UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information (the “Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information”) presents the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet of Telesat Corporation (the “Pro Forma Balance Sheet”) as of September 30, 2021 and the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of income of Telesat Corporation (the “Pro Forma Statements of Income”) for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the nine months ended September 30, 2021, after giving effect to the transactions and adjustments as described in the accompanying notes. The Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information includes the results of Telesat Corporation and Telesat Partnership and the historical results of Loral and Telesat, after giving pro forma effect to the following events and equity issuances in connection with the Transaction:
a.
The incorporation of Telesat Corporation, Telesat CanHoldco and Merger Sub and establishment of Telesat Partnership, with Telesat Corporation representing the ultimate parent company of the group.
b.
The issuance to Red Isle of (i) 270,270 Class C Shares in exchange for 653,422 of the Telesat Non-Voting Participating Preferred Shares held by Red Isle and (ii) 17,940,933 Class C Units in exchange for the remaining 43,377,534 Non-Voting Participating Preferred Shares, Voting Participating Preferred Shares and Common Shares of Telesat held by Red Isle.
c.
The issuance to MHR of 18,050,092 Class B Units of Telesat Partnership in exchange for the 18,050,092 Loral Common Shares held by MHR.
d.
The issuance of 12,981,576 Telesat Public Shares to certain other former Loral stockholders in exchange for the 12,981,576 Loral Common Shares held by them in the aggregate.
e.
The issuance of 302,176 Telesat Public Shares to certain members of Telesat management in exchange for the 730,599 shares in the capital of Telesat held by them in the aggregate.
After taking into account the above issuances, the voting rights and ownership interests of Telesat’s direct and indirect shareholders have been materially preserved and no individual party will acquire a majority of the voting or ownership interests in Telesat Corporation. Upon assessment of the voting power attributed to the various shareholders of Telesat Corporation, the Transaction represents a transfer among entities that have a high degree of common ownership as no single party to the Transaction will be considered to control Telesat Corporation, as no individual party will obtain a majority voting or ownership interest therein.
As general partner, Telesat Corporation is committed to operating Telesat Partnership as designed and will direct all relevant activities of Telesat Partnership. On the contrary, limited partners are only able to exercise their influence over the decision making (indirectly via director election and other matters in shareholders meeting) through a special voting arrangement in the Voting Trust at the Telesat Corporation level. As such, it has been determined that Telesat Corporation, as the general partner, has control over Telesat Partnership through its power over relevant decisions of the partnership, exposure to variable returns and ability to use its power to impact its variable returns as provided in the Partnership Agreement. Accordingly, the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information has been prepared on the basis that Telesat Partnership will be consolidated into Telesat Corporation and the investment in Telesat Partnership eliminated fully upon such consolidation. Immediately following the closing of the Transaction, Telesat Partnership Units will be held by Telesat’s former direct and indirect shareholders in the form of newly issued Class A Units and Class B Units and, in the case of Red Isle or its permitted transferees that are wholly owned by PSP Investments, Class C Units. The assessment of Telesat Corporation’s exposure to variable returns from Telesat Partnership is influenced by the assumption of the number of Loral stockholders that will not elect to receive Telesat Partnership Units and will therefore receive Telesat Public Shares. If the assumptions relating to the Telesat Partnership Units elected differ from the assumptions applied in preparing the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information, the consolidation conclusion may need to be reevaluated in accordance with IFRS 10 to determine whether the conclusion is appropriate or if the investment in Telesat Partnership should be accounted for as an equity investment in accordance with IAS 28.