As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
British Columbia | 98-1488978 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
680 Fifth Ave., 24th Floor
New York, New York 10019
(212) 634-7100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Derek Watson
Chief Financial Officer
Columbia Care LLC
680 Fifth Ave., 24th Floor
New York, New York 10019
(212) 634-7100
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
James Guttman
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
TD Canada Trust Tower
Brookfield Place, 161 Bay Street, Suite 4310
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2S1
(416) 367-7376
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time, after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where such offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED APRIL 2, 2024
PROSPECTUS
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC.
84,426,229 Common Shares
This prospectus (the Prospectus) relates to the resale of 84,426,229 shares (the Note Shares) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, (the Common Shares) to be issued upon the conversion of those certain senior secured convertible debentures issued on March 19, 2024 (the Convertible Notes) of The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. (the Company) by the selling stockholders named herein (the Selling Stockholders). We are not selling any Common Shares, and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of any Common Shares by the Selling Stockholders pursuant to this prospectus.
Our registration of the securities covered by this Prospectus does not mean that the Selling Stockholders will offer or sell any of the Note Shares. The Selling Stockholders may sell the Note Shares offered by this Prospectus from time to time on terms to be determined at the time of sale through ordinary brokerage transactions or through any other means described in this Prospectus under the caption Plan of Distribution. The Note Shares may be sold at fixed prices, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices, to or through underwriters, broker-dealers, agents, or through any other means described in this prospectus under Plan of Distribution and in supplements to this Prospectus in connection with a particular offering of our Common Shares by the Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders will bear all underwriting commissions and discounts, if any, attributable to the sales of the Note Shares. We will bear other costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration of the securities covered by this Prospectus.
The Common Shares and certain Common Share purchase warrants of the Company (the CGGC Warrants) are listed on the Cboe Canada (the Cboe) under the symbols CBST and CBST.WT, respectively. The Common Shares are quoted on the OTCQX Best Market (the OTCQX) under the symbol CBSTF and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol 3LP.
THESE COMMON SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE SEC) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR REGULATOR NOR HAS THE SEC OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR REGULATOR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Investing in the Common Shares is speculative and involves significant risks. You should carefully review and evaluate certain risk factors contained in this Prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference herein before purchasing the Common Shares. See Forward-Looking Information and Risk Factors.
The Company is not making an offer of the Common Shares in any jurisdiction where such offer is not permitted.
This Prospectus is being provided in relation to the distribution of securities of an entity that currently derives, directly, substantially all of its current revenues from the cannabis industry in certain U.S. states, which industry is illegal under U.S. federal law. The Company, through its subsidiaries, currently owns or manages interests in several state-licensed medical and/or adult use marijuana businesses in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia. The Company has exited its prior operations in the Missouri, Utah, the European Union and Puerto Rico markets.
The United States federal government regulates drugs through the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 811) (the CSA), which places controlled substances, including cannabis, in a schedule. Cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug. Under United States federal law, a Schedule I drug or substance has a high potential for abuse, no accepted medical use in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for the use of the drug under medical supervision. The United States Food and Drug Administration (the FDA) has not approved cannabis as a safe and effective drug for any indication.
In the United States, cannabis is largely regulated at the state level. State laws regulating cannabis are in direct conflict with the federal CSA, which makes cannabis use and possession federally illegal. Although certain states authorize medical or adult-use cannabis production and distribution by licensed or registered entities, under U.S. federal law, the possession, use, cultivation, and transfer of cannabis and any related drug paraphernalia is illegal, and any such acts are criminal acts under federal law. The Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution establishes that the United States Constitution and federal laws made pursuant to it are paramount and, in case of direct conflict between federal and state law, the federal law shall apply. The Company faces risks for operating in an industry that is illegal under federal law, including that third party service providers could suspend or withdraw services.
Until 2018, the federal government provided guidance to federal law enforcement agencies and banking institutions through a series of United States Department of Justice (DOJ) memoranda. The most significant of these memoranda was drafted by former Deputy Attorney General James Cole in 2013 (the Cole Memo).
The Cole Memo offered guidance to federal enforcement agencies as to how to prioritize civil enforcement, criminal investigations and prosecutions regarding marijuana in all states. The Cole Memo put forth eight prosecution priorities:
1. | Preventing the distribution of marijuana to minors; |
2. | Preventing revenue from the sale of marijuana from going to criminal enterprises, gangs and cartels; |
3. | Preventing the diversion of marijuana from states where it is legal under state law in some form to other states; |
4. | Preventing the state-authorized marijuana activity from being used as a cover or pretext for the trafficking of other illegal drugs or other illegal activity; |
5. | Preventing violence and the use of firearms in the cultivation and distribution of marijuana; |
6. | Preventing drugged driving and the exacerbation of other adverse public health consequences associated with marijuana use; |
7. | Preventing the growing of marijuana on public lands and the attendant public safety and environmental dangers posed by marijuana production on public lands; and |
8. | Preventing marijuana possession or use on federal property. |
On January 4, 2018, former United States Attorney General Jefferson Sessions rescinded the Cole Memo by issuing a new memorandum to all United States Attorneys (the Sessions Memo). Rather than establish national enforcement priorities particular to marijuana-related crimes in jurisdictions where certain marijuana activity was legal under state law, the Sessions Memo instructs that [i]n deciding which marijuana activities to prosecute ... with the DOJs finite resources, prosecutors should follow the well-established principles that govern all federal prosecutions. Namely, these include the seriousness of the offense, history of criminal activity, deterrent effect of prosecution, the interests of victims, and other principles.
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The former Attorneys General who succeeded former Attorney General Sessions following his resignation did not provide a clear policy directive for the United States as it pertains to state-legal marijuana-related activities. It is still not yet known whether the DOJ under President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland will re-adopt the Cole Memo or announce a substantive marijuana enforcement policy. Justice Garland stated at a confirmation hearing in 2021 before the United States Senate that It does not seem to me a useful use of limited resources that we have, to be pursuing prosecutions in states that have legalized and that are regulating the use of marijuana, either medically or otherwise. I dont think thats a useful use. Recently, in testimony in February of 2023 before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Garland said the DOJ is still working on a marijuana policy and that policy when issued will be very close to what was done in the Cole Memorandum.1
Nonetheless, there is no guarantee that state laws legalizing and regulating the sale and use of marijuana will not be repealed or overturned, or that local governmental authorities will not limit the applicability of state laws within their respective jurisdictions. Unless and until the United States Congress amends the CSA with respect to marijuana (and as to the timing or scope of any such potential amendments there can be no assurance), there is a risk that federal authorities may enforce current U.S. federal law. Currently, in the absence of uniform federal guidance, as had been established by the Cole Memo, enforcement priorities are determined by respective United States Attorneys, and notwithstanding public statements to the contrary, federal law enforcement could enforce the CSA and its criminal prohibition on commercial cannabis activity.
Due to the CSA categorization of marijuana as a Schedule I drug, federal law also makes it illegal for financial institutions that depend on the Federal Reserves money transfer system to take any proceeds from marijuana sales as deposits. Banks and other financial institutions could be prosecuted and possibly convicted of money laundering for providing services to cannabis businesses under the United States Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (the Bank Secrecy Act). Therefore, under the Bank Secrecy Act, banks or other financial institutions that provide a cannabis business with a checking account, debit or credit card, small business loan, or any other service could be charged with money laundering or conspiracy.
While there has been no change in U.S. federal banking laws to accommodate businesses in the large and increasing number of U.S. states that have legalized medical and/or adult-use marijuana, the Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in 2014, issued guidance to prosecutors of money laundering and other financial crimes (the FinCEN Guidance). The FinCEN Guidance advised prosecutors not to focus their enforcement efforts on banks and other financial institutions that serve marijuana-related businesses so long as that business is legal in their state and none of the federal enforcement priorities referenced in the Cole Memo are being violated (such as keeping marijuana away from children and out of the hands of organized crime). The FinCEN Guidance also clarifies how financial institutions can provide services to marijuana-related businesses consistent with their Bank Secrecy Act obligations, including thorough customer due diligence, but makes it clear that they are doing so at their own risk. The customer due diligence steps include:
1. | Verifying with the appropriate state authorities whether the business is duly licensed and registered; |
2. | Reviewing the license application (and related documentation) submitted by the business for obtaining a state license to operate its marijuana-related business; |
1 | John Schroyer, (2021 February 22) Attorney general nominee Garland signals friendlier marijuana stance, available at https://mjbizdaily.com/attorney-general-nominee-merrick-garland-signals-friendlier-marijuana-stance/ |
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3. | Requesting from state licensing and enforcement authorities available information about the business and related parties; |
4. | Developing an understanding of the normal and expected activity for the business, including the types of products to be sold and the type of customers to be served (e.g., medical versus adult-use customers); |
5. | Ongoing monitoring of publicly available sources for adverse information about the business and related parties; |
6. | Ongoing monitoring for suspicious activity, including for any of the red flags described in this guidance; and |
7. | Refreshing information obtained as part of customer due diligence on a periodic basis and commensurate with the risk. |
With respect to information regarding state licensure obtained in connection with such customer due diligence, a financial institution may reasonably rely on the accuracy of information provided by state licensing authorities, where states make such information available.
Because most banks and other financial institutions are unwilling to provide any banking or financial services to marijuana businesses, these businesses can be forced into becoming cash-only businesses. While the FinCEN Guidance decreased some risk for banks and financial institutions considering serving the industry, in practice it has not substantially increased banks willingness to provide services to marijuana businesses. This is because, as described above, the current law does not guarantee banks immunity from prosecution, and it also requires banks and other financial institutions to undertake time-consuming and costly due diligence on each marijuana business they accept as a customer.
Those state-chartered banks and credit unions that do have customers in the marijuana industry charge marijuana businesses high fees to pass on the added cost of ensuring compliance with the FinCEN Guidance. Unlike the Cole Memo, however, the FinCEN Guidance from 2014 has not been rescinded. Despite the rescission of the Cole Memo in 2018, the Company continues to do the following towards ensuring compliance with the guidance provided by the Cole Memo, the FinCEN Guidance, and other best industry practices:
| The Company and its subsidiaries operate in compliance with licensing requirements that are set forth with regards to cannabis operation by the applicable state, county, municipality, town, township, borough, and other political/administrative divisions. |
| The Companys cannabis-related activities adhere to the scope of the licensing obtained for example, in the states where only medical cannabis is permitted, products are sold only to patients who hold the necessary documentation to permit the possession of the cannabis. |
| The Company performs due diligence on contractors or anyone provided access to secure areas of its facilities to prevent cannabis products from being distributed to minors. |
| The Company works to ensure that the licensed operators have an adequate inventory tracking system and adequate procedures in place so that their compliance system can track inventory effectively. This is done so that there is no diversion of cannabis or cannabis products into states where cannabis is not permitted by state law, or across state lines in general. |
| The Company conducts background checks as required by applicable state law. |
| The Company conducts reviews of activities of the cannabis businesses, the premises on which they operate, and the policies and procedures that are related to possession of cannabis or cannabis products outside of its licensed premises (including the cases where such possession is permitted by regulation e.g., transfer of products between licensed premises). These reviews are completed to ensure that licensed operators do not possess or use cannabis on federal property or engage in manufacturing or cultivation of cannabis on federal lands. |
There have been recent developments regarding the potential for cannabis to be removed from the most restrictive schedule under the CSA. On October 6, 2022, President Joe Biden requested that the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Xavier Becerra, and Attorney General Merick Garland initiate a scientific review of the basis for cannabis scheduling under the CSA. After approximately
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11 months of review, on August 29, 2023, HHS Assistant Secretary of Health, Rachel Levine, sent a letter to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator, Anne Milgram, that is believed to recommend rescheduling marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The recommendation was based on a scientific and medical review by the FDA with an analysis of the eight factors determinative of control of a substance under the CSA.
As a result, the DEA can now initiate a formal rule-making process that would potentially reschedule marijuana from its current Schedule I classification. The DEA is bound by the HHS recommendation in regard to the scientific and medical matters but can ultimately make a different scheduling decision. The DEA may also account for the United States treaty obligations, including the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotics. The DEA will consider several factors that include: (1) marijuanas actual or relative potential for abuse, (2) scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, (3) the state of current scientific knowledge; (4) history and current pattern of abuse, (5) scope, duration, and significance of abuse, (6) risks to public health, (7) psychic or psychological dependence liability, and (8) whether marijuana is an immediate precursor of a substance already controlled under the CSA. The DEA has not yet started a formal rule-making process, which would require a public hearing on the record with an administrative law judge(s) making the final decision whether to adopt the new regulation. The regulation would be subject to challenges and judicial review. The DEA is not under a required timeline to initiate and complete this process.
On September 13, 2023, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) published a report stating that the DEA is likely to reschedule marijuana according to the HHS recommendation. According to the CRS report, this would have broad implications for federal policy and potentially impact state medical and recreational programs. If rescheduling occurs, various federal agencies such as the DOJ, FDA, FinCEN, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may issue additional memoranda providing further regulatory, tax, and enforcement priority instruction as it relates to marijuana that would replace the previous guidance.
The Companys objective is to capitalize on the opportunities presented as a result of the changing regulatory environment governing the cannabis industry in the United States. Accordingly, there are a number of significant risks associated with the business of the Company. Unless and until the U.S. Congress amends the CSA with respect to medical and/or adult-use cannabis (and as to the timing or scope of any such potential amendments there can be no assurance), there is a risk that federal authorities may enforce current federal law, and the business of the Company may be deemed to be producing, cultivating, extracting, or dispensing cannabis or aiding or abetting or otherwise engaging in a conspiracy to commit such acts in violation of the CSA and other federal laws in the United States.
For these reasons, the Companys investments in the U.S. cannabis market may subject the Company to heightened scrutiny by regulators, stock exchanges, clearing agencies and other Canadian and U.S. authorities. See section entitled Risk Factors herein.
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Unless the context indicates or suggests otherwise, references to we, our, us, the Company, or Cannabist Company refer to The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of British Columbia, Canada, individually, or as the context requires, collectively with its subsidiaries.
In this Prospectus, currency amounts are stated in U.S. dollars ($), unless specified otherwise. All references to C$, CAD$ and CDN$ are to Canadian dollars.
This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this Prospectus and the documents that we incorporate by reference. It is not complete and does not contain all of the information that you should consider before making an investment decision. For a more complete understanding of the Companys business and before making any investment decision, you should read the entire Prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference, including the section entitled Risk Factors commencing on page 7 of this Prospectus and the Risk Factors sections contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the Annual Report).
General
The Companys common shares are listed on the Cboe Canada (the Cboe) under the symbol CBST and are quoted on the OTCQX Best Market (the OTCQX) under the symbol CBSTF and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol 3LP.
The Companys principal business activity is the production and sale of cannabis as regulated by the regulatory bodies and authorities of the jurisdictions in which it operates.
The Company, through its subsidiaries, currently owns or manages interests in several state-licensed medical and/or adult use marijuana businesses in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia. The Company has exited its prior operations in Missouri, Utah, the European Union and Puerto Rico.
The registered office of the Company is 1700, 666 Burrard St., Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8. The head office is located at 680 5th Ave., 24th Floor, New York, New York 10019. The Companys telephone number is (212) 634-7100.
History of the Company
The Company was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the OBCA) on August 13, 2018 under the name Canaccord Genuity Growth Corp. as a special purpose acquisition corporation for the purpose of effecting an acquisition of one or more businesses or assets, by way of a merger, amalgamation, arrangement, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or any other similar business combination.
On October 17, 2018, the Company announced that it had entered into a letter of intent with Columbia Care LLC (Old Columbia Care) to exclusively negotiate a business combination between the two companies. On November 21, 2018, the Company announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement (the Transaction Agreement) with Old Columbia Care pursuant to which, among other things, the Company would acquire all of the membership interests of Old Columbia Care by way of a merger between Old Columbia Care and a newly-formed Delaware subsidiary of the Company (the Business Combination). The Business Combination constituted the Companys qualifying transaction.
The Business Combination was completed on April 26, 2019, at which point Old Columbia Care became a 100% wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, the Company was continued out of the jurisdiction of Ontario under the OBCA and into the jurisdiction of British Columbia under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (BCBCA).
Effective September 19, 2023, the Company changed its name from Columbia Care Inc. to The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. (the Name Change). In connection with the Name Change, on September 21, 2023, the Companys Common Shares and warrants began trading under the ticker symbols CBST and CBST.WT, respectively, on the Cboe. The Companys Common Shares began trading under ticker symbol CBSTF on the OTCQX on September 26, 2023.
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Recent Developments
March 2024 Private Placement
On or about March 15, 2024, the Company entered into subscription agreements with institutional investors for the purchase and sale of $25.75 million aggregate principal amount of 9.00% senior secured convertible debentures due 2027 (the March 2024 Notes) in a concurrent private brokered offering (the Brokered Offering) and private non-brokered offering (the Non-Brokered Offering and together with the Brokered Offering, the March 2024 Offerings). The March 2024 Notes are comprised of (i) $19.5 million in aggregate principal amount of notes (the New Notes) issued at an original issue discount of $800 (per $1,000 in principal amount) per New Note; and (ii) $6.25 million in aggregate principal amount of notes (the Exchange Notes) issued at an original issue discount of $800 (per $1,000 in principal amount) per Exchange Note, in exchange for $5.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Companys 6.0% senior secured convertible notes due June 2025 issued and outstanding under a trust indenture with Odyssey Trust Company dated as of May 14, 2020, as supplemented, as consideration. The Exchange Notes were exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Agreement (as defined below).
The March 2024 Offerings closed concurrently on March 19, 2024. In connection with the transactions, the Company and the investors entered into a customary registration rights agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement). The Company is filing the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part at the request of the Selling Stockholders pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. The March 2024 Notes were issued pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 506(b) of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act).
January 2024 Exchange Agreement
On January 22, 2024, the Company entered into an exchange agreement (the Exchange Agreement) with certain of the Selling Stockholders (the Holders) who held the Companys 6.0% senior secured convertible notes due June 2025 (the June 2025 Notes), pursuant to which the Company agreed to repurchase up to US$25 million principal amount of the June 2025 Notes in exchange for Common Shares in three separate tranches between January and June 2024, subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions in the Exchange Agreement.
In the event the conditions are fulfilled and the Holders fail to transfer their June 2025 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Agreement, the Company has the right, but not the obligation, to require the Holders to transfer some or all of the portion of the $25 million principal amount of June 2025 Notes still held by the Holders.
September 2023 Private Placement
On September 18, 2023, the Company entered into subscription agreements with certain Selling Stockholders for the purchase and sale of 22,244,210 units of the Company (the September 2023 Units) at a price of C$1.52 per Unit (the Issue Price) pursuant to a private placement (the September 2023 Offering), for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately C$33.8 million or approximately US$25 million. Each Unit consists of one Common Share (or Common Share equivalent) and one half of one warrant that entitles the holder to acquire one Common Share at a price of C$1.96 per Common Share, a 29% premium to issue, for a period of three years following the closing of the September 2023 Offering (September 2023 Warrant). The September 2023 Offering consisted of an aggregate of 21,887,240 Common Shares, 11,122,105 September 2023 Warrants and 356,970 pre-funded warrants that provide the holder the right to purchase one Common Share at an exercise price of C$0.0001 per Common Share (the September 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants). The September 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants are exercisable immediately and may be exercised at any time until the September 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised in full. The September 2023 Offering closed on September 21, 2023.
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This Prospectus, and certain documents incorporated by reference into this Prospectus, contain certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation (collectively, forward-looking information) which are based upon the Companys current internal expectations, estimates, projections, assumptions and beliefs. In certain cases, such information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as expect, likely, may, will, should, intend, or anticipate, potential, proposed, estimate and other similar words, including negative and grammatical variations thereof, or statements that certain events or conditions may or will happen, or by discussions of strategy. Forward-looking information includes estimates, plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts, projections, targets, guidance, or other statements that are not statements of fact. Such forward-looking information is made as of the date of this Prospectus, or in the case of documents incorporated by reference herein, as of the date of each such document. Forward-looking information in this Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference herein include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to:
| the impact of the July 2023 termination of the acquisition of the Companys issued and outstanding shares by Cresco Labs LLC on the Companys current and future operations, financial condition and prospects; |
| the redemption of the Companys remaining 13% senior secured notes due May 2024; |
| the impact of the Companys corporate restructuring plan; |
| the fact that marijuana remains illegal under federal law; |
| the application of anti-money laundering laws and regulations to the Company; |
| legal, regulatory, or political change to the cannabis industry; |
| access to public and private capital; |
| unfavorable publicity or consumer perception of the cannabis industry; |
| expansion to the adult-use markets; |
| the impact of laws, regulations, and guidelines; |
| the impact of Section 280E of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Internal Revenue Code); |
| the impact of state laws pertaining to the cannabis industry; |
| the Companys reliance on key inputs, suppliers and skilled labor; |
| the difficulty of forecasting the Companys sales; |
| constraints on marketing products; |
| potential cyber-attacks and security breaches; |
| net operating loss and other tax attribute limitations; |
| the impact of changes in tax laws; |
| the volatility of the market price of the Common Shares; |
| reliance on management; |
| litigation; |
| future results and financial projections; and |
| the impact of global financial conditions. |
Forward-looking information contained in certain documents incorporated by reference in this Prospectus are based on the key assumptions described in such documents and may prove inaccurate. Certain of the forward-looking information contained herein or in the documents incorporated by reference concern the medical cannabis and adult-
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use cannabis industry; the general expectations of the Company related thereto; the Companys ability to implement its growth strategies and business plan; the Companys ability to keep pace with changing consumer preferences; the ongoing ability of the Company to conduct business in the regulatory environments in which it operates and may operate in the future; the profitability or liquidity of the Company and the impact of increased debt and interest costs; and the Companys business and operations and are based on estimates prepared by the Company using data from publicly available governmental sources, as well as from market research and industry analysis and on assumptions based on data and knowledge of this industry which the Company believes to be reasonable. However, although generally indicative of relative market positions, market shares and performance characteristics, such data is inherently imprecise. While the Company is not aware of any misstatement regarding any industry or government data presented herein, the current cannabis industry involves risks and uncertainties and is subject to change based on various factors.
Readers are cautioned that the above list of cautionary statements is not exhaustive. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from what is projected in forward-looking information. The purpose of forward-looking information is to provide the reader with a description of managements expectations, and such forward-looking information may not be appropriate for any other purpose. Prospective purchasers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information contained in this Prospectus or in any document incorporated by reference therein. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking information are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. The forward-looking information contained in this Prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference therein are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Investors should read this entire Prospectus and consult their own professional advisors to ascertain and assess the income tax and legal risks and other aspects associated with holding the securities being offered for sale hereunder. Prospective purchasers should also carefully consider the matters discussed under the heading Risk Factors in this Prospectus and the documents incorporated herein.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, with respect to the securities offered by this Prospectus. This Prospectus is a part of the registration statement and does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and its exhibits and schedules, portions of which have been omitted as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information about us and our common stock, you should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits and schedules.
The SEC maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the SECs website is http://www.sec.gov. You may request a copy of these filings, which we will provide to you at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address and telephone number:
The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc.
680 Fifth Ave., 24th Floor
New York, New York 10019
(212) 271-0915
Attn: Investor Relations
Our SEC filings are also available to the public at our website at www.cannabistcompany.com. Information on our website or any other website is not incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and does not constitute a part of Prospectus.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Information has been incorporated by reference in this Prospectus from documents that have been filed with, or furnished to, the SEC and some of which have also been filed by us with the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in Canada. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this Prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede information contained in this Prospectus and any accompanying Prospectus Supplement. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below that we have previously filed with the SEC (excluding any portions of any Form 8-K that are not deemed filed pursuant to the General Instructions of Form 8-K):
(a) our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023; and
(b) our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 19, 2024, January 24, 2024 and March 20, 2024.
We also incorporate by reference any future filings (other than Current Reports furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits filed on such form that are related to such items unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary) made with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) after the date of the initial registration statement of which this Prospectus forms a part until we sell all of the securities we are offering or the termination of the offering, excluding, in each case, information deemed furnished and not filed.
Any statement contained in this Prospectus, or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document that also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
Upon written or oral request, we will provide to you, without charge, a copy of any or all of the documents that are incorporated by reference into this Prospectus but not delivered with the Prospectus, including exhibits which are specifically incorporated by reference into such documents. Requests should be directed to: The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc., Attention: Investor Relations, 680 Fifth Ave., 24th Floor, New York, New York 10019, telephone (212) 271-0915.
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You may also access the documents incorporated by reference in this Prospectus through our website at www.cannabistcompany.com. Except for the specific incorporated documents listed above, no information available on or through our website shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Prospectus or the registration statement of which it forms a part.
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An investment in the securities of the Company involves certain risks, including those set forth below and in the Annual Report. When evaluating the Company and its business, investors should carefully review the information set out in this Prospectus. The risks and uncertainties described are not the only ones the Company faces. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Company or that are currently considered immaterial may also have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company.
Prospective investors should carefully consider these risks, in addition to the information contained and incorporated herein by reference and in any Prospectus Supplement relating to an offering and the information incorporated by reference therein, before purchasing the Common Shares. Some of the risk factors described herein and in the documents incorporated herein by reference (including subsequently filed documents incorporated by reference herein), including the applicable Prospectus Supplement are interrelated and, consequently, investors should treat such risk factors as a whole. If any of the events identified in these risks and uncertainties were to actually occur, it could have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company. These are not the only risks and uncertainties that the Company faces. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Company or that are currently considered immaterial may also have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company. The Company cannot assure you that it will successfully address any or all of these risks.
You may experience future dilution as a result of future equity offerings.
The Company may need to raise additional financing in the future through the issuance of additional equity securities or convertible debt securities. If the Company raises additional funding by issuing additional equity securities or convertible debt securities, such financings may substantially dilute the interests of shareholders of the Company and reduce the value of their investment and the value of the Companys securities.
There may not be an active, liquid market for the Common Shares.
There may not be an active, liquid market for the Common Shares. There is no guarantee that an active trading market for the Common Shares will be maintained on Cboe and/or the OTCQX. Investors may not be able to sell their Common Shares quickly or at the latest market price if trading in the Common Shares is not active.
Return on the Common Shares is not guaranteed.
There is no guarantee that the Common Shares will earn any positive return in the short term or long term. A holding of any such security is speculative and involves a high degree of risk and should be undertaken only by holders whose financial resources are sufficient to enable them to assume such risks and who have no need for immediate liquidity in their investment. An investment in the Common Shares is appropriate only for holders who have the capacity to absorb a loss of some or all of their investment.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE SHARE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY
Description of the Companys Securities
The authorized share capital of the Company consists of (i) an unlimited number of Common Shares of which 448,216,620 Common Shares are issued and outstanding as of April 1, 2024; (ii) an unlimited number of Proportionate Voting Shares, of which 7,701,826 are issued and outstanding on an as-converted basis as of April 1, 2024; and (iii) an unlimited number of Preferred Shares, issuable in series, none of which are issued and outstanding. All Proportionate Voting Shares are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the former Old Columbia Care members.
Generally, except as described below, the Common Shares and Proportionate Voting Shares have the same rights, are equal in all respects and are treated by the Company as if they were shares of one class only.
Conversion Rights and Transfers
Issued and outstanding Proportionate Voting Shares, including fractions thereof, may at any time, subject to the FPI Condition (as defined below), at the option of the holder, be converted into Common Shares at a ratio of 100 Common Shares per Proportionate Voting Share with fractional Proportionate Voting Shares convertible into Common Shares at the same ratio. Further, the Companys board of directors (the Board) may determine in the future that it is no longer advisable to maintain the Proportionate Voting Shares as a separate class of shares and may cause all of the issued and outstanding Proportionate Voting Shares to be converted into Common Shares at a ratio of 100 Common Shares per Proportionate Voting Share with fractional Proportionate Voting Shares convertible into Common Shares at the same ratio and the Board shall not be entitled to issue any more Proportionate Voting Shares under the Articles thereafter.
The Proportionate Voting Shares are not transferrable without Board approval, except to Permitted Holders (as defined below) and in compliance with U.S. securities laws.
Conversion Conditions
The right of the Proportionate Voting Shares to convert into Common Shares is subject to certain conditions in order to maintain the Companys status as a foreign private issuer under U.S. securities laws. Unless otherwise waived by the Company, the right to convert the Proportionate Voting Shares is subject to the condition that the aggregate number of Common Shares and Proportionate Voting Shares (calculated as a single class) held of record, directly or indirectly, by residents of the United States (as determined in accordance with Rules 3b-4 and 12g3-2(a) under the Exchange Act) may not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate number of Common Shares and Proportionate Voting Shares issued and outstanding after giving effect to such conversions (calculated as a single class) (the FPI Condition). As of the date of filing, the Company is not a foreign private issuer under U.S. securities laws.
A holder of Common Shares may at any time, at the option of the holder and with the approval of the Board of the Company, convert such Common Shares into Proportionate Voting Shares on the basis of 100 Common Shares for one Proportionate Voting Share.
No fractional Common Shares will be issued on any conversion of any Proportionate Voting Shares and any fractional Common Shares will be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
For the purposes of the foregoing:
Affiliate means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such specified Person.
Permitted Holders means (i) the initial holders of Proportionate Voting Shares; and (ii) any Affiliate or Person controlled, directly or indirectly, by one or more of the Persons referred to in clause (i) above.
Person means any individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, joint venture or limited liability company.
A Person is controlled by another Person or other Persons if: (i) in the case of a company or other body corporate wherever or however incorporated: (A) securities entitled to vote in the election of directors carrying in the aggregate at least a majority of the votes for the election of directors and representing in the aggregate at
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least a majority of the participating (equity) securities are held, other than by way of security only, directly or indirectly, by or solely for the benefit of the other Person or Persons; and (B) the votes carried in the aggregate by such securities are entitled, if exercised, to elect a majority of the board of directors of such company or other body corporate; or (ii) in the case of a Person that is not a company or other body corporate, at least a majority of the participating (equity) and voting interests of such Person are held, directly or indirectly, by or solely for the benefit of the other Person or Persons; and controls, controlling and under common control with shall be interpreted accordingly.
Voting Rights
All holders of Common Shares are entitled to receive notice of any meeting of shareholders of the Company, and to attend and vote at such meetings, except those meetings at which only holders of a specific class or series of shares are entitled to vote separately as a class under the BCBCA. A quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of shareholders is present if shareholders who, in the aggregate, hold at least 25% of the voting rights attached to the issued shares of the Company entitled to vote at the meeting are present in person or represented by proxy.
On all matters upon which holders of Shares are entitled to vote:
| each Common Share is entitled to one vote per Common Share; and |
| each Proportionate Voting Share is entitled to 100 votes per Proportionate Voting Share, and each fraction of a Proportionate Voting Share is entitled to the number of votes calculated by multiplying the fraction by 100. |
The number of votes represented by fractional Proportionate Voting Shares will be rounded down to the nearest whole number. Unless a different majority is required by law or the Articles, resolutions to be approved by holders of Shares require approval by a simple majority of the total number of votes of all Shares cast at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present based on the voting entitlements of each class of Shares described above.
Dividend Rights
Holders of Shares are entitled to receive dividends out of the assets available for the payment or distribution of dividends at such times and in such amount and form as the Board may from time to time determine, subject to any preferential rights of the holders of any outstanding Preferred Shares, on the following basis, and otherwise without preference or distinction among or between the Shares: each Proportionate Voting Share will be entitled to 100 times the amount paid or distributed per Common Share (including by way of share dividends, which holders of Proportionate Voting Shares will receive in Proportionate Voting Shares, unless otherwise determined by the Board) and each fraction of a Proportionate Voting Share will be entitled to the applicable fraction thereof. See Conversion Rights and Transfers above.
Liquidation Rights
In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of its assets among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs, the holders of Shares will be entitled to receive all of the Companys assets remaining after payment of all debts and other liabilities, subject to any preferential rights of the holders of any outstanding Preferred Shares, on the basis that each Proportionate Voting Share will be entitled to 100 times the amount distributed per Common Share (and each fraction of a Proportionate Voting Share will be entitled to the amount calculated by multiplying the fraction by the amount otherwise payable in respect of a whole Proportionate Voting Share), and otherwise without preference or distinction among or between the Shares. See Conversion Rights and Transfers above.
Pre-emptive and Redemption Rights
Holders of Shares will not have any pre-emptive or redemption rights.
Subdivision or Consolidation
No subdivision or consolidation of any class of Shares may be carried out unless, at the same time, the Common Shares and Proportionate Voting Shares, as the case may be, are subdivided or consolidated in the same manner and on the same basis, so as to preserve the relative rights of the holders of each class of Shares.
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Certain Amendments
In addition to any other voting right or power to which the holders of Common Shares and Proportionate Voting Shares shall be entitled by law or regulation or other provisions of the Articles from time to time in effect, but subject to the provisions of the Articles, holders of Common Shares and Proportionate Voting Shares shall each be entitled to vote separately as a class, in addition to any other vote of shareholders that may be required, in respect of any alteration, repeal or amendment of the Companys Articles which would prejudice or interfere with the rights or special rights attached to the Common Shares or Proportionate Voting Shares, or which would affect the rights or special rights of the holders of the Common Shares and the holders of Proportionate Voting Shares differently, on a per share basis, including an amendment to the terms of the Articles that provide that any Proportionate Voting Shares sold or transferred to a Person that is not a Permitted Holder shall be automatically converted into Common Shares.
Pursuant to the Articles, holders of Shares will be treated equally and identically, on a per share basis, in certain change of control transactions that require approval of our shareholders under the BCBCA, unless different treatment of the shares of each such class is approved by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Common Shares and Proportionate Voting Shares, each voting separately as a class.
Issuance of Additional Proportionate Voting Shares
The Company may issue additional Proportionate Voting Shares upon the approval of the Board. Shareholder approval is not required in connection with a subdivision or consolidation on a pro rata basis as between the Common Shares and the Proportionate Voting Shares.
Take-Over Bid Protection
If an offer is being made for Proportionate Voting Shares (a PVS Offer) where: (i) by reason of applicable securities legislation or stock exchange requirements, the offer must be made to all holders of the class of Proportionate Voting Shares; and (ii) no equivalent offer is made for the Common Shares, the holders of Common Shares have the right, pursuant to the Articles, at their option, to convert their Common Shares into Proportionate Voting Shares for the purpose of allowing the holders of the Common Shares to tender to such PVS Offer, provided that such conversion into Proportionate Voting Shares will be solely for the purpose of tendering the Proportionate Voting Shares to the PVS Offer in question and that any Proportionate Voting Shares that are tendered to the PVS Offer but that are not, for any reason, taken up and paid for by the offeror will automatically be reconverted into the Common Shares that existed prior to such conversion.
In the event that holders of Common Shares are entitled to convert their Common Shares into Proportionate Voting Shares in connection with a PVS Offer pursuant to (ii) above, holders of an aggregate of Common Shares of less than 100 (an Odd Lot) will be entitled to convert all but not less than all of such Odd Lot of Common Shares into an applicable fraction of one Proportionate Voting Share, provided that such conversion into a fractional Proportionate Voting Share will be solely for the purpose of tendering the fractional Proportionate Voting Share to the PVS Offer in question and that any fraction of a Proportionate Voting Share that is tendered to the PVS Offer but that is not, for any reason, taken up and paid for by the offeror will automatically be reconverted into the Common Shares that existed prior to such conversion.
Compliance Provisions
The Companys Articles contain certain provisions (the Compliance Provisions), including a combination of certain remedies such as a suspension of voting and/or dividend rights, a discretionary right to force a share transfer to a third party and/or a discretionary redemption right in favour of the Company, in each case to seek to ensure that the Company and its subsidiaries are able to comply with applicable regulatory and licensing regulations. The purpose of the Compliance Provisions is to provide the Company with a means of protecting itself from having a shareholder, or as determined by the Board, a group of shareholders acting jointly or in concert, with an ownership interest of, whether of record or beneficially (or having the power to exercise control or direction over) (Owning or Controlling), five percent (5%) or more of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company, or such other number as is determined by the Board from time to time, and: (i) who a governmental authority granting licenses to, or otherwise governing the operations of, the Company or its subsidiaries has determined to be unsuitable to own Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable; (ii) whose ownership of Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable, may result in the loss, suspension or revocation (or similar action) with respect to any licenses or permits relating to the Companys or its subsidiaries conduct of business (being the conduct of any activities relating to the cultivation, manufacturing and dispensing of cannabis and cannabis-derived products in the United States, which include the owning and operating of cannabis licenses) or in the Company or any of its affiliates being unable to obtain any new licenses or permits in the normal course, all as determined by the Board; or
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(iii) who have not been determined by the applicable regulatory authority to be an acceptable person or otherwise have not received the requisite consent of such regulatory authority to own the Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable, in each case within a reasonable time period acceptable to the Board or prior to acquiring any Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable (in each case, an Unsuitable Person). The ownership restrictions in the Companys notice of articles and articles are also subject to an exemption for applicable depositaries and clearing houses as well as underwriters (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) in the course of a distribution of securities of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Compliance Provisions provide that any shareholder (or group of shareholders acting jointly or in concert) proposing to Own or Control five percent (5%) or more of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company (or such other number as is determined by the Board from time to time) will be required to provide not less than 30 days advance written notice to the Company by mail sent to the Companys head office to the attention of the Corporate Secretary and to obtain all necessary regulatory approvals. Upon any such shareholder(s) Owning or Controlling five percent (5%) or more of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company (or such other number as is determined by the Board from time to time), and having not received the requisite approval of any applicable regulatory authority to own the Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable, the Compliance Provisions provide: (i) that such shareholder(s) may, in the discretion of the Board, be prohibited from exercising any voting rights and/or receiving any dividends from the Company, unless and until all requisite regulatory approvals are obtained; and (ii) the Company with a right, but not the obligation, at its option, upon notice to the Unsuitable Person, to: (A) redeem any or all Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable, directly or indirectly held by an Unsuitable Person; and/or (B) forcibly transfer any or all Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable, directly or indirectly held by an Unsuitable Person to a third party. Such rights are required in order for the Company to comply with regulations in various jurisdictions where the Company or its subsidiaries conduct business or are expected to conduct business. Further, a holder of the Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable, will be prohibited from acquiring five percent (5%) or more of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more transactions, without providing 30 days advance written notice to the Company by mail sent to the Companys registered office to the attention of the Corporate Secretary. The foregoing restrictions will not apply to the ownership, acquisition or disposition of Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable, as a result of: (i) transfer of Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable, occurring by operation of law including, inter alia, the transfer of Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable, to a trustee in bankruptcy, (ii) an acquisition or proposed acquisition by one or more underwriters who hold Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable, for the purposes of distribution to the public or for the benefit of a third party provided that such third party is in compliance with the foregoing restriction, or (iii) conversion, exchange or exercise of securities issued by the Company or a subsidiary into or for Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable, in accordance with their respective terms. If the Board reasonably believes that any such holder of the Common Shares may have failed to comply with the foregoing restrictions, the Company may apply to the Supreme Court of British Columbia, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, for an order directing that such shareholder disclose the number of Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable, directly or indirectly held.
Upon receipt by the holder of a notice to redeem or to transfer any or all of its Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, the holder will be entitled to receive, as consideration therefor, no less than 95% of the lesser of: (i) the closing price of the Common Shares on Cboe (or the then principal exchange on which the Companys securities are listed or quoted for trading) on the trading day immediately prior to the closing of the redemption or transfer (or the average of the last bid and last asking prices if there was no trading on the specified date); and (ii) the five-day volume weighted average price of the Common Shares on Cboe (or the then principal exchange on which the Companys securities are listed or quoted for trading) for the five trading days immediately prior to the closing of the redemption or transfer (or the average of the last bid and last asking prices if there was no trading on the specified dates).
Notwithstanding the adoption of the proposed Compliance Provisions, the Company may not be able to exercise such rights in full or at all, including its redemption rights. Under the BCBCA, a corporation may not make any payment to redeem shares if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the company is unable to pay its liabilities as they become due in the ordinary course of its business or if making the payment of the redemption price or providing the consideration would cause the company to be unable to pay its liabilities as they become due in the ordinary course of its business. Furthermore, the Company may become subject to contractual restrictions on its ability to redeem its Common Shares and/or Proportionate Voting Shares, as applicable, by, for example, entering into a secured credit
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facility subject to such restrictions. In the event that restrictions prohibit the Company from exercising its redemption rights in part or in full, the Company will not be able to exercise its redemption rights absent a waiver of such restrictions, which the Company may not be able to obtain on acceptable terms or at all.
Preferred Shares
The Preferred Shares may at any time and from time to time be issued in one or more series. Subject to the provisions of the BCBCA and the Articles, the Board may, by resolution, from time to time before the issue thereof determine the maximum number of shares of each series, create an identifying name for each series, attach special rights or restrictions to the Preferred Shares of each series including, without limitation, any right to receive dividends (which may be cumulative or non-cumulative and variable or fixed) or the means of determining such dividends, the dates of payment thereof, any terms or conditions of redemption or purchase, any conversion rights, any retraction rights, any rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up and any sinking fund or other provisions, the whole to be subject to filing a Notice of Alteration to the Notice of Articles to create the series and altering the Articles to include the special rights or restrictions attached to the Preferred Shares of the series. Except as provided in any special rights or restrictions attaching to any series of Preferred Shares issued from time to time, the holders of preferred shares will not be entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at any meeting of shareholders.
Preferred Shares of each series, if and when issued, will, with respect to the payment of dividends, rank pari passu with the Preferred Shares of every other series and be entitled to preference over the Common Shares, the Proportionate Voting Shares and any other shares of the Company ranking junior to the Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends.
In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of Preferred Shares will be entitled to preference with respect to distribution of the property or assets of the Company over the Common Shares, the Proportionate Voting Shares and any other shares of the Company ranking junior to the Preferred Shares with respect to the repayment of capital paid up on and the payment of unpaid dividends accrued on the Preferred Shares.
Advance Notice Provisions
The Companys Articles includes certain advance notice provisions with respect to the election of its directors (the Advance Notice Provisions). The Advance Notice Provisions are intended to: (i) facilitate orderly and efficient annual general meetings or, where the need arises, special meetings; (ii) ensure that all shareholders receive adequate notice of director nominations to the Board and sufficient information with respect to all nominees; and (iii) allow shareholders to register an informed vote. Only persons who are nominated by shareholders in accordance with the Advance Notice Provisions will be eligible for election as directors at any annual meeting of shareholders, or at any special meeting of shareholders if one of the purposes for which the special meeting was called was the election of directors.
Under the Advance Notice Provisions, a shareholder wishing to nominate a director would be required to provide the Company notice, in the prescribed form, within the prescribed time periods. These time periods include, (i) in the case of an annual meeting of shareholders (including an annual and special meeting), not fewer than 30 days prior to the date of the annual meeting of shareholders; provided, that if the first public announcement of the date (the Notice Date) of the annual meeting of shareholders is less than 50 days before the meeting date, not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the Notice Date; and (ii) in the case of a special meeting (which is not also an annual meeting) of shareholders called for any purpose which includes electing directors, not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the Notice Date, provided that, in either instance, if notice-and-access (as defined in National Instrument 54-101 Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer) is used for delivery of proxy related materials in respect of a meeting described above, and the Notice Date in respect of the meeting is not fewer than 50 days prior to the date of the applicable meeting, the notice must be received not later than the close of business on the 40th day before the applicable meeting.
Forum Selection
The Companys Articles includes a forum selection provision that provides that, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada and the appellate courts therefrom, will be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on the Companys behalf; (ii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of the Companys directors, officers or other employees to the Company; (iii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim
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arising pursuant to any provision of the BCBCA or the Articles; or (iv) any action or proceeding asserting a claim otherwise related to the relationships among the Company, its Affiliates and their respective shareholders, directors and/or officers, but excluding claims related to the Companys business or the business carried on by such Affiliates. The forum selection provision also provides that the Companys securityholders are deemed to have consented to the personal jurisdiction of the courts in the Province of British Columbia and to service of process on their counsel in any foreign action initiated in violation of the foregoing provisions. The forum selection could apply to claims brought under the United States federal securities laws.
CGGC Warrants
As of the date hereof, 16,184,833 Common Share purchase warrants issued pursuant to the warrant agency agreement (the Warrant Agreement) between Canaccord Genuity Growth Corp. and Odyssey Trust Company, as warrant agent, dated September 20, 2018 are outstanding. The CGGC Warrants were issued as part of the initial public offering of the Company. The CGGC Warrants are governed by the terms of the Warrant Agreement. These warrants do not have a redemption feature and are traded separately from the Common Shares on the Cboe exchange. They can be converted into shares, on a one-for-one conversion ratio prior to their expiry on April 26, 2024, upon payment of a fixed exercise price of C$10.35 per warrant by the warrant holder.
Warrants
The chart below sets out the issued and outstanding common share purchase warrants (Warrants) of the Company as of December 31, 2023.
December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Expiration |
Number of Shares Issued and Exercisable |
Exercise Price (Canadian Dollars) |
Number of Shares Issued and Exercisable |
Exercise Price (Canadian Dollars) |
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September 21, 2026 |
11,122,105 | 1.96 | ||||||||||||||
October 1, 2025 |
648,783 | 8.12 | 648,783 | 8.12 | ||||||||||||
April 26, 2024 |
5,394,945 | 10.35 | 5,394,945 | 10.35 | ||||||||||||
May 14, 2023 |
| 3.10 | 1,723,250 | 3.10 | ||||||||||||
May 14, 2023 |
| 2.95 | 1,818,788 | 2.95 | ||||||||||||
May 14, 2023 |
| 5.84 | 1,897,000 | 5.84 | ||||||||||||
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17,165,833 | $ | 4.83 | 11,482,766 | $ | 7.22 | |||||||||||
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As at December 31, 2023, there were 420,265,306 Common Shares issued and outstanding and 9,807,881 Proportionate Voting Shares issued and outstanding, as well as 16,184,833 CGGC Warrants and 17,165,833 Warrants. There have been no material changes in the Companys share or loan capital, on a consolidated basis, since December 31, 2023.
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On or about March 15, 2024, the Company entered into subscription agreements with institutional investors for the purchase of the March 2024 Notes in the March 2024 Offerings. The closing of the March 2024 Offerings occurred on March 19, 2024, generating an aggregate of US$15.6 million in gross proceeds to the Company. We are registering the Note Shares in order to permit the Selling Stockholders to offer the Note Shares for resale from time to time.
The table below sets forth certain information furnished to us by the Selling Stockholders with respect to the beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Shares held by the Selling Stockholders as of March 15, 2024. The Note Shares in the table below were rounded to the nearest whole share. The Selling Stockholders may have sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of some or all of their Common Shares since the date on which the information in the following table is presented in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Information concerning the Selling Stockholders may change from time to time and, if necessary, we will amend or supplement this Prospectus accordingly.
Other than the relationships described herein, to our knowledge, the Selling Stockholders are each not an employee or supplier of ours or our affiliates. Within the past three years, other than the relationships described herein, the Selling Stockholders have not held a position as an officer a director of ours, nor has any Selling Stockholder had any material relationship of any kind with us or any of our affiliates. All information with respect to share ownership has been furnished by the Selling Stockholders, unless otherwise noted. The Shares being offered are being registered to permit public secondary trading of such shares and the Selling Stockholders may each offer all or part of the shares it owns for resale from time to time pursuant to this Prospectus. See Plan of Distribution. The Selling Stockholders do not have any family relationships with our officers, other directors or controlling stockholders.
To the extent the Selling Stockholders are affiliated of broker-dealers and any participating broker-dealers are deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commissions or discounts given to any Selling Stockholder or broker-dealer may be regarded as underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. The term Selling Stockholder also includes any transferees, pledgees, donees, or other successors in interest to any Selling Stockholder named in the table below. Unless otherwise indicated, to our knowledge, the Selling Stockholders named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares of Common Shares set forth opposite their names. We will file a supplement to this Prospectus (or a post-effective amendment hereto, if necessary) to name any successors to the Selling Stockholders who are able to use this Prospectus to resell the Common Shares registered hereby.
Name of Selling Stockholder |
Common Shares Beneficially Owned Before the Offering |
Common Shares Offered for Resale |
Common Shares Beneficially Owned After Completion of the Resale |
% of Common Shares Beneficially Owned After Completion of the Resale |
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Arceus Partnership |
6,557,377 | 6,557,377 | | | % | |||||||||||
Black Maple Capital Partners LP(1) |
4,918,033 | 4,918,033 | | | % | |||||||||||
BPY Limited |
14,553,183 | (2) | 8,196,721 | 6,356,462 | 1.4 | % | ||||||||||
Exodus Acquisition LLC |
4,918,033 | 4,918,033 | | | % | |||||||||||
Intrepid Income Fund |
6,901,877 | (3) | 6,557,377 | 344,500 | Less than 1 | % | ||||||||||
Nomis Bay Ltd |
21,829,774 | (4) | 12,295,082 | 9,534,692 | 2.1 | % | ||||||||||
Verition Canada Master Fund Ltd(5) |
40,983,606 | 40,983,606 | | | % |
(1) | Robert Barnard is the Chief Executive Officer/Chief Investment Officer of Black Maple Capital Management LP, the investment manager of Black Maple Capital Partners LP, and the control person of Black Maple Capital Management LP as the managing member of Black Maple Capital Holdings LLC, the general partner of Black Maple Capital Management LP. |
(2) | Includes 674,954 Common Shares, 4,448,842 Common Shares underlying Common Share purchase warrants and 1,232,666 Common Shares convertible for $8,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.00% convertible notes due June 29, 2025 at a conversion price of $6.49 per Common Share. |
(3) | Includes 36,000 Common Shares and 308,500 Common Shares underlying Common Share purchase warrants. |
(4) | Includes 1,012,431 Common Shares, 6,673,263 Common Shares underlying Common Share purchase warrants and 1,848,998 Common Shares convertible for $12,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.00% convertible notes due June 29, 2025 at a conversion price of $6.49 per Common Share. |
(5) | Manousos Vourkoutiotis, as President of Verition Advisors (Canada) ULC, the investment manager of Verition Canada Master Fund Ltd., may be deemed to have the power to vote or dispose of the securities. Verition Advisors (Canada) ULC, as investment manager, and Mr. Vourkoutiotis, in his individual capacity, disclaim beneficial ownership over these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. |
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The Selling Stockholders of the Common Shares and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their Common Shares covered hereby on the principal trading market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the Common Shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling Common Shares:
| ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
| block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the Common Shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
| purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
| an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
| privately negotiated transactions; |
| settlement of short sales; |
| in transactions through broker-dealers that agree with a Selling Stockholder to sell a specified number of Common Shares at a stipulated price per Common Share; |
| through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
| a combination of any such methods of sale; or |
| any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The Selling Stockholders may also sell Common Shares under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this Prospectus.
In addition, a Selling Stockholder that is an entity may elect to make an in-kind distribution of Common Shares to its members, partners or stockholders pursuant to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part by delivering a prospectus with a plan of distribution. Such members, partners or stockholders would thereby receive freely tradeable Common Shares pursuant to the distribution through a registration statement. To the extent a distributee is an affiliate of ours (or to the extent otherwise required by law), we may file a prospectus supplement in order to permit the distributees to use the prospectus to resell the Common Shares acquired in the distribution. The Selling Stockholders also may transfer the Common Shares in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors-in-interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus. Upon being notified by the Selling Stockholders that a donee, pledgee, transferee, other successor-in-interest intends to sell our Common Shares, we will, to the extent required, promptly file a supplement to this prospectus to name specifically such person as a Selling Stockholder.
Broker-dealers engaged by a Selling Stockholder may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from a Selling Stockholder (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of our Common Shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, Rule 5110, and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121.
In connection with the sale of the Common Shares or interests therein, a Selling Stockholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Common Shares in the course of hedging the positions they assume. A Selling Stockholder may also sell Common Shares short and deliver these Common Shares to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the Common Shares to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these Common Shares. A Selling Stockholder may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of Common Shares offered by this Prospectus, which Common Shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this Prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
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Any Selling Stockholder and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the Common Shares may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the Common Shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. The Selling Stockholders have informed us that they do not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Shares.
We will pay all expenses of the registration of the Note Shares pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, including, without limitation, SEC filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws. We have agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. We may be indemnified by the Selling Stockholders against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the Selling Stockholders specifically for use in this Prospectus.
Once sold hereunder, the Common Shares will be freely tradable in the hands of persons, other than our affiliates.
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The validity of the Common Shares offered by this Prospectus will be passed upon by Stikeman Elliott LLP.
AUDITOR, TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
The auditor of the Company is Davidson & Company LLP, having an address at 1200 609 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V7Y 1G6. Davidson & Company LLP is independent of the Company within the meaning of the Code of Professional Conduct of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia.
The transfer agent and registrar of the Common Shares is Odyssey Trust Company at its principal offices located at 350 300 5th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The following is a statement of the expenses (all of which are estimated), other than any underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses reimbursed by us, if any, to be incurred in connection with a distribution of an assumed amount of 84,426,229 Common Shares under this Registration Statement:
Amount to be paid | ||||
SEC registration fee |
4,242 | |||
Legal fees and expenses |
25,000 | |||
Accounting fees and expenses |
7,500 | |||
Miscellaneous expenses |
5,000 | |||
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Total |
$ | 41,742 | ||
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Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company is subject to the provisions of Part 5, Division 5 of the BCBCA.
Under Section 160 of the BCBCA, we may, subject to Section 163 of the BCBCA:
(a) | indemnify an individual who: |
(i) | is or was a director or officer of our company, |
(ii) | is or was a director or officer of another corporation (A) at a time when such corporation is or was an affiliate of our company; or (B) at our request, or |
(iii) | at our request, is or was, or holds or held a position equivalent to that of, a director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity, including, subject to certain limited exceptions, the heirs and personal or other legal representatives of that individual (collectively, an eligible party), against all eligible penalties, defined below, to which the eligible party is or may be liable; and |
(b) | after final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of that proceeding, where: |
(i) | eligible penalty means a judgment, penalty or fine awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in settlement of, an eligible proceeding, |
(ii) | eligible proceeding means a proceeding in which an eligible party or any of the heirs and personal or other legal representatives of the eligible party, by reason of the eligible party being or having been a director or officer of, or holding or having held a position equivalent to that of a director or officer of, our company or an associated corporation (A) is or may be joined as a party, or (B) is or may be liable for or in respect of a judgment, penalty or fine in, or expenses related to, the proceeding, |
(iii) | expenses includes costs, charges and expenses, including legal and other fees, but does not include judgments, penalties, fines or amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding, and |
(iv) | proceeding includes any legal proceeding or investigative action, whether current, threatened, pending or completed. |
Under Section 161 of the BCBCA, and subject to Section 163 of the BCBCA, we must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of that proceeding if the eligible party (a) has not been reimbursed for those expenses and (b) is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the outcome of the proceeding or is substantially successful on the merits in the outcome of the proceeding.
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Under Section 162 of the BCBCA, and subject to Section 163 of the BCBCA, we may pay, as they are incurred in advance of the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of the proceeding, provided that we must not make such payments unless we first receive from the eligible party a written undertaking that, if it is ultimately determined that the payment of expenses is prohibited under Section 163 of the BCBCA, the eligible party will repay the amounts advanced.
Under Section 163 of the BCBCA, we must not indemnify an eligible party against eligible penalties to which the eligible party is or may be liable or pay the expenses of an eligible party in respect of that proceeding under Sections 160, 161 or 162 of the BCBCA, as the case may be, if any of the following circumstances apply:
(a) | if the indemnity or payment is made under an earlier agreement to indemnify or pay expenses and, at the time that the agreement to indemnify or pay expenses was made, we were prohibited from giving the indemnity or paying the expenses by our Articles; |
(b) | if the indemnity or payment is made otherwise than under an earlier agreement to indemnify or pay expenses and, at the time that the indemnity or payment is made, we are prohibited from giving the indemnity or paying the expenses by our Articles; |
(c) | if, in relation to the subject matter of the eligible proceeding, the eligible party did not act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of our company or the associated corporation, as the case may be; or |
(d) | in the case of an eligible proceeding other than a civil proceeding, if the eligible party did not have reasonable grounds for believing that the eligible partys conduct in respect of which the proceeding was brought was lawful. |
If an eligible proceeding is brought against an eligible party by or on behalf of our company or by or on behalf of an associated corporation, we must not either indemnify the eligible party under Section 160(a) of the BCBCA against eligible penalties to which the eligible party is or may be liable, or pay the expenses of the eligible party under Sections 160(b), 161 or 162 of the BCBCA, as the case may be, in respect of the proceeding.
Under Section 164 of the BCBCA, and despite any other provision of Part 5, Division 5 of the BCBCA and whether or not payment of expenses or indemnification has been sought, authorized or declined under Part 5, Division 5 of the BCBCA, on application of our company or an eligible party, the court may do one or more of the following:
(a) | order us to indemnify an eligible party against any liability incurred by the eligible party in respect of an eligible proceeding; |
(b) | order us to pay some or all of the expenses incurred by an eligible party in respect of an eligible proceeding; |
(c) | order the enforcement of, or any payment under, an agreement of indemnification entered into by us; |
(d) | order us to pay some or all of the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any person in obtaining an order under Section 164 of the BCBCA; or |
(e) | make any other order the court considers appropriate. |
Section 165 of the BCBCA provides that we may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of an eligible party or the heirs and personal or other legal representatives of the eligible party against any liability that may be incurred by reason of the eligible party being or having been a director or officer of, or holding or having held a position equivalent to that of a director or officer of, our company or an associated corporation.
Under Article 20.2 of our Articles, and subject to the BCBCA, we must indemnify an eligible party and his or her heirs and legal personal representatives against all eligible penalties to which such person is or may be liable, and we must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in respect of that proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the BCBCA. Each of our directors and officers is deemed to have contracted with the Company on the terms of the indemnity contained in Article 20.2 of our Articles.
Under Article 20.4 of our Articles, and subject to any restrictions in the BCBCA, we may indemnify any person.
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We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. Under these indemnification agreements, each director and executive officer is entitled, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to the right of indemnification and contribution for certain expenses to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. We believe that these indemnification agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve as directors and executive officers.
Pursuant to Article 20.5 of our Articles, the failure of a director or officer of the Company to comply with the BCBCA or our Articles does not invalidate any indemnity to which he or she is entitled under our Articles.
Under Article 20.6 of our Articles, we may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person (or his or her heirs or legal personal representatives) who: (1) is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company; (2) is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation at a time when the corporation is or was an affiliate of the Company; (3) at the request of the Company, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation or of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity; or (4) at the request of the Company, holds or held a position equivalent to that of a director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity, against any liability incurred by him or her by reason of having been a director, officer, employee or agent or person who holds or held such equivalent position.
We have an insurance policy covering our directors and officers, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policy, with respect to certain liabilities arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
Item 16. Exhibits
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* | To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and incorporated herein by reference if necessary or required by the transaction. |
Item 17. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Filing Fee Tables or Calculation of Registration Fee table, as applicable, in the effective registration statement;
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(i) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
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(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on April 2, 2024.
The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ David Sirolly | |
David Sirolly | ||
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints David Hart and Derek Watson, and each of them singly, as such persons true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such persons name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (or any registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ David Hart David Hart |
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 2, 2024 | ||
/s/ Derek Watson Derek Watson |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
April 2, 2024 | ||
/s/ Michael Abbott Michael Abbott |
Chairman and Director |
April 2, 2024 | ||
/s/ Jeff Clarke Jeff Clarke |
Director |
April 2, 2024 | ||
/s/ Julie Hill Julie Hill |
Director |
April 2, 2024 | ||
/s/ James A.C. Kennedy James A.C. Kennedy |
Director |
April 2, 2024 | ||
/s/ Jonathan P. May Jonathan P. May |
Director |
April 2, 2024 | ||
/s/ Rosemary Mazanet Rosemary Mazanet |
Director |
April 2, 2024 |
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/s/ Frank Savage Frank Savage |
Director |
April 2, 2024 | ||
/s/ Nicholas Vita Nicholas Vita |
Director |
April 2, 2024 | ||
/s/ Alison Worthington Alison Worthington |
Director |
April 2, 2024 |
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Exhibit 4.7
SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED AS OF THE 20th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023
BETWEEN
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC., AS ISSUER
AND
ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE
THIS SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of September 20, 2023
BETWEEN:
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC., a company subsisting under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (hereinafter called the Issuer)
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ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY, a trust company continued under the laws of the Canada authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in British Columbia (hereinafter called the Trustee).
WHEREAS the Issuer has entered into a trust indenture with the Trustee dated as of May 14, 2020 (the Original Indenture), as supplemented by a first supplemental trust indenture dated as of June 19, 2020 (the First Supplemental Indenture), and as supplemented by a second supplemental trust indenture dated as of June 29, 2021 (the Second Supplemental Indenture), a third supplemental indenture dated as of February 2, 2022 (the Third Supplemental Indenture), a fourth supplemental indenture dated as of February 3, 2022 (the Fourth Supplemental Indenture) and a fifth supplemental indenture dated as of September 20, 2023 (the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and together with the Original Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture)
AND WEHREAS on September 20, 2023 the Issuer changed its name from Columbia Care Inc. to The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc.;
AND WHEREAS the purpose of this sixth supplemental indenture (the Sixth Supplemental Indenture) is to update and amend the Indenture to provide for the name change of the Issuer as described above;
AND WHEREAS the foregoing recitals are made as representations and statements of fact by the Issuer and not by the Trustee;
NOW THEREFORE THIS SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH that in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained herein (the receipt and adequacy of which are acknowledged), the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Interpretation
Section 1.1 Interpretation Provisions.
This Sixth Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture to the Indenture. The Indenture and this Sixth Supplemental Indenture will be read together and will have effect as though all the provisions of both indentures were contained in one instrument. If any terms of the Indenture are inconsistent with the express terms or provisions hereof, the terms of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.
ARTICLE 2
Amendment and Supplement
Section 2.1 Amendments.
(a) | The following definition in Section 1.1 of the Indenture shall be deleted and replaced with the definition set out below: |
Issuer means The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. and includes any successor to or of the Issuer, as permitted by the terms hereof.
(b) | For 2024 Notes issued after the date hereof, Appendix A of the Trust Indenture shall be deleted and replaced with Appendix A hereto. |
(c) | For 2023 Convertible Notes Issued after the date hereof, Schedule A of the First Supplemental Indenture shall be deleted and replaced with Appendix B hereto. |
(d) | For 2025 Convertible Notes issued after the date hereof, Schedule A of the Second Supplemental Indenture shall be deleted and replaced with Appendix C hereto. |
(e) | For 2026 Notes issued after the date hereof, Schedule A of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be deleted and replaced with Appendix D hereto. |
ARTICLE 3
Miscellaneous
Section 3.1 Effective Date.
This Sixth Supplemental Indenture shall take effect upon the date first above written.
Section 3.2 Counterparts.
This Sixth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be executed either in original or electronic form and the parties hereto adopt any signatures received by electronic means as original signatures of the parties.
[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS OF WHICH this Sixth Supplemental Indenture has been duly executed by the Issuer and the Trustee.
Dated as of the date first written above.
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. | ||||
Per: | (Signed) Nicholas Vita | |||
Name: | Nicholas Vita | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee | ||||
Per: | (Signed) Dan Sander | |||
Name: | Dan Sander | |||
Title: | President, Corporate Trust | |||
Per: | (Signed) Amy Douglas | |||
Name: | Amy Douglas | |||
Title: | Senior Director, Corporate Trust |
Appendix A
Trust Indenture
FORM OF 2023 NOTE
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THIS INDENTURE HEREINREFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO OR EXCHANGED FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THIS INDENTURE. EVERY NOTE AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF, TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS NOTE SHALL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THIS INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS CLEARING AND DEPOSITORY SERVICES INC. (CDS) TO THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. CANNABIS CORP. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN RESPECT THEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CDS & CO., OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CDS & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED HOLDER HEREOF, CDS & CO., HAS A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND IT IS A VIOLATION OF ITS RIGHTS FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO HOLD, TRANSFER OR DEAL WITH THIS CERTIFICATE. [INSERT GLOBAL NOTES LEGEND FOR ALL GLOBAL NOTES]
For Notes originally issued for the benefit or account of a U.S. Holder (other than an Original U.S. Holder), and each Definitive Note issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, also include the following legends:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ACQUIRING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. (THE ISSUER), THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER; (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, (C) IN COMPLIANCE WITH (1) RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, OR (2) RULE 144 UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, AND, IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (D) IN ANOTHER TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PROVIDED THAT IN THE CASE OF TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO
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(C)(2) OR (D) ABOVE, A LEGAL OPINION FROM COUNSEL OF RECOGNIZED STANDING IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER MUST FIRST BE PROVIDED TO ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY AND TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. DELIVERY OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT CONSTITUTE GOOD DELIVERY IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON STOCK EXCHANGES IN CANADA.
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(a corporation formed under the laws of the Business Corporations Act (British
Columbia)) 13% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE MAY 14, 2023
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. (the Issuer) for value received hereby acknowledges itself indebted and, subject to the provisions of the trust indenture dated as of May 14, 2020 (the Indenture) between the Issuer and Odyssey Trust Company (the Trustee), promises to pay to the registered holder hereof on May 14, 2023 (the Stated Maturity) (unless extended to May 14, 2024 in accordance with the terms of the Indenture) or on such earlier date as the principal amount hereof may become due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture the principal sum of million dollars ($[ ]) in lawful money of the United States of America on presentation and surrender of this Note (the Note) at the main branch of the Trustee in Vancouver, British Columbia, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and, subject as hereinafter provided, to pay interest on the principal amount hereof (i) from and including the date hereof, or (ii) from and including the last Interest Payment Date to which interest shall have been paid or made available for payment hereon, whichever shall be the later, in all cases, to and excluding the next Interest Payment Date, at the rate of 13% per annum, in like money, calculated and payable semi-annually in arrears on May 31 and November 30 in each year commencing on November 30, 2020, and the last payment (representing interest payable from the last Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the Maturity of this Note) to fall due on the Maturity of this Note and, should the Issuer at any time make default in the payment of any principal or interest, to pay interest on the amount in default at a rate that is 1% higher than the applicable interest rate on the Notes, in like money and on the same dates.
Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as applicable, and will be payable in equal semi-annual amounts; provided that for any Interest Period that is shorter than a full semi-annual interest period, interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days or 366 days, as applicable, and the actual number of days elapsed in that period.
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If the date for payment of any amount of principal, premium or interest is not a Business Day at the place of payment, then payment will be made on the next Business Day and the holder hereof will not be entitled to any further interest on such principal, or to any interest on such interest, premium or other amount so payable, in respect of the period from the date for payment to such next Business Day.
Interest hereon shall be payable by cheque mailed by prepaid ordinary mail or by electronic transfer of funds to the registered holder hereof and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, the mailing of such cheque or the electronic transfer of such funds shall, to the extent of the sum represented thereby (plus the amount of any Taxes deducted or withheld), satisfy and discharge all liability for interest on this Note.
This Note is one of the 2023 Notes of the Issuer issued under the provisions of this Indenture. Reference is hereby expressly made to this Indenture for a description of the terms and conditions upon which this Note and other Notes of the Issuer are or are to be issued and held and the rights and remedies of the holder of this Note and other Notes and of the Issuer and of the Trustee, all to the same effect as if the provisions of this Indenture were herein set forth to all of which provisions the holder of this Note by acceptance hereof assents.
2023 Notes are issuable at a price of $1,000 per $1,000 of principal amount and only in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. Upon compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, Notes of any denomination may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes in any other authorized denomination or denominations.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Note, and by all other 2023 Notes now or hereafter certified and delivered under this Indenture, is a direct senior secured obligation of the Issuer.
The principal hereof may become or be declared due and payable before the Stated Maturity in the events, in the manner, with the effect and at the times provided in this Indenture.
This Note may be redeemed at the option of the Issuer on the terms and conditions set out in this Indenture at the Redemption Price therein. The right is reserved to the Issuer to purchase Notes (including this Note) for cancellation in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Holders may require the Issuer to repurchase such Holders Notes, in whole or in part, at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase.
This Indenture contains provisions making binding upon all Holders of Notes outstanding thereunder resolutions passed at meetings of such Holders held in accordance with such provisions and instruments signed by the Holders of a specified majority of Notes outstanding (or certain series of Notes outstanding), which resolutions or instruments may have the effect of amending the terms of this Note or this Indenture.
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This Note may only be transferred, upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in this Indenture, in one of the registers to be kept at the principal office of the Trustee in Vancouver, British Columbia and in such other place or places and/or by such other Registrars (if any) as the Issuer with the approval of the Trustee may designate. No transfer of this Note shall be valid unless made on the register by the registered holder hereof or his executors or administrators or other legal representatives, or his or their attorney duly appointed by an instrument in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee or other registrar, and upon compliance with such reasonable requirements as the Trustee and/or other registrar may prescribe and upon surrender of this Note for cancellation. Thereupon a new Note or Notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange hereof.
This Note shall not become obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been authenticated by the Trustee under this Indenture.
This Note and this Indenture are governed by, and are to be construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein.
Capitalized words or expressions used in this Notes shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meaning ascribed thereto in this Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. has caused this Note to be signed by its authorized representatives as of [ ], 202 .
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(FORM OF TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE)
This Note is one of the The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. 13% Senior Secured Notes due May 14, 2023 referred to in this Indenture within mentioned.
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto whose address and social insurance number, if applicable are set forth below, this Note (or $ principal amount hereof) of THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. standing in the name(s) of the undersigned in the register maintained by the Issuer with respect to such Note and does hereby irrevocably authorize and direct the Trustee to transfer such Note in such register, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
Address of Transferee:
(Street Address, City, Province and Postal Code)
Social Insurance Number of Transferee, if applicable:
If less than the full principal amount of the within Note is to be transferred, indicate in the space provided the principal amount (which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) to be transferred.
In the case of a Note that contains a U.S. restrictive legend, the undersigned hereby represents, warrants and certifies that (one (only) of the following must be checked):
☐ (A) | the transfer is being made to the Issuer; |
☐ (B) | the transfer is being made outside the United States in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the U.S. Securities Act), and in compliance with any applicable local securities laws and regulations and the holder has provided herewith the Declaration for Removal of Legend attached as Appendix C to the Indenture, or |
☐ (C) | the transfer is being made in accordance with a transaction that does not require registration under the U.S. Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws and the undersigned has furnished to the Issuer and the Trustee an opinion of counsel of recognized standing or other evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer to such effect. |
In the case of a Note that does not contain a U.S. restrictive legend, if the proposed transfer is to, or for the account or benefit of a person in the United States, the undersigned hereby represents, warrants and certifies that the transfer of the Note is being completed pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, in which case the undersigned has furnished to the Issuer and the Trustee an opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer to such effect.
1. | The signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or any change whatsoever. The signature(s) must be guaranteed by a Canadian chartered bank of trust company or by a member of an acceptable Medallion Guarantee Program. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable as guaranteed signatures. The Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words: SIGNATURE GUARANTEED. |
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Appendix B
First Supplemental Indenture
FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE CERTIFICATE
UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE [INSERT THE DATE THAT IS 4 MONTHS AND A DAY AFTER THE DISTRIBUTION DATE].
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREIN REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO OR EXCHANGED FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY NOTE AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF, TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS NOTE SHALL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS CLEARING AND DEPOSITORY SERVICES INC. (CDS) TO THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN RESPECT THEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CDS & CO., OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CDS & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED HOLDER HEREOF, CDS & CO., HAS A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HEREIN AND IT IS A VIOLATION OF ITS RIGHTS FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO HOLD, TRANSFER OR DEAL WITH THIS CERTIFICATE.
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ACQUIRING THESE SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. (THE CORPORATION), THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ONLY (A) TO THE CORPORATION, (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE CANADIAN LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, (C) IN COMPLIANCE WITH (1) RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF APPLICABLE, OR (2) RULE 144 UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF APPLICABLE, AND, IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (D) IN ANOTHER TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE
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SECURITIES LAWS, PROVIDED THAT IN THE CASE OF TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO (C)(2) OR (D) ABOVE, A LEGAL OPINION FROM COUNSEL OF RECOGNIZED STANDING IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION MUST FIRST BE PROVIDED TO ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY AND TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. DELIVERY OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT CONSTITUTE GOOD DELIVERY IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON STOCK EXCHANGES IN CANADA.
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THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC.
(a corporation formed under the laws of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia)) 5.00%
Senior Secured 2023 Convertible Note
Due December 19, 2023
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. (the Issuer) for value received hereby acknowledges itself indebted and, subject to the provisions of the trust indenture dated as of May 14, 2020 (the Master Trust Indenture), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture dated as of June 19, 2020 (the First Supplemental Indenture, and together with the Master Trust Indenture, the Indenture), between the Issuer and Odyssey Trust Company (the Trustee), promises to pay to on December 19, 2023 (the Maturity Date) or on such earlier date as the principal amount hereof may become due in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, the principal sum of Dollars (US$ ) in lawful money of the United States of America on presentation and surrender of this 2023 Convertible Note at the main branch of the Trustee in Vancouver, British Columbia in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and, subject as hereinafter provided, to pay interest on the principal amount hereof from the date hereof, at the rate of 5.00% per annum (based on a year of 365 days), in like money, in arrears in equal installments on the six month anniversary of the Issue Date and the Maturity Date, and, should the Issuer at any time make default in the payment of any principal, or interest, to pay interest on the amount in default at the same rate, in like money and on the same date.
Interest on this 2023 Convertible Note will be computed on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as applicable, and will be payable in equal semi-annual amounts; provided that for any Interest Period that is shorter than a full semi-annual interest period, interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days or 366 days, as applicable, and the actual number of days elapsed in that period.
If the date for payment of any amount of principal, premium or interest is not a Business Day at the place of payment, then payment will be made on the next Business Day and the holder hereof will not be entitled to any further interest on such principal, or to any interest on such interest, premium or other amount so payable, in respect of the period from the date for payment to such next Business Day.
Interest hereon shall be payable by cheque mailed by prepaid ordinary mail or by electronic transfer of funds to the registered holder hereof and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, the mailing of such cheque or the electronic transfer of such funds shall, to the extent of the sum represented thereby (plus the amount of any Taxes deducted or withheld), satisfy and discharge all liability for interest on this 2023 Convertible Note.
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This Note is one of the 5.00% Senior Secured 2023 Convertible Notes (referred to herein as the 2023 Convertible Notes) of the Issuer issued under the provisions of the Indenture. The 2023 Convertible Notes authorized for issue immediately are limited to an aggregate principal amount of US$ in lawful money of the United States. Reference is hereby expressly made to the Indenture for a description of the terms and conditions upon which the 2023 Convertible Notes are or are to be issued and held and the rights and remedies of the holders of the 2023 Convertible Notes and of the Issuer and of the Trustee, all to the same effect as if the provisions of the Indenture were herein set forth to all of which provisions the holder of this Note by acceptance hereof assents.
The 2023 Convertible Notes are issuable at a price of US$1,000 per US$1,000 of principal amount and only in denominations of US$1,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000. Upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, 2023 Convertible Notes of any denomination may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of 2023 Convertible Notes in any other authorized denomination or denominations.
Any part, being US$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, of the principal of this 2023 Convertible Note, provided that the principal amount of this 2023 Convertible Note is in a denomination in excess of US$1,000, is convertible, at the option of the holder hereof, upon surrender of this 2023 Convertible Note at the principal office of the Trustee in Vancouver, British Columbia, at any time prior to the close of business on the date which falls 10 days prior to the Maturity Date, into Common Shares (without adjustment for interest accrued hereon or for dividends or distributions on Common Shares issuable upon conversion) at a conversion price per Common Share equal to C$3.79 payable on the Business Day prior to the date of conversion (the Conversion Price), adjusted downwards for any cash dividends paid to holders of the common shares of the Issuer (the Common Shares), all subject to the terms and conditions and in the manner set forth herein.
The Indenture makes provision for the adjustment of the Conversion Price in the events therein specified. No fractional Common Shares will be issued on any conversion and holders will receive a cash payment in satisfaction of any fractional interest.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control of the Issuer, the Issuer is required to make an offer, at the option of each Holder, to purchase all of the 2023 Convertible Notes at a cash price equal to 101% principal amount of such 2023 Convertible Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
The indebtedness evidenced by this 2023 Convertible Note, and by all other 2023 Convertible Notes now or hereafter certified and delivered under the Indenture, is a direct secured obligation of the Issuer.
The principal hereof may become or be declared due and payable before the stated maturity in the events, in the manner, with the effect and at the times provided in the Indenture.
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The 2023 Convertible Notes and Common Shares issuable upon conversion hereof have not and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the U.S. Securities Act), or the securities laws of any state of the United States. The 2023 Convertible Notes and the Common Shares may only be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred to (i) the Issuer, or (ii) outside the United States to a person who is not a U.S. person (as defined by Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) in accordance with an applicable exemption under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable local securities laws and regulations.
The Indenture contains provisions making binding upon all holders of 2023 Convertible Notes outstanding thereunder resolutions passed at meetings of such holders held in accordance with such provisions and instruments signed by the holders of a specified majority of 2023 Convertible Notes outstanding, which resolutions or instruments may have the effect of amending the terms of this 2023 Convertible Note or the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions disclaiming any personal liability on the part of holders of Common Shares, officers, directors and employees of the Issuer in respect of any obligation or claim arising out of the Indenture or this 2023 Convertible Note.
This 2023 Convertible Note may only be transferred, upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in the Indenture, in one of the registers to be kept at the principal office of the Trustee in the City of Vancouver and in such other place or places and/or by such other registrars (if any) as the Issuer with the approval of the Trustee may designate. No transfer of this 2023 Convertible Note shall be valid unless made on the register by the registered holder hereof or his executors or administrators or other legal representatives, or his or their attorney duly appointed by an instrument in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee or other registrar, and upon compliance with such reasonable requirements as the Trustee or other registrar may prescribe and upon surrender of this 2023 Convertible Note for cancellation. Thereupon a new 2023 Convertible Note or 2023 Convertible Notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange hereof.
This 2023 Convertible Note shall not become obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been certified by the Trustee under the Indenture.
Capitalized words or expressions used in this 2023 Convertible Note shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. has caused this 2023 Convertible Note to be signed by its authorized representatives as of the day of , 2020.
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This 2023 Convertible Note is one of the 5.00% Senior Secured 2023 Convertible Note due December , 2023 referred to in the Indenture within mentioned
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FORM OF TRANSFER
ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to (print name and address) the 2023 Convertible Notes represented by this 2023 Convertible Note Certificate and hereby irrevocable constitutes and appoints as its attorney with full power of substitution to transfer the said securities on the appropriate register of the Trustee.
DATED this day of , 20
In the case of a 2023 Convertible Note Certificate bearing the restrictive U.S. legend described in Section 3.3(b) of the Indenture, the undersigned hereby represents, warrants and certifies that (one (only) of the following must be checked):
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| the transfer is being made outside the United States to a person who is not a U.S. person (as defined by Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the U.S. Securities Act)) in accordance with an applicable exemption under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable local securities laws and regulations. |
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CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TRANSFERS READ CAREFULLY
The signature(s) of the transferor(s) must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this certificate(s), in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatsoever. The signature(s) on this form must be guaranteed in accordance with the transfer agents then current guidelines and requirements at the time of transfer. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable as guaranteed signatures. As at the time of closing, you may choose one of the following methods (although subject to change in accordance with industry practice and standards):
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| Canada and the USA: A Medallion Signature Guarantee obtained from a member of an acceptable Medallion Signature Guarantee Program (STAMP, SEMP, NYSE MSP). Many commercial banks, savings banks, credit unions, and all broker dealers participate in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. The Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words Medallion Guaranteed, with the correct prefix covering the face value of the certificate. |
| Canada: A Signature Guarantee obtained from the Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words Signature Guaranteed. Signature Guarantees are not accepted from Treasury Branches, Credit Unions or Caisse Populaires unless they are members of a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. For corporate holders, corporate signing resolutions, including certificate of incumbency, are also required to accompany the transfer, unless there is a Signature & Authority to Sign Guarantee Stamp affixed to the transfer (as opposed to a Signature Guarantee Stamp) obtained from an authorized officer of a major Canadian Schedule 1 chartered bank. |
| Outside North America: For holders located outside North America, present the certificates(s) and/or document(s) that require a guarantee to a local financial institution that has a corresponding Canadian or American affiliate which is a member of an acceptable Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. The corresponding affiliate will arrange for the signature to be over-guaranteed. |
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Appendix C
Second Supplemental Indenture
FORM OF NOTE CERTIFICATE
[UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE [INSERT THE DATE THAT IS 4 MONTHS AND A DAY AFTER THE DISTRIBUTION DATE]].
[THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREIN REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO OR EXCHANGED FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY NOTE AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF, TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS NOTE SHALL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS CLEARING AND DEPOSITORY SERVICES INC. (CDS) TO THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN RESPECT THEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CDS & CO., OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CDS & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED HOLDER HEREOF, CDS & CO., HAS A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HEREIN AND IT IS A VIOLATION OF ITS RIGHTS FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO HOLD, TRANSFER OR DEAL WITH THIS CERTIFICATE.]
[THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ACQUIRING THESE SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. (THE CORPORATION), THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ONLY (A) TO THE CORPORATION, (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE CANADIAN LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, (C) IN COMPLIANCE WITH (1) RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF APPLICABLE, OR (2) RULE 144 UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF APPLICABLE, AND, IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (D) IN ANOTHER TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PROVIDED THAT IN THE CASE OF
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TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO (C)(2) OR (D) ABOVE, A LEGAL OPINION FROM COUNSEL OF RECOGNIZED STANDING IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION MUST FIRST BE PROVIDED TO ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY AND TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. DELIVERY OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT CONSTITUTE GOOD DELIVERY IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON STOCK EXCHANGES IN CANADA.]
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ISIN ☐ | ||
No. ☐ | US$ ☐ |
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC.
(a corporation formed under the laws of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia)) 6.00%
Senior Secured 2025 Convertible Note
Due June 29, 2025
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. (the Issuer) for value received hereby acknowledges itself indebted and, subject to the provisions of the trust indenture dated as of May 14, 2020 (the Master Trust Indenture), as supplemented by the second supplemental indenture dated as of June 29, 2021 (the Second Supplemental Indenture and collectively with the Master Trust Indenture, the Indenture), between the Issuer and Odyssey Trust Company (the Trustee), promises to pay to on June 29, 2025 (the Maturity Date) or on such earlier date as the principal amount hereof may become due in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, the principal sum of Dollars (US$ ) in lawful money of the United States of America on presentation and surrender of this 2025 Convertible Note at the main branch of the Trustee in Vancouver, British Columbia in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and, subject as hereinafter provided, to pay interest on the principal amount hereof from the date hereof, at the rate of 6.00% per annum (based on a year of 365 days), in like money, in arrears in equal installments on the six month anniversary of the Issue Date and the Maturity Date, and, should the Issuer at any time make default in the payment of any principal, or interest, to pay interest on the amount in default at the same rate, in like money and on the same date.
Interest on this 2025 Convertible Note will be computed on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as applicable, and will be payable in equal semi-annual amounts; provided that for any Interest Period that is shorter than a full semi-annual interest period, interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days or 366 days, as applicable, and the actual number of days elapsed in that period.
If the date for payment of any amount of principal, premium or interest is not a Business Day at the place of payment, then payment will be made on the next Business Day and the holder hereof will not be entitled to any further interest on such principal, or to any interest on such interest, premium or other amount so payable, in respect of the period from the date for payment to such next Business Day.
Interest hereon shall be payable by cheque mailed by prepaid ordinary mail or by electronic transfer of funds to the registered holder hereof and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, the mailing of such cheque or the electronic transfer of such funds shall, to the extent of the sum represented thereby (plus the amount of any Taxes deducted or withheld), satisfy and discharge all liability for interest on this 2025 Convertible Note.
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This Note is one of the 6.00% Senior Secured 2025 Convertible Notes (referred to herein as the 2025 Convertible Notes) of the Issuer issued under the provisions of the Indenture. The 2025 Convertible Notes authorized for issue immediately are limited to an aggregate principal amount of US$ in lawful money of the United States. Reference is hereby expressly made to the Indenture for a description of the terms and conditions upon which the 2025 Convertible Notes are or are to be issued and held and the rights and remedies of the holders of the 2025 Convertible Notes and of the Issuer and of the Trustee, all to the same effect as if the provisions of the Indenture were herein set forth to all of which provisions the holder of this Note by acceptance hereof assents.
The 2025 Convertible Notes are issuable at a price of US$1,000 per US$1,000 of principal amount and only in denominations of US$1,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000. Upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, 2025 Convertible Notes of any denomination may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of 2025 Convertible Notes in any other authorized denomination or denominations.
Any part, being US$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, of the principal of this 2025 Convertible Note, provided that the principal amount of this 2025 Convertible Note is in a denomination in excess of US$1,000, is convertible, at the option of the holder hereof, upon surrender of this 2025 Convertible Note at the principal office of the Trustee in Vancouver, British Columbia, at any time prior to the close of business on the date which falls 10 days prior to the Maturity Date, into Common Shares (without adjustment for interest accrued hereon or for dividends or distributions on Common Shares issuable upon conversion) at a conversion price per Common Share equal to US$6.49 payable on the Business Day prior to the date of conversion (the Conversion Price), adjusted downwards for any cash dividends paid to holders of the common shares of the Issuer (the Common Shares), all subject to the terms and conditions and in the manner set forth herein.
The Indenture makes provision for the adjustment of the Conversion Price in the events therein specified. No fractional Common Shares will be issued on any conversion and holders will receive a cash payment in satisfaction of any fractional interest.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control of the Issuer, the Issuer is required to make an offer, at the option of each Holder, to purchase all of the 2025 Convertible Notes at a cash price equal to 101% principal amount of such 2025 Convertible Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
The indebtedness evidenced by this 2025 Convertible Note, and by all other 2025 Convertible Notes now or hereafter certified and delivered under the Indenture, is a direct secured obligation of the Issuer.
The principal hereof may become or be declared due and payable before the stated maturity in the events, in the manner, with the effect and at the times provided in the Indenture.
The 2025 Convertible Notes and Common Shares issuable upon conversion hereof have not and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the U.S. Securities Act), or the securities laws of any state of the United States. The 2025 Convertible Notes and the Common Shares may only be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred to (i) the Issuer, or (ii) outside the United States to a person who is not a U.S. person (as defined by Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) in accordance with an applicable exemption under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable local securities laws and regulations.
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The Indenture contains provisions making binding upon all holders of 2025 Convertible Notes outstanding thereunder resolutions passed at meetings of such holders held in accordance with such provisions and instruments signed by the holders of a specified majority of 2025 Convertible Notes outstanding, which resolutions or instruments may have the effect of amending the terms of this 2025 Convertible Note or the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions disclaiming any personal liability on the part of holders of Common Shares, officers, directors and employees of the Issuer in respect of any obligation or claim arising out of the Indenture or this 2025 Convertible Note.
This 2025 Convertible Note may only be transferred, upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in the Indenture, in one of the registers to be kept at the principal office of the Trustee in the City of Vancouver and in such other place or places and/or by such other registrars (if any) as the Issuer with the approval of the Trustee may designate. No transfer of this 2025 Convertible Note shall be valid unless made on the register by the registered holder hereof or his executors or administrators or other legal representatives, or his or their attorney duly appointed by an instrument in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee or other registrar, and upon compliance with such reasonable requirements as the Trustee or other registrar may prescribe and upon surrender of this 2025 Convertible Note for cancellation. Thereupon a new 2025 Convertible Note or 2025 Convertible Notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange hereof.
This 2025 Convertible Note shall not become obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been certified by the Trustee under the Indenture.
Capitalized words or expressions used in this 2025 Convertible Note shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. has caused this 2025 Convertible Note to be signed by its authorized representatives as of the day of , 20 .
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
This 2025 Convertible Note is one of the 6.00% Senior Secured 2025 Convertible Note due June 29, 2025 referred to in the Indenture within mentioned.
ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
Date: |
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FORM OF TRANSFER
ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to (print name and address) the 2025 Convertible Notes represented by this 2025 Convertible Note Certificate and hereby irrevocable constitutes and appoints a s its attorney with full power of substitution to transfer the said securities on the appropriate register of the Trustee.
DATED this day of 20
In the case of a 2025 Convertible Note Certificate bearing the restrictive U.S. legend described in Section 3.3(b) of the Indenture, the undersigned hereby represents, warrants and certifies that (one (only) of the following must be checked):
☐ | the transfer is being made to the Issuer; or |
☐ | the transfer is being made outside the United States to a person who is not a U.S. person (as defined by Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the U.S. Securities Act)) in accordance with an applicable exemption under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable local securities laws and regulations. |
SPACE FOR GUARANTEES OF
SIGNATURES (BELOW)
Signature of Transferor |
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Name of Transferor |
Guarantors Signature/Stamp
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CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TRANSFERS READ CAREFULLY
The signature(s) of the transferor(s) must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this certificate(s), in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatsoever. The signature(s) on this form must be guaranteed in accordance with the transfer agents then current guidelines and requirements at the time of transfer. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable as guaranteed signatures. As at the time of closing, you may choose one of the following methods (although subject to change in accordance with industry practice and standards):
| Canada and the USA: A Medallion Signature Guarantee obtained from a member of an acceptable Medallion Signature Guarantee Program (STAMP, SEMP, NYSE MSP). Many commercial banks, savings banks, credit unions, and all broker dealers participate in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. The Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words Medallion Guaranteed, with the correct prefix covering the face value of the certificate. |
| Canada: A Signature Guarantee obtained from the Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words Signature Guaranteed. Signature Guarantees are not accepted from Treasury Branches, Credit Unions or Caisse Populaires unless they are members of a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. For corporate holders, corporate signing resolutions, including certificate of incumbency, are also required to accompany the transfer, unless there is a Signature & Authority to Sign Guarantee Stamp affixed to the transfer (as opposed to a Signature Guarantee Stamp) obtained from an authorized officer of a major Canadian Schedule 1 chartered bank. |
| Outside North America: For holders located outside North America, present the certificates(s) and/or document(s) that require a guarantee to a local financial institution that has a corresponding Canadian or American affiliate which is a member of an acceptable Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. The corresponding affiliate will arrange for the signature to be over-guaranteed. |
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Appendix D
Fourth Supplemental Indenture
FORM OF NOTE CERTIFICATE
[UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE [INSERT THE DATE THAT IS 4 MONTHS AND A DAY AFTER THE DISTRIBUTION DATE]].
[THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREIN REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO OR EXCHANGED FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY NOTE AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF, TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS NOTE SHALL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS CLEARING AND DEPOSITORY SERVICES INC. (CDS) TO THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN RESPECT THEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CDS & CO., OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CDS & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED HOLDER HEREOF, CDS & CO., HAS A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HEREIN AND IT IS A VIOLATION OF ITS RIGHTS FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO HOLD, TRANSFER OR DEAL WITH THIS CERTIFICATE.]1
[Regulation D Legend: THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (1)(a) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
1 | Global Note Legend: Include legend on all Global Notes: |
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OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF APPLICABLE) (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF 1 Global Note Legend: Include legend on all Global Notes.
COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS) OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE COMPANY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.]2
[Regulation S Legend: THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE) THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF REGULATION S) IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S, ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR (B) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SECURITIES, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANYS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (B) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FURTHER AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER
2 | Include legend on all Regulation D Notes. |
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AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]3
[Canadian Securities Legend: UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LEGISLATION IN CANADA, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THIS
SECURITY IN CANADA BEFORE [THE DATE THAT IS 4 MONTHS AND A DAY AFTER THE ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION DATE OF THE SECURITY].]4
3 | Include legend on all Regulation S Notes. |
4 | Include legend on all Notes. |
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CUSIP ☐ | ||
ISIN ☐ | ||
No. ☐ | US$ ☐ |
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC.
(a corporation formed under the laws of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia)) 9.5%
Senior Secured First-Lien 2026 Note
Due 2026
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. (the Issuer) for value received hereby acknowledges itself indebted and, subject to the provisions of the trust indenture dated as of May 14, 2020 (the Trust Indenture), as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, Second Supplemental, Third Supplemental Indenture and Fourth Supplemental Indenture (each as defined in the fourth supplemental indenture dated as of February 3, 2021 and collectively with the Trust Indenture, the Indenture), between the Issuer and Odyssey Trust Company (the Trustee), promises to pay to on February 3, 2026 (the Maturity Date) or on such earlier date as the principal amount hereof may become due in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, the principal sum of Dollars (US$ ) in lawful money of the United States of America on presentation and surrender of this 2026 Note at the main branch of the Trustee in Vancouver, British Columbia in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and, subject as hereinafter provided, to pay interest on the principal amount hereof from the date hereof, at the rate of 9.5% per annum (based on a year of 365 days), in like money, in arrears in equal installments on the six month anniversary of the Issue Date and the Maturity Date, and, should the Issuer at any time make default in the payment of any principal, or interest, to pay interest on the amount in default at the same rate, in like money and on the same date.
Interest on this 2026 Note will be computed on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as applicable, and will be payable in equal semi-annual amounts; provided that for any Interest Period that is shorter than a full semi-annual interest period, interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days or 366 days, as applicable, and the actual number of days elapsed in that period.
If the date for payment of any amount of principal, premium or interest is not a Business Day at the place of payment, then payment will be made on the next Business Day and the holder hereof will not be entitled to any further interest on such principal, or to any interest on such interest, premium or other amount so payable, in respect of the period from the date for payment to such next Business Day.
Interest hereon shall be payable by cheque mailed by prepaid ordinary mail or by electronic transfer of funds to the registered holder hereof and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, the mailing of such cheque or the electronic transfer of such funds shall, to the extent of the sum represented thereby (plus the amount of any Taxes deducted or withheld), satisfy and discharge all liability for interest on this 2026 Note.
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This Note is one of the 9.5% Senior Secured First-Lien 2026 Notes (referred to herein as the 2026 Notes) of the Issuer issued under the provisions of the Indenture. The 2026 Notes authorized for issue immediately are limited to an aggregate principal amount of US$☐ in lawful money of the United States.
Reference is hereby expressly made to the Indenture for a description of the terms and conditions upon which the 2026 Notes are or are to be issued and held and the rights and remedies of the holders of the 2026 Notes and of the Issuer and of the Trustee, all to the same effect as if the provisions of the Indenture were herein set forth to all of which provisions the holder of this Note by acceptance hereof assents.
The 2026 Notes are issuable at a price of US$1,000 per US$1,000 of principal amount and only in denominations of US$1,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000. Upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, 2026 Notes of any denomination may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of 2026 Notes in any other authorized denomination or denominations.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control of the Issuer, the Issuer is required to make an offer, at the option of each Holder, to purchase all of the 2026 Notes at a cash price equal to 101% principal amount of such 2026 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
The indebtedness evidenced by this 2026 Note, and by all other 2026 Notes now or hereafter certified and delivered under the Indenture, is a direct secured obligation of the Issuer.
The principal hereof may become or be declared due and payable before the stated maturity in the events, in the manner, with the effect and at the times provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions making binding upon all holders of 2026 Notes outstanding thereunder resolutions passed at meetings of such holders held in accordance with such provisions and instruments signed by the holders of a specified majority of 2026 Notes outstanding, which resolutions or instruments may have the effect of amending the terms of this 2026 Note or the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions disclaiming any personal liability on the part of holders of the common shares in the capital of the Issuer, officers, directors and employees of the Issuer in respect of any obligation or claim arising out of the Indenture or this 2026 Note.
This 2026 Note may only be transferred, upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in the Indenture, in one of the registers to be kept at the principal office of the Trustee in the City of Vancouver and in such other place or places and/or by such other registrars (if any) as the Issuer with the approval of the Trustee may designate. No transfer of this 2026 Note shall be valid unless made on the register by the registered holder hereof or his executors or administrators or other legal representatives, or his or their attorney duly appointed by an instrument in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee or other registrar, and upon compliance with such reasonable requirements as the Trustee or other registrar may prescribe and upon surrender of this 2026 Note for cancellation. Thereupon a new 2026 Note or 2026 Notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange hereof.
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This 2026 Note shall not become obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been certified by the Trustee under the Indenture.
Capitalized words or expressions used in this 2026 Note shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. has caused this 2026 Note to be signed by its authorized representatives as of the day of , 2022.
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC.
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By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
This 2026 Note is one of the 9.5% Senior Secured 2026 Note due 2026 referred to in the Indenture within mentioned.
ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY
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By: |
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Authorized Signatory
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Date: |
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FORM OF TRANSFER
ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to (print name and address) the 2026 Notes represented by this 2026 Note Certificate and hereby irrevocable constitutes and appoints as its attorney with full power of substitution to transfer the said securities on the appropriate register of the Trustee.
DATED this day of , 20 .
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Exhibit 4.8
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC., AS ISSUER
AND
ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE
SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of March 19, 2024
Providing for the issuance of US$25,750,000 aggregate principal amount of 9.00% Senior Secured Convertible
Notes due March 19, 2027
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1 | ||||||
DEFINITION AND INTERPRETATION |
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Section 1.1 |
To Be Read With Indenture |
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Section 1.2 |
Definitions |
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Section 1.3 |
Conflicts with Indenture |
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Section 1.4 |
Headings, etc. |
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Section 1.5 |
Governing Law |
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ARTICLE 2 | ||||||
2027 CONVERTIBLE NOTES |
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Section 2.1 |
Creation and Designation of 2027 Convertible Notes |
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Section 2.2 |
Aggregate Principal Amount |
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Section 2.3 |
Authentication |
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Section 2.4 |
Date of Issue and Maturity |
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Section 2.5 |
Permitted Pari-Passu Indebtedness and First-Lien Indebtedness |
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Section 2.6 |
Currency |
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Section 2.7 |
Interest |
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Section 2.8 |
Form of 2027 Convertible Notes |
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Section 2.9 |
Mandatory Redemption and Market Purchases |
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Section 2.10 |
Additional Amounts Payable on 2027 Convertible Notes |
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Section 2.11 |
Appointment |
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Section 2.12 |
Provision of Reports and Financial Information |
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Section 2.13 |
Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
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Section 2.14 |
Restricted Payments |
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Section 2.15 |
Incurrence of Indebtedness |
22 | ||||
Section 2.16 |
Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries |
23 | ||||
Section 2.17 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
23 | ||||
Section 2.18 |
Repurchase at the Option of the Holders Asset Sales |
24 | ||||
Section 2.19 |
Suspension of Covenants |
24 | ||||
Section 2.20 |
Minimum Liquidity |
25 | ||||
Section 2.21 |
Events of Default |
25 | ||||
Section 2.22 |
Amendment Supplement and Waiver |
26 | ||||
Section 2.23 |
Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
27 | ||||
Section 2.24 |
Global Notes U.S. Restrictions on Transfer |
27 | ||||
Section 2.25 |
Registration Rights |
27 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 | 28 | |||||
CONVERSION OF NOTES |
28 | |||||
Section 3.1 |
Note Conversion |
28 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Restrictive Legend |
29 | ||||
Section 3.3 |
Transfer Fees and Taxes |
30 | ||||
Section 3.4 |
Note Agency |
30 | ||||
Section 3.5 |
Securities Restrictions |
31 | ||||
Section 3.6 |
Certain Limitations on Conversion |
31 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 | 32 | |||||
ADJUSTMENT OF NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES AND CONVERSION PRICE |
32 | |||||
Section 4.1 |
Adjustment of Number of Common Shares and Conversion Price |
32 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Entitlement to Common Shares on Conversion of 2027 Convertible Notes |
35 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
No Adjustment for Certain Transactions |
36 | ||||
Section 4.4 |
Determination by Auditors |
36 |
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Section 4.5 |
Proceedings Prior to any Action Requiring Adjustment |
36 | ||||
Section 4.6 |
Certificate of Adjustment |
36 | ||||
Section 4.7 |
Notice of Special Matters |
36 | ||||
Section 4.8 |
Protection of Trustee |
37 | ||||
Section 4.9 |
Other Adjustments. |
37 | ||||
Section 4.10 |
Participation by Holder | 37 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS |
37 | |||||
Section 5.1 |
Acceptance of Trust |
37 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Confirmation of Indenture |
37 | ||||
Section 5.3 |
Effective Date |
37 | ||||
Section 5.4 |
Counterparts |
38 | ||||
Section 5.5 |
Fax/Email |
38 | ||||
Section 5.6 |
Force Majeure |
38 | ||||
Section 5.7 |
Trial by Jury |
38 | ||||
Schedule B | 4 | |||||
CONVERSION NOTICE |
4 |
ADDENDA
SCHEDULE A FORM OF 2027 CONVERTIBLE NOTE
SCHEDULE B FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE
( ii )
THIS SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of March 19, 2024
BETWEEN:
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC., a company subsisting under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (hereinafter called the Issuer)
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ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY, a trust company incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in the Province of British Columbia (hereinafter called the Trustee).
WHEREAS the Issuer has entered into a trust indenture with the Trustee dated as of May 14, 2020 (the Original Indenture), as supplemented by a first supplemental trust indenture dated as of June 19, 2020 (the First Supplemental Indenture), a second supplemental trust indenture dated as of June 29, 2021 (the Second Supplemental Indenture), a third supplemental trust indenture dated as of February 2, 2022 (the Third Supplemental Indenture), a fourth supplemental trust indenture dated as of February 3, 2022 (the Fourth Supplemental Indenture), a fifth supplemental trust indenture dated as of May 5, 2022 (the Fifth Supplemental Indenture) and a sixth supplemental trust indenture dated as of September 20, 2023 (the Sixth Supplemental Indenture and together with the Original Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture);
AND WHEREAS pursuant to Section 14.5 of the Indenture, the Issuer and the Trustee may enter into Supplemental Indentures providing for the issue of any series of Notes and for establishing the terms, provisions and conditions of a particular series of Notes;
AND WHEREAS this Seventh Supplemental Indenture is entered into to provide for the issuance of Notes to be designated as 9.00% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2027 pursuant to the Indenture and establishing the terms, provisions and conditions of the Notes;
AND WHEREAS the foregoing recitals are made as representations and statements of fact by the Issuer and not by the Trustee;
NOW THEREFORE THIS SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH that in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained herein (the receipt and adequacy of which are acknowledged), the parties agree as follows:
DEFINITION AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1 To Be Read With Indenture.
This Seventh Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture to the Indenture. The Indenture and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture (except for Article 4) will be read together and will have effect as though all the provisions of both indentures were contained in one instrument. If any terms of the Indenture are inconsistent with the express terms or provisions hereof, the terms of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
Section 1.2 Definitions.
(1) | All terms which are defined in the Indenture and used but not defined in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture, as such meanings may be amended or supplemented by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture. The Indenture shall be amended by adding the following definitions to Section 1.1 (Definitions) of the Original Indenture (with all references to Sections in the following definitions to refer, unless otherwise specified, to sections, subsections or clauses of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture): |
2027 Convertible Notes means the 9.00% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2027. 2027 Convertible Notes Certificate has the meaning given to it in Section 2.8(1). 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date has the meaning given to it in Section 2.4.
Additional 2027 Convertible Notes means any 2027 Convertible Notes issued under and pursuant to the terms of and subject to the conditions of this Indenture after the Issue Date.
Brokered Subscription Agreements means the brokered private placement subscription agreements to be entered into as of the date hereof between the Issuer and each of the purchasers of the 2027 Convertible Notes setting out the contractual relationship between the Issuer and such purchasers.
Canadian Securities Legend means the legend identified as such in set out in Schedule A hereto. Common Shares means the common shares in the capital of the Issuer.
Conversion Notice has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(8). Conversion Period has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(1). Conversion Price has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(1).
Definitive Note means a certificated 2027 Convertible Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, substantially in the form set out herein, except that such 2027 Convertible Note will not bear the Global Note Legend.
Global Notes means the Regulation D Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Schedule A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto, issued in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture.
Initial Issue Date means the date on which the Initial Notes were issued under the Original Indenture.
Initial Notes means the 2023 Notes issued by the Issuer on May 14, 2020 pursuant to the Original Indenture.
Interest Payment Date means March 31 and September 30 of each year that the 2027 Convertible Notes are outstanding and (except in respect of any Additional 2027 Convertible Notes) commencing on September 30, 2024.
Interest Period means the period commencing on the later of (a) the applicable date of issue of the 2027 Convertible Notes and (b) the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid for such 2027 Convertible Notes, and ending on the day immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest is payable for such 2027 Convertible Notes.
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Non-Brokered Subscription Agreements mean the non-brokered private placement subscription agreements to be entered into as of the date hereof between the Issuer and each of the purchasers of the 2027 Convertible Notes setting out the contractual relationship between the Issuer and such purchasers.
Note Share has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(1). Registrable Securities has the meaning given to it in Section 2.25.
Registration Rights Agreements means the registration rights agreements to be entered into on the Issue Date between the Company and each of the purchasers of Notes setting out the contractual obligations of the Company to register for resale the Note Shares and certain other registerable securities of the Company.
Regulation D means Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act.
Regulation D Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Schedule A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend, the Regulation D Legend and the Canadian Securities Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depository or its nominee issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold to Accredited Investors.
Regulation D Legend means the legend identified as such in set out in Schedule A hereto.
Subscription Agreements means the Brokered Subscription Agreements and the Non-Brokered Subscription Agreements, collectively.
Accredited Investor has the meaning given to such term in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7) of Regulation D in respect of the purchasers under the Brokered Subscription Agreements, and has the meaning given to such term in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D in respect of the purchasers under the Non- Brokered Subscription Agreements.
(2) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by adding the following definitions to Section 1.1 (Definitions) of the Original Indenture (with all references to Sections in the following definitions to refer, unless otherwise specified, to sections, subsections or clauses of the Original Indenture): |
Asset Sale means:
(a) | the sale, conveyance or other disposition of any assets, other than a transaction governed by the provisions of the Note Indenture described above under Section 7.14 or Section 12.1 of this Indenture; and |
(b) | the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Issuers Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale, transfer or other conveyance by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof of Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries (other than directors qualifying shares or shares required to be owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law). |
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Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items will be deemed not to be Asset Sales:
(a) | any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets or other Equity Interests having a Fair Market Value of less than $2 million; |
(b) | any issuance or transfer of assets or Equity Interests between or among the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
(c) | the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents; |
(d) | dispositions (including without limitation surrenders and waivers) of accounts or notes receivable or other contract rights in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings; |
(e) | the trade or exchange by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof of any asset for any other asset or assets that is used or useable in a Permitted Business, including any cash or Cash Equivalents necessary in order to achieve an exchange of equivalent value; provided, however, that the Fair Market Value of the asset or assets received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in such trade or exchange (including any such cash or Cash Equivalents) is at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or an executive officer of the Issuer or such Subsidiary with responsibility for such transaction, which determination shall be conclusive evidence of compliance with this provision) of the asset or assets disposed of by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to such trade or exchange; |
(f) | any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of (i) inventory, products, services or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) any property or equipment that has become damaged, worn out or obsolete or pursuant to a program for the maintenance or upgrading of such property or equipment; |
(g) | the creation of a Lien not prohibited by the Note Indenture and any disposition of assets resulting from the enforcement or foreclosure of any such Lien; |
(h) | the disposition of assets that, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, are no longer used or useful in the business of such entity; |
(i) | a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is otherwise permitted by the Note Indenture; |
(j) | leases or subleases in the ordinary course of business to third persons otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the Note Indenture; |
(k) | an issuance of Capital Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or to a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer; |
(l) | a surrender or waiver of contract rights or a settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims in the ordinary course of business; |
(m) | foreclosure on assets or property; |
(n) | any sale or other disposition of Capital Stock in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary; |
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(o) | sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements and the transfer of assets as part of the consideration for Investment in a joint venture so long as the Fair Market Value of such assets is counted against the amount of Investments permitted under Section 7.9; |
(p) | sales or dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens; |
(q) | sales or dispositions in respect of which the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary is required to pay the proceeds thereof to a third party pursuant to the terms of agreements or arrangements in existence as at the Initial Issue Date; and |
(r) | any sale, transfer or other disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than the Issuer) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired, or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition. |
For purposes of this definition, any series of related transactions that, if effected as a single transaction, would constitute an Asset Sale, shall be deemed to be a single Asset Sale effected when the last such transaction which is a part thereof is effected.
Cash Equivalents means:
(a) | United States, Canadian dollars, Euros or Pound Sterling or, in an amount up to the amount necessary or appropriate to fund local operating expenses, other currencies; |
(b) | securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the government of the United States or Canada or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States or Canada, as the case may be, is pledged in support of such securities), maturing, unless such securities are deposited to defease any Indebtedness, not more than one year from the date of acquisition; |
(c) | certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, Canada or any other country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a rating at the time of acquisition thereof of P-1 or better from Moodys, A-1 or better from Standard & Poors, F-1 or better from Fitch, or R-1 or better from DBRS; |
(d) | repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (b) and (c) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (c) above; |
(e) | commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from any of (i) Moodys, (ii) Standard & Poors, (iii) DBRS or (iv) Fitch, and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition; |
(f) | securities issued and fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, any province or territory of Canada, or by any political subdivision or Taxing Authority thereof, rated at least A by Moodys, Standard & Poors, DBRS or Fitch, and in each case having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition; and |
(g) | money market funds, of which at least a majority of the assets constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (a) through (f) of this definition. |
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Consolidated EBITDA means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, and without duplication:
(a) | an amount equal to any net loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
(b) | all extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items of loss or expense to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
(c) | provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
(d) | Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that any such Consolidated Fixed Charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
(e) | depreciation, depletion, amortization (including amortization of intangibles and deferred financing costs but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, depletion, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
(f) | severance costs, restructuring costs, asset impairment charges and acquisition transition services costs, provided that in each case such costs or charges were deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period; plus |
(g) | the settlement amounts relating to the settlement of any claims against the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in an amount not to exceed $25.0 million for any four fiscal quarter period; plus |
(h) | the amount of any one-time and non-recurring costs relating to opening or relocating facilities, signing, retention and completion bonuses, costs incurred in connection with any strategic initiatives, transition and other business optimization expenses and project start-up costs; provided that the aggregate amount for all cash items added pursuant to this clause (h) shall not exceed 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for any four fiscal quarter period (calculated prior to giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to this clause (h)); plus |
(i) | the amount of identified cost savings projected by the Issuer in good faith to result from actions taken or expected to be taken not later than twelve months after the end of such period (which identified cost savings shall be calculated as though they had been realized on the first day of the period for which Consolidated EBITDA is being determined); provided that (x) such cost savings are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable and (y) the aggregate amount of cost savings added pursuant to this clause (i) for any date for the four fiscal quarter period ending on such date shall not exceed, 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for any four fiscal quarter period ending on such date (calculated prior to giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to this clause (i)); plus |
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(j) | fair value adjustments to biological assets, including cannabis plants, measured at fair value less cost to sell up to the point of harvest; plus |
(k) | all expenses related to restricted stock, redeemable stock or stock options interests granted to officers, directors and employees, to the extent such expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus |
(l) | non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business; |
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, the Consolidated Fixed Charges of and the depreciation, depletion and amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated EBITDA of the Issuer (A) in the same proportion that the Net Income of such Restricted Subsidiary was added to compute such Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer and (B) only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended or distributed, directly or indirectly, to the Issuer by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders.
Designated Rating Organization means each of Standard & Poors, Moodys, DBRS and Fitch.
EDGAR means the electronic data gathering, analysis, and retrieval database maintained by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission.
Exchange means the Cboe Canada, or such other nationally recognized exchange where the Company has applied to list the Common Shares for trading.
Existing Indebtedness means the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Notes issued hereby and the related Subsidiary Guarantees) in existence on the Initial Issue Date, until such Indebtedness is repaid or otherwise renewed, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged.
Fitch means Fitch Ratings Inc. or any successor ratings agency thereto.
Guarantor means each Restricted Subsidiary that has delivered a Subsidiary Guarantee on the Initial Issue Date and any other Person that becomes (or has become) a Guarantor pursuant to Section 15.1 or that otherwise executes and delivers a Subsidiary Guarantee to the Collateral Trustee.
Investment Grade Rating means a rating equal to or higher than:
(a) | BBB- (or the equivalent) from Standard & Poors; |
(b) | Baa3 (or the equivalent) from Moodys; |
(c) | BBB(Low) (or the equivalent) from DBRS; or |
(d) | BBB- (or the equivalent) from Fitch. |
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Issue Date means the date on which the 2027 Convertible Notes are issued under the Indenture.
Lease Obligation means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a lease liability that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a statement of financial position in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Initial Issue Date, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
Permitted Business means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Initial Issue Date and other businesses reasonably related, complimentary or ancillary thereto.
Permitted Investments means:
(a) | any Investment in the Issuer or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer; |
(b) | any Investment in Cash Equivalents; |
(c) | any Investment by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer in a Person, if as a result of such Investment: |
(i) | such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer; or |
(ii) | such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer; |
(d) | any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 7.15 or a sale or disposition of assets excluded from the definition of Asset Sale; |
(e) | Hedging Obligations that are Incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes, and that do not increase the Indebtedness of the obligor outstanding at any time other than as a result of fluctuations in interest rates, commodity prices or foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder; |
(f) | stock, obligations or securities received as a result of the bankruptcy or reorganization of a Person or taken in settlement or other resolutions of claims or disputes or in satisfaction of judgments, and extensions, modifications and renewals thereof; |
(g) | advances to customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of business that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid expenses or deposits on the statement of financial position of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries and endorsements for collection or deposit arising in the ordinary course of business; |
(h) | any Investment in any Person solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer; |
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(i) | loans or advances to officers and employees of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business, which, in the aggregate outstanding amount, do not at any time exceed $1.0 million; |
(j) | repurchases of, or other Investments in, the Notes; |
(k) | advances, deposits and prepayments for purchases of any assets used in a Permitted Business, including any Equity Interests; |
(l) | commission, payroll, travel, entertainment and similar advances to officers and employees of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are expected at the time of such advance ultimately to be recorded as an expense in conformity with GAAP; |
(m) | guarantees issued in accordance with Section 7.10; |
(n) | Investments existing on the Initial Issue Date; |
(o) | any Investment (i) existing on the Initial Issue Date, (ii) made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Initial Issue Date or (iii) that replaces, refinances or refunds any Investment described under either of the immediately preceding clauses (i) or (ii); provided that the new Investment is in an amount that does not exceed the amount replaced, refinanced or refunded, and not materially less favorable to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries than the Investment replaced, refinanced or refunded as determined in good faith by the Issuer; |
(p) | Investments the payment for which consists solely of Capital Stock of the Issuer; |
(q) | any Investment in any Subsidiary of the Issuer in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities; |
(r) | payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; |
(s) | performance guarantees made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; |
(t) | any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (a) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (b) litigation, arbitration or other disputes; |
(u) | Investments in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing or other business arrangements with other Persons; |
(v) | an Investment in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons; and |
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(w) | any other Investment provided that, at the time of and after giving effect to such Investment, the aggregate Fair Market Value of such Investment (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) and all other Investments made under this paragraph (w) since the Initial Issue Date does not exceed the greater of (i) $45 million and (ii) 0.3 times the Issuers Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available (determined on a pro forma basis after giving pro forma effect to the Investment and to such other pro forma adjustments as are consistent with those set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio); |
provided, however, that with respect to any Investment, the Issuer may, in its sole discretion, allocate all or any portion of any Investment and later re-allocate all or any portion of any Investment, to one or more of the above clauses (a) through (w) so that the entire Investment would be a Permitted Investment.
Permitted Liens means:
(a) | First-Priority Liens held by the Collateral Trustee securing Permitted Pari Indebtedness and all related Obligations; |
(b) | Liens in favor of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; |
(c) | Liens on property of a Person (i) existing at the time of acquisition thereof or (ii) existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to, and not in contemplation of, such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or the Restricted Subsidiary; |
(d) | Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, provided that such Liens were in existence prior to, and not in contemplation of, such acquisition and do not extend to any property other than the property so acquired by the Issuer or the Restricted Subsidiary; |
(e) | Liens securing the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees; |
(f) | Liens existing on the Initial Issue Date that do not secure Indebtedness; |
(g) | Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that any such Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets that secured (or under the written agreement under which such original Lien arose, could secure) the Indebtedness being refinanced or is in respect of property and assets that are the security for another Permitted Lien hereunder; |
(h) | Liens on property or assets used to defease or to satisfy and discharge Indebtedness; provided that (i) the Incurrence of such Indebtedness was not prohibited by the Note Indenture and (ii) such defeasance or satisfaction and discharge is not prohibited by the Note Indenture; |
(i) | Liens to secure Lease Obligations permitted to be Incurred under Section 7.10 covering only the assets leased in connection therewith; |
(j) | Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.10(b)(iv) covering only the assets acquired, designed, constructed, installed, developed or improved with such Indebtedness; |
(k) | Liens securing Hedging Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; |
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(l) | Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security or similar obligations; |
(m) | Liens, deposits or pledges to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of Indebtedness), leases, or other similar obligations arising in the ordinary course of business; |
(n) | Liens given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental or other public authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the ownership of assets, provided that such Liens do not materially interfere with the use of such assets in the operation of the business; |
(o) | reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions, if any, expressed in any original grant from the government of Canada of any real property or any interest therein or in any comparable grant in jurisdictions other than Canada, provided they do not materially interfere with the use of such assets; |
(p) | survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, rights of way, zoning or other restrictions as to the use of properties, and defects in title which, in the case of any of the foregoing, were not Incurred or created to secure the payment of Indebtedness, and which in the aggregate do not materially adversely affect the value of such properties or materially impair the use for the purposes of which such properties are held by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
(q) | servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements, and other agreements with governmental authorities pertaining to the use or development of assets, provided each is complied with in all material respects and does not materially interfere with the use of such assets in the operation of the business; |
(r) | judgment and attachment Liens, individually or in the aggregate, neither arising from judgments or attachments that gave rise to, nor giving rise to, an Event of Default, notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made; |
(s) | Liens, deposits or pledges to secure public or statutory obligations, surety, stay, appeal, indemnity, performance or other similar bonds or obligations, and Liens, deposits or pledges in lieu of such bonds or obligations, or to secure such bonds or obligations, or to secure letters of credit in lieu of or supporting the payment of such bonds or obligations, in each case which are Incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
(t) | bankers Liens and Liens in favor of collecting or payor banks having a right of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback with respect to money or instruments of the Issuer or any Subsidiary thereof on deposit with or in possession of such bank; |
(u) | any interest or title of a lessor, licensor or sublicensor in the property subject to any lease, license or sublicense; |
(v) | Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established to the extent required by GAAP; |
(w) | Liens arising from precautionary financing statements under the UCC or financing statements under a PPSA or similar statutes regarding leases, sales of receivables or consignments; |
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(x) | Liens of franchisors in the ordinary course of business not securing Indebtedness; |
(y) | Liens imposed by law, such as carriers, warehousemens, repairmens, landlords, suppliers, builders and mechanics Liens or other similar Liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent by more than 60 days or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP, shall have been made in respect thereto; |
(z) | Liens contained in purchase and sale agreements to which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is the selling party thereto which limit the transfer of assets pending the closing of the transactions contemplated thereby; |
(aa) | Liens that may be deemed to exist by virtue of contractual provisions that restrict the ability of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries from granting or permitting to exist Liens on their respective assets; |
(bb) | Liens in favor of the Trustee as provided for in the Note Indenture on money or property held or collected by the Trustee in its capacity as Trustee; |
(cc) | Liens on and pledges of the Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any joint venture owned by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent securing non-recourse debt or other Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture; |
(dd) | Liens securing any insurance premium financing under customary terms and conditions, provided that no such Lien may extend to or cover any assets or property other than the insurance being acquired with such financing, the proceeds thereof and any unearned or refunded insurance premiums related thereto; |
(ee) | Liens securing inventories that are purchased on credit terms exceeding 90 days made in the ordinary course of business; |
(ff) | Liens arising out of the conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business; |
(gg) | Liens in favour of the Collateral Trustee; and |
(hh) | additional Liens with respect to Indebtedness provided that, at the time of and after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Liens, the aggregate amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens and all other Liens Incurred under this clause (hh) since the Initial Issue Date and which remain outstanding, does not exceed the greater of (a) US$75 million or (b) 6.5% of the Issuers Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (determined as of the date of such Incurrence and including any assets acquired in connection therewith). |
Section 1.3 Conflicts with Indenture
In the event of any inconsistency between the meaning given to a term in the Indenture and the meaning given to the same term in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the meaning given to the term in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency; provided, however, that the terms and provisions of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture may modify or amend the terms and provisions of the Indenture solely as applied to the 2027 Convertible Notes.
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Section 1.4 Headings, etc.
The division of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture into Articles, Sections and paragraphs, the inclusion 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 Seventh Supplemental Indenture.
Section 1.5 Governing Law.
This Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein.
ARTICLE 2
2027 CONVERTIBLE NOTES
Section 2.1 Creation and Designation of 2027 Convertible Notes
In accordance with the Indenture and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer is authorized to issue a series of Notes designated 9.00% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2027 having the terms set forth in this Article 2.
Section 2.2 Aggregate Principal Amount
The aggregate principal amount of 2027 Convertible Notes which may be issued under this Seventh Supplemental Indenture is unlimited, provided, however, that the maximum principal amount of 2027 Convertible Notes initially issued hereunder on the Issue Date shall be US$25,750,000. The Issuer may, from time to time, without the consent of any existing Holders but subject to Section 7.10 of the Indenture, create and issue Additional 2027 Convertible Notes hereunder having the same terms and conditions as the 2027 Convertible Notes in all respects, except for the date of issuance, issue price and first payment of interest thereon. Additional 2027 Convertible Notes so created and issued will be consolidated with and form a single series with the 2027 Convertible Notes.
Section 2.3 Authentication
The Trustee shall initially authenticate one or more Global Notes and/or Definitive Notes, as directed by the Issuer in the Authentication Order, for original issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount of US$25,750,000 or otherwise to permit transfers or exchanges in accordance with Section 5.6 of the Indenture upon receipt by the Trustee of a duly executed Authentication Order. After the Initial Issue Date, subject to Section 2.2 of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer may issue, from time to time, and the Trustee shall authenticate upon receipt of an Authentication Order and the items listed in Section 3.2(d) of the Indenture, Additional 2027 Convertible Notes for original issue. Except as provided in Section 7.10 of the Indenture, there is no limit on the amount of Additional 2027 Convertible Notes that may be issued hereunder. Each such Authentication Order shall specify the principal amount of 2027 Convertible Notes to be authenticated and the date on which such 2027 Convertible Notes are to be authenticated. The aggregate principal amount of 2027 Convertible Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount specified in the Authentication Orders provided in respect of original issues of 2027 Convertible Notes except as provided in Section 3.10 of the Indenture. For certainty, the Trustee shall not be obligated or liable to ensure that the Issuer is in compliance with the limitations in Section 7.10 of the Indenture, as amended, or any other covenants under, the Indenture, and shall be entitled to rely on an Officers Certificate from the Issuer certifying such compliance for any Additional 2027 Convertible Notes so issued.
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Section 2.4 Date of Issue and Maturity
The 2027 Convertible Notes will be dated March 19, 2024 and the 2027 Convertible Notes will become due and payable, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on March 19, 2027 (the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date).
Section 2.5 Permitted Pari-Passu Indebtedness and First-Lien Indebtedness
The 2027 Convertible Notes authorized hereunder shall be deemed Permitted Pari-Passu Indebtedness for the purposes of Section 7.10(b)(i) of the Indenture and shall be a direct senior secured obligation of the Issuer hereby automatically guaranteed by the Guarantors pursuant to the Indenture and the Subsidiary Guarantees and automatically secured by a First-Priority Lien in certain Collateral of the Issuer and Guarantors in favour of the Collateral Trustee pursuant to the Security Documents and, for greater certainty, shall be First-Lien Indebtedness of the Issuer ranking equally and rateably with all other First-Lien Indebtedness of the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Indenture.
Section 2.6 Currency
The principal of the 2027 Convertible Notes and interest thereon and all sums that may at any time become payable thereon, whether at the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date or otherwise, shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America as provided herein.
Section 2.7 Interest
(1) | The 2027 Convertible Notes will bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof at the rate of 9.00% per annum from their respective Issue Date to, but excluding, the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date, compounded semi-annually and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date. The first Interest Payment Date for the initial 2027 Convertible Notes will be September 30, 2024. |
(2) | Interest will be payable in respect of each Interest Period (including after the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date, default and judgment, with interest overdue on principal and interest at a rate that is 1% higher than the applicable rate on the 2027 Convertible Notes) on each Interest Payment Date in accordance with Section 3.11 and Section 3.14 of the Indenture. Interest on any 2027 Convertible Note will accrue from its respective Issue Date or, if interest has already been paid, from and including the last Interest Payment Date therefor to which interest has been paid or made available for payment. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as applicable, and will be payable in equal semi-annual amounts; except that interest in respect of any period that is shorter than a full semi-annual interest period will be computed on the basis of a 365-day or 366- day year, as applicable, and the actual number of days elapsed in that period. |
Section 2.8 Form of 2027 Convertible Notes
(1) | The Trustee shall authenticate one or more Global Notes and /or Definitive Notes, which shall be in the form substantially set out in Schedule A hereto (the 2027 Convertible Notes Certificate) with such insertions, deletions, substitutions and variations as may be required or permitted by the terms of the Indenture or as may be required to comply with any law or the rules of the Depository. |
(2) | The 2027 Convertible Notes shall bear such distinguishing letters, numbers and legends as the Trustee and the Issuer may approve, including such legend as may be set out in Schedule A hereto, notwithstanding Section 3.3(h) of the Indenture which does not apply to the 2027 Convertible Note. The 2027 Convertible Notes shall include the Canadian Securities Legend and the Regulation D Legend. The 2027 Convertible Notes issued as Global Notes shall also include the Global Note Legend. |
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Section 2.9 Mandatory Redemption and Market Purchases
(1) | The Issuer is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes; provided, however, that the Issuer may be required to offer to purchase the 2027 Convertible Notes pursuant to Sections 7.14 and 7.15 of the Indenture. |
(2) | The Issuer may at any time and from time to time purchase the 2027 Convertible Notes (including any Additional 2027 Convertible Notes) by means other than a redemption, whether by a tender offer, open market purchases, negotiated transactions, private agreement or otherwise at any price in accordance with Applicable Securities Legislation, the U.S. federal securities laws, and the applicable securities laws of any of the states of the United States, so long as such acquisition does not violate the terms of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture. |
Section 2.10 Additional Amounts Payable on 2027 Convertible Notes
(1) | All payments made by any Guarantor under or with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantee in respect of the 2027 Convertible Notes will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of, any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge imposed or levied by or on behalf of any United States taxing authority (hereinafter Taxes), unless any Guarantor is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof. If any Guarantor is so required to withhold or deduct any amount of interest for or on account of Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantee, such Guarantor will pay such additional amounts of interest (Additional Amounts) as may be necessary so that the net amount received by each holder or beneficial owner of Notes (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount the holder or beneficial owner of Notes would have received if such Taxes had not been withheld or deducted; provided that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to a payment made to a holder or beneficial owner of Notes (an Excluded Holder): |
(a) | which is subject to such Taxes by reason of any connection between such holder or beneficial owner of 2027 Convertible Notes and the United States or any political subdivision thereof or authority thereof other than the mere holding of Notes or the receipt of payments thereunder; |
(b) | which failed to duly and timely comply with a timely request of the Issuer to provide information, documents, certification or other evidence concerning such holders or beneficial owners nationality, residence, entitlement to treaty benefits, identity or connection with the United States or any political subdivision or authority thereof, if and to the extent that due and timely compliance with such request would have resulted in the reduction or elimination of any Taxes as to which Additional Amounts would have otherwise been payable to such holder or beneficial owner of 2027 Convertible Notes but for this Section 2.10(1)(b); |
(c) | which is a fiduciary, a partnership or not the beneficial owner of any payment on a Note, if and to the extent that, as a result of an applicable tax treaty, no Additional Amounts would have been payable had the beneficiary, partner or beneficial owner owned the Note directly (but only if there is no material cost or expense associated with transferring such Note to such beneficiary, partner or beneficial owner and no restriction on such transfer that is outside the control of such beneficiary, partner or beneficial owner); |
(d) | which is subject to Taxes to the extent that such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the holder or beneficial owner of 2027 Convertible Notes or the recipient of interest payable on the 2027 Convertible Notes not dealing at arms length, within the meaning of the Tax Act, with the Issuer or relevant Guarantor, as applicable; |
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(e) | which is subject to Taxes to the extent that such Taxes would not have been imposed but for such holder or beneficial owner of Notes being, or not dealing at arms length (within the meaning of the Tax Act) with, at any time a specified shareholder of the Issuer as defined in subsection 18(5) of the Tax Act; |
(f) | to the extent that the Taxes required to be withheld or deducted are imposed pursuant to sections 1471 through 1474 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (and any amended or successor version that is substantially comparable), and any regulations or other official guidance thereunder or agreements (including any intergovernmental agreements or any laws, rules or practices implementing such intergovernmental agreements) entered into in connection therewith; or |
(g) | any combination of the foregoing clauses of this proviso. |
(2) | The Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, will also (a) make such withholding or deduction and, (b) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law. The Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, will furnish to the holders of the 2027 Convertible Notes, within 30 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by such Guarantor, as the case may be. Such Guarantor will indemnify and hold harmless each holder (other than all Excluded Holders) for the amount of (A) any Taxes not withheld or deducted by such Guarantor and levied or imposed and paid by such holder as a result of payments made under or with respect to the Guarantees, (B) any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, and (C) any Taxes imposed with respect to any reimbursement under clauses (a) or (b) above. |
(3) | At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes is due and payable, if any Guarantor is aware that it will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such payment, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable, the amounts so payable and will set forth such other information necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to holders on the payment date. Whenever in the Seventh Supplemental Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal (and premium, if any), interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any note, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section 2.10 to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof. |
(4) | The obligations described under this heading will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture and will apply mutatis mutandis to any successor Person and to any jurisdiction in which such successor is organized or is otherwise resident or doing business for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made by such successor or its respective agents. |
Section 2.11 Appointment
(1) | The Trustee will be the trustee for the 2027 Convertible Notes, subject to Article 13 of the Indenture. |
(2) | The Issuer initially appoints CDS to act as Depository with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes. |
(3) | The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee at its corporate office in Vancouver, British Columbia to act as the Registrar, transfer agent, authentication agent and Paying Agent with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes. The Issuer may change the Registrar, transfer agent, authentication agent or Paying Agent for the 2027 Convertible Notes at any time and from time to time without prior notice to the Holders of the 2027 Convertible Notes. |
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Section 2.12 Provision of Reports and Financial Information
(1) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.5 in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
The Issuer will provide to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall deliver to the Holders, the following:
(a) | within 60 days after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Issuer, other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year, copies of: |
(i) | unaudited consolidated statements of financial position as at the end of such quarterly fiscal period and unaudited consolidated statements of net income and other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Issuer for such quarterly fiscal period and, in the case of the second and third quarters, for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter; and |
(ii) | an associated Managements Discussion and Analysis prepared on a basis substantially consistent with the Managements Discussion and Analysis as required pursuant to applicable securities laws; and |
(b) | within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer, copies of: |
(i) | audited consolidated statements of financial position of the Issuer as at the end of such year and audited consolidated statements of net income and other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Issuer for such fiscal year, together with a report of the Issuers auditors thereon; and |
(ii) | an associated Managements Discussion and Analysis prepared on a basis substantially consistent with the Managements Discussion and Analysis as required pursuant to applicable securities laws; |
in the case of each of Sections 7.5(a)(i) and Section 7.5(b)(i) prepared in accordance with GAAP. The reports referred to in Section 7.5(a)(i) and Section 7.5(b)(i) are collectively referred to as the Financial Reports.
(c) | The Issuer will, within 15 Business Days after providing to the trustee any Financial Report, hold a conference call to discuss such Financial Report and the results of operations for the applicable reporting period. The Issuer will also maintain a website to which Holders, prospective investors and securities analysts are given access, on which not later than the date by which the Financial Reports are required to be provided to the trustee pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Issuer (i) makes available such Financial Reports and (ii) provides details about how to access on a toll- free basis the quarterly conference calls described above. |
(d) | Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs, (i) all Financial Reports will be deemed to have been provided to the Trustee and the Holders once filed on either (A) the System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) or any successor system thereto; or (B) EDGAR or any successor system thereto, and the Issuer will not be required to maintain a website on which it makes such Financial Reports available, and (ii) if the Issuer holds a quarterly conference call for its equity holders within 15 Business Days of filing a Financial Report on SEDAR+ or EDGAR or any successor systems thereto, Holders shall be permitted to attend such conference call. |
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Section 2.13 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
(1) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.6(a)(i) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
at the time of and after giving effect to any such designation, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries account for at least 85% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Issuer (excluding all of the assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that was an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the Initial Issue Date);
(2) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.6(c) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
The Chief Executive Officer and/or Chief Financial Officer of the Issuer may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that:
(i) | such designation will be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary which was Incurred after the date such Subsidiary was designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such designation will only be permitted if such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 7.10; |
(ii) | all outstanding Investments owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary which were made after the date such Subsidiary was designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be made as of the time of such designation and such designation will only be permitted if such Investments would be permitted under the covenant described above under the caption Restricted Payments; provided that such outstanding Investments shall be valued at the lesser of (a) the Fair Market Value of such Investments measured on the date of such designation and (b) the Fair Market Value of such Investments measured at the time each such Investment was made by such Unrestricted Subsidiary; |
(iii) | all Liens upon property or assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary existing at the time of such designation would be permitted under Section 7.7; and |
(iv) | no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation. |
Section 2.14 Restricted Payments
(1) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.9(a)(C) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries since the Initial Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by Sections 7.9(b)(ii) through 7.9(b)(x), 7.9(b)(xii), 7.9(b)(xv), 7.9(b)(xvii) and 7.9(b)(xviii)), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:
1. | 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer for the period (taken as one accounting period) from December 31, 2019 to the end of the Issuers most recently ended fiscal quarter for which consolidated internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus |
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2. | 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the aggregate Fair Market Value of any property received by the Issuer since the Initial Issue Date (A) as a contribution to its common equity capital, (B) from Equity Offerings of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock), including cash proceeds received from an exercise of warrants or options, or (C) from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Issuer that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (A) through (C), other than a contribution from, or Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to, a Subsidiary of the Issuer); plus |
3. | to the extent any Restricted Investment that was made after the Initial Issue Date is (a) disposed of or otherwise liquidated, redeemed, repurchased or repaid, or (b) made in an entity that subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, 100% of the cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any); plus |
4. | to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Issuer is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Initial Issue Date, 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Issuers Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation; plus |
5. | 100% of any dividends or distributions received in cash by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Initial Issue Date (to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer for the applicable period). |
(2) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.9(b)(xv) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
any other Restricted Payment provided that, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the aggregate of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments made under this Section 7.9(b)(xv) since the Initial Issue Date does not exceed the greater of (a) $65 million and (b) 6.5% of the Issuers Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (determined as of the date of such Restricted Payment);
(3) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.9(b)(xviii) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Issuer pursuant to a normal course issuer bid; provided that immediately after giving effect to any such transaction pursuant to this Section 7.9(b)(xviii), the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Issuer would not exceed 1.0 to 1.0.
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Section 2.15 Incurrence of Indebtedness
(1) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.10(b)(ii) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
the Incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness represented by Lease Obligations in an aggregate principal amount that, at the time of and after giving effect to such Incurrence and all other Incurrences made under this Section 7.10(b)(ii) since the Initial Issue Date and which remain outstanding (including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Lease Obligations Incurred pursuant to this Section 7.10(b)(ii)), does not exceed the greater of (a) $200 million and (b) 20% of the Issuers Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (determined as of the date of such Incurrence and including any right of use assets acquired in connection with such Lease Obligations);
(2) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.10(b)(iv) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
the Incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness represented by purchase money obligations incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation, development or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount that, at the time of and after giving effect to such Incurrence and all other Incurrences made under this Section 7.10(b)(iv) since the Initial Issue Date and which remain outstanding (including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this Section 7.10(b)(iv)), does not exceed the greater of (a) $100 million and (b) 10% of the Issuers Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (determined as of the date of such Incurrence and including any assets acquired with such Indebtedness);
(3) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.10(b)(vii) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
the Incurrence by the Issuer and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, in each case, issued on the Initial Issue Date, and any subsequent Incurrence by a Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by a Subsidiary Guarantee;
(4) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.10(b)(viii) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
the Incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by the Note Indenture to be Incurred under Section 7.10(a) or clauses (ii), (iv), (vi), (xv) or (xix) of this Section 7.10(b);
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(5) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.10(b)(xix) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
the Incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount that, at the time of and after giving effect to such Incurrence and all other Incurrences made under this Section 7.10(b)(xix) since the Initial Issue Date and which remain outstanding (including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this Section 7.10(b)(xix)), does not exceed the greater of (a) $95 million and (b) 9.5% of the Issuers Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (determined as of the date of such Incurrence and including any assets acquired with such Indebtedness).
Section 2.16 Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
(1) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.11(b)(i) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
existing under, by reason of or with respect to any Existing Indebtedness, Capital Stock or other agreements or instruments in effect on the Initial Issue Date and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that the encumbrances and restrictions in any such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the Existing Indebtedness, Capital Stock or such other agreements or instruments, as the case may be, as in effect on the Initial Issue Date;
Section 2.17 Transactions with Affiliates
(1) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.12(a) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into, make, amend, renew or extend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuer (each, an Affiliate Transaction) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $20.0 million for any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions, unless:
(i) | such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that, taken as a whole, are no less favorable to the Issuer or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable arms-length transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Issuer; and |
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(ii) | the Issuer delivers to the Trustee: |
(A) | with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $20.0 million, a Board Resolution set forth in an Officers Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions complies with this covenant and that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Issuer; and |
(B) | with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $50 million, an Officers Certificate certifying that, in the good faith determination of the certifying officers, such Affiliate Transaction has undergone an appraisal by a third party which has been approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Board of the Directors of the Issuer. |
(2) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.12(b)(vi) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
transactions pursuant to agreements or arrangements in effect on the Initial Issue Date, or any amendment, modification, or supplement thereto or replacement thereof, as long as such agreement or arrangement, as so amended, modified, supplemented or replaced, taken as a whole, is not materially more disadvantageous to, or restrictive on, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the original agreement or arrangement in existence on the Initial Issue Date;
Section 2.18 Repurchase at the Option of the Holders Asset Sales
(1) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.15(a)(ii) in its entirety. |
Section 2.19 Suspension of Covenants
(1) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.16(a) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
If on any date following the Initial Issue Date:
(i) | the Notes receive an Investment Grade Rating from at least 50% of the Designated Rating Organizations that have provided ratings of the Notes (Investment Grade Status); and |
(ii) | no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date, |
then beginning on that day and continuing until such time, if any, at which the Notes cease to have Investment Grade Status (such period, the Suspension Period), the Sections listed below (the Suspended Covenants) will no longer be applicable to the Notes and any related default provisions of this Indenture will cease to be effective and will not be applicable to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries:
(A) | Section 7.9; |
(B) | Section 7.10; |
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(C) | Section 7.11; |
(D) | Section 7.12; |
(E) | Section 7.14 |
(F) | Section 7.15; and |
(G) | Section 12.1(a)(C). |
(2) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.16(c) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
With respect to the Restricted Payments made after any Reversion Date, the amount of Restricted Payments will be calculated as though Section 7.9 had been in effect prior to, but not during, the Suspension Period. All Indebtedness incurred, or Disqualified Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been incurred or issued pursuant to 7.10(b)(vi). Any encumbrance or restriction of the type specified in Sections 7.11(a)(i), 7.11(a)(ii) and 7.11(a)(iii) entered into (or which the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary become legally obligated to enter into) during the Suspension Period will be deemed to have been in effect on the Initial Issue Date so that they are permitted under Section 7.11(b)(i). Any contract, agreement, loan, advance or guarantee with or for the benefit of any Affiliate of the Issuer entered into (or which the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary became legally obligated to enter into) during the Suspension Period will be deemed to have been in effect on the Initial Issue Date so that they are permitted under Section 7.12(b)(vi). Upon the occurrence of a Suspension Period, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero. During a Suspension Period, the Issuer may not designate any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to be Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
Section 2.20 Minimum Liquidity
(1) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes, the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 7.17 in its entirety. |
Section 2.21 Events of Default
(1) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 9.1(f) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the Initial Issue Date, if that default:
(i) | is caused by a failure to make any payment on such Indebtedness when due and prior to the expiration of the grace period, if any, provided in such Indebtedness (a Payment Default); or |
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(ii) | results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its stated maturity, and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default which remains outstanding or the maturity of which has been so accelerated for a period of 30 days or more, aggregates $50.0 million or more, provided that if any such Payment Default is cured or waived or any such acceleration is rescinded, as the case may be, such Event of Default under the Note Indenture and any consequential acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically rescinded, so long as such rescission does not conflict with any judgement or decree; |
(2) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 9.1(g) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
failure by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final non-appealable judgments (to the extent such judgments are not paid or covered by in-force insurance provided by a reputable carrier that has the ability to perform and has acknowledged coverage in writing) aggregating in excess of $50.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;
Section 2.22 Amendment Supplement and Waiver
(1) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 14.3 in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
Notwithstanding Sections 14.1 and 14.2, without the consent of any Holder, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees to:
(a) | cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; |
(b) | provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; |
(c) | provide for the assumption of the Issuers or any Guarantors Obligations to Holders of Notes in the case of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Issuers or such Guarantors assets or otherwise comply with Section 12.1; |
(d) | make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not materially adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any Holder of Notes; |
(e) | add any Subsidiary Guarantee or to effect the release of a Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee, all in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture governing such release and termination or to otherwise comply with Article 15; |
(f) | secure the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantees or any other Obligation under this Indenture; |
(g) | evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee; |
(h) | conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees to any provision of the Description of Notes to the extent that such provision in this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Description of Notes; |
(i) | provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with this Indenture; |
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(j) | to enter into additional or supplemental Security Documents or to add additional parties to the Security Documents to the extent permitted thereunder and under this Indenture; |
(k) | allow any Guarantor to execute a Subsidiary Guarantee; |
(l) | to provide for any amendments permitted under Section 1.13; or |
(m) | to release Collateral from the First-Priority Liens when permitted or required by this Indenture and the Security Documents or add assets to Collateral to secure First-Lien Indebtedness to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted under this Indenture. |
Section 2.23 Unrestricted Subsidiaries
(1) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by adding the following entity to Part III Unrestricted Securities of Appendix D: |
Columbia Care NY Realty LLC.
Section 2.24 Global Notes U.S. Restrictions on Transfer
(1) | For the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and with respect to the 2027 Convertible Notes (and for greater certainty not with respect to the 2023 Notes or the 2025 Convertible Notes), the Original Indenture shall be amended by deleting Section 5.6(f) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: |
U.S. Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) | Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Global Note may be transferred or exchanged only in accordance with the Indenture and in compliance with Exhibit A with respect to Regulation D Global Notes. |
(b) | Transfers and Exchanges Involving Certificated Notes. The Person requesting transfer or exchange of a Global Note for a Certificated Note or a Certificated Note for a Global Note must deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee (x) a duly completed and signed Form of Transfer attached to the applicable Note and an Opinion of Counsel and such other certifications and evidence as the Company may reasonably require in order to determine that the proposed transfer or exchange is being made in compliance with the U.S. Securities Act and any applicable securities laws of any states of the United States. Unless otherwise determined by the Company, any such Note issued upon transfer or exchange pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall have the same legends and the Note being transferred or exchanged. |
Section 2.25 Registration Rights
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer shall prepare and file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within 14 calendar days after the Issue Date a registration statement (on Form S-1 (except if the Issuer is then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities (as defined below) on Form S-3, such registration shall be on Form S-3 or another appropriate form in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreements), for (a) all Notes Shares then issued and issuable upon conversion of the Notes (assuming on such date the Notes are converted in full without regard to any exercise limitations therein) and (b) any securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing ((a) and (b), Registrable Securities); provided, however, that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Issuer shall not be required to maintain
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the effectiveness of any, or file another, registration statement under the Registration Rights Agreements with respect thereto) for so long as (a) a registration statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities is declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Act and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by the Holder in accordance with such effective registration statement, (b) such Registrable Securities have been previously sold in accordance with Rule 144, or (c) such securities become eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information pursuant to Rule 144 as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the transfer agent and the affected Holders (assuming that such securities and any securities issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of which, or as a dividend upon which, such securities were issued or are issuable, were at no time held by any affiliate of the Issuer), as reasonably determined by the Issuer, upon the advice of counsel to the Issuer, in each case, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreements, and the Issuer shall perform its other obligations under the Registration Rights Agreements.
ARTICLE 3
CONVERSION OF NOTES
Section 3.1 Note Conversion.
(2) | For the purposes of this Section 3.1, a 2027 Convertible Note surrendered for conversion shall be deemed to be surrendered on the earlier of the date received by the Trustee or the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date, provided that the register of the Trustee is open and received all necessary documentation in respect of the conversion; provided that if a 2027 Convertible Note is surrendered for conversion on a day on which the register of Common Shares is closed, the person or persons entitled to receive Common Shares shall become the holder or holders of record of such Common Shares as at the date on which such registers are next reopened. |
(3) | [Reserved] |
(4) | A beneficial Holder of uncertificated 2027 Convertible Notes evidenced by a security entitlement in respect of 2027 Convertible Notes in the book entry registration system who desires to convert his or her Notes must do so by causing a participant in the Depositorys book entry registration system for the 2027 Convertible Notes (the Book Entry Only Participant) to deliver to the Depository on behalf of the entitlement holder, notice of the owners intention to convert 2027 Convertible Notes in a manner acceptable to the Depository. Forthwith upon receipt by the Depository of such notice, the Depository shall deliver to the Trustee confirmation of its intention to convert Notes (Confirmation) in a manner acceptable to the Trustee, including by electronic means through the book entry registration system. |
(5) | A notice in form acceptable to the Book Entry Only Participant should be provided to the Book Entry Only Participant sufficiently in advance so as to permit the Book Entry Only Participant to deliver notice and payment to the Depository and for the Depository in turn to deliver notice and payment to the Trustee prior to the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date. The Depository will initiate the conversion |
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by way of the Confirmation and the Trustee will execute the conversion by issuing to the Depository through the book entry registration system or as a physical certificate the Common Shares to which the exercising Holder is entitled pursuant to the conversion. Any expense associated with the conversion process will be for the account of the entitlement holder converting the 2027 Convertible Notes and the Book Entry Only Participant exercising the 2027 Convertible Note on its behalf. |
(6) | By causing a Book Entry Only Participant to deliver notice to the Depository, a Holder shall be deemed to have irrevocably surrendered his or her Notes so converted and appointed such Book Entry Only Participant to act as his or her exclusive settlement agent with respect to the conversion and the receipt of Common Shares in connection with the obligations arising from such conversion. |
(7) | Any notice which the Depository determines to be incomplete, not in proper form or not duly executed shall for all purposes be void and of no effect and the conversion to which it relates shall be considered for all purposes not to have been converted thereby. A failure by a Book Entry Only Participant to convert or to give effect to the settlement thereof in accordance with the Holders instructions will not give rise to any obligations or liability on the part of the Issuer or Trustee to the Book Entry Only Participant or the Holder. |
(9) | Any conversion referred to in this Section 3.1 shall require that the original Conversion Notice executed by the Registered Holder or the Confirmation from the Depository must be received by the Trustee prior to the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date. |
(10) | Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 3.1, a 2027 Convertible Note may only be converted pursuant to this Section 3.1 by or on behalf of a Registered Holder, except the Depository or Holder, as applicable, who makes the certifications set forth on the Conversion Notice set out in Schedule B . |
(11) | If the form of Conversion Notice set forth in the 2027 Convertible Notes Certificate shall have been amended, the Issuer shall cause the amended Conversion Notice to be forwarded to all Registered Holders. |
(12) | Conversion Notices and Confirmations must be delivered to the Trustee at any time during the Trustees actual business hours on any Business Day prior to the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date. Any Conversion Notice or Confirmations received by the Trustee after business hours on any Business Day will be deemed to have been received by the Trustee on the next following Business Day. |
(13) | Any 2027 Convertible Notes with respect to which a Conversion Notice or a Confirmation is not received by the Trustee prior to the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date shall be deemed to have expired and become void and all rights with respect to such 2027 Convertible Notes shall terminate and be cancelled. |
Section 3.2 Restrictive Legend
(1) | The 2027 Convertible Notes issuable pursuant to this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Common Shares issuable on the conversion thereof have not been, and the 2027 Convertible Notes issuable pursuant to this Seventh Supplemental Indenture will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act or the securities laws of any state of the United States. |
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(2) | Each 2027 Convertible Notes Certificate on the Issue Date, and any certificates representing Common Shares issued on the conversion thereof, and all certificates issued in exchange or in substitution thereof or upon transfer thereof, in each case, until such time as the same is no longer required under applicable requirements of the U.S. Securities Act or applicable state securities laws, shall bear or be deemed to bear the following legend: |
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY [add for the Notes: AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF] HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ACQUIRING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. (THE CORPORATION), THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ONLY (A) TO THE CORPORATION; (B) IN COMPLIANCE WITH (1) RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, OR (2) RULE 144 UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, AND, IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS; OR (C) IN ANOTHER TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PROVIDED THAT IN THE CASE OF TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO (B)(2) OR (C) ABOVE, A LEGAL OPINION FROM COUNSEL OF RECOGNIZED STANDING IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION MUST FIRST BE PROVIDED. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT. DELIVERY OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT CONSTITUTE GOOD DELIVERY IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON STOCK EXCHANGES IN CANADA.
No transfer of 2027 Convertible Notes evidenced by a 2027 Convertible Notes Certificate bearing the legend set forth in Section 3.2(2) above shall be made except in accordance with the requirements of such legend and subject to this Seventh Supplemental Indenture.
Section 3.3 Transfer Fees and Taxes.
If any Common Shares are to be issued to a person or persons other than the Registered Holder, the Registered Holder shall execute the Form of Transfer and will comply with such reasonable requirements as the Trustee may stipulate and will pay to the Issuer or the Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, all applicable transfer or similar taxes and the Issuer will not be required to issue or deliver certificates evidencing the Common Shares unless or until such Holder shall have paid to the Issuer or the Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Issuer and the Trustee that such tax has been paid or that no tax is due.
Section 3.4 Note Agency.
To facilitate the exchange, transfer or conversion of 2027 Convertible Notes and compliance with such other terms and conditions hereof as may be required, the Issuer has appointed the principal office of the Trustee in the city of Vancouver (the Note Agency), as the agency at which 2027 Convertible Notes may be surrendered for exchange or transfer or at which 2027 Convertible Notes may be converted and the Trustee has accepted such appointment. The Issuer may from time to time designate alternate or additional places as the Note Agency (subject to the Trustees prior approval) and will give notice to the Trustee of any
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proposed change of the Note Agency. Branch registers shall also be kept at such other place or places, if any, as the Issuer, with the approval of the Trustee, may designate. The Trustee will from time to time when requested to do so by the Issuer or any Registered Holder, upon payment of the Trustees reasonable charges, furnish a list of the names and addresses of each Registered Holder and showing the number of 2027 Convertible Notes held by each such Registered Holder.
Section 3.5 Securities Restrictions.
Notwithstanding anything herein contained, Common Shares will be issued upon conversion of a Holder only in compliance with the securities laws of any applicable jurisdiction and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Issuer will legend the certificates representing the Common Shares if, in the opinion of counsel to the Trustee or Issuer, such legend is necessary in order to comply with the securities law of any applicable jurisdiction or the rules of any applicable stock exchange. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, in processing and registering transfers of 2027 Convertible Notes, and in processing conversions of 2027 Convertible Notes, no duty or responsibility whatsoever shall rest upon the Trustee to determine the compliance by any transferor or transferee or by a holder converting 2027 Convertible Notes with the terms of any legend affixed on the Holder certificates, or with the relevant securities laws or regulations, and the Trustee shall be entitled to assume that all transfers and conversions of 2027 Convertible Notes are legal and proper.
Section 3.6 Certain Limitations on Conversion.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, for greater certainty, in no event shall (i) the Issuer issue, be required to issue or be deemed to have issued a number of Common Shares upon conversion or otherwise pursuant to the 2027 Convertible Notes, or (ii) the Holder shall have the right to convert any portion of the 2027 Convertible Notes, and any such conversion shall be null and void and treated as if never made, in each case, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, the Holder and its affiliates together with any person acting jointly or in concert (the Attribution Parties), collectively would beneficially own or exercise control or direction over, directly or indirectly in excess of 4.99% (the Maximum Percentage) of the Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. For purposes of this Section 3.6, the aggregate number of Common Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of Common Shares held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of Note Shares issuable upon conversion of the 2027 Convertible Notes with respect to which the determination of such calculation is being made, but shall exclude Common Shares which would be issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted portion of the 2027 Convertible Notes beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) conversion or exercise of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Issuer (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred share or warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 3.6. For purposes of this Section 3.6, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding Common Shares a Holder may acquire upon the conversion of the 2027 Convertible Notes without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Common Shares as reflected in the most recent of (x) the Issuers most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Issuer or (z) any other written notice by the Issuer or its transfer agent, if any, setting forth the number of Common Shares outstanding (the Reported Outstanding Share Number). If the Issuer receives a conversion notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding Common Shares is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Issuer shall notify the Holder in writing of the number of Common Shares then outstanding and, to the extent that such conversion notice would otherwise cause such Holders beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 3.6, to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Issuer of a reduced number of Note Shares to be issued
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pursuant to such conversion notice. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the Holder, the Issuer shall within three (3) Business Days confirm in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of Common Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Common Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the exercise or conversion of securities of the Issuer, including the 2027 Convertible Notes, by the Holder and any other Attribution Parties since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of Note Shares to the Holder upon conversion of 2027 Convertible Notes results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own or exercise control or direction over, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding Common Shares (as determined under Section 13(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder and the other Attribution Parties aggregate beneficial ownership or control exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the Excess Shares) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Issuer, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not to exceed 9.99%; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Issuer and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of 2027 Convertible Notes that is not an Attribution Party of the Holder. The provisions of this Section 3.6 shall be construed and implemented in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3.6 except to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph (or any portion of this Section 3.6) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 3.6 or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this Section 3.6 may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of any and all 2027 Convertible Notes. For greater certainty the Trustee shall not be required to confirm whether or not a holder has exceeded the Maximum Percentage threshold, nor will the Trustee be liable for processing the valid conversion of 2027 Convertible Notes that is then determined, by the Issuer, to result in a holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage threshold.
ARTICLE 4
ADJUSTMENT OF NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES AND CONVERSION PRICE
Section 4.1 Adjustment of Number of Common Shares and Conversion Price.
(1) | The conversion rights in effect under the 2027 Convertible Notes for Common Shares issuable upon the conversion of the 2027 Convertible Notes shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows: |
(a) | if, at any time prior to the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date, the Issuer shall: |
(i) | subdivide, re-divide or change its outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of Common Shares; |
(ii) | reduce, combine or consolidate its outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of Common Shares; or |
(iii) | issue Common Shares or securities exchangeable for, or convertible into, Common Shares to all or substantially all of the holders of Common Shares by way of distribution (other than a distribution of Common Shares upon the conversion of 2027 Convertible Notes); |
the Conversion Price in effect on the effective date of such subdivision, re-division, change, reduction, combination, consolidation or on the record date of such distribution, as the case may be, shall in the case of the events referred to in (i) or (iii) above be decreased in proportion to the number of outstanding Common Shares resulting from such subdivision, re-division, change or distribution, or shall, in the case of the events referred to in (ii) above, be increased
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in proportion to the number of outstanding Common Shares resulting from such reduction, combination or consolidation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event referred to in this Section 4.1 shall occur. Upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 4.1, the Conversion Price shall be contemporaneously adjusted by multiplying the number of Common Shares theretofore obtainable on the exercise thereof by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator shall be the Conversion Price resulting from such adjustment;
(b) | if and whenever at any time prior to the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date, the Issuer 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 Common Share (or having a conversion or exchange price per Common Share) less than 95% of the weighted average of the trading price per Common Share for each day there was a closing price for 20 consecutive trading days ending five Business Days prior to such date on the Exchange (the Common Share Current Market Price) on such record date (a Common Share Rights Offering), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it shall equal the amount determined by multiplying the Conversion 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 Common Share 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 Issuer 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 no such rights or warrants are exercised prior to the expiration thereof, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or, if any such rights or warrants are exercised, to the Conversion 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 or warrants, as the case may be. Upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 4.1(b), the Conversion Price will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it will equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator shall be the Conversion Price resulting from such adjustment. Such adjustment will be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, provided that if two or more such record dates or record dates referred to in this Section 4.1(b) are fixed within a period of 25 trading days, such adjustment will be made successively as if each of such record dates occurred on the earliest of such record dates; |
(c) | if and whenever at any time prior to the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date the Issuer 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 Issuer or any other entity (other than Common Shares), (ii) rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares (or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares), other than pursuant to a Common Share Rights Offering; (iii) evidences of its indebtedness or (iv) any property or other assets then, in each such case, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted |
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immediately after such record date so that it shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion 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 Common Share Current Market Price on such record date, less the excess, if any, of the fair market value on such record date, as determined by the Issuer (whose determination shall be conclusive), of such securities or other assets so issued or distributed over the fair market value of any consideration received therefor by the Issuer from the holders of the Common Shares, and of which the denominator shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date multiplied by such Common Share Current Market Price; and Common Shares owned by or held for the account of the Issuer 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 Conversion Price shall be readjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed. Upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 4.1(c), the Conversion Price will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it will equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator shall be the Conversion Price resulting from such adjustment; |
(d) | if and whenever at any time prior to the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date, there is a reclassification of the Common Shares or a capital reorganization of the Issuer other than as described in Section 4.1(c) or a consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or merger of the Issuer with or into any other body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity, or a sale or conveyance of the property and assets of the Issuer as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity, any Registered Holder who has not exercised its right of acquisition prior to the effective date of such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or merger, sale or conveyance, upon the exercise of such right thereafter, shall be entitled to receive and shall accept, in lieu of the number of Common Shares that prior to such effective date the Registered Holder would have been entitled to receive, the number of shares or other securities or property of the Issuer or of the body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity resulting from such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, or to which such sale or conveyance may be made, as the case may be, that such Registered Holder would have been entitled to receive on such reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement or merger, sale or conveyance, if, on the effective date thereof, as the case may be, the Registered Holder had been the registered holder of the number of Common Shares to which prior to such effective date it was entitled to acquire upon the conversion of the 2027 Convertible Notes. If determined appropriate by the Trustee, relying on advice of counsel to the Trustee or Issuer, to give effect to or to evidence the provisions of this Section 4.1(d), the Issuer, 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 reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, sale or conveyance, enter into an indenture which shall provide, to the extent possible, for the application of the provisions set forth in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Registered Holder to the end that the provisions set forth in this Seventh 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 Registered Holder is entitled on the exercise of its acquisition rights thereafter. Any indenture entered into between the Issuer, any successor to the Issuer or such purchasing body corporate, partnership, trust or other entity and the Trustee shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided in this Section 4.1(d) and which shall apply to successive reclassifications, capital reorganizations, amalgamations, consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances; |
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(e) | in any case in which this Section 4.1(e) shall require that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event referred to herein, the Issuer may defer, until the occurrence of such event, issuing to the Registered Holder of any 2027 Convertible Note converted after such event the additional Common Shares issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event before giving effect to such adjustment; provided, however, that the Issuer shall deliver to such Registered Holder an appropriate instrument evidencing such Registered Holders right to receive such additional Common Shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment and the right to receive any distributions made on such additional Common Shares declared in favour of holders of record of Common Shares on and after the relevant date of conversion or such later date as such Registered Holder would, but for the provisions of this Section 4.1(e), have become the holder of record of such additional Common Shares pursuant to Section 4.1; |
(f) | in any case in which Section 4.1(a)(iii), Section 4.1(b) or Section 4.1(c) of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, require that an adjustment be made to the Conversion Price, no such adjustment shall be made if the Registered Holders of the outstanding 2027 Convertible Notes receive, subject to the approval of the Exchange if required, the rights or warrants referred to in Section 4.1(a)(iii), Section 4.1(b) or the shares, rights, options, warrants, evidences of indebtedness or assets referred to in Section 4.1(c) of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, 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 2027 Convertible Notes having then been converted into Common Shares at the Conversion Price in effect on the applicable record date 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 Conversion Price be computed to the nearest whole cent and shall apply to successive subdivisions, re-divisions, 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 4.1, no adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Price then in effect; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 4.1(g) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; and |
(h) | after any adjustment pursuant to this Section 4.1, the term Common Shares where used in this Seventh 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 Registered Holder is entitled to receive upon the conversion of its 2027 Convertible Notes, and the number of Common Shares indicated by any conversion made pursuant to a 2027 Convertible Note shall be interpreted to mean the number of Common Shares or other property or securities a Registered Holder is entitled to receive, as a result of such adjustment and all prior adjustments pursuant to this Section 4.1, upon the full or partial conversion of a 2027 Convertible Note. |
Section 4.2 Entitlement to Common Shares on Conversion of 2027 Convertible Notes.
All Common Shares or shares of any class or other securities, which a Registered Holder is at the time in question entitled to receive on the conversion of its 2027 Convertible Note, whether or not as a result of adjustments made pursuant to this Article 4, shall, for the purposes of the interpretation of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, be deemed to be Common Shares which such Registered Holder is entitled to acquire pursuant to such 2027 Convertible Note.
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Section 4.3 No Adjustment for Certain Transactions.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 4, no adjustment shall be made in the acquisition rights attached to the 2027 Convertible Notes if the issue of Common Shares is being made pursuant to this Seventh Supplemental Indenture or in connection with (a) any share incentive plan or restricted share plan or share purchase plan in force from time to time for directors, officers, employees, consultants or other service providers of the Issuer; or (b) the satisfaction of existing instruments issued at the date hereof.
Section 4.4 Determination by Auditors.
In the event of any question arising with respect to the adjustments provided for in this Article 4 such question shall be conclusively determined by an independent firm of chartered accountants other than the auditors of the Issuer, who shall have access to all necessary records of the Issuer, and such determination shall be binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee, all holders and all other persons interested therein.
Section 4.5 Proceedings Prior to any Action Requiring Adjustment.
As a condition precedent to the taking of any action which would require an adjustment in any of the acquisition rights pursuant to any of the 2027 Convertible Notes, including the number of Common Shares which are to be received upon the conversion thereof, the Issuer shall take any action which may, in the opinion of counsel to the Trustee or Issuer, be necessary in order that the Issuer has unissued and reserved in its authorized capital and may validly and legally issue as fully paid and non-assessable all the Common Shares which the holders of such 2027 Convertible Notes are entitled to receive on the conversion thereof in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Section 4.6 Certificate of Adjustment.
The Issuer shall from time to time immediately after the occurrence of any event which requires an adjustment or readjustment as provided in this Article 4, deliver a certificate of the Issuer to the Trustee specifying the nature of the event requiring the same and the amount of the adjustment or readjustment necessitated thereby and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based, which certificate shall be supported by a certificate of the Issuers auditors verifying such calculation. The Trustee shall rely, and shall be protected in so doing, upon the certificate of the Issuer or of the Issuers auditor and any other document filed by the Issuer pursuant to this Article 4 for all purposes.
Section 4.7 Notice of Special Matters.
The Issuer covenants with the Trustee that, so long as any 2027 Convertible Notes remain outstanding, it will give notice to the Trustee and to the Registered Holder of its intention to fix a record date that is prior to the 2027 Convertible Notes Maturity Date for any matter for which an adjustment may be required pursuant to Section 4.1. Such notice shall specify the particulars of such event and the record date for such event, provided that the Issuer shall only be required to specify in the notice such particulars of the event as shall have been fixed and determined on the date on which the notice is given. The notice shall be given in each case not less than 14 days prior to such applicable record date. If notice has been given and the adjustment is not then determinable, the Issuer shall promptly, after the adjustment is determinable, file with the Trustee a computation of the adjustment and give notice to the Registered Holders of such adjustment computation.
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Section 4.8 Protection of Trustee.
The Trustee shall not:
(a) | at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Registered Holder to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment contemplated by Section 4.1 of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture,, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same; |
(b) | be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Shares or of any other securities or property which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exercise of the rights attaching to any 2027 Convertible Note; and |
(c) | incur any liability or be in any way responsible for the consequences of any breach on the part of the Issuer of any of the representations, warranties or covenants herein contained or of any acts of the directors, officers, employees, agents or servants of the Issuer. |
Section 4.9 Other Adjustments.
If the Issuer after the date hereof shall take any action affecting the Common Shares, other than an action described in this Article 4 which, in the opinion of the directors of the Issuer, would have a material adverse effect on the rights of Registered Holders, or the Conversion Price, there shall be an adjustment in such manner, if any, and at such time, by action of the directors, acting reasonably and in good faith, as they may reasonably determine to be equitable to the Registered Holders in such circumstances, provided that no such adjustment will be made unless prior approval of any stock exchange on which the Common Shares are listed for trading, if any, has been obtained.
Section 4.10 Participation by Holder.
No adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Article 4 if the Registered Holder are entitled to participate in any event described in this Article 4 on the same terms, mutatis mutandis, as if the Registered Holder had converted their 2027 Convertible Notes prior to, or on the effective date or record date of, such event.
ARTICLE 5
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1 Acceptance of Trust.
The Trustee accepts the trusts in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and agrees to carry out and discharge the same upon the terms and conditions set out in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and in accordance with the Indenture.
Section 5.2 Confirmation of Indenture.
The Indenture as amended and supplemented by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture is in all respects confirmed and for greater certainty the Issuer acknowledges and confirms that the Security Documents granted by it pursuant to the Indenture secure the due payment of all principal, interest and other amounts outstanding under the 2027 Convertible Notes.
Section 5.3 Effective Date
This Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall take effect upon the date first above written.
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Section 5.4 Counterparts.
This Seventh Supplemental Indenture may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be executed either in original or electronic form and the parties hereto adopt any signatures received by electronic means as original signatures of the parties.
Section 5.5 Fax/Email.
The Trustee shall be entitled to treat a facsimile, pdf or e-mail communication or communication by other similar electronic means in a form satisfactory to the Trustee (Electronic Methods) from a person purporting to be (and whom such Trustee, acting reasonably, believes in good faith to be) the authorized representative of the Issuer, as sufficient instructions and authority of the Issuer for the Trustee to act and shall have no duty to verify or confirm that person is so authorized. The Issuer acknowledges that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting instructions than Electronic Methods.
Section 5.6 Force Majeure.
The Trustee shall not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of the Trustee (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or Governmental Authority, any act of God or war, civil unrest, pandemic, local or national disturbance or disaster, any act of terrorism, cyber terrorism, loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services or the unavailability of any wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).
Section 5.7 Trial by Jury.
The parties hereto hereby waive any right they may have to require a trial by jury of any proceeding commenced in connection herewith.
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IN WITNESS OF WHICH this Seventh Supplemental Indenture has been duly executed by the Issuer and the Trustee.
Dated as of the date first written above.
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. | ||
Per: (Signed) David Hart | ||
David Hart | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||
ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY | ||
Per: (Signed) Dan Sander | ||
Dan Sander | ||
President, Corporate Trust | ||
Per: (Signed) Amy Douglas | ||
Amy Douglas | ||
Senior Director, Corporate Trust |
Schedule A
FORM OF NOTE CERTIFICATE
[Canadian Securities Legend: UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE [INSERT THE DATE THAT IS 4 MONTHS AND A DAY AFTER THE DISTRIBUTION DATE]].1
[Global Note Legend: THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREIN REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO OR EXCHANGED FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY NOTE AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF, TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS NOTE SHALL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS CLEARING AND DEPOSITORY SERVICES INC. (CDS) TO THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN RESPECT THEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CDS & CO., OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CDS & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CDS), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED HOLDER HEREOF, CDS & CO., HAS A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HEREIN AND IT IS A VIOLATION OF ITS RIGHTS FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO HOLD, TRANSFER OR DEAL WITH THIS CERTIFICATE.]2
[Regulation D Legend: THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY [add for the Notes: AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF] HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ACQUIRING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. (THE CORPORATION), THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ONLY (A) TO THE CORPORATION; (B) IN COMPLIANCE WITH (1) RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, OR (2) RULE 144 UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, AND, IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS; OR (C) IN ANOTHER TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PROVIDED THAT IN THE CASE OF TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO (B)(2) OR (C) ABOVE, A LEGAL OPINION FROM COUNSEL OF RECOGNIZED STANDING IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION MUST FIRST BE PROVIDED. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT. DELIVERY OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT CONSTITUTE GOOD DELIVERY IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON STOCK EXCHANGES IN CANADA.]3
1 | Include legend on all Notes. |
2 | Include legend on all Global Notes. |
3 | Include legend on all Notes. |
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CUSIP ●
ISIN ●
No. ● | US$● |
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC.
(a corporation continued under the laws of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia))
9.00% Senior Secured Convertible Notes Due 2027
THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. (the Issuer) for value received hereby acknowledges itself indebted and, subject to the provisions of the trust indenture dated as of May 14, 2020 (the Trust Indenture), as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture, Fourth Supplemental Indenture, Fifth Supplemental Indenture, Sixth Supplemental Indenture and Seventh Supplemental Indenture (each as defined in the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of March [●], 2024 and collectively with the Trust Indenture, the Indenture), between the Issuer and Odyssey Trust Company (the Trustee), promises to pay to_____________________ on March [●], 2027 (the Maturity Date) or on such earlier date as the principal amount hereof may become due in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, the principal sum of ● (US$●) in lawful money of the United States of America on presentation and surrender of this 2027 Convertible Note at the main branch of the Trustee in Vancouver, British Columbia in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and, subject as hereinafter provided, to pay interest on the principal amount hereof from the date hereof, at the rate of 9.00% per annum, in like money, in arrears in equal installments on March 31 and September 30 of each year (each, an Interest Payment Date), and, should the Issuer at any time make default in the payment of any principal, or interest, to pay interest on the amount in default at a rate that is 1% higher than the applicable rate on the 2027 Convertible Notes, in like money and on the same date.
Interest on this 2027 Convertible Note will be computed on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as applicable, and will be payable in equal semi-annual amounts; provided that for any Interest Period that is shorter than a full semi- annual interest period, interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days or 366 days, as applicable, and the actual number of days elapsed in that period.
If the date for payment of any amount of principal, premium or interest is not a Business Day at the place of payment, then payment will be made on the next Business Day and the holder hereof will not be entitled to any further interest on such principal, or to any interest on such interest, premium or other amount so payable, in respect of the period from the date for payment to such next Business Day.
Interest hereon shall be payable on the applicable Interest Payment Date by cheque mailed by prepaid ordinary mail or by electronic transfer of funds to the registered holder hereof as of the close of business on March 26 and September 25 immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, the mailing of such cheque or the electronic transfer of such funds shall, to the extent of the sum represented thereby (plus the amount of any Taxes required by law to be deducted or withheld), satisfy and discharge all liability for interest then accrued on this 2027 Convertible Note.
This Note is one of the 9.00% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2027 (referred to herein as the 2027 Convertible Notes) of the Issuer issued under the provisions of the Indenture. The 2027 Convertible Notes authorized for issue immediately are limited to an aggregate principal amount of US$25,750,000 in lawful money of the United States. Reference is hereby expressly made to the Indenture for a description of the terms and conditions upon which the 2027 Convertible Notes are or are to be issued and held and the rights and remedies of the holders of the 2027 Convertible Notes and of the Issuer and of the Trustee, all to the same effect as if the provisions of the Indenture were herein set forth to all of which provisions the holder of this Note by acceptance hereof assents.
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The 2027 Convertible Notes are issuable at a price of US$800 per US$1,000 of principal amount and only in denominations of US$1,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000. Upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, 2027 Convertible Notes of any denomination may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of 2027 Convertible Notes in any other authorized denomination or denominations.
This 2027 Convertible Note or any part, being US$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, of the principal of this 2027 Convertible Note, provided that the principal amount of this 2027 Convertible Note is in a denomination in excess of US$1,000, is convertible, at the option of the holder hereof, upon surrender of this 2027 Convertible Note at the principal office of the Trustee in Vancouver, British Columbia, for no additional consideration, at any time and from time to time prior to the earlier of: (i) the close of business on the Maturity Date, and (ii) the Business Day immediately preceding the date specified by the Issuer for redemption of the 2027 Convertible Notes upon a Change of Control, in each case at a conversion price per Common Share equal to US$[●] payable on the Business Day prior to the date of conversion (the Conversion Price), all subject to the terms and conditions and in the manner set forth herein. Holders converting their 2027 Convertible Notes will receive accrued and unpaid interest (in cash) thereon for the period from and including the date of the latest Interest Payment Date to, and including, the date of conversion.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this 2027 Convertible Note, for greater certainty, in no event shall (i) the Issuer issue, be required to issue or be deemed to have issued a number of common shares (the Common Shares) upon conversion or otherwise pursuant to the 2027 Convertible Notes, or (ii) the holder hereof shall have the right to convert any portion of the 2027 Convertible Notes, and any such conversion shall be null and void and treated as if never made, in each case, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, the holder hereof and its affiliates together with any person acting jointly or in concert (the Attribution Parties), collectively would beneficially own or exercise control or direction over, directly or indirectly in excess of 4.99% (the Maximum Percentage) of the Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. For purposes of this paragraph, the aggregate number of Common Shares beneficially owned by the holder hereof and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of Common Shares held by the holder hereof and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of Note Shares issuable upon conversion of the 2027 Convertible Notes with respect to which the determination of such calculation is being made, but shall exclude Common Shares which would be issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted portion of the 2027 Convertible Notes beneficially owned by the holder hereof or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) conversion or exercise of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Issuer (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred share or warrants) beneficially owned by the holder hereof or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this paragraph. For purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding Common Shares a holder hereof may acquire upon the conversion of the 2027 Convertible Notes without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the holder hereof may rely on the number of outstanding Common Shares as reflected in the most recent of (x) the Issuers most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Issuer or (z) any other written notice by the Issuer or its transfer agent, if any, setting forth the number of Common Shares outstanding (the Reported Outstanding Share Number). If the Issuer receives a conversion notice from the holder hereof at a time when the actual number of outstanding Common Shares is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Issuer shall notify the holder hereof in writing of the number of Common Shares then outstanding and, to the extent that such conversion notice would otherwise cause such holders beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this paragraph, to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the holder hereof must notify the Issuer of a reduced number of Note Shares to be issued pursuant to such conversion notice. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the holder hereof, the Issuer shall within three (3) Business Days confirm in writing or by electronic mail to the holder hereof the number of Common Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Common Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the exercise or conversion of securities of the Issuer, including the 2027 Convertible Notes, by the holder hereof and any other Attribution Parties since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of Note Shares to the holder hereof upon conversion of 2027 Convertible Notes results in the holder hereof and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own or exercise control or direction over, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding Common Shares (as determined under Section 13(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act), the number
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of shares so issued by which the holder hereof and the other Attribution Parties aggregate beneficial ownership or control exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the Excess Shares) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the holder hereof shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Issuer, the holder hereof may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not to exceed 9.99%; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Issuer and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the holder hereof and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of 2027 Convertible Notes that is not an Attribution Party of the holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in strict conformity with the terms of this paragraph except to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph (or any portion of this paragraph) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this paragraph or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of any and all 2027 Convertible Notes. For greater certainty the Trustee shall not be required to confirm whether or not a holder has exceeded the Maximum Percentage threshold, nor will the Trustee be liable for processing the valid conversion of 2027 Convertible Notes that is then determined, by the Issuer, to result in a holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage threshold.
The Indenture makes provision for the adjustment of the Conversion Price in the events therein specified. No fractional Common Shares will be issued on any conversion and holders will receive a cash payment in satisfaction of any fractional interest.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control of the Issuer, the Issuer is required to make an offer, at the option of each Holder, to repurchase all of the 2027 Convertible Notes at a cash price equal to 101% principal amount of such 2027 Convertible Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon up to and including the date of repurchase, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
The indebtedness evidenced by this 2027 Convertible Note, and by all other 2027 Convertible Notes now or hereafter certified and delivered under the Indenture, is a direct senior secured obligation of the Issuer hereby automatically guaranteed by the Guarantors pursuant to the Indenture and the Subsidiary Guarantees and automatically secured by a First-Priority Lien in certain Collateral of the Issuer and Guarantors in favour of the Collateral Trustee pursuant to the Security Documents.
The principal hereof may become or be declared due and payable before the stated maturity in the events, in the manner, with the effect and at the times provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions making binding upon all holders of 2027 Convertible Notes outstanding thereunder resolutions passed at meetings of such holders held in accordance with such provisions and instruments signed by the holders of a specified majority of 2027 Convertible Notes outstanding, which resolutions or instruments may have the effect of amending the terms of this 2027 Convertible Note or the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions disclaiming any personal liability on the part of holders of the Common Shares, officers, directors and employees of the Issuer in respect of any obligation or claim arising out of the Indenture or this 2027 Convertible Note.
This 2027 Convertible Note may only be transferred, upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in the Indenture, in one of the registers to be kept at the principal office of the Trustee in the City of Vancouver and in such other place or places and/or by such other registrars (if any) as the Issuer with the approval of the Trustee may designate. No transfer of this 2027 Convertible Note shall be valid unless made on the register by the registered holder hereof or his executors or administrators or other legal representatives, or his or their attorney duly appointed by an instrument in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee or other registrar, and upon compliance with such reasonable requirements as the Trustee or other registrar may prescribe and upon surrender of this 2027 Convertible Note for cancellation. Thereupon a new 2027 Convertible Note or 2027 Convertible Notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange hereof.
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This 2027 Convertible Note shall not become obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been certified by the Trustee under the Indenture.
Capitalized words or expressions used in this 2027 Convertible Note shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF THE CANNABIST COMPANY HOLDINGS INC. has caused this 2027 Convertible Note to be signed by its authorized representatives as of the day of______,2024.
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This 2027 Convertible Note is one of the 9.00% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2027 referred to in the Indenture within mentioned.
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FORM OF TRANSFER
ODYSSEY TRUST COMPANY FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to
(print name and address) the 2027 Convertible Notes represented by this 2027 Convertible Note Certificate and hereby irrevocable constitutes and appoints as its attorney with full power of substitution to transfer the said securities on the appropriate register of the Trustee.
DATED this day of , 20 .
In the case of a 2027 Convertible Note Certificate bearing the restrictive U.S. legend described in Section 3.2(2) of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the undersigned hereby represents, warrants and certifies that (one (only) of the following must be checked):
☐ | the transfer is being made to the Issuer; or |
☐ | the transfer is being made to a person that the undersigned reasonably believes is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A (Rule 144A) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the U.S. Securities Act)) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer and to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A and with applicable state securities laws; or |
☐ | the transfer is being made in compliance with Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act and with applicable state securities laws; provided that a legal opinion from counsel of recognized standing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer has been provided; or |
☐ | the transfer is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act; or |
☐ | the transfer is being made in another transaction that does not require registration under the U.S. Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, provided that a legal opinion from counsel of recognized standing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer has been provided. |
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CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TRANSFERS READ CAREFULLY
The signature(s) of the transferor(s) must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this certificate(s), in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatsoever. The signature(s) on this form must be guaranteed in accordance with the transfer agents then current guidelines and requirements at the time of transfer. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable as guaranteed signatures. As at the time of closing, you may choose one of the following methods (although subject to change in accordance with industry practice and standards):
| Canada and the USA: A Medallion Signature Guarantee obtained from a member of an acceptable Medallion Signature Guarantee Program (STAMP, SEMP, NYSE MSP). Many commercial banks, savings banks, credit unions, and all broker dealers participate in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. The Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words Medallion Guaranteed, with the correct prefix covering the face value of the certificate. |
| Canada: A Signature Guarantee obtained from the Guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words Signature Guaranteed. Signature Guarantees are not accepted from Treasury Branches, Credit Unions or Caisse Populaires unless they are members of a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. For corporate holders, corporate signing resolutions, including certificate of incumbency, are also required to accompany the transfer, unless there is a Signature & Authority to Sign Guarantee Stamp affixed to the transfer (as opposed to a Signature Guarantee Stamp) obtained from an authorized officer of a major Canadian Schedule 1 chartered bank. |
| Outside North America: For holders located outside North America, present the certificates(s) and/or document(s) that require a guarantee to a local financial institution that has a corresponding Canadian or American affiliate which is a member of an acceptable Medallion Signature Guarantee Program. The corresponding affiliate will arrange for the signature to be over- guaranteed. |
EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE
OR REGISTRATION OF REGULATION D GLOBAL NOTES
This certificate relates to $ _____ principal amount of 2027 Convertible Notes held in book-entry form by the undersigned.
The undersigned has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a 2027 Convertible Note or 2027 Convertible Notes.
In connection with any transfer of any of the 2027 Convertible Notes evidenced by this certificate, the undersigned confirms that such 2027 Convertible Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
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(1) ☐ to the Company; or
(2) ☐ to the Trustee for registration in the name of the Holder, without transfer; or
(3) ☐ pursuant to an effective registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the U.S. Securities Act); or
(4) ☐ to a Person that the undersigned reasonably believes is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act (Rule 144A) under the U.S. Securities Act) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer and to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A; or
(5) ☐ pursuant to Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act or another available exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the 2027 Convertible Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (5) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the 2027 Convertible Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and prior to the date specified in the Canadian Restricted Legend, pursuant to exemptions from prospectus requirements under Canadian Securities Legislation, if applicable.
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TO CDS GLOBAL 2027 CONVERTIBLE NOTE
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SCHEDULE B
FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION
CONVERSION NOTICE
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The undersigned registered holder of 9.00% Senior Secured Convertible Notes Due 2027 irrevocably elects to convert such 2027 Convertible Notes (or US$ ☐ principal amount thereof*) in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in such 2027 Convertible Notes and tenders herewith the 2027 Convertible Notes and directs that the Common Shares of The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. issuable upon a conversion be issued and delivered to the person indicated below. (If Common Shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the holder, all requisite transfer taxes must be tendered by the undersigned).
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NOTE: If Common Shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the holder, the signature must be guaranteed by a chartered bank, a trust company or by a member of an acceptable Medallion Guarantee Program. The guarantor must affix a stamp bearing the actual words: SIGNATURE GUARANTEED.
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Exhibit 5.1
April 2, 2024
The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc.
680 Fifth Ave., 24th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Re: | The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. (the Company) Registration Statement on Form S-3 |
Dear Sirs/Mesdames,
We have acted as Canadian counsel to the Company in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). The Registration Statement relates to the registration of 84,426,229 common shares of the Company (the Note Shares), issuable upon exercise of the 9% senior secured convertible debentures due 2027 (the Notes) which may be sold from time to time by the Selling Securityholders (as defined in the Registration Statement). The Notes were issued to the Selling Securityholders pursuant to a private placement, for aggregate proceeds of US$25.75 million.
For the purposes of this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, and relied upon the following documents (collectively, the Corporate Documents): (a) notice of articles and articles of the Company, (b) certain resolutions of the Companys directors relating to the issuance and allocation, as applicable, of the Notes and (c) a certificate of an officer of the Company with respect to questions of fact material to the opinion rendered herein and which we did not independently establish. We have also reviewed such other documents, and have considered such questions of law, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed.
We have relied upon the Corporate Documents without independent investigation of the matters provided for in them for the purpose of providing our opinion expressed below. We have not conducted any independent enquiries or investigations in respect of the opinion provided hereunder.
In examining all documents and in providing our opinion below we have assumed that: (a) all individuals had the requisite legal capacity; (b) all signatures are genuine; (c) all documents submitted to us as originals are complete and authentic and all photostatic, certified, telecopied, notarial or other copies conform to the originals; (d) all facts set forth in the official public records, certificates and documents supplied by public officials or otherwise conveyed to us by public officials are complete, true and accurate; and (e) all facts set forth in the certificates supplied by the respective officers and directors, as applicable, of Company including, without limitation, the Officers Certificate, are complete, true and accurate.
Our opinion below is expressed only with respect to the laws of the province of British Columbia and of the laws of Canada applicable therein.
Where our opinion below refers to Note Shares as being fully-paid and non- assessable, such opinion assumes that all required consideration (in whatever form) has been or will be paid or provided to the Company. No opinion is expressed as to the adequacy of any consideration received.
Our opinion is expressed with respect to the laws in effect on the date of this opinion and we do not accept any responsibility to take into account or inform the addressee, or any other person authorized to rely on this opinion, of any changes in law, facts or other developments subsequent to this date that do or may affect the opinion we express, nor do we have any obligation to advise you of any other change in any matter addressed in this opinion or to consider whether it would be appropriate for any other person other than the addressee to rely on our opinion.
Our Opinion
Based upon and subject to the foregoing and to the qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. | the Note Shares issuable on account of the Notes have been reserved for issuance; and |
2. | the Note Shares issuable on account of the Notes will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable common shares of the Company. |
This opinion is solely for the benefit of the addressee and not for the benefit of any other person. It is rendered solely in connection with the subject matter to which it relates. It may not be quoted, in whole or in part, or otherwise referred to or used for any purpose without our prior written consent.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption Legal Matters in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby agree that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Yours truly,
(signed) Stikeman Elliott LLP
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Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. (the Company) of our report dated March 13, 2024 relating to the consolidated financial statements of the Company.
/s/ DAVIDSON & COMPANY LLP
Vancouver, Canada | Chartered Professional Accountants |
April 2, 2024
1200 - 609 Granville Street, P.O. Box 10372, Pacific Centre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V7Y 1G6
Telephone (604) 687-0947 Davidson-co.com
Exhibit 107
Calculation of Filing Fee Table
Form S-3
(Form Type)
The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities
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Equity | Common Shares | Rule 457(c) | 84,426,229(1) | $0.3404(2) | $28,738,688.40(2) | $0.000147600 | $4,241.83 | ||||||||
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Net Fee Due | $4,241.83 |
(1) | The securities are being registered solely in connection with the resale of Common Shares by the selling stockholders named in this registration statement (the Selling Stockholders). |
(2) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low prices of the registrants shares of Common Shares on March 27, 2024, a date within five business days prior to the date of filing of the Registration Statement, as reported on Cboe Canada (converted to USD based on the exchange rate on March 27, 2024 of C$1.00= US$0.7360), which was approximately $0.3404 per share. |