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“Disclosure Letter” means the disclosure letter of Pengrowth dated the date hereof and delivered by Pengrowth to Cona and the WEF Parties in connection with this Agreement;
“Dissent Rights” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan of Arrangement;
“DSU” means an outstanding deferred share unit of Pengrowth granted under the LTIP, whether or not vested, entitling the holders thereof to acquire Shares;
“Effective Date” means the date the Arrangement becomes effective under the ABCA, being the date shown on the Certificate;
“Effective Time” means the time on the Effective Date when the Arrangement becomes effective pursuant to the ABCA;
“Employment Agreement Obligations” means the obligations of Pengrowth to pay any amount to or on behalf of its officers other than salary and vacation pay in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Employment Agreements;
“Employment Agreements” means the employment agreements entered into between Pengrowth and certain officers of Pengrowth listed in the Disclosure Letter, true and complete copies of which have been provided to Cona prior to the date hereof, but excluding employment agreements relating to the Key Executive Retention Program and Key Employee Retention Program;
“Encumbrance” means, in the case of property or an asset, all mortgages, pledges, charges, liens, debentures, hypothecs, trust deeds, outstanding demands, burdens, capital leases, assignments by way of security, security interests, conditional sales contracts or other title retention agreements or similar interests or instruments charging, or creating a security interest in, or against title to, such property or assets, or any part thereof or interest therein, and any agreements, leases, options, easements, rights of way, restrictions, executions or other charges or encumbrances (including notices or other registrations in respect of any of the foregoing) (whether by Applicable Laws, contract or otherwise) against title to any of the property or asset, or any part thereof or interest therein or capable of becoming any of the foregoing;
“Environment” means the natural environment (including soil, land surface or subsurface strata), surface waters, groundwater, sediment, ambient air (including all layers of the atmosphere), organic and inorganic matter and living organisms, and any other environmental medium or natural resource and all sewer systems;
“Environmental Approval” means any permit, license, approval, consent, certificate, waiver, registration, notification, exemption or authorization required or issued by any Governmental Authority under or in connection with any applicable Environmental Laws;
“Environmental Laws” means, with respect to any Person or its business, activities, property, assets or undertaking, all Laws relating to the Environment or health and safety matters of the jurisdictions applicable to such Person or its business, activities, property, assets or undertaking, including, without limitation, Laws governing the use and storage of Hazardous Substances;
“Environmental Liabilities” means, with respect to any person, all liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, costs (including any response, abandonment, remedial and removal costs, investigation and feasibility study costs, capital costs, operation and maintenance costs), losses, damages (including any punitive damages, property damages, natural resource damages, consequential damages) and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants), fines, penalties, sanctions and interest incurred as a result of or related to any claim, suit, action, administrative order, investigation order (including judicial and administrative orders), proceeding or demand by any person, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute, regulation, equity or common law, including any arising under or related to any Environmental Laws, Environmental Approvals, or in connection with any release or threatened release or presence of Hazardous Substances whether on, at, in, under, from or about or in the vicinity of any real or personal property;
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