1.1 | Definitions |
(a) | "Acquisition" has the meaning set out in Recital B; |
(b) | "Affiliate" means any Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with another Person, and for the purpose of this definition, "control" (including with correlative meanings, the terms "controlled by" or "under common control") means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of any Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; |
(c) | "Agreement" means this Agreement as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, and the expressions "herein", "hereof", "hereto", "above", "below" and similar expressions if used in any subparagraph, paragraph, subsection, section or article of this Agreement refer and relate to the whole of this Agreement and not to that subparagraph, paragraph, subsection, section, or article only, unless otherwise expressly provided; |
(d) | "Ancillary Agreements" means, collectively, the Non-Competition Agreement and any other agreements entered into by any Party in respect of the Closing; |
(e) | "Assets" means all of the Corporation's property and assets of every nature and kind, wherever located; |
(f) | "Authorization" means, with respect to any Person, any order, approval, consent, waiver, license, permit, registration, clearance, qualifications or similar authorization of or by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Person; |
(g) | "Business" means the business of the development, design and production of heating and filtration solutions for industrial and hazardous area applications; |
(h) | "Business Day" means any day other than a day which is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks in Edmonton, Alberta or San Marcos, Texas are generally not open for business; |
(i) | "Closing" means the completion of the purchase and sale of the Subject Shares hereunder; |
(j) | "Closing Date" means (i) October 30, 2017 or such later date as may be determined pursuant to the terms of Corporate Seller SPA or (ii) such earlier or later date as the parties to the Corporate Seller SPA may agree upon in writing, but in no event later than November 30, 2017; |
(k) | "Closing Time" means 10:00 a.m. (Mountain Daylight Time) on the Closing Date; |
(l) | "Contract" means any legally binding oral or written contract, agreement, arrangement, indenture, transaction, lease, license, deed of trust, sales order, purchase order, instrument, understanding, undertaking or other commitment; |
(m) | “Corporate Sellers” mean Camary Holdings Ltd. and Rocor Holdings Ltd.; |
(n) | “Corporate Seller Shares” means the six million three hundred thirty-nine thousand sixteen (6,339,016) Class “A” Shares and ten thousand eight hundred eighty-nine (10,889) Class “D” Shares legally and beneficially owned by the Corporate Sellers; |
(o) | “Corporate Seller SPA” means the agreement dated the 3rd day of October, 2017 between the Corporate Sellers and the Purchaser for the purchase, as of the Effective Time, of the Corporate Seller Shares, representing all of the remaining Shares in the capital of the Corporation other than the Subject Shares; |
(p) | "Corporation" means CCI Thermal Technologies Inc., a body corporate incorporated under the laws of Alberta; |
(q) | “Effective Time” means the effective time of the Corporate Seller SPA, being 10:00 a.m. MDT on October 30, 2017 or such other date and time as may be agreed between the parties to the Corporate Seller SPA; |
(r) | "Employee Shareholder” means any of Eric Azinger, Michael Arbour-Neagoe, Tim Chambers, Chris Donnelly, Chris Duggan, Mike Fox, Alejandro Maldonado, Bernie Moore, Jarek Szynkarczuk, Dave Ten Eycke, Lorne Weran, Garth Wideman, Cathy Roozen and Harold Roozen, and “Employee Shareholder” means all of them; |
(s) | “Employee Shares” means five hundred ninety-nine thousand five hundred fifty (599,550) Class “B” Shares and one hundred fifty four thousand eight hundred twelve (154,812) Class “C” Shares in the capital of the Corporation, owned by the Employee Shareholders, which include the Subject Shares; |
(t) | “Escrow Agent” means Miller Thomson LLP, in its capacity as escrow agent pursuant to an escrow agreement entered into between Miller Thomson LLP, the Corporate Sellers and the Purchaser; |
(u) | “Final Closing Statement” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.5 of the Corporate Seller SPA; |
(v) | "Financial Adjustment Time" means 11:59 p.m. on the day preceding the Closing Date; |
(w) | "Governmental Authority" means any: (a) multinational, federal, provincial, territorial, state, municipal, local or other government, governmental or public department, central bank, court, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign; (b) subdivision or authority of any of the foregoing; (c) stock-exchange; or (d) quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory, expropriation or taxing authority under or for the account of any of the foregoing; |
(x) | "Laws" means the general principles of common law, civil law and equity, and all applicable: (a) laws, statutes, codes, ordinances, decrees, treaties, resolutions, rules, regulations and municipal by-laws; (b) regulatory judgments, orders, decisions, rulings or awards of any Governmental Authority; and (c) to the extent they have the force of law, any policies, guidelines and notices of any Governmental Authority, as from time to time in force and effect and whether binding on or affecting the Person referred to in the context in which the word is used; |
(y) | "Legal Proceeding" means any litigation, action, suit, prosecution, audit, investigation, hearing, inquiry, claim, demand, formal grievance, notice of non-compliance or defect, citation, directive, legal charge, arbitration proceeding or other legal notice or legal proceeding, judgment, order or decree, and includes any appeal or review and any application for appeal or review of any of the foregoing; |
(z) | “Non-Competition Agreement” means the non-competition and non-solicitation agreements to be entered into by the Vendor prior to Closing, in a form mutually acceptable to counsel for the Employee Shareholders and the Purchaser, for a term which in respect of each Employee Shareholder receiving proceeds from the sale of its portion of the Employee Shares in excess of One Hundred Fifty Thousand ($150,000.00) Dollars of three years from the date of termination of employment, and for a term of two years from the date of termination of employment for each other Employee Shareholder; |
(aa) | “Parties” mean the Vendor and the Purchaser; |
(ab) | "Person" includes any individual, corporation, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, body corporate, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, firm, joint venture, syndicate, association, capital venture fund, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, legal personal representative, estate, government, governmental authority and any other form of entity or organization, whether or not having legal status; |
(ac) | "Purchase Price" means the sum of <<Price>>, subject to adjustment in accordance with the further terms of this Agreement; |
(ad) | “Share” means a share of any class in the capital of the Corporation and “Shares” means more than one Share; |
(ae) | "Subject Shares" means <<Shares>> Class “<<Class>>” Shares which are owned by the Vendor; |
(af) | “Target Working Capital Amount" means Thirty-Three Million, Eight Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand, Six Hundred and Thirteen ($33,897,613.00) Dollars; and |
(ag) | “Vendor Participation Fraction” means <<Fraction>>. |
1.2 | Preamble |
1.3 | Governing Law |
1.4 | Currency |
1.5 | Interpretation Not Affected by Headings or Party Drafting |
1.6 | Certain Phrases |
(a) | the term "including", "includes" and "include" means "including (or includes or include) without limitation"; |
(b) | any reference to a specific Article or Section number refers to the specified Article or Section in this Agreement; and |
1.7 | Number and Gender |
1.8 | Statutes |
2.1. | Purchase and Sale |
2.2. | Purchase Price |
a. | the Purchase Price will be adjusted for every One ($1.00) Dollar of Working Capital differential, as follows (collectively, the "Purchase Price Adjustments"): |
(i) | decreased by an amount determined by multiplying the Vendor Participation Fraction by the amount, if any, by which the Corporation’s Working Capital as at the Financial Adjustment Time is less than the Target Working Capital Amount; or |
(ii) | increased by an amount determined by multiplying the Vendor Participation Fraction by the amount, if any, by which the Corporation’s Working Capital as at the Financial Adjustment Time is greater than the Target Working Capital Amount.; and |
(iii) | increased by an amount determined by multiplying the Vendor Participation Fraction by the amount of any net Tax refunds received by the Corporation and payable to the Vendor as an adjustment to the Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of Section 2.11 of the Corporate Seller SPA; or |
(iv) | decreased by an amount determined by multiplying the Vendor Participation Fraction by the amount of any net Tax payable by the Corporation as an adjustment to the Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of Section 2.11 of the Corporate Seller SPA. |
b. | the Purchase Price payable at Closing by the Purchaser to the Vendor (the "Estimated Purchase Price") will be based on the foregoing Purchase Price Adjustments and from the best estimate of the consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation as at the Financial Adjustment Time (the "Estimated Closing Statement"). The Estimated Closing Statement will be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and delivered in accordance with the term of the Corporate Seller SPA. |
c. | The Purchase Price will be further adjusted post-Closing in accordance with the terms of Section 2.6 of the Corporate Seller SPA (the amount as so adjusted being the “Final Purchase Price”) on the basis of a Final Closing Statement, which shall be prepared and delivered within ninety (90) days of the Closing Date in accordance with Section 2.5 of the Corporate Seller SPA. The Vendor acknowledges the Vendor's obligation to reimburse the Corporate Sellers for an amount determined by multiplying the Vendor Participation Fraction by the amount of any Shortfall Amount identified in the determination of the Final Purchase Price, upon such amount being paid by the Corporate Sellers to the Purchaser on behalf of the Vendor in accordance with the terms of Section 2.6 of the Corporate Seller SPA. |
2.3. | Deposit |
a. | if Closing occurs the Deposit and the interest earned thereon while held by the Escrow Agent shall be paid to the Corporate Sellers in accordance with the terms of Section 2.4 of the Corporate Seller SPA and credited against the purchase price under that agreement; or |
b. | if Closing does not occur, and the Corporate Seller SPA is terminated by the Purchaser or the Corporate Sellers in consequence of Purchaser’s failure to procure Financing in accordance with the terms of the Corporate Seller SPA: |
i. | the Deposit and any interest earned thereon while held by the Escrow Agent shall be forfeited to and retained by the Employee Shareholders and Corporate Sellers for their own accounts absolutely as a genuine pre-estimate, by the Employee Shareholders, Corporate Sellers and Purchaser, of the Employee Shareholders' and Corporate Sellers’ liquidated damages as a result of Closing not occurring; and payment of such liquidated damages by forfeiture of the Deposit and any interest thereon to the Employee Shareholders and Corporate Sellers shall be the Employee Shareholders and Corporate Sellers sole remedy in respect of Closing not occurring and upon such payment being made Purchaser shall be released from all further Liabilities under the Corporate Seller SPA or this Agreement; and |
ii. | the Vendor Participation Fraction of the Deposit and the interest earned thereon shall be disbursed by the Escrow Agent in favour of the Vendor in consequence of the Vendor's ownership of the Subject Shares; or |
c. | if Closing does not occur and the Corporate Seller SPA is terminated in circumstances where Section 2.3(b) does not apply, the Deposit and the interest earned thereon while held by the Escrow Agent shall be paid by the Escrow Agent to Purchaser in accordance with the terms of the Corporate Seller SPA. |
2.4. | Section 56.4 Election |
3.1 | Vendor’s Representations and Warranties |
a. | the Vendor is the registered and beneficial owner of the SubjectShares. The Vendor has the exclusive right to sell, assign and transfer such Subject Shares as provided in this Agreement free and clear of any Encumbrances except for the restrictions, if any, contained in securities Laws and the Corporation's articles, by-laws and other constating documents. Upon Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Purchaser will be the sole registered and beneficial owner of the Subject Shares, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except for the restrictions, if any, contained in securities Laws and the Corporation's articles, by-laws and other constating documents; |
b. | except for the Purchaser's right under this Agreement, no Person has any agreement or commitment (written or verbal), or any right or privilege capable of becoming an agreement or commitment for the acquisition of any of the Subject Shares from the Vendor and upon consummation of the transactions contemplated herein the Purchaser shall acquire the Subject Shares free and clear of any rights, interest or claim of the Vendor; |
c. | the Vendor is not a non-resident of Canada within the meaning of the Tax Act; |
d. | no notices, consents, authorizations, licenses, permits, approvals or orders of any person are required to permit the Vendor to participate in this Agreement; and |
e. | neither the entering into and the delivery of this Agreement, nor the Vendor's participation in the Closing to which these representations and warranties relate, will result in the breach, violation or acceleration of: |
i. | any agreement or other instrument to which the Vendor is a party or by which the Vendor is bound; or |
ii. | any order or judgment of any Governmental Authority or any applicable law; |
f. | this Agreement, and as of the Closing Time, each of the Ancillary Agreements to which the Vendor is a party in connection with the Acquisition have been duly executed and delivered by the Vendor, and each such agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Vendor, enforceable against the Vendor in accordance with its terms, subject only to any limitation under Laws relating to: |
i. | bankruptcy, winding-up, insolvency, arrangement and other laws of general application affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights; and |
ii. | the discretion that a court may exercise in the granting of equitable remedies such as specific performance and injunctive relief; |
g. | the Vendor is an individual resident of Canada. The Vendor has good and sufficient right and authority to enter into all agreements and transactions to which the Vendor is a party in connection with the Acquisition and to perform all obligations under such agreements and transactions; |
h. | the Vendor has not retained any broker or finder or incurred any liabilities or obligations to pay any fees, commissions or other similar forms of compensation to any broker, finder, financial advisor, or agent with respect to the Acquisition. |
3.2 | Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser |
a. | the Purchaser is a corporation duly formed and existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation. The board of directors of the Purchaser have or will have by Closing taken all necessary corporate actions, steps and other proceedings to approve and authorize the Acquisition. The Corporation has good and sufficient right and authority to enter into this Agreement and all other agreements, including any of the Ancillary Agreements, to which it is a party in connection with the Acquisition and to perform all obligations under such agreements; |
b. | this Agreement, and as of the Closing Time, each of the Ancillary Agreements to which the Purchaser is a party and all other agreements to which the Purchaser is a party in connection with the Acquisition, have been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and each such agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject only to any limitation under Laws relating to: |
i. | bankruptcy, winding-up, insolvency, arrangement and other laws of general application affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights; and |
ii. | the discretion that a court may exercise in the granting of equitable remedies such as specific performance and injunctive relief; |
c. | the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement, all other agreements to which it is a party in connection with the Acquisition, including each of the Ancillary Agreements and the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not constitute or result in a violation or breach of, or conflict with: |
i. | any term or provision of the Purchaser's articles, by-laws or other constating documents; |
ii. | the terms of any Contract to which the Purchaser is a party or by which it is bound; |
iii. | any term or provision of any of the Authorizations of the Purchaser; or |
iv. | any order or judgment of any Governmental Authority or any Law; |
d. | there is no requirement for the Purchaser to obtain any Authorization from, make any filing with, or give notice to, any Governmental Authority in connection with, or as a condition to, the lawful completion of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. |
3.3 | Survival of Representations and Warranties |
4.1 | Closing |
4.2 | Closing Documents |
a. | the Vendor shall deliver to the Purchaser the certificate representing the Subject Shares, together with a duly signed transfer of such Subject Shares; |
b. | the Vendor shall deliver to the Purchaser an executed Non-Competition Agreement; |
c. | all necessary corporate actions and proceedings as are approved by counsel for the Corporation shall be taken so as to permit the due and valid transfer of the Subject Shares from the Vendor to the Purchaser; |
d. | the Purchaser shall deliver to the Vendor, in form satisfactory to counsel to the Corporate Sellers: |
i. | certified copies of the Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Purchaser authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Purchaser; |
ii. | the executed Non-Competition Agreement; and |
iii. | such other documents as may be required by the terms of the Corporate Sellers’ SPA; and |
e. | the Parties shall execute and deliver such other documents and instruments as counsel for the Corporate Sellers and the Purchaser may require, acting reasonably. |
5.1 | Announcements |
5.2 | Further Assurances |
5.3 | Dispute Resolution and Submission to Jurisdiction |
5.4 | Time of the Essence |
5.5 | Remedies Cumulative |
5.6 | Counterparts |
5.7 | Expenses |
5.8 | Successors and Assigns |
5.9 | Third-Party Beneficiaries |
5.10 | Entire Agreement |
5.11 | Waiver |
5.12 | Amendments |
5.13 | Severability |
5.14 | Non-Merger |
Witness | <<Shareholder>> |
2071827 ALBERTA LTD. | ||||
Per: | /s/ Bruce Thames | |||
Bruce Thames, Director | ||||
Per: | /s/ Jay Peterson | |||
Jay Peterson, Director |