurement

This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties and their respective successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

7.10

Assignment

No Party may assign their rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

SUNDIAL GROWERS INC.
Per:  

/s/ [***]

  Name: [***]
  Title: CEO
2657408 ONTARIO INC.
Per:  

/s/ [***]

  Name: [***]
  Title: Director

[***]

Per:  

/s/ [***]

  Name: [***]
  Title: Director

[***]

Per:  

/s/ [***]

  Name: [***]
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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[***]

Per:  

/s/ [***]

  Name: [***]
  Title: Authorized Signatory

[***]

Per:  

/s/ [***]

  Name: [***]
  Title: Director

[***]

Per:  

/s/ [***]

  Name: [***]
  Title: CEO

 

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Exhibit 99.2

Certain information in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(6), Item 601(b)(2)(ii) or
Item 601(b)(10)(iv), as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would likely cause competitive harm to the registrant if publicly disclosed or includes information the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

SUNDIAL GROWERS INC.

– and –

NGBA-BC HOLDINGS LTD.

– and –

[***]

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

 

December 29, 2020


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION

     1  
  1.1    Definitions      1  
  1.2    Interpretation      5  
  1.3    Entire Agreement      6  
  1.4    Severability      6  
  1.5    Amendments, Waivers, Investigations      6  
  1.6    Governing Law      6  
  1.7    Paramountcy      6  

ARTICLE 2 PURCHASE AND SALE

     7  
  2.1    Agreement to Purchase and Sell      7  
  2.2    Purchase Price      7  
  2.3    Location and Time of the Closing      7  

ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     7  
  3.1    By the Shareholder      7  
  3.2    By the Shareholder regarding the Corporation      8  
  3.3    Representations of the Purchaser      13  
  3.4    Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants      14  

ARTICLE 4 CONDITIONS

     15  
  4.1    Conditions for the Benefit of the Purchaser      15  
  4.2    Conditions for the Benefit of the Shareholder      16  
  4.3    Notice of Breach      16  

ARTICLE 5 POST-CLOSING COVENANTS

     17  
  5.1    Post-Closing Covenants      17  

ARTICLE 6 INDEMNIFICATION

     17  
  6.1    Indemnification by the Shareholder      17  
  6.2    Indemnification by the Shareholder for Contracts      18  
  6.3    Indemnification by the Purchaser      18  
  6.4    Notice of Claim      18  
  6.5    Direct Claims      19  
  6.6    Third Party Claims      19  
  6.7    Subrogation      20  
  6.8    Limitation of Liability      21  

ARTICLE 7 GENERAL MATTERS

     21  
  7.1    Public Statements      21  
  7.2    Confidentiality      21  
  7.3    Non-Circumvention      22  
  7.4    Expenses      22  
  7.5    Notices      23  
  7.6    Time of Essence      24  
  7.7    Further Assurances      24  
  7.8    Counterparts and Electronic Signatures      24  
  7.9    Enurement      24  
  7.10    Assignment      24  


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 29th day of December, 2020.

AMONG:

SUNDIAL GROWERS INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta (the “Purchaser”)

- and-

NGBA-BC HOLDINGS LTD., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (the “Corporation”)

- and-

[***], a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (the “Shareholder”)

(each a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”)

RECITALS:

 

A.

The Shareholder is the legal and beneficial owner of 100 Common Shares of the Corporation, representing all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation (the “Purchased Shares”); and

 

B.

the Purchaser wishes to purchase and the Shareholder wishes to sell to the Purchaser the Purchased Shares, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW THEREFORE the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

 

1.1

Definitions

In this Agreement:

 

  (a)

265 Share Purchase Agreement” means the share purchase agreement dated December 29, 2020 between Sundial Growers Inc., 2657408 Ontario Inc., [***], [***], [***], [***] And [***];

 

  (b)

Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions;

 

  (c)

Agreement” means this agreement, and all appendices attached to this agreement, in each case as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and the expressions “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto”, “hereunder”, “hereby” and similar expressions refer to this agreement and unless otherwise indicated, references to Articles and sections are to Articles and sections in this Agreement;


  (d)

Applicable Laws” means, in respect of any Person, property, transaction, event or course of conduct, all applicable laws, statutes, regulations, rules, by-laws, ordinances, protocols, practices, regulatory policies, codes, guidelines, official directives, orders, rulings, judgments and decrees of any Governmental Authority, and all conditions, restrictions or requirements imposed by the terms of, or applicably by reason of, any permits, approvals, review processes of any Governmental Authority or any filings with respect to any work under any Contract including, without limitation, any applicable building permits;

 

  (e)

Approvals” means approvals, certificates, authorizations, Consents, filings, permits, grants, licences, notifications, privileges, registrations, rights, orders, judgments, rulings, directives, ordinances, decrees, registrations and filings;

 

  (f)

Business Day” means any day, other than Saturday, Sunday or any statutory holiday in the Province of Alberta or the Province of Ontario;

 

  (g)

Claim” means any actual or threatened civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory, arbitral or investigative inquiry, action, suit, investigation or proceeding and any claim or demand resulting therefrom or any other claim or demand of whatever nature or kind;

 

  (h)

Closing” means the completion of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares pursuant to this Agreement at the Closing Time;

 

  (i)

Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the 265 Share Purchase Agreement;

 

  (j)

Closing Time” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the 265 Share Purchase Agreement;

 

  (k)

Common Shares” means common shares in the capital of Corporation;

 

  (l)

Confidential Information” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.2;

 

  (m)

Consents” means, collectively, all of the consents, permissions or approvals of:

 

  (i)

any Governmental Authority;

 

  (ii)

any Person pursuant to or in connection with any Contract, required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

  (n)

Contracts” means any contract, agreement, commitment, lease or other binding instrument, whether written or oral;

 

  (o)

Corporations Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of the officers and directors of the Corporation together with the knowledge which they would have had if they made inquiries and investigations into the relevant matter that a reasonably prudent individual would have made in similar circumstances;

 

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  (p)

Direct Claim” means a Claim which originates pursuant to this Agreement and does not involve a Third Party Claim;

 

  (q)

Encumbrance” means any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance, mortgage, hypothec, adverse claim or title retention agreement, preferential right, trust arrangement, contractual right of set-off or other security agreement or arrangement of any nature or kind whatsoever;

 

  (r)

Governmental Authority” means any:

 

  (i)

federal, provincial, state, regional, municipal, local or other government, domestic or foreign;

 

  (ii)

governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature including any agency, branch, department, commission, board, court or tribunal;

 

  (iii)

body exercising any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, expropriation or taxing authority, domestic or foreign; or

 

  (iv)

self-regulatory organization or stock exchange having jurisdiction in the relevant circumstances;

 

  (s)

Indemnified Party” means a Person whom the Shareholder or the Purchaser, as the case may be, is required to indemnify under Article 6;

 

  (t)

Indemnifying Party” means, in relation to an Indemnified Party, a Party to this Agreement that is required to indemnify such Indemnified Party under Article 6;

 

  (u)

Loan Agreements” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the 265 Share Purchase Agreement;

 

  (v)

Loss” means any loss, injury, liability, damage, cost, expense (including reasonable legal and consulting fees and disbursements), or deficiency of any kind or nature, suffered or incurred by an Indemnified Party, in connection with any Claim made by it hereunder, including in respect of any proceeding, assessment, judgment, settlement or compromise relating thereto;

 

  (w)

Material Adverse Change” means any event or change that:

 

  (i)

is, or is reasonably likely to be, materially adverse to a Person, its financial condition or its results of operations, or

 

  (ii)

prevents, or would reasonably be likely to prevent, consummation of the transaction of purchase and sale provided for hereunder;

 

  (x)

Monitoring Agreement” means the Monitoring Agreement listed in Appendix A hereto;

 

  (y)

Notice of Claim” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.4;

 

  (z)

Party” means a party to this Agreement and any reference to a Party includes its successors and permitted assigns and “Parties” means every Party;

 

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  (aa)

Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, syndicate, body corporate with or without share capital, unincorporated association or trust and, where the context requires, any of the foregoing when acting as trustee, executor, administrator or other legal representative;

 

  (bb)

Purchase Price” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2;

 

  (cc)

Purchased Shares” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble to this Agreement;

 

  (dd)

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a Person that is controlled directly or indirectly by another Person and includes a subsidiary of that subsidiary and, for purposes of this definition, a Person controls a second Person if:

 

  (i)

the Person, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns or exercises control or direction over securities of the second Person carrying votes which, if exercised, would entitle the Person to elect a majority of the directors of the second Person, unless the Person beneficially owns or exercises control or direction over voting securities only to secure an obligation;

 

  (ii)

the second Person is a partnership, the Person beneficially owns or exercises control or direction over more than fifty percent (50%) of the interests in the partnership; or

 

  (iii)

the second Person is a limited partnership, the Person is the general partner of the limited partnership or the control Person of the general partner;

 

  (ee)

Tax” and “Taxes” means all taxes, assessments, reassessments, charges, dues, duties, rates, fees, imposts, levies and similar charges of any kind lawfully levied, assessed or imposed by any Governmental Authority, including all income taxes (including any tax on or based upon net income, gross income, income as specially defined, earnings, profits or selected items of income, earnings or profits), windfall profits taxes, gross receipts taxes, withholding or similar taxes, branch taxes, net worth taxes, surtaxes, production taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, ad valorem taxes, value added taxes, excise taxes, goods and services tax, harmonized sales tax, capital taxes, stamp taxes, premium taxes, property taxes, land transfer taxes, mining taxes, environmental taxes, franchise taxes, licence taxes, health taxes, payroll taxes, employment taxes, severance taxes, social security premiums, employment insurance or compensation premiums, Canada or Quebec Pension Plan premiums, workers’ compensation premiums, mandatory pension and other social fund taxes or premiums, alternative or add-on minimum taxes, custom duties or other governmental taxes, assessments, charges, dues, duties, rates, fees, imposts, levies and similar charges of any kind whatsoever imposed by any Governmental Authority in respect of the relevant entity, together with any interest, penalties or additions thereto and any interest in respect of such penalties or additions;

 

  (ff)

Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended;

 

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  (gg)

Tax Returns” means all returns, reports, declarations, elections, information statements and forms, including any schedules thereto, required by any Governmental Authority to be made, prepared or filed in respect of Taxes by the relevant entity;

 

  (hh)

Third Party” means a Person that is not a Party;

 

  (ii)

Third Party Claim” means a Claim by an Indemnified Party which originates by reason of a Person (other than such Indemnified Party) making a claim against the Indemnified Party; and

 

  (jj)

Zenabis” means Zenabis Investments Ltd, as the borrower and Zenabis Global Inc. as the guarantor under the Loan Agreements.

 

1.2

Interpretation

In this Agreement:

 

  (a)

Headings and Table of Contents. The inclusion of headings and a table of contents is for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation hereof.

 

  (b)

Gender and Number. Except where the context requires otherwise, words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa and words importing gender include all genders.

 

  (c)

Including. Where the word “including” or “includes” is used, it means including or includes “without limitation”.

 

  (d)

Material. Where the term “material” or “materially” is used, it shall be construed, measured or assessed on the basis of whether the matter would materially affect a Party or would prevent or significantly impede the purchase or sale of the Purchased Shares or the completion of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

  (e)

No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement is the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Party proposing any such language.

 

  (f)

Statutory References. A reference to a statute includes all rules and regulations made pursuant to such statute and, unless expressly provided otherwise, the provisions of any statute, rule or regulation which amends, supplements or supersedes any such statute, rule or regulation.

 

  (g)

Currency. Except where expressly provided otherwise herein, all amounts are stated and shall be paid in Canadian dollars.

 

  (h)

Time Periods. Except where expressly provided otherwise herein, time periods within or following which any payment is to be made or act is to be done shall be calculated by excluding the day on which the period commences and including the day on which the period ends and by extending the period to the following Business Day if the last day of the period is not a Business Day.

 

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1.3

Entire Agreement

This Agreement and the other written agreements entered into on the Closing Date in connection herewith constitute the entire agreement between the Parties pertaining to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. There are no representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, conditions, indemnities or other provisions, whether oral or written, express or implied, collateral, statutory or otherwise, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other written agreements entered into on the Closing Date in connection herewith, except as expressly contained in this Agreement and the other written agreements entered into on the Closing Date in connection herewith and this Agreement supersedes any and all prior and/or contemporaneous agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

1.4

Severability

Each of the provisions contained in this Agreement is distinct and severable and a declaration of invalidity or unenforceability of any such provision or part thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof. To the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, the parties waive any provision of law which renders any provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable in any respect. The parties shall engage in good faith negotiations to replace any provision which is declared invalid or unenforceable with a valid and enforceable provision, the economic effect of which comes as near as possible to that of the invalid or unenforceable provision which it replaces.

 

1.5

Amendments, Waivers, Investigations

Except as expressly provided otherwise herein, no amendment or waiver of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party to be bound thereby. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any other provision nor shall any waiver of any provision of this Agreement constitute a continuing waiver unless expressly provided otherwise herein. No investigation or waiver made by or on behalf of any Party shall have the effect of waiving, diminishing the scope of or otherwise affecting any representation or warranty made by any other Party pursuant to this Agreement.

 

1.6

Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein (excluding any conflict of law rule or principle of such laws that might refer such interpretation or enforcement to the laws of another jurisdiction). The parties hereby attorn to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario.

 

1.7

Paramountcy

In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any document provided pursuant to this Agreement, then, unless such document or written acknowledgement from the Parties states that such document shall prevail in the event of such conflict, notwithstanding anything else contained in such document, the provisions of this Agreement will prevail and the provisions of such document will be deemed to be amended to the extent necessary to eliminate such conflict.

 

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ARTICLE 2

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1

Agreement to Purchase and Sell

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Purchaser shall purchase and the Shareholder shall sell the Purchased Shares for the Purchase Price at the Closing Time.

 

2.2

Purchase Price

The purchase price for the Purchased Shares shall be $1.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $100.00 (the “Purchase Price”).

 

2.3

Location and Time of the Closing

The Closing shall take place at the Closing Time electronically and using an Escrow Agreement in the form appended as Appendix C, and any and all deliverables at closing under this Agreement will be made by facsimile, email or other electronic means, save that the original of the endorsed share certificate representing the Purchased Shares shall be delivered as directed by the Purchaser.

ARTICLE 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1

By the Shareholder

The Shareholder acknowledges and confirms that each of the following representations and warranties as they relate to the Shareholder are made as of the date of execution of this Agreement and at the Closing Time. The Shareholder acknowledges that the Purchaser is relying upon the following representations and warranties in connection with its purchase of the Purchased Shares.

 

  (a)

Validity. The Shareholder has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder and to perform the terms and conditions hereof.

 

  (b)

Enforceability against the Shareholder. This Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Shareholder, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar laws from time to time in effect affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies and to general principles of equity.

 

  (c)

Right to Sell Purchased Shares. The Shareholder is the sole legal owner of all of the Purchased Shares registered in the name of the Shareholder and the sole beneficial owner of such Purchased Shares, with good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all Encumbrances. No third party has any right or option in respect of the Purchased Shares that could affect the ability of the Shareholder to transfer good and marketable title to the Purchased Shares to the Purchaser free and clear of all Encumbrances. The Shareholder is not a party to any shareholder agreement, voting trust agreement or any other agreement or instrument which in any way limits or restricts the transfer to the Purchaser any of the Purchased

 

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  Shares, except for share transfer restrictions contained in the articles of the Corporation. At or prior to the Closing Time, all such restrictions will have been complied with or terminated by the director resolution approving the transfer.

 

  (d)

Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the performance of the obligations under this Agreement by the Shareholder, and the completion by the Shareholder of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, do not and will not:

 

  (i)

contravene any provision of the constating documents of the Shareholder;

 

  (ii)

result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default (or an event, condition or occurrence which, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or give rise to any termination rights, rights of first refusal or other buy-sell rights or the amendment, acceleration or cancellation of or change in any rights or obligations of any Person under, any provision of any contract, agreement, lease, licence, concession, franchise or permit to which the Shareholder is a party or by which the Shareholder is bound or subject or of which the Shareholder is a beneficiary;

 

  (iii)

contravene the Loan Agreements; or

 

  (iv)

contravene any Applicable Law;

 

  (e)

Approvals. No authorization, Approval of, or filing with or notice to, any Governmental Authority, court or other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Shareholder for the purchase of any of the Purchased Shares.

 

  (f)

Residency. The Shareholder is not a non-resident of Canada for the purpose of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

 

  (g)

Brokers Fees. The Shareholder has no liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any financial advisor, broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor has it granted any right of first refusal or commitment to engage any such Person in connection with any future transaction.

 

3.2

By the Shareholder regarding the Corporation

The Shareholder acknowledges and confirms that each of the following representations and warranties as they relate to the Corporation are made as of the date of execution of this Agreement and as of the Closing Time. The Shareholder acknowledges that the Purchaser is relying upon the following representations and warranties in connection with the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares.

 

  (a)

Incorporation and Existence. The Corporation is incorporated, organized and is validly existing under the laws of its incorporation, and is registered, licensed or qualified to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties and assets owned or leased or the nature of its business makes such registration, licensing or qualification necessary.

 

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  (b)

Corporate Power. The Corporation has the corporate power and capacity to carry on its business as it is currently conducted, to own or lease its property and assets.

 

  (c)

Capitalization.

 

  (i)

The Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which there are 100 Common Shares outstanding as at the date hereof, all of which are legally and beneficially owned and controlled by the Shareholder.

 

  (ii)

all of the shares of the Corporation have been validly issued and are outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares;

 

  (iii)

there are no options, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion privileges, exchange rights, pre-emptive rights or other rights, agreements or commitments of a similar nature to which the Corporation is bound relating to the outstanding or unissued share capital of the Corporation or obligating the Corporation to issue any shares of, or other equity interest in, the Corporation or securities or obligations of any kind convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of the Corporation, nor are there any outstanding stock appreciation rights, phantom equity or similar rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments based upon the book value, income or any other attribute of the Corporation;

 

  (iv)

there are no outstanding bonds, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation having the right to vote (or that are convertible for, exercisable into or exchangeable for securities having the right to vote) on any matter on which the holders of shares may vote; and

 

  (v)

there are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Corporation to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of the Corporation or any agreements or other arrangements regarding the voting or disposition of any outstanding shares of the Corporation. The Corporation has no Subsidiaries, nor is the Corporation a party to any joint venture, partnership or similar business arrangement with any other Person.

 

  (d)

Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the performance of the obligations under this Agreement by the Corporation, and the completion by the Corporation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, do not and will not:

 

  (i)

contravene any provision of the constating documents of the Corporation;

 

  (ii)

result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default (or an event, condition or occurrence which, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or give rise to any termination rights, rights of first refusal or other buy-sell rights or the amendment, acceleration or cancellation of or change in any rights or obligations of any Person under, any provision of any contract, agreement, lease, licence, concession, franchise or permit to which the Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation is bound or subject or of which the Corporation is a beneficiary;

 

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  (iii)

give rise to any right of termination or acceleration of indebtedness by any Person, or cause any third party indebtedness owing by the Corporation to become due and payable before its stated maturity or cause any available credit to cease to be available;

 

  (iv)

result in the imposition of, give rise to or trigger any claim upon any of the assets of the Corporation, or restrict, hinder, impair or limit the ability of the Corporation to carry on the Corporation’s business;

 

  (v)

contravene the Loan Agreements;

 

  (vi)

create any Encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Corporation; or

 

  (vii)

contravene any Applicable Law.

 

  (e)

Approvals. No authorization, Approval of, or filing with or notice to, any Governmental Authority, court or other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Corporation for the purchase of any of the Purchased Shares.

 

  (f)

Indebtedness. The Corporation does not have any outstanding bonds, debentures, notes, mortgages, direct, indirect or contingent liabilities or long term liabilities or any other indebtedness.

 

  (g)

Liabilities and Guarantees. Since its incorporation, the Corporation has no outstanding liabilities (whether absolute, contingent, accrued or otherwise), and is not a party to or bound by any agreement of guarantee, support, indemnification or assumption, comfort letter, or other agreement or commitment of a similar nature with respect to the obligations, liabilities (whether absolute, contingent, accrued or otherwise) or indebtedness of any Person, other than such obligations which will be repaid in full upon closing of the share purchase pursuant to the 265 Share Purchase Agreement.

 

  (h)

Contracts. Correct and complete copies of all Contracts entered into by the Corporation, together with all amendments thereto have been provided to the Purchaser and are listed in Appendix B hereto. Other than the Contracts set forth in Appendix A and B hereto, the Corporation has not entered into any other Contracts since the date of its incorporation, other than such Contracts which will be terminated in full upon closing of the share purchase pursuant to the 265 Share Purchase Agreement.

 

  (i)

Monitoring Agreement.

 

  (i)

The Monitoring Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of each party thereto that is enforceable against such parties in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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  (ii)

The Corporation has done no act to release Zenabis or the Guarantors (as that term is defined in Appendix A) from any covenants pursuant to the Monitoring Agreement.

 

  (iii)

$100,000, plus applicable taxes, is the total amount payable to the Corporation pursuant to the Monitoring Agreement to December 31, 2020.

 

  (j)

No Breach of Monitoring Agreement. There has been no material violation or breach of or default of the Monitoring Agreement.

 

  (k)

Assets. Other than the Loan Agreements and the Corporation’s Contracts, the Corporation does not have any assets, nor has it had any other assets since the date of its incorporation.

 

  (l)

Taxes.

 

  (i)

The Corporation has duly and timely made or prepared all Tax Returns required to be made or prepared by it, has duly and timely filed in the prescribed form all Tax Returns required to be filed by it with the appropriate Governmental Authority and has, in all material respects, completely and correctly reported all income and all other amounts or information required to be reported thereon.

 

  (ii)

The Corporation has:

 

  (A)

duly and timely paid all Taxes due and payable by it other than those which are being or have been contested in good faith;

 

  (B)

duly and timely withheld all Taxes and other amounts required by Applicable Laws to be withheld by it and has duly and timely remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority such Taxes and other amounts required by Applicable Laws to be remitted by it; and

 

  (C)

duly and timely collected all amounts on account of sales or transfer taxes, including goods and services, harmonized sales and provincial or territorial sales taxes, required by Applicable Laws to be collected by it and has duly and timely remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority any such amounts required by Applicable Laws to be remitted by it.

 

  (iii)

There are no disputes, proceedings, investigations, audits, assessments, reassessments or claims now pending or, to the Corporation’ Knowledge, threatened against the Corporation that propose to assess material Taxes in addition to those reported in any Tax Returns filed with the appropriate Governmental Authority. There are no liens, upon any of the assets or properties of the Corporation, for taxes that have not been paid by the Corporation.

 

  (iv)

No claim has ever been made by or is expected from any Governmental Authority against the Corporation in a jurisdiction in which the Corporation does not file a Tax Return that it is or may be subject to taxation in that jurisdiction.

 

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  (v)

Since incorporation, the only activity carried on by the Corporation was acting as agent and nominee for the participating lenders and the Corporation has had no income for purposes of the Tax Act and has not otherwise had any other activity or held any other property.

 

  (m)

No Default. The Corporation is not in violation or material breach of, or material default under, and there exists no event, condition or occurrence which, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a material default under, or give rise to any termination rights under, any provision of Contract, lease, licence or permit to which the Corporation is a party or by which it is bound or is subject or of which it is a beneficiary.

 

  (n)

Compliance with Laws.

 

  (i)

The Corporation is in compliance with all Applicable Laws in all material respects; and

 

  (ii)

the Corporation is in compliance with all internal policies or codes of conduct in all respects and no breaches of such policies or codes of conduct have been reported to, nor have any waivers of compliance with such policies or codes of conduct been granted by the Corporation.

 

  (o)

Non-Arms Length Transactions.

With regard to the Corporation:

 

  (i)

the Corporation has not made any payment or loan to, or borrowed any monies from or is otherwise indebted to, any officer, director, employee or shareholder of the Corporation, nor to any Person not dealing at arm’s length (within the meaning of the Tax Act) with the Corporation, or any of its Affiliates other than participating lenders; and

 

  (ii)

except for contracts of employment, contractor agreements, the Corporation is not a party to any contract, lending arrangement, pledge of security or other agreement or commercial arrangement with any shareholder, Affiliate or non-arm’s length party other than participating lenders.

 

  (p)

Litigation and Other Proceedings. With regard to the Corporation:

 

  (i)

there are no proceedings against or involving the Corporation (whether in progress or threatened); no event has occurred which could reasonably be expected to give rise to any proceedings; no Person has made any written or verbal threat to the Corporation to commence or revive any proceeding; and there is no order, decree, injunction, rule, award or order of any court, government department, commission, agency, arbitrator or similar body outstanding against the Corporation; and

 

  (ii)

the Corporation has not received any opinion or memorandum or legal advice from legal counsel retained by it to the effect that the Corporation is exposed, from a legal standpoint, to any liability.

 

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  (q)

Corporate Records. With regard to the Corporation: (i) the corporate records and minute books of the Corporation are complete and accurate in all material respects, and contain copies of minutes of all meetings of directors and committees thereof and shareholders or holders of other ownership interests held since their respective dates of incorporation or formation, and all such meetings were duly called and held; and (ii) the share certificate books, registers of shareholders or holders of other ownership interests, registers of transfers and registers of directors of the Corporation are complete and accurate in all material respects.

 

  (r)

Zenabis.

 

  (i)

Other than as disclosed in the 265 Share Purchase Agreement, neither Zenabis nor any of the Guarantors are in violation or breach of or in default of any of the Loan Agreements;

 

  (ii)

to the Corporation’s Knowledge, other than as disclosed in the 265 Share Purchase Agreement, neither Zenabis nor any of the Guarantors are in violation or breach of or in default of its BMO Credit Facility; and

 

  (iii)

to the Corporation’s Knowledge, there is no material undisclosed information in respect of Zenabis or any of the Guarantors.

 

  (s)

Brokers Fees. The Corporation has no liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any financial advisor, broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor has it granted any right of first refusal or commitment to engage any such Person in connection with any future transaction.

 

  (t)

Material Facts. This Agreement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact that would cause the statements contained therein or herein to be misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made.

 

3.3

Representations of the Purchaser

The Purchaser acknowledges and confirms that each of the following representations and warranties as they relate to the Purchaser are made as of the date of execution of this Agreement and as of the Closing Time. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Shareholder is relying upon the following representations and warranties in connection with the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares:

 

  (a)

Incorporation and Existence. The Purchaser is incorporated, organized and is validly existing under the laws of its incorporation, and is registered, licensed or qualified to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties and assets owned or leased or the nature of its business makes such registration, licensing or qualification necessary.

 

  (b)

Enforceability against the Purchaser. This Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar laws from time to time in effect affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies and to general principles of equity.

 

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  (c)

Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the performance of the obligations under this Agreement by the Purchaser, and the completion by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, do not and will not:

 

  (i)

contravene any provision of the constating documents of the Purchaser;

 

  (ii)

result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default (or an event, condition or occurrence which, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or give rise to any termination rights, rights of first refusal or other buy-sell rights or the amendment, acceleration or cancellation of or change in any rights or obligations of any Person under, any provision of any contract, agreement, lease, licence, concession, franchise or permit to which the Purchaser is a party or by which the Purchaser is bound or subject or of which the Purchaser is a beneficiary;

 

  (iii)

give rise to any right of termination or acceleration of indebtedness by any Person, or cause any third party indebtedness owing by the Purchaser to become due and payable before its stated maturity or cause any available credit to cease to be available;

 

  (iv)

result in the imposition of, give rise to or trigger any claim upon any of the assets of the Purchaser, or restrict, hinder, impair or limit the ability of the Purchaser to carry on the business of the Corporation;

 

  (v)

create any Encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Purchaser; or

 

  (vi)

contravene any Applicable Law.

 

  (d)

Approvals. No authorization, Approval of, or filing with or notice to, any Governmental Authority, court or other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Purchaser for the purchase of any of the Purchased Shares.

 

  (e)

Brokers Fees. The Purchaser has no liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any financial advisor, broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor has it granted any right of first refusal or commitment to engage any such Person in connection with any future transaction.

 

3.4

Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants

The representations and warranties, covenants (to the extent that they have not been fully preformed at or prior to the Closing Time) and agreements contained in this Agreement and in all certificates and documents delivered pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement shall survive the Closing, and in particular:

 

  (a)

the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.1(a) to (d) and Sections 3.2(a) to 3.2(e), 3.3(a) to (d) shall survive for the maximum amount of time under Applicable Laws, and a claim in respect of the breach thereof may be brought at any time after the Closing;

 

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  (b)

the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.2(l) in respect of any Taxes arising in or in respect of a period shall survive until the date which is 45 days after the relevant Governmental Authority is no longer entitled to assess or reassess liability for Taxes against the applicable Party for that period, having regard without limitation to any waivers given by the relevant Party in respect of such period, except to the extent that any intentional misrepresentation has been made or any fraud has been committed by the Purchaser or the Corporation in filing a Tax Return or in supplying information for the purposes of any Applicable Law imposing Tax on the Purchaser or the Corporation, as applicable; and

 

  (c)

all other representations and warranties shall terminate at the expiration of 24 months following the Closing.

ARTICLE 4

CONDITIONS

 

4.1

Conditions for the Benefit of the Purchaser

 

  (a)

The obligation of the Purchaser to complete the purchase of the Purchased Shares and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing Time, of each of the following conditions:

 

  (i)

Delivery of Share Certificates. The Shareholder shall have delivered to the Purchaser the virtual minute book and all related documents representing the Purchased Shares duly endorsed in blank for transfer or accompanied by duly signed share transfer forms.

 

  (ii)

Certificates of Status. The Shareholder shall have delivered to the Purchaser a certificate of status or its equivalent issued by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to the Corporation.

 

  (iii)

Deliveries. Certified copies of:

 

  (A)

the constating documents and by-laws of the Corporation; and

 

  (B)

the resolutions of the board of directors of the Corporation authorizing this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,

shall have been delivered to the Purchaser.

 

  (iv)

Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Shareholder made in or pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct at the Closing Time as if made at and as of the Closing Time; the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed by the Shareholder at or prior to the Closing Time shall have been performed in all respects.

 

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  (v)

No Action to Restrain. No action or proceeding shall be pending or threatened by any Person to restrain or prohibit:

 

  (A)

the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares pursuant to this Agreement; or

 

  (B)

the Purchaser from carrying on the business of the Corporation as is being carried on as at the date of this Agreement.

 

  (vi)

Change in Law. No Applicable Laws shall have been enacted the effect of which will be to prevent the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

  (vii)

Monitoring Agreements. The Monitoring Agreements as listed in Appendix A shall not be further amended and are in full force and effect.

 

  (b)

The conditions contained in this Section 4.1 are for the exclusive benefit of the Purchaser and may be waived in whole or in part by the Purchaser in writing at any time.

 

4.2

Conditions for the Benefit of the Shareholder

 

  (a)

The obligation of the Shareholder to complete the sale of the Purchased Shares and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the fulfillment or performance, at or before the Closing Time, of each of the following conditions:

 

  (i)

Payments. The Shareholder shall have received the Purchase Price payable pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

  (ii)

Delivery of Resolutions. The resolutions of the directors of the Purchaser authorizing the entry into this Agreement shall have been delivered to the Shareholder, in form and substance satisfactory to the Shareholder, acting reasonably.

 

  (iii)

Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Purchaser made in or pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct at the Closing Time as if made at and as of the Closing Time; the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed by the Purchaser at or prior to the Closing Time shall have been performed.

 

  (b)

The conditions contained in this Section 4.2 are for the exclusive benefit of the Shareholder and may be waived in whole or in part by the Shareholder in writing at any time.

 

4.3

Notice of Breach

Each of the Shareholder and the Purchaser, as applicable, shall give prompt detailed notice setting out the relevant particulars to the other parties of the occurrence, or failure to occur, at any time prior to the Closing Time of any event or state of facts where such occurrence or failure to occur would, or could reasonably be expected to:

 

  (a)

cause any of its representations or warranties contained herein to be untrue or incorrect on the Closing Date;

 

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  (b)

result in its failure to comply with or satisfy any covenant or agreement contained herein prior to the Closing Date;

 

  (c)

any Material Adverse Change in the business of the Corporation; or

 

  (d)

result in the failure to satisfy any of the conditions in the other party’s favour contained in Section 4.1 or 4.2, as applicable.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.3, the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 4.3 will not limit or otherwise affect the remedies available hereunder to the party receiving such notice or the conditions to such party’s obligation to consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

ARTICLE 5

POST-CLOSING COVENANTS

 

5.1

Post-Closing Covenants

The Purchaser shall pay to the Shareholder the amounts payable with respect to the monitoring fees in accordance with section 5.1(d) of the 265 Share Purchase Agreement:

ARTICLE 6

INDEMNIFICATION

 

6.1

Indemnification by the Shareholder

Subject to Sections 6.8(b) and 6.8(d), the Shareholder shall indemnify and save the Purchaser harmless for and from and after the Closing Date against and in respect of any Losses resulting from:

 

  (a)

any Loss of the Purchaser as a result of any breach of representation or warranty of the Shareholder contained in this Agreement with respect to the Corporation or in any certificate or document delivered pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement;

 

  (b)

any Loss of the Purchaser as a result of any breach or any non-fulfilment of any covenant or agreement on the part of the Shareholder contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or document delivered pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

  (c)

all claims, demands, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal expenses, in respect of the foregoing,

provided that if any such indemnification relates to the assignability of the Loan Documents then upon such payment being made such shall be considered as repayment to the Purchaser and the Purchase will return to the Shareholder the Shares and release any rights to the Loan Documents, or such percentage as is repaid pursuant to this clause, the intention being that the Purchaser does not have the right to payment under indemnification while retaining the purchase Shares and related rights.

 

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6.2

Indemnification by the Shareholder for Contracts

The Shareholder shall indemnify and save the Purchaser harmless for and from and after the Closing Date against and in respect of any Losses resulting from:

 

  (a)

any Loss of the Purchaser as a result of any obligation or liability of the Corporation arising from any Contract identified in Appendix B;

 

  (b)

any Loss of the Purchaser as a result of any breach of representation or warranty of the Corporation contained in any Contract identified in Appendix B;

 

  (c)

any Loss of the Purchaser as a result of any breach or any non-fulfilment of any covenant or agreement on the part of the Corporation contained any Contract identified in Appendix B or in any certificate or document delivered pursuant to or contemplated by such Contracts; and

 

  (d)

all claims, demands, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal expenses, in respect of the foregoing.

 

6.3

Indemnification by the Purchaser

The Purchaser shall indemnify and save the Shareholder harmless for and from and after the Closing Date against and in respect of any Losses resulting from:

 

  (a)

any Loss of any Shareholder as a result of any breach of representation or warranty by the Purchaser contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or document delivered pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement;

 

  (b)

any Loss of any Shareholder as a result of any breach or any non-fulfilment of any covenant or agreement on the part of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or document delivered pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

  (c)

all claims, demands, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal expenses, in respect of the foregoing.

 

6.4

Notice of Claim

If an Indemnified Party becomes aware of any act, omission or state of facts that may give rise to Losses in respect of which a right of indemnification is provided for under this Article 6, the Indemnified Party shall promptly give written notice thereof (a “Notice of Claim”), which notice shall specify whether the potential Losses arise as a result of a Direct Claim or a Third Party Claim. Each Notice of Claim shall specify with reasonable particularity (to the extent that the information is available):

 

  (a)

the factual basis for the Claim, and any provisions of the Agreement, or of any Applicable Laws, relied upon; and

 

  (b)

the amount of the Claim, or, if an amount is not determinable, an approximate and reasonable estimate of the potential Claim.

 

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6.5

Direct Claims

Subject to Sections 6.8(b) and 6.8(d):

Following receipt of notice of a Direct Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall have ten (10) days to make such investigation of the Direct Claim as the Indemnifying Party considers necessary or desirable. For the purpose of such investigation, the Indemnified Party shall make available to the Indemnifying Party and its representatives the information relied upon by the Indemnified Party to substantiate the Direct Claim, together with all such other information as the Indemnifying Party may reasonably request. If the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party agree at or prior to the expiration of such ten (10) day period (or any extension thereof agreed upon by the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party) as to the validity and amount of the Direct Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall immediately pay to the Indemnified Party the full agreed upon amount of the Direct Claim.

 

6.6

Third Party Claims

Subject to Sections 6.8(b) and 6.8(d):

 

  (a)

With respect to any Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall have the right, at its own expense, to participate in or assume control of the negotiation, settlement or defence of the Third Party Claim and, in such event, the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for all of the Indemnified Party’s out-of-pocket expenses as a result of such participation or assumption. If the Indemnifying Party elects to assume such control, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in the negotiation, settlement or defence of such Third Party Claim at its own expense and shall have the right to disagree on reasonable grounds with the selection and retention of legal counsel, in which case legal counsel satisfactory to both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall be retained by the Indemnifying Party.

 

  (b)

If the Indemnifying Party, having elected to assume control as contemplated in Section 6.6(a), thereafter fails to defend such Third Party Claim within a reasonable time, the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to assume such control and the Indemnifying Party shall be bound by the results obtained by the Indemnified Party with respect to such Third Party Claim.

 

  (c)

In the event that any Third Party Claim is of a nature such that the Indemnified Party is required by Applicable Laws to make a payment to any Third Party with respect to such Third Party Claim before the completion of settlement negotiations or related legal proceedings, the Indemnified Party may make such payment and the Indemnifying Party shall, forthwith after demand by the Indemnified Party, reimburse the Indemnified Party for any such payment.

 

  (d)

Except in the circumstances contemplated by Sections 6.6(b), whether or not the Indemnifying Party assumes control of the negotiation, settlement or defence of any Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall not negotiate, settle, compromise or pay any Third Party Claim except with the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld).

 

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  (e)

The Indemnified Party shall not permit any right of appeal in respect of any Third Party Claim to terminate without giving the Indemnifying Party notice thereof and an opportunity to contest such Third Party Claim.

 

  (f)

The Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with each other with respect to Third Party Claims, shall keep each other advised with respect thereto (including supplying copies of all relevant documentation promptly as it becomes available) and shall each designate a representative who will keep himself or herself informed about and be prepared to discuss the Third Party Claim with his or her counterpart and with legal counsel at all reasonable times.

 

  (g)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Indemnifying Party shall not settle any Third Party Claim without the consent of the Indemnified Party unless the settlement includes a complete release of the Indemnified Party with respect to the claim.

 

  (h)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if the Indemnifying Party:

 

  (i)

is not entitled to assume the investigation and defence of a Third Party Claim under this Agreement;

 

  (ii)

does not elect to assume the investigation and defence of a Third Party Claim;

 

  (iii)

assumes the investigation and defence of a Third Party Claim but fails to diligently pursue such defence; or

 

  (iv)

the Indemnified Party reasonably concludes that the Third Party Claim is not being defended to its satisfaction, acting reasonably, the Indemnified Party has the right (but not the obligation), to undertake the defence of the Third Party Claim.

 

  (i)

In the case where the Indemnifying Party fails to diligently pursue the defence of the Third Party Claim or the Indemnified Party reasonably concludes that the Third Party Claim is not being defended to its satisfaction, acting reasonably, the Indemnified Party may not assume the defence of the Third Party Claim unless the Indemnified Party gives the Indemnifying Party written demand to diligently pursue the defence and the Indemnifying Party fails to do so within 10 days after receipt of the demand, or such shorter period as may be required to respond to any deadline imposed by a court, arbitrator or other tribunal or Governmental Authority.

 

6.7

Subrogation

In the event that an Indemnifying Party shall be obligated to indemnify an Indemnified Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall, upon fulfillment of its obligations with respect to indemnification (including payment in full of all amounts due pursuant to its indemnification obligations) be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party with respect to the claims to which such indemnification relates.

 

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6.8

Limitation of Liability

The Parties agree that, in all cases:

 

  (a)

in no event shall a Party be liable for indirect or consequential, exemplary, punitive or special damages (including without limitation, loss of profits, loss of opportunity, loss of business, loss of reputation and loss of financing) relating to this Agreement or any other any agreement, instrument or document executed in connection with this Agreement even if such Party has been advised of the possibility of such damages in advance and whether such losses arise in, under or pursuant to contract, tort, common law, equity, statute or otherwise.

 

  (b)

No Party shall be entitled to duplication of recovery by reason of the state of facts giving rise to Losses.

 

  (c)

The maximum aggregate liability of a Party for indemnification pursuant to this Article 6 will not exceed the sum of the Purchase Price, except in the case of a breach of Section 5.1 in which case the shall maximum aggregate liability shall also include the amount to be paid pursuant to Section 5.1.

 

  (d)

The limitations set forth in this Section 6.8 shall not apply with respect to:

 

  (i)

Section 6.2;

 

  (ii)

Losses which result from a breach by a Party of its obligations of confidentiality hereunder;

 

  (iii)

Losses for Taxes that are payable by the Corporation but unpaid prior to the Closing Date; and

 

  (iv)

any portion of Losses that resulted primarily and directly from the fraud or the wilful misconduct of a Party or its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, representatives, successors or assigns.

ARTICLE 7

GENERAL MATTERS

 

7.1

Public Statements

No public announcement or statement concerning the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be made by a Party, its Affiliates or their respective directors, officers, employees or shareholders without the prior written consent of the other Party (in each such case such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless such disclosure is required by Applicable Law. If such disclosure is required by Applicable Law, each Party shall use commercially reasonable good faith efforts to enable the other Party to review and comment on such disclosure prior to the release thereof and, if such prior review and consultation is not possible, to give oral and written notice of such disclosure immediately following the making of such disclosure. Communication to Zenabis will be subject to mutual agreement as to timing and content.

 

7.2

Confidentiality

The Parties shall treat the terms of this Agreement and all information provided under or in connection with this Agreement (collectively, “Confidential Information”) as confidential and may not either disclose Confidential Information or use it other than for bona fide purposes connected with this Agreement or any other agreements or instruments in any way related to this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties to this Agreement, except for that consent is not required for disclosure to:

 

  (a)

an Affiliate of a party to this Agreement, directors, officers, or employees of a party to this Agreement or an Affiliate to a party to this Agreement, as long as they in turn are required to treat the Confidential Information as confidential on terms substantially the same as those set out in this Section 7.2;

 

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  (b)

accountants, professional advisers and bankers and other lenders, whether current or prospective, as long as they are subject to statutory professional secrecy rules or similar legal concepts under Applicable Laws or, in turn, are required to treat the Confidential Information as confidential on terms substantially the same as those set out in this Section 7.2;

 

  (c)

any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over a party to this Agreement, to the extent legally required, and then only after, to the extent permitted by law, informing the other parties thereof and, to the extent possible, with sufficient notice in advance to permit the other parties to seek a protective order or other remedy;

 

  (d)

any Person to the extent required by any Applicable Laws, judicial process or the rules and regulations of any recognized stock exchange and then only subject to prior consultation with the other Parties;

 

  (e)

any intended assignee of the rights and interests of a party under this Agreement or to a Person intending to acquire an interest in a party to this Agreement as long as the intended assignee or acquirer in turn is required by that party to treat the Confidential Information as confidential in favour of the other parties on terms substantially the same as those set out in this Section 7.2; or

 

  (f)

the extent that the Confidential Information is in or lawfully comes into the public domain other than by breach of this Section 7.2.

 

7.3

Non-Circumvention

The Shareholder nor any of its Affiliates may, without the Purchaser’s prior written consent for a period of two years from the Closing Date: (i) enter into any transaction similar to, in competition with, or which otherwise could have the effect of preventing the Purchaser from receiving the full benefit of the transactions set forth in this Agreement, including any debt or equity financing with Zenabis, its Affiliates or any third party seeking to advance any such funds, directly or indirectly, to Zenabis or its Affiliates; (ii) directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate, participate in or continue discussions or negotiations regarding any Contract with Zenabis or its Affiliates; or (iii) respond to or engage with any approach from any Person in connection with any matter which would prevent or significantly impede the purchase or sale of the Purchased Shares or the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

7.4

Expenses

Each Party shall be responsible for the expenses (including fees and disbursements of its advisors and agents) incurred by it in connection with the negotiation and settlement of this Agreement and the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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7.5

Notices

Any notice, consent, waiver, direction or other communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement by a Party shall be in writing and may be given by sending same by facsimile, email, prepaid first-class mail or by delivery by hand addressed to the Party to which the notice is to be given at the applicable address noted below. Any such notice, consent, waiver, direction or other communication, if sent by facsimile or email, shall be deemed to have been given and received at the time of receipt (if a Business Day or, if not, the next succeeding Business Day) unless actually received after 4:00 p.m. (local time) at the point of delivery in which case it shall be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day; if mailed by prepaid first-class mail at any time other than during a general discontinuance of postal service due to strike, lock-out of otherwise, shall be deemed to have been received on the fourth Business Day after the post-marked date thereof; or, if delivered by hand, shall be deemed to have been received on the day on which it is delivered (if a Business Day, if not, the next succeeding Business Day).

The address for each of the Parties shall be as follows:

 

  (a)

To the Purchaser:

Sundial Growers Inc.

#200, 919 - 11th Avenue SW

Calgary, AB

T2R 1P3

 

Attention:    [***]
Email:    [***]

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

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

66 Wellington Street West

Suite 5300

Toronto, Ontario, M5K 1E6

 

Attention:    [***]
Email:    [***]

 

  (b)

To the Shareholder:

[***]

[***]

[***]

 

Attention:    [***]
Email:    [***]

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

Dickinson Wright LLP

Commerce Court West

199 Bay Street, Suite 2200

Toronto, Ontario, M5L 1G4

 

Attention:    [***]
Email:    [***]

 

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The failure to send or deliver to any Party’s counsel a copy of any notice, consent, waiver, direction or other communication given under this Section 7.5 shall not invalidate any such notice, consent, waiver, direction or other communication.

 

7.6

Time of Essence

Time is of the essence of this Agreement.

 

7.7

Further Assurances

The Parties shall, from time to time and at all times hereafter, at the request of the other but without further consideration, do all such other acts and execute and deliver all such further documents and instruments as shall be reasonably required in order to fully perform and carry out the terms and intent of this Agreement.

 

7.8

Counterparts and Electronic Signatures

This Agreement may be executed by the Parties in counterparts and may be delivered by facsimile or other means of electronic communication and all such counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement. Documents executed, scanned and transmitted electronically and electronic signatures shall be deemed original signatures for purposes of this Agreement and all matters related thereto, with such scanned and electronic signatures having the same legal effect as original signatures.

 

7.9

Enurement

This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties and their respective successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

7.10

Assignment

No Party may assign their rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

SUNDIAL GROWERS INC.
Per:  

/s/ [***]

  Name:   [***]
  Title:   [***]
NGBA-BC HOLDINGS LTD.
Per:  

/s/ [***]

  Name:   [***]
  Title:   [***]
[***]
Per:  

/s/ [***]

  Name:   [***]
  Title:   [***]

 

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Exhibit 99.3

Certain information in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(6), Item 601(b)(2)(ii) or
Item 601(b)(10)(iv), as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would likely cause competitive harm to the registrant if publicly disclosed or includes information the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

2657408 ONTARIO INC.

As agent and nominee for Lenders from time to time

collectively as the “Lender”

and

ZENABIS INVESTMENTS LTD.

as the Corporation

a n d

Zenabis Real Estate Holdings Ltd., Zenabis IP Holdings Ltd.,

Zenabis Retail Holdings Ltd., Zenabis Operations Ltd., Zenabis Annacis Ltd.,

Zenabis Atholville Ltd., Zenabis Stellarton Ltd., Zenabis Housing Ltd.,

Zenabis Ltd., Vida Cannabis (Canada) Ltd., Zenabis Hemp Company Ltd.,

Zenabis Ventures Inc., Zen Craft Grow Ltd. and Zenabis Global Inc.

as Guarantors

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED DEBENTURE

(Fifth Amendment)

June 18, 2020

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1 PRINCIPAL, INTEREST, PAYMENT, COMMITMENT FEE

     3  

1.1

 

Principal Amount and Advance

     3  

1.2

 

Interest and Standby Charge

     4  

1.3

 

Prepayment

     4  

1.4

 

Royalty

     4  

1.5

 

Repayments

     6  

1.6

 

Fees

     8  

1.7

 

Direction

     8  

1.8

 

Condition Precedent

     8  

ARTICLE 2 INTERPRETATION

     9  

2.1

 

Defined Terms

     9  

2.2

 

Interpretation

     10  

2.3

 

Governing Law

     18  

ARTICLE 3 SECURITY

     18  

3.1

 

Security

     18  

3.2

 

Exceptions as to Leases

     18  

3.3

 

Exception as to Contractual Rights

     19  

3.4

 

Intellectual Property

     19  

3.5

 

Charge Valid Irrespective of Advance of Money

     19  

3.6

 

Continuing Security

     20  

3.7

 

Defeasance and Discharge

     20  

ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CORPORATION AND THE GUARANTORS

     20  

4.1

 

Representations and Warranties

     20  

4.2

 

Survival of Representations and Warranties

     24  

ARTICLE 5 BOARD RIGHTS

     24  

5.1

 

Board Observer

     24  

ARTICLE 6 COVENANTS

     25  

6.1

 

General Covenants

     25  

6.2

 

Negative Covenants

     30  

6.3

 

Financial Covenants

     32  

6.4

 

Non-Compete

     33  

ARTICLE 7 EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

     33  

7.1

 

Events of Default

     33  

7.2

 

Consequences of an Event of Default

     35  

7.3

 

Enforcement

     35  

7.4

 

Disposition

     37  

7.5

 

Powers of Receiver

     38  


7.6

 

Application of Amounts

     38  

7.7

 

Care and Custody of Secured Property

     38  

7.8

 

Dealing with the Secured Property

     39  

7.9

 

Standards of Sale

     39  
ARTICLE 8 GENERAL      39  

8.1

 

Waiver

     39  

8.2

 

Other Security

     40  

8.3

 

No Merger or Novation

     40  

8.4

 

Power of Attorney

     40  

8.5

 

Licence

     40  

8.6

 

Environmental Indemnity

     40  

8.7

 

Holder May Remedy Default

     41  

8.8

 

Notices

     41  

8.9

 

Invalidity of any Provisions

     42  

8.10

 

Indemnification

     42  

8.11

 

Successors, Assigns and Participation, etc.

     43  

8.12

 

Expenses

     43  

8.13

 

Amendments

     43  

8.14

 

Counterparts

     43  

8.15

 

Paramountcy

     43  

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED DEBENTURE

(Fifth Amendment)

 

Principal Amount: $60,750,000    Revised Issue Date: June 18, 2020

This Amended and Restated Debenture amends and restates, without novation, the Debenture issued by Sun Pharm Investments Ltd. (now Zenabis Investments Ltd.) dated October 17, 2018 in the principal amount of $25,000,000, as amended July 5, 2019 and as supplemented by accession agreements executed by Zenabis Ventures Inc. and Zen Craft Grow Ltd. respectively and as amended by the Second Amendment dated August 2019 increasing the principal amount to $50,000,000 and as amended by the Third Amendment dated March 20, 2020 which increased the principal amount to $57,000,000 on a $7,000,000 bridge loan basis plus the capitalized amendment fee of $3,750,000 for a principal amount of $60,750,000 and as amended by the Fourth Amendment dated April 22, 2020. The extension and amendment of this Debenture is entered into recognizing that events of default have occurred under the predecessor Debenture agreements.

ARTICLE 1

PRINCIPAL, INTEREST, PAYMENT, COMMITMENT FEE

 

1.1

Principal Amount and Advance

 

  (a)

For value received, ZENABIS INVESTMENTS LTD. (the “Corporation”) having its head office at 3100 — 666 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8, shall pay to the order of 2657408 ONTARIO INC., as agent and nominee for the lenders who from time to time advance funds drawn pursuant to this Debenture (as agreed and allocated among them as they shall agree from time to time) (collectively the “Lender”) the amount of SIXTY MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($60,750,000) (the “Commitment”), or the aggregate principal amount drawn and outstanding from time to time pursuant to this Debenture, plus all accrued interest thereon in accordance with this Debenture on the Maturity Date, or such earlier date as the Obligations shall become due and payable hereunder, at the office of the Lender at 25 Sheppard Avenue West, Suite 1800, Toronto, ON M2N 6S6 or such other place as the Lender may designate.

 

  (b)

The Commitment is available for Advance in three tranches, the first tranche is fully drawn and advanced in the amount of $25,000,000 (“tranche 1”) and the second tranche is fully drawn and advanced in the amount of $25,000,000 (“tranche 2”) and the third tranche is fully drawn and advanced in the amount of $7,000,000 (“tranche 3”), together with a capitalized amendment fee in the amount of $3,750,000 for an aggregate advance of $60,750,000.

 

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1.2

Interest

 

  (a)

From the date hereof, interest on the loan will be 14% per annum calculated and compounded monthly in arrears and payable on the first day of each month during which any Obligations are outstanding.

 

  (b)

Interest on principal outstanding and unpaid from and after the Maturity Date or Maturity Date – Tranche 3, as applicable, will be 19% per annum, otherwise calculated and payable as set out in Section 1.2(a), and provided the charge and payment of such interest does not affect the rights or remedies of the Lender whatsoever.

 

1.3

Prepayment

 

  (a)

Tranche 1 and Tranche 2: In the event any principal amount of tranche 1 or tranche 2 is paid to the Lender prior to the Maturity Date, then the Corporation will pay the Lender (or its nominee) any amount required so that the Lender will have received, as interest on tranche 1 and tranche 2, not less than 12 months of interest and fees from the date hereof.

 

  (b)

Tranche 3: In the event any principal amount of tranche 3 is repaid to the Lender, whether voluntary or involuntary, prior to the Maturity Date, then the Corporation will pay the Lender (or its nominee) any amount required so that the Lender will have received, as interest on tranche 3, not less than 4 months of interest.

 

  (c)

All repayment of principal amounts as to tranche 1 and tranche 2 paid to the Lender prior to the Maturity Date shall be and shall be deemed to be applied on a pro rata basis to each of tranche 1 and tranche 2.

 

  (d)

All repayment of principal amounts as to tranche 3 paid to the Lender prior to the Maturity Date – Tranche 3 shall be and shall be deemed to be applied on tranche 3.

 

  (e)

All prepaid amounts will be applied in the following order against: (1) legal fees; (2) interest; and (3) the Principal.

 

  (f)

Any prepayment or repayment is without effect on the Warrants and Royalty rights granted pursuant to this Debenture.

 

1.4

Royalty

 

  (a)

Royalty rights (the “Royalty”) are hereby granted to the Lender granted based on a declining royalty factor (initially set at 3.5%) applied to Net Cannabis Revenue (as defined hereafter), calculated and payable fiscal quarterly in arrears for a term of 8 years commencing on July 1, 2020, as may be extended by the terms of this section (the “Royalty Term”).

 

  (b)

The Royalty will be calculated and paid within 30 days of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Corporation where the Net Cannabis Revenue exceeds $20,000,000 (the “Minimum Quarterly Revenue”);

 

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  (c)

A Royalty free period will be provided from the date hereof and ending on June 30, 2020, with the first payment of the Royalty to be calculated for the fiscal quarter commencing July 1, 2020;

 

  (d)

Payments of the Royalty shall be calculated as a percentage of Net Cannabis Revenue in each fiscal quarter that payment is required to be paid based on: (i) 3.50% of the Net Cannabis Revenue in excess of the Minimum Quarterly Revenue where the Net Cannabis Revenue does not exceed $25,000,000; (ii) 3.00% of Net Cannabis Revenue in excess of the Minimum Quarterly Revenue where the Net Cannabis Revenue exceeds $25,000,000 but does not exceed $30,000,000; (iii) 2.50% of the Net Cannabis Revenue in excess of the Minimum Quarterly Revenue where the Net Cannabis Revenue exceeds $30,000,000 but does not exceed $37,500,000 and (iv) 2.00% of Net Cannabis Revenue in excess of the Minimum Quarterly Revenue where the Net Cannabis Revenue exceeds $37,500,000.

 

  (e)

In the event that the Corporation has repaid to the Lender both: (i) the principal amount of tranche 3, together with all accrued interest (and fees payable) on tranche 3; and (ii) 50% of the principal amount of tranche 1 and tranche 2 (collectively, the “Trigger Payment”), on or before October 15, 2020 (the “Trigger Deadline”), then the Royalty will remain payable on Net Cannabis Revenue in excess of the Minimum Quarterly Revenue as described in Section 1.4(d) for the duration of the Royalty Term.

 

  (f)

In the event that the Corporation has not made the Trigger Payment on or before the Trigger Deadline, then the Royalty shall be amended (the Royalty so amended, the “Amended Royalty”) such that it will be calculated and paid on all Net Cannabis Revenue as described in Section 1.4(g) for the duration of the Royalty Term. For greater certainty, the Amended Royalty will be paid by the Corporation to the Lender in the same manner as the Royalty as described in Section 1.4(b).

 

  (g)

Payments of the Amended Royalty shall be calculated as a percentage of Net Cannabis Revenue in each fiscal quarter that payment is required to be paid based on: (i) 3.50% of the Net Cannabis Revenue where the Net Cannabis Revenue does not exceed $25,000,000; (ii) 3.00% of Net Cannabis Revenue where the Net Cannabis Revenue exceeds $25,000,000 but does not exceed $30,000,000; (iii) 2.50% of the Net Cannabis Revenue where the Net Cannabis Revenue exceeds $30,000,000 but does not exceed $37,500,000 and (iv) 2.00% of Net Cannabis Revenue where the Net Cannabis Revenue exceeds $37,500,000.

 

  (h)

During the Royalty Term the Corporation is required to maintain minimum Debt Service Ratio of 1.2:1, with Debt Service Ratio being calculated inclusive of principal amortization payments, Interest and the Royalty or Amended Royalty, as applicable;

 

  (i)

If the Corporation does not achieve the Minimum Quarterly Revenue and Debt Service Ratio requirement in any fiscal quarter, the Royalty or Amended Royalty, as applicable, shall not be payable as to that quarter, however, the Royalty Term will be extended by a fiscal quarter for each fiscal quarter of such deferred payment of the Royalty or Amended Royalty, as applicable.

 

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  (j)

Buy-out of the Royalty or Amended Royalty, as applicable, will be available after the earlier of: (i) repayment in full of the Loan; or, (ii) the Parent’s common shares trading above $1.00 for a continuous period of 30 days.The Corporation shall be entitled to buyout and terminate the Royalty or Amended Royalty, as applicable, on payment to the Lender of an amount equal to: (i) any unpaid Royalty or Amended Royalty, as applicable, in respect of its most recent fiscal quarter and (ii) the sum of the Royalty or Amended Royalty, as applicable, amount payable in respect of all subsequent fiscal quarters remaining during the Royalty Term, with the Royalty or Amended Royalty, as applicable, payable for each such subsequent fiscal quarter being calculated assuming the Corporation will meet the minimum Debt Service Ratio and Net Cannabis Revenue will be equal to the Net Cannabis Revenue for the Corporation’s most recently completed fiscal quarter.

For clarity, “Net Cannabis Revenue” is defined as all medical, recreational and wholesale cannabis revenue of the Corporation (excluding any wholesale revenue associated with the existing in place prepaid agreements with Tilray and/or Starseed) net of value added or sales taxes.

Any unpaid amount payable under the Royalty or Amended Royalty, as applicable, will become fully due and payable June 30, 2028 subject to any extension of the Royalty Term pursuant to the terms of this Debenture in which case such payment shall be made on such extended date (the “Royalty Maturity Date”) .

 

1.5

Repayments

 

  (a)

The Corporation will repay any then outstanding balance on the Maturity Date or the Maturity Date - Tranche 3 as applicable, by the Corporation paying the principal amount (or the balance thereof) together with any accrued and unpaid interest and expenses of the Lender of this Debenture to the Lender by certified cheque, bank draft or wire transfer in immediately available funds.

 

  (b)

Principal on tranche 1 and tranche 2 will be repaid on the basis of straight-line amortization over 36 months beginning April 1, 2022. In addition, commencing the 1st day of April, 2020, and continuing on the 1st day of every month to and including March 1, 2022, a repayment shall be made to the Lender equal to the lesser of:

 

  (1)

60% of the Corporation’s prior month positive Free Cash Flow, or

 

  (2)

(i) Prior to December 31, 2020, such amount that would reduce the Corporation’s combined cash balance to $4,000,000; and

(ii) From January 1, 2021, such amount that would reduce the Corporation’s combined cash balance to $2,500,000.

 

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  (c)

All repayment of principal amounts paid to the Lender as to tranche 1 and tranche 2 shall be applied on a pro rata basis to each of tranche 1 and tranche 2.

 

  (d)

All repayment of principal amounts as to tranche 3 paid to the Lender on or after the Maturity Date – Tranche 3 shall be and shall be deemed to be applied on tranche 3.

 

  (e)

Any payment not designated to tranche 3 will be applied to tranche 1 and tranche 2 pro rata.

 

  (f)

In the event of the sale of the Delta, B.C. production facility, the proceeds will be directed and paid to repayment of tranche 3 regardless of the time of completion and available funds as to the Maturity Date – Tranche 3, as a prepayment of tranche 3.

 

  (g)

The Parent will contribute and the Corporation shall apply the proceeds from the Parent’s Equity Financing, as defined below, in the following order by way of irrevocable directon from each of the Parent and the Corporation to AltaCorp Capital Inc. in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender, acting reasonably:

 

  (i)

First, to pay any fees or expenses of the Parent or Corporation incurred in connection with the Parent’s Equity Financing, inclusive of all outstanding costs and expenses of the Lender, provided a detailed estimate of such fees and expenses is provided to the Lender prior to payment thereof;

 

  (ii)

Second, to prepay the amount owing by the Parent or the Corporation to any of the Parent’s or the Corporation’s senior or subordinate lenders or trade vendors who contribute capital to the Parent’s Equity Financing based upon their debt positions to the Parent’s Equity Financing, with such prepayments to each lender or trade vendor limited to the lesser of (A) the amount invested by such lenders or trade vendors in the Parent’s Equity Financing and (B) the amount owing to such lenders or trade vendors, provided the foregoing does not limit the amount invested in the Parent’s Equity Financing by such lenders or trade vendors in excess of the amounts owing to such lenders or trade vendors by the Parent or the Corporation;

 

  (iii)

Third, to pay the renewal fee on the remaining balance of tranche 3 after giving effect to Section 1.5(g)(v) below,

 

  (iv)

Fourth, to the operating account of the Corporation until such account has $6,000,000;

 

  (v)

Fifth, until tranche 3 is repaid in full, to prepay debt by an amount calculated as follows:

 

  (A)

75% to tranche 3;

 

  (B)

25% to the Corporation’s vendor accounts payable balances, as agreed between the Corporation and the Lender; and

 

  (vi)

Sixth, to prepay tranche 1 and tranche 2 pro-rata.

 

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1.6

Fees

 

  (a)

Tranche 1 and Tranche 2: In respect of the recent extension of tranche 1, tranche 2 and tranche 3, the Corporation has fully paid the commitment fee payable to the Lender (or its nominee).

 

  (b)

Tranche 3: In respect of tranche 3, a renewal fee equal to 5% of the remaining balance, if any, of tranche 3 following the repayment of tranche 3 pursuant to Section 1.5(g)(v).

 

  (c)

The Corporation will pay a monitoring fee to the Lender of $100,000 per month, plus taxes, on the last day of each month pursuant to the Monitoring Agreement until the Profitability Date. After the Profitability Date, the monitoring fee will be reduced to $25,000 per month. If, following the Profitability Date, the Corporation provides management-prepared financial statements to the Lender showing negative EBDA, the monitoring fee shall return to $100,000 for all ensuing months until an additional Profitability Date is again achieved at which point, for greater certainty, the monitoring fee will be again reduced to $25,000 per month.

 

  (d)

The Corporation will pay, for additional monitoring and administration, a fee in the amount of 0.5% of the principal of the Loan outstanding, on the last day of any month in which a Default occurs, such payment to be without effect on the rights or remedies of the Lender whatsoever.

 

  (e)

General: The Corporation will pay on receipt of invoice the legal and due diligence fees, costs and expenses of the Lender relating to all matters for the Loan not paid to date, including without limitation additional fees for legal counsel to the participating lender on tranche 2 and tranche 3.

 

1.7

Direction

The Lender hereby directs the Corporation to make all payments of fees, interest and repayments of principal related to tranche 2 and as related to 50% of tranche 3 and 50% of the monitoring fees described in Section 1.6 directly to NGBA-BC Holdings Ltd.

 

1.8

Condition Precedent

The obligations of the parties to pursuant to this Debenture shall be subject to the Parent’s completion of an equity financing by way of a prospectus supplement to the Parent’s final base shelf prospectus dated April 9, 2019, by not later than July 31, 2020 (the “Parent’s Equity Financing”). For greater certainty, in the event the Parent’s Equity Financing is not completed, the parties will continue to be subject to the terms of the Fourth Amendment dated April 22, 2020 and this Debenture shall be automatically terminated without any further act or formality by the Lender, the Corporation or the Guarantors. Upon the completion of the Parent’s Equity Financing and the proceeds contributed as detailed above, this Debenture shall, without any further act or formality by the Lender, the Corporation or the Guarantors, automatically come into force.

 

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ARTICLE 2

INTERPRETATION

 

2.1

Defined Terms

As used herein the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

  (a)

“Advance” means an advance of the Loan by the Lender.

 

  (b)

“Affiliate” means, in respect of any corporation, any Person which, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the corporation; and for the purpose of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the power to direct, or cause to be directed, the management and policies of a corporation whether through the ownership of Voting Shares or by contract or otherwise.

 

  (c)

“Amended Royalty” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.4.

 

  (d)

“Applicable Law” means, in respect of any Person, property, transaction or event, all applicable laws, statutes, rules, by-laws and regulations, and all applicable official directives, orders, judgments and decrees, of Governmental Bodies.

 

  (e)

“Assignment of Insurance” means the collateral assignment of insurance provided by the Corporation and the Subsidiary Guarantors to the Lender as security for the Obligations.

 

  (f)

“Board” means the board of directors of each of the Parent and the Corporation, as the context requires.

 

  (g)

“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a day on which chartered banks are closed for business in Toronto, Ontario or Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

  (h)

“Capital Lease Obligations” means, as to any Person, the obligation of such Person to pay rent or other liquidated amounts under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person under generally accepted accounting principles and, for purposes of this Debenture, the amount of such obligations shall in each case be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

  (i)

“Change of Control” means the Corporation ceasing to be wholly owned by the Parent, or the Subsidiary Guarantors ceasing to be, directly or indirectly, wholly owned by the Corporation (or by the Subsidiary Guarantors that assume the obligations under this Debenture as contemplated by this Debenture) or its successor.

 

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  (j)

“Commitment” shall have the meaning in section 1.1.

 

  (k)

“Common Shares” means the common shares in the capital of the Corporation, or its successors, as such shares exist on the date hereof, and all shares of the Corporation into which such shares may be subdivided, consolidated, converted or changed.

 

  (l)

“Contingent Liabilities” of any Person at any time means the amount of all indebtedness and liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of any other Person at such time:

 

  (i)

guaranteed, directly or indirectly, in any manner by the Person including: (A) by procuring the issue of letters of credit or letters of guarantee or other similar instruments for the benefit of that other Person; (B) by endorsement of bills of exchange (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business); or (C) by the other Person assigning debts of the Person (whether or not represented by an instrument) with recourse to the Person;

 

  (ii)

in effect guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by the Person through an agreement, contingent or otherwise;

 

  (iii)

to purchase such indebtedness or liabilities or to advance or supply funds for the payment or purchase of such indebtedness or liabilities;

 

  (iv)

to purchase, sell or lease (as lessee or lessor) property, products, materials or supplies or to purchase or sell services in circumstances where it can reasonably be assumed that the purpose of such agreement was to provide funds to the other Person to enable the other Person to make payment of such indebtedness or liabilities or to provide goods or services to the other Person to enable it to satisfy other liabilities, regardless of the delivery or non-delivery of the property, products, materials or supplies or the provision or non-provision of the services, including take or pay or through put agreements; or

 

  (v)

to make any loan, advance, capital contribution to or other investment in the other Person for the purpose of assuring a minimum equity, asset base, working capital or other balance sheet condition at any date or to provide funds for the payment of any liability, dividend or return of capital; or

 

  (vi)

secured by any Encumbrance upon property owned by the Person, even though the Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness or liabilities, provided that, if the Person has not agreed to such assumption, such indebtedness shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount of such indebtedness and liabilities and (B) the book value of such property.

 

  (m)

“Corporation” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1.1.

 

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  (n)

“Debenture” means this debenture together with the schedules and exhibits hereto, as they may be amended from time to time.

 

  (o)

“Debt Service Ratio” means the resulting number from the equation: (EBITDA - capital expenditures) / (interest payments + principal payments + Royalty payments), with each such amount for the referenced applicable period.

 

  (p)

“Default” means any event which, but for the lapse of time, giving of notice or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

  (q)

“EBDA” means revenue (net of any value added and sales taxes) from all sources less variable production costs, fixed costs and interest costs. The calculation of EBDA will exclude any wholesale revenue, and associated costs, earned, or incurred, in relation to the existing prepaid agreements with Tilray and/or Starseed.

 

  (r)

“EBITDA” means, with respect to the Corporation (on a consolidated basis), for any applicable period, an amount equal to earnings from operations before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, calculated as follows:

 

  (i)

net income of the Corporation for such period;

 

  (A)

minus the sum of:

 

  (1)

gain from extraordinary items for such period;

 

  (2)

any aggregate net gain (but not any aggregate net loss) during such period arising from the sale, exchange or other disposition of capital assets by the Corporation (including any fixed assets, whether tangible or intangible, all inventory sold in conjunction with the disposition of fixed assets and all securities); and

 

  (3)

any other non-cash gains which have been added in determining net income,

in each case to the extent included in the calculation of net income of the Corporation for such period in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles but without duplication,

 

  (B)

plus the sum of:

 

  (1)

any provision for income taxes;

 

  (2)

interest expense;

 

  (3)

loss from extraordinary items for such period; and

 

  (4)

the amount of non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization for such period),

 

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in each case to the extent included in the calculation of net income of the Corporation for such period in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, but without duplication.

 

  (s)

“Encumbrance” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, assignment, charge, security interest, title retention agreement, hypothec, levy, execution, seizure, attachment, garnishment, right of distress or other encumbrance in respect of property of any nature or kind whatsoever howsoever arising (whether consensual, statutory or arising by operation of law or otherwise) and includes arrangements known as sale and lease-back, sale and buy-back and sale with option to buy-back.

 

  (t)

“Event of Default” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.1.

 

  (u)

“Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, provincial, state, municipal or local laws, statutes, regulations or ordinances relating to the environment, occupational safety, health, product liability and transportation.

 

  (v)

“Environmental Order” means any prosecution, order, decision, notice, direction, report, recommendation or request issued, rendered or made by any Governmental Body in connection with Environmental Laws.

 

  (w)

“Free Cash Flow” means cash inflows from operating activities net of operating expenses and less capital expenditures.

 

  (x)

“Funded Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any particular time, the aggregate (without duplication) of the following amounts determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles at such time:

 

  (i)

indebtedness for money borrowed and indebtedness represented by notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit (including, as regards any note or draft issued at a discount, the face amount of such note or draft) and including the face amount of bankers’ acceptances and letters of credit;

 

  (ii)

all obligations (whether or not with respect to the borrowing of money) which are evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments or not so evidenced but which would be considered to be indebtedness for borrowed money in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (iii)

all indebtedness for borrowed money secured by an Encumbrance on any property of such Person;

 

  (iv)

all indebtedness upon which interest charges are customarily paid;

 

  (v)

Capital Lease Obligations and all other indebtedness issued or assumed as full or partial payment for property or services or by way of capital contribution;

 

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  (vi)

any Contingent Liability relating to an obligation of a type referred to in (i) to (v) above; and

 

  (vii)

any of the foregoing amounts in respect of any Subsidiary of the Person whose accounts are not required under generally accepted accounting principles to be consolidated with the accounts of such Person,

including the aggregate outstanding amount of the Obligations at such time; but for greater certainty, trade payables, expenses, costs and charges accrued in the ordinary course of business, customer advance payments and deposits received in the ordinary course of business shall not constitute Funded Indebtedness.

 

  (y)

“General Security Agreements” means the agreement creating security over all personal property of the Corporation and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

  (z)

“Governmental Body” means any government, parliament, legislature, or any regulatory authority, agency, commission or board of any government, parliament or legislature, or any court or any other law, regulation or rule-making entity (including any central bank, fiscal or monetary authority or authority regulating banks), having or purporting to have jurisdiction on behalf of any applicable government, parliament or legislature or any Person exercising or entitled to exercise administrative, regulatory or taxing authority under the authority of any of the foregoing.

 

  (aa)

“Guarantors” means all Subsidiaries of the Corporation, and the Parent.

 

  (bb)

“Hazardous Substance” means any substance or combination of substances which is or may become hazardous, toxic, injurious or dangerous to persons, property, air, land, water, flora, fauna or wildlife, and includes but is not limited to any contaminants, pollutants, dangerous substances, liquid wastes, industrial wastes, hauled liquid wastes, toxic substances, hazardous wastes, hazardous materials or hazardous substances as defined in or pursuant to any Environmental Laws or Environmental Orders pursuant thereto.

 

  (cc)

“Instruments” means this Debenture, the Security Documents, and any other agreements or instruments (whether now existing, presently arising or created in future) delivered by or on behalf of the Corporation or any Guarantor to the Lender in respect of this Debenture.

 

  (dd)

“Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1.1.

 

  (ee)

“Loan” means the drawn amount of the Commitment which constitutes a draw on the debt obligations described in this Debenture.

 

  (ff)

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect upon the business, assets, financial condition or prospects of the Corporation and the Guarantors, taken as a whole, or upon their ability to perform their obligations under any of the Instruments.

 

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  (gg)

“Material Authorization” means, with respect to any Person, any approval, permit, licence or similar authorization (including any trademark, trade name or patent) from, and any filing or registration with, any Governmental Body or other Person required by such Person to own its property and assets or to carry on its business as presently carried on by it or as contemplated hereunder to be carried on by it in each jurisdiction in which it does so or is contemplated to do so, where the failure to have such approval, permit, licence, authorization, filing or registration would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (hh)

“Maturity Date” shall mean March 31, 2025 for tranche 1 and tranche 2.

 

  (ii)

“Maturity Date Tranche 3” for tranche 3 shall mean December 31, 2020.

 

  (jj)

“Mortgages” means the charges to be provided by the Subsidiary Guarantors to the Lender in relation to the real property of the Subsidiary Guarantors listed in Schedule A.

 

  (kk)

“Obligations” means all obligations and liabilities now or at any time and from time to time hereafter owing or payable by the Corporation or any Guarantor to the Lender under or in connection with the Instruments.

 

  (ll)

“Order” means any order, notice, direction, report, recommendation or decision rendered by any Governmental Body.

 

  (mm)

“Parent” means Zenabis Global Inc.

 

  (nn)

“Parent’s Equity Financing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.8.

 

  (oo)

“Permitted Encumbrances” means, in respect of any Person:

 

  (i)

encumbrances for taxes, assessments or governmental charges incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable or the validity of which is being actively and diligently contested in good faith by the relevant Person, provided adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the relevant Person in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (ii)

construction, mechanics’, carriers’, warehousemen’s and materialmen’s liens and liens in respect of vacation pay, workers’ compensation, employment insurance or similar statutory obligations, provided the obligations secured by such liens are not yet due and payable or the validity of which is being actively and diligently contested in good faith by the relevant Person, provided adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the relevant Person, and, in the case of construction liens, which have not yet been filed or for which the relevant Person has not received written notice of an Encumbrance or which singly or in the aggregate do not materially detract from the value of the asset concerned or the Lender’s security;

 

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  (iii)

encumbrances arising from court or arbitral proceedings, provided that the claims secured thereby are being contested in good faith by the relevant Person, provided adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of relevant Person in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, execution thereon has been stayed and continues to be stayed and such Encumbrances do not result in an Event of Default;

 

  (iv)

good faith deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money), leases, surety, customs, performance bonds and other similar obligations;

 

  (v)

deposits to secure statutory obligations or in connection with any matter giving rise to an Encumbrance described in (ii) above;

 

  (vi)

deposits of cash or securities in connection with any appeal, review or contestation of any Encumbrance or any matter giving rise to an Encumbrance described in (i) or (iii) above;

 

  (vii)

zoning restrictions, easements, rights of way, leases or other similar encumbrances or privileges in respect of real property which in the aggregate do not materially affect the value of such property and any related Security Document nor impair the use of such property by the relevant Person in the operation of its business, and which are not violated in any material respect by existing or proposed structures or land use;

 

  (viii)

encumbrances in favour of the Lender pursuant to this Debenture;

 

  (ix)

security given by the relevant Person to a public utility or any Governmental Body, when required by such utility or Governmental Body in connection with the operations of the relevant Person, in the ordinary course of its business, which singly or in the aggregate do not materially detract from the value of the asset concerned or materially impair its use in the operation of the business of the relevant Person;

 

  (x)

the existing security in favour of Regional Development Corporation as to inter alia the property at Atholville NB, provided the priority of the same is capped at $2,000,000 (excluding any further re-advances) plus interest plus any protective disbursements;

 

  (xi)

security in favour of Murans LP (or its general partner Murans GP Inc. in such capacity), 9870229 Canada Ltd., and/or Agentis Capital Partners (or any of its partners in such capacity), provided the same is subordinated to the Security Documents by a subordination agreement acceptable to the Lender;

 

  (xii)

purchase money security interests securing obligations not in excess of $5 million in the aggregate at any time;

 

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  (xiii)

[intentionally deleted]; and

 

  (xiv)

any other Encumbrance which the Lender approves in writing as a Permitted Encumbrance subsequent to the date hereof.

 

  (pp)

“Person” means a natural person, partnership, corporation, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity or governmental entity, and pronouns have a similarly extended meaning.

 

  (qq)

“Premises” means any premises owned or occupied by the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor from time to time consisting initially of those listed on Schedule A.

 

  (rr)

“Production” means, with respect to dried cannabis, when the product is harvested, measured in kilograms of dried flower and trim.

 

  (ss)

“Profitability Date” means the first day of any month following the month when the Corporation has provided management-prepared financial statements to the Lender that show EBDA-positive results for three months in succession.

 

  (tt)

“Rate” means the rate of interest described in Section 1.2.

 

  (uu)

“Receiver” shall include one or more of a receiver, receiver—manager or receiver and manager of all or a portion of the undertaking, property and assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor appointed by the Lender pursuant to this Debenture, any of the Security Documents or by or under any judgment or order of a court.

 

  (vv)

“Royalty” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.4.

 

  (ww)

“Secured Property” means all property and assets of the Corporation and the Subsidiary Guarantors subjected to the security interests and charges created by the Security Documents.

 

  (xx)

“Security Documents” means, collectively, this Debenture, the General Security Agreements, Mortgages, the Assignment of Insurance and all other agreements and other instruments delivered to the Lender by or on behalf of the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantors (whether now existing or presently arising) for the purpose of establishing, perfecting, preserving or protecting any security interest held by the Lender in respect of any Obligations.

 

  (yy)

“Starseed” means Starseed Medicinal Inc.

 

  (zz)

“Subsidiary” means a corporation controlled by the Corporation, as the term “control” is defined in the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia).

 

  (aaa)

“Subsidiary Guarantors” means all Guarantors that are Subsidiaries.

 

  (bbb)

“Taxes” means all taxes of any kind or nature whatsoever imposed by any Governmental Body including, without limitation, income taxes, sales or value-

 

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  added taxes, levies, stamp taxes, royalties, duties, and all fees, deductions, and withholdings imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed, together with penalties, fines, additions to tax and interest thereon.

 

  (ccc)

“Tilray” means High Park Holdings Ltd.

 

  (ddd)

“Trigger Deadline” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.4.

 

  (eee)

“Trigger Payment” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.4.

 

  (fff)

“Warrants” means the warrants issued by the Parent to be granted to the Lender by the terms of this Debenture.

 

2.2

Interpretation

 

  (a)

“This Debenture”, “hereto”, “hereby”, “hereunder”, “herein”, and similar expressions refer to the whole of this Debenture and not to any particular Article, Section, paragraph, clause, subdivision or other portion hereof.

 

  (b)

The expression “Arm’s Length” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Income Tax Act (Canada).

 

  (c)

All references herein to the Income Tax Act (Canada) shall refer to such act and the regulations thereunder as the same may be amended or replaced from time to time.

 

  (d)

Except as expressly provided herein, terms which are defined in the Personal Property Security Act (British Columbia) shall have the same meaning where used herein as the same may be amended or replaced from time to time.

 

  (e)

Words importing the singular number only include the plural and vice versa and words importing gender shall include all genders.

 

  (f)

All financial or accounting determinations, reports and statements provided for in this Debenture shall be made or prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied in a consistent manner.

 

  (g)

The division of this Debenture into Articles and Sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Debenture.

 

  (h)

The Schedules annexed hereto shall, for all purposes, form an integral part of this Debenture.

 

  (i)

References to sums of money herein are to Canadian dollars.

 

  (j)

Time is of the essence hereof.

 

  (k)

Where the word “including” or “includes” is used in this Debenture, it means “including (or includes) without limitation”.

 

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  (l)

Wherever in this Debenture reference is made to generally accepted accounting principles, such reference shall be deemed to mean the generally accepted accounting principles from time to time approved by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, or any successor institute, applicable as at the date on which a given calculation is made or required to be made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

2.3

Governing Law

This Debenture shall be governed by and interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

ARTICLE 3

SECURITY

 

3.1

Security

 

  (a)

Subject to Sections 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4, as general and continuing collateral security for the payment and satisfaction of its own Obligations, the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor has granted pursuant to the Security Documents to the Lender a security interest in, and charges by way of a fixed and a floating charge, the whole of the undertaking of the Corporation or Subsidiary Guarantor (as the case may be) and all of its property and assets, real and personal, movable and immovable, tangible and intangible, of every nature and kind whatsoever, wheresoever situate, both now owned and hereafter acquired. The security under the Security Documents remains in full force and effect unamended, including therewith the guarantee of the guarantees given by the Subsidiary Guarantors, and extends to and includes the amended and restated terms of this Debenture including without limitation the advance of the tranche 2.

 

  (b)

The Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor and the Lender hereby acknowledge that (i) value has been given to the Corporation by the Lender, (ii) the Corporation and/or the Subsidiary Guarantors have rights in the Secured Property (other than after—acquired property), including without limitation the right to grant the Lender a security interest in the Secured Property, and (iii) the Corporation and the Subsidiary Guarantors have not agreed to postpone the time of attachment of the security interest granted to the Lender hereunder.

 

3.2

Exceptions as to Leases

The last day of any term created by any lease, verbal or written, or any agreement therefor, now held or hereafter acquired by the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor is excepted out of the Secured Property, but the Corporation or Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, shall stand possessed of any such reversion remaining in the Corporation or Subsidiary Guarantor of any leasehold premises in trust for the Lender to assign and dispose thereof as the Lender may direct. Where the giving of a charge or security interest on any real or personal property held by the Corporation or a Subsidiary Guarantor under lease requires the consent of the lessor of such

 

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property, the giving of the charge or security interest hereunder on such property shall not take effect until such consent is obtained or legally dispensed with but the suspension of the effect of the charge or security interest on such property shall not affect the charge or security interest on any other property of the Corporation or Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable.

 

3.3

Exception as to Contractual Rights

 

  (a)

To the extent that the creation of a granted security interest would constitute a breach, or cause the acceleration, of any agreement, right, licence, or permit to which the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party, the security interest will not attach to such agreement, right, licence, or permit. However, such Corporation or Subsidiary Guarantor shall hold such contractual rights in trust for the Lender and shall assign that agreement, right, licence, or permit to the Lender immediately upon obtaining the consent of the other party.

 

  (b)

The security interest granted will be provided on the basis that it will nonetheless immediately attach to any related rights if, to the extent that, and as at the time that attachment to the related rights is not illegal, is not unenforceable against the Lender or other third parties generally, and would not result in an ineligible transfer or a material loss or expense to the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor. The Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall use reasonable efforts to obtain all required material approvals as soon as reasonably practicable, it is acknowledged that consent and approval as to Health Canada licences is required to be obtained in the event of a Default and notice of realization by the Lender and the Corporation will undertake and cooperate in steps at that time to obtain the required consents and hereby agrees at the time that the Lender is authorized to make application for the consent to assignment of the licences in its name or in the name of the licensee.

 

  (c)

To the extent permitted by applicable Law, the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall hold in trust for the Lender and, after a Default occurs, provide the Lender with the benefits of, each agreement, right, licence, or permit and enforce all related rights at the direction of and for the benefit of the Lender or at the direction of any other Person that the Lender may designate.

 

3.4

Intellectual Property

The Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor will grant a security interest in its intellectual property only as security. Before the security interest becomes enforceable, the Lender will not be or be deemed to be the owner of any of the intellectual property. Further, the Lender will not be deemed to have assumed, or be deemed to be liable for, any covenant, agreement, or other obligation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor under any agreement, right, licence, or permit relating to the intellectual property to which the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party

 

3.5

Charge Valid Irrespective of Advance of Money

The charges and security interests hereby created shall have effect and be deemed to be effective whether or not the monies or obligations hereby secured or any part thereof shall be

 

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advanced or owing or in existence before or after or upon the date of this Debenture and neither the giving of this Debenture nor any advance of funds shall oblige the Lender to advance any funds or any additional funds.

 

3.6

Continuing Security

Any and all payments made at any time in respect of the Obligations and the proceeds realized from any Secured Property held therefor (including amounts realized from the enforcement of this Debenture) may be applied (and reapplied from time to time notwithstanding any previous application) to such part or parts of the Obligations as the Lender sees fit. The Lender may hold as additional security hereunder any increase or profits or other proceeds realized from the Secured Property (including money) for such period of time as the Lender sees fit. The Corporation and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be accountable for any deficiency.

 

3.7

Defeasance and Discharge

Provided that if the Corporation, its successors or assigns or any of them, make or cause to be made due payment or performance of all Obligations in full and the Lender has no remaining commitments in respect of the Loan, then, subject to this Debenture, this Debenture and the other Instruments, excluding any share purchase warrants granted by the Corporation to the Lender (or its nominee), shall be absolutely null and void and the Lender shall on request therefor by the Corporation, and at the expense of the Corporation, at that time surrender this Debenture to the Corporation and discharge all of the Instruments, but until that time the same shall remain in full force and effect despite the repayment or satisfaction from time to time of the whole or any part of the Obligations. For clarity, any share purchase warrants granted by the Corporation to the Lender (or its nominee) shall continue in full force in effect.

ARTICLE 4

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CORPORATION AND THE GUARANTORS

 

4.1

Representations and Warranties

The Corporation, Parent and each Subsidiary Guarantor represents and warrants to the Lender as follows:

 

  (a)

Incorporation and Status. It is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the corporate power and capacity to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently carried on by it or as contemplated hereunder to be carried on by it and holds all Material Authorizations.

 

  (b)

Power and Capacity. It has the corporate power and capacity to enter into this Debenture and each Instrument to which it is a party and to do all acts and things as are required or contemplated hereunder or thereunder to be done, observed and performed by it.

 

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  (c)

Due Authorization. It has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Debenture and each Instrument to which it is a party.

 

  (d)

No Unanimous Shareholder Agreement. There is no unanimous shareholder agreement which restricts, in whole or in part, the powers of its directors to manage or supervise its business and affairs.

 

  (e)

No Contravention. The execution and delivery of this Debenture and the other Instruments to which it is a party and the performance by it of its obligations hereunder or thereunder (i) does not and will not contravene, breach or result in any default under its articles, bylaws, constating documents or other organizational documents, or under any material lease, agreement or other legally binding instrument, license, permit or Applicable Law to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets may be bound, (ii) will not oblige it to grant any Encumbrance to any Person other than the Lender and (iii) will not result in or permit the acceleration of the maturity of any indebtedness, liability or obligation of it under any material lease, agreement or other legally binding instrument of or affecting it.

 

  (f)

No Consents Required. No authorization, consent or approval of, or filing with or notice to, any Person (including any Governmental Body) is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Debenture by it or any other Instrument by it, except for customary filings required in connection with the charges provided for herein, and except for, in the case of the Parent, any continuous disclosure filings required to be made by a reporting issuer pursuant to applicable securities laws.

 

  (g)

Enforceability. Each of this Debenture and the other Instruments to which it is a party constitutes, or upon execution and delivery will constitute, a valid and binding obligation of it enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and other Applicable Laws of general application limiting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to the fact that equitable remedies, including specific performance, are discretionary and may not be ordered in respect of certain defaults.

 

  (h)

Permits. With respect to the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor, it has all licences, permits, approvals and franchises that it requires, or is required to have, to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted, except where the absence of same would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All such licences, permits, approvals and franchises are in good standing and no actions, proceedings, investigations or other steps of any kind are in process, pending or, to its knowledge, threatened or which might result in any such licence, permit, approval or franchise being terminated, revoked, withdrawn, suspended or otherwise made unavailable to the it for any period of time, except where would not have a Material Adverse Effect. It is conducting its business in compliance with all Applicable Laws, except where non-compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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  (i)

Financial Statements. The Lender has been furnished with a copy of the draft December 31, 2019 audited financial statements of the Corporation (the “Financial Statements”) and such have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and fairly, completely and accurately present the financial condition of the Corporation and the Subsidiary Guarantors (on a consolidated basis) and the financial information presented therein in all material respects for the period and as at the date thereof. The notes to such financial statements do not contain any misstatement of a material fact nor do they omit to state a material fact required to make any statement contained therein not untrue or misleading. It has no outstanding material liabilities (including Funded Indebtedness, Contingent Liabilities or otherwise) other than those disclosed in the Financial Statements, those expressly permitted herein, and those subsequently incurred in the ordinary course of business, which such obligations are currently in good standing in all material respects. Since the date of the Financial Statements, there has been no development which has had or will have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (j)

Non-Arm’s Length Transactions. With respect to the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor, except as set forth in the Financial Statements, it has no obligations to any Person not dealing at Arm’s Length with it, other than on commercially reasonable terms and within the limitations of the other provisions hereof.

 

  (k)

No Litigation. There is no court, administrative, regulatory or similar proceeding (whether civil, quasi—criminal, or criminal), arbitration or other dispute settlement procedure, investigation or enquiry by any Governmental Body, or any similar matter or proceeding (collectively “proceedings”) against or involving it (whether in progress or, to its knowledge, threatened) which, if determined adversely to it, would have a Material Adverse Effect; no event has occurred which might give rise to any proceedings which would have a Material Adverse Effect, and there is no judgment decree, injunction, rule, award or order of any Governmental Body outstanding against it which has or may have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (l)

No Default. It is not in default or breach under any material commitment or obligation (including obligations in relation to Funded Indebtedness) or under the terms and conditions relating to any Material Authorizations where such default or breach would give rise to a Material Adverse Effect, and there exists no state of facts which, after notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute such a default or breach; and there are no proceedings in progress, pending or, to its knowledge, threatened which may result in the revocation, cancellation suspension or any material adverse modification of any Material Authorization.

 

  (m)

Taxes and Claims. It has:

 

  (i)

delivered or caused to be delivered all required Tax returns to the appropriate Governmental Body;

 

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  (ii)

paid in full all Taxes (including Tax instalments) due and owing by it to the date hereof, except any which are Permitted Encumbrances; and

 

  (iii)

withheld and collected in all material respects all Taxes required to be withheld and collected by them and remitted such Taxes when due to the appropriate Governmental Body,

and no material assessment, appeal or claim is, as far as it is aware, being asserted or processed with respect to such claim, Taxes or obligations.

 

  (n)

Authorized and Issued Capital. Schedule 4.1(n) accurately describes, as of the date hereof, the authorized and issued share capital of the Parent.

 

  (o)

Insurance. With respect to the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor, it insures with good and responsible insurance companies all of its property and other assets of an insurable nature against fire and other casualties in the same manner and to the same extent as such insurance is carried by prudent corporations carrying on a similar business and owning similar property, and under all applicable worker’s compensation laws, in the same manner and to the same extent as such insurance is carried by prudent corporations carrying on a similar business and owning similar property.

 

  (p)

Funded Indebtedness. With respect to the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor, Schedule 4.1(p) sets forth a complete and accurate list of all of its Funded Indebtedness (on a consolidated basis) at the date hereof in relation to which it has issued security.

 

  (q)

Solvency. It has not committed an act of bankruptcy, proposed a compromise or arrangement to its creditors’ generally, had any petition for a receiving order in bankruptcy filed against it, taken any proceeding to have itself declared bankrupt or wound—up or taken any proceeding to have a Receiver appointed over it or any part of its assets.

 

  (r)

Articles, By-Laws, Etc. True and complete copies of its articles of incorporation (including all amendments thereto) and by-laws and all other constating documents of it have been delivered to the Lender. There are outstanding no applications or filings which would alter in any way its constating documents or corporate status. The minute books of it contain all by-laws and resolutions of the directors and shareholders of it currently in effect and the corporate and other records of it have been maintained in all material respects in accordance with all Applicable Law.

 

  (s)

Location of Business and Assets. With respect to the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor, as of the date hereof the only locations at which it has any place of business or assets (other than inventory located elsewhere in the ordinary course of business) are as set forth in Schedule 4.1(s) including the status as to owned or leased.

 

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  (t)

Title. With respect to the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor, subject only to the Permitted Encumbrances and the exception as to Intellectual Property set out in Schedule 4.1 (t), it has good and marketable title to all of its undertaking, property and assets, free and clear of any Encumbrances and no Person has any agreement or right to acquire their interest in any of such properties out of the ordinary course of business.

 

  (u)

Offering Documents. Any offering documents prepared in respect of the Parent Equity Financing shall contain sufficient disclosure of the provisions of Section 1.5(g) to satisfy applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

4.2

Survival of Representations and Warranties

The Corporation, the Parent and each Subsidiary Guarantor covenants that the representations and warranties made by it in this ARTICLE 4 shall be true and correct on each day that this Debenture remains in force and effect, with the same effect as if such representations and warranties had been made and given on and as of such day, notwithstanding any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of the Lender or its counsel and notwithstanding any foreclosure or enforcement pursuant to any Security Documents; except that if any such representation and warranty is specifically given as of the date hereof or in respect of a particular date or particular period of time and relates only to such date or period of time, then such representation and warranty shall continue to be given as at such date or for such period of time.

ARTICLE 5

BOARD RIGHTS

 

5.1

Board Matters

For as long as this Debenture is outstanding, the Lender will be provided with an invitation to appoint two observers (or if so requested by the Lender up to eight) (each and collectively, the “Board Observer”) to the Board. The Board Observer shall be entitled to attend meetings of the Board, including in camera sessions thereof, and to receive all information provided to the members of the Board or its committees; provided, however that: (i) the Board Observer shall not be entitled to vote on any matter submitted to the Board nor to offer any motions or resolutions to the Board; (ii) the Corporation may withhold information or materials from the Board Observer and exclude such Board Observer from any portion of a meeting if (as determined by the Board in good faith on advice of outside counsel) access to such information or materials or attendance at such meeting (A) would adversely affect, in any respect, the attorney-client or work product privilege between the Corporation and its counsel; (B) are related to the rights and relationship of the Corporation with the Lender and/or the Lender’s Affiliates; or (C) would result in a material conflict of interest; and (iii) the Board Observer shall be subject to the same obligations as directors of the Board with respect to confidentiality, conflicts of interest and misappropriation of corporate opportunities. The Board Observer will be subject to the mandate appended as Schedule 5.1.

 

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ARTICLE 6

COVENANTS

 

6.1

General Covenants

So long as this Debenture remains outstanding, the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor covenants and agrees to:

 

  (a)

To Use Proceeds. The Corporation has used the outstanding Advance of the Loan under this Debenture to pay as full and final repayment the indebtedness owing on the initial closing date on the first mortgage registered against 1668 Foster’s Way, Delta BC ($3,700,000), to pay the fees and expenses of the Lender due hereunder, and to expand the premises on the real estate listed in Schedule A, and, with respect to tranche 2, as to at least 50% ($12,500,000) on the expansion and conversion of the plants in Delta, B.C., Atholville, NB and Stellarton, NS, with the balance together with all of tranche 3 to be used for general corporate purposes, and for no other application or use. The Lender will monitor and has the right to ensure application to proper and usual course operational expenses. A breach of this requirement is specifically a Default under this Debenture.

 

  (b)

To Pay Costs. It shall pay all costs, charges and expenses of or incurred by the Lender (a) in taking, recovering or keeping possession of any of the Secured Property or in any other proceedings taken in enforcing the remedies provided herein or otherwise in relation to this Debenture or the Secured Property, or by reason of non-payment of the Obligations, (b) the costs of any sale proceedings hereunder, and (c) the costs of any Receiver with respect to, and all expenditures made by the Lender or any Receiver in the course of, doing anything hereby permitted to be done by the Lender or such Receiver. All such costs and expenses and other amounts payable hereunder, together with interest at the rate applicable to any Obligations, shall be payable on demand and shall constitute a charge on the Secured Property. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such costs shall extend to and include any reasonable legal costs incurred by or on behalf of the Lender or the Receiver as between solicitor and his own client

 

  (c)

To Pay Certain Debts. It shall punctually pay and discharge every obligation, the failure to pay or discharge of which might result in any Encumbrance or right of distress, forfeiture, termination or sale or any other remedy being enforced against the Secured Property and provide to the Lender when required by the Lender satisfactory evidence of such payment and discharge, but it may, on giving the Lender such security (if any) as the Lender may require, refrain from paying or discharging any obligation the liability for which is being contested in good faith.

 

  (d)

To Comply with Obligations and Maintain Corporate Existence and Security.

It shall:

 

  (i)

pay or cause to be paid all Obligations falling due hereunder on the dates and in the manner specified herein and comply with its obligations hereunder, under the Security Documents and the other Instruments to which it is a party;

 

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  (ii)

maintain its corporate existence;

 

  (iii)

diligently preserve all its rights, licences, powers, privileges, franchises and goodwill, except where failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

  (iv)

observe and perform all of its obligations and comply with all conditions under leases, licences and other agreements to which it is a party or upon or under which any of the Secured Property is held, except where failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

  (v)

carry on and conduct its business in a proper and efficient manner so as to preserve and protect the Secured Property and income therefrom;

 

  (vi)

keep proper books of account with correct entries of all transactions in relation to its business;

 

  (vii)

observe and comply with in all material respects all valid requirements of Applicable Law and of any Governmental Body relative to the Secured Property or the carrying on by it of its business;

 

  (viii)

repair and keep in repair and good order and condition in all material respects all property, including the Secured Property, the use of which is necessary in connection with its business;

 

  (ix)

promptly notify the Lender in writing of any proposed change of name of it or of its chief place of business;

 

  (x)

keep the Lender regularly informed in writing as to the location of the Secured Property (other than inventory located elsewhere in the ordinary course of business) and its books of account and other records;

 

  (xi)

pay all Taxes levied, assessed or imposed upon it or its property as and when the same become due and payable save and except where it contests in good faith the validity thereof by proper legal proceedings and for which provision for payment adequate in the reasonable opinion of the Lender has been made;

 

  (xii)

forthwith notify the Lender of any default (or event, condition or occurrence which with the giving of notice and/or the lapse of time would constitute a default) in connection with any indebtedness, Funded Indebtedness or Contingent Liability in an amount exceeding $500,000;

 

  (xiii)

advise the Lender forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default hereunder with detailed particulars thereof and deliver to the Lender upon request a certificate in form and substance satisfactory to the

 

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  Lender signed by a senior officer certifying that no Default or Event of Default has occurred or, if such is not the case, specifying all Default or Events of Default and their nature and status;

 

  (xiv)

endeavour to collect all accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (xv)

promptly cure or cause to be cured any defects in the execution or delivery of any Instrument to which it is a party and any defects in the validity or enforceability of any security hereunder and at its expense duly execute and deliver or cause to be duly executed and delivered all documents as the Lender may consider necessary or desirable for such purposes;

 

  (xvi)

at its cost and expense, upon the request of the Lender, duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered, to the Lender such documents and do or cause to be done such acts as may be necessary or desirable in the reasonable opinion of the Lender to carry out the purposes of this Debenture;

 

  (xvii)

effect such registrations as may be required by the Lender from time to time to protect the security interest granted hereunder; and

 

  (xviii)

execute and deliver such security, documents, instruments or agreements following the date hereof as may be necessary or desirable in the reasonable opinion of the Lender to carry out the purposes of this Debenture.

 

  (e)

To Insure. It shall keep the Secured Property insured in such amounts as the Lender may reasonably require against loss or damage by fire and such other risks as the Lender may from time to time specify, with insurers approved by the Lender. It shall, whenever from time to time requested by the Lender, provide the Lender satisfactory evidence of such insurance and any renewal thereof which shall at all times be subject to charging clauses in a form approved by the Lender, and shall cause the Lender to be shown as a loss payee under the policy or policies. Each policy of insurance shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Lender, acting reasonably, and shall not be subject to any co-insurance clause.

 

  (f)

Deliver Information.

 

  (i)

The Corporation shall deliver to the Lender and [***] within 120 days of the financial year end of the Parent, one copy of the annual audited financial statements for the Parent (on a consolidated basis, and which may report separately on the group’s cannabis segment and the group’s propagation segment), including the balance sheet and statements of income, retained earnings and changes in financial position, together with all supporting schedules.

 

  (ii)

Such financial statements shall be accompanied by the report of the auditors of the Parent.

 

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  (iii)

The Corporation shall provide monthly financial statements of the Parent to the Lender within 30 days after the end of each month including the monthly and year to date financial statements which shall contain a comparison of budget to actual and management comments regarding any material variations from budget.

 

  (iv)

The Corporation shall provide to the Lender and its representatives, agents and designees any other information concerning its financial position and business operations which the Lender or such representative, agents or designees may from time to time reasonably request.

 

  (v)

The Corporation will provide each month a report in form acceptable to the Lender of the Production, sales, construction budget, capital expenditure, accounts payable and liquidity on a monthly and year to date basis on or before the 25th day of the next following month.

 

  (vi)

The Corporation will provide a monthly compliance report in form acceptable to the Lender confirming compliance or providing details of non-compliance as to covenants including financial covenants, such to be providing on or before the 25th day of the next following month.

 

  (vii)

The Corporation shall provide the Lender with such other reports as it provides any other lenders to the Corporation from time to time.

 

  (viii)

On the first Business Day of each week, the Corporation shall provide the Lender with a weekly updated cash position, harvest figures, sales, production and inventory accounting for the immediately prior week and will hold a call to review the same each week.

 

  (g)

Notice of Litigation and Damage. It shall promptly notify the Lender of (a) all claims or proceedings pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against it which may give rise to uninsured liability in excess of $500,000 or which would have a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) all damage to or loss or destruction of any property comprising part of the Secured Property which may give rise to an insurance claim in excess of $500,000; and will supply the Lender with all information reasonably requested in respect of any such claim.

 

  (h)

Monitoring Services. The Corporation will comply with the monitoring terms contained in its monitoring services agreement with [***], and will provide and keep current a Canada Revenue Service form RC59, with due access in favour of [***] and the Lender.

 

  (i)

New Guarantors. In the event the Corporation or any Subsidiary creates any new Subsidiary, the parent of such new Subsidiary shall forthwith cause it to be bound as a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.

 

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  (j)

Lender Review. The Lender will be granted full access to and cooperation from the Corporation’s finance department and CFO on an up to fulltime basis and supported to construct and maintain internal cash accounting forecasting and reports for the Lender, with full access to seek information from all departments as they deem necessary, but shall not provide any services whatsoever to the Corporation.

 

  (k)

Asset Monetization. The Corporation will use commercially reasonable efforts to pursue divestures and/or sale leasebacks of real property of Zenabis Annacis Ltd. and the business of Bevo Agro Inc. with the terms to be subject to Lender approval, acting reasonably, and use of any of proceeds received from these sources to be approved by the Lender, in its sole discretion.

 

  (l)

Regulatory Compliance. The Corporation will provide monthly confirmation to the Lender of its compliance with the representation in Section 4.1(h). The Corporation will provide to the Lender a copy of any notice received from a Governmental Body indicating or alleging that the Corporation is not in compliance with the representation in Section 4.1(h) within 72 hours of receipt by the Corporation.

 

  (m)

Security Update. The Corporation will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain conversion to equity or a standstill of all of the Corporation’s subordinate unsecured debt such that payments of principal and interest are deferred until the earlier of June 30, 2021 or the repayment of the Debenture.

 

  (n)

Extension of the notes. The Corporation will use commercially reasonable efforts to, on or before April 30, 2020 (i) complete an extension beyond 12 months or conversion to equity of the Corporation’s subordinated convertible notes and the Corporation’s outstanding unsecured convertible notes, or (ii) cause the holders of the Corporation’s subordinated convertible notes and the Corporation’s unsecured convertible notes to enter into an agreement with the Lender wherein such holders shall agree to a standstill arrangement acceptable to the Lender with no cash interest payments until at least June 30, 2021; provided however, while tranche 3 is outstanding, and prior to any extension agreement of such subordinated convertible notes or such unsecured convertible notes, upon receipt of request from the Lender, Parent shall make conversion to equity offers to holders of such subordinated convertible notes or such unsecured convertible notes in a form provided by the Lender, acting reasonably, with any final conversion subject to regulatory approval and, if required by the Board, receipt of a fairness opinion.

 

  (o)

Extension of the loans. The Corporation will use commercially reasonable efforts to, on or before April 30, 2020, negotiate and enter into a binding extension for a period of at least 12 months from current maturity or conversion to equity of the Corporation’s subordinated secured loans.

 

  (p)

Amendment to prepaid supply agreements. The Corporation will use commercially reasonable efforts to, on or before May 15, 2020, enter into

 

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  amendments satisfactory to the Lender to each existing prepaid supply agreement. Such amendements will include, but not be limited to a reduction in the monthly amounts of inventory required to be delivered under the prepaid supply agreements.

 

  (q)

Transaction obligation. If, while tranche 3 is outstanding, Parent receives a proposal for either an acquisition or amalgamation that would either:

 

  (i)

result in prepayment of the Loan; or

 

  (ii)

that would result in the contribution of new capital or assets to the Corporation; then

the Parent or Corporation will provide a copy of such proposal to the Lender and consult with the Lender as to whether the Lender’s preference is for the Parent or the Corporation, as applicable, to accept or reject such proposal.

 

  (r)

Auditor review. The Parent will, within 10 business days of the Revised Issue Date, initiate a process to interview alternative auditors, presenting at least 3 competitive proposals before the Board for the purpose of determining whether a new auditor should be chosen.

 

  (s)

Board member. The Parent will, within 10 business days of the Revised issue Date, request that the Board of the Parent elect Jim Shone as an independent director.

 

6.2

Negative Covenants

At all times, the Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that for so long as this Debenture is in force and any portion of the Obligations remains unpaid, unfulfilled and/or unsatisfied as follows, the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall not and, solely with respect to (f) below, the Parent shall not, without the prior written consent of the Lender:

 

  (a)

Encumber Property. Create, grant, assume or suffer to exist any Encumbrance upon any of its properties or assets other than Permitted Encumbrances.

 

  (b)

Sell. Other than in connection with the proposed sale of the assets and licenses of Zenabis Annacis Ltd. (which sale may be completed with the consent of the Lender), remove, destroy, lease, transfer, assign, sell or otherwise dispose of (other than to another Subsidiary Guarantor) any of the Secured Property, except for sales in the ordinary course of business, sales of obsolete equipment, and sales of other assets not in excess of $1 million in the aggregate in any fiscal year.

 

  (c)

Funded Indebtedness. Incur or become liable for any Funded Indebtedness, other than the following:

 

  (i)

the Obligations;

 

  (ii)

Funded Indebtedness in respect of Permitted Encumbrances contemplated in clauses (x), (xi), (xii) and (xiv) of the definition thereof;

 

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  (iii)

existing unsecured convertible notes of up to $11,914,000 in the aggregate;

 

  (iv)

loans from the Parent, provided repayment of such loans is postponed pursuant to the guarantee being executed by the Parent in favour of the Lender on or about the date of this amendment and restatement; and

 

  (v)

other Funded Indebtedness up to a maximum (in the aggregate) of $1 million.

 

  (d)

Indebtedness. Incur or repay any material debts, liabilities or obligations (including Funded Indebtedness and Contingent Liabilities) whether direct or indirect, actual or contingent, other than those specifically permitted hereunder or under the Security Documents, except for normal trade debts, liabilities or obligations to Persons dealing at Arm’s Length with it arising in the ordinary course of business and specifically no payment may be made on any unsecured indebtedness or indebtedness subordinated to the Lender.

 

  (e)

Sale of Shares in Subsidiary Guarantors. Sell, assign or otherwise transfer (other than to another Subsidiary Guarantor) any shares which it holds in the capital of any Subsidiary Guarantor, except as contemplated in Article 5.

 

  (f)

Make Certain Changes. Without the written consent of the Lender:

 

  (i)

change its financial year end;

 

  (ii)

change its accountants or auditors;

 

  (iii)

purchase, establish or acquire in any manner any new business undertaking;

 

  (iv)

change the nature of its business as presently carried on;

 

  (v)

amalgamate, consolidate or merge or enter into a partnership, joint venture (other than joint business arrangements with the third parties for the sale of goods in the ordinary course of business) or syndicate with any other Person;

 

  (vi)

enter into any material transaction outside the ordinary course of business;

 

  (vii)

acquire or invest in any securities (other than shares in any Subsidiary Guarantor), except marketable securities provided the aggregate acquisition cost of all marketable securities held at any time does not exceed $5 million (for the Corporation and all Subsidiary Guarantors);

 

  (viii)

make any material loans or make any material investments in any other Person (other than the Corporation or another Subsidiary Guarantor) other than the giving of trade credit;

 

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  (ix)

engage in any material commercial transactions with Persons not dealing at Arm’s Length with it (other than the Corporation or another Subsidiary Guarantor);

 

  (x)

engage in any sale-leaseback or similar transactions;

 

  (xi)

remove any of the Secured Property or any of its books of account or other records from the jurisdiction where same are presently located, other than inventory removed in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (xii)

make any changes to: (i) executive management; (ii) any budgets; (iii) subject to applicable securities laws, public announcement of matters material to the Corporation or the credit facility; and (iv) cash disbursements not in accordance with Schedule 6A or Schedule 6B, as applicable and (v) Board compensation; and

 

  (xiii)

except pursuant to this Debenture, make or commit to any form of distribution or reduction of the profits or the Corporation or of its capital including any (i) declaration or payment of any dividend (including stock dividends) on any present or future shares; (ii) payment to purchase, redeem, retire or acquire any of its shares, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such shares, or apply or set apart any of its assets therefor; (iii) payment on account of loans made to its shareholders; or (iv) payment of any bonuses or management fees (other than bonuses or management fees paid in the ordinary course of business).

 

  (g)

Prepaid Supply Agreements. Enter into or be party to any prepaid supply agreement other than (i) the prepaid supply agreement dated July 2, 2019, between High Park Holdings Ltd. and Zenabis Ltd. and (ii) the prepaid supply agreement dated July 17, 2019, between Starseed Medicinal Inc. and Zenabis Ltd., unless approved by the Lender.

 

6.3

Financial Covenants

So long as this Debenture remains outstanding, at all times the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor covenants and agrees to:

 

  (a)

Minimum Cash Balance. The Corporation shall maintain a minimum aggregate cash balance by the Corporation and the Subsidiary Guarantors of $1,500,000.

 

  (b)

Minimum Monthly Production. The Corporation shall maintain a minimum monthly Production volume of dried cannabis flower and trim for the Corporation and the Subsidiary Guarantors commencing April 2020, a trailing 3-month production of 9000 kg (3000 kg per month average but no less than 2,500kg in any month).

 

  (c)

Minimum Inventory. For the period, April 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020, the Corporation will not be required to maintain a minimum inventory balance. After October 1, 2020 the Corporation shall maintain a minimum inventory of dried cannabis flower of 2,000 kg.

 

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  (d)

Minimum Revenue. The Corporation shall maintain minimum revenue (excluding revenue attributable to prepaid supply agreements) in accordance with the Lender approved management forecasts appended as schedule 6.3 discounted at 10%, on a net revenue basis (excluding revenues from prepaid supply agreements) from October 2020 onward.

 

  (e)

EBDA. The Corporation will achieve EBDA of at least break even by September 30, 2020, $250,000 or more per month from October 1, 2020 to November 30, 2020 and thereafter to the level of the Lender-approved management forecasts appended as schedule 6.3.

 

  (f)

Legal Fees. The Corporation shall maintain a daily accounting of the legal fees incurred by the Corporation broken down by matter and send a copy of same to the Lender the next business day.

 

6.4

Non-Compete

Each of the Corporation, the Parent and the Subsidiary Guarantors agrees that it shall not, without the prior written consent of the Lender compete with the business carried on by the Corporation or the Subsidiary Guarantors except where the Lender has been granted a security interest acceptable to the Lender in such competitive business and except where the competitive business is carried on by a subsidiary of the Parent in respect of which the Parent does not, directly or indirectly, have the ability to elect or appoint a majority of the directors of such subsidiary).

ARTICLE 7

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

7.1

Events of Default

The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default under this Debenture:

 

  (a)

If default occurs in payment when due of any principal amount payable under this Debenture.

 

  (b)

If default occurs in payment when due of any interest, fees or other amounts payable under this Debenture and remains unremedied for a period of three Business Days after the receipt by the Corporation of notice of such default.

 

  (c)

If default occurs in payment or performance of any other Obligation (whether arising herein or otherwise) and remains unremedied for a period of 30 days after the receipt by the Corporation of notice of such default.

 

  (d)

If default occurs in performance of any other covenant of the Corporation or any Guarantor in favour of the Lender under this Debenture and remains unremedied for a period of 30 days after the receipt by the Corporation of notice of such default.

 

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  (e)

If an event of default occurs in payment or performance of any obligation in favour of any Person from whom the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor has borrowed in excess of $500,000 which would entitle the holder to accelerate repayment of the borrowed money, and such default is not remedied or waived in writing within 30 days of the occurrence of such default.

 

  (f)

If the Corporation or any Guarantor commits an act of bankruptcy or becomes insolvent within the meaning of any bankruptcy or insolvency legislation applicable to it or a petition or other process for the bankruptcy of the Corporation or any Guarantor is filed or instituted and remains undismissed or unstayed for a period of 30 days or any of the relief sought in such proceeding (including the entry of an order for relief against it or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or any substantial part of its property) shall occur.

 

  (g)

If any act, matter or thing is done toward, or any action or proceeding is launched or taken to terminate the corporate existence of the Corporation, or any Guarantor, whether by winding-up, surrender of charter or otherwise.

 

  (h)

If the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to carry on its business or makes or proposes to make any sale of its assets in bulk or any sale of its assets out of the usual course of its business unless expressly permitted herein or otherwise by the Lender in writing.

 

  (i)

If any proposal is made or any petition is filed by or against the Corporation or any Guarantor under any law having for its purpose the extension of time for payment, composition or compromise of the liabilities of such Corporation or any Guarantor or other reorganization or arrangement respecting its or any Guarantor’s liabilities or if the Corporation or any Guarantor gives notice of its intention to make or file any such proposal or petition including an application to any court to stay or suspend any proceedings of creditors pending the making or filing of any such proposal or petition.

 

  (j)

If any receiver, administrator or manager of the property, assets or undertaking of the Corporation or any Guarantor or a substantial part thereof is appointed pursuant to the terms of any trust deed, trust indenture, debenture or similar instrument or by or under any judgment or order of any court.

 

  (k)

If any balance sheet or other financial statement provided by the Corporation to the Lender pursuant to the provisions hereof is false or misleading in any material respect.

 

  (l)

If any proceedings are taken to enforce any Encumbrance affecting any of the Secured Property or if a distress or any similar process be levied or enforced against any of the Secured Property.

 

  (m)

If any judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of $500,000 shall be rendered against the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor and either (i)

 

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  enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (ii) there shall be any period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect.

 

  (n)

If any action is taken or power or right be exercised by any Governmental Body which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (o)

If any representation or warranty made by the Corporation or any Guarantor herein or in any other Instrument to which it is a party or in any certificate, statement or report furnished in connection herewith is found to be false or incorrect in any way so as to make it materially misleading when made or when deemed to have been made.

 

  (p)

If a Change of Control occurs with respect to the Corporation, without the Lender’s prior written consent.

 

  (q)

If there shall occur or arise any change (or any condition, event or development involving a prospective change) in the business, operations, affairs, assets, liabilities (including any contingent liabilities that may arise through outstanding pending or threatened litigation or otherwise), capitalization, financial condition, licenses, permits, rights or privileges, whether contractual or otherwise, or prospects of the Corporation or any Guarantor which, in the judgment of the Lender, acting reasonably, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.2

Consequences of an Event of Default

Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, at the option of the Lender, all Obligations and all monies secured hereby shall become forthwith due and payable, all of the rights and remedies hereby conferred in respect of the Secured Property shall become immediately enforceable and any and all additional and collateral security for payment of this Debenture shall become immediately enforceable.

 

7.3

Enforcement

 

  (a)

Upon the happening of any Event of Default, the Lender may by instrument in writing declare that the security hereof has become enforceable and the Lender shall have the following rights and powers:

 

  (i)

to enter into possession of all or any part of the Secured Property;

 

  (ii)

to preserve and maintain the Secured Property and make such replacements thereof and additions thereto as it deems advisable;

 

  (iii)

to collect any proceeds arising in respect of the Secured Property;

 

  (iv)

to collect, realize upon or sell or otherwise deal with accounts;

 

  (v)

to institute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a Receiver of the Secured Property;

 

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  (vi)

to institute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for sale or foreclosure of the Secured Property;

 

  (vii)

to file proofs of claim and other documents to establish claims in any proceeding relating to the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

 

  (viii)

to undertake any other remedy or proceeding authorized or permitted under the Personal Property Security Act (Alberta) or otherwise by law or equity;

 

  (ix)

to pay or otherwise satisfy in whole or in part any Encumbrances which, in the Lender’s opinion, may rank in priority to the security hereof;

 

  (x)

after entry by its officers or agents or without entry, to sell, lease or otherwise dispose in any way whatsoever of all or any part of the Secured Property either en bloc or separately at public auction or by tender or by private agreement and at such time or times and on such terms and conditions as the Lender in its absolute discretion may determine and without any notice to or concurrence of the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor except as may be required by applicable law; and

 

  (xi)

by instrument in writing, to appoint any Person or Persons (whether an officer or officers of the Lender or not) as a Receiver (as defined herein to include a receiver and manager) of the Secured Property and to remove any Receiver so appointed and appoint another or others in its stead.

 

  (b)

The security interest granted pursuant to this Debenture may be realized and the rights enforced by any remedy or in any manner permitted by this Debenture or by law or equity and no remedy for the realization of the security hereof shall be exclusive of or dependent upon any other remedy and all or any remedies may from time to time be exercised independently or in any combination.

 

  (c)

In addition to the remedies of the Lender set forth above, the Lender may, whenever an Event of Default has occurred:

 

  (i)

carry on all or any part of the business or businesses of the Corporation and the Subsidiary Guarantors and, to the exclusion of all others including the Corporation and Subsidiary Guarantors, enter upon, occupy and use all or any of the premises, buildings, plant, undertaking and other property of or used by the Corporation and any Subsidiary Guarantor for such time as the Lender sees fit, free of charge, and the Lender shall not be liable to the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor for any act, omission or negligence in so doing or for any rent, charges, depreciation or damages incurred in connection therewith or resulting therefrom;

 

  (ii)

borrow for the purpose of carrying on the business of the Corporation and any Subsidiary Guarantor or for the maintenance, preservation or protection of the Secured Property and mortgage, charge, pledge or grant a security interest in the Secured Property, whether or not in priority to the Security Documents, to secure repayment;

 

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  (iii)

make further advances to the Corporation, in any case upon such terms as the Lender may deem reasonable and upon the security hereof; and

 

  (iv)

demand, commence. continue or defend any judicial or administrative proceedings for the purpose of protecting, seizing, collecting, realizing or obtaining possession or payment of the Secured Property, and give valid and effectual receipts and discharges therefor and compromise or give time for the payment or performance of all or any part of the accounts or any other obligation of any third party to the Corporation and any Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

7.4

Disposition

 

  (a)

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing in connection with the exercise of remedies under this ARTICLE 7, it shall be lawful for the Lender:

 

  (i)

to make any sale, lease or other disposition of the Secured Property either for cash or upon credit or partly for one and partly for the other upon such conditions as to terms of payment as it in its absolute discretion may deem proper;

 

  (ii)

to rescind or vary any contract for sale, lease or other disposition that the Lender may have entered into pursuant hereto and resell, release or redispose of the Secured Property with or under any of the powers conferred herein; and

 

  (iii)

to stop, suspend or adjourn any sale, lease or other disposition from time to time and to hold the same adjourned without further notice.

 

  (b)

Upon any such sale, lease or other disposition the Lender shall be accountable only for money actually received by it. The Corporation shall be accountable for any deficiency and the Lender shall be accountable for any surplus. The Lender may deliver to the purchaser or purchasers of the Secured Property or any part thereof good and sufficient conveyances or deeds for the same free and clear of any claim by the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor. The purchaser or lessee receiving any disposition of the Secured Property or any part thereof need not inquire whether default under this Debenture has actually occurred but may as to this and all other matters rely upon a statutory declaration of an officer of the Lender, which declaration shall be conclusive evidence as between the Corporation or Subsidiary Guarantor and any such purchaser or lessee, and the purchaser or lessee need not look to the application of the purchase money, rent or other consideration given upon such sale, lease or other disposition, which shall not be affected by any irregularity of any nature or kind relating to the crystallizing or enforcing of the security hereof or the taking of possession of the Secured Property or the sale, lease or other disposition thereof

 

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7.5

Powers of Receiver

Any Receiver appointed pursuant to the Security Documents shall have the power without legal process:

 

  (a)

to take possession of the Secured Property or any part thereof wherever the same may be found;

 

  (b)

to carry on the business of the Corporation or Subsidiary Guarantor or any part thereof in the name of the Corporation, a Subsidiary Guarantor or of the Receiver; and

 

  (c)

to exercise on behalf of the Lender all of the rights and remedies herein granted to the Lender,

and without in any way limiting the foregoing the Receiver shall have all the powers of a receiver appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Any Receiver appointed by the Lender shall act as agent for the Lender for the purposes of taking possession of the Secured Property, but otherwise and for all other purposes (except as provided below), as agent for the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor. The Receiver may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of Secured Property as agent for the Corporation, Subsidiary Guarantors or as agent for the Lender, as the Lender may determine in its discretion. The Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to ratify and confirm all actions of the Receiver acting as agent for the Corporation and any Subsidiary Guarantor, and to release and indemnify the Receiver in respect of all such actions. The Lender, in appointing or refraining from appointing any Receiver shall not incur liability to the Receiver, the Corporation, a Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise and shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence of such Receiver or for any loss resulting therefrom.

 

7.6

Application of Amounts

All amounts actually received by the Lender or by the Receiver in enforcing the security of this Debenture shall be applied, subject to the proper claims of any other Person:

 

  (a)

first, to pay or reimburse the Lender and any Receiver the costs, charges, expenses and advances payable by the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance herewith;

 

  (b)

second, in or toward the payment to the Lender of all other moneys owing hereunder or secured hereby in such order as the Lender in its sole discretion may determine; and

 

  (c)

third, any surplus shall be paid to the Corporation or Subsidiary Guarantor or its assigns or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

 

7.7

Care and Custody of Secured Property

The Lender may after an Event of Default: (i) notify any Person obligated on an account or on chattel paper or any obligor on an instrument to make payment thereunder to the Lender whether or not the Corporation or a Subsidiary Guarantor was theretofore making collections thereon; and (ii) assume control of any proceeds arising from the Secured Property.

 

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7.8

Dealing with the Secured Property

The Lender shall not be obliged to exhaust its recourse against the Corporation, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any other person or persons or against any other security it may hold in respect of the Obligations before realizing upon or otherwise dealing with the Secured Property in such manner as the Lender may consider desirable. The Lender may grant extensions or other indulgences, take and give up securities, accept compositions, grant releases and discharges and otherwise deal with the Corporation, any Subsidiary Guarantor and with other parties, sureties or securities as the Lender may see fit without prejudice to the Obligations or the rights of the Lender in respect of the Secured Property. The Lender shall not be (i) liable or accountable for any failure to collect, realize or obtain payment in respect of the Secured Property; (ii) bound to institute proceedings for the purpose of collecting, enforcing, realizing or obtaining payment of the Secured Property or for the purpose of preserving any rights of the Lender, the Corporation, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other parties in respect thereof; (iii) responsible for any loss occasioned by any sale or other dealing with the Secured Property or by the retention of or failure to sell or otherwise deal therewith; or (iv) bound to protect the Secured Property from depreciating in value or becoming worthless.

 

7.9

Standards of Sale

Without prejudice to the ability of the Lender to dispose of the Secured Property in any manner which is commercially reasonable, the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that a disposition of Secured Property by the Lender which takes place substantially in accordance with the following provisions shall be deemed to be commercially reasonable:

 

  (a)

Secured Property may be disposed of in whole or in part.

 

  (b)

Secured Property may be disposed of by public auction, public tender or private contract, with or without advertising and without any other formality.

 

  (c)

Any purchaser or lessee of such Secured Property may be a customer of the Lender.

 

  (d)

A disposition of Secured Property may be on such terms and conditions as to credit or otherwise as the Lender, in its sole discretion, may deem advantageous.

 

  (e)

The Lender may establish an upset or reserve bid or price in respect of Secured Property.

ARTICLE 8

GENERAL

 

8.1

Waiver

No act or omission by the Lender in any manner whatever shall extend to or be taken to affect any provision hereof or any subsequent breach or default or the rights resulting therefrom save only express waiver in writing. A waiver of default shall not extend to, or be taken in any manner whatsoever to affect the rights of the Lender with respect to, any subsequent default, whether similar or not.

 

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8.2

Other Security

The rights of the Lender hereunder shall not be prejudiced nor shall the liabilities of the Corporation, Guarantors or of any other Person be reduced in any way by the taking of any other security of any nature or kind whatsoever either at the time of execution of this Debenture or at any time hereafter.

 

8.3

No Merger or Novation

Neither the taking of any judgment nor the exercise of any power of seizure or sale shall operate to extinguish the liability of the Corporation to pay the moneys hereby secured nor shall the same operate as a merger of any covenant herein contained or of any other Obligation, nor shall the acceptance of any payment or other security constitute or create any novation.

 

8.4

Power of Attorney

The Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor, for valuable consideration for and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, irrevocably appoints the Lender and its officers from time to time or any of them to be the attorneys of the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor to execute such deeds, transfers, conveyances, assignments, assurances and things and generally to use the name of the Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor as may be necessary or incidental to the exercise of all or any of the powers hereby conferred on the Lender. The Parent agrees not to take any action or engage in inaction which would restrict or interfere with the Lender exercising the powers hereby conferred on the Lender.

 

8.5

Licence

The Corporation hereby grants to the Lender and its employees and agents an irrevocable and non-exclusive licence, subject to the rights of tenants, to enter any of the Premises to conduct audits, testing and monitoring with respect to Hazardous Substances and to remove and analyze any Hazardous Substance at the cost and expense of the Corporation (which cost and expense shall be secured hereby).

 

8.6

Environmental Indemnity

The Corporation and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall indemnify the Lender and hold the Lender harmless against and from all losses, costs, damages and expenses which the Lender may sustain, incur or be or become liable at any time whatsoever for by reason of or arising from the past, present or future existence, clean—up, removal or disposal of any Hazardous Substance referred to in this Debenture or compliance with Environmental Laws or Environmental Orders relating thereto, including any clean—up, decommissioning, restoration or remediation of the Premises and other affected lands or property (and this indemnification shall survive the termination of this Debenture and satisfaction, release or extinguishment of the indebtedness secured hereby).

 

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8.7

Holder May Remedy Default

If the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor fails to do anything hereby required to be done by it the Lender may, but shall not be obliged to, do such thing and all reasonable sums thereby expended by the Lender shall be payable forthwith by the Corporation or any Subsidiary Guarantor, shall be secured hereby and shall have the benefit of the Encumbrances hereby created, but no such performance by the Lender shall be deemed to relieve the Corporation or any Guarantor from any default hereunder.

 

8.8

Notices

Any notice, direction, request, delivery or other communication to be given under this Debenture shall be in writing and given by delivering it or sending it by facsimile or other similar form of recorded communication addressed:

 

  (a)

to the Lender at:

[***]

 

Attention:

  Director, Corporate Finance

E-Mail:

  [***]

With a copy to each of:

[***]

 

Attention:

  Director, Corporate Finance

E-Mail:

  [***]

Cassels Brock LLP

2100 Scotia Plaza

40 Kings Street West

Toronto, ON M5H 3C2

 

Attention:

  [***]

E-Mail:

  [***]

[***]

 

Attention:

  [***]

E-Mail:

  [***]

 

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Dickinson Wright LLP

Commerce Court West

199 Bay Street, Suite 2200

Toronto, ON M5L 1G4

 

Attention:

  [***]

E-Mail:

  [***]

 

  (b)

to the Corporation and the Guarantors at:

[***]

 

Attention:

  Chief Financial Officer

E-Mail:

  [***]

Any such communication shall be deemed to have been validly and effectively given (i) if personally delivered, on the date of such delivery if such date is a Business Day and such delivery was made prior to 4:00 p.m. (Toronto time) and otherwise on the next Business Day, or (ii) if transmitted by facsimile or similar means of recorded communication on the Business Day following the date of transmission. Either party may change its address for service from time to time by notice given in accordance with the foregoing and any subsequent notice shall be sent to such Party at its changed address

 

8.9

Invalidity of any Provisions

Any provision of this Debenture or any provisions of the security contemplated hereunder which is prohibited by the laws of any jurisdiction shall, i s to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition without invalidating the remaining terms and provisions hereof or thereof and no such invalidity shall affect the obligation of the Corporation to repay the Obligations.

 

8.10

Indemnification

The Corporation agrees to indemnify the Lender from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (except by reason of the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Lender or any of its employees) which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Lender and arising by reason of any action (including any action referred to herein) or inaction or omission to do an act legally required of the Corporation or a Guarantor (and this indemnification shall survive the termination of this Debenture and the satisfaction, release or extinguishment of the indebtedness secured hereby).

 

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8.11

Successors, Assigns and Participation, etc.

Neither the Corporation nor the Lender shall assign or transfer all or any part of its rights or obligations hereunder or under any other Instrument to which it is a party without the prior written consent of the other party.

 

8.12

Expenses

All reasonable legal and accounting expenses incurred by the Lender and the Corporation and its shareholders and employees, in connection with the transactions contemplated herein shall be paid by the Corporation.

 

8.13

Amendments

This Debenture may only be amended by a written agreement signed by each of the parties hereto.

 

8.14

Counterparts

This Debenture may be executed in separate counterparts (including by facsimile), each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Any party may execute this Debenture by facsimile signature.

 

8.15

Paramountcy

If there is any inconsistency between the terms of this Debenture and the terms of any other Instrument, the terms of this Debenture will prevail. If and as required, the parties agree that the inconsistent terms will be interpreted as conformed to the terms of this Debenture. Specifically the only default under each Instrument will be the Events of Default pursuant to this Debenture and the Obligations secured will be limited to the Obligations as defined in this Debenture.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE HAS INTENTIONALLY BEEN LEFT BLANK

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this Amended and Restated Debenture (fifth amendment).

 

  LENDER:
2657408 ONTARIO INC.
By:   /s/ [***]
 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

In witness whereof the parties have executed this Amended and Restated Debenture (fifth amendment).

 

CORPORATION and GUARANTORS
ZENABIS INVESTMENTS LTD.
By:   /s/ [***]
 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

ZENABIS REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LTD.
By:   /s/ [***]
 

 

Authorized Signing Officer


ZENABIS IP HOLDINGS LTD.
By:   /s/ [***]
 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

ZENABIS RETAIL HOLDINGS LTD.
By:   /s/ [***]
 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

ZENABIS OPERATIONS LTD.
By:   /s/ [***]
 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

ZENABIS ANNACIS LTD.
By:   /s/ [***]
 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

AMENDED AND RESTATED DEBENTURE (fifth amendment)


ZENABIS ATHOLVILLE LTD.
By:   /s/ [***]
 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

ZENABIS STELLARTON LTD.
By:   /s/ [***]
 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

ZENABIS HOUSING LTD.
By:   /s/ [***]
 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

ZENABIS LTD.
By:   /s/ [***]
 

 

Authorized Signing Officer

AMENDED AND RESTATED DEBENTURE (fifth amendment)


VIDA CANNABIS (CANADA) LTD.
By:   [***]
  Authorized Signing Officer
ZENABIS HEMP COMPANY LTD.
By:   [***]
  Authorized Signing Officer
ZENABIS VENTURES INC.
By:   [***]
  Authorized Signing Officer
ZEN CRAFT GROW LTD.
By:   [***]
  Authorized Signing Officer

AMENDED AND RESTATED DEBENTURE (fifth amendment)


ZENABIS GLOBAL INC.
By:   /S/ [***]
  Authorized Signing Officer

AMENDED AND RESTATED DEBENTURE (fifth amendment)


Schedule 5.1

BOARD OBSERVER

5.1 To the extent that the Lender is entitled to have a Board Observer present at the meetings of the Board or any committees of the Board (collectively, “Board Meetings”), the provisions of this policy will apply.

5.2 The Board Observer shall be entitled to receive notice of and to attend (in person or by telephone, video conference or other means) each Board Meeting whether such Board Meeting is held in person, by telephone, video conference or any other means.

5.3 The Board Observer shall have the right to take part in discussions and deliberations of matters brought before the Board except those that directly relate to the rights and relationship of the Corporation with the Lender and/or its Affiliates. As to any such discussion the intent to discuss will be disclosed to the Board Observer and they will be directed to excuse themselves from the discussion.

5.4 The Board Observer shall not be entitled to vote on any matters brought before the Board or any committee of the Board.

5.5 The Corporation shall, in advance of each Board Meeting, send to the Board Observer all notices consents, minutes, documents and other information and materials that it sends to members of the Board for purposes of the applicable Board Meeting, in their capacities of such (collectively, the “Board Materials”), at substantially the same time and in substantially the same manner (or as close as may be reasonably practicable thereto) as the Corporation sends the Board Materials to members of the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the failure to provide the Board Materials as described above in any way invalidate any action taken at a Board Meeting. No materials will be provided to the Board Observer that deal with the rights and relationship of the Corporation with the Lender and/or its Affiliates.

5.6 The Corporation shall deliver to the Board Observer copies of any written consent resolutions proposed to be adopted by the Board or any committee of the Board, at the same time as such written consent resolutions are circulated to members of the Board or any committee of the Board for signature, and shall advise the Board Observer as to the approval of such written consent resolutions.

5.7 The Board Observer shall not be entitled to any remuneration for acting in such capacity; provided, however that all reasonable expenses of the Board Observer shall be borne by the Corporation, to the same extent that such expenses are borne by the Corporation for members of the Board. For greater certainty, the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay directors fees or similar compensation or issue any options or other securities convertible into shares of the Corporation to the Board Observer in the Board Observer’s capacity as such.


5.8 The Board Observer must acknowledge that as a result of attending Board Meetings and receiving the Board Materials, the Board Observer will have access to confidential information of the Corporation, the disclosure of which could be detrimental to the interests of the Corporation. The Board Observer must: (i) hold all Board Materials and all other information in respect of the Corporation provided to him or her or learned by him or her in his/her capacity as Board Observer (including materials prepared by the Board Observer utilizing Board Materials or such other information) in strict confidence; (ii) not disclose, directly or indirectly, any such information to any person, except as permitted by this Debenture; (iii) comply with all applicable securities laws that may prohibit a Person who has material, non-public information in respect of the Corporation or any other information provided to him or her or learned by him or her in his/her capacity as Board Observer from trading in securities of the Corporation or any other entity to which such information relates; and (iv) comply with all trading restrictions or black-out periods imposed by the Board. The Board Observer shall be entitled to disclose all such information (or any portion thereof) to the Lender and each participant, their directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, lawyers, consultants, financial and other advisors (collectively, the

“Representatives”) provided that each shall be required to treat the information as confidential in a manner consistent with this Debenture and the Lender will be liable for any loss or damage resulting from a failure to do so. This confidentiality provision will survive the termination of this Debenture.

5.9 The confidentiality obligations hereof shall not apply to information that: (i) was in the public domain at the time of its communication or disclosure or thereafter becomes part of the public domain through no fault of the Manager, its Affiliates or their Representatives, as applicable; (ii) was in the possession of the Lender, its participants and their Affiliates or their Representatives, as applicable, at the time of its communication or disclosure and was not acquired from the Corporation; (iii) was received from a third party without an obligation of confidentiality, provided there is no reason to believe such third party was under an obligation of confidentiality with respect to the information; or (iv) is required by law or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction to be disclosed.

Exhibit 99.4

Certain information in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(6), Item 601(b)(2)(ii) or

Item 601(b)(10)(iv), as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would likely cause competitive harm to the registrant if publicly disclosed or includes information the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

AMENDED AND RESTATED MONITORING SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of April 22, 2020, and amends and restates the Monitoring Services Agreement dated August 21, 2019.

 

BETWEEN:

  
  

NGBA-BC HOLDINGS LTD., a corporation under the laws of the Province of British Columbia having a registered records office at [***]

 

(“Consultant”)

AND:

  

ZENABIS INVESTMENTS LTD., a corporation incorporated pursuant to the laws of Canada, having an address at [***]

 

(the “Company”)

AND:

  

2657408 ONTARIO INC., a corporation incorporated pursuant to the laws of the Province of Ontario, having an address at [***], as agent and nominee pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement

 

(the “Lender”)

WHEREAS:

 

  A.

The Consultant is an investor participating in credit facilities made available to the Company pursuant to an amended and restated debenture agreement dated April 22, 2020, as may be amended, supplemented, extended, restated or replaced from time to time, (collectively, the “Loan Agreement”) issued by the Company in favour of the Lender;

 

  B.

The Loan Agreement provides that the Company shall enter into a monitoring services agreement to enable the Consultant and the Lender to carry out the Services (as defined herein);

 

  C.

The Consultant and the Lender shall carry out the Services as an independent contractor and not as an employee of, or partner, associate or joint venturer with, the Company; and

 

  D.

The Company has agreed to retain the Consultant and the Lender to complete the Services.


NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

Definitions

In additional to terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

  (a)

Agreement” means this Monitoring Services Agreement hereto or thereto, as the same may be amended, modified or restated, and in effect at any time;

 

  (b)

Applicable Securities Laws” shall have the meaning given to it in the Loan Agreement;

 

  (c)

Borrower” means the Company;

 

  (d)

Claims” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.1 herein;

 

  (e)

Consulting Fees” shall mean the fees and expenses payable by the Company to the Consultant and the Lender pursuant to Section 3.1 herein;

 

  (f)

Consulting and Other Services” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.1 herein;

 

  (g)

Effective Date” shall mean April 22, 2020;

 

  (h)

Event of Default” shall have the meaning given to it in the Loan Agreement;

 

  (i)

Guarantors” shall have the meaning given to it in the Loan Agreement;

 

  (j)

Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.1 herein;

 

  (k)

Lender” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the recitals;

 

  (l)

Loan” shall have the meaning given to it in the Loan Agreement;

 

  (m)

Loan Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the recitals;

 

  (n)

Maturity Date” shall have the meaning given to it in the Loan Agreement;

 

  (o)

Monitoring Fees” shall mean the fees payable by the Company to the Consultant and the Lender pursuant to Subsection 3.1(a) herein;

 

  (p)

Monitoring Services” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.1 herein;

 

  (q)

Services” shall mean, collectively, the Monitoring Services and the Consulting and Other Services;

 

  (r)

Term” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 5 herein; and

 

  (s)

Transaction Documents” shall mean the Loan Agreement and all documents and agreements related thereto, including without limitation a participation agreement between the Lender and the Consultant.

 

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2.

Engagement

2.1 The Company hereby engages the Consultant and the Lender and each of the Consultant and the Lender hereby agrees to be engaged by the Company, to provide the Services, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth for the duration of this Agreement. Each of the Consultant and the Lender, as well as any of their employees, are not, and this Agreement is not intended and will not operate to make either the Consultant or the Lender, nor any of their employees, an employee of the Company for any purpose.

2.2 The Company acknowledges and agrees that neither the Consultant nor the Lender is exclusive to the Company and that the Consultant and the Lender may now or in the future be engaged by any other company or entity to provide services to such other company or entity, which may be similar to the Services, including without limitation, services provided by the Consultant and the Lender to any company or entity which may engage in business which is similar to, or potentially competitive with, the Company. For greater clarity, nothing in this Agreement shall in any way prohibit the Consultant or the Lender from providing management or other services to any other company or entity whatsoever.

2.3 The Company represents and warrants to the Consultant and the Lender that the Company has all due right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement, that this Agreement does not conflict with or breach any Applicable Securities Laws or any agreements to which the Company is a party, and that the entering into of this Agreement does not require consent or approval from any third party.

 

3.

Compensation and Fees

3.1 The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that in consideration for the provision of the Services by the Consultant and the Lender, the Company acknowledges and agrees to compensate the Consultant and the Lender as follows:

 

  (a)

Monitoring Compensation. Immediately upon the Effective Date and continuing for the Term the Company shall pay to each of the Consultant and the Lender:

 

  (i)

$50,000 per month, plus taxes (for an aggregate payment of $100,000 per month, plus taxes);

 

  (b)

Consulting and Other Services Fees. The Company shall pay to each of the Consultant and the Lender for any Consulting and Other Services performed, on an as-necessary basis (including, without limitation, after the occurrence of any Event of Default), by the Consultant’s and/or the Lender’s professionals, at their applicable ordinary hourly charge-out rates.

 

  (c)

Expenses. The Company shall reimburse each of the Consultant and the Lender for those expenses, which are reasonably incurred by the Consultant and/or the Lender, as applicable, in performing the Services and evidenced by receipts, within 30 days of a written request by the Consultant and the Lender, as applicable.

The Consultant and the Lender will invoice the Company on a monthly basis for the fees described above, with payment due upon receipt of invoice.

 

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4.

Duties of Consultant and Lender

4.1 The Consultant and/or the Lender may provide the following services as each of the Consultant and the Lender deems necessary::

 

  (a)

Monitoring Services. On a monthly and/or as-needed basis, the accounting related work as follows:

 

  (i)

review of the monthly financial statements and reports provided by the Company;

 

  (ii)

review the monthly covenant compliance of the Company;

 

  (iii)

review the Company’s forecast model; and

 

  (iv)

review and confirmation of the Company’s weekly cash flow and payment plan model,

(collectively, the “Monitoring Services”).

For greater certainty, the Consultant and the Lender may provide the Monitoring Services at any time and for any period of time in its sole discretion, whether or not an Event of Default has occurred or/and is continuing under the Loan Agreement.

 

  (b)

Consulting and Other Services. Any services provided by the Consultant and/or the Lender that are considered above and beyond the Monitoring Services as set out in Subsection 4.1(a) above (collectively, the “Consulting and Other Services”).

4.2 The Company will permit the Consultant and the Lender, at reasonable times during regular business hours after reasonable notice not exceeding two business days, access to all its property, assets and undertakings and to all its books of account and records for the purpose of being able to provide the Services.

 

5.

Term

5.1 Unless earlier terminated in accordance with its terms, the term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on the Effective Date, and shall continue for a period until all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations under the Transaction Documents have been fully paid and satisfied.

 

6.

Confidentiality

6.1 None of the Consultant, the Lender, nor their directors, officers, employees or agents will disclose or use, for any purpose other than in relation to the Transaction Documents and matters related thereto (the “Permitted Purpose”), any confidential information of the Company prepared or derived in connection with the performance, by the Consultant and/or the Lender, of the Services, and

 

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all such information shall be held in confidence by the Consultant and the Lender unless it is disclosed for the Permitted Purpose or required by law to disclose same. For clarity and without limiting the foregoing, Permitted Purpose shall include the disclosure of such confidential information to the Lender, collection of amounts owing to the Consultant or the Lender or the management or enforcement of the Transaction Documents. The term “confidential information” (as it is used in this Section 6.1) includes all information of, or pertaining to, the Company made available to the Consultant and/or the Lender by or through the Company but does not include information which: (i) is or becomes generally available to the public at or prior to the time of disclosure or use by the Consultant or the Lender other than as a result of disclosure in violation of this Agreement; (ii) was available to the Consultant or the Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to the Consultant or the Lender by the Company; or (iii) becomes available to the Consultant or the Lender on a non-confidential basis provided that such information is not, to the Consultant’s and the Lender’s knowledge, disclosed to it by such source in violation of a confidentiality agreement between such source and the Company. The provisions of this paragraph will terminate two years after the earlier of (i) the expiry of the Term of this Agreement, and (ii) the date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5 above.

6.2. Neither the Company nor its directors, officers, employees or agents will disclose or use, for any purpose other than administration of this Agreement (the “Administrative Purpose”), any confidential information of the Consultant or the Lender, including the terms of this Agreement, prepared or derived in connection with the performance by the Consultant and the Lender of the Services, and all such information shall be held in confidence by the Company unless it is disclosed for the Administrative Purpose or required by law to disclose same. The term “confidential information” (as it is used in this Section 6.2) includes all information of, or pertaining to, the Consultant and/or the Lender made available to the Company by or through the Consultant or the Lender but does not include information which: (i) is or becomes generally available to the public at or prior to the time of disclosure or use by the Company other than as a result of disclosure in violation of this Agreement; (ii) was available to the Company on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to the Company by the Consultant or the Lender; or (iii) becomes available to the Company on a non-confidential basis provided that such information is not, to the Company’ knowledge, disclosed to it by such source in violation of a confidentiality agreement between such source and the Consultant and/or the Lender. The provisions of this paragraph will terminate two years after the earlier of (i) the expiry of the Term of this Agreement, and (ii) the date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5 above.

 

7.

Indemnification

7.1 In consideration of the Consultant and the Lender entering into this Agreement, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold each of the Consultant and the Lender, their affiliates or subsidiaries and each and every one of their directors, officers, employees and agents (each an “Indemnified Party” or collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against any and all fees, costs, expenses, losses, actions, suits, proceedings, investigations, claims, damages, fines, penalties or liabilities of any nature whatsoever, joint or several, arising or in connection with and relating to the provision of the Services, including without limiting: (i) the aggregate amount paid by the Indemnified Parties, in settlement of any actions, suits, proceedings, investigations or claims brought against the Indemnified Party (collectively, “Claims”) brought by any party against the Company; and (ii) all fees, costs and expenses incurred by an Indemnified Party in investigating, preparing for, defending against, providing evidence in, producing documents or taking any action in respect of any commenced or threatened Claim, provided, however, that the Company shall not be

 

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liable under the foregoing indemnification provisions to the extent that any fee, cost, expense, loss, Claim, damage, fine, penalty or liability is found in a final judgment to have resulted from the Consultant’s or the Lender’s, respectively, bad faith, dishonesty, illegal or wilful misconduct or fraud. Each of the Consultant and the Lender agrees to notify the Company forthwith in writing of the assertion against it or any other Indemnified Party of any Claim provided that the Consultant’s or the Lender’s failure to so notify shall not relieve the Company from any obligation or liability hereunder. In the event of any Claim, the Company shall be entitled to participate in the investigation and defense thereof and, after written notice to the Consultant and the Lender, to assume the investigation and defense of such Claim with counsel of its choice, unless such counsel presents, in the opinion of the Consultant or the Lender, a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest and all fees and expenses incurred with respect to the defense of any Claim will be advanced on an as-incurred expense. In no event will the Company be liable for indemnification in respect of any Claim settled without the Company’s prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. The covenants and indemnities contained in this Agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to any Indemnified Party, shall be available notwithstanding any investigation made by the Consultant or the Lender or on the Consultant’s or the Lender’s behalf, shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to all Indemnified Parties, shall be binding upon the Company and, in addition to the Indemnified Parties, shall enure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of any such Indemnified Party. The Company agrees that in the event that any legal or other claim is brought involving the Company or if any governmental commission or regulatory authority or any stock exchange or other entity having regulatory authority, either domestic or foreign, shall investigate the Company or any funds in connection with it, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, including any managers of any such funds, or its or their activities and the Consultant, the Lender or any Indemnified Party is required to testify in connection therewith or is required to respond to procedures designed to discover information regarding, in connection with, or by reason of, the performance of the Consultant’s or the Lender’s Services rendered to the Company and its subsidiaries or any one or more of them hereunder, then unless such claim or investigation is found in a final judgment to have resulted from the Consultant’s or the Lender’s, respectively, bad faith, dishonesty, illegal or wilful misconduct or fraud, the Company will pay to any Indemnified Party a per diem amount equal to the Consultant’s and the Lender’s ordinary consulting fees, pro-rated as applicable, together with all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.

 

8.

No Liability

8.1 The Company expressly agrees that each of the Consultant and the Lender makes no representations, warranties, or covenants and assumes no liability whatsoever to the Company or any other person with respect to the Services or any matter related to the Services, including without limitation as to the accuracy or completeness of the Services, or the fitness of the Services for any particular purpose.

 

9.

Non-Solicitation

9.1 The Company agrees that it shall not, without the prior written consent of the Consultant or the Lender, respectively, directly or indirectly, or in any manner whatsoever, solicit as an employee or consultant or contractor, any of the employees or contractors of the Consultant or the Lender, respectively, during the period of this Agreement and for a period of 24 months following the termination of this Agreement.

 

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9.2 Each of the Consultant and the Lender agrees that it shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, or in any manner whatsoever, solicit as an employee or consultant or contractor, any of the employees or contractors of the Company, during the period of this Agreement and for a period of 24 months following the termination of this Agreement.

 

10.

Default

10.1 Without in any way limiting the generality of the Transaction Documents, any default under any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be and shall be deemed to be an Event of Default as defined in the Loan Agreement and the Lender shall be entitled to exercise all of its rights and remedies under the Transaction Documents and any security held by the Lender thereunder.

10.2 This Agreement is in addition to and not in substitution for any of the Transaction Documents.

 

11.

General

11.1 Time is hereby expressly made of the essence of this Agreement with respect to the performance by the parties of their respective obligations under this Agreement.

11.2 This Agreement shall ensure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by either party hereto without the prior express written consent of the other party.

11.3 This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and may not be amended, waived or discharged except by an instrument in writing executed by the party against whom enforcement of such amendment, waiver or discharge is sought.

11.4 No change or modification of this Agreement will be valid unless it is in writing and signed by each party to this Agreement.

11.5 The term “Company” includes any affiliates or subsidiaries of the Company. The Company shall cause its affiliates or subsidiaries to comply with its obligations under this Agreement as if such affiliates or subsidiaries are also parties to this Agreement.

11.6 The term “Consultant” includes any affiliates or subsidiaries of the Consultant and any employees, officers or directors of the Consultant may provide all or part of the Services. The Consultant shall cause its affiliates or subsidiaries to comply with its obligations under this Agreement as if such affiliates or subsidiaries are also parties to this Agreement.

11.7 The term “Lender” includes any affiliates or subsidiaries of the Lender and any employees, officers or directors of the Lender may provide all or part of the Services. The Lender shall cause its affiliates or subsidiaries to comply with its obligations under this Agreement as if such affiliates or subsidiaries are also parties to this Agreement.

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more is found to be void, voidable or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, then the particular provision or provisions or part of the provision will be deemed severed from the remainder of this Agreement.

11.9 The Company will promptly and fully provide the Consultant and the Lender with all information, data and materials reasonably requested by the Consultant or the Lender from time to time for any purposes relating to this Agreement including, without limitation, in relation to provision of the Services, evidencing any calculations or determinations, including with respect to approvals and consents and the application of laws, made by the Company under this Agreement.

11.10 All Transaction Documents delivered by the Company and/or the Guarantors and all covenants, terms and provisions thereof, except as expressly amended or supplemented by this Agreement, shall be and continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed and the rights and obligations of all parties thereunder will not be effected or prejudiced in any manner except as specifically provided for herein. The Borrower acknowledges that on the Effective Date all obligations on such date are payable in accordance with their terms and the Borrower waives any defense, offset, counterclaim or recoupment with respect to such obligations arising out of actions, inactions or any other circumstance in effect, arising or occurring prior to the date hereof.

11.11 Each of the Consultant and the Lender is an independent contractor and nothing in this Agreement will construe the relationship as creating any supervisory, management or fiduciary obligations whatsoever and in no circumstances, will the Consultant or the Lender be deemed to be an employee, agent, partner or joint venture of the Company.

11.12 This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable in such Province.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto on April 22, 2020.

 

ZENABIS INVESTMENTS LTD.

/s/ [***]

 

[***], Authorized Signatory
NGBA-BC HOLDINGS INC.

/s/ [***]

[***]

2657408 ONTARIO INC.

/s/ [***]

[***]

 

Signature Page to AMENDED AND RESTATED MONITORING SERVICES AGREEMENT