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Exhibit
10.1
SUBSCRIPTION
& REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
FOR
COMMON SHARES
TO:
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Triangle
Petroleum Corporation (the “Corporation”)
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AND
TO:
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Johnson
Rice & Company LLC
(“Agent”)
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The
undersigned (hereinafter referred to as the “Subscriber,” and, together
with the other persons purchasing shares of common stock of the Corporation
offered in this Offering, the “Subscribers”) hereby
irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase the number of shares of common
stock of the Corporation set forth below (the “Common Shares”), for the
aggregate subscription price set forth below (the “Aggregate Subscription
Price”), representing a subscription price of $0.33 (U.S.) per Common
Share, upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in “Terms and
Conditions of Subscription for Common Shares of Triangle Petroleum Corporation”
attached hereto (together with this page and the attached Exhibits, the “Subscription Agreement”). In addition to this face page, the
Subscriber must also complete all applicable Exhibits attached
hereto.
Number
of Common Shares:
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Aggregate
Subscription Price (U.S.): $
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(Name
of Subscriber − please print)
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By:
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Deliver the Common Shares as set forth
below:
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(Authorized
Signature)
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(Name)
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(Official Capacity or Title − please
print)
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(Account Reference, if
applicable))
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(Please
print name of individual whose signature appears above if different than
the name of the subscriber printed above.)
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(Contact Name)
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(Address, including ZIP
code)
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(Subscriber’s
Address, including ZIP code)
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Register the Common Shares as set forth
below:
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(Telephone
Number)
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(E-Mail
Address)
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(Name)
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(Taxpayer
Identification Number)
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(Account reference, if
applicable
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(Address,
including ZIP
code)
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ACCEPTANCE: The Corporation
hereby accepts the subscription as set forth above on the terms and conditions
contained in this Subscription Agreement.
Dated:
_________________________, 2010
TRIANGLE
PETROLEUM CORPORATION
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Subscription
No:
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By:
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Title:
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This
is the first page of an agreement comprised of 18 pages (including
Exhibits).
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TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF SUBSCRIPTION FOR
COMMON
SHARES OF
TRIANGLE
PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Terms
of the Offering
1. The
Subscriber acknowledges (on its own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of each
person on whose behalf the Subscriber is contracting) that this subscription is
subject to rejection or allotment by the Corporation in whole or in
part.
2. The
Subscriber acknowledges (on its own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of each
person on whose behalf the Subscriber is contracting) that:
(a)
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the
Common Shares subscribed for by it hereunder form part of a larger
issuance and sale by the Corporation of up to 30,000,000 Common Shares at
an issue price of $0.33(U.S.) per Common Share on a best efforts marketed
offering basis through the Agent (the “Offering”);
and
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(b)
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the
Offering is not subject to any minimum subscription level, and therefore,
any funds invested are available to the Corporation and will be paid to
the Corporation on the Closing
Date.
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Definitions
3. The
following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:
(a)
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“1933 Act” means the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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(b)
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“Prospectus” means the
prospectus or prospectuses forming a part of, or deemed to form a part of,
or included in, or deemed included in, any Registration Statement, as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement with respect to the
terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Shares covered by
such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to
the prospectus, including post-effective amendments and all material
incorporated by reference in such prospectus or
prospectuses.
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(c)
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“Registrable Shares”
means Common Shares purchased by the Subscriber in the Offering that do
not bear a restrictive legend.
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(d)
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“Registration
Statement” means any registration statement
under the 1933 Act of the Corporation that covers any of the Registrable Shares pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments
and supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective
amendments, all exhibits and all materials incorporated by reference in
such Registration
Statement.
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Registration
Rights
4. If
the Corporation proposes to publicly sell or register for sale any of its Common
Shares for its own account or for the account of any stockholder of the
Corporation (other than in connection with the repurchase, redemption,
acquisition or retirement of capital stock of the Corporation) pursuant to a
registration statement under the 1933 Act (other than a registration statement
on Form S-8 or on Form S-4 or any similar successor forms thereto) on or before
the six month anniversary of the closing of the Offering (a “Piggyback Registration”), the
Corporation shall give written notice to the Subscriber of its intention to
effect such sale or registration at least 15 days prior the effectiveness of
such Registration Statement and, subject to Section 5, shall include in such transaction all Registrable
Shares with respect to which the Corporation has received a written request from
the Subscriber for inclusion therein within 5 days after the receipt of the
Corporation’s notice. The failure of the Subscriber to respond to
such notice shall be deemed a waiver of the Subscriber’s rights to participate
in the proposed Piggyback Registration. The Corporation shall have no
obligation to offer the Subscriber the right to participate in more than one
Piggyback Registration for which the related Registration Statement becomes
effective; provided, however, if the number of Registrable Shares included in
the Registration Statement is cutback pursuant to Section 5 below, the Corporation shall be required to allow
the Subscriber to participate in such additional Piggyback Registrations during
such six month period as is necessary to include all of the Registrable
Shares. The Corporation may postpone or withdraw the filing or the
effectiveness of a Piggyback Registration at any time in its sole
discretion.
5. If
a Piggyback Registration is initiated as an underwritten offering, and the
managing underwriter advises the Corporation that in its good faith opinion the
number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the
number that can be sold in such offering without having a material adverse
effect on such offering, including the price at which such securities can be
sold, then the Corporation shall include in such registration the maximum number
of shares that such underwriter advises can be so sold without having such
effect, allocated (i) first, to the securities the Corporation proposes to sell,
(ii) second, pro rata among the Subscriber and the other subscribers purchasing
shares of Common Stock in the Offering based upon the number of Registrable
Shares requested to be included by the Subscriber and each other subscriber, and
(iii) third, among other securities requested to be included in such
registration by other security holders of the Corporation on such basis as such
holders may agree among themselves and the Corporation.
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6. In
connection with the registration and sale of Registrable Shares pursuant to this
Subscription Agreement, the Corporation shall:
(a)
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a
reasonable time before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or
any amendments or supplements thereto (including any prospectus supplement
for a shelf takedown) in which the Subscriber is named, furnish to the
Subscriber copies of such Registration Statement or Prospectus or
supplement thereto (including any prospectus supplement for a shelf
takedown) proposed to be filed, and the Subscriber shall have the
opportunity to review and comment thereon, and the Corporation shall
consider such changes in good faith prior to filing any such
document;
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(b)
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furnish
to the Subscriber such number of copies of such Prospectus (including each
preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus supplement) and such other documents
as the Subscriber may reasonably request in order to facilitate the
disposition of the Registrable Shares, provided, however, that the
Corporation shall have no such obligation to furnish copies of
a final Prospectus if the conditions of Rule 172(c) under the 1933
Act are satisfied by the
Corporation;
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(c)
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use
commercially reasonable best efforts to register or qualify such
Registrable Shares under such other securities or blue sky laws of such
jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Subscriber reasonably requests
and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary
or advisable to enable the Subscriber to consummate the disposition in
such jurisdictions of the Registrable Shares (provided, that the
Corporation will not be required to (1) qualify generally to do business
in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify
but for this Section 6(c), (2) subject itself
to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (3) consent to general service of
process in any such jurisdiction);
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(d)
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notify
the Subscriber, at any time when a Prospectus relating thereto is required
to be delivered under the 1933 Act, of the occurrence of any event as a
result of which any Prospectus contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omits any material fact necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading;
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(e)
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make
available for inspection by the Subscriber, and any attorney, accountant
or other agent retained by the Subscriber, all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Corporation,
and cause the Corporation’s officers, directors, employees and independent
accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by the
Subscriber, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such
Registration Statement;
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(f)
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promptly
notify the Subscriber:
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(i)
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when
the Registration Statement, any pre-effective amendment, the Prospectus or
any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement has been filed and, with respect to the Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become
effective;
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(ii)
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of
any written request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or any Prospectus or of any inquiry by the SEC
relating to the Registration
Statement;
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(iii)
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of
the notification to the Corporation by the SEC of its initiation of any
proceeding with respect to the issuance by the SEC of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement;
and
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(iv)
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of
the receipt by the Corporation of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Shares for sale under
the applicable securities or blue sky laws of any
jurisdiction;
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(g)
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during
the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933
Act, use its reasonable best efforts to promptly file all documents
required to be filed with the SEC, including pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended; and
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(h)
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otherwise
use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC as in effect from time to
time.
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7. The
Corporation shall not, from the date of this Subscription Agreement until after
the six month anniversary of the closing of the Offering, grant any registration
rights which conflict with or impair, or have any priority over, the
registration rights granted hereby.
8. The
Corporation may require the Subscriber to furnish to the Corporation any other
information regarding the Subscriber and the distribution of such securities as
the Corporation reasonably determines is required to be included in any
Registration Statement and the failure of Subscriber to provide such information
shall be deemed to be a waiver of its right to participate in the Piggyback
Registration.
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9. The
Subscriber agrees that, upon notice from the Corporation of the happening of any
event as a result of which the Prospectus included (or deemed included) in such
Registration Statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits
any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (a
“Suspension Notice”),
the Subscriber will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Shares
pursuant to such Registration Statement until the Subscriber is advised in
writing by the Corporation that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed and is
furnished with a supplemented or amended Prospectus.
10. Except
as provided below in this Section 10, the expenses incurred by the Corporation
in connection with registration and filing fees, printing and delivery expenses,
accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel to the Corporation,
consultant and expert fees, premiums for liability insurance, if the Corporation
chooses to obtain such insurance, obtained in connection with a Registration
Statement filed to effect such compliance, and all expenses, including counsel
fees, of complying with any state securities laws, shall be paid by the
Corporation. All fees and disbursements of any counsel, experts, or
consultants employed by the Subscriber shall be borne by the Subscriber. The
Subscriber agrees that any selling commissions or discounts payable to any
underwriter or broker of securities to be sold by the Subscriber shall be borne
by the Subscriber. The obligations of the Corporation and the
Subscriber for the expenses described in this Section 10 shall apply
irrespective of whether any sales of Registrable Securities ultimately take
place.
Representations,
Warranties and Covenants by Subscriber
11. The
Subscriber (on its own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of each person on
whose behalf the Subscriber is contracting) represents, warrants and covenants
to the Corporation and the Agent and their respective counsels (and acknowledges
that the Corporation and the Agent, and their respective counsels, are relying
thereon) that both at the date hereof and at the Closing Time (as defined in
Section 20 herein):
(a)
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Subscriber
(i) has been advised that trading in the Common Shares will be subject to
various limitations and holding periods for at least six months under the
securities laws of the United States; (ii) has been independently advised
as to restrictions with respect to trading in the Common Shares imposed by
applicable securities legislation in the jurisdiction in which it resides;
and (iii) confirms that no representation has been made to it by or on
behalf of the Corporation with respect thereto. Subscriber
further acknowledges that it is aware of the characteristics of the Common
Shares, the risks relating to an investment therein, and of the fact that
it may not be able to resell the Common Shares except in accordance with
limited exemptions under applicable securities legislation and regulatory
policy until expiry of the applicable restricted period and compliance
with the other requirements of applicable law and the terms of this
Subscription Agreement.
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(b)
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The
Confidential Private Placement Memorandum of the Corporation dated
February 23, 2010, as updated by the Supplement thereto dated March [___],
2010 (the “PPM”)
and the documents listed on Exhibit 2 hereto (the
“SEC Documents”
and, together with the PPM, the “Disclosure Documents”)
have been previously made available to or were accessible by
Subscriber. Other than the Disclosure Documents, Subscriber
does not have any need to receive any offering memorandum, any prospectus,
sales or advertising literature, or any other document describing or
purporting to describe the business and affairs of the Corporation which
has been prepared for delivery to, and review by, prospective purchasers
in order to assist it in making an investment decision in respect of the
Common Shares.
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(c)
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Subscriber
is, and at all times since the Subscriber received a copy of the
Disclosure Documents, was, a resident of and was offered the Common Shares
in the jurisdiction set forth as the “Subscriber’s Address” under its
signature on the face page of this Subscription Agreement; if the state of
his or her principal residence, or the state of its principal office or
principal place of business, changes, or his, her or its address changes
in any other respect, before the consummation of his, her or its purchase
of the Common Shares subscribed for under this Subscription Agreement, he,
she or it will promptly notify the Corporation, and if the change in the
state or his or her principal residence, or its principal office or
principal place of business, is to a state in which an offer and/or sale
of the Common Shares is prohibited by applicable law, any offer to sell
Common Shares to him, her or it made before notification of the change in
the state of his or her principal residence, or its principal office or
principal place of business, shall be deemed retracted and he, she or it
shall cease to be entitled to purchase Common Shares pursuant to such
offer.
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(d)
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Subscriber
acknowledges that:
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(i)
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the
Common Shares in this Offering have not been approved or disapproved by
the SEC, any state securities commission or any other regulatory
authority, nor has the SEC, any state securities commission or any other
regulatory authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of any
Disclosure Documents or any representations of the Corporation and any
representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense;
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(ii)
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there
is no government or other insurance covering the Common
Shares;
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(iii)
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the
Common Shares are a speculative investment that involves a high degree of
risk of loss of entire investment;
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(iv)
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except
as provided under Section 4, the Corporation
has not undertaken, and will have no obligation, to register the transfer
of any of the Common Shares under the 1933 Act;
and
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(v)
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except
to the extent sold pursuant to a Piggyback Registration, the Common Shares
shall not be resold until after the expiration of the applicable
“restricted” period attaching to such Common Shares under all applicable
securities laws, unless sold pursuant to an exemption under all applicable
securities laws, and the certificates evidencing the Common Shares which
it shall receive will bear a legend referring to such restrictions on
resale and neither the Corporation nor any transfer agent of the
Corporation will register any transfers of such Common Shares not made in
compliance with such restrictions on
resale.
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(e)
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Subscriber
is purchasing the Common Shares directly from the Corporation pursuant to
Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act,
and:
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(i)
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This
Subscription Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by and constitutes a legal, valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of the Subscriber, except (i) as limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws of
general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally,
(ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies, and (iii) to
the extent the indemnification provisions contained herein may be limited
by applicable federal or state securities
laws;
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(ii)
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Subscriber
understands and acknowledges that the Common Shares have not been
registered under the 1933 Act, or any applicable state securities laws,
and that the sale contemplated hereby is being made in reliance on a
private placement exemption to certain “accredited investors” as defined
in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (5) or (7) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act
(“Accredited
Investors”) and similar exemptions under state law. Accordingly,
the Common Shares will be “restricted securities” within the meaning of
Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, and therefore may not be offered or sold by
it, directly or indirectly, in the United States without registration
under United States federal and, if not preempted, state securities laws,
except in compliance with Section 11(e)(v)
and, the Subscriber understands that the certificates representing the
Common Shares issued to it will contain a legend in respect of such
restrictions which is set out in (vi)
below;
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(iii)
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Subscriber
has been offered the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers
concerning the terms and conditions of the Offering and to obtain any
information the Subscriber deems necessary to verify the accuracy of any
information regarding the Corporation and has had access to such
additional information, if any, concerning the Corporation as it has
considered necessary in connection with its investment decision to invest
in the Common Shares;
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(iv)
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Subscriber
has a pre-existing personal or business relationship with the Corporation,
the Agent or one of their respective officers, directors or controlling
persons, or by reason of the Subscriber’s business or financial
experience, has such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its
investment in the Common Shares and is able to bear the economic risks of
such investment and can be reasonably assumed to have the capacity to
protect his, her or its own interests in connection with the transaction
contemplated by this Subscription
Agreement;
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Unless
the Common Shares are subject to an effective registration statement, the
Subscriber agrees that it will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
or encumber the Common Shares unless prior to any such sale, transfer,
disposition or encumbrance, the Subscriber will, if requested, furnish the
Corporation and its transfer agent with an opinion of counsel satisfactory
to the Corporation in form and substance that registration under the 1933
Act or applicable state securities laws is not
required;
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(vi)
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Subscriber
understands that upon the original issuance thereof, and until such time
as the same is no longer required under applicable requirements of the
1933 Act or state securities laws, the certificates representing the
Common Shares, and all certificates issued in exchange therefor or in
substitution thereof, shall bear on the face of such certificates the
following legend:
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THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE
ABSENCE OF A REGISTRATION STATEMENT IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES
UNDER SUCH ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY
THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO A VALID EXEMPTION THEREFROM
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
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provided,
that if (i) it is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act)
of the Corporation, (ii) it has not been such an affiliate in the preceding 90
days, and (iii) at least six months (or such other period as may be required
under Rule 144 or any successor rule) have elapsed since the later of the date
the Common Shares were acquired from the Corporation or from an affiliate of the
Corporation, then the above legend may be removed from any certificates
representing such Common Shares held by it by delivery to the Corporation of an
opinion of counsel of recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to the
Corporation, to the effect that any such Common Shares held by it may be sold
pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor rule) of the 1933 Act and such legend is
no longer required under applicable requirements of the 1933 Act or state
securities laws;
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(vii)
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Subscriber
is an Accredited Investor as set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto, is
not a broker-dealer or an affiliate of a broker-dealer, and is acquiring
the Common Shares as principal for its own account for investment, and not
with a view to any resale, distribution or other disposition of the Common
Shares, in violation of United States securities laws; the Subscriber has
no contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to
sell, transfer, assign or pledge to such person or anyone else all or any
part of the Common Shares for which the Subscriber hereby subscribes, and
the Subscriber has no plans or intentions to enter into any such contract,
undertaking or arrangement;
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(viii)
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Subscriber
has concurrently executed and delivered Exhibit 1 hereto with
this Subscription Agreement which Exhibit is incorporated into and forms a
part of this Subscription
Agreement;
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(ix)
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the
financial condition of the Subscriber is such that he, she or it (i) has
no need for liquidity with respect to his, her or its investment in the
Common Shares to satisfy any existing or contemplated undertaking or
indebtedness, and he, she or it has no need for a current return on his,
her or its investment in the Common Shares; and (ii) is able to bear the
economic risk of his, her or its investment in the Common Shares for an
indefinite period of time, including the risk of losing all of his, her or
its investment, and the loss of his, her or its entire investment in the
Common Shares would not materially adversely affect the standard of living
of the Subscriber or his or her family;
and
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(x)
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all
information that the Subscriber has provided in this Subscription
Agreement concerning the Subscriber and his, her or its financial
condition is correct and complete as of the date set forth on its executed
Exhibit 1, and if there should be any material change in such information
prior to the acceptance of the Subscriber’s subscription for the Common
Shares subscribed for under this Subscription Agreement, the Subscriber
will immediately so notify the
Corporation.
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(f)
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Subscriber
understands and acknowledges that the Corporation has the right to
instruct the transfer agent for the Common Shares not to record a transfer
by any person in the United States without first being notified by the
Corporation that it is satisfied that such transfer is exempt from or not
subject to registration under the 1933 Act and any applicable state
securities laws.
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(g)
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Subscriber
acknowledges that it has not purchased the Common Shares as a result of
any general solicitation or general advertising, as such terms are defined
in Regulation D under the 1933 Act, including, without limitation,
advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over radio or
television, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by
general solicitation or general
advertising.
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(h)
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Except
as provided herein, no person has made to the Subscriber any written or
oral representation:
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(i)
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that
any person will resell or repurchase the Common
Shares;
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(ii)
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that
any person will refund the purchase price of the Common Shares;
or
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(iii)
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as
to the future price or value of the Common Shares or future performance of
the Corporation.
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(i)
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Subscriber
understands and acknowledges that the Corporation (i) is not presently,
nor is the Corporation under any obligation to become, a “foreign private
issuer,” as such term is defined in Regulation S of the 1933 Act and (ii)
because the Corporation is not a foreign private issuer, the 1933 Act
restricts the offer, sale or transfer of the Common Shares both within and
outside of the United States, as set forth in this Subscription
Agreement.
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(j)
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In
the case of a subscription by Subscriber for Common Shares acting as agent
for a disclosed principal, it is duly authorized to execute and deliver
this Subscription Agreement and all other necessary documentation in
connection with such subscription on behalf of such principal and this
Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
or on behalf of, and constitutes a legal, valid, binding and
enforceable agreement of, such principal, except (i) as limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other
laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of
specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies, and
(iii) to the extent the indemnification provisions contained herein may be
limited by applicable federal or state securities
laws.
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(k)
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In
making the proposed investment decision, Subscriber is relying solely on
investigations made by the Subscriber and not on the Corporation, the
Agent or their respective counsels for an evaluation of the investment,
tax and legal merits and consequences of purchasing and owning the Common
Shares, and Subscriber acknowledges that the Disclosure Documents are the
only information provided to the Subscriber by the Corporation or the
Agent and that the Subscriber is not relying on any other information in
making the proposed investment
decision.
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(l)
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Subscriber
acknowledges that the Corporation’s counsel and the Agent’s counsel are
acting as counsel to the Corporation and the Agent, respectively, and not
as counsel to the Subscriber.
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(m)
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Subscriber
understands, acknowledges and is aware that the Common Shares are being
offered for sale only on a “private placement” basis and that the sale and
delivery of the Common Shares is conditional upon such sale being exempt
from the requirements under applicable securities legislation as to the
filing of a prospectus or delivery of an offering memorandum or upon the
issuance of such orders, consents or approvals as may be required to
permit such sale without the filing of a prospectus or delivering an
offering memorandum and, as a consequence (i) it is restricted from using
most of the civil remedies available under securities legislation; (ii) it
may not receive information that would otherwise be required to be
provided to it under securities legislation; and (iii) the Corporation is
relieved from certain obligations that would otherwise apply under
securities legislation.
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(n)
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If
required by applicable securities legislation, regulations, rules,
policies or orders or by any securities commission, stock exchange or
other regulatory authority, the Subscriber will execute, deliver, file and
otherwise assist the Corporation in filing, such reports, undertakings and
other documents with respect to the issue of the Common Shares, including,
without limitation, a duly completed copy of Exhibit
1.
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(o)
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The
acquisition of the Common Shares hereunder by the Subscriber will not
result in the Subscriber becoming a “control person” as defined under
applicable securities laws.
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(p)
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The
entering into of this Subscription Agreement and the completion of the
transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not result in a violation
of any of the terms or provisions of any law applicable to the Subscriber,
or if the Subscriber is not a natural person, any of the Subscriber’s
organizational documents, or any agreement to which the Subscriber is a
party or by which it is bound.
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(q)
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The
Subscriber acknowledges that it has been encouraged to obtain independent
legal, income tax and investment advice with respect to its subscription
for the Common Shares and accordingly, has had the opportunity to acquire
an understanding of the meanings of all terms contained herein relevant to
the Subscriber for purposes of giving representations, warranties and
covenants under this Subscription
Agreement.
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(r)
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The
Corporation is entitled to rely on the representations and warranties and
the statements and answers of the Subscriber contained in this
Subscription Agreement (including Exhibit 1), and the
Subscriber will hold harmless the Corporation from any loss or damage it
may suffer as a result of the Subscriber’s failure to correctly complete
this Subscription Agreement (including Exhibit
1).
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(s)
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Additionally,
the Subscriber is aware that the certificates representing the Purchased
Securities will be endorsed with a legend setting out resale restrictions
pursuant to policies of the TSX Venture Exchange in substantially the
following form:
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“Without
prior written approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and compliance with all
applicable securities legislation, the securities represented by this
certificate may not be sold, transferred, hypothecated or otherwise traded on or
through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange or otherwise in Canada or to
or for the benefit of a Canadian resident until [DATE].”
Representations
and Warranties of the Corporation
12.
The Corporation represents and warrants, as of the date of this Subscription
Agreement and the Closing Date, to the Subscriber, that:
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(a)
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Each
of the Corporation and its subsidiaries is a corporation, limited
liability company, partnership or other entity and is duly organized and
validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in
which it is organized, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation in all jurisdictions in which the failure to be so qualified
would materially and adversely affect the business or financial condition,
properties or operations of the Corporation (a “material adverse
effect”). Each of the Corporation and its subsidiaries has all
requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other
organizational power and authority (i) to own and lease the properties and
assets it currently owns and leases (if any) and it contemplates owning
and leasing and (ii) to conduct its activities as such activities (if any)
are currently conducted and as currently contemplated to be conducted,
except where failure to have such power and authority would not have a
material adverse effect.
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(b)
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As
of the date of this Subscription Agreement, the authorized capital of the
Corporation consists of 150,000,000 shares, of which as of the date of
this Subscription Agreement 66,926,043 Common Shares are issued and
outstanding, and 9,128,043 Common Shares are issuable and reserved for
issuance pursuant to securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or
convertible into, Common Shares. As of January 31, 2010, 5,550,000 Common
Shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Corporation’s stock
option plans. All of such outstanding or issuable shares have been, or
upon issuance will be, validly issued and are, or upon issuance will be,
fully paid and nonassessable.
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(c)
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The
Corporation has duly authorized the issuance and sale of the Common Shares
in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement. This
Subscription Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation
of the Corporation, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except (i)
as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other
equitable remedies, and (iii) to the extent the indemnification provisions
contained herein may be limited by applicable federal or state securities
laws.
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(d)
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The
Common Shares, when issued and paid for in accordance with this
Subscription Agreement, will represent validly authorized, duly issued and
fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock of the Corporation,
and the issuance thereof will not conflict with the organizational
documents of the Corporation.
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(e)
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The
execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the fulfillment of
the terms set forth herein and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not conflict with, or constitute a breach of or
default or create an event or condition which gives the holder of
indebtedness the right to require the redemption, repurchase or repayment
of such indebtedness under, any agreement, contract, indenture or
other instrument by which the Corporation is bound or any law,
administrative rule, regulation or decree of any court or any governmental
body or administrative agency applicable to the Corporation, except for
such conflicts, breaches or defaults that would not have a material
adverse effect.
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(f)
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As
of the date thereof, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Exchange Act and do not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The Corporation has provided the Subscriber with
all the information that such Subscriber has requested for making an
investment decision with respect to the Common
Shares.
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(g)
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Subsequent
to the most recently ended quarterly period for which financial statements
are disclosed in the Corporation’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ending October 31, 2009, except as described therein and in the
Corporation’s current reports on Form 8-K filed subsequent to such date,
there has not been any material adverse change with regard to the assets
or properties, results of operations or financial condition of the
Corporation.
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(h)
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No
securities commission, stock exchange or comparable authority has issued
any order preventing the issue and sale of the Common Shares nor
instituted proceedings for that purpose, and, to the knowledge of the
Corporation, no such proceedings are pending or
contemplated.
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(i)
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Assuming
the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Subscriber set
forth in this Subscription Agreement and of all other subscribers in this
offering, the offer, issuance and delivery of the Common Shares are exempt
from or not subject to the registration requirements of the 1933
Act.
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(j)
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None
of the Common Shares are listed on any United States stock exchange or
automated dealer quotation system and no representation has been made to
the Subscriber that any of the Common Shares will become listed on any
stock exchange or automated dealer quotation system, except that certain
market makers currently make a market in the Corporation’s common
shares on the over-the-counter bulletin board in the United
States.
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(k)
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The
consolidated financial statements of the Corporation filed with the SEC as
a part of the SEC Documents present fairly in all material respects the
financial condition of the entities purported to be shown thereby, at the
dates and for the periods indicated, and have been prepared in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved
except to the extent disclosed in the notes
thereto.
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The
Corporation and each of its subsidiaries are in compliance with all laws
as in effect on the date hereof applicable to the conduct of their
business or operations, or applicable to their employees, except where the
failure to be in compliance would not have a material adverse
effect. None of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries has
received notice of any violation of any law, or any potential liability
under any law, relating to the operation of its business or to its
employees or to any of the assets, operations, processes, employees or
products of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, except where the
violation would not cause a material adverse
effect.
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Neither
the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its
charter or by-laws, limited partnership agreement or limited liability
company agreement, as applicable, or (ii) in default in the performance or
observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained
in any agreement, contract, indenture or other instrument except, in the
case of clause (ii), for any defaults which, singularly or in the
aggregate, would not result in a material adverse
effect.
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(n)
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Except
as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, proceeding,
inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental
agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of
the Corporation, threatened, against or affecting the Corporation or
any of any of its subsidiaries, which would, individually or in the
aggregate, result in a material adverse effect, or which would materially
and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in
this Subscription Agreement or the performance by the Corporation of its
obligations hereunder.
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(o)
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The
oil and gas reserve estimates of the Corporation contained or incorporated
by reference into the SEC Documents have been prepared by independent
reserve engineers in accordance with SEC guidelines applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved, and the Corporation has
no reason to believe that such estimates do not fairly reflect the oil and
gas reserves of the Corporation as of the dates
indicated. Other than production of the reserves in the
ordinary course of business and intervening product price fluctuations or
divestiture of such assets described in the SEC Documents, the Corporation
is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would have a material
adverse effect on the reserves or the present value of future net cash
flows therefrom as described in the SEC
Documents.
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Indemnification
13. The
Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless the Subscriber and its officers,
directors, employees and affiliates and each person who controls the Subscriber
(within the meaning of the 1933 Act) against all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged
untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement,
Prospectus, preliminary Prospectus or any “issuer free writing prospectus” (as
defined in Rule 433 under the 1933 Act) or any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or any
violation or alleged violation by the Corporation of the 1933 Act, the Exchange
Act or applicable “blue sky” laws, except insofar as the same are made in
reliance and in conformity with information relating to the Subscriber furnished
to the Corporation by the Subscriber expressly for use therein.
14. Subscriber
will indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation, its directors, officers,
employees, agents, advisors and shareholders from and against any and all
losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever (including, but not
limited to, any and all fees, costs and expenses whatsoever reasonably incurred
in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim, lawsuit,
administrative proceeding or investigation whether commenced or threatened)
arising out of or based upon any representation or warranty of the Subscriber
contained herein or in any document furnished by the Subscriber to the
Corporation in connection herewith being untrue in any material respect or any
breach or failure by the Subscriber to comply with any covenant or agreement
made by the Subscriber or to the Corporation in connection
therewith. Further, Subscriber shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Corporation, the underwriters and their respective officers, employees,
directors, affiliates, and each person who controls the Corporation or such
underwriter (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) against all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses arising out of or based upon any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, but only to the extent that the same are made in reliance and in
conformity with information relating to the Subscriber furnished to the
Corporation by the Subscriber expressly for use therein.
15. Any
person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written
notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks
indemnification and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment
a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may
exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the
defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not
be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party
without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably
withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects
not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and
expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) for all
parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim,
unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party there may be one or
more legal or equitable defenses available to such indemnified party that are in
addition to or may conflict with those available to another indemnified party
with respect to such claim. Failure to give prompt written notice
shall not release the indemnifying party from its obligations
hereunder.
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16. The
indemnification provided for under this Subscription Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person of such
indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities.
17. If
the indemnification provided for in or pursuant to Sections 13 through 17
is due in accordance with the terms hereof, but is held by a court to be
unavailable or unenforceable in respect of any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses referred to herein, then each applicable indemnifying
party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such indemnified person as a result of such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the
indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
that result in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of
the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified person on the
other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
indemnifying party or by the indemnified party, and by such party’s relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. In no event shall the liability of the
Subscriber be greater in amount than the amount of net proceeds received by the
Subscriber upon such sale.
Closing
18. The
Subscriber agrees to deliver to Agent and such other person as Agent may direct,
not later than 4:00 p.m. (Houston, Texas time) on the day that is at least three
business days before the Closing Date: (a) this duly completed and executed
Subscription Agreement; (b) Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 3 duly completed; and
(c) if the Subscriber is not an individual, one completed and executed TSX
Venture Exchange Form 4C, Corporate Placee Registration Form attached hereto as
Exhibit 4.
19. Subscriber
acknowledges and agrees that any confidentiality arrangement entered into by the
Subscriber with the Corporation or Agent in connection with the offering of the
Common Shares shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its
terms.
20. The
sale of the Common Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement will be
completed at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, the
Corporation’s counsel, in Houston, Texas at 10:00 a.m. or such other time as the
Corporation and the Subscriber may agree (the “Closing Time”) on March [___],
2010 or such other date as the Corporation and the Subscriber may agree (the
“Closing
Date”).
21. At
or prior to the Closing Time, the Corporation will deliver to the Subscriber, or
the Subscriber’s custodian as directed by the Subscriber, a copy of a
certificate prepared by the Corporation’s transfer agent representing the Common
Shares to be purchased by the Subscriber. Following receipt of the
copy of the certificate referred to in the previous sentence, the Subscriber
will, at the Closing Time, pay for the Common Shares by wire transfer of
immediately available funds. Upon completion of the sale, the
original of such certificate will be registered by the Corporation’s transfer
agent in the manner as set forth on the face page of this Subscription Agreement
and sent by the transfer agent as instructed on the face page of this
Subscription Agreement.
22. The
Corporation shall be entitled to rely on delivery of a facsimile copy of
executed Subscription Agreements, and acceptance by the Corporation of such
facsimile subscriptions shall be legally effective to create a valid and binding
agreement between the Subscriber and the Corporation in accordance with the
terms hereof. In addition, this Subscription Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
shall constitute one and the same document.
General
23. The
Subscriber agrees that the representations, warranties and covenants of the
Subscriber herein will be true and correct both as of the execution of this
Subscription Agreement and as of the Closing Time and will survive the
completion of the issuance of the Common Shares. The representations, warranties
and covenants of the Subscriber herein are made with the intent that they be
relied upon by the Corporation and the Agent and their respective counsel in
determining the eligibility of a purchaser of Common Shares and the Subscriber
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation and the Agent and their
respective affiliates, shareholders, directors, officers, partners, employees
and agents, from and against all losses, claims, costs, expenses and damages or
liabilities whatsoever which any of them may suffer or incur which are caused or
arise from a breach thereof. The Subscriber undertakes to immediately notify the
Corporation at Triangle Petroleum Corporation, Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
Attention: Chief Financial Officer (Fax Number: (403) 262-4472) of any change in
any statement or other information relating to the Subscriber set forth herein
which takes place prior to the Closing Time.
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24. The
Subscriber acknowledges that this Subscription Agreement and the Exhibits hereto
require the Subscriber to provide certain personal information to the
Corporation. Such information is being collected by the Corporation for the
purposes of completing the Offering, which includes, without limitation,
determining the Subscriber’s eligibility to purchase the Common Shares under
applicable securities legislation, preparing and registering certificates
representing Common Shares to be issued to the Subscriber and completing filings
required by any stock exchange or securities regulatory authority. The
Subscriber’s personal information may be disclosed by the Corporation to: (a)
stock exchanges or securities regulatory authorities, (b) the Corporation’s
registrar and transfer agent, and (c) any of the other parties involved in the
Offering, including legal counsel, and may be included in record books in
connection with the Offering. By executing this Subscription Agreement, the
Subscriber is deemed to be consenting to the foregoing collection, use and
disclosure of the Subscriber’s personal information. The Subscriber also
consents to the filing of copies or originals of any of the Subscriber’s
documents as may be required to be filed with any stock exchange or securities
regulatory authority in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.
25. All
notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered, sent via overnight
courier of national recognition or sent by facsimile transmission (with
confirmation) and, in the case of the Subscriber, may also be sent via
e-mail,
If to the
Corporation:
Triangle
Petroleum Corporation
Suite
750, 521-3rd Avenue
SW
Calgary,
Alberta, Canada T2P 3T3
Facsimile
No.: (403) 262-4472
with a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
525
University Avenue
Suite
1100
Palo
Alto, California 94301
Attention: Leif
King, Esq.
Facsimile
No.: (650) 798-6530
If to the
Subscriber:
At the
Subscriber’s address and e-mail address provided on the first page
hereof
or, in
each case, at such other address or phone number as such party each may specify
by written notice to the others. Each notice, request, consent and
other communication shall for all purposes of the Subscription Agreement be
treated as being effective or having been given when delivered, upon receipt of
facsimile confirmation if transmitted by facsimile, or, if sent by email to the
Subscriber, upon transmission to the proper address without receipt of an error
message.
26. To
the best of the Subscriber’s knowledge (a) none of the subscription funds to be
provided by the Subscriber (i) have been or will be derived from or related to
any activity that is deemed criminal under the law of the United States of
America, or any other jurisdiction, or (ii) are being tendered on behalf of a
person or entity who has not been identified to the Subscriber, and (b) the
Subscriber shall promptly notify the Corporation if the Subscriber discovers
that any of such representations ceases to be true, and to provide the
Corporation with appropriate information in connection therewith.
27. The
obligations of the parties hereunder are subject to acceptance of the terms of
the Offering by the Toronto Venture Exchange and all other required regulatory
approvals.
28. The
Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that all costs incurred by the Subscriber
(including any fees and disbursements of any special counsel retained by the
Subscriber) relating to the sale of the Common Shares to the Subscriber shall be
borne by the Subscriber.
29. This
Subscription Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of
law thereof that would require the application of the laws of any jurisdiction
other than New York.
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30. This
Subscription Agreement represents the entire agreement of the parties hereto
relating to the subject matter hereof and there are no representations,
covenants or other agreements relating to the subject matter hereof except as
stated or referred to herein.
31. The
terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon and
enure to the benefit of the Subscriber and the Corporation and their respective
heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns; provided that, except
for the assignment by a Subscriber who is acting as nominee or agent for the
beneficial owner and as otherwise herein provided, this Subscription Agreement
shall not be assignable by any party without prior written consent of the other
parties.
32. The
Subscriber, on its own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of others for whom
it is contracting hereunder, agrees that this subscription is made for valuable
consideration and may not be withdrawn, cancelled, terminated or revoked by the
Subscriber, on its own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of others for whom
it is contracting hereunder.
33. Neither
this Subscription Agreement nor any provision hereof shall be modified, changed,
discharged or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by the party
against whom any waiver, change, discharge or termination is
sought.
34. The
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Subscription
Agreement shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any other
provision hereof.
35. The
headings used in this Subscription Agreement have been inserted for convenience
of reference only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Subscription Agreement or any provision hereof.
36. The
covenants, representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the
closing of the transactions contemplated hereby.
37. In
this Subscription Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto) all references to
dollar amounts are to United States dollars, unless otherwise
indicated.
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EXHIBIT
1
CERTIFICATE
OF ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS
Except as
may be indicated by the undersigned below, the undersigned is an “accredited
investor,” as that term is defined in Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act
of 1933, as amended. The undersigned has checked the box below indicating the
basis on which he is representing his status as an “accredited
investor”:
_________
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(501(a)(1))
any bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, or any savings and loan association or other institution as
defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of such Act whether acting in its individual
or fiduciary capacity; any broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section
15 of the U.S.
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; any insurance company as defined
in Section 2(13) of the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933; any investment company registered
under the U.S.
Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as
defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the U.S. Investment Company Act
of 1940; any small business investment company licensed by the U.S.
Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the U.S. Small Business
Investment Act of 1958; any plan established and maintained by a
state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a
state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, if
such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; any employee benefit
plan within the meaning of the U.S. Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, if the investment decision is made by
a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of the U.S. Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, which is either a bank, savings and
loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or
if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or,
if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons
that are accredited investors;
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(501(a)(2))
any private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22)
of the U.S. Investment
Advisers Act of 1940;
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(501(a)(3))
any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or
partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the
securities offered, with total assets in excess of
$5,000,000;
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(501(a)(5))
any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with
that person’s spouse, at the time of his purchase exceeds
$1,000,000;
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(501(a)(7))
any trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the
specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is
directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii)
under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933.
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NOTE:
The Subscriber should initial beside the portion of the above definition
applicable to it.
All
monetary references in this Exhibit 1 are in United States Dollars.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Accredited
Investor Status effective as of _____________, 2010.
Name
of Subscriber
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By:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT
2
Disclosure
Documents of the Corporation
The
following filings of the Corporation can be found on the EDGAR Database at the
website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html
(type “Triangle Petroleum” in Company name search box and click on “Find
Companies”):
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1.
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Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2009 filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9,
2009.
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2.
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Definitive
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 22,
2009.
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3.
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Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2009 filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3,
2009.
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4.
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Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2009 filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2,
2009.
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5.
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Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 31, 2009 filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23,
2009.
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6.
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Current
Reports on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
on each of April 20, 2009, November 23, 2009, December 1, 2009 and January
5, 2010, and the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2009 (excluding
information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or Rule 406T of
Regulation S-T).
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Exhibit
3
Particulars
of Subscriber
Corporate
Placee Registration
Form
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Present
Ownership of
Securities
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The
Subscriber, if not an individual, either [CHECK
APPROPRIATE ITEM]:
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The
Subscriber either [CHECK
APPROPRIATE ITEM]:
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has
previously filed with the TSX Venture Exchange a Form 4C, Corporate Placee
Registration Form, and represents and warrants that there has been
no change to any of the information in the Form 4C previously filed with
the TSX Venture Exchange up to the date of this Subscription Agreement;
or
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owns
directly or indirectly, or exercises control or direction over, no
Common Shares of the Corporation or securities convertible into Common
Shares in the capital stock of the Corporation (excluding the securities
subscribed for herein); or
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hereby
delivers to the Corporation a completed Form 4C in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit 4 for filing with the TSX Venture
Exchange.
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owns
directly or indirectly, or exercises control or direction over,
____ Common Shares of the Corporation and convertible securities
entitling the Subscriber to acquire an additional __________Common Shares
of the Corporation (excluding the securities subscribed for
herein).
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Insider
Status
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Member
of “Pro
Group”
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The
Subscriber either [CHECK
APPROPRIATE ITEM]:
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The
Subscriber either [CHECK
APPROPRIATE ITEM]:
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is
an “Insider” of the Corporation as defined in the Securities
Act (Ontario). More specifically, “Insider”
means:
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is
a Member of the “Pro Group” as defined in the Rules of the TSX
Venture Exchange. More specifically, “Pro Group” is defined as
follows:
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(a) |
every
director or officer of the Corporation;
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1. | Subject to subparagraphs (2), (3) and (4), “Pro Group” shall include, either individually or as a group: | ||
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(b) |
a
director or officer of a person that is itself an insider or subsidiary of
the Corporation;
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(a) |
the
member (i.e. a member of the TSX Venture Exchange under the TSX Venture
Exchange requirements);
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(b) | employees of the member; | |||||
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(c) |
a
person or company that has:
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(c) | partners, officers and directors of the member; | ||
(d) |
affiliates
of the member; and
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(i) direct
or indirect beneficial ownership of,
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(e) |
associates
of any parties referred to in subparagraphs (a) through
(d).
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(ii)
control or direction over, or
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2. | The TSX Venture Exchange may, in its discretion, include a person or party in the Pro Group for the purposes of a particular calculation where the TSX Venture Exchange determines that the person is not acting at arm’s length of the member. | ||||
(iii) a
combination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership of and control or
direction over;
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3. | The TSX Venture Exchange may, in its discretion, exclude a person from the Pro Group for the purposes of a particular calculation where the TSX Venture Exchange determines that the person is acting at arm’s length of the member. | ||||
securities
of the Corporation carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to
all the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities, excluding, for the
purpose of the calculation
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4. | The member may deem a person who would otherwise be included in the Pro Group pursuant to subparagraph (1) to be excluded from the Pro Group where the member determines that: | ||||
of the percentage held, any securities held by the person as underwriter in the course of a distribution; or | (a) | the person is an affiliate or associate of the member acting at arm’s length of the member; | ||||
(b) | the associate or affiliate has a separate corporate andreporting structure; | |||||
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(d) |
the
Corporation itself, if it has purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired
any securities of its own issue, for so long
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(c) | there are sufficient controls on information flowing between the member and the associate or affiliate; and | ||
as it continues to hold those securities. | (d) |
the
member maintains a list of such excluded person.
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is
not an Insider of the
Corporation.
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is
not a member of the Pro
Group.
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EXHIBIT
4
FORM
4C
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CORPORATE
PLACEE REGISTRATION FORM
Where
subscribers to a Private Placement are not individuals, the following
information about the placee must be provided if the placee:
(a) will
hold more than 5% of the Issuer’s issued and outstanding Listed Shares upon
completion of the Private Placement; or
(b) are
subscribing for more than 25% of the Private Placement.
This Form
will remain on file with the TSX Venture Exchange. The corporation,
trust, portfolio manager or other entity (the “Placee”) need only file it on
one time basis, and it will be referenced for all subsequent Private Placements
in which it participates. If any of the information provided in this
Form changes, the Placee must notify the Exchange prior to participating in
further placements with Exchange listed companies. If as a result of
the Private Placement, the Placee becomes an Insider of the Issuer, Insiders of
the Placee are reminded that they must file a Personal Information Form (2A) or,
if applicable, Declarations, with the Exchange.
1.
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Placee
Information:
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(a)
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Name:
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(b)
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Complete
Address:
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(c)
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Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Creation:
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2.
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(a)
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Is
the Placee purchasing securities as a portfolio manager (Yes/No)?
_____________________________
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(b)
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Is
the Placee carrying on business as a portfolio manager outside of Canada
(Yes/No)? __________
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3.
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If
the answer to 2(b) above was “Yes”, the undersigned certifies
that:
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(d)
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It
is purchasing securities of an Issuer on behalf of managed accounts for
which it is making the investment decision to purchase the securities and
has full discretion to purchase or sell securities for such accounts
without requiring the client’s express consent to a
transaction;
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(e)
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it
carries on the business of managing the investment portfolios of clients
through discretionary authority granted by those clients (a “portfolio
manager” business) in ____________________ [jurisdiction], and it is
permitted by law to carry on a portfolio manager business in that
jurisdiction;
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(f)
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it
was not created solely or primarily for the purpose of purchasing
securities of the Issuer;
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(g)
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the
total asset value of the investment portfolios it manages on behalf of
clients is not less than $20,000,000; and
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(h)
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it
has no reasonable grounds to believe, that any of the directors, senior
officers and other insiders of the Issuer, and the persons that carry on
investor relations activities for the Issuer has a beneficial interest in
any of the managed accounts for which it is
purchasing
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4.
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If
the answer to 2(a). above was “No”, please provide the names and addresses
of control persons of the Placee:
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Name
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City
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Province
or State
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Country
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The
Subscriber acknowledges it is bound by the provisions of applicable Securities
Law, including provisions concerning the filing of insider reports and reports
of acquisitions.
Dated
at
on ,
200_.
(Name
of Purchaser - please print)
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(Authorized
Signature)
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(Official
Capacity - please print)
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(please
print name of individual whose signature
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appears
above)
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Acknowledgement
- Personal Information
“Personal Information” means
any information about an identifiable individual, and includes information
contained in sections 1, 2 and 4, as applicable, of this Form.
The
undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that it has obtained the express
written consent of each individual to:
(a)
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the
disclosure of Personal Information by the undersigned to the Exchange (as
defined in Appendix 6B) pursuant to this Form;
and
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(b)
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the
collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information by the Exchange for
the purposes described in Appendix 6B or as otherwise identified by the
Exchange, from time to time.
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Dated at
_________________________________ on
_________________________________.
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(Name
of Purchaser - please print)
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(Authorized
Signature)
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(Official
Capacity - please print)
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(please
print name of individual whose signature
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appears
above)
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THIS
IS NOT A PUBLIC DOCUMENT
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