UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of October 2021
Commission File Number 001-40412
VICINITY MOTOR CORP.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
N/A
(Translation of Registrant’s name)
3168, 262nd Street
Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada V6B 1R4
Telephone: (604) 607-4000
(Address and telephone number of registrant’s 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:
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 of this Form 6-K are incorporated by reference into the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-258876), as amended or supplemented.
DOCUMENTS INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS REPORT
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.
Vicinity Motor Corp. | |||
Date: October 21, 2021 | By: | /s/ Danial Buckle | |
Name: | Danial Buckle | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT 99.1
3,990,610 UNITS
CONSISTING OF One Common Share
and
ONE-HALF OF A WARRANT TO PURCHASE ONE COMMON SHARE
VICINITY MOTOR CORP.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
October 21, 2021
Spartan Capital Securities, LLC
45 Broadway - 19th Floor
New York, NY 10006
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Vicinity Motor Corp., a British Columbia corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to Spartan Capital Securities, LLC (the “Underwriter”), an aggregate of 3,990,610 units (the “Units”), with each Unit consisting of (i) one common share, without par value (each, a “Common Share”), and (ii) one-half of a warrant, with each whole warrant entitling the holder to purchase one Common Share (the “Warrants”). The 3,990,610 Common Shares to be issued under this Agreement are herein referred to as the “Shares.” The Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are collectively referred to as the “Warrant Shares.” The Units, the Shares, the Warrants and, where applicable, the Warrant Shares, are collectively referred to as the “Securities.” The offering and sale of the Units to the Underwriter as contemplated herein is referred to as the “Offering.” The Units will immediately separate into Shares and Warrants upon closing of the Offering.
The Company understands that the Underwriter proposes to make a public offering of the Units in the United States, directly and through other investment dealers and brokers in the United States upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectuses (as defined below) and this Agreement as soon as the Underwriter deems advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered. It is acknowledged and agreed that the Canadian Prospectus Supplement (as defined below) shall not contemplate making sales of any Units to purchasers in Canada and, accordingly, shall not contain any underwriter’s certificate. It is further acknowledged that neither the Company nor the Underwriter will market the Units or provide marketing materials to any prospective purchasers in Canada. The Underwriter agrees that it will not, directly or indirectly, distribute the Registration Statement, the U.S. Pricing Prospectus or the U.S. Prospectus (each as defined below) or publish any prospectus, circular, advertisement or other offering material in any jurisdiction other than such states or other jurisdictions of the United States in which the Securities are duly qualified under U.S. federal and applicable U.S. state securities laws, in such manner as to require registration of the Securities or the filing of a prospectus or any similar document with respect to the Securities by the Company therein or subject the Company to ongoing periodic reporting obligations in such jurisdiction pursuant to the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriter that:
(a) Registration Statement; Prospectuses. The Company has prepared and filed with the securities regulatory authorities (the “Canadian Qualifying Authorities”) in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Manitoba (the “Canadian Qualifying Jurisdictions”) a preliminary short form base shelf prospectus dated April 5, 2021 (the “Canadian Preliminary Base Prospectus”) and has prepared and filed with the Canadian Qualifying Authorities in the Canadian Qualifying Jurisdictions the Canadian Base Prospectus (as defined below) in respect of an aggregate of up to C$150,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in United States dollars or any other currencies) of Common Shares, subscription receipts, warrants to purchase other Shelf Securities (as defined herein) and units comprised of one or more of any of the other Shelf Securities or any combination thereof, of the Company (collectively, the “Shelf Securities”) in each case in accordance with Canadian Securities Laws (as defined below). The British Columbia Securities Commission (the “Reviewing Authority”) is the principal regulator of the Company under the passport system procedures provided for under Multilateral Instrument 11-102 – Passport System and National Policy 11-202 – Process for Prospectus Reviews in Multiple Jurisdictions in respect of the Shelf Securities and the offering of the Securities. The Reviewing Authority has issued a receipt evidencing that a receipt has been issued on behalf of itself and the other Canadian Qualifying Authorities, for the Canadian Preliminary Base Prospectus and the Reviewing Authority has issued a receipt evidencing that a receipt has been issued on behalf of itself and the other Canadian Qualifying Authorities for the Canadian Base Prospectus (the “Receipt”). The term “Canadian Base Prospectus” means the final short form base shelf prospectus dated April 19, 2021 relating to the Shelf Securities, at the time the Reviewing Authority issued the Receipt with respect thereto in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations under such laws, together with applicable published national, multilateral and local policy statements, instruments, notices and blanket orders of the Canadian Qualifying Authorities in each of the Canadian Qualifying Jurisdictions (the “Canadian Securities Laws”), including National Instrument 44-101 – Short Form Prospectus Distributions (“NI 44-101”) and National Instrument 44-102 – Shelf Distributions (“NI 44-102”), and includes all documents incorporated therein by reference and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein pursuant to Canadian Securities Laws, including but not limited to, all Designated News Releases (as defined below). As used herein, a “Designated News Release” means a news release disseminated by the Company in respect of previously undisclosed information that, in the Company’s determination, constitutes a material fact (as such term is defined in Canadian Securities Laws) and identified by the Company as a “designated news release” in writing on the face page of the version of such news release that is filed by the Company on SEDAR (as defined below). As used herein, “Canadian Prospectus Supplement” means the most recent prospectus supplement to the Canadian Base Prospectus relating to the Securities filed by the Company with the Canadian Qualifying Authorities in accordance with Canadian Securities Laws. As used herein, “Canadian Prospectus” means the Canadian Prospectus Supplement (and any additional Canadian prospectus supplement prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and filed with the Canadian Qualifying Authorities in accordance with Canadian Securities Laws) together with the Canadian Base Prospectus. The Canadian Prospectus Supplement shall provide that any and all Designated News Releases shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Canadian Base Prospectus. All Designated News Releases shall also be filed with the SEC on Form 6-K and the Canadian Prospectus Supplement shall provide that such Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (as defined herein).
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The Company has also prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), pursuant to the Canada/U.S. Multi-Jurisdictional Disclosure System adopted by the Commission, a registration statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-258876) covering the registration of the Shelf Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”), and such amendments to such registration statement as may have been permitted or required to the date of this Agreement. Such registration statement, including the Canadian Base Prospectus (with such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the Rules and Regulations and including exhibits to such registration statement), has become effective in such form pursuant to Rule 467(b) under the Act. Such registration statement on Form F-10, at any given time, including amendments and supplements thereto to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time and the documents incorporated by reference therein at such time, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” The Canadian Base Prospectus, with such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the Rules and Regulations in the form in which it appeared in the Registration Statement on the date it became effective under the Act is herein called the “U.S. Base Prospectus.” “U.S. Prospectus Supplement” means the most recent Canadian Prospectus Supplement, with such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the Act, relating to the offering of the Securities, to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to General Instruction II.L of Form F-10; “U.S. Prospectus” means the U.S. Prospectus Supplement (and any additional U.S. Prospectus Supplement prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and filed with the Commission in accordance with General Instruction II.L of Form F-10) together with the U.S. Base Prospectus; “Base Prospectuses” means, collectively, the Canadian Base Prospectus and the U.S. Base Prospectus; “Prospectuses” means, collectively, the Canadian Prospectus and the U.S. Prospectus; “Prospectus Supplements” means, collectively, the Canadian Prospectus Supplement and the U.S. Prospectus Supplement.
Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectuses, the Prospectus Supplements or the Prospectuses or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein, and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectuses, the Prospectus Supplements or the Prospectuses shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing or furnishing of any document with or to the Commission or Canadian Qualifying Authorities, as applicable, on or after the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of the Base Prospectuses, the Prospectus Supplements or the Prospectuses, as the case may be, and deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Canadian Base Prospectus, the Canadian Prospectus Supplement and the Canadian Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include any copy filed with any Canadian Qualifying Jurisdiction pursuant to the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR”) and all references to the Registration Statement, the U.S. Base Prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus Supplement and the U.S. Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include any copy filed with the Commission pursuant to the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”).
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The Company has also prepared and filed with the Commission an appointment of agent for service of process upon the Company on Form F-X in conjunction with the filing of the Registration Statement.
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, the U.S. Base Prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, the U.S. Base Prospectus or the U.S. Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the U.S. Base Prospectus or the U.S. Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and which is deemed to be incorporated therein by reference or otherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, the U.S. Base Prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus, as the case may be. All references in this Agreement to financial statements and other information which is “described,” “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Canadian Base Prospectus or the Canadian Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and other information which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by Canadian Securities Laws to be a part of or included in the Canadian Prospectus.
(b) Effectiveness of Registration. The Company is qualified in accordance with the provisions of NI 44-101 and NI 44-102 to file a short form base shelf prospectus in each of the Canadian Qualifying Jurisdictions and the entering into of this Agreement will not cause the Receipt to no longer be effective. At the time of filing the Registration Statement, the Company met, and as of the date hereof the Company meets, the general eligibility requirements for use of Form F-10 under the Act. Any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectuses required by this Agreement will be so prepared and filed by the Company and, as applicable, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause it to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission. No order preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectuses, the Prospectus Supplements, the Prospectuses or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (as defined herein) has been issued by the Commission or any Canadian Qualifying Authority. The Canadian Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof with the Canadian Qualifying Authorities, complied in all material respects and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with Canadian Securities Laws. The Canadian Prospectus, as
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amended or supplemented, as of its date, did not and, as of the Time of Sale and Closing Date, will not contain a misrepresentation, as defined under Canadian Securities Laws. The Canadian Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date, did and, as of the Time of Sale and Closing Date, will contain full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts relating to the Securities and to the Company. The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Canadian Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriter expressly for use therein. The U.S. Prospectus, at the time first filed in accordance with General Instruction II.L. of Form F-10, conformed in all material respects and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will conform in all material respects to the Canadian Prospectus, except for such deletions therefrom and additions thereto as are permitted or required by Form F-10 and the Rules and Regulations. The Company has delivered to the Underwriter one complete copy of each of the Canadian Base Prospectus and the Registration Statement and a copy of each consent of experts filed as a part thereof, and conformed copies of the Canadian Base Prospectus, the Registration Statement (without exhibits) and the Prospectuses, as amended or supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as the Underwriter has reasonably requested. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and at the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Securities, the Company was not and, as of the date of this Agreement, is not, an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 under the Act that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer. “Time of Sale” means 7:00 a.m. New York City time on the date of this Agreement.
(c) Accuracy. Each part of the Registration Statement, when such part became or becomes effective, at any deemed effective date pursuant to Form F-10 and the Rules and Regulations on the date of filing thereof with the Commission and at the Time of Sale and Closing Date, and the U.S. Prospectus, on the date of filing thereof with the Commission and at the Time of Sale and Closing Date, conformed in all material respects or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Rules and Regulations; each part of the Registration Statement, when such part became or becomes effective, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the U.S. Prospectus, on the date of filing thereof with the Commission, and the U.S. Prospectus and the applicable Permitted Free Writing Prospectus(es), if any, issued at or prior to such Time of Sale, taken together (collectively, and with respect to the Securities, together with the public offering price of such Securities, the “Disclosure Package”) and at the Time of Sale and Closing Date, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; except that the foregoing shall not apply to statements or omissions in any such document made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement, the U.S. Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such herein.
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(d) Capitalization. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Common Shares; all of the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company, being the Common Shares, have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with all applicable Canadian, U.S. and other securities laws and were not issued in violation of any pre-emptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right; the Common Shares are duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, on the Nasdaq and the TSXV. The Common Shares are also duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
(e) Due Incorporation. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a company in good standing under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, with full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as is or will be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package.
(f) Subsidiaries. The Company is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which (individually or in the aggregate) could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) the business, general affairs, management, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries (each, a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”), taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”).
(g) Material Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries listed on Schedule I hereto (each, a “Material Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Material Subsidiaries”) are the only Subsidiaries that are “significant subsidiaries” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Act or are otherwise material to the Company; no Material Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Material Subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Material Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other Material Subsidiary of the Company; all of the issued share capital of or other ownership interests in each Material Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and (except as otherwise set forth in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company free and clear of any lien, charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, claim, or other encumbrance of any kind whatsoever (any “Lien”); each Material Subsidiary has been duly organized and validly exists as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package; each Material Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which (individually or in the aggregate) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(h) Agreement Duly Authorized and No Breach of Obligations or Charter. The Company has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, as the case may be, except as the enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or general equitable principles. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the performance of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and the application of the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Securities to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds” do not and will not (i) violate the organizational documents of the Company or any Material Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Company or any Material Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the terms or provisions of, or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or give any other party a right to terminate any of its obligations under, or result in the acceleration of any obligation under any contract to which the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries or any of its properties is bound or affected, or violate or conflict with any judgment, ruling, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court or other governmental agency or body applicable to the business or properties of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries. This Agreement conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package.
(i) The Securities. The Company has full power and authority (corporate or otherwise) to issue the Securities and to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Warrants. The Securities to be delivered by the Company on the Closing Date have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will have been issued in compliance with all applicable Canadian, United States and other securities laws and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar right that entitles any person to acquire any securities from the Company. The Warrant Shares have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance pursuant to the terms of the Warrants, and when issued and delivered upon valid exercise in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will have been issued in compliance with all applicable Canadian, United States and other securities laws and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar right that entitles any person to acquire any securities from the Company. The Securities conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectuses and the Prospectuses. Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectuses and the Prospectuses, the Company has no outstanding warrants, options to purchase, or any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any securities of the Company. Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectuses and the Prospectuses, no holder of any security of the Company has any rights to require registration or qualification under the Securities Act or the Canadian Securities Laws of any security of the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Units contemplated hereby, and any such rights so disclosed have either been fully complied with by the Company or effectively waived by the holders thereof.
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(j) Compliance with Applicable Laws; No Defaults. Neither the Company nor any Material Subsidiary: (i) is in violation of its certificate or articles of incorporation, notice of articles, articles, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents, (ii) is in default under, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company or any Material Subsidiary pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject, or (iii) is in violation, in any material respect, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package of any, Canadian, U.S. or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment, decree or order of any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body, except with respect to (i), (ii) and (iii) above, in any such case for violations or defaults that could not (individually or in the aggregate) reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the distribution of the Securities and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, do not and will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company or any Material Subsidiary pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement, instrument, franchise, license or permit to which the Company or any Material Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Material Subsidiary or their respective properties, operations or assets may be bound or (ii) violate or conflict with any provision of the certificate or articles of incorporation, notice of articles, articles, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of the Company or any Material Subsidiary, or (iii) violate or conflict with any statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment, decree or order of any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body, Canadian, U.S. or other, except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, qualification, license, filing and permit of, with and from any judicial, regulatory and other legal or governmental agencies and bodies and any third parties, Canadian, U.S. or foreign (collectively, “Consents”) is required in connection with the distribution of the Securities or the consummation of the transactions as contemplated by this Agreement, other than (i) as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Securities are being offered, (ii) as have been obtained and are in full force and effect and (iii) as may be required under the rules of the Nasdaq, the TSXV or the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on or before the Time of Sale and Closing Date.
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(m) Due Authorization. The Company has the necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package and, if applicable, will have the necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver any amendment to the Registration Statement or Prospectuses prior to the filing thereof, and all necessary corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the execution and delivery by it of the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package and the filing thereof, as the case may be, in each of the Canadian Qualifying Jurisdictions under Canadian Securities Laws or with the Commission under the Act, as applicable.
(n) No Pre-emptive Rights. Except as described in this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, the Company has no outstanding warrants, options to purchase, or any pre-emptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell any Securities or other security of the Company or any security convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Securities or any other security of the Company; except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, no person has any rights to require registration or qualification under the Act or the Canadian Securities Laws of any security in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities contemplated hereby, and any such rights so disclosed have either been fully complied with by the Company or effectively waived by the holders thereof.
(o) All Requisite Consents. The Company and each Material Subsidiary has all requisite Consents to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as it is now being conducted, in each case as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, and each such Consent is valid and in full force and effect, except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any Material Subsidiary has received notice of any investigation or proceedings which, if decided adversely to the Company or any such Material Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to result in, the revocation of, or imposition of a materially burdensome restriction on, any such Consent.
(p) Legal Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, there are no actions, suits, judgments, investigations or proceedings of any kind whatsoever outstanding or pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Company or the Material Subsidiaries, or to the Company’s knowledge, their respective directors or officers, in their capacities as directors or officers of the Company, at law or in equity or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau or agency of any kind whatsoever.
(q) Independent Accountant. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which has audited the annual consolidated financial statements of the Company that are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, and whose reports appear or are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, are independent public accountants as required under Canadian Securities Laws and there has never been a reportable event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations (“NI 51-102”)) between the Company and such auditors nor has there been any event which has led PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to threaten to resign as auditors.
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(r) No Reportable Event. There has not been any reportable event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 of the Canadian Securities Administrators) between the Company and its auditors.
(s) Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Company, including the notes thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position as of the dates indicated and the cash flows and results of operations for the periods specified of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries; said consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved; the other financial and statistical information relating to the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, present fairly the information included therein and have been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the financial statements of the Company that are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package and the books and records of the Company. The audited financial statements of the Company for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, and notes thereto, which are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, are true and correct in every material respect as at the date thereof and present fairly and accurately reflect the consolidated financial position and results of the operations of the Company as at the date thereof or for the period then ended, as applicable, and such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis. The unaudited financial statements of the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and notes thereto which are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, are true and correct in every material respect as at the date thereof and present fairly and accurately reflect the consolidated financial position and results of the operations of the Company as at the date thereof or for the period then ended, as applicable, and such financial statements were prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis.
(t) Stock Plan. Each outstanding stock option granted under any stock option plan of the Company (each, a “Stock Plan”) was granted with a per share exercise price no less than the closing market price for the Common Shares on the TSXV on the trading date immediately preceding the grant date of such option, and no such grant involved any “back-dating,” “forward-dating” or similar practice with respect to the effective date of such grant; each such option (i) was granted in compliance with applicable law and with the applicable Stock Plan(s), (ii) was duly approved by the board of directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) of the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, and (iii) has been properly accounted for in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and disclosed, to the extent required, in the Company’s filings or submissions with the Commission and the Canadian Qualifying Authorities.
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(u) No Material Adverse Changes. Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, there has not been any adverse material change of any kind whatsoever in the financial position or condition of the Company and the Material Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, or any damage, loss or other change of any kind whatsoever in circumstances materially affecting their business, affairs, capital, prospects or assets, or the right or capacity of the Company and the Material Subsidiaries to carry on their business, considered on a consolidated basis, such business having been carried on in the ordinary course (each, a “Material Adverse Change”).
(v) Investment Company. The Company is not and, after giving effect to application of the net proceeds of the offering of the Securities as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, will not be, required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and is not and will not be an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of such act.
(w) Labor Matters. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any Material Subsidiary currently exists or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Material Subsidiaries, is imminent. Neither the Company nor any Material Subsidiary is a party to any collective bargaining agreement and, to the knowledge of the Company and the Material Subsidiaries no action has been taken or is contemplated to organize any employees of the Company or any Material Subsidiary.
(x) Compliance with Environmental Laws. None of the Company nor the Material Subsidiaries has been in violation of, in connection with the ownership, use, maintenance or operation of its property and assets, any applicable federal, provincial, state, municipal or local laws, by-laws, regulations, orders, policies, permits, licenses, certificates or approvals having the force of law, domestic or foreign, relating to environmental, health or safety matters or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) the Company and the Material Subsidiaries have occupied their respective properties and have received, handled, used, stored, treated, shipped and disposed of all pollutants, contaminants, hazardous or toxic materials, controlled or dangerous substances or wastes in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and
(ii) there are no orders, rulings or directives issued against the Company or the Material Subsidiaries, and there are no orders, rulings or directives pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or the Material Subsidiaries under or pursuant to any Environmental Laws requiring any work, repairs, construction or capital expenditures with respect to any property or assets of the Company or its Material Subsidiaries;
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(y) Liabilities related to Environmental Laws. No notice with respect to any of the matters referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph (x), including any alleged violations by the Company or the Material Subsidiaries with respect thereto has been received by the Company or the Material Subsidiaries, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no writ, injunction, order or judgement is outstanding, and no legal proceeding under or pursuant to any Environmental Laws or relating to the ownership, use, maintenance or operation of the property and assets of the Company or the Material Subsidiaries is in progress, threatened or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, pending, and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, there are no grounds or conditions which exist, on or under any property now or previously owned, operated or leased by the Company or the Material Subsidiaries, on which any such legal proceeding might be commenced with any reasonable likelihood of success or with the passage of time, or the giving of notice or both, would give rise.
(z) Tax Matters. All tax returns, reports, elections, remittances, filings, withholdings and payments of the Company and the Subsidiaries required by law to have been remitted, filed or made, have been remitted, filed or made (as the case may be) and are substantially true, complete and correct and all taxes owing of the Company as at December 31, 2020 have been paid or accrued in the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have been assessed for all applicable taxes to and including the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 and have received all appropriate refunds, made adequate provision for taxes payable for all subsequent periods and the Company is not aware of any material contingent tax liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries not adequately reflected in the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, assessments, reassessments, claims or investigations in progress, pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of taxes, governmental charges, assessments or reassessments; and there are no liens for taxes upon the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than for taxes (i) not yet due and payable, or (ii) being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established.
(aa) No Transfer Taxes. There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Canadian or U.S. federal law or the laws of any state, province or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company or sale by the Company of the Securities.
(bb) No Stamp Duty, Registration or Documentary Taxes. No stamp duty, registration or documentary taxes, duties or similar charges are payable under the federal laws of Canada or the laws of any province in connection with: (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement; or (ii) the enforcement or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement; or (iii) the issuance, sale and delivery to the Underwriter of the Units; or (iv) the sale of the Units through the Underwriter to U.S. residents.
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(cc) Insurance. The Company and the Material Subsidiaries maintain insurance against loss of, or damage to, its material assets including property and casualty insurance for all of its operations; and all of the policies in respect of such insurance are in amounts and on terms that in the view of Company’s management are reasonable for operations such as these, and are in good standing and not in default it being understood that the Company does not maintain title insurance over any of its properties.
(dd) No Franchise, Contract or Other Document. All contracts and agreements material to the Company and the Subsidiaries, collectively, other than those entered into in the ordinary course of its business as presently conducted (collectively, the “Material Contracts”) have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package and neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries has approved, entered into any binding agreement in respect of, or has any knowledge of, the purchase of any material property or assets or any interest therein or the sale, transfer or other disposition of any material property or assets or any interest therein currently owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or a Subsidiary, whether by asset sale, transfer of shares or otherwise.
(ee) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and its Material Subsidiaries maintain, and will maintain, at all times during the term of this Agreement, a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with applicable generally accepted accounting principles, and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference.
(ff) No Change in the Company’s Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Since the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, there has been no change in accounting policies or practices of the Company or the Subsidiaries.
(gg) Disclosure Controls. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act and Canadian Securities Laws) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and Canadian Securities Laws; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(hh) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of its directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith applicable to the Company, except as any such failure would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(ii) Statistical, Industry-Related and Market-Related Data. The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package are based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived.
(jj) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. None of the Company, any Subsidiary or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its employees or agents, has at any time during the last five years (i) made any unlawful contribution to any candidate for non-United States office, or failed to disclose fully any such contribution in violation of law, or (ii) made any payment to any federal or state governmental officer or official, or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required or permitted by the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction thereof; the operations of the Company and each Subsidiary are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) and the money laundering statutes of all other applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(kk) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not knowingly, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities hereunder, or knowingly lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC.
(ll) Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws. None of the Company, the Subsidiaries nor to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective employees or agents have, in connection with the affairs of the Company, made any unlawful contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state, provincial or foreign office, or failed to disclose fully any contribution, in violation of any law, or made any payment to any foreign, Canadian, United States or provincial or state governmental officer or official, or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required or permitted by applicable laws.
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(mm) Cybersecurity. (i)(x) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package, there has been no material security breach or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company’s information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data, equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”) and (y) the Company has not been notified of, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any material security breach or other compromise to its IT Systems and Data; (ii) the Company is presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except as would not, in the case of this clause (ii), individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) the Company has implemented backup and disaster recovery technology consistent with industry standards and practices.
(nn) Canadian Reporting Issuer; Listing of Common Shares. The Company (i) is a reporting issuer (within the meaning of Canadian Securities Laws) or the equivalent in the Canadian Qualifying Jurisdictions, and (ii) is not in default of any of the requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws of the Canadian Qualifying Jurisdictions; the outstanding Common Shares of the Company are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act; the Common Shares are listed for trading on the TSXV, the Nasdaq and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and the Company is not in default of any requirement of the TSXV, the Nasdaq or the Frankfurt Stock Exchange applicable to the Company including, for avoidance of doubt, any requirement that shareholder approval be obtained for the offering or the issuance of the Securities.
(oo) No Commissions or Finder’s Fees. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses or the Disclosure Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or the Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Securities.
(pp) Lending Relationship with the Underwriter; Repayment of Debts. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses or the Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of the Underwriter or (ii) intends to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of the Underwriter.
(qq) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Act) has taken, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
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(rr) Accurate Disclosure. The statements set forth in the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and the Disclosure Package under the headings “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”, “Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations”, “Description of Offered Securities”, “Consolidated Capitalization”, and “Enforceability of Certain Civil Liabilities”, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are, in all material respects, accurate, complete and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.
(ss) Transfer Agent and Registrar. The registrar and transfer agent for the Common Shares is Computershare Trust Company of Canada at its principal offices in Vancouver, BC and Toronto, Ontario.
(tt) Minute Books and Corporate Records. The minute books and records of the Company and the Material Subsidiaries made available to counsel for the Underwriter in connection with its due diligence investigation of the Company and the Material Subsidiaries contain copies of all proceedings (or certified copies thereof or drafts thereof pending approval) of the shareholders, the directors and all committees of directors of the Company and the Material Subsidiaries to the date of review of such corporate records and minute books and there have been no other meetings, resolutions or proceedings of the shareholders, directors or any committees of the directors of the Company or the Material Subsidiaries to the date of this Agreement not reflected in such minute books and other records.
(uu) Foreign Private Issuer. The Company is, and upon completion of the transactions described herein, will be, a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 3b-4 under the Exchange Act.
(vv) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriter shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as the case may be, to the Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.
2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Units.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriter and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company, at the U.S. purchase price set forth in Schedule II hereto, the Units. As compensation for the services rendered to the Company by the Underwriter in respect of the Offering, the Company will pay to the Underwriter a commission for Units sold to the Underwriter under this Agreement, in U.S. currency, as set forth in Schedule II hereto, payable on the Closing Date, which may be netted against the payment per Unit from the Underwriter to the Company for the Units.
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(b) Payment of the purchase price for the Units, and delivery of certificates representing the Shares and Warrants, shall be made at the offices of Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, New York, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Company, at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on October 25, 2021, or such other time and date as the Underwriter and the Company may agree upon in writing (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of certificates for the Shares shall be made to the Underwriter through a transfer to the accounts at The Depository Trust Company designated by the Underwriter, or through the facilities of CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. for the account of the Underwriter, and delivery of certificates for the Warrants shall be made by the Company as directed in writing by the Underwriter, against payment of the purchase price for the Units by wire transfer in same day funds to or as directed in writing by the Company. The Shares and Warrants shall be registered in such name or names and shall be in such denominations as the Underwriter may request. The Company will permit the Underwriter to examine and package any certificates for delivery on the business day prior to the Closing Date.
(c) The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the terms of this Agreement and the Offering (including the price of the Units and commission with respect to the Units) were negotiated at arm’s length between sophisticated parties represented by counsel; (ii) the Underwriter’s obligations to the Company in respect of the Offering are set forth in this Agreement in their entirety; and (iii) it has obtained such legal, tax, accounting and other advice as it deems appropriate with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any other activities undertaken in connection therewith, and it is not relying on the Underwriter with respect to any such matters.
(d) The Underwriter shall be permitted to appoint additional investment dealers or brokers (each, a “Selling Firm”) as agents in the Offering and the Underwriter may determine the remuneration payable to such Selling Firm. The Underwriter may offer the Units, directly and through Selling Firms or any affiliates of the Underwriter, in the United States for sale to the public or to purchasers otherwise permitted to purchase the Units in accordance with the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations and the Canadian Securities Laws and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectuses and in this Agreement. The Underwriter shall require any Selling Firm appointed by the Underwriter to agree to the foregoing and the Underwriter shall be responsible for the compliance by such Selling Firm with the provisions of this Agreement. The Underwriter shall promptly notify the Company when, in its opinion, the distribution of the Units has ceased.
(e) In addition to the other covenants and agreements of the Underwriter contained herein, the Underwriter further covenants and agrees with the Company that:
(i) it will not, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any Units to any Canadian resident;
(ii) it will not authorize or direct any Selling Firm to, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any Units to any Canadian resident;
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(iii) at the Closing Date, the Company will have received an “all-sold” certificate of the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company and its counsel, that, to best of the knowledge of the Underwriter, it has not and will not, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any Units to any Canadian resident; and
(iv) it will include, in the applicable documentation confirming each sale of Units to each purchaser, a statement from the Underwriter that it is the Underwriter’s understanding such purchaser is not a Canadian resident.
3. Offering. The Underwriter proposes to offer the Units for sale to the public upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectuses.
4. Covenants of the Company. In addition to the other covenants and agreements of the Company contained herein, the Company further covenants and agrees with the Underwriter that:
(a) The Company will comply with the Shelf Procedures and General Instruction II.L of Form F-10 under the Securities Act. Prior to the termination of the Offering, the Company will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement or amendment to the Prospectuses unless the Company has furnished a copy to the Underwriter and its legal counsel for their review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Underwriter reasonably objects. The Company will cause the Prospectuses, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed, each in a form approved by the Underwriter with the Reviewing Authority in accordance with the Shelf Procedures (in the case of the Canadian Prospectus) and with the Commission pursuant to General Instruction II.L of Form F-10 (in the case of the U.S. Prospectus) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Underwriter of such timely filings. The Company will promptly advise the Underwriter (1) when the U.S. Prospectus and any supplement thereto shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to General Instruction II.L of Form F-10, (2) when the Canadian Prospectus shall have been filed with the Reviewing Authority pursuant to the Shelf Procedures, (3) when, prior to termination of the Offering, any amendment to the Registration Statement or the Canadian Prospectus shall have been filed or become effective or a Decision Document in respect of any such amendment has been issued, as the case may be, (4) of any request by the Canadian Qualifying Authorities or the Commission for any amendment of or supplement to the Canadian Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the U.S. Prospectus, as applicable, or for any additional information, (5) of the Company’s intention to file, or prepare any supplement or amendment to, the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (6) of the time when any amendment to the Canadian Prospectus has been filed with or receipted by the Reviewing Authority, or of the filing with or mailing or the delivery to the Commission for filing of any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or the U.S. Prospectus, (7) of the issuance by the Canadian Qualifying Authorities or the Commission of any cease trade order or any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Canadian Prospectus or the Registration Statement, as applicable, or any post-effective amendment thereto, or suspending the use of any Prospectuses or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or, in each case, of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings therefor, (8) of the receipt of any comments or communications from the Reviewing Authority, the Commission or any other regulatory authority relating to the Prospectuses, the Registration Statement, or the listing of the Shares and the Warrant Shares on the TSXV, the Nasdaq or the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and (9) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Units for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose. If the Canadian Qualifying Authorities or the Commission shall propose or enter a cease trade order or a stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such cease trade order or stop order and, if issued, to obtain the lifting of such order as soon as possible.
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(b) The Company will prepare and file with the Reviewing Authority, promptly after the date of this Agreement, and in any event no later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the date succeeding the date of this Agreement, and in conformity in all material respects with applicable Canadian Securities Laws, the Canadian Prospectus.
(c) The Company will prepare and file with the Commission, promptly after the date of this Agreement, and in any event no later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the date succeeding the date of this Agreement, the U.S. Prospectus.
(d) If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package (prior to the availability of the U.S. Prospectus) or the U.S. Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would, in the judgment of the Underwriter or the Company, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing at the time of delivery of such Pricing Disclosure Package or U.S. Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) to the purchaser, not misleading, or if to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations it shall be necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package, the U.S. Prospectus or the Registration Statement, or to file any document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the U.S. Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, the Company will notify the Underwriter promptly and prepare and file with the Canadian Qualifying Authorities and/or the Commission an appropriate amendment, supplement or document (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter) that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, and will use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as possible. The Company will promptly notify the Underwriter immediately if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (A) completion of the distribution of the Units within the meaning of the Securities Act and (B) completion of the 90-day restricted period referred to in Section 4(j) hereof.
(e) The Company will not, without the prior consent of the Underwriter, (i) make any offer relating to the Units that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, except for any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus set forth in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show previously approved by the Underwriter, or (ii) file, refer to, approve, use or authorize the use of any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
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Act with respect to the Offering or the Units. If at any time any event shall have occurred as a result of which any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would, in the judgment of the Underwriter or the Company, conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectuses or the Prospectuses as then amended or supplemented or would, in the judgment of the Underwriter or the Company, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing at the time of delivery to the purchaser, not misleading, or if to comply with the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations it shall be necessary at any time to amend or supplement any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Company will notify the Underwriter promptly and, if requested by the Underwriter, prepare and furnish without charge to the Underwriter an appropriate amendment or supplement (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter) that will correct such statement, omission or conflict or effect such compliance.
(f) The Company has complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of Rule 433 with respect to each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus including, without limitation, all prospectus delivery, filing, record retention and legending requirements applicable to each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(g) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith and a conformed copy of the Form F-X with respect to the Registration Statement. The Company shall forthwith cause to be delivered to the Underwriter in such cities in the United States as they may reasonably request, without charge, such numbers of commercial copies of the U.S. Prospectus, excluding any documents incorporated by reference therein, as the Underwriter shall reasonably require, which deliveries shall be effected as soon as possible and, in any event, in New York not later than 12:00 p.m. local time on the next business day, provided that the Underwriter has given the Company written instructions as to the number of copies required and the places to which such copies are to be delivered not less than 24 hours prior to the time requested for delivery. Such delivery shall also confirm that the Company consents to the use by the Underwriter and any dealer of the U.S. Prospectus in connection with the Offering in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(h) Promptly from time to time, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriter, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, Canadian (other than Québec), U.S. or foreign, as the Underwriter may designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Units, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject or require registration of the Securities or require the Company to file a prospectus in such jurisdiction or subject the Company to ongoing reporting requirements in such jurisdiction.
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(i) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement of the Company (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.
(j) During the period of 90 days from the date of the Prospectuses (the “Lock-Up Period”), without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, the Company (i) will not, directly or indirectly, issue, offer, sell, agree to issue, offer or sell, solicit offers to purchase, grant any call option, warrant or other right to purchase, purchase any put option or other right to sell, pledge, borrow or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, or make any public announcement of any of the foregoing, (ii) will not establish or increase any “put equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease any “call equivalent position” (in each case within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations) with respect to any securities of the Company, and (iii) will not otherwise enter into any swap, derivative or other transaction or arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any economic consequence of ownership of securities of the Company, whether or not such transaction is to be settled by delivery of securities of the Company, other securities, cash or other consideration; and the Company will obtain an undertaking of each of the Company’s officers and directors listed on Schedule III attached hereto (in substantially the form of Annex A hereto), not to engage in any of the aforementioned transactions on their own behalf, other than the sale of Units as contemplated by this Agreement or as otherwise permitted under the terms of such undertaking. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth in this Section 4(j) shall not apply to (i) issuances of Warrant Shares upon due exercise of the Warrants; (ii) grants of options or the issuance of Common Shares by the Company pursuant to equity incentive plans described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectuses or the Prospectuses; (iii) securities issued upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities; (iv) securities issued pursuant to a merger, consolidation, acquisition or similar business combination approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (a “Business Combination”), provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities; or (v) securities issued to fund a Business Combination. The Company will not qualify a prospectus under Canadian Securities Laws or file a registration statement under the Securities Act in connection with any transaction by the Company or any person that is prohibited pursuant to the foregoing, except for registration statements on Form S-8 relating to employee benefit plans.
(k) During the period of three years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company will furnish to the Underwriter copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to the Underwriter as soon as they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Canadian Qualifying Authorities, the Commission, the TSXV, the Nasdaq or the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, or any other securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; provided, however that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no obligation to provide under this Section 4(k): (x) any document or information required to be delivered pursuant to this paragraph that is made available on EDGAR or SEDAR; (y) any document or information that the Company believes, acting reasonably, not to be material; or (z) any document or information that the Company believes, acting reasonably, it is prohibited by applicable law from disclosing under the circumstances.
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(l) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Shares and the Warrant Shares on the TSXV, the Nasdaq and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
(m) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Units as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing Prospectuses and the Prospectuses.
(n) The Company will not take, and will cause its affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(o) The Company shall provide the Underwriter with a draft of any press release to be issued in connection with the Offering, and will provide the Underwriter and its counsel sufficient time to comment thereon and will accept all reasonable comments of the Underwriter and its counsel on such press releases.
(p) The Underwriter covenants and agrees with the Company that such Underwriter will not use or refer to any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) without the prior written consent of the Company, except for any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus set forth in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show previously approved by the Underwriter. The Company and the Underwriter agree that any such free writing prospectus, the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the Underwriter, is listed in Schedule II hereto.
(q) During the distribution of the Units: (i) the Company shall prepare, in consultation with the Underwriter, any “marketing materials” (as such term is defined in National Instrument 41-101 – General Prospectus Requirements) (“NI 41-101”), including any template version thereof, to be provided to potential investors in the Units, and approve in writing any such marketing materials (including any template version thereof), as may reasonably be requested by the Underwriter, such marketing materials to comply with Canadian Securities Laws and to be acceptable in form and substance to the Company and the Underwriter and their respective counsel, acting reasonably, (ii) the Underwriter shall approve in writing any such marketing materials, as contemplated by the Canadian Securities Laws and shall not use any marketing materials until such time as the Company confirms in writing that the marketing materials have been approved in accordance with National Instrument 44-101; and (iii) the Company shall: (A) deliver any such marketing materials (or any template version thereof) to the Reviewing Authority as soon as reasonably practicable after such marketing materials are so approved in writing by the Company and the Underwriter, and in any event on or before the day the marketing materials are first provided to any potential investor of Units; and (B) provide a contractual right in accordance with paragraph 9A.5(2)(b) of National Instrument 44-102 containing the language set out in subsection 36A.1(5) of Form 41-101F1, or words to the same effect, except that the language may specify that the contractual right does not apply to any comparables provided in accordance with paragraph 9A.5(3) of National Instrument 44-102.
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(r) Each of the Company and the Underwriter covenants and agrees that, during the distribution of the Units, it will not provide any potential investor with any materials or information in relation to the distribution of the Units or the Company other than the Prospectuses and any amendments or supplements thereto in accordance with this Agreement, provided that: (A) any such materials that constitute marketing materials have been approved and delivered in accordance with Section 4(q); and (B) any such materials that constitute standard term sheets have been approved in writing by the Company and the Underwriter and are provided in compliance with Canadian Securities Laws.
(s) Notwithstanding Section 4(q) and 4(r), following the approval and delivery of a template version of marketing materials in accordance with Section 4(q), the Underwriter may provide a “limited-use version” (as such term is defined in NI 41-101) of such template version to potential investors in the Units in accordance with Canadian Securities Laws.
5. Payment of Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectuses are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company hereby agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including the following: (i) all expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectuses, the Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectuses, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any and all amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriter and dealers; (ii) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the qualification of the Securities under Canadian Securities Laws, the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act and the Offering; (iii) the cost of producing this Agreement and any blue sky survey, closing documents and other instruments, agreements or documents (including any compilations thereof) in connection with the Offering; (iv) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under United States state securities, or “blue sky”, laws as provided in Section 4(h) hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with such qualification and in connection with any blue sky survey; (v) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with compliance with the rules and regulations of FINRA in connection with the Offering; (vi) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares and Warrant Shares on the TSXV, the Nasdaq and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange; (vii) all travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and any other expense of the Company incurred in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Units; (viii) any transfer taxes incurred in connection with this Agreement or the Offering; and (ix) the fees and expenses of the Underwriter, including legal counsel for the Underwriter (inclusive of clauses (iv) and (v) of this Section 5) in an amount not to exceed $150,000 in the aggregate. The Company also will pay or cause to be paid: (a) the cost of preparing certificates representing the Shares and Warrants; (b) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar for the Shares and Warrants; and (c) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 5.
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6. Conditions of Underwriter’s Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Units, as provided herein, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein contained, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:
(a) The Canadian Prospectus shall have been filed with the Reviewing Authority and the U.S. Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in a timely fashion in accordance with Section 4 hereof; no order of any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange in Canada to cease distribution of the Securities under the Canadian Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, shall have been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, and no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the U.S. Pricing Prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, shall have been issued by the Commission and no proceedings therefor shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; all requests for additional information on the part of the Canadian Qualifying Authorities or the Commission shall have been complied with to the Underwriter’s reasonable satisfaction; and all necessary regulatory or stock exchange approvals shall have been received.
(b) At the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received the written opinion of Miller Thomson LLP, Canadian counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter.
(c) At the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received the written opinion and negative assurance statement of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, United States corporate counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and its counsel.
(d) At the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received the written negative assurance statement of Goodwin Procter LLP, the Underwriter’s United States counsel (the “Underwriter’s Counsel”), dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, with respect to such matters as the Underwriter may require, and the Company shall have furnished to Underwriter’s Counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(e) At the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date, and as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (g) of this Section 6.
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(f) At the time this Agreement is executed and at the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received comfort letters, from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent chartered accountants for the Company, dated as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, respectively, and addressed to the Underwriter and its U.S. or Canadian affiliates, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act, are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualifications of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, are in good standing with the Canadian Public Accountability Board and stating, as of the date of such letter, the conclusions and findings of said firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by its letter delivered to the Underwriter, and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and Underwriter’s Counsel.
(g) Neither the Company nor any Material Subsidiary shall have sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectuses and the Prospectuses, any material loss or interference with its business or properties from fire, explosion, flood, hurricane, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any legal or governmental proceeding, other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectuses and the Prospectuses (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto); and subsequent to the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectuses and the Prospectuses (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been any change in the share capital or long-term or short-term debt of the Company or any Subsidiary or any change or any development involving a change, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, in the business, general affairs, management, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries, individually or taken as a whole, the effect of which, in any such case described above, is, in the judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Offering on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectuses and the Prospectuses (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(h) The Underwriter shall have received a duly executed lock-up agreement from each person who is a director or executive officer of the Company listed on Schedule III hereto, in each case substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A.
(i) At the Closing Date, the Shares and Warrant Shares shall have been conditionally approved for listing on the TSXV and the Company shall have submitted an additional listing application for the Shares and the Warrant Shares to the Nasdaq.
(j) At the Closing Date, FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements for the Offering.
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(k) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter satisfactory evidence of its due and valid authorization of National Registered Agents, Inc. as its agent to receive service of process in the United States pursuant to Section 14 hereof, and satisfactory evidence from National Registered Agents, Inc. accepting its appointment as such agent.
(l) The Company shall have furnished the Underwriter and Underwriter’s Counsel with such other certificates, opinions or other documents as they may have reasonably requested.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, or if any of the certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to the Underwriter or to Underwriter’s Counsel pursuant to this Section 6 shall not be satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and to Underwriter’s Counsel, acting reasonably, all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be cancelled by the Underwriter at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone. Any such telephone notice shall be confirmed promptly thereafter in writing.
7. Indemnification.
(a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, each of the officers and directors of the Underwriter and each other person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under Canadian Securities Laws, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in any Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus, as originally filed or in any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, in the Registration Statement, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or in any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or (B) in any other materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the Offering, including in any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) for the Offering (“Marketing Materials”), or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus, as originally filed or in any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, in the Registration Statement, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or in any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or in any Marketing Materials, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made (in the case of any Prospectus), not misleading; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent but only to the extent that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriter expressly for use therein. The parties agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriter consists solely of the material referred to in Section 16 hereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, including but not limited to other liability under this Agreement.
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(b) The Underwriter shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the officers and directors of the Company, and each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under Canadian Securities Laws, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus, as originally filed or any amendment thereof or amendment thereto, or in the Registration Statement, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriter specifically for use therein; provided, however, that in no case shall the Underwriter be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting commission applicable to the Units to be purchased by the Underwriter hereunder. The parties agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriter consists solely of the material referred to in Section 16 hereof.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of any claims or the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of the claim or the commencement thereof (but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it may have under this Section 7, unless and to the extent such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses). In case any such claim or action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate, at its own expense in the defense of such action, and to the extent it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party acting reasonably; provided however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the written consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the
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foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case (including one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction), but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, (iii) the indemnifying party does not diligently defend the action after assumption of the defense, or (iv) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or additional to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying parties. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened claim, investigation, action or proceeding in respect of which indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought by an indemnified party under this Section 7 or Section 8 hereof (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, investigation, action or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or any failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested in writing an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for any fees and expenses as contemplated by this Section 7(c), then the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 business days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have fully reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such indemnified party shall have given the indemnifying party at least 30 days’ prior written notice of its intention to settle.
8. Contribution. In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 7 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable from any indemnifying party or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified thereunder, the Company and the Underwriter shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnification provision (including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting in the case of losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by the Company, any contribution received by the Company from persons other than the Underwriter, who may also be liable for contribution, including persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, officers of the Company who signed the Canadian Prospectuses and the Registration Statement and each director of the Company) as incurred to which the Company and the Underwriter may be subject, in such proportions as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Underwriter from the Offering or, if such
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allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportions as are appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Underwriter in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Underwriter shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x) the total proceeds from the Offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Company bears to (y) the underwriting discount or commissions received by the Underwriter, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the U.S. Prospectus. The relative fault of each of the Company and the Underwriter shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriter and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 8. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 8 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, (i) the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the discounts and commissions applicable to the Units underwritten by it and distributed to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each officer and director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties, notify each party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it or they may have under this Section 8 or otherwise.
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9. Default by the Company. If the Company shall fail at the Closing Date to sell the number of Units that it is obligated to sell hereunder, then this Agreement shall terminate without any liability on the part of the Underwriter; provided, however, that the provisions of Sections 1, 5, 7, 8 and 10 shall remain in full force and effect. No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve the Company from liability, if any, in respect of such default.
10. Survival of Representations and Agreements. All representations and warranties, covenants and agreements of the Underwriter and the Company contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any Subsidiary submitted pursuant hereto, including the agreements contained in Section 5, the indemnity agreements contained in Section 7 and the contribution agreements contained in Section 8, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriter or any controlling person thereof or by or on behalf of the Company, any of its officers and directors or any controlling person thereof, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Units to and by the Underwriter. The representations contained in Section 1 and the agreements contained in Sections 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 hereof shall survive any termination of this Agreement, including termination pursuant to Section 11 hereof.
11. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall become effective when the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement.
(b) The Underwriter shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the Closing Date if, at or after the Applicable Time, (i) any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of the Underwriter will in the immediate future materially disrupt, the market for the Company’s securities or securities in general; or (ii) trading in the Common Shares shall have been suspended by the Commission, the Canadian Qualifying Authorities, the TSXV, the Nasdaq or the Frankfurt Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the TSXV, the Nasdaq or the Frankfurt Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or been made subject to material limitations, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the TSXV, the Nasdaq or the Frankfurt Stock Exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or (iii) a banking moratorium has been declared by any U.S. state or U.S. or Canadian federal authority or any material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services shall have occurred; or (iv) any downgrading shall have occurred in the Company’s corporate credit rating or the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act) or any such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities or any notice or announcement shall have been given or made of any watch, review or possible change that does not indicate an affirmation or improvement in the rating accorded; or (v) (A) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or there is a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (B) there shall have been any other calamity or crisis or any change in political, financial or economic conditions if the effect of any such event in (A) or (B), in the judgment of the Underwriter, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of the Units on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectuses.
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(c) Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be in writing.
(d) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to any of the provisions hereof or if the sale of the Units provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriter set forth herein is not satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof, the Company will, subject to demand by the Underwriter, reimburse the Underwriter for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel), incurred by the Underwriter in connection herewith in an amount not to exceed $150,000 in the aggregate.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder, except as may be otherwise specifically provided herein, shall be in writing, and:
(a) if sent to the Underwriter, shall be delivered, or faxed and confirmed in writing, to Spartan Capital Securities, LLC, 45 Broadway - 19th Floor, New York, NY 10006, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, with a copy to Goodwin Procter LLP, The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10018, Attention: Thomas S. Levato, Esq.; and
(b) if sent to the Company, shall be delivered, or faxed and confirmed in writing to the Company and its counsel at the addresses set forth in the Registration Statement.
Any such notices and other communications shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof.
13. Parties. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Underwriter, the Company and the controlling persons, directors, officers, employees and agents referred to in Sections 7 and 8 hereof, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and said controlling persons and their respective successors, officers, directors, heirs and legal representatives, and it is not for the benefit of any other person, firm or corporation. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of Units from the Underwriter.
14. Governing Law and Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The Company irrevocably (a) submits to the jurisdiction of any court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of the State of New York (each, a “New York Court”) for the purpose of any suit, action, or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement, or any of the agreements or transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectuses (each, a “Proceeding”), (b) agrees that all claims in respect of any Proceeding may be heard and determined in any New York Court, (c) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any immunity from jurisdiction of any New York Court or from any legal process therein, (d) agrees not to commence any Proceeding other than in a New York Court, and (e) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claim that such Proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company hereby irrevocably designates National Registered Agents, Inc. as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. THE COMPANY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS EQUITY HOLDERS AND CREDITORS) and the Underwriter HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUSES.
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15. Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other than U.S. dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Underwriter could purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency in The City of New York on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligations of the Company in respect of any sum due from it to the Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in any currency other than U.S. dollars, not be discharged until the first business day, following receipt by such Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency; if the U.S. dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter against such loss. If the U.S. dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, such Underwriter agrees to pay to the Company an amount equal to the excess of the U.S. dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder.
16. Underwriter’s Information. The parties acknowledge and agree that, for purposes of this Agreement, the information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriter consists solely of the material included in the following paragraphs of the “Underwriting” section in the Prospectuses: (i) the first paragraph under “—Commissions” and (ii) the third, fourth and fifth paragraphs under “—Covenants”, only insofar as such statements relate to selling concession and stabilization activities that may be undertaken by the Underwriter.
17. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Company hereby acknowledges that the Underwriter is acting solely as underwriter in connection with the purchase and sale of the Units. The Company further acknowledges that the Underwriter is acting pursuant to a contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on an arm’s length basis, and in no event do the parties intend that the Underwriter act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the Company, its management, shareholders or creditors or any other person in connection with any activity that the Underwriter may undertake or have undertaken in furtherance of such purchase and sale of the Company’s securities, either before or after the date hereof. The Underwriter hereby expressly disclaims any fiduciary or similar obligations to the Company, either in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions, and the Company hereby confirms its understanding and agreement to that effect. The Company and the Underwriter agree that they are each responsible for making their own independent judgments with respect to any such transactions and that any opinions or views expressed by the Underwriter to the Company regarding such transactions, including, but not limited to, any opinions or views with respect to the price or market for the Company’s securities, do not constitute advice or recommendations to the Company. The Company and the Underwriter agree that the Underwriter is acting as principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company and the Underwriter has not assumed, and the Underwriter will not assume, any advisory responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters). The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriter with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary, advisory or similar duty to the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions.
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18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile transmission, email or other electronic means shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.
19. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
20. Time is of the Essence. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth your understanding, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement among us.
Very truly yours, | ||
VICINITY MOTOR CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ William Trainer | |
Name: | William Trainer | |
Title: | CEO |
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Accepted as of the date first above written
Spartan Capital Securities, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Jason Diamond | |
Name: | Jason Diamond | |
Title: | Head of Investment Banking |
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SCHEDULE I
Material Subsidiaries
1. | Vicinity Motor (Bus) Corp., formerly Grande West Transportation International Ltd. |
2. | Vicinity Motor (Bus) USA Corp. |
SCHEDULE II
Pricing Terms included in the Disclosure Package
Total Number of Units: 3,990,610 Units consisting of the following:
Total Number of Shares: 3,990,610 Common Shares
Total Number of Warrants: 3,990,610 Warrants to purchase 1,995,305 Common Shares
Public Offering Price per Unit: $4.26
Underwriting Commission: 7.0%
Warrant Exercise Price: $5.10
Date of Delivery of Shares and Warrants: October 25, 2021
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
None.
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SCHEDULE III
Lock-Up Parties
1. | William Trainer |
2. | Dan Buckle |
3. | Manual Achadinha |
4. | Joseph Miller |
5. | John LaGourgue |
6. | Andrew Imanse |
7. | Christopher Strong |
8. | James White |
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ANNEX A
Form of Lock-Up Agreement
___________, 2021
Spartan Capital Securities, LLC
45 Broadway - 19th Floor
New York, NY 10006
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that Spartan Capital Securities, LLC (the “Underwriter”), proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Vicinity Motor Corp., a British Columbia corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by the Underwriter, of units, common shares (the “Common Shares”) and/or warrants of the Company.
To induce the Underwriter to continue its efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 90 days after the date of the final prospectus supplement relating to the Public Offering (the “Restricted Period”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) transfers of Common Shares or any security convertible into Common Shares as a bona fide gift or by will, other testamentary document or intestate succession, (b) distributions of Common Shares or any security convertible into Common Shares to limited partners, members, stockholders, or wholly-owned subsidiaries of the undersigned, (c) transfers of shares of Common Shares or any security convertible into Common Shares pursuant to any order or settlement agreement not involving any public sale of shares of Common Shares or other securities and approved by any court of competent jurisdiction, (d) transfers of Common Shares or any security convertible into Common Shares to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, (e) transfers of Common Shares or any security convertible into Common Shares to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or similar entity of which all of the beneficial ownership interests are held by the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned; provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (a)-(e), each donee, distributee or
transferee shall sign and deliver to the Underwriter a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this agreement, (f) the establishment of a new trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), providing for dispositions or sales of Common Shares; provided that such plan does not permit dispositions or sales of Common Shares or any security convertible into Common Shares during the Restricted Period and no public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act regarding the establishment of such plan shall be voluntarily made during the Restricted Period, (g) the exercise of options to purchase Common Shares outstanding as of the date hereof or granted under equity incentive plans in effect as of the date hereof or described in the prospectus supplement with respect to the Public Offering, provided that the underlying Common Shares continue to be subject to the terms of this agreement, (h) transfers of Common Shares or any security convertible into Common Shares pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to holders of the Common Shares involving a change of control of the Company, provided that in the event that the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions contained herein, (i) the repurchase or forfeiture of securities by the Company in connection with termination of the undersigned’s employment with the Company, and (j) the settlement of restricted shares, restricted share units or options on a “net” basis or any other withholding of Common Shares by the Company upon vesting and/or settlement of restricted shares, restricted share units and/or options provided that (x) the underlying Common Shares received by the undersigned shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this agreement and (y) the Company becomes the owner of the Common Shares surrendered in the net exercise; provided further, in each case (a) through (j), that the undersigned shall provide the Underwriter two days’ advance notice of such transfers, distributions, establishment of a plan, exercises, repurchases, forfeitures, settlements or withholdings, as applicable.
In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, it will not, during the Restricted Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Common Shares or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s Common Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriter are relying upon this agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further understands that, unless terminated in accordance with the following paragraph, this agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriter. If (i) the closing of the Public Offering has not occurred prior to November 30, 2021, (ii) the Company notifies you in writing that it does not intend to proceed with the Public Offering, (iii) the prospectus supplement filed with respect to the Public Offering is withdrawn or (iv) for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), this agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect.
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. Delivery of a signed copy of this agreement by facsimile transmission or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of the original hereof.
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Very truly yours, | ||
By: | ||
Print Name: |
EXHIBIT 99.2
COMMON SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT
VICINITY MOTOR CORP.
(Incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia)
ISSUE DATE: October [l], 2021
WARRANT NO. W2021 – 10 –
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«Number_of_Warrants» WARRANTS entitling the holder to acquire, subject to adjustment, one Common Share for each Warrant represented hereby. |
THIS COMMON SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, [_____________] or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the three (3) year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Vicinity Motor Corp., a British Columbia corporation (the “Company”), up to [______] Common Shares (as defined below) (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of the capital of the Company. The purchase price of one Warrant Share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b). This Warrant is one of the Warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”) issued by the Company in connection with an offering of securities pursuant to that certain Underwriting Agreement, dated October 21, 2021, by and between the Company and the underwriter(s) named therein and the Registration Statement which Registration Statement also registers the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.
Section 1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1:
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Shares are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Common Shares for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Shares are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Shares are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Shares so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a Common Share as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
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“Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Share” means the common share of the Company, no par value, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Common Share Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or its subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Shares.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Registration Statement” means the Company’s registration statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-258876).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Shares are traded on a Trading Market.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE American (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Company of Canada at its principal offices in Vancouver, BC and Toronto, Ontario, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“TSXV” means the TSX Venture Exchange.
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“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Shares are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Shares are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Shares are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Shares so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a Common Share as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the holders of at least two-thirds of the then outstanding Warrants (based on the number of Warrant Shares underlying such Warrants) (the “Required Holders”) and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
Section 2. Exercise.
a) Exercise of Warrant. Subject to Section 2(e) herein, exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
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b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Common Share under this Warrant shall be US$5.10, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).
c) Cashless Exercise. If at any time after the Initial Exercise Date there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the issuance of the Warrant Shares to the Holder, then this Warrant may only be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) the Bid Price of the Common Shares on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;
(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).
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d) Mechanics of Exercise.
i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each US$1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Shares on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), US$10 per Trading Day (increasing to US$20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Shares as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.
ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
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iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date (other than any such failure that is solely due to any action or inaction by the Holder with respect to such exercise), and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, Common Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the Common Shares so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of Common Shares that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Shares having a total purchase price of US$11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of Common Shares with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of US$10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder US$1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver Common Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
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v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. To the extent that the Holder would otherwise be entitled to acquire a fraction of a Warrant Share or other security, such right may be exercised in respect of such fraction only in combination with other rights which in the aggregate entitle the Holder to acquire a whole number of Warrant Shares or other securities. The Holder shall be entitled, upon the elimination of any fraction of a Warrant Share or other security, to be paid in cash for the fair market value for the securities so eliminated, always provided that the Company shall not be required to make any payment if for less than US$10.
vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to The Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.
vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
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e) | Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of Common Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Common Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Share Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding Common Shares, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Common Shares as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent audited annual or unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and/or accompanying management’s discussion and analysis filed with or furnished to the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Common Shares outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Common Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Common Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding Common Shares was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be [4.99% / 9.99%] of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Common Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant. For greater certainty, notwithstanding that this subsection expressly provides that in no event shall the Beneficial Ownership Limitation exceed 9.99% of the number of the Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Common Shares upon exercise of this Warrant, the holder of this Warrant shall never utilize the exercise of this Warrant to cause it to acquire beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Common Shares without prior notice to the Company and without providing a personal information form to the TSXV, if requested by the TSXV, following such notice to the Company |
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Section 3. Certain Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on its Common Shares or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in Common Shares (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Common Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding Common Shares into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse split) outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of Common Shares any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Common Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
b) Intentionally Omitted.
c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. Upon the Company receiving the prior approval of the TSXV (so long as the Common Shares are then listed on the TSXV), in addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Share Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Shares (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Common Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Common Shares as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). For greater certainty, the Company has not applied for, nor received, the prior written approval of the TSXV in respect of the matters contemplated by this subsection.
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d) Intentionally Omitted.
e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person other than any subsidiary or any Affiliate of the Company, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Shares, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Common Shares (not including any Common Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of Common Shares of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of Common Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one Common Share in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Shares are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this
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Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the Common Shares acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the Common Shares pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. For the avoidance of doubt, if at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, a Fundamental Transaction occurs, pursuant to the terms of this Section 3(e), the Holder shall not be entitled to receive more than one of (i) the consideration receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of Common Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction or (ii) the assumption by the Successor Entity of all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the option to receive a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant.
f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of Common Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Common Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
g) Notice to Holder.
i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
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ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Shares, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Shares, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any shareholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Shares, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Shares are converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 10 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice (unless such information is filed with the Commission, in which case a notice shall not be required) stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Report on Form 6-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
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h) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. Subject to the Company receiving the prior approval of the TSXV (so long as the Common Shares are then listed on the TSXV) and the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, subject to the prior written consent of the Holder, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.
Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.
a) Transferability. This Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.
c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
Section 5. Intentionally Omitted.
Section 6. Miscellaneous.
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a) No Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i), Section 2(d)(iv) and Section 3(e) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.
b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Trading Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Trading Day.
d) Authorized Shares.
The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Shares a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Shares may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate or articles of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
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Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of this Warrant shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. If either party shall commence an action, suit or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, the prevailing party in such action, suit or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for their reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
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h) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Exercise, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address set forth above Attention: Corporate Secretary, facsimile number (604) 544-1553, email address mcgrath@iocorporate.com, or such other facsimile number, email address or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or email, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number, email address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email at the facsimile number or email address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email at the facsimile number or email address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Report on Form 6-K.
i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Shares or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
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l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and holders of a majority of the then outstanding Warrants (based on the number of Warrant Shares then underlying such Warrants), provided that if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Holder (or group of Holders), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Holder (or group of Holders) shall also be required.
m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.
VICINITY MOTOR CORP. | ||
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
To: VICINITY MOTOR CORP.
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or
[ ] if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).
(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
_______________________________
The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]
Name of Investing Entity: ________________________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: _________________________________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________________
Date: ________________________________________________________________________________________
EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
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Address: | |
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Dated: _______________ __, ______ | |
Holder’s Signature: ___________________________ | |
Holder’s Address: ____________________________ |
Exhibit 99.3
October 21, 2021 |
BY SEDAR |
British Columbia Securities Commission |
Alberta Securities Commission |
Ontario Securities Commission |
Manitoba Securities Commission |
Dear Sirs/Mesdames:
Re: | Prospectus Supplement of Vicinity Motor Corp. (the “Corporation”) |
We refer to the prospectus supplement of the Corporation dated October 21, 2021 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to the base shelf prospectus of the Corporation dated April 19, 2021.
We hereby consent to being named under the headings “Enforceability of Certain Civil Liabilities”, “Documents Filed as Part of the Registration Statement”, “Legal Matters”, and “Legal Matters And Interests Of Experts” in the Prospectus Supplement, and to the inclusion of our opinion under the heading “Enforceability of Certain Civil Liabilities” in the Prospectus Supplement.
We also confirm that we have read the Prospectus Supplement and have no reason to believe there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from our opinion referred to therein or that is within our knowledge as a result of services that we have performed in connection with those matters that are the subject of our opinion.
Yours truly,
“MILLER THOMSON llp”
MILLER THOMSON llp
EXHIBIT 99.4
Vicinity Motor Corp. Announces US$17 Million Underwritten Public Offering of Common Shares and Warrants
VANCOUVER, BC – October 21, 2021 - Vicinity Motor Corp. (TSXV:VMC) (NASDAQ:VEV) (FRA:6LGA) (“Vicinity Motor” or the “Company”), a leading North American supplier of commercial electric vehicles, today announced an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 3,990,610 units of the Company (the “Units”) at a price of US$4.26 per Unit for gross proceeds to the Company of approximately US$17 million.
Spartan Capital Securities, LLC (“Spartan Capital”) is acting as sole book-running manager for the Offering. Revere Securities LLC is the exclusive selling group member for the Offering.
Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company (a “Common Share”) and one-half of one Common Share purchase warrant (each whole Common Share purchase warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one Common Share (a “Warrant Share”) at an exercise price of US$5.10, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. The Warrants will be exercisable immediately upon issuance (the “Issuance Date”) and will expire three years from the Issuance Date.
Vicinity Motor intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for the US$12 million portion of the license fee payable to Optimal-EV, with the remaining net proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes, including new product development and certifications, new product demonstration models, expansion of production capacity and general working capital.
Spartan Capital will receive underwriting commissions equal to 7% of the gross proceeds raised in the Offering, which will be equal to approximately US$1.19 million.
The Offering is expected to close on or about October 25, 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The Offering is being made by way of a prospectus supplement dated October 21, 2021 (the “Prospectus Supplement”), to the Company’s existing U.S. registration statement on Form F-10 dated August 17, 2021 (the “Registration Statement”) and Canadian short form base shelf prospectus (the “Base Shelf Prospectus”) dated April 19, 2021. Copies of the Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Base Shelf Prospectus may be obtained by contacting Spartan Capital by phone at (212) 293-0123, or by emailing investmentbanking@spartancapital.com. The Prospectus Supplement and the Registration Statement are also available on the SEC’s website and the Prospectus Supplement (together with the related Base Shelf Prospectus) is available on the SEDAR website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators.
No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved of the contents of this press release. This press release is for information purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Vicinity Motor Corp.
Vicinity Motor Corp. (NASDAQ:VEV)(TSXV:VMC)(FRA:6LGA) is a leading North American supplier of electric vehicles for both public and commercial enterprise use. The Company leverages a continent-wide dealer network and close relationships with world-class manufacturing partners to supply its market-leading flagship electric, CNG and clean-diesel Vicinity™ buses, the VMC 1200 electric truck and a VMC Optimal-EV shuttle bus. In addition, the Company sells its proprietary electric chassis alongside J.B. Poindexter subsidiary EAVX, the Company’s strategic partner, for upfitting into next-generation delivery vehicles. For more information, please visit www.vicinitymotorcorp.com.
Company Contact:
John LaGourgue
VP Corporate Development
604-288-8043
IR@grandewest.com
Investor Relations Contact:
Lucas Zimmerman or Mark Schwalenberg, CFA
MZ Group - MZ North America
949-259-4987
VMC@mzgroup.us
www.mzgroup.us
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” (collectively “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, including without limitation, statements regarding the closing date of the Offering and the intended use of proceeds of the Offering, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are frequently, but not always, identified by words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “potential”, “possible”, and similar expressions, or statements that events, conditions, or results “will”, “may”, “could”, or “should” occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from Vicinity’s expectations include uncertainties relating to economic conditions in the markets in which Vicinity operates, vehicle sales volume, anticipated sales pipeline, anticipated future sales growth, the success of Vicinity’s operational strategies, the timing of the completion of the vehicle assembly facility in the State of Washington, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, related government-imposed restrictions on operations, the success of Vicinity’s strategic partnerships; and other risk and uncertainties disclosed in Vicinity’s reports and documents filed with applicable securities regulatory authorities from time to time. Vicinity’s forward-looking statements reflect the beliefs, opinions and projections on the date the statements are made. Vicinity assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or beliefs, opinions, projections, or other factors, should they change, except as required by law.