WARRANT CERTIFICATE
UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE APRIL 21, 2014.
WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL OF 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 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE OR OTHERWISE IN CANADA OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF A CANADIAN RESIDENT UNTIL APRIL 21, 2014.
THESE WARRANTS AND THE SECURITIES DELIVERABLE UPON EXERCISE THEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT") OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION OR EXCLUSION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SECURITIES CANNOT BE THE SUBJECT OF HEDGING TRANSACTIONS UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTIONS ARE CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT.
THESE WARRANTS MAY NOT BE EXERCISED IN THE UNITED STATES OR BY OR ON BEHALF OF A PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES OR A U.S. PERSON UNLESS THESE WARRANTS AND THE SECURITIES DELIVERABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE WARRANTS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF ANY SUCH STATE OR AN EXEMPTIONS FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS IS AVAILABLE. "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" ARE AS DEFINED BY REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT.
THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED HEREBY WILL BE VOID AND OF NO VALUE AFTER 5:00 PM (VANCOUVER TIME) ON DECEMBER 20, 2018
WARRANT TO PURCHASE
COMMON SHARES OF CRAILAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Warrant Certificate Number:u Number of Warrants:u
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT for value received,u (the "Warrantholder") has the right to purchase in respect of each warrant (the "Warrants") represented by this certificate or by a replacement certificate (in either case this "Warrant Certificate"), at any time up to 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on December 20, 2018 (the "Expiry Time") one fully paid and non-assessable common share ("Common Shares" and which term shall include any shares or other securities to be issued in addition thereto or in substitution or replacement therefor as provided herein) of Crailar Technologies Inc. (the "Corporation"), a corporation incorporated under theBusiness Corporations Act (British Columbia), as constituted on the date hereof at a purchase price (the purchase price in effect from time to time being called the "Exercise Price") of CAD$0.70 per Common Share if exercised on or before December 20, 2018, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
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The Corporation agrees that the Common Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants shall be and be deemed to be issued to the Warrantholder as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant Certificate shall have been surrendered and payment made for such Common Shares as aforesaid.
Nothing contained herein shall confer any right upon the Warrantholder to subscribe for or purchase any Common Shares at any time after the Expiry Time and from and after the Expiry Time the Warrants and all rights under this Warrant Certificate shall be void and of no value.
The above provisions are subject to the following:
1.1 In the event that the Warrantholder desires to exercise the right to purchase Common Shares conferred hereby, the Warrantholder shall (a) surrender this Warrant Certificate to the Corporation in accordance with section 9 hereof, (b) complete and execute a subscription form in the form attached as Schedule A to this Warrant Certificate, and (c) pay the amount payable on the exercise of this Warrant in respect of the Common Shares subscribed for either by bank draft or cheque payable to the Corporation. Upon such surrender and payment as aforesaid, the Warrantholder shall be deemed for all purposes to be the holder of record of the number of Common Shares to be so issued and the Warrantholder shall be entitled to delivery of a certificate or certificates representing such Common Shares and the Corporation shall cause such certificate or certificates to be delivered to the Warrantholder at the address specified in the subscription form within five business days after such surrender and payment as aforesaid. No fractional Common Shares will be issuable upon any exercise of this Warrant and the Warrantholder will not be entitled to any cash payment or compensation in lieu of a fractional Common Share.
2.1 The Warrantholder may from time to time subscribe for and purchase any lesser number of Common Shares than the number of Common Shares expressed in this Warrant Certificate. In the event that the Warrantholder subscribes for and purchases any such lesser number of Common Shares prior to the Expiry Time, the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive a replacement certificate representing the unexercised balance of the Warrants.
3.1 The holding of the Warrants shall not constitute the Warrantholder a shareholder of the Corporation nor entitle the Warrantholder to any right or interest in respect thereof except as expressly provided in this Warrant Certificate.
4. Covenants and Representations
4.1 The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that it is authorized to issue and that it will cause the Common Shares from time to time subscribed for and purchased in the manner provided in this Warrant Certificate and the certificate representing such Common
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Shares to be issued and that, at all times prior to the Expiry Time, it will reserve and there will remain unissued a sufficient number of Common Shares to satisfy the right of purchase provided in this Warrant Certificate. The Corporation hereby further covenants and agrees that it will at its expense expeditiously use its best efforts to obtain the listing of such Common Shares (subject to issue or notice of issue) on each stock exchange or over-the-counter market on which the Common Shares may be listed from time to time. All Common Shares which are issued upon the exercise of the right of purchase provided in this Warrant Certificate, upon payment therefor of the amount at which such Common Shares may be purchased pursuant to the provisions of this Warrant Certificate, shall be and be deemed to be fully paid and non-assessable shares and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that this Warrant Certificate is a valid and enforceable obligation of the Corporation, enforceable in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant Certificate. The Corporation hereby further covenants and agrees that it shall make all requisite filings under the securities laws of each Province of Canada and the respective regulations made thereunder including those necessary to remain a reporting issuer not in default of any requirement of such acts and regulations. The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that it will at all times prior to the Expiry Time of any Warrants hereunder maintain its existence, will carry on and conduct its business in a prudent manner in accordance with industry standards and good business practice, and will keep or cause to be kept proper books of account in accordance with applicable law.
(a) "Adjustment Period" means the period commencing on December 20, 2013 and ending at the Expiry Time;
(b) "Current Market Price" of the Common Shares at any date means the price per share equal to the weighted average price at which the Common Shares have traded on the TSX Venture Exchange or, if the Common Shares are not then listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, on such other Canadian stock exchange as may be selected by the directors of the Corporation for such purpose or, if the Common Shares are not then listed on any Canadian stock exchange, in the over-the-counter market, during the period of any 20 consecutive trading days ending not more than five business days before such date; provided that the weighted average price shall be determined by dividing the aggregate sale price of all Common Shares sold on the said exchange or market, as the case may be, during such 20 consecutive trading days by the total number of Common Shares so sold; and provided further that if the Common Shares are not then listed on any Canadian stock exchange or traded in the over-the-counter market, then the Current Market Price shall be determined by such firm of independent chartered accountants as may be selected by the directors of the Corporation;
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(c) "director" means a director of the Corporation for the time being and, unless otherwise specified herein, a reference to action "by the directors" means action by the directors of the Corporation as a board or, whenever empowered, action by any committee of the directors of the Corporation; and
(d) "trading day" with respect to a stock exchange or over-the-counter market means a day on which such stock exchange or market is open for business.
(a) If at any time during the Adjustment Period the Corporation shall:
(iii) subdivide the outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of Common Shares; or
(iv) consolidate the outstanding Common Shares into a lesser number of Common Shares,
(any of such events in subclauses 5.2(a)(i), 5.2(a)(ii), 5.2(a)(iii) and 5.2(a)(iv) above being herein called a "Common Share Reorganization"), the Exercise Price shall be adjusted on the earlier of the record date on which holders of Common Shares are determined for the purposes of the Common Share Reorganization and the effective date of the Common Share Reorganization to the amount determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date or effective date, as the case may be, by a fraction:
(A) the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date or effective date, as the case may be, before giving effect to such Common Share Reorganization; and
(B) the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Shares which will be outstanding immediately after giving effect to such Common Share Reorganization (including in the case of a distribution of securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares the number of Common Shares that would have been outstanding had such securities been exchanged for or converted into Common Shares on such date).
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To the extent that any adjustment in the Exercise Price occurs pursuant to this clause 5.2(a) as a result of the fixing by the Corporation of a record date for the distribution of securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares, the Exercise Price shall be readjusted immediately after the expiry of any relevant exchange or conversion right to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect based upon the number of Common Shares actually issued and remaining issuable after such expiry and shall be further readjusted in such manner upon the expiry of any further such right. If the Warrantholder has not exercised its right to subscribe for and purchase Common Shares on or prior to the record date of such stock dividend or distribution or the effective date of such subdivision or consolidation, as the case may be, upon the exercise of such right thereafter shall be entitled to receive and shall accept in lieu of the number of Common Shares then subscribed for and purchased by the Warrantholder, at the Exercise Price determined in accordance with this clause 5.2(a) the aggregate number of Common Shares that the Warrantholder would have been entitled to receive as a result of such Common Share Reorganization, if, on such record date or effective date, as the case may be, the Warrantholder had been the holder of record of the number of Common Shares so subscribed for and purchased.
(i) the numerator of which shall be the aggregate of
(A) the number of Common Shares outstanding on the record date for the Rights Offering, and
(B) the quotient determined by dividing
(I) either (a) the product of the number of Common Shares offered during the Rights Period pursuant to the Rights Offering and the price at which such Common Shares are offered, or, (b) the product of the exchange, exercise or conversion price of the securities so offered and the number of Common Shares for or into which the securities offered pursuant to the Rights Offering may be exchanged, exercised or converted, as the case may be, by
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(II) the Current Market Price of the Common Shares as of the record date for the Rights Offering; and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be the aggregate of the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date and the number of Common Shares offered pursuant to the Rights Offering (including in the case of the issue or distribution of securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares the number of Common Shares into which such securities may be exchanged, exercised or converted).
If by the terms of the rights, options, or warrants referred to in this clause 5.2(b), there is more than one purchase, conversion or exchange price per Common Share, the aggregate price of the total number of additional Common Shares offered for subscription or purchase, or the aggregate conversion or exchange price of the convertible or exchangeable securities so offered, shall be calculated for purposes of the adjustment on the basis of the lowest purchase, conversion or exchange price per Common Share, as the case may be. Any Common Shares owned by or held for the account of the Corporation shall be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such calculation. To the extent that any adjustment in the Exercise Price occurs pursuant to this clause 5.2(b) as a result of the fixing by the Corporation of a record date for the issue or distribution of rights, options or warrants referred to in this clause 5.2(b), the Exercise Price shall be readjusted immediately after the expiry of any relevant exchange, conversion or exercise right to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect based upon the number of Common Shares actually issued and remaining issuable after such expiry and shall be further readjusted in such manner upon the expiry of any further such right.
(i) shares of the Corporation of any class other than Common Shares;
(ii) rights, options or warrants to acquire Common Shares or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares (other than rights, options or warrants pursuant to which holders of Common Shares are entitled, during a period expiring not more than 45 days after the record date for such issue, to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares or securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares at a price per share (or in the case of securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares at an exchange, exercise or conversion price per share on the record date for the issue of such securities) of at least 95% of the Current Market Price of the Common Shares on such record date);
(iii) evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation; or
(iv) any property or assets of the Corporation;
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and if such issue or distribution does not constitute a Common Share Reorganization or a Rights Offering (any of such non-excluded events being herein called a "Special Distribution"), the Exercise Price shall be adjusted effective immediately after the record date for the Special Distribution to the amount determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect on the record date for the Special Distribution by a fraction:
(A) the numerator of which shall be the difference between
(I) the product of the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date and the Current Market Price of the Common Shares on such record date, and
(II) the fair value, as determined by a recognized independent firm of valuators, to the holders of Common Shares of the shares, rights, options, warrants, evidences of indebtedness or property or assets to be issued or distributed in the Special Distribution, and
(B) the denominator of which shall be the product obtained by multiplying the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date by the Current Market Price of the Common Shares on such record date.
Any Common Shares owned by or held for the account of the Corporation shall be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of such calculation. To the extent that any adjustment in the Exercise Price occurs pursuant to this clause 5.2(c) as a result of the fixing by the Corporation of a record date for the issue or distribution of rights, options or warrants to acquire Common Shares or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares referred to in this clause 5.2(c), the Exercise Price shall be readjusted immediately after the expiry of any relevant exchange, exercise or conversion right to the amount which would then be in effect if the current market value of the Common Shares had been determined on the basis of the number of Common Shares issued and remaining issuable immediately after such expiry,. and shall be further readjusted in such manner upon the expiry of any further such right.
(d) If at any time during the Adjustment Period there shall occur:
(i) a reclassification or redesignation of the Common Shares, any change of the Common Shares into other shares or securities or any other capital reorganization involving the Common Shares other than a Common Share Reorganization;
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(iii) the transfer of the undertaking or assets of the Corporation as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to another corporation or entity;
(any of such events being herein called a "Capital Reorganization"), after the effective date of the Capital Reorganization
(iv) the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive, and shall accept, for the same aggregate consideration, upon exercise of this Warrant, in lieu of the number of Common Shares which the Warrantholder was theretofore entitled to purchase or receive upon the exercise of this Warrant, the kind and aggregate number of shares and other securities or property resulting from the Capital Reorganization which the Warrantholder would have been entitled to receive as a result of the Capital Reorganization if, on the effective date thereof, the Warrantholder had been the registered holder of the number of Common Shares to which the Warrantholder was theretofore entitled to purchase or receive upon the exercise of this Warrant, and
(v) the Exercise Price shall, on the effective date of the Capital Reoganization, be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such Capital Reorganization by the number of Common Shares purchasable pursuant to this Warrant Certificate immediately prior to the Capital Reorganization, and dividing the product thereof by the number of successor securities determined in Section 5.2(d)(iv) above.
(e) If necessary, as a result of any Capital Reorganization, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Warrant Certificate with respect to the rights and interest thereafter of the Warrantholder to the end that the provisions of this Warrant Certificate shall thereafter correspondingly be made applicable as nearly as may reasonably be possible in relation to any shares or other securities or property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant.
(f) If at any time during the Adjustment Period any adjustment or readjustment in the Exercise Price shall occur pursuant to the provisions of clauses 5.2(a), 5.2(b) or 5.2(c) hereof, then the number of Common Shares purchasable upon the subsequent exercise of this Warrant shall be simultaneously adjusted or readjusted, as the case may be, by multiplying the number of Common Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment or readjustment by a fraction which shall be the reciprocal of the fraction used in the adjustment or readjustment of the Exercise Price.
(a) Subject to the following provisions of this subsection 5.3, any adjustment made pursuant to subsection 5.2 hereof shall be made successively whenever an event referred to therein shall occur.
(b) No adjustment in the Exercise Price shall be required unless such adjustment would result in a change of at least one per cent in the then Exercise Price and no adjustment shall be made in the number of Common Shares purchasable or issuable on the exercise of this Warrant unless it would result in a change of at least one one-hundredth of a Common Share; provided, however, that any adjustments which except for the provision of this clause 5.3(b) would otherwise have been required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. Notwithstanding any other provision of subsection 5.2 hereof, no adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made which would result in an increase in the Exercise Price or a decrease in the number of Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant (except in respect of the Common Share Reorganization described in subclause 5.2(a)(iv) hereof or a Capital Reorganization described in subclause 5.2(d)(ii) hereof).
(c) No adjustment in the Exercise Price or in the number or kind of securities purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made in respect of any event described in section 5 hereof if the Warrantholder is entitled to participate in such event on the same terms mutatis mutandis as if the Warrantholder had exercised this Warrant prior to or on the record date or effective date, as the case may be, of such event.
(d) No adjustment in the Exercise Price or in the number of Common Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made pursuant to subsection 5.2 hereof in respect of the issue from time to time of Common Shares pursuant to this Warrant Certificate or pursuant to any stock option, stock purchase or stock bonus plan in effect from time to time for directors, officers or employees of the Corporation and/or any subsidiary of the Corporation and any such issue, and any grant of options in connection therewith, shall be deemed not to be a Common Share Reorganization, a Rights Offering nor any other event described in subsection 5.2 hereof.
(e) If at any time during the Adjustment Period the Corporation shall take any action affecting the Common Shares, other than an action described in subsection 5.2 hereof, which in the opinion of the directors would have a material adverse effect upon the rights of the Warrantholder, either or both the Exercise Price and the number of Common Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted in such manner and at such time by action by the directors, in their sole discretion, as may be equitable in the circumstances. Failure of the taking of action by the directors so as to provide for an adjustment prior to the effective date of any action by the Corporation affecting the Common Shares shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence that the directors have determined that it is equitable to make no adjustment in the circumstances.
(f) If the Corporation shall set a record date to determine holders of Common Shares for the purpose of entitling such holders to receive any dividend or distribution or any subscription or purchase rights and shall, thereafter and before the distribution to such holders of any such dividend, distribution or subscription or purchase rights, legally abandon its plan to payor deliver such dividend, distribution or subscription or purchase rights, then no adjustment in the Exercise Price or the number of Common Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be required by reason of the setting of such record date.
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(g) In any case in which this Warrant shall require that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event referred to in subsection 5.2 hereof, the Corporation may defer, until the occurrence of such event:
(i) issuing to the Warrantholder, to the extent that this Warrant is exercised after such record date and before the occurrence of such event, the additional Common Shares issuable upon such exercise by reason of the adjustment required by such event; and
(ii) delivering to the Warrantholder any distribution declared with respect to such additional Common Shares after such record date and before such event;
provided, however, that the Corporation shall deliver to the Warrantholder an appropriate instrument evidencing the right of the Warrantholder, upon the occurrence of the event requiring the adjustment, to an adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Common Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and to such distribution declared with respect to any such additional Common Shares issuable on this exercise of this Warrant.
(h) In the absence of a resolution of the directors fixing a record date for a Rights Offering, the Corporation shall be deemed to have fixed as the record date therefor the date of the issue of the rights, options or warrants issued pursuant to the Rights Offering.
(i) If a dispute shall at any time arise with respect to adjustments of the Exercise Price or the number of Common Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, such disputes shall be conclusively determined by the auditors of the Corporation or if they are unable or unwilling to act, by such other firm of independent chartered accountants as may be selected by the directors and any such determination shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of any adjustment made pursuant to subsection 5.2 hereof and shall be binding upon the Corporation and the Warrantholder.
(j) As a condition precedent to the taking of any action which would require an adjustment pursuant to subsection 5.2 hereof, including the Exercise Price and the number or class of Common Shares or other securities which are to be received upon the exercise thereof, the Corporation shall take any action which may, in the opinion of counsel to the Corporation, be necessary in order that the Corporation may validly and legally issue as fully paid and non-assessable shares all of the Common Shares or other securities which the Warrantholder is entitled to receive in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant Certificate.
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Corporation shall promptly after such adjustment is determinable deliver to the Warrantholder a certificate providing the calculation of such adjustment. The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that the register of transfers and transfer books for the Common Shares will be open, and that the Corporation will not take any action which might deprive the Warrantholder of the opportunity of exercising the rights of subscription contained in this Warrant Certificate, during such 21 day period.
The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that it will do, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and delivered, all and every such other act, deed and assurance as the Warrantholder shall reasonably require for the better accomplishing and effectuating of the intentions and provisions of this Warrant Certificate.
Time is of the essence of this Warrant Certificate.
This Warrant Certificate shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein.
All notices or other communications to be given under this Warrant Certificate shall be delivered by hand or by telecopier and, if delivered by hand, shall be deemed to have been given on the delivery date and, if sent by telecopier, on the date of transmission if sent before 4:00 p.m. on a business day or, if such day is not a business day, on the first business day following the date of transmission.
Notices to the Corporation shall be addressed to:
Crailar Technologies Inc.
305-4420 Chatterton Way
Victoria, British Columbia
V8X 5J2
Attention: Guy Prevost, Director
Fax Number: (250) 658-8586
The Corporation or the Warrantholder may change its address for service by notice in writing to the other of them specifying its new address for service under this Warrant Certificate.
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10.1 Canadian Legends: Any certificate representing Common Shares issued upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to the date which is four months and one day after the date hereof will bear the following legends:
"UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE APRIL 21, 2014."
and
"WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL OF 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 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE OR OTHERWISE IN CANADA OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF A CANADIAN RESIDENT UNTIL APRIL 21, 2014."
provided that at any time subsequent to the date which is four months and one day after the date hereof any certificate representing such Common Shares may be exchanged for a certificate bearing no such legends.
10.2 U.S. Legends: The Warrantholder acknowledges that the Corporation is considered a U.S. "domestic issuer" under applicable U.S. securities laws and, as such, all certificates representing Common Shares issued upon the exercise of Warrants shall bear one of the restrictive legends as set forth hereinbelow.
These Warrants and the Common Shares to be issued upon its exercise have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or the securities laws of any state of the United States. These Warrants may not be exercised in the United States, or by or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person or a person in the United State, unless (i) the Common Shares are registered under the U.S. Securities Act and the applicable laws of any such state, or (ii) an exemption from such registration requirements is available, and (iii) the Warrantholder has complied with the requirements set forth in subscription form attached hereto as Schedule A. "United States" and "U.S. person" are as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act.
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"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT") OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION OR EXCLUSION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS."
Any Common Shares issued upon exercise of these Warrants outside the United States to a person who is not a U.S. person and is not exercising these Warrants for the account or benefit of a U.S. person or a person in the United States, and who did not execute or deliver the subscription form attached hereto as Schedule A in the United States, will be "restricted securities", as defined in Rule 144(a)(3) under the U.S. Securities Act, and will bear, on the face of such certificate the following legend:
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT") OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION OR EXCLUSION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THE CERTIFICATE CANNOT BE THE SUBJECT OF HEDGING TRANSACTIONS UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTIONS ARE CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT."
11.1 If this Warrant Certificate or any replacement hereof becomes stolen, lost, mutilated or destroyed, the Corporation shall, on such terms as it may in its discretion impose, acting reasonably, issue and deliver a new certificate, in form identical hereto but with appropriate changes, representing any unexercised portion of the subscription rights represented hereby to replace the certificate so stolen, lost, mutilated or destroyed.
The parties hereto acknowledge and confirm that they have requested that this Warrant Certificate as well as all notices and other documents contemplated hereby be drawn up in the English language. Les parties aux présentes reconnaissent et confirment qu'elles ont exigé que la présente convention ainsi que tous les avis et documents qui s'y rattachent soient rédigés dans la langue anglaise.
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13.1 The Warrants are transferable and the term "Warrantholder" shall mean and include any successor, transferee or assignee of the current or any future Warrantholder. The term "Warrantholder" shall mean and include any successor of the Warrantholder. The Warrants may be transferred by the Warrantholder completing and delivering to the Corporation the transfer form attached hereto as Schedule B.
14.1 This Warrant Certificate shall enure to the benefit of the Warrantholder and the successors and assignees thereof and shall be binding upon the Corporation and the successors thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Warrant Certificate to be signed by an authorized officer as of the 20th day of December, 2013.
CRAILAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Per:
SCHEDULE A
TO: CRAILAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
SUBSCRIPTION FORM
The undersigned hereby subscribes for ____________ common shares ("Common Shares") of Crailar Technologies Inc. (the "Corporation") (or such other number of Common Shares or other securities to which such subscription entitles the undersigned in lieu thereof or in addition thereto) pursuant to the provisions of the warrant certificate (the "Warrant Certificate") dated as of the 20th day of December, 2013 issued by the Corporation to the Warrantholder (as defined in the Warrant Certificate) at the purchase price of CAD$0.70 per Common Share if exercised on or before 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on December 20, 2018, (or at such other purchase price as may then be in effect under the provisions of the Warrant Certificate) and on and subject to the other terms and conditions specified in the Warrant and encloses herewith a cheque, bank draft or money order or has transmitted good same day funds by wire or other similar transfer in lawful money of Canada payable to or to the order of the Corporation in payment of the subscription price.
The undersigned hereby directs that the Common Shares subscribed for be registered and delivered as follows:
Name in Full | Address (include Postal/Zip Code) | Number of Common Shares |
As at the time of exercise hereunder, the undersigned Warrantholder represents, warrants and certifies as follows (check one):
(A) [ ] the undersigned Warrantholder at the time of exercise of the Warrant is not in the United States, is not a "U.S. person" as defined in Regulation S under the United StatesSecurities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), and is not exercising the Warrant for the account or benefit of a U.S. person or a person in the United States (as defined in Regulation S), and did not execute or deliver this subscription form in the United States; OR
(B) [ ] the undersigned Warrantholder is resident in the United States, is a U.S. person, or is exercising the Warrant for the account or benefit of a U.S. person or a person in the United States (a "U.S. Holder"), and is an "accredited investor", as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act (a "U.S. Accredited Investor"), and has completed the U.S. Accredited Investor Status Certificate in the form attached to this subscription form; OR
(C) [ ]if the undersigned Warrantholder is a U.S. Holder, the undersigned Warrantholder has delivered to the Corporation and the Corporation's transfer agent an opinion of counsel (which will not be sufficient unless it is in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation) or such other evidence satisfactory to the Corporation to the effect that with respect to the common shares to be delivered upon exercise of the Warrant, the issuance of such securities has been registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws is available.
Note: Certificates representing common shares will not be registered or delivered to an address in the United States unless box (B) or (C) immediately above is checked.
If the undersigned Warrantholder has indicated that the undersigned Warrantholder is a U.S. Accredited Investor by marking box (B) above, the undersigned Warrantholder additionally represents and warrants to the Corporation that:
1 the undersigned Warrantholder has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Common Shares, and the undersigned is able to bear the economic risk of loss of his or her entire investment;
2. the undersigned is: (i) purchasing the Common Shares for his or her own account or for the account of one or more U.S. Accredited Investors with respect to which the undersigned is exercising sole investment discretion, and not on behalf of any other person; (ii) is purchasing the Common Shares for investment purposes only and not with a view to resale, distribution or other disposition in violation of United States federal or state securities laws; and (iii) in the case of the purchase by the undersigned of the Common Shares as agent or trustee for any other person or persons (each a "Beneficial Owner"), the undersigned Warrantholder has due and proper authority to act as agent or trustee for and on behalf of each such Beneficial Owner in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that: (x) if the undersigned Warrantholder, or any Beneficial Owner, is a corporation or a partnership, syndicate, trust or other form of unincorporated organization, the undersigned Warrantholder or each such Beneficial Owner was not incorporated or created solely, nor is it being used primarily to permit purchases without a prospectus or registration statement under applicable law; and (y) each Beneficial Owner, if any, is a U.S. Accredited Investor; and
3. the undersigned has not exercised the Warrants as a result of any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as such terms are used in Rule 502 of Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act), including advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media, or broadcast over radio, television, the Internet or other form of telecommunications, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by general solicitation or general advertising.
If the undersigned has indicated that the undersigned is a U.S. Accredited Investor by marking box (B) above, the undersigned also acknowledges and agrees that:
1. the Corporation has provided to the undersigned the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the offering, and the undersigned has had access to such information concerning the Corporation as the undersigned has considered necessary or appropriate in connection with the undersigned's investment decision to acquire the Common Shares;
2. if the undersigned decides to offer, sell or otherwise transfer any of the Common Shares, the undersigned must not, and will not, offer, sell or otherwise transfer any of such Common Shares directly or indirectly, unless:
(a) the sale is to the Corporation;
(b) the sale is made outside the United States in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act and in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations;
(c) the sale is made pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements under the U.S. Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder, if available, and in accordance with any applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws; or
(d) the Common Shares are sold in a transaction that does not require registration under the U.S. Securities Act or any applicable state laws and regulations governing the offer and sale of securities, and it has prior to such sale furnished to the Corporation an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation;
3. the Common Shares are "restricted securities" under applicable federal securities laws and that the U.S. Securities Act and the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission provide in substance that the undersigned may dispose of the Common Shares only pursuant to an effective registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act or an exemption therefrom;
4. the Corporation has no obligation to register any of the Common Shares or to take action so as to permit sales pursuant to the U.S. Securities Act (including Rule 144 thereunder);
5. the certificates representing the Common Shares (and any certificates issued in exchange or substitution for the Common Shares) will bear a legend stating that such securities have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act or the securities laws of any state of the United States, and may not be offered for sale or sold unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and the securities laws of all applicable states of the United States, or unless an exemption from such registration requirements is available;
6. the legend may be removed by delivery to the registrar and transfer agent and the Corporation of an opinion of counsel, of recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, that such legend is no longer required under applicable requirements of the U.S. Securities Act or state securities laws;
7. there may be material tax consequences to the undersigned of an acquisition or disposition of the Common Shares;
8. the Corporation gives no opinion and makes no representation with respect to the tax consequences to the undersigned under United States, state, local or foreign tax law of the undersigned's acquisition or disposition of any Common Shares; in particular, no determination has been made whether the Corporation will be a "passive foreign investment company" (commonly known as a "PFIC") within the meaning of Section 1297 of the United StatesInternal Revenue Code;
9. funds representing the subscription price for the Common Shares which will be advanced by the undersigned to the Corporation upon exercise of the Warrants will not represent proceeds of crime for the purposes of the United StatesUniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (the "PATRIOT Act"), and the undersigned acknowledges that the Corporation may in the future be required by law to disclose the undersigned's name and other information relating to this exercise form and the undersigned's subscription hereunder, on a confidential basis, pursuant to the PATRIOT Act. No portion of the subscription price to be provided by the undersigned (i) has been or will be derived from or related to any activity that is deemed criminal under the laws of the United States of America, or any other jurisdiction, or (ii) is being tendered on behalf of a person or entity who has not been identified to or by the undersigned, and it shall promptly notify the Corporation if the undersigned discovers that any of such representations ceases to be true and provide the Corporation with appropriate information in connection therewith;
10. the Corporation is not currently, nor it is obligated to become a "foreign issuer"; and
11. the undersigned consents to the Corporation making a notation on its records or giving instructions to any transfer agent of the Corporation in order to implement the restrictions on transfer set forth and described in this subscription form.
In the absence of instructions to the contrary, the securities or other property will be issued in the name of or to the Warrantholder hereof and will be sent by first class mail to the last address of the Warrantholder appearing on the register maintained for the Warrants.
DATED this _________ day of _______________, 20_____.
In the presence of:
Signature of Witness Signature of Warrantholder
Witness's Name Name and Title of Authorized Signatory for
the Warrantholder
Please print below your name and address in full.
Legal Name
Address
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBSCRIPTION
The signature to the subscription must correspond in every particular with the name written upon the face of the Warrant Certificate without alteration. If the certificates representing the common shares to be issued upon exercise of the Warrants differs from the registration of the Warrant Certificates the signature of the registered Warrantholder must be guaranteed by an authorized officer of a Canadian chartered bank, or of a major Canadian trust company, or by a medallion signature guarantee from a member recognized under the Signature Medallion Guarantee Program, or from a similar entity in the United States, if this transfer is executed in the United States, or in accordance with industry standards.
In the case of persons signing by agent or attorney or by personal representative(s), the authority of such agent, attorney or representative(s) to sign must be proven to the satisfaction of the Corporation.
If the Warrant Certificate and the form of subscription are being forwarded by mail, registered mail must be employed.
U.S. ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS CERTIFICATE
In connection with the exercise of certain outstanding warrants ofCRAILAR TECHNOLOGIES INC. (the "Company") by the Warrantholder, the Warrantholder hereby represents and warrants to the Company that the Warrantholder, and each beneficial owner (each a "Beneficial Owner"), if any, on whose behalf the Warrantholder is exercising such warrants, satisfies one or more of the following categories of Accredited Investor(please write "W/H" for the undersigned Warrantholder, and "B/O" for each beneficial owner, if any, on each line that applies):
_______ (1) | Any bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the U.S. Securities 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(a)(13) of the U.S. Securities Act; 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 that Act; 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 US$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 such Act, 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 US$5,000,000, or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are "accredited investors" (as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the U.S. Securities Act); |
_______ (2) | Any private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940; |
_______ (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 US$5,000,000; |
_______ (4) | Any trust with total assets in excess of US$5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person (being defined as a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he or she is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment); |
_______ (5) | A natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person's spouse, at the time of purchase, exceeds US$1,000,000 (for the purposes of calculating net worth, (i) the person's primary residence shall not be included as an asset; (ii) indebtedness that is secured by the person's primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of this certification, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of this certification exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (iii) indebtedness that is secured by the person's primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence shall be included as a liability); |
_______ (6) | A natural person who had annual gross income during each of the last two full calendar years in excess of US$200,000 (or together with his or her spouse in excess of US$300,000) and reasonably expects to have annual gross income in excess of US$200,000 (or together with his or her spouse in excess of US$300,000) during the current calendar year, and no reason to believe that his or her annual gross income will not remain in excess of US$200,000 (or that together with his or her spouse will not remain in excess of US$300,000) for the foreseeable future; |
_______ (7) | Any director or executive officer of the Company; or |
_______ (8) | Any entity in which all of the equity owners meet the requirements of at least one of the above categories. |
SCHEDULE B
FORM OF TRANSFER
TO: Crailar Technologies Inc.
305-4420 Chatterton Way
Victoria, British Columbia V8X 5J2
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: 604-658-8582; Fax: 604-658-8586
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the "Transferor") hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto __________________________________ (the "Transferee") ________________ Warrants exercisable for common shares of Crailar Technologies Inc. (the "Corporation") registered in the name of the Transferor on the register of the Corporation maintained therefor, and hereby irrevocably appoints the attorney of the Transferor to transfer the said securities on the books maintained by the Corporation with full power of substitution.
The Transferor hereby directs that the Warrants hereby transferred be issued and delivered as follows:
NAME IN FULL | ADDRESS | NUMBER OF WARRANTS |
The Transferor hereby certifies that (check either A or B):
____ (A) if the Transferee is (i) a U.S. person, (ii) a person in the United States, or (ii) any person who is acting for the account or benefit of a U.S. person or a person in the United States, the transfer of the Warrants is being completed pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the United StatesSecurities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), in which case the Transferor has delivered or caused to be delivered by the Transferee a written opinion of U.S. legal counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation to the effect that the transfer of the Warrants is exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws; or
____ (B) the transfer of the Warrants is being made in reliance on Rule 904 of Regulation S ("Regulation S") under the U.S. Securities Act, and the Transferor certifies that:
(1) the undersigned is not an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 405 under the U.S. Securities Act) of the Corporation or a "distributor", as defined in Regulation S, or an affiliate of a "distributor";
(2) the offer of such securities was not made in the United States, or to or for the benefit or account of a U.S. person or a person in the United States and at the time the offer was accepted, the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the Transferee was outside the United States and not a U.S. person;
(3) neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf engaged in any "directed selling efforts" (as such term is defined in Regulation S) in connection with the offer and sale of the Warrants;
(4) the sale is bona fide and not for the purpose of "washing off" the resale restrictions imposed because the Warrants are "restricted securities" (as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(3) under the U.S. Securities Act);
(5) the Transferor does not intend to replace the securities sold in reliance on Rule 904 of the U.S. Securities Act with fungible unrestricted securities; and
(6) the contemplated sale is not a transaction, or part of a series of transactions which, although in technical compliance with Regulation S, is part of a plan or a scheme to evade the registration provisions of the U.S. Securities Act;
and, if requested by the Corporation or its transfer agent, the undersigned has delivered or caused to be delivered an opinion of legal counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation to the effect that the transfer of the Warrants is exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act.
"United States" and "U.S. person" are as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act.
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DATED this _______ day of ___________________, 20___.
Signature of Transferor guaranteed by:
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Instructions for Transfer
Signature of the Warrantholder must be the signature of the person appearing on the face of this Warrant Certificate in every particular, without alteration or change.
If the Form of Transfer is signed by a trustee, executor, administrator, curator, guardian, attorney, officer of a corporation or any person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, the certificate must be accompanied by evidence of authority to sign satisfactory to the Corporation.
The signature on the Form of Transfer must be guaranteed by one of the following methods:
In Canada and the US: a Medallion Guarantee obtained from a member of an acceptable Medallion Guarantee Program (STAMP, SEMP or MSP). Many banks, credit unions and broker dealers are members of a Medallion Guarantee Program. The guarantor must affix a stamp in the space above bearing the actual words "Medallion Guaranteed".
In Canada: a Signature Guarantee obtained from a major Canadian Schedule I bank that is not a member of a Medallion Guarantee Program. The guarantor must affix a stamp in the space above bearing the actual words "Signature Guaranteed".
Outside Canada and the US: Warrantholders must obtain a guarantee from a local financial institution that has a corresponding affiliate in Canada or the US that is a member of an acceptable Medallion Guarantee Program. The corresponding affiliate must overguarantee the guarantee provided by the local financial institution.
The Warrants will only be transferable in accordance with applicable laws. The Warrants and the common shares issuable upon exercise thereof have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act, or under the securities laws of any state of the United States, and may not be transferred to or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person or any person in the United States without registration under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or compliance with the requirements of an exemption from registration.
TRANSFEREE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The undersigned transferee (the "Transferee") acknowledges and agrees that the Warrants may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred in the absence of: (a) an effective registration statement under the United StatesSecurities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") and the applicable laws of any such state, relating thereto; or (b) an exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Each Warrant Certificate, and each certificate representing Common Shares issuable upon exercise thereof, shall contain a legend on the face thereof, in the appropriate form, setting forth the restrictions on transfer referred to in the Warrant Certificate, unless in the opinion of counsel for the holder thereof (which is in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation), the securities represented thereby are not, at such time, required by law to bear such legend, or in the case of the Common Shares, are transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act and the applicable state securities laws. The holder acknowledges and agrees that the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and the Common Shares issuable upon exercise thereof, constitute "restricted securities" under the U.S. Securities Act.
If the Transferee acquires the Warrants pursuant to a resale transaction pursuant to Rule 904 of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act, then the Transferee acknowledges that the Warrants still continue to be deemed restricted securities and will continue to bear a restrictive legend.
Any certificate issued at any time in exchange or substitution for any certificate bearing a restrictive legend shall also bear such legend unless in the opinion of counsel for the holder thereof (which is in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation), the securities represented thereby are not, at such time, required by law to bear such legend.
The Transferee acknowledges that it shall notify the Corporation prior to any exercise or deemed exercise of the Warrants if the representations, warranties and certifications contained in the Form of Transfer are no longer true and correct.
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The Warrants and the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants shall only be transferable in accordance with applicable laws. The Warrants may only be exercised in the manner required by the Warrant Certificate and the underlying subscription agreement. Any securities acquired pursuant to this exercise of Warrants shall be subject to applicable hold periods and any certificate representing such securities may bear restrictive legends.
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