SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
“Interim Order” means the order made after the application to the Court pursuant to subsection 291(2) of the BCBCA after being informed of the intention to rely upon the exemption from the registration requirements under Section 3(a)(10) of the U.S. Securities Act with respect to the Pan American Shares, the Replacement Options and the CVRs issued pursuant to the Arrangement, in form and substance acceptable to Tahoe and Pan American, each acting reasonably, providing for, among other things, the calling and holding of the Tahoe Meeting, as the same may be amended, affirmed, modified, supplemented or varied by the Court with the consent of Tahoe, Pan American and Subco, each acting reasonably;
“ILO 169” means the United National International Labour Organization convention regarding Indigenous and tribal peoples in independent countries;
“Key Regulatory Approvals” means those sanctions, rulings, consents, orders, exemptions, Permits and other approvals (including the lapse, without objection, of a prescribed time under a statute or regulation that states that a transaction may be implemented if a prescribed time lapses following the giving of notice without an objection being made) of Governmental Entities in those jurisdictions where either Party conducts material operations or into which either Party sells a material amount of silver, gold, doré, concentrate or other metal bearing ore, including conditional listing approval from the TSX for the Pan American Shares issued pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement, the Pan American Shares issuable pursuant to the CVRs and the Replacement Options issued pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement, but which for greater certainty excludes the Canadian Competition Approval;
“La Arena Report” has the meaning attributed thereto under the following heading in this Pan American Circular: “Information Concerning Tahoe – Summary of Operations – Producing Properties – La Arena Mine”;
“Laurel Hill” means Laurel Hill Advisory Group the proxy solicitation agent for the Special Meeting;
“law” or “laws” means all laws (including common law),by-laws, statutes, rules, regulations, principles of law and equity, orders, rulings, ordinances, judgements, injunctions, determinations, awards, decrees or other requirements, whether domestic or foreign, and the terms and conditions of any Permit of or from any Governmental Entity, and the term “applicable” with respect to such laws and in a context that refers to a Party to the Arrangement Agreement, means such laws as are applicable to such Party and/or its subsidiaries or their business, undertaking, property or securities and emanate from a person having jurisdiction over the Party and/or its subsidiaries or its or their business, undertaking, property or securities;
“Loan Documents” means the loan documents as defined in the Tahoe Credit Agreement;
“Locked-up Shareholders” means Tanya M. Jakusconek, Charles A. Jeannes, Drago G. Kisic, C. Kevin McArthur, Alan C. Moon, A. Dan Rovig, Paul B. Sweeney, James S. Voorhees, Kenneth F. Williamson, Brian Brodsky, Thomas F. Fudge, Jr., Edie Hofmeister, Elizabeth Dianne McGregor and Mark Sadler, who together hold5,264,975 Tahoe Shares, 1,693,300 Tahoe Options, 247,800 Tahoe DSAs and 339,000 Tahoe PSAs;
“material fact” and “material change” have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Securities Act;
“MD&A” means management’s discussion and analysis;
“MEM”means Guatemala’s Ministry of Energy and Mines;
“Merged Company”has the meaning ascribed thereto under the heading “The Arrangement – Plan of Arrangement”;
“Merger” means the merger of Subco and Tahoe to form one corporate entity in connection with the Arrangement;
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