AND WHEREAS the parties wish to enter into this Agreement to reflect the foregoing and to ensure that the holders from time to time of the Class A Shares will not be deprived of rights under applicable takeover bid legislation to which they would have been entitled in the event of a takeover bid if the Class A Shares and the Class B Shares were of a single class of shares;
AND WHEREAS the Class B Shareholder and the Manager wish to confirm the appointment of the Trustee as a trustee for the holders from time to time of the Class A Shares for the purposes hereinafter set forth with the intent that such holders, through the Trustee, will receive the benefit of the covenants of the Class B Shareholder and the Manager contained in this Agreement;
AND WHEREAS, the foregoing recitals are made by the parties hereto other than the Trustee;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
1.1 | Interpretation not Affected by Headings, etc. |
The division of this Agreement into articles, sections and paragraphs and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and will not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
Words importing the singular number only will include the plural and vice versa. Words importing the use of any gender will include all genders.
Unless otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to any legislation include the regulations and rules thereunder, in each case as amended, re-enacted, consolidated or replaced from time to time and in the case of any such amendment, re-enactment, consolidation or replacement, reference herein to a particular provision will be read as referring to such amended, re-enacted, consolidated or replaced provision.
“Business Day” means any day (prior to 4:00 p.m.), other than a Saturday or a Sunday, when Canadian chartered banks are open for regular business in the city of Toronto, Ontario.
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