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Title: SUPPLEMENTAL WARRANT INDENTURE
Date: 5/10/2011
Industry: Oil and Gas Operations     Sector: Energy

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Exhibit 4.6

 

GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC.

 

and

 

PETROLIFERA PETROLEUM LIMITED

 

and

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

 


 

SUPPLEMENTAL WARRANT INDENTURE

 


 

March 18, 2011

 

 

 


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1

 

INTERPRETATION

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

1.1

 

Definitions

 

2

1.2

 

Gender and Number

 

4

1.3

 

Interpretation not Affected by Headings, etc

 

4

1.4

 

Day not a Business Day

 

4

1.5

 

Time of the Essence

 

4

1.6

 

Applicable Law

 

5

1.7

 

Severability

 

5

1.8

 

Conflicts

 

5

1.9

 

Supersedes Original Indenture

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2

 

ISSUE OF WARRANTS

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

2.1

 

Issue of Warrants

 

5

2.2

 

Acceleration of Expiry Date

 

5

2.3

 

Form and Terms of Warrants

 

6

2.4

 

Warrantholder not a Shareholder

 

6

2.5

 

Warrants to Rank pari passu

 

6

2.6

 

Signing of Warrant Certificates

 

6

2.7

 

Certification by the Warrant Agent

 

7

2.8

 

Issue in Substitution for Warrant Certificates Lost, etc

 

7

2.9

 

Exchange of Warrant Certificates

 

7

2.10

 

Transfer of Warrants

 

8

2.11

 

Charges for Exchange and Transfer

 

8

2.12

 

Registration of Warrants

 

8

2.13

 

Transferee Entitled to Registration

 

8

2.14

 

Registers Open for Inspection

 

9

2.15

 

Ownership of Warrants

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

 

EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

Method of Exercise of Warrants

 

9

3.2

 

Effect of Exercise of Warrants

 

10

3.3

 

Partial Exercise of Warrants; Fractions

 

10

3.4

 

Expiration of Warrants

 

11

3.5

 

Cancellation of Surrendered Warrants

 

11

3.6

 

Accounting and Recording

 

11

3.7

 

Common Share Certificates

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4

 

ADJUSTMENT OF NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

Adjustment of Number of Common Shares

 

12

4.2

 

Entitlement to Shares on Exercise of Warrant

 

15

4.3

 

No Adjustment for Stock Options or Warrants

 

15

4.4

 

Determination by Corporation's Auditors

 

15

4.5

 

Proceedings Prior to any Action Requiring Adjustment

 

15

4.6

 

Certificate of Adjustment

 

15

4.7

 

Notice of Special Matters

 

16

4.8

 

No Action after Notice

 

16

4.9

 

Protection of Warrant Agent

 

16

4.10

 

Other Adjustments

 

16

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5

 

RIGHTS AND COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

5.1

 

Optional Purchases by the Corporation

 

17

5.2

 

General Covenants

 

17

5.3

 

Warrant Agent's Remuneration and Expenses

 

17

5.4

 

Performance of Covenants by Warrant Agent

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6

 

ENFORCEMENT

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

6.1

 

Suits by Warrantholders

 

18

6.2

 

Limitation of Liability

 

19

6.3

 

Waiver of Default

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7

 

MEETINGS OF WARRANTHOLDERS

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

7.1

 

Right to Convene Meetings

 

20

7.2

 

Notice

 

20

7.3

 

Chairman

 

20

7.4

 

Quorum

 

20

7.5

 

Power to Adjourn

 

21

7.6

 

Show of Hands

 

21

7.7

 

Poll and Voting

 

21

7.8

 

Regulations

 

21

7.9

 

Corporation and Warrant Agent May be Represented

 

22

7.10

 

Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution

 

22

7.11

 

Meaning of Extraordinary Resolution

 

23

7.12

 

Powers Cumulative

 

23

7.13

 

Minutes

 

23

7.14

 

Instruments in Writing

 

24

7.15

 

Binding Effect of Resolutions

 

24

7.16

 

Holdings by Corporation Disregarded

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

8.1

 

Provision for Supplemental Indentures for Certain Purposes

 

24

8.2

 

Successor Corporations

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9

 

CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

9.1

 

Trust Indenture Legislation

 

25

9.2

 

Rights and Duties of Warrant Agent

 

25

9.3

 

Evidence, Experts and Advisers

 

26

9.4

 

Documents, Monies, etc. Held by Warrant Agent

 

27

9.5

 

Actions by Warrant Agent to Protect Interest

 

27

9.6

 

Warrant Agent Not Required to Give Security

 

27

9.7

 

Protection of Warrant Agent

 

27

9.8

 

Replacement of Warrant Agent; Successor by Merger

 

28

9.9

 

Conflict of Interest

 

28

9.10

 

Acceptance of Trust

 

29

9.11

 

Warrant Agent Not to be Appointed Receiver

 

29

9.12

 

Knowledge of Warrant Agent

 

29

9.13

 

Indemnification of Warrant Agent

 

29

9.14

 

Warrant Agent Not Required to Give Notice of Default

 

29

9.15

 

Warrant Agent's Right Not to Act

 

30

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

9.16

 

No Third Party Interests

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10

 

GENERAL

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

 

Notice to the Corporation and the Warrant Agent

 

30

10.2

 

Notice to Warrantholders

 

31

10.3

 

Evidence of Ownership

 

31

10.4

 

Counterparts

 

32

10.5

 

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

 

32

10.6

 

Provisions of Supplemental Indenture and Warrants for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Warrantholders

 

32

10.7

 

Warrants Owned by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries – Certificate to be Provided

 

32

10.8

 

Matters Relating to the Privacy of Personal Information

 

33

10.9

 

Matters Relating to the SEC

 

33

10.10

 

Force Majeure

 

33

10.11

 

Successors

 

34

 

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL WARRANT INDENTURE

 

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL WARRANT INDENTURE is made as of 18 th day of March, 2011

 

AMONG:

 

GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC. , a corporation formed under the Laws of Nevada (the " Corporation ")

 

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PETROLIFERA PETROLEUM LIMITED , a corporation formed under the laws of Canada (" PPL ")

 

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COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA , a trust company incorporated under the laws of Canada (the " Warrant Agent ")

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS PPL and Valiant Trust Company (the " Original Warrant Agent ") entered into a warrant indenture (the " Original Indenture ") dated August 28, 2009 to provide for the creation and issuance of 32,671,500 warrants in the capital of PPL (the " Original Warrants "), with each Original Warrant entitling the holder thereof to acquire one common share in the capital of PPL upon the payment of $1.20 in lawful money of Canada (the " Original Exercise Price ");

 

AND WHEREAS pursuant to a statutory plan of arrangement in accordance with the Canada Business Corporations Act effective as of March 18, 2011 (the " Arrangement "), among other things, the Corporation acquired, directly or indirectly, the undertaking of PPL as an entirety;

 

AND WHEREAS the Arrangement provides that each outstanding Original Warrant shall be sold, assigned and transferred to the Corporation in exchange for a number of warrants in the capital of the Corporation (the " Warrants ") equal to the product of one multiplied by 0.1241; the exercise price for each such Warrant will be equal to the Original Exercise Price divided by 0.1241 (rounded up to the nearest whole cent); the expiry date of the Warrants will be the same as for the Original Warrants; and the Warrants shall be governed by this Supplemental Indenture;

 

AND WHEREAS the Corporation, as successor entity, wishes to assume all of the rights, covenants and obligations of PPL under the Original Indenture, as such Original Indenture is amended and restated in this Supplemental Indenture (the " Supplemental Indenture ");

 

AND WHEREAS the Original Warrant Agent has provided PPL with its notice of intention to resign as warrant agent under the Original Indenture and PPL has accepted this notice as being sufficient; The foregoing statements of fact and recitals are made by PPL and not by the Warrant Agent;

 

AND WHEREAS the Warrant Agent wishes to assume all of the rights, covenants and obligations of the Original Warrant Agent under the Original Indenture, in accordance with the terms thereof;

 

AND WHEREAS the foregoing recitals are made as representations and statements of fact by the Corporation and PPL and not by the Warrant Agent;

 

NOW THEREFORE it is hereby covenanted, agreed and declared as follows:

 

The parties agree as follows.

 

 

 


 

 

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

 

1.1

Definitions

 

In this Supplemental Indenture, including the recitals and schedules hereto and in all indentures supplemental hereto:

 

" Accelerated Expiry Date " has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2;

 

" Accelerated Time of Expiry " means 5:00 p.m., Calgary time, on the Accelerated Expiry Date;

 

" Acceleration Notice " has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2;

 

" Adjustment Period " means the period from and including the Effective Date up to and including the Time of Expiry or the Accelerated Time of Expiry, as applicable;

 

" affiliate " has the meaning given thereto in the Securities Act (Alberta);

 

" Arrangement " means the statutory plan of arrangement pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act effective March 18, 2011;

 

" Authorized Investments " means short term interest bearing or discount debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the Government of Canada or a province of Canada;

 

" Business Day " means a day which is not Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday in the City of Calgary or a day on which the Warrant Agent is closed for business;

 

" Closing Trading Price " means the closing trading price on the Toronto Stock Exchange on the Business Day immediately prior to the Exercise Date;

 

" Common Shares " means fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares of the Corporation as presently constituted;

 

" Corporation " means Gran Tierra Energy Inc.;

 

" Corporation's Auditors " means the firm of chartered accountants that is duly appointed as auditors of the Corporation;

 

" Counsel " means a barrister or solicitor or a firm of barristers and solicitors retained by the Warrant Agent or retained by the Corporation and acceptable to the Warrant Agent;

 

" Current Market Price " of the Common Shares at any date means the weighted average of the trading prices per share for such shares for any 10 consecutive Trading Days (as selected by the directors of the Corporation) during the period commencing not more than 30 Trading Days before such date on the Toronto Stock Exchange or, if on such date the Common Shares are not listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, on such stock exchange upon which such shares are listed and as selected by the directors, or, if such shares are not listed on any stock exchange then on such over-the-counter market as may be selected for such purpose by the directors, or, if the Common Shares are not listed on any stock exchange or traded through an over-the-counter market, the Current Market Price is to be determined in good faith by the directors of the Corporation;

 

 

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" director " means a director of the Corporation for the time being and, unless otherwise specified herein, reference to action "by the directors" means action by the directors of the Corporation as a board or, whenever duly empowered, action by any committee of such board;

 

" Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course " means cash dividends or distributions declared payable on the Common Shares in any fiscal year of the Corporation to the extent that such cash dividends or distributions do not exceed, in the aggregate, 50% of the consolidated net income of the Corporation before extraordinary items for the period of 12 consecutive months ended immediately prior to the first day of such fiscal year (such consolidated net income and extraordinary items to be shown in the audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for such period of 12 consecutive months or if there are no audited consolidated financial statements for such period, computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistent with those applied in the preparation of the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation);

 

" Effective Date " means the original Issue Date of the Warrants by the Corporation;

 

" Exercise Date " means, with respect to any Warrant, the date on which the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant is surrendered for exercise in accordance with the provisions of Article 3;

 

" Exercise Price " with respect to the exercise of any Warrant means $9.67 in lawful money of Canada per Common Share, unless such price shall have been adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4, in which case it shall mean the adjusted price in effect at such time;

 

" Expiry Date " means August 28, 2011 subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 2.2.;

 

" Issue Date " means, in respect of each Warrant, the date of this Supplemental Indenture;

 

" person " means an individual, body corporate, partnership, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, legal representative or any unincorporated organization;

 

" SEC " means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

" Shareholder " means a holder of record of one or more Common Shares;

 

" Subsidiary of the Corporation " or " Subsidiary " means any corporation or other person (other than an individual) of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities are owned, directly or indirectly, by or for the Corporation, provided that the ownership of such securities confers the right to elect at least a majority of the board of directors (or persons in a similar position of fiduciary responsibility) of such corporation or other person (other than an individual) and includes any entity in like relation to a Subsidiary;

 

" successor entity " has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2;

 

" this Warrant Indenture ", " this Supplemental Indenture ", " herein ", " hereby " and similar expressions mean and refer to this amended and restated Supplemental Indenture and any indenture, deed or instrument supplemental hereto; and the expressions " Article ", " Section " " subsection " and " paragraph " followed by a number mean and refer to the specified article, section, subsection or paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture;

 

" Time of Expiry " means 5:00 p.m., Calgary time, on the Expiry Date;

 

" Trading Day " means a day on which the Toronto Stock Exchange, other stock exchange or over-the-counter market, as the case may be, is open for the transaction of business and on which the Common Shares actually trade on such exchange or market;

 

 

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" United States " means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any State of the United States, and the District of Columbia;

 

" U.S. Securities Act " means the United States Securities Act of 1933 , as amended;

 

" Warrant Agency " means the principal office of the Warrant Agent in the City of Calgary and the City of Toronto or such other place as may be designated in accordance with subsection 3.1(c);

 

" Warrant Agent " means Computershare Trust Company of Canada or its successors from time to time in the trust hereby created;

 

" Warrant Certificate " means a certificate, in substantially the form attached hereto as Schedule "A", issued on or after the Effective Date to evidence Warrants;

 

" Warrantholder ", or " holder " without reference to Common Shares, means the person who is the registered owner of Warrants as shown on the register maintained at the Warrant Agency by the Warrant Agent in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture;

 

" Warrantholders Request " means an instrument signed in one or more counterparts by Warrantholders representing in the aggregate not less than 10% of the aggregate number all Warrants then outstanding and unexercised, requesting the Warrant Agent to take some action specified therein;

 

" Warrants " means the Warrants issued and certified hereunder and for the time being outstanding entitling the holder to acquire Common Shares in accordance with this Indenture; and

 

" written order of the Corporation ", " written request of the Corporation ", " written consent of the Corporation ", " written notice of the Corporation " and " certificate of the Corporation " mean, respectively, a written order, request, consent, notice and certificate signed in the name of the Corporation by any director or officer of the Corporation, and may consist of one or more instruments so executed.

 

1.2

Gender and Number

 

Unless herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa and words importing gender include all genders.

 

1.3

Interpretation not Affected by Headings, etc.

 

The division of this Indenture into Articles and Sections, the provision of a table of contents and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Indenture.

 

1.4

Day not a Business Day

 

In the event that any day on or before which action is required to be taken hereunder is not a Business Day, then such action shall be required to be taken at or before the requisite time on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.

 

1.5

Time of the Essence

 

Time shall be of the essence in this Indenture.

 

 

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1.6

Applicable Law

 

This Supplemental Indenture and the Warrant Certificates shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and shall be treated in all respects as Alberta contracts.  The parties hereby submit and attorn to the jurisdiction of the courts of Alberta for all matters related to this Supplemental Indenture and the Warrant Certificates.

 

1.7

Severability

 

In the event that any provision under this Supplemental Indenture is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such determination will not affect the provision in any other respect or any other provision under this Indenture, all of which will remain in full force and effect.

 

1.8

Conflicts

 

In the event there is any conflict between this Indenture and any Warrant Certificate, the provisions under this Indenture will govern and prevail.

 

1.9

Supersedes Original Indenture

 

From and after the date hereof, the rights, obligations, terms and conditions set out in the Original Indenture have been superseded, amended and replaced by this Supplemental Indenture.

 

ARTICLE 2

ISSUE OF WARRANTS

 

2.1

Issue of Warrants

 

In connection with the Arrangement, 4,125,036 Warrants are hereby created and authorized to be issued in accordance with the terms hereof and shall be executed by the Corporation and certified by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent upon the written order of the Corporation and delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Corporation in accordance with the written direction of the Corporation.  Each Warrant shall be nominally denominated as the right, upon exercise and with the payment of the Exercise Price, to acquire one Common Share, subject to adjustment in accordance with Article 4, at any time after the Issue Date and ending at the Time of Expiry or Accelerated Time of Expiry, as the case may be; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, Warrants shall not be exercisable by payment of the Exercise Price, but and may only be exercised by "net exercise", such that, upon exercise, the holder thereof shall acquire a fraction of a Common Share (subject to Sections 2.3(c) and 3.3(b)) as is equal to:

 

Fraction = (A – B)/A

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

 

A

=

the Closing Trading Price.

 

 

B

=

the Exercise Price.

 

2.2

Acceleration of Expiry Date

 

Subject to adjustment in accordance with Article 4, at any time after the Issue Date and ending at the Time of Expiry, if the 20 trading day volume weighted average price of the Common Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (or such other stock exchange or quotation system on which the Corporation's shares are listed and where a majority of the trading volume occurs), exceeds $20.15, the Corporation may, within five Business Days after such an event, provide notice (the " Acceleration Notice ") to the Warrantholders advising that the Warrants will expire on the Accelerated Time of Expiry on the date which is 30 days after the date of the Acceleration Notice (the " Accelerated Expiry Date ") if not exercised prior to the Accelerated Time of Expiry.

 

 

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2.3

Form and Terms of Warrants

 

 

(a)

The Warrant Certificates (including all replacements issued in accordance with this Indenture) shall be substantially in the form set out in Schedule "A" hereto, shall bear such legends and distinguishing letters and numbers as the Corporation may, with the approval of the Warrant Agent, prescribe, and shall be issuable in any denomination excluding fractions.

 

 

(b)

The Warrant Certificates may be engraved, printed, lithographed or in other form or partly in one form and partly in another as the Corporation with the approval of the Warrant Agent may determine.  No change in the Warrant Certificate shall be required by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to Article 4 in the number or class of Common Shares or other securities to which a holder is entitled pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants or by reason of any acceleration made pursuant to Section 2.2 to the date the Warrants expire.

 

 

(c)

No fractional Warrants shall be issued or otherwise provided for hereunder.  Any fractional interests in Common Shares of a Warrantholder will be aggregated to form whole numbers of Common Shares with any remaining fractional interests rounded down to the nearest whole Common Share.  Cash will be paid in lieu of any fractional share entitlement based on the Current Market Price of the Common Shares, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to make any such cash payment that is less than $10.00.

 

 

(d)

The number of Common Shares which may be received pursuant to the exercise of Warrants in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture shall be adjusted in the events and in the manner specified in Article 4.

 

 

(e)

Each Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to such other rights and privileges as are set forth in this Supplemental Indenture.

 

2.4

Warrantholder not a Shareholder

 

Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or in the holding of a Warrant or Warrant Certificate or otherwise, shall, in itself, confer or be construed as conferring upon a Warrantholder any right or interest whatsoever as a Shareholder or as any other shareholder of the Corporation, including, but not limited to, the right to vote at, to receive notice of, or to attend, meetings of Shareholders or any other proceedings of the Corporation, or the right to receive dividends and other distributions except as may be provided in this Supplemental Indenture or the Warrant Certificates.

 

2.5

Warrants to Rank pari passu

 

All Warrants shall rank pari passu , whatever may be the actual Issue Date thereof.

 

2.6

Signing of Warrant Certificates

 

The Warrant Certificates shall be signed by any one director or officer of the Corporation.  The signature of any such director or officer may be mechanically reproduced in facsimile and Warrant Certificates bearing such facsimile signature shall be binding upon the Corporation as if it had been manually signed by such director or officer.  Notwithstanding that any of the persons whose manual or facsimile signature appears on any Warrant Certificate as a director or officer may no longer be appointed or hold office at the date of such Warrant Certificate or at the date of certification or delivery thereof, any Warrant Certificate signed as aforesaid shall, subject to Section 2.7, be valid and binding upon the Corporation and the holder thereof shall be entitled to the benefits of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

 

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2.7

Certification by the Warrant Agent

 

 

(a)

No Warrant Certificate shall be issued or, if issued, shall be valid for any purpose or entitle the holder to the benefit hereof until it has been certified by manual signature by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent and such certification by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate shall be conclusive evidence as against the Corporation that the Warrant Certificate so certified has been duly issued hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits hereof.

 

 

(b)

The certification of the Warrant Agent on Warrant Certificates issued hereunder shall not be construed as a representation or warranty by the Warrant Agent as to the validity of this Supplemental Indenture or the Warrant Certificates (except the due certification thereof) and the Warrant Agent shall in no respect be liable or answerable for the use made of the Warrant Certificate or any of them or of the consideration therefor except as otherwise specified herein.  The countersignature of the Warrant Agent will, however, be a representation and warranty of the Warrant Agent that the Warrant Certificate has been duly countersigned by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

2.8

Issue in Substitution for Warrant Certificates Lost, etc.

 

 

(a)

In the event that any Warrant Certificate shall become mutilated or be lost, destroyed or stolen, the Corporation, subject to applicable law, shall issue and thereupon the Warrant Agent shall certify and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor as the one mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen in exchange for and in place of and upon cancellation of such mutilated Warrant Certificate, or in lieu of and in substitution for such lost, destroyed or stolen Warrant Certificate, and the substituted Warrant Certificate shall be in a form approved by the Warrant Agent and the Warrants evidenced thereby shall be entitled to the benefits hereof and shall rank equally in accordance with its terms with all other Warrants issued or to be issued hereunder.

 

 

(b)

The applicant for the issue of a new Warrant Certificate pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall bear the cost of the issue thereof and in case of loss, destruction or theft shall, as a condition precedent to the issue thereof, furnish to the Corporation and to the Warrant Agent such evidence of ownership and of the loss, destruction or theft of the Warrant Certificate so lost destroyed or stolen as shall be satisfactory to the Corporation and to the Warrant Agent each in their sole discretion, and such applicant shall also be required to furnish an indemnity and surety bond in amount and form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Warrant Agent each in their discretion and shall pay the reasonable charges of the Corporation and the Warrant Agent in connection therewith.

 

2.9

Exchange of Warrant Certificates

 

 

(a)

Warrant Certificates representing Warrants to acquire any specified number of Common Shares may, upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Warrant Agent, be exchanged for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates entitling the holder thereto to acquire in the aggregate the same number of Common Shares as may be acquired under the Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates so exchanged.  Upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Warrant Agent and the terms and conditions hereof, the Corporation will sign, and the Warrant Agent will countersign, all Warrant Certificates necessary to carry out these exchanges.

 

 

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(b)

Warrant Certificates may be exchanged only at a Warrant Agency or at any other place that is designated by the Corporation with the approval of the Warrant Agent.  Any Warrant Certificate tendered for exchange shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent.

 

2.10

Transfer of Warrants

 

 

(a)

Subject to subsection 2.10(b) below and such reasonable requirements as the Warrant Agent may prescribe and all applicable securities legislation and requirements of regulatory authorities, the Warrants may be transferred on the register kept at the Warrant Agency by the Warrantholder (or its legal representatives or its attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and manner of execution satisfactory to the Warrant Agent) only upon the surrender of the relevant Warrant Certificate with the transfer form forming part thereof duly completed and signed.  After receiving the surrendered Warrant Certificate(s) and upon the person surrendering the same meeting the requirements set forth above, the Warrant Agent shall issue to the transferee a Warrant Certificate representing the Warrants transferred.

 

 

(b)

No transfer of a Warrant shall be valid:  (i) unless made in accordance with the provisions hereof; (ii) until, upon compliance with such reasonable requirements as the Warrant Agent may prescribe, such transfer is recorded on the register maintained by the Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 2.12; (iii) unless such registration shall be noted on the Warrant Certificate by the Warrant Agent; and (iv) until all governmental or other charges arising by reason of such transfer have been paid.

 

2.11

Charges for Exchange and Transfer

 

Except as otherwise herein provided, the Warrant Agent may charge to the holder requesting an exchange or transfer a reasonable sum for each new Warrant Certificate issued in exchange for Warrant Certificate(s), and payment of such charges and reimbursement of the Warrant Agent or the Corporation for any and all stamp taxes or governmental or other charges required to be paid shall be made by such holder as a condition precedent to such exchange or transfer.

 

2.12

Registration of Warrants

 

The Warrant Agent shall keep at the Warrant Agency:  (i) a register of Warrantholders in which shall be entered in alphabetical order the names and addresses of the holders of Warrants and particulars of the Warrants held by them; and (ii) a register of transfers in which all transfers of Warrants and the date and other particulars of each transfer shall be entered.  Branch registers shall also be kept at such other place or places, if any, as the Corporation, with the approval of the Warrant Agent, may designate.  Such registers will at all reasonable times be open for inspection by the Corporation and/or any Warrantholder.

 

2.13

Transferee Entitled to Registration

 

The transferee of a Warrant shall, after the transfer form attached to the Warrant Certificate is duly completed and the Warrant Certificate and form of transfer are lodged with the Warrant Agent, and upon compliance with all other conditions in that regard required by this Supplemental Indenture and by all applicable securities legislation and requirements of regulatory authorities, be entitled to have his name entered on the register as the owner of such Warrant free from all equities or rights of set off or counterclaim between the Corporation and his transferor or any previous Warrantholder of such Warrant, save in respect of equities of which the Corporation or the transferee is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

 

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2.14

Registers Open for Inspection

 

The registers hereinbefore referred to shall be open at the office of the Warrant Agent during normal business hours on each Business Day and upon reasonable written notice for inspection by the Corporation, the Warrant Agent or any Warrantholder.  The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time when requested to do so by the Corporation, furnish the Corporation with a list of the names and addresses of Warrantholders entered in the register kept by the Warrant Agent showing the number of Warrants and the number of Common Shares which may then be acquired upon the exercise of the Warrants held by each such Warrantholder.

 

2.15

Ownership of Warrants

 

 

(a)

The Corporation and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered Warrantholder of any Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner of the Warrant represented thereby for all purposes, and the Corporation and the Warrant Agent shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary, except where the Corporation or the Warrant Agent is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.  For greater certainty, subject to applicable law, neither the Corporation nor the Warrant Agent will be bound to take notice of or see to the execution of any trust, whether express, implied or constructive, in respect of any Warrant, and may transfer any Warrant on the direction of the person registered as Warrantholder thereof, whether named as trustee or otherwise, as though that person were the beneficial owner thereof.

 

 

(b)

Subject to the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and applicable law, each Warrantholder shall be entitled to the rights and privileges attaching to the Warrants held thereby.  The exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof and the receipt by any such Warrantholder of Common Shares pursuant thereto shall be a good discharge to the Corporation and the Warrant Agent with respect to such Warrants and neither the Corporation nor the Warrant Agent shall be bound to inquire into the title of any such holder.

 

ARTICLE 3

EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

 

3.1

Method of Exercise of Warrants

 

 

(a)

The holder of any Warrant may exercise the right evidenced thereby conferred on such holder to acquire Common Shares by surrendering, prior to the Time of Expiry or the Accelerated Time of Expiry, as applicable, to the Warrant Agent at a Warrant Agency the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant, with a duly completed and executed exercise form in the form attached to the Warrant Certificate. Promptly upon the receipt of a duly completed and executed exercise form, the Warrant Agent will deliver a notice to the Corporation of the exercise and the Corporation will provide the Warrant Agent with confirmation of the number of Common Shares to be issued in accordance with Section 2.1

 

 

(b)

Any exercise form referred to in subsection 3.1(a) shall be signed by the Warrantholder or his executors, administrators or other legal representatives or his attorney duly appointed (such persons being obligated to provide the Warrant Agent at the Warrant Agency with proof satisfactory to the Warrant Agent of his or her authority to act on behalf of the Warrantholder) and shall specify:

 

 

(i)

the number of Warrants which the holder wishes to exercise (being not more than those which are represented by the Warrant Certificate(s) surrendered);

 

 

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(ii)

the person or persons in whose name or names such Common Shares are to be issued, and if such persons are individuals, the relevant social insurance numbers;

 

 

(iii)

the address or addresses of such person or persons; and

 

 

(iv)

the number of Warrants to be exercised by each such person if more than one is so specified.

 

If any of the Common Shares subscribed for are to be issued to a person or persons other than the Warrantholder, the Warrantholder shall pay to the Corporation or the Warrant Agent on behalf of the Corporation, all applicable transfer or similar taxes and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver certificates evidencing Common Shares unless or until such Warrantholder shall have paid to the Corporation, or the Warrant Agent on behalf of the Corporation, the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid or that none is due.

 

 

(c)

In connection with the exchange of Warrant Certificates and exercise of Warrants and compliance with such other terms and conditions hereof as may be required, the Corporation has appointed the principal office of the Warrant Agent in Calgary and Toronto as an agency at which Warrant Certificates may be surrendered for exchange or at which Warrants may be exercised and the Warrant Agent has accepted such appointment.  The Corporation shall give notice to the Warrant Agent of any change of the Warrant Agency.

 

3.2

Effect of Exercise of Warrants

 

 

(a)

Upon compliance by the holder of any Warrant Certificate with the provisions of Section 3.1, and subject to Section 3.3, the Common Shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of such Warrants shall be deemed to have been issued as fully paid and non-assessable and the person or persons to whom such Common Shares are to be issued shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of such Common Shares on the Exercise Date unless the transfer registers of the Corporation shall be closed on such date, in which case the Common Shares subscribed for shall be deemed to have been issued and such person or persons shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of such Common Shares, on the date on which such transfer registers are reopened.

 

 

(b)

Within five Business Days after the Exercise Date of a Warrant as set forth above, the Warrant Agent shall cause to be mailed to the person or persons in whose name or names the Common Shares have been issued, as specified in the exercise form completed in connection with the exercise of the Warrants, at the address specified in such exercise form or, if so specified in such exercise form, cause to be delivered to such person or persons at the Warrant Agency where the Warrant Certificate was surrendered, a certificate or certificates for the appropriate number of Common Shares subscribed for.

 

3.3

Partial Exercise of Warrants; Fractions

 

 

(a)

The holder of any Warrants may acquire a number of Common Shares less than the number which the holder is entitled to acquire pursuant to the surrendered Warrant Certificate(s).  In the event of any exercise of a number of Warrants less than the number which the holder is entitled to exercise, the holder of the Warrants upon exercise thereof shall, in addition, be entitled to receive without charge therefor, a new Warrant Certificate(s) in respect of the balance of the Warrants which such holder was entitled to exercise pursuant to the surrendered Warrant Certificate(s) and which were not then exercised.

 

 

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(b)

Notwithstanding anything herein contained including any adjustment provided for in Article 4, the Corporation shall not be required, upon the exercise of any Warrants, to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares.  In lieu of fractional Common Shares, the Corporation shall pay to the holder who would otherwise be entitled to receive fractional Common Shares upon an exercise of Warrants, within 10 Business Days after the date upon which the fractional Common Shares would have been issued, an amount in lawful money of Canada equal to the Current Market Price of the Common Shares as of the Exercise Date multiplied by an amount equal to the fractional interest of Common Shares such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive upon such exercise, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to make any payment, calculated as aforesaid, that is less than $10.00.  The price to be paid shall be provided by the Corporation in writing to the Warrant Agent upon request.

 

3.4

Expiration of Warrants

 

Immediately after the Time of Expiry or the Accelerated Time of Expiry, as applicable, all rights under any Warrant in respect of which the right of acquisition herein and therein provided for shall not have been exercised shall cease and terminate and such Warrant shall be void and of no further force or effect.

 

3.5

Cancellation of Surrendered Warrants

 

All Warrant Certificates surrendered to the Warrant Agent pursuant to Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 3.1, 3.3 and 5.1 shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent and, after the expiry of any period of retention prescribed by law, destroyed by the Warrant Agent and, upon written request by the Corporation, the Warrant Agent shall furnish to the Corporation a destruction certificate identifying the Warrant Certificates so destroyed, the number of Warrants evidenced thereby and the number of Common Shares which could have been purchased pursuant thereto.

 

3.6

Accounting and Recording

 

 

(a)

The Warrant Agent shall as soon as reasonably practicable account to the Corporation with respect to Warrants exercised.  Any monies, securities or other instruments, from time to time received by the Warrant Agent pursuant to the exercise of Warrants shall be received in trust for and shall be segregated and kept apart by the Warrant Agent in trust for the Corporation.

 

 

(b)

The Warrant Agent shall record the particulars of any Warrants exercised, which shall include the names and addresses of the persons who become holders of Common Shares on exercise and the Exercise Date.  Within five Business Days of each Exercise Date, the Warrant Agent shall provide such particulars in writing to the Corporation.

 

3.7

Common Share Certificates

 

Notwithstanding anything herein contained, Common Shares will only be issued pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants in compliance with applicable securities laws of any jurisdiction.  At the instruction of the Corporation, Common Shares issued in connection with the exercise of the Warrants may bear such legends as may be required by applicable securities regulatory requirements, authorities or stock exchanges.

 

 

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ARTICLE 4

ADJUSTMENT OF NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES

 

4.1

Adjustment of Number of Common Shares

 

The acquisition rights, as they relate to Common Shares, attaching to the Warrants in effect at any date, and the Exercise Price in respect thereof, shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

 

(a)

If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, the Corporation shall:

 

 

(i)

subdivide, redivide or change outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of shares,

 

 

(ii)

reduce, combine or consolidate the outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of shares, or

 

 

(iii)

issue Common Shares or securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares at no additional cost to the holders of all or substantially all of the outstanding Common Shares by way of a stock dividend or other distribution (other than the issue of Common Shares to holders of Common Shares pursuant to their exercise of options to receive dividends in the form of Common Shares in lieu of Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course on the Common Shares),

 

(any of such events in these clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) being called a " Common Share Reorganization "), then effective immediately after the record date at which the holders of Common Shares are determined for the purposes of the Common Share Reorganization, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date before giving effect to such Common Share Reorganization and the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding after giving effect to such Common Share Reorganization (including, in the case where securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares at no additional cost are distributed, the number of Common Shares that would have been outstanding had such securities been exchanged for or converted into Common Shares on such record date).  Upon any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this subsection 4.1(a), the number of Common Shares subject to the right of purchase under each Warrant shall be contemporaneously adjusted by multiplying the number of Common Shares which theretofore may have been purchased under such Warrant by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the respective Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator shall be the respective Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

 

 

(b)

If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, the Corporation shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding Common Shares entitling them, for a period expiring not more than 45 days after such record date, to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares (or securities convertible or exchangeable into Common Shares) at a price per share (or having a conversion or exchange price per share) less than 95% of the Current Market Price of a Common Share on such record date, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it shall equal the amount determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect on such record date by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date plus a number of Common Shares equal to the number arrived at by dividing 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) by such Current Market Price, and of which the denominator shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date plus the total number of additional Common Shares offered for subscription or purchase or into which the convertible or exchangeable securities so offered are convertible or exchangeable; any Common Shares owned by or held for the account of the Corporation or any Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such computation; such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; to the extent that any such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to the expiration thereof, the Exercise Price shall be readjusted to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect based upon the number of Common Shares (or securities convertible or exchangeable into Common Shares) actually issued upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, as the case may be.

 

 

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(c)

If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, the Corporation shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding Common Shares of (i) securities of any class, whether of the Corporation or any other person (other than Common Shares and other than securities distributed to holders of Common Shares pursuant to their exercise of options to receive dividends in the form of such securities in lieu of Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course on the Common Shares), (ii) rights, options or warrants (excluding those referred to in subsection 4.1(b)), (iii) evidences of its indebtedness or (iv) assets (excluding Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course) then, in each such case, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by the Current Market Price of a Common Share on such record date, less the aggregate fair market value (as determined by the directors, which determination shall be conclusive) of such securities shares, rights, options, warrants, evidences of indebtedness or assets so distributed, and of which the denominator shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by such Current Market Price; any Common Shares owned by or held for the account of the Corporation or any Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such computation; such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; to the extent that such distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price shall be readjusted to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect based upon such shares or rights, options or warrants or evidences of indebtedness or assets actually distributed, as the case may be; in clause (iv) of this subsection 4.1(c) the term " Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course " shall include the value of any securities or other property or assets distributed in lieu of cash Dividends Paid in the Ordinary Course at the option of Shareholders.

 

 

(d)

If and whenever at any time during the Adjustment Period, there is a reclassification of the Common Shares or a capital reorganization of the Corporation (other than as described in subsection 4.1(a)) or a consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or merger of the Corporation with or into any other body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity (other than a consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or merger which does not result in any reclassification of the outstanding Common Shares or a change of the Common Shares into other securities), or a sale or conveyance of the property and assets of the Corporation as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity or a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (any of such events being hereinafter called a " Capital Reorganization "), any Warrantholder who has not exercised its right of acquisition prior to the effective date of such Capital Reorganization, upon the exercise of such right thereafter, shall be entitled to receive and shall accept, in lieu of the number of Common Shares then sought to be acquired by it, the number of shares or other securities or property of the Corporation or of the body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity resulting from such Capital Reorganization, or of the parent entity of such resulting entity, or of such entity to which such sale or conveyance has been made, as the case may be, that such Warrantholder would have been entitled to receive on such Capital Reorganization, if, on the record date or the effective date thereof, as the case may be, the Warrantholder had been the registered holder of the number of Common Shares sought to be acquired by it and to which it was entitled to acquire upon exercise of the Warrants.  If determined appropriate by the Warrant Agent to give effect to or to evidence the provisions of this subsection 4.1(d), the Corporation, its successor, or such purchasing body corporate, partnership, trust or other entity, as the case may be, shall, prior to or contemporaneously with any such Capital Reorganization, enter into an indenture which shall provide, to the extent possible, for the application of the provisions set forth in this Supplemental Indenture with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Warrantholders to the end that the provisions set forth in this Supplemental Indenture shall thereafter correspondingly be made applicable, as nearly as may reasonably be, with respect to any shares, other securities or property to which a Warrantholder is entitled on exercise of its acquisition rights thereafter.  Any indenture entered into between the Corporation and the Warrant Agent pursuant to the provisions of this subsection 4.1(d) shall be a supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 8.  Any indenture entered into between the Corporation, any successor to the Corporation or such purchasing body corporate, partnership, trust or other entity and the Warrant Agent shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided in this Section 4.1 and which shall apply to successive Capital Reorganizations.

 

 

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(e)

In any case in which this Section 4.1 shall require that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event referred to herein, the Corporation may defer, until the occurrence of such event, issuing to the holder of any Warrant exercised after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional Common Shares or other securities or property issuable upon such exercise by reason of the adjustment required by such event; provided, however, that the Corporation shall deliver to such holder an appropriate instrument evidencing such holder's right to receive such additional Common Shares or other securities or property upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment and the right to receive any distributions made on such additional Common Shares or other securities or property declared in favour of holders of record of Common Shares or such other securities or property on and after the relevant date of exercise or such later date as such holder would, but for the provisions of this subsection 4.1(e), have become the holder of record of such additional Common Shares or other securities or property pursuant to this Section 4.1.

 

 

(f)

In any case in which subsections 4.1(a), 4.1(b) or 4.1(c) require that an adjustment be made to the Exercise Price, no such adjustment shall be made if, the holders of the outstanding Warrants receive the Common Shares or securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares referred to in subsection 4.1(a), the rights, options or warrants referred to in subsection 4.1(b) or the securities, rights, options, warrants, evidences of indebtedness or assets referred to in subsection 4.1(c), as the case may be, in such kind and number as they would have received if they had been holders of Common Shares on the applicable record date or effective date, as the case may be, by virtue of their outstanding Warrant having then been exercised into Common Shares at the Exercise Price in effect on the applicable record or effective date, as the case may be.

 

 

(g)

The adjustments provided for in this Section 4.1 are cumulative and shall, in the case of adjustments to the Exercise Price, be computed to the nearest whole cent and shall apply to successive subdivisions, redivisions, reductions, combinations, consolidations, distributions, issues or other events resulting in any adjustment under the provisions of this Section 4.1, provided that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Exercise Price then in effect or a change in the number of Common Shares purchasable upon exercise by at least one one-hundredth of a Common Share, as the case may be; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this subsection 4.1(g) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.

 

 

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(h)

After any adjustment pursuant to this Section 4.1, the term " Common Shares " where used in this Supplemental Indenture shall be interpreted to mean securities of any class or classes which, as a result of such adjustment and all prior adjustments pursuant to this Section 4.1, the Warrantholder is entitled to receive upon the exercise of such holder's Warrant and the number of Common Shares indicated by any exercise made pursuant to a Warrant shall be interpreted to mean the number of Common Shares or other property or securities a Warrantholder is entitled to receive, as a result of such adjustment and all prior adjustments pursuant to this Section 4.1, upon the full exercise of a Warrant.

 

4.2

Entitlement to Shares on Exercise of Warrant

 

All shares of any class or other securities or property which a Warrantholder is at the time in question entitled to receive on the exercise of its Warrant, whether or not as a result of adjustments made pursuant to this Article 4, shall, for the purposes of the interpretation of this Supplemental Indenture, be deemed to be shares which such Warrantholder is entitled to acquire pursuant to such Warrant.

 

4.3

No Adjustment for Stock Options or Warrants

 

Anything in this Article 4 to the c


 
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