Exhibit 2.3
THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED HEREBY WILL BE VOID AND OF NO VALUE UNLESS EXERCISED PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M. (TORONTO TIME) ON NOVEMBER 4th, 2004.
500,000 Warrants | Warrant Certificate No. 1C |
RTICA CORPORATION
(Incorporated under the laws of Ontario)
This is to certify that, for value received, SGF Chimie Inc. (the "Holder") shall have the right to purchase from RTICA CORPORATION (hereinafter called the "Corporation"), at any time up to 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on or prior to November 4th, 2004 (the "Expiry Time"), one fully paid and non-assessable Common Share (as defined below) of the Corporation for each whole common share purchase warrant (individually, a "Warrant") represented hereby. The exercise price for the purchase of each such Common Share shall be Cdn.$0.40 per share (the "Exercise Price").
The Warrants shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
1 | . | For the purposes of this Warrant, the term "Common Shares" means common shares withoutnominal or par value in the capital of the Corporation as constituted on the date hereof;provided that in the event of a change, subdivision, redivision, reduction, combination orconsolidation thereof or any other adjustment under clause 8 hereof, or successive suchchanges, subdivisions, redivisions, reductions, combinations, consolidations or otheradjustments, then subject to the adjustments, if any, having been made in accordance withthe provisions of this Warrant Certificate, "Common Shares" shall thereafter mean theshares, other securities or other property resulting from such change, subdivision, redivision,reduction, combination or consolidation or other adjustment. |
2 | . | All Warrant Certificates shall be signed by an officer of the Corporation holding office at the time of signing, or any successor or replacement person and notwithstanding any change in any of the persons holding said offices between the time of actual signing and the delivery of the Warrant Certificate and notwithstanding that such officer signing may not have held office at the date of the delivery of the Warrant Certificate, the Warrant Certificate so signed shall be valid and binding upon the Corporation. |
3 | . | All rights under any of the Warrants in respect of which the right of subscription andpurchase therein provided for shall not theretofore have been exercised shall wholly ceaseand determine and such Warrants shall be wholly void and of no valid or binding effect afterthe Expiry Time. |
4 | . | The right to purchase Common Shares pursuant to the Warrants may only be exercised bythe Holder at or before the Expiry Time by: |
(a)duly completing and executing a subscription substantially in the form attachedhereto (the "Subscription Form"), in the manner therein indicated; and | ||
(b) surrendering this Warrant Certificate and the duly completed and executed Subscription Form to the Corporation at 220 Bay Street, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, M5J2W4 together with payment of the purchase price for the Common Shares subscribed for inthe form of cash or a certified cheque payable to the Corporation in an amount equal to thethen applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Common Shares subscribed for. | ||
5 | . | Upon such delivery and payment as aforesaid, the Corporation shall cause to be issued to theHolder the number of Common Shares to be issued and the Holder shall become ashareholder of the Corporation in respect of such Common Shares with effect from the dateof such delivery and payment and shall be entitled to delivery of a certificate or certificatesevidencing such shares. The Corporation shall cause such certificate or certificates to bemailed to the Holder at the address or addresses specified in such subscription form withinfive (5) business days of such delivery and payment as herein provided or, if so instructed bythe Holder, held for pick-up by the Holder at the office of the Corporation set out herein. |
6 | . | The holding of a Warrant shall not constitute the Holder a shareholder of the Corporation norentitle him to any right or interest in respect thereof except as herein expressly provided. |
7 | . | The Corporation covenants and agrees that until the Expiry Time, while any of the Warrants shall be outstanding, it shall reserve and there shall remain unissued out of its authorized capital a sufficient number of Common Shares to satisfy the right of purchase hereinprovided, as such right of purchase may be adjusted pursuant to clauses 8 and 9 hereof. AllCommon Shares which shall be issued upon the exercise of the right to purchase hereinprovided for, upon payment therefor of the amount at which such Common Shares may atthe time be purchased pursuant to the provisions hereof, shall be issued as fully paid andnon-assessable shares and the holders thereof shall not be liable to the Corporation or itscreditors in respect thereof. |
8 | . | (a) If and whenever at any time after the date hereof and prior to the Expiry Time theCorporation shall: (i) subdivide, redivide or change its then outstanding Common Shares intoa greater number of Common Shares, (ii) reduce, combine or consolidate its then outstandingCommon Shares into a lesser number of Common Shares or (iii) issue Common Shares (orsecurities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares) to the holders of all orsubstantially all of its then outstanding Common Shares by way of a stock dividend or otherdistribution (any of such events herein called a "Common Share Reorganization"), then theExercise Price shall be adjusted effective immediately after the effective date of any suchevent in (i) or (ii) above or the record date at which the holders of Common Shares aredetermined for the purpose of any such dividend or distribution in (iii) above, as the casemay be, by multiplying the then applicable Exercise Price in effect on such effective date orrecord date, as the case may be, by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number ofCommon Shares outstanding on such effective date or record date, as the case may be, beforegiving effect to such Common Share Reorganization and the denominator of which shall bethe number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such CommonShare Reorganization including, in the case where securities exchangeable for or convertible |
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into Common Shares are distributed, the number of Common Shares that would beoutstanding if such securities were exchanged for or converted into Common Shares. | |
(b) If and whenever at any time after the date hereof and prior to the Expiry Time, the Corporation shall distribute any class of shares or rights, options or warrants or other securities (other than those referred to above), evidences of indebtedness or property (excluding cash dividends paid in the ordinary course) to holders of all or substantially all ofits then outstanding Common Shares, the number of Common Shares to be issued by theCorporation under this Warrant shall, at the time of exercise of the right of subscription andpurchase under this Warrant Certificate, be appropriately adjusted and the Holder shallreceive, in lieu of the number of Common Shares in respect of which the right to purchase isthen being exercised, the aggregate number of Common Shares or other securities orproperty that the Holder would have been entitled to receive as a result of such event, if, onthe record date thereof, the Holder had been the registered holder of the number of CommonShares to which the Holder was theretofore entitled upon the exercise of the rights of theHolder hereunder. | |
(c) If and whenever at any time after the date hereof and prior to the Expiry Time there is a capital reorganization of the Corporation or a reclassification or other change in the Common Shares (other than a Common Share Reorganization) or a consolidation or merger or amalgamation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or other entity (other than a consolidation, merger or amalgamation which does not result in any reclassification of the outstanding Common Shares or a change of the Common Shares into other securities), or a transfer of all or substantially all of the Corporation's undertaking and assets to another corporation or other entity in which the holders of Common Shares are entitled to receive shares, other securities or other property (any of such events being called a "Capital Reorganization"), the Holder, where he has not exercised the right of subscription and purchase under this Warrant Certificate prior to the effective date of such Capital Reorganization, shall be entitled to receive and shall accept, upon the exercise of such right,on such date or any time thereafter, for the same aggregate consideration in lieu of thenumber of Common Shares to which he was theretofore entitled to subscribe for andpurchase, the aggregate number of shares or other securities or property which the Holderwould have been entitled to receive as a result of such Capital Reorganization if, on theeffective date thereof, he had been the registered holder of the number of Common Shares towhich he was theretofore entitled to subscribe for and purchase. | |
(d) If and whenever at any time after the date hereof and prior to the Expiry Time, any of the events set out in clause 8(a), (b) or (c) shall occur and the occurrence of such event results in an adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this clause 8, then the number of Common Shares purchasable pursuant to this Warrant shall be adjusted contemporaneously with the adjustment of the Exercise Price by multiplying the number of Common Shares then otherwise purchasable on the exercise thereof by a fraction, thenumerator of which shall be the then applicable Exercise Price in effect immediately prior tothe adjustment and the denominator of which shall be the Exercise Price resulting from suchadjustment. | |
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(e) If the Corporation takes any action affecting its Common Shares to which the foregoing provisions of this clause 8, in the opinion of the board of directors of the Corporation, acting in good faith, are not strictly applicable, or if strictly applicable would not fairly adjust the rights of the Holder against dilution in accordance with the intent and purposes hereof, or would otherwise materially affect the rights of the Holder of the Warrants hereunder, then the Corporation shall execute and deliver to the Holder an amendment hereto providing for an adjustment in the application of such provisions so as to adjust such rights as aforesaid in such manner as the board of directors of the Corporation may determine to be equitable in the circumstances, acting in good faith. The failure of the taking of action by the board of directors of the Corporation to so provide for any adjustment on or prior to the effective date of any action or occurrence giving rise to such state of factswill be conclusive evidence that the board of directors has determined that it is equitable tomake no adjustment in the circumstances. | ||
9 | . | The following rules and procedures shall be applicable to the adjustments made pursuant toclause 8: |
(a) any Common Shares owned or held by or for the account of the Corporation shall bedeemed not be to outstanding except that, for the purposes of clause 8, any Common Sharesowned by a pension plan or profit sharing plan for employees of the Corporation or any of itssubsidiaries shall not be considered to be owned or held by or for the account of theCorporation; | ||
(b) no adjustment in the Exercise Price shall be required unless a change of at least 1%of the prevailing Exercise Price would result, provided, however, that any adjustment which,except for the provisions of this clause 9(b), would otherwise have been required to be made,shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; | ||
(c) the adjustments provided for in clause 8 are cumulative and shall apply to successivesubdivisions, consolidations, dividends, distributions and other events resulting in anyadjustment under the provisions of such clause; | ||
(d) in the absence of a resolution of the board of directors of the Corporation fixing arecord date for any dividend or distribution referred to in clause 8(a)(iii) above, theCorporation shall be deemed to have fixed as the record date therefor the date on which suchdividend or distribution is effected; | ||
(e) if the Corporation sets a record date to take any action and thereafter and before thetaking of such action abandons its plan to take such action, then no adjustment to theExercise Price will be required by reason of the setting of such record date; | ||
(f) forthwith after any adjustment to the Exercise Price or the number of Common Shares purchasable pursuant to the Warrants, the Corporation shall provide to the Holder a certificate of an officer of the Corporation certifying as to the amount of such adjustment and, in reasonable detail, describing the event requiring the adjustment and the manner ofcomputing or determining such adjustment; and | ||
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(g) any question that at any time or from time to time arises with respect to the amount ofany adjustment to the Exercise Price or other adjustment pursuant to clause 8 shall beconclusively determined by a firm of independent chartered accountants (who may be theCorporation's auditors) and shall be binding upon the Corporation and the Holder. | ||
10 | . | At least 21 days prior to the effective date or record date, as the case may be, of any eventreferred to in clause 8, the Corporation shall notify the Holder of the particulars of suchevent and the estimated amount of any adjustment required as a result thereof. |
11 | . | On the happening of each and every such event set out in clause 8, the applicable provisionsof this Warrant, including the Exercise Price, shall, ipso facto, be deemed to be amendedaccordingly and the Corporation shall take all necessary action so as to comply with suchprovisions as so amended. |
12 | . | The Corporation shall not be required to deliver certificates for Common Shares while theshare transfer books of the Corporation are properly closed, having regard to the provisionsof clauses 8 and 9 hereof, prior to any meeting of shareholders or for the payment ofdividends or for any other purpose and in the event of the surrender of any Warrant inaccordance with the provisions hereof and the making of any subscription and payment forthe Common Shares called for thereby during any such period delivery of certificates forCommon Shares may be postponed for not more than five (5) days after the date of there-opening of said share transfer books. Provided, however, that any such postponement ofdelivery of certificates shall be without prejudice to the right of the Holder so surrenderingthe same and making payment during such period to receive after the share transfer booksshall have been re-opened such certificates for the Common Shares called for, as the samemay be adjusted pursuant to clauses 8 and 9 hereof as a result of the completion of the eventin respect of which the transfer books were closed. |
13 | . | Subject as hereinafter provided, all or any of the rights conferred upon the Holder by the terms hereof may be enforced by the Holder by appropriate legal proceedings. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained herein shall be had against any shareholder or officer of the Corporation either directly or through the Corporation, it being expressly agreed and declared that the obligations under the Warrants are solely corporate obligations and that no personal liability whatever shall attach to or be incurred by the shareholders or officers of the Corporation or any of them in respect thereof, any and allrights and claims against every such shareholder, officer or director being hereby expresslywaived as a condition of and as a consideration for the issue of the Warrants. |
14 | . | The Holder may subscribe for and purchase any lesser number of Common Shares than thenumber of shares expressed in the Warrant Certificate. In the case of any subscription for alesser number of Common Shares than expressed in any Warrant Certificate, the Holderhereof shall be entitled to receive at no cost to the Holder a new Warrant Certificate inrespect of the balance of Warrant not then exercised. Such new Warrant Certificate shall bemailed to the Holder by the Corporation contemporaneously with the mailing of thecertificate or certificates representing the Common Shares issued pursuant to clause 5. |
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15 | . | If any Warrant Certificate becomes stolen, lost, mutilated or destroyed, the Corporationshall, on such terms as it may in its discretion acting reasonably impose, issue and sign a newWarrant Certificate of like denomination, tenor and date as the Warrant Certificate so stolen,lost, mutilated or destroyed for delivery to the Holder. |
16 | . | The Corporation will maintain a register of holders of Warrants at its principal office. The Corporation may deem and treat the registered holder of any Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner of the Warrants represented thereby for all purposes, and the Corporation shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary except where the Corporation is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. A Holder shall be entitled to the rights evidenced by such Warrant free from all equities or rights of set-off or counterclaim between the Corporation and the original or any intermediate holder thereof and all persons may act accordingly and the receipt by any such Holder of the Common Shares purchasable pursuant to such Warrant shall be a good discharge to the Corporation for the same and the Corporation shall not be bound to inquireinto the title of any such Holder except where the Corporation is required to take notice bystatute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. |
17 | . | The Corporation shall notify the Holder forthwith of any change of address of theCorporation or if any other person or company replaces the Corporation as the registrar andtransfer agent of the Common Shares. |
18 | . | All notices to be sent hereunder shall be deemed to be validly given to the Holders of theWarrants if delivered personally or if sent by registered letter through the post addressed tosuch holders at their post office addresses appearing in the register of Warrant holderscaused to be maintained by the Corporation pursuant to clause 16, and such notice shall bedeemed to have been given, if delivered personally when so delivered, and if sent by post onthe fifth business day next following the post thereof. |
19 | . | The Holder may transfer the Warrants evidenced hereby either in whole or in part by completing the Assignment form attached hereto. Every transfer of Warrants must be in writing under the hand of the registered Holder(s) or the Holder(s)' legal personal representatives or the attorney authorized in writing of such registered Holder(s). Any suchtransfer, accompanied by this Warrant Certificate, must be delivered to the Corporation at itsprincipal office set out herein, together with such evidence of identity or title as theCorporation may reasonably require, whereupon the transfer will be registered and dulynoted by endorsement hereon signed by the Corporation. If part only of the Warrantsevidenced hereby is transferred, the Corporation will deliver to the Holder and the transfereereplacement Warrant Certificates substantially in the form of this certificate. |
Transfers of the Warrants evidenced hereby may be subject to restrictions under applicable securities law. Holders of Warrants should consult their own professional advisers in order to assess the legal aspects of a transfer of the Warrants evidenced hereby.
20 | . | This Warrant shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable herein. |
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21 | . | The holder hereby consents that this Warrant Certificate, as well as letters, notices,certificates and other documents relating directly or indirectly to the subject matter hereofmay be drawn in the English language. |
Le porteur consent par les présentes á ce que ce certificat de bons de souscription ainsi queles lettres, avis, et certificats et les autre documents se rapportant directement ouindirectement à l’objet des présentes puissent être rédigés en langue anglaise. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Corporation has caused this Warrant Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officer.
DATED as of the 5th day of November, 2002.
RTICA CORPORATION | ||
Per: | _____________________________________________ | |
Name: | ||
Title: |
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SUBSCRIPTION FORM
TO BE COMPLETED IF WARRANTS ARE TO BE EXERCISED:
The undersigned hereby subscribes for ______________________________ common shares of Rtica Corporation according to the terms and conditions set forth in the annexed warrant certificate (or such number of other securities or property to which such warrant entitles the undersigned to acquire under the terms and conditions set forth in the annexed warrant certificate). The subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the common shares issuable upon exercise of the share purchase warrants may be subject to resale restrictions.
Address for Delivery of Shares: | _________________________________________________ | |
_________________________________________________ | ||
_________________________________________________ | ||
_________________________________________________ | ||
Attention: | _________________________________________________ | |
Exercise Price Tendered | ||
(Cdn. $0.40 per share) | $________________________________________________ |
Dated at __________________________, this _______ day of ________________, 200___.
Witness: | ) | _________________________________________________ |
) | Holder's Name | |
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) | _________________________________________________ | |
) | Authorized Signature | |
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) | _________________________________________________ | |
) | Title (if applicable) | |
Signature medallion guaranteed: |
ASSIGNMENT FORM
TO BE COMPLETED IF WARRANTS ARE TO BE ASSIGNED:
TO: | RTICA CORPORATION |
220 Bay Street, Suite 700 | |
Toronto, Ontario | |
M5J 2W4 |
This Warrant Certificate is hereby transferred to ______________________________________ residing at __________________________________ for good and valuable consideration. You are hereby instructed to take the necessary steps to effect this transfer.
Dated at __________________________, this _______ day of ________________, 200___.
Witness: | ) | _________________________________________________ |
) | Holder's Name | |
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) | _________________________________________________ | |
_________________________________ | ) | Authorized Signature |
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) | _________________________________________________ | |
) | Title (if applicable) | |
Signature medallion guaranteed: | ||