Description

ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION

1.1

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ARTICLE 2 THE RIGHTS

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ARTICLE 3 EXERCISE OF THE RIGHTS

3.1

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ARTICLE 4 ADJUSTMENTS TO THE RIGHTS IN THE EVENT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

4.1

ARTICLE 5 THE RIGHTS AGENT

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ARTICLE 6 MISCELLANEOUS

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BETWEEN:

THERATECHNOLOGIES INC., a

Corporation existing under the laws of Québec,

(hereinafter called the “Corporation”),

OF THE FIRST PART,

AND:

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY

OF CANADA, a trust Corporation existing

under the laws of Canada, as rights agent,

(hereinafter called the “Rights Agent”),

OF THE SECOND PART.

Certain Definitions

“1933 Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, and any comparable or successor regulations thereto;

“1934 Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the United States, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, and any comparable or successor regulations thereto;

“2013 Plan” shall mean the amended and restated shareholder rights plan agreement between the Corporation and the Rights Agent dated April 15, 2013 and approved by the shareholders of the Corporation on May 24, 2013;

“2016 Plan” shall mean the amended and restated shareholder rights plan agreement between the Corporation and the Rights Agent dated April 15, 2016 and approved by the shareholders of the Corporation on May 16, 2016;

“2019 Plan” shall mean the amended and restated shareholder rights plan agreement between the Corporation and the Rights Agent dated April 10, 2019 and approved by the shareholders of the Corporation on May 15, 2019;

“Acquiring Person” shall mean any Person who is the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Acquiring Person” shall not include:

the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation;

any Person who becomes the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation as a result of any one or any combination of:

an acquisition and cancellation or redemption by the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation of Common Shares which, by reducing the number of Common Shares outstanding, increases the percentage of outstanding Common Shares Beneficially Owned by such Person to 20% or more of the Common Shares outstanding (a “Share Reduction”);

an acquisition of Common Shares made pursuant to a Permitted Bid or a Competing Permitted Bid (a “Permitted Bid Acquisition”);

an acquisition of Common Shares in respect of which the Board of Directors has waived the application of section 4.1 pursuant to the provisions of section 6.1 or pursuant to an amalgamation, merger, reorganization, plan of arrangement, business combination or other procedure (statutory or otherwise), but excluding a Take-over Bid, having similar effect which has been approved by the Board of Directors and the holders of Common Shares by the requisite majority or majorities of the holders of Common Shares at a meeting duly called and held for such purpose in accordance with the Corporation’s by-laws, the QBCA and any other applicable legal requirements (an “Exempt Acquisition”);

a Convertible Security Acquisition; or

a Permitted Acquisition;

for a period of 10 days after the Disqualification Date (as hereinafter defined), any Person who becomes the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation as a result of such Person becoming disqualified from relying on clause 1.1(i)(vi) hereof because such Person makes or announces an intention to make a Take-over Bid in respect of the Common Shares of the Corporation alone or by acting jointly or in concert with any other Person and, for this purpose, “Disqualification Date” means the first date of public announcement of facts indicating that such Person is making or intends to make a Take-over Bid;

an underwriter or member of a banking or selling group acting in such capacity that becomes the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the Common Shares of the Corporation in connection with a distribution of securities of the Corporation; or

a Person (a “Grandfathered Person”) who is the Beneficial Owner of more than 20% of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation determined as of the Record Time; provided, however, that this exemption shall not be, and shall cease to be, applicable to a Grandfathered Person in the event that such Grandfathered Person shall, after the Record Time, become the Beneficial Owner of additional Common Shares of the Corporation that increases its Beneficial Ownership by more than 1% of the number of Common Shares of the Corporation outstanding (other than through one or any combination of a Share Reduction, a Permitted Bid Acquisition, an Exempt Acquisition, a Convertible Security Acquisition or a Permitted Acquisition);

“Affiliate”, when used to indicate a relationship with a specified Person, means a Person who directly, or indirectly through one or more controlled intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person;

“Associate” of a specified Person shall mean any Person who is the spouse of such specified Person or with whom such specified Person is living in a conjugal relationship outside marriage, or any relative of such specified Person, said spouse or other Person who has the same home as such specified Person;

a Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, and to have “Beneficial Ownership” of, and to “Beneficially Own”:

any securities as to which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates is the owner at law or equity, directly or indirectly;

any securities as to which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has or shares, directly or indirectly, the right to acquire or become the owner at law or in equity (where such right is exercisable immediately or within a period of 60 days and whether or not on condition or the occurrence of any contingency or the making of any payment)

(a) upon the exercise of any Convertible Securities (other than a Right) or (b) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, pledge or understanding, whether or not in writing (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters or banking group or selling group members with respect to a distribution of securities and other than pledges or hypothecs of securities in the ordinary course of business);

any securities which are subject to a lock-up or similar agreement to tender or deposit them into any Take-over Bid made by such Person or made by any Affiliate or Associate of such Person or made by any other Person acting jointly or in concert with such Person; and

any securities which are Beneficially Owned within the meaning of the foregoing provisions of this subsection 1.1(i) by any other Person, or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, with whom such Person is acting jointly or in concert;

such security has been agreed to be deposited or tendered pursuant to a Permitted Lock-up Agreement or is otherwise deposited or tendered pursuant to any Take-over Bid made by such Person, made by any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates and/or made by any Person acting jointly or in concert with such Person until such deposited security has been taken up or paid for, whichever shall occur first;

such Person, any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates or any other Person acting jointly or in concert with such Person, holds such security, provided that:

the ordinary business of such Person (an “Investment Manager”) includes the management of mutual funds or investment funds for others (which others, for greater certainty, may include or be limited to one or more employee benefit plans or pension plans) and such security is held by the Investment Manager in the ordinary course of such business in the performance of such Investment Manager’s duties for the account of any other Person or Persons (a “Client”) including non-discretionary accounts held on behalf of a broker or dealer registered under applicable laws; or

such Person (a “Trust Corporation”) is licensed to carry on the business of a trust Corporation under applicable laws and, as such, acts as trustee or administrator or in a similar capacity in relation to the estates of deceased or incompetent Persons (“Estate Accounts”) or in relation to other accounts (“Other Accounts”) and holds such security in the ordinary course of such duties for the estate of any such deceased or incompetent Person or for such Estate Accounts or Other Accounts; or

such Person (an “Administrator”) is the administrator or the trustee of one or more pension funds or plans (each a “Plan”) or is a Plan registered or qualified under applicable laws and holds such security in the ordinary course of such duties for such Plan; or

such Person is a Plan or is a Person established by statute (the “Statutory Body”) for purposes that include, and the ordinary business or activity of such Person includes, the management of investment funds for employee benefit plans, pension plans, insurance plans (other than plans administered by insurance companies) of various public bodies and the Statutory Body holds such security for the purposes of its activities as such; or

such Person is a Crown agent or agency;

such Person, any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates or any Person acting jointly or in concert with such Person is a Client of the same Investment Manager as another Person on whose account the Investment Manager holds such security, or by reason of such Person being an Estate Account or an Other Account of the same Trust Corporation as another Person on whose account the Trust Corporation holds such security or by reason of such Person being a Plan which has an Administrator which is also a trustee for another Plan on whose account the Trustee holds such security;

such Person is (i) a Client of an Investment Manager and such security is owned at law or in equity by the Investment Manager, or (ii) an account of a Trust Corporation and such security is owned at law or in equity by the Trust Corporation, or (iii) a Plan and such security is owned at law or in equity by the Administrator thereof; or

such Person is the registered holder of securities as a result of carrying on the business of a securities depositary or as a result of being a nominee holder of such securities.

“Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Corporation or, if duly constituted and whenever duly empowered, the executive committee of the board of directors of the Corporation;

“Book Entry Form” means, in reference to securities, securities that have been issued and registered in uncertificated form that are evidenced by an advice or other statement and which are maintained electronically on the records of the Corporation’s transfer agent, but for which no certificate has been issued;

“Book Entry Rights Exercise Procedures” has the meaning ascribed thereto in section 2.7(d);

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in Montreal, Québec, are authorized or obligated by law to close;

“Canadian Dollar Equivalent” of any amount which is expressed in United States dollars shall mean on any date the Canadian dollar equivalent of such amount determined by multiplying such amount by the U.S.-Canadian Exchange Rate in effect on such date;

“Canadian-U.S. Exchange Rate” shall mean on any date the inverse of the U.S.-Canadian Exchange Rate;

“Close of Business” on any date shall mean the time on such date (or, if such date is not a Business Day, the time on the next succeeding Business Day) at which the offices of the transfer agent for the Shares (or, after the Separation Time, the offices of the Rights Agent in Montreal, Québec) are closed to the public in the city in which such transfer agent or Rights Agent has an office for the purposes of this Agreement;

“Common Share” when used with reference to the Corporation, shall mean the Common Shares and/or any other shares entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the context requires, and, when used with reference to any Person other than the Corporation, shall mean shares of capital stock of such other Person entitled to vote generally in the election of the directors of such other Person.

“Competing Permitted Bid” means a Take-over Bid that is made by means of a Take-over Bid circular and which also complies with the following additional provisions:

the Take-over Bid is made after a Permitted Bid has been made and prior to the expiry of the Permitted Bid or of any other Competing Permitted Bids (in this definition, the “Prior Bids”);

the Take-over Bid satisfies all components of the definition of a Permitted Bid other than the requirements set out in sub-paragraph 1.1(kk)(ii)(a) of such definition; and

the Take-over Bid contains, and the take-up and payment for Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities tendered or deposited thereunder are subject to, irrevocable and unqualified conditions that no Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities will be taken up and paid for pursuant to such Take-over Bid prior to the Close of Business on a date that is no earlier than the minimum number of days such Take-over Bid must remain open for deposits of securities thereunder pursuant to Regulation 62-104 after the date of such Take-over Bid constituting the Competing Permitted Bid;

“controlled”: a Person is “controlled” by another Person or two or more Persons, acting jointly or in concert, if:

the securities entitled to vote in the election of directors carrying more than 50% of the votes for the election of the directors are held, directly or indirectly, by or for the benefit of the other Person or Persons acting jointly or in concert; and the votes carried by such securities are entitled, if exercised, to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation;

in the case of a Person who is a partnership, other than a limited partnership, more than 50% of the voting or equity interests of such entity are held, directly or indirectly, by or for the benefit of the other Person or Persons acting jointly or in concert; or

in the case of a Person who is a limited partnership, the other Person or Persons acting jointly or in concert are the general partners of such entity.

“Convertible Securities” means at any time any securities issued by the Corporation from time to time (including rights, warrants, convertible notes and options but excluding the Rights) carrying any purchase, exercise, conversion or exchange right, pursuant to which the holder thereof may acquire Common Shares or other securities which are convertible into exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares, directly or indirectly (in each case, whether such right is exercisable immediately or after a specified period and whether or not on conditions or the happening of any contingency or the making of any payment);

“Convertible Security Acquisition” means the acquisition of Common Shares upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities received by a Person pursuant to a Permitted Bid Acquisition, an Exempt Acquisition or a Permitted Acquisition;

“dividends paid in the ordinary course” shall mean cash dividends paid at regular intervals in any financial year of the Corporation to the extent that such cash dividends do not exceed, in the aggregate, the greatest of:

200% of the aggregate amount of cash dividends declared payable by the Corporation on its Shares in its immediately preceding financial year;

300% of the arithmetic average of the aggregate amounts of cash dividends declared payable by the Corporation on its Shares in its three immediately preceding financial years;

100% of the aggregate consolidated net income of the Corporation, before extraordinary items, for its immediately preceding financial year; and

100% of the aggregate consolidated net income of the Corporation, before extraordinary items, for its current financial year;

“Effective Date” shall mean March 25, 2010;

“Election to Exercise” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in clause 3.1(e)(ii);

“Exempt Acquisition” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in sub-clause 1.1(f)(ii)(c);

“Exercise Price” shall mean, as of any date, the price at which a holder of a Right may purchase Common Shares issuable upon exercise of such Right. Subject to adjustment thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, the Exercise Price for each Right shall be an amount equal to three times the Market Price per Common Share determined at the Separation Time;

“Expiration Time” shall mean the earlier of:

the Termination Time; or

the close of business on the date of the termination of the Corporation’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders if this Agreement is not reconfirmed and approved by the Independent Shareholders in accordance with section 6.15;

the close of business on the date of the termination of the Corporation’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders if this Agreement is not reconfirmed and approved by the Independent Shareholders in accordance with section 6.15;

“Fiduciary” shall mean, when acting in that capacity, a trust company registered under the trust company legislation of Canada or any province thereof, a trust company organized under the laws of any states of the United States, a portfolio manager registered under the securities legislation of one or more provinces of Canada or an investment adviser registered under the United States Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or any other securities legislation of the United States or any state of the United States;

“Flip-in Event” shall mean a transaction in or pursuant to which any Person shall become an Acquiring Person.

“Grandfathered Person” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in clause 1.1(f)(v);

“Independent Shareholders” shall mean all holders of Common Shares of the Corporation, other than (i) any Acquiring Person, (ii) any Offeror other than a Person described in section 1.1(i)(vi), (iii) any Affiliate or Associate of any Acquiring Person or Offeror, (iv) any Person acting jointly or in concert with any Acquiring Person or Offeror, and (v) any Person who is an administrator or trustee of any employee benefit plan, deferred profit sharing plan, stock participation plan or any similar plan or trust for the benefit of employees of the Corporation or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Corporation, unless the beneficiaries of such plan or trust direct the manner in which such Common Shares are to be voted or direct whether the Common Shares are to be tendered to a Take-over Bid;

“Market Price” per share of any securities on any date of determination shall mean the weighted average trading price per share of such securities (determined as described below) for the 20 consecutive Trading Days through and including the Trading Day immediately preceding such date; provided, however, that if an event of a type analogous to any of the events described in section 3.2 shall have caused the sale prices in respect of any Trading Day used to determine the Market Price not to be fully comparable with the sale prices on such date of determination or, if the date of determination is not a Trading Day, on the immediately preceding Trading Day, each such sale price so used shall be appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustment provided for in section 3.2 in order to make it fully comparable with the sale price on such date of determination or, if the date of determination is not a Trading Day, on the immediately preceding Trading Day. The weighted average trading price per share of any securities on any date shall be determined by dividing the aggregate sale price of all securities sold on the principal stock exchange in Canada on which such securities are listed and posted for trading divided by the total number of securities so sold; and

if for any reason such prices are not available on such day or the securities are not listed and posted for trading on any stock exchange in Canada, the Market Price shall be calculated using the sale prices for such securities as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the principal national securities exchange in the United States on which such securities are listed or admitted to trading;

if for any reason such prices are not available on such day or the securities are not listed and posted for trading on a stock exchange in Canada or a national securities exchange in the United States, the Market Price shall be calculated using the average of the high bid and low asked prices of each share of such securities in the over-the-counter market, as reported by The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or such other comparable system then in use; or

if on any such date the securities are not quoted by any such organization, the Market Price shall be calculated using the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the securities;

“Offer to Acquire” shall include:

an offer to purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell Common Shares; and

an acceptance of an offer to sell Common Shares, whether or not such offer to sell has been solicited;

“Offeror” shall mean a Person who has announced a current intention to make or who is making a Take-over Bid (including a Permitted Bid or a Competing Permitted Bid) but only so long as the Take-over Bid so made or announced has not been withdrawn or terminated or has not expired;

“Original Plan” shall mean the shareholder rights plan agreement between the Corporation and the Rights Agent dated February 10, 2010 and approved by the shareholders of the Corporation on March 25, 2010;

“Permitted Acquisition” shall mean an acquisition of Common Shares of the Corporation by a Person:

as a result of a stock dividend, a stock split or other event pursuant to which such Person receives or acquires Common Shares of the Corporation or Convertible Securities on the same pro rata basis as all other holders of Common Shares, or

pursuant to a regular dividend reinvestment or other plan of the Corporation made available by the Corporation to the holders of Common Shares of the Corporation, or

pursuant to the receipt and/or exercise of rights issued by the Corporation to all of the holders of Common Shares of the Corporation to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares of the Corporation or Convertible Securities, provided that such rights are acquired directly from the Corporation and not from any other Person, provided that the Person does not thereby acquire a greater percentage of Common Shares than the Person’s percentage of Common Shares Beneficially Owned immediately prior to such acquisition or exercise; or

pursuant to a distribution to the public by the Corporation of Common Shares, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares or Convertible Securities, pursuant to a prospectus, provided that the Person does not thereby acquire a greater percentage of such Common Shares or Convertible Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares or Convertible Securities, so offered than the Person’s percentage of Common Shares Beneficially Owned immediately prior to such acquisition or to an amalgamation, merger or other statutory procedure requiring shareholders’ approval; or

pursuant to a distribution by the Corporation of Common Shares or Convertible Securities by way of a private placement by the Corporation or upon the exercise by an individual employee of stock options granted under a stock option plan of the Corporation or rights to purchase securities granted under a share purchase plan of the Corporation, provided that (1) all necessary stock exchange approvals for such private placement, stock option plan or share purchase plan have been obtained and such private placement, stock option plan or share purchase plan complies with the terms and conditions of such approvals and (2) such Person does not become the Beneficial Owner of more than 25% of the Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the distribution, and in making this determination the Common Shares to be issued to such Person in the distribution shall be deemed to be held by such Person but shall not be included in the aggregate number of outstanding Common Shares immediately prior to the distribution; or

made as an intermediate step in a series of related transactions in connection with the acquisition by the Corporation or one or more of its Subsidiaries of securities or assets of a Person, provided that the Person who acquires such Common Shares or Convertible Securities distributes or is deemed to distribute such Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities to its security holders within 10 Business Days of the completion of such acquisition, and following such distribution, no Person has become the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares;

“Permitted Bid” shall mean a Take-over Bid that is made by means of a take-over bid circular and that also complies with the following additional provisions:

the Take-over Bid is made to all holders of Common Shares of record, other than the Offeror;

the Take-over Bid contains, and the provisions for take-up and payment for securities deposited or tendered thereunder are subject to, irrevocable and unqualified conditions that no Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities shall be taken up or paid for pursuant to the Take-over Bid:

prior to the Close of Business on a date that is not less than 105 days following the date of the Take-over Bid or such shorter period that a take-over bid (that is not exempt from the general take-over bid requirements of Regulation 62-104) must remain open for deposits of securities thereunder, in the applicable circumstances at such, pursuant to Regulation 62-104; and

only if, at the Close of Business on the date Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities are first taken up or paid for under such Take-over Bid, more than 50% of the then outstanding Common Shares held by Independent Shareholders have been deposited or tendered pursuant to the Take-over Bid and not withdrawn;

unless the Take-over Bid is withdrawn, the Take-over Bid contains an irrevocable and unqualified provision that Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities may be deposited pursuant to such Take-over Bid at any time during the period of time described in sub-paragraph 1.1(kk)(ii)(a) and that any Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities deposited pursuant to the Take-over Bid may be withdrawn until taken up and paid for; and

unless the Take-over Bid is withdrawn, the Take-over Bid contains an irrevocable and unqualified provision in the event that the deposit condition set forth in sub-paragraph 1.1(kk)(ii)(b) is satisfied and such Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities are taken up by the Offeror will make a public announcement of that fact and the Take-over Bid will remain open for deposits and tenders of Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities for not less than 10 days from the date of such public announcement;

“Permitted Bid Acquisition” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in sub-clause 1.1(f)(ii)(b);

“Permitted Lock-up Agreement” means an agreement between an Offeror, any of its Affiliates or Associates or any other Person acting jointly or in concert with the Offeror and a Person (the “Locked-up Person”) who is not an Affiliate or Associate of the Offeror or a Person acting jointly or in concert with the Offeror whereby the Locked-up Person agrees to deposit or tender the Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities by the Locked-up Person to the Offeror’s Take-over Bid or to any Take-over Bid made by any of the Offeror’s Affiliates or Associates or made by any other Person acting jointly or in concert with the Offeror (the “Subject Bid”), and where (A) in the context of a Subject Bid that is supported by the Corporation, the agreement shall terminate automatically or may be terminated by the Locked-up Person upon termination, in accordance with its terms, of the agreement between the Offeror, any of its Affiliates or Associates or any other Person acting jointly or in concert with the Offeror and the Corporation, under which it was agreed that the Offeror or any Affiliates or Associates or any other Person acting jointly or in concert with the Offeror would acquire all of the Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities outstanding in accordance with the terms of the agreement, (B) in the context of a Subject Bid that is not supported by the Corporation, where the agreement:

is publicly disclosed and a copy is made available to the public (including the Corporation) not later than the date of the Subject Bid or, if such Subject Bid has been made prior to the date on which such agreement is entered into, forthwith, and in any event not later than the day following the date of such agreement,

permits the Locked-up Person to withdraw the Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities from the agreement in order to tender or deposit the Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities to another Take-over Bid or to support another transaction that in either case will provide greater value to the Locked-up Person than the Subject Bid; or

(a) permits the Locked-up Person to withdraw the Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities from the agreement in order to tender or deposit the Common Shares and/or Convertible Securities to another Take-over Bid or to support another transaction that contains an offering price for each Common Share or Convertible Security that exceeds by as much as or more than a specified amount (the “Specified Amount”) the offering price for each Common Share or Convertible Security contained in or proposed to be contained in the Subject Bid; and (b) does not by its terms provide for a Specified Amount that is greater than 7% of the offering price contained in or proposed to be contained in the Subject Bid; and

does not provide for any “break-up fees”, “top-up fees”, penalties, expenses or other amounts that exceed in the aggregate the greater of:

the cash equivalent of 2.5% of the price or value payable under the Take-over Bid to a Locked-up Person; and

50% of the amount by which the price or value payable under another Take-over Bid or transaction to a Locked-up Person exceeds the price or value of the consideration that such Locked-up Person would have received under the Take-over Bid;

“Person” shall include any individual, body corporate, firm, partnership, association, cooperative, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, legal personal representative, group, unincorporated organization, syndicate, government or governmental agency or instrumentality, or any other entity;

“QBCA” shall mean the Business Corporations Act (Québec), CQLR c S-31.1, as amended, and the regulations made thereunder, and any comparable or successor laws or regulations thereto;

“Record Time” shall mean 6:00 p.m. (Montreal time) on the Effective Date;

“Regulation 62-104” means Regulation 62-104 respecting Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids adopted by the Canadian securities regulatory authorities, as it may be amended, from time to time and including any successor instrument thereto in force in the Province of Québec;

“Right” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto;

“Rights Agent” shall mean Computershare Trust Company of Canada;

“Rights Certificates” shall mean the certificates representing the Rights after the Separation Time, which shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A;

“Rights Register” and “Rights Registrar” shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in subsection 2.3(a);

“Securities Act (Ontario)” shall mean the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, and any comparable or successor laws or regulations thereto;

“Securities Act (Québec)” shall mean the Securities Act, R.S.Q. c. V-1.1, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, and any comparable or successor laws or regulations thereto;

“Separation Time” shall mean, subject to subsection 6.1(f), the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day after the earlier of:

the Stock Acquisition Date;

the date of the commencement of, or first public announcement of the intent of any Person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation) to commence a Take-over Bid (other than a Permitted Bid or a Competing Permitted Bid, as the case may be); and

the date on which a Permitted Bid or Competing Permitted Bid ceases to qualify as such;

“Shares” shall mean the shares in the capital of the Corporation;

“Share Reduction” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in sub-clause 1.1(f)(ii)(a);

“Stock Acquisition Date” shall mean the date of the first public announcement (which for the purposes of this definition shall include, without limitation, the filing of a report pursuant to the Securities Act (Ontario) or pursuant to the Securities Act (Québec) or section 13(d) under the 1934 Exchange Act) by the Corporation or an Acquiring Person of facts indicating that a Person has become an Acquiring Person;

“Subsidiary” of a Person shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Securities Act (Ontario);

“Take-over Bid” shall mean an Offer to Acquire Common Shares of the Corporation or other securities convertible into Common Shares of the Corporation, where the Common Shares or other securities of the Corporation subject to the Offer to Acquire at the date of such Offer to Acquire by the Person making such Offer to Acquire, together with the Common Shares Beneficially Owned by the Person making the Offer to Acquire, would constitute in the aggregate 20% or more of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation;

“Termination Time” shall mean the time at which the right to exercise Rights shall terminate pursuant to subsection 6.1(e) or section 6.15;

“Trading Day”, when used with respect to any securities, shall mean a day on which the principal United States or Canadian securities exchange on which such securities are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the securities are not listed or admitted to trading on any United States or Canadian securities exchange, a Business Day;

“U.S.-Canadian Exchange Rate” shall mean on any date:

if on such date the Bank of Canada sets an average noon spot rate of exchange for the conversion of one United States dollar into Canadian dollars, such rate; and

in any other case, the rate for such date for the conversion of one United States dollar into Canadian dollars which shall be calculated in the manner determined by the Board of Directors from time to time acting in good faith;

“U.S. Dollar Equivalent” of any amount which is expressed in Canadian dollars shall mean on any date the United States dollar equivalent of such amount determined by multiplying such amount by the Canadian-U.S. Exchange Rate in effect on such date.

Currency

Descriptive Headings

References to Agreement

Calculation of Number and Percentage of Beneficial Ownership of Outstanding Common Shares

For the purposes of this Agreement, in determining the percentage of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation with respect to which a Person is or is deemed to be the Beneficial Owner, all unissued Common Shares of the Corporation of which such Person is deemed to be the Beneficial Owner shall be deemed to be outstanding.

The percentage of outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation Beneficially Owned by any Person shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be and be deemed to be the product determined by the formula:

the number of votes for the election of all directors generally attaching to the Common Shares Beneficially Owned by such Person; and

the number of votes for the election of all directors generally attaching to all outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation.

Acting Jointly or in Concert

Application of Statutes, Regulations and Rules

Legend on Certificates

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating of Rights Certificates

The Rights Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Corporation by any of the Chairman of the Board, the President and Chief Executive Officer or the Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, together with any other of such persons or together with any one of the Secretary or any other officer of the Corporation. The signature of any such officers of the Corporation on the Rights Certificates may be manual or facsimile. Rights Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Corporation shall bind the Corporation, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the countersignature and delivery of such Rights Certificates.

Promptly after the Corporation learns of the Separation Time, the Corporation will notify the Rights Agent of such Separation Time and will deliver Rights Certificates executed by the Corporation to the Rights Agent for countersignature and disclosure statement describing the Rights, and the Rights Agent shall manually (or by facsimile signature in a manner satisfactory to the Corporation) countersign and deliver such Rights Certificates to the holders of the Rights pursuant to subsection 3.1(d). No Rights Certificate shall be valid for any purpose until countersigned by the Rights Agent as aforesaid.

Each Rights Certificate shall be dated the date of the countersignature thereof.

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

After the Separation Time, the Corporation will cause to be kept a register (the “Rights Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Corporation will provide for the registration and transfer of Rights. The Rights Agent is hereby appointed the “Rights Registrar” for the purpose of maintaining the Rights Register for the Corporation and registering Rights and transfers of rights as herein provided. In the event that the Rights Agent shall cease to be the Rights Registrar, the Rights Agent will have the right to examine the Rights Register at all reasonable times. After the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time, upon surrender for registration of transfer or exchange of any Rights Certificate, and subject to the provisions of subsection 2.3(c), the Corporation will execute, and the Rights Agent will countersign, register and deliver, in the name of the holder or the designated transferee or transferees, as required pursuant to the holder’s instructions, one or more new Rights Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number of Rights as did the Rights Certificates so surrendered.

All Rights issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Rights Certificates shall be valid obligations of the Corporation, and such Rights shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Rights surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Rights Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation or the Rights Agent, as the case may be, duly executed by the holder thereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. As a condition to the issuance of any new Rights Certificate under this section 2.3, the Corporation may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Rights Agent) in connection therewith.

The Corporation shall not be required to register the transfer or exchange of any Rights after the Rights have been terminated pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Rights Certificates

If any mutilated Rights Certificate is surrendered to the Rights Agent prior to the Expiration Time, the Corporation shall execute and the Rights Agent shall manually countersign and deliver in exchange therefor a new Rights Certificate evidencing the same number of Rights as the Rights Certificate so surrendered.

If there shall be delivered to the Corporation and the Rights Agent prior to the Expiration Time: (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Rights Certificate; and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by each of them to save each of them and any of their agents harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Corporation or the Rights Agent that such Rights Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Corporation shall execute and upon its request the Rights Agent shall countersign and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Rights Certificate, a new Rights Certificate evidencing the same number of Rights as did the Rights Certificate so destroyed, lost or stolen.

As a condition to the issuance of any new Rights Certificate under this section 2.4, the Corporation may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Rights Agent) in connection therewith.

Every new Rights Certificate issued pursuant to this section 2.4 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Rights Certificate shall evidence the contractual obligation of the Corporation, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Rights Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Rights duly issued by the Corporation.

Persons Deemed Owners of Rights

Delivery and Cancellation of Certificates

Agreement of Rights Holders

to be bound by and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, in respect of the Rights held;

that prior to the Separation Time, each Right will be transferable only together with, and will be transferred by a transfer of, the associated Common Share;

that after the Separation Time, the Rights Certificates will be transferable only upon registration of the transfer on the Rights Register as provided herein;

that prior to due presentment of a Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Separation Time, the associated Common Share certificate) for registration of transfer, the Corporation, the Rights Agent and any agent of the Corporation or the Rights Agent may deem and treat the Person in whose name the Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Separation Time, the associated Common Share certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing on such Rights Certificate or the associated Common Share certificate, made by anyone other than the Corporation or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and neither the Corporation nor the Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary;

that such holder of Rights is not entitled to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional Common Shares upon exercise of a Right (except as provided herein);

that without the approval of any holder of Rights and upon the sole authority of the Board of Directors acting in good faith, this Agreement may be supplemented or amended from time to time pursuant to and as provided herein; and

notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Corporation nor the Rights Agent and their respective directors and officers shall have any liability to any holder of a Right or any other Person as a result of its inability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of any preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, decree or ruling issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or commission or any statute, rule, regulation or executive order promulgated or enacted by such governmental or regulatory authority, prohibiting or otherwise restraining performance of such obligation.

Rights Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Shareholder

Initial Exercise Price, Exercise of Rights, Detachment of Rights

Subject to adjustment as herein set forth, from and after the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time, each Right will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share for the Exercise Price (or its U.S. Dollar Equivalent) as at the Close of Business on the day immediately preceding the date of the exercise of the Right (which Exercise Price and number of Common Shares are subject to adjustment as set forth below). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any Rights held by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries shall be void.

Until the Separation Time:

the Rights shall not be exercisable and no Right may be exercised; and

each Right will be evidenced by the certificate for the associated Common Share registered in the name of the holder thereof (which certificate shall also be deemed to be a Rights Certificate) or by the Book Entry Form registration for the associated Common Shares, and will be transferable only together with, and will be transferred by a transfer of, such associated Common Share.

From and after the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time:

the Rights shall be exercisable; and

the registration and transfer of the Rights shall be separate from and independent of the Common Shares.

Promptly following the Separation Time, the Corporation will determine whether it wishes to issue Rights Certificates or whether it will maintain the Rights in Book Entry Form. In the event that the Corporation determines to maintain Rights in Book Entry Form, it will put in place such alternative procedures as are directed by the Rights Agent for the Rights to be maintained in Book Entry Form (the “Book Entry Rights Exercise Procedures”), it being hereby acknowledged that such procedures shall, to the greatest extent possible, replicate in all substantive respects the procedures set out in this Agreement with respect to the exercise of the Rights Certificates and that the procedures set out in this Agreement shall be modified only to the extent necessary, as determined by the Rights Agent, to permit the Corporation to maintain the Rights in Book Entry Form. In such event, the Book Entry Rights Exercise Procedures shall be deemed to replace the procedures set out in this Agreement with respect to the exercise of Rights and all provisions of this Agreement referring to Rights Certificates shall be applicable to Rights registered in Book Entry Form in like manner as to Rights in certificated form.

a Rights Certificate representing the number of Rights held by such holder at the Separation Time in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, appropriately completed and having such marks of identification or designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the Corporation may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any law, rule, regulation or judicial or administrative order or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Rights may from time to time be listed or traded, or to conform to usage; and

a disclosure statement describing the Rights;

Rights may be exercised, in whole or in part, on any Business Day after the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time by submitting to the Rights Agent:

the Rights Certificate evidencing such Rights;

an election to exercise such Rights (an “Election to Exercise”), substantially in the form attached to the Rights Certificate, or as determined appropriate for Book Entry Form, duly completed and executed by the holder or his executors or administrators or other personal representatives or his or their legal attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and executed in a manner satisfactory to the Rights Agent; and

payment by certified cheque, banker’s draft or money order payable to the order of the Rights Agent, of a sum equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Rights being exercised and a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or charge which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the transfer or delivery of Rights Certificates or the issuance or delivery of certificates for the relevant Common Shares in a name other than that of the holder of the Rights being exercised. The Rights Agent may retain any cash balance held in connection with this Agreement and may, but need not, hold same in its deposit department or the deposit department of one of its Affiliates; but the Rights Agent and its Affiliates shall not be liable to account for any profit to the Corporation or any other person or entity other than at a rate, if any, established from time to time by the Rights Agent or one of its Affiliates.

In the event that the Corporation determines to issue Rights Certificates, then upon receipt of the Rights Certificate which is accompanied by a completed Election to Exercise (provided that such Right is not null and void pursuant to subsection 4.1(b)) and payment as set forth in clause 3.1(e)(iii), the Rights Agent (unless otherwise instructed in writing by the Corporation in the event that the Corporation is of the opinion that the Rights cannot be exercised in accordance with this Agreement) will thereupon promptly:

either (a) requisition from the transfer agent for the Common Shares certificates representing the number of such Common Shares to be purchased; or (b) direct the transfer agent for the Common Shares to register, in the name of the holders of the Rights being exercised or in such other name as may be designated by such holder, in Book Entry Form, the number of such Common Shares to be purchased (the Corporation hereby irrevocably authorizing its transfer agents to comply with all such requisitions and directions);

when appropriate, requisition from the Corporation the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuing fractional Common Shares;

after receipt of either (a) such Common Share certificate referred to in clause 3.1(f)(i), or (b) confirmation from the transfer agent that the registration in Book Entry Form referred to in clause 3.1(f)(i) has been completed, deliver the same to or to the order of the registered holder of such Rights Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be designated by such holder;

when appropriate, after receipt, deliver such cash referred to in clause 3.1(f)(ii) to or to the order of the registered holder of the Rights Certificate; and

tender to the Corporation all payments received on exercise of the Rights.

In case the holder of any Rights shall exercise less than all the Rights evidenced by such holder’s Rights Certificate, a new Rights Certificate evidencing the Rights remaining unexercised will be issued by the Rights Agent to such holder or to such holder’s duly authorized assigns.

The Corporation covenants and agrees that it will:

take all such reasonable action as may be necessary and within its power to ensure that all Common Shares delivered upon exercise of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates representing such Common Shares or of registration in Book Entry Form of such Common Shares (subject to payment of the Exercise Price), be duly and validly authorized, issued and delivered as fully paid and non-assessable;

take all such actions as may be necessary and within its power to comply with any applicable requirements of the QBCA, the Securities Act (Ontario), the Securities Act (Québec) and the securities act or comparable legislation of each of the other provinces of Canada, the 1933 Securities Act and the 1934 Exchange Act (if applicable) and any other applicable law, rule or regulation, in connection with the issuance and delivery of the Rights Certificates and the issuance of any Common Shares upon exercise of Rights;

use reasonable efforts to cause all Common Shares issued upon exercise of Rights to be listed on the principal exchanges on which the Common Shares were traded immediately prior to the Stock Acquisition Date;

cause to be reserved and kept available out of its authorized and unissued Common Shares the number of Common Shares that, as provided in this Agreement, will from time to time be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Rights; and

pay when due and payable any and all federal and provincial transfer taxes (for greater certainty not including any income taxes of the holder or exercising holder or any liability of the Corporation to withhold tax) which

may be payable in respect of the original issuance or delivery of the Rights Certificates (or the registration in Book Entry Form of Common Shares to be issued upon exercise of any Rights), provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any transfer tax or charge which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the transfer or delivery of Rights Certificates, the issuance or delivery of certificates for Common Shares or the registration in Book Entry Form of Common Shares in a name other than that of the holder of the Rights being transferred or exercised.

Adjustments to Exercise Price, Number of Rights

In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Record Time and prior to the Expiration Time:

declare or pay a dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares (or other securities exchangeable for or convertible into or giving a right to acquire Common Shares or other capital stock of the Corporation) other than pursuant to any dividend reinvestment program;

subdivide or change the outstanding Common Shares of any class into a greater number of Common Shares; or

combine or change the outstanding Common Shares of any class into a smaller number of Common Shares; or

issue any new Common Shares (or other securities exchangeable for or convertible into or giving a right to acquire Common Shares) in respect of, in lieu of or in exchange for existing Common Shares, in a reclassification, amalgamation, merger, statutory arrangement or consolidation,

the Exercise Price in effect after such adjustment will be equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment divided by the number of Common Shares (or other capital stock) that a holder of one Common Share immediately prior to such dividend, subdivision, change, consolidation or issuance would hold immediately thereafter as a result thereof (for the purpose of this Agreement “Expansion Factor” shall mean the number of Common Shares (or other capital stock) that a holder of one Common Share immediately prior to such dividend, subdivision, change,

consolidation or issuance would hold immediately thereafter as a result thereof divided by one Common Share, assuming the exercise of all such exchange or conversion rights, if any); and

each Right held prior to such adjustment will become that number of Rights equal to the Expansion Factor,

In case the Corporation shall at any time after the Record Time and prior to the Separation Time fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) Common Shares (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as Common Shares (“equivalent Common Shares”)) or securities convertible into Common Shares or equivalent Common Shares at a price per Common Share or per equivalent Common Share (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Common Shares or equivalent Common Shares) less than 90% of the Market Price per Common Share on such record date, the Exercise Price in respect of the Rights to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in respect of the Rights in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction: (i) the numerator of which shall be the number of Common

Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of Common Shares that the aggregate offering price of the total number of Common Shares and/or equivalent Common Shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Market Price per Common Share; and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional Common Shares and/or equivalent Common Shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed and, in the event that such rights or warrants are not so issued, the Exercise Price in respect of the Rights shall be readjusted to be the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed. To the extent that such rights of conversion, exchange or purchase are not exercised prior to the expiration thereof, the Exercise Price shall be readjusted to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect based on the number of Common Shares (or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Shares) actually issued upon the exercise of such rights.

For purposes of this Agreement, the granting of the right to purchase Common Shares (whether from treasury or otherwise) pursuant to a dividend or interest reinvestment plan or any Common Share purchase plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the securities of the Corporation or the investment of periodic optional payments or any employee benefit, stock option or similar plans shall be deemed not to constitute an issue of rights, options or warrants by the Corporation; provided, however, that in all such cases the right to purchase Common Shares is at a price per share of not less than 90% of the current market price per share (determined as provided in such plans) of Common Shares.

In case the Corporation shall at any time after the Record Time and prior to the Separation Time fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Common Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a merger in which the Corporation is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness or assets, including cash (other than a dividend paid in the ordinary course or a dividend paid in Common Shares, but including any dividend payable in securities other than Common Shares), or subscription rights or warrants entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares (excluding those referred to in subsection 3.2(b)) at a price per Common Share that is less than 90% of the Market Price per Common Share on such record date, the Exercise Price in respect of the Rights to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in respect of the Rights in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction: (i) the numerator of which shall be the Market Price per Common Share on such

record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a Common Share; and (ii) the denominator of which shall be such Market Price per Common Share. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed and, in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price in respect of the Rights shall be adjusted to be the Exercise Price in respect of the Rights which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no adjustment in an Exercise Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such Exercise Price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this subsection 3.2(e) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this section 3.2 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest ten-thousandth of a Common Share or other share, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this subsection 3.2(e), any adjustment required by this section 3.2 shall be made no later than the earlier of (i) three years from the date of the transaction which mandates such adjustment and (ii) the Expiration Time.

Subject to the prior consent of the holders of Common Shares or Rights obtained in accordance with the provisions of Article 6, as applicable, in the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Record Time and prior to the Separation Time issue any shares of capital stock (other than Common Shares), or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any such capital stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such capital stock, in a transaction referred to in clauses 3.2(a)(i) or 3.2(a)(iv), if the Board of Directors acting in good faith determines that the adjustments contemplated by subsections 3.2(a), 3.2(b) and 3.2(c) above in connection with such transaction will not appropriately protect the interests of the holders of Rights, the Corporation may determine what other adjustments to the Exercise Price, number of Rights or securities purchasable upon exercise of Rights would be appropriate and, notwithstanding subsections 3.2(a), 3.2(b) and 3.2(c) above, such adjustments (rather than the adjustment contemplated by subsections 3.2(a), 3.2(b) and 3.2(c)), shall be made. The Corporation and the Rights Agent at the written direction of the Corporation shall amend this Agreement as appropriate to provide for such adjustments.

If, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to section 4.1, the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become entitled to receive any Shares other than Common Shares, thereafter the number of such other Shares so receivable upon exercise of any Right and the applicable Exercise Price thereof shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as is practicable to the provisions with respect to the Common Shares contained in this section 3.2, and the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the Common Shares shall apply on like terms to any such other Shares.

All Rights originally issued by the Corporation subsequent to any adjustment made to an Exercise Price hereunder shall evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Exercise Price, that number of Common Shares purchasable from time to time hereunder upon exercise of the Rights, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

Unless the Corporation shall have exercised its election as provided in subsection 3.2(j), upon each adjustment of an Exercise Price as a result of the calculations made in subsections 3.2(b) and 3.2(d), each Right outstanding immediately prior to the making of such adjustment shall thereafter evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Exercise Price, that number of Common Shares (calculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth) determined by:

multiplying:

the number of such Common Shares which would have been issuable upon the exercise of a Right immediately prior to this adjustment; by

the relevant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the Relevant Exercise Price; and

dividing the product so obtained by the relevant Exercise Price in effect immediately after such adjustment of the relevant Exercise Price.

The Corporation may elect on or after the date of any adjustment of an Exercise Price to adjust the number of Rights, in lieu of any adjustment in the number of Common Shares purchasable upon the exercise of a Right. Each of the Rights outstanding after the adjustment in the number of Rights shall be exercisable for the number of Common Shares for which such a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment. Each Right held of record prior to such adjustment of the number of Rights shall become that number of Rights (calculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing the relevant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to adjustment of the relevant Exercise Price by the relevant Exercise Price in effect immediately after adjustment of the relevant Exercise Price. The Corporation shall make a public announcement of its election to adjust the number of Rights, indicating the record date for the adjustment, and, if known at the time, the amount of the adjustment to be made. This record date may be the date on which the relevant Exercise Price is adjusted or any day thereafter, but, if the Rights Certificates have been issued, shall be at least 10 days later than the date of the public announcement. If Rights Certificates have been issued, upon each adjustment of the number of Rights pursuant to this subsection 3.2(j), the Corporation shall, as promptly as is practicable, cause to be distributed to holders of record of Rights Certificates on such record date, Rights Certificates evidencing, subject to section 6.4, the additional Rights to which such holders shall be entitled as a result of such adjustment, or, at the option of the Corporation, shall cause to be distributed to such holders of record in substitution and replacement for the Rights

Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and upon surrender thereof, if required by the Corporation, new Rights Certificates evidencing all the Rights to which such holders shall be entitled after such adjustment. Rights Certificates to be so distributed shall be issued, executed and countersigned in the manner provided for herein and may bear, at the option of the Corporation, the relevant adjusted Exercise Price and shall be registered in the names of holders of record of Rights Certificates on the record date specified in the public announcement.

Irrespective of any adjustment or change in an Exercise Price or the number of Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Rights, the Rights Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express the relevant Exercise Price per Common Share and the number of Common Shares which were expressed in the initial Rights Certificates issued hereunder.

In any case in which this section 3.2 shall require that an adjustment in an Exercise Price be made effective as of a record date for a specified event, the Corporation may elect to defer, until the occurrence of such event, the issuance to the holder of any Right exercised after such record date of the number of Common Shares and other securities of the Corporation, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the number of Common Shares and other securities of the Corporation, if any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis of the relevant Exercise Price in effect prior to such adjustment; provided, however, that the Corporation shall deliver to such holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right to receive such additional Common Shares (fractional or otherwise) or other securities upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

Notwithstanding anything in this section 3.2 to the contrary, the Corporation shall be entitled to make such reductions in each Exercise Price in addition to those adjustments expressly required by this section 3.2, as and to the extent that in its good faith judgment the Board of Directors shall determine to be advisable in order that any: (i) consolidation or subdivision of Common Shares; (ii) issuance wholly for cash of any Common Share or securities that by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares; (iii) stock dividends; or (iv) issuance of rights, options or warrants referred to in this section 3.2 hereafter made by the Corporation to holders of its Common Shares shall, subject to applicable taxation laws, not be taxable to such shareholders.

The Corporation covenants and agrees that, after the Separation Time, it will not, except as permitted by section 6.1 or 6.5, take (or permit any Subsidiary of the Corporation to take) any action if at the time such action is taken it is reasonably foreseeable that such action will diminish substantially or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.

Whenever an adjustment to the Exercise Price or a change in the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights is made at any time after the Separation Time pursuant to this section 3.2, the Corporation shall promptly:

File with the Rights Agent and with the transfer agent for the Common Shares a certificate specifying the particulars of such adjustment or change; and

Cause notice of the particulars of such adjustment or change to be given to the holders of the Rights; provided that failure to file such certificate or cause such notice to be given as aforesaid, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of any such adjustment or change.

Date on Which Exercise is Effective

Flip-in Event

Subject to subsection 4.1(b) and subsections 6.1(f), 6.1(g) and 6.1(h), in the event that prior to the Expiration Time a Flip-in Event shall occur, each Right shall constitute, effective at the Close of Business on the tenth Trading Day (or such longer period as may be required to satisfy the requirements of the Securities Act (Ontario), Securities Act (Québec), or any comparable legislation of any other applicable jurisdiction) following the Stock Acquisition Date, the right to purchase from the Corporation, upon payment of the relevant Exercise Price and otherwise exercising such Right in accordance with the terms hereof, that number of Common Shares having an aggregate Market Price on the date of consummation or occurrence of such Flip-in Event equal to twice the relevant Exercise Price for an amount in cash equal to the relevant Exercise Price (such right to be appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustments provided for in section 3.2 upon each occurrence after the Stock Acquisition Date of any event analogous to any of the events described in section 3.2).

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, upon the occurrence of any Flip-in Event, any Rights that are or were Beneficially Owned on or after the earlier of the Separation Time and the Stock Acquisition Date by: (i) an Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person); or (ii) a transferee or other successor in title, directly or indirectly, (a “Transferee”) of Rights held by an Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person) who becomes a Transferee concurrently with or subsequent to the Acquiring Person becoming an Acquiring Person in a transfer that the Board of Directors has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or scheme of an Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person), that has the purpose of avoiding the effect of this subsection 4.1(b) shall become null and void without any further action, and any holder of such Rights (including any Transferee) shall not have any right whatsoever to exercise such Rights under any provision of this Agreement and shall not have thereafter any other rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise. The holder of any Rights represented by a Rights Certificate which is submitted to the Rights Agent upon exercise or for registration of transfer or exchange which does not contain the necessary certifications set forth in the Rights Certificate establishing that such Rights are not void under this subsection 4.1(b) shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person for the purposes of this subsection 4.1(b) and such Rights shall become null and void.

In the event that there shall not be sufficient Common Shares authorized for issuance to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with this section 4.1 the Corporation shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon the exercise of the Rights.

From and after the Separation Time, the Corporation shall do all such acts and things as shall be necessary and within its power to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section 4.1 including, without limitation, all such acts and things as may be required to satisfy the requirements of the QBCA, the Securities Act (Ontario), the Securities Act (Québec) or comparable legislation of each of the provinces of Canada, and of the United States and each of the states thereof, if necessary, in respect of the issue of Common Shares upon the exercise of Rights in accordance with this Agreement.

Any Rights Certificate that represents Rights Beneficially Owned by a Person described in subsection 4.1(b) or transferred to any nominee of any such Person, and any Rights Certificate issued upon transfer, exchange, replacement or adjustment of any other Rights Certificate referred to in this sentence, shall contain the following legend:

General

The Corporation hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Corporation and the holders of Rights in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Corporation may from time to time appoint one or more Co-Rights Agents as it may deem necessary or desirable subject to the approval of the Rights Agent. In the event the Corporation appoints one or more Co-Rights Agents, the respective duties of the Rights Agents and Co-Rights Agents shall be as the Corporation may determine with the approval of the Rights Agent. The Corporation agrees to pay to the Rights Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by them from time to time, its reasonable expenses and counsel fees and other disbursements incurred in the administration and execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder. The Corporation also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent, its offices, directors and employees for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense, incurred without negligence, bad faith or wilful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability, which right to indemnification will survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent.

The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it (without negligence, bad faith or wilful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent) in connection with its administration of this Agreement in reliance upon any certificate for Common Shares, Rights Certificate, certificate for Shares of the Corporation, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent, certificate, statement or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified or acknowledged, by the proper Person or Persons.

The Corporation shall inform the Rights Agent in a reasonably timely manner of events which may materially affect the administration of this Agreement by the Rights Agent and shall, at any time, upon request by the Rights Agent provide to the Rights Agent an incumbency certificate certifying the then current officers of the Corporation.

Merger or Amalgamation or Change of Name of Rights Agent

Any Corporation into which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may be merged or amalgamated or with which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation resulting from any merger, amalgamation or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent is a party, or any Corporation succeeding to the shareholder or stockholder services business of the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, will be the successor to the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such Corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor Rights Agent under the provisions of section 5.4. In case at the time such successor Rights Agent succeeds to the agency created by this Agreement any of the Rights Certificates have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature of the predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Rights Certificates have not been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Rights Agent or in the name of the successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates will have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.

In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent is changed and at such time any of the Rights Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, the Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name and deliver Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Rights Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.

Duties of Rights Agent

the Rights Agent may retain and consult with legal counsel (who may be legal counsel for the Corporation) and the opinion of such legal counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent as to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion; the Rights Agent may also, with the approval of the Corporation (where such approval may reasonable be obtained and such approval not be unreasonably withheld), consult with such other experts as the Rights Agent shall consider necessary or appropriate to properly carry out the duties and obligations imposed under this Agreement (at the Corporation’s expense, which expenses must be reasonable in the circumstances) and the Rights Agent shall be entitled to act and rely in good faith on the advice of any such expert;

whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the Rights Agent deems it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Corporation prior to taking or refraining from taking any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by a Person believed by the Rights Agent to be the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice-President and by the Treasurer or any Assistant-Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant-Secretary of the Corporation and delivered to the Rights Agent and such certificate shall be full authorization to the Rights Agent for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate;

the Rights Agent will be liable hereunder only for its own negligence, bad faith or wilful misconduct;

the Rights Agent will not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the certificates for Shares or the Rights Certificates (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and will be deemed to have been made by the Corporation only;

the Rights Agent will not be under any responsibility in respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution of any Share certificate or Rights Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor will it be responsible for any breach by the Corporation of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Rights Certificate, nor will it be responsible for any change in the exercisability of the Rights (including the Rights becoming void pursuant to subsection 4.1(b)) or any adjustment required

under the provisions of section 3.2 or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of Rights after receipt of the certificate contemplated by section 3.2 describing any such adjustment); nor will it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization of any Common Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Rights or as to whether any Shares will, when issued, be duly and validly authorized, executed, issued and delivered as fully paid and non-assessable;

the Corporation agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights Agent of the provisions of this Agreement;

the Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from any Person believed by the Rights Agent to be the Chairman of the Board, the President and Chief Executive Officer, any Vice-President or the Secretary or any Assistant-Secretary or the Treasurer or any Assistant-Treasurer of the Corporation, and to apply to such Persons for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and it shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered by it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such Person; it is understood that instructions to the Rights Agent will, except where circumstances make it impracticable or the Rights Agent otherwise agrees, be given in writing and, where not in writing, such instructions will be confirmed in writing as soon as reasonably possible after the giving of such instructions.

the Rights Agent and any shareholder or stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in Shares, Rights or other securities of the Corporation or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Corporation may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Corporation or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not the Rights Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Corporation or for any other legal entity;

the Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent will not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Corporation resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct, provided reasonable care was exercised in the selection and continued employment thereof; and

the Rights Agent may retain any cash balance held in connection with this Agreement and may, but need not, hold same in its deposit department or the deposit department of one of its Affiliates; but the Rights Agent and its Affiliates shall not be liable to account for any profit to the Corporation or any other person or entity other than at a rate, if any, established from time to time by the Rights Agent or one of its Affiliates.

Change of Rights Agent

Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Legislation

Fiduciary Duties of the Board of Directors

Privacy

Limitation of the Rights Agent’s Liability

Redemption and Waiver

Subject to the prior consent of the holders of Common Shares or Rights obtained in accordance with subsection 6.5(b) or 6.5(c), as applicable, and prior to the occurrence of a Flip-in Event as to which the application of section 4.1 has not been waived pursuant to this section 6.1, the Board of Directors may, acting in good faith, elect to redeem all but not less than all of the then outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $0.0001 per Right, appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustment provided for in section 3.2, if an event of the type analogous to any of the events described in section 3.2 shall have occurred (such redemption price being herein referred to as the “Redemption Price”).

If a Person acquires pursuant to a Permitted Bid, a Competing Permitted Bid or an Exempt Acquisition outstanding Common Shares other than Common Shares Beneficially Owned by such Person at the date of the Permitted Bid, the Competing Permitted Bid or such Exempt Acquisition, the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall, immediately upon such acquisition and without further formality be deemed to have elected to redeem the Rights at the Redemption Price.

Where a Take-over Bid that is not a Permitted Bid or a Competing Permitted Bid is withdrawn or otherwise terminated after the Separation Time has occurred and prior to the occurrence of a Flip-in Event, the Board of Directors may elect to redeem all the outstanding Rights at the Redemption Price.

Within 10 Business Days after the Board of Directors electing or being deemed to have elected to redeem the Rights or, if subsection 6.1(a) is applicable, within 10 Business Days after the holders of Common Shares or the holders of Rights have approved a redemption of Rights in accordance with subsection 6.5(b) or 6.5(c), as applicable, the Corporation shall give notice of such redemption to the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to each such holder at his last address as it appears on the Rights Register or, prior to the Separation Time, on the register of Common Shares maintained by the Corporation’s transfer agent. Each such notice of redemption shall state the method by which the payment of the Redemption Price shall be made. The Corporation may not redeem, acquire or purchase for any value any Rights at any time in any manner other than that specifically set forth in this section 6.1 or in connection with the purchase of Common Shares prior to the Separation Time.

If the Board of Directors elects to or is deemed to have elected to redeem the Rights and, in circumstances where subsection 6.1(a) is applicable, such redemption is approved by the holders of Common Shares or the holders of Rights in accordance with subsection 6.5(b) or 6.5(c), as applicable, (i) the right to exercise the Rights will thereupon without further action and without notice terminate and the only right thereafter of the holder of a Right shall be to receive the Redemption Price, and (ii) no further Rights shall thereafter be issued.

Upon written notice to the Rights Agent, the Board of Directors may, in respect of any Flip-in Event waive the application of section 4.1 in respect of that Flip-in Event, provided that both of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the Board of Directors had determined, within 10 Business Days following a Stock Acquisition Date, that the Person became an Acquiring Person by inadvertence and without any intent to become, or knowledge that it would become, an Acquiring Person; and (ii) such Acquiring Person, within 14 days after such determination or such earlier or later period as the Board of Directors may determine (the “Disposition Date”) has reduced its Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares such that at the time of waiver pursuant to this subsection 6.1(f) it is no longer an Acquiring Person; if the

Acquiring Person remains an Acquiring Person at the close of business on the Disposition Date, the Disposition Date shall be deemed to be the date of occurrence of a further Stock Acquisition Date and section 4.1 shall apply thereto. In the event of any such waiver pursuant to this subsection 6.1(f), for the purposes of this Agreement, such Flip-in Event shall be deemed not to have occurred and the Separation Time shall be deemed not to have occurred as a result of such Person having inadvertently become an Acquiring Person.

The Board of Directors may, until a Flip-in Event shall have occurred, upon written notice delivered to the Rights Agent, determine to waive the application of section 4.1 to a Flip-in Event but only if such Flip-in Event occurs by reason of a Take-over Bid made by way of a Take-over Bid circular to all holders of record of the Common Shares of the Corporation which are subject to the Take-over Bid (which, for greater certainty, does not include the circumstances described in subsection 6.1(f)); provided however, that if the Board of Directors waives the application of section 4.1 to a particular Flip-in Event pursuant to this subsection 6.1(g), the Board of Directors shall be deemed to have waived the application of section 4.1 to any other Flip-in Event occurring by reason of any Take-over Bid which is made by means of a Take-over Bid circular to all holders of record of Common Shares prior to the expiry of any Take-over Bid in respect of which a waiver is, or is deemed to have been, granted under this subsection 6.1(g).

The Board of Directors may, with the prior consent of the holders of Common Shares given in accordance with subsection 6.5(b), determine, at any time prior to the occurrence of a Flip-in Event as to which the application of section 4.1 has not been waived pursuant to this section 6.1, if such Flip-in Event would occur by reason of an acquisition of Common Shares otherwise than pursuant to a Take-over Bid made by means of a Take-over Bid circular to all holders of record of Common Shares and otherwise than in the circumstances set forth in subsection 6.1(f), to waive the application of section 4.1 to such Flip-in Event. In the event that the Board of Directors proposes such a waiver, the Board of Directors shall extend the Separation Time to a date subsequent to and not more than 10 Business Days following the meeting of shareholders called to approve such waiver.

Expiration

Issuance of New Rights Certificate

Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares

The Corporation shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights or to distribute Rights Certificates which evidence fractional Rights (or, if the Rights are maintained in Book Entry Form, confirmation of registrations of Rights). In lieu of such fractional Rights, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional Rights would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the fraction of the Market Price of a whole Right that the fraction of a Right which would otherwise be issuable is of one whole Right at the date of such issuance.

The Corporation shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares or, if Common Shares are then issued and registered in Book Entry Form, to register fractional Common Shares in Book Entry Form. In lieu of issuing fractional Common Shares, the Corporation shall pay to the registered holders of Rights Certificates, at the time such Rights are exercised as herein provided, an amount in cash equal to the fraction of the Market Price of a whole Common Shares that the fraction of a Common Share which would otherwise be issuable upon the exercise of such right is of one whole Common Share at the date of such exercise.

The Rights Agent shall have no obligation to make any payments in lieu of issuing fractions of Rights or Common Shares pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b), respectively, unless and until the Corporation shall have provided to the Rights Agent the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuing such fractional Rights or Common Shares.

Supplements and Amendments

The Corporation may make, without the approval of the holders of Rights or Common Shares, any amendments to this Agreement (i) to correct any clerical or typographical error or (ii) which are required to maintain the validity and effectiveness of the Agreement as a result of any change in any applicable laws, rules or regulatory requirements. Notwithstanding anything in this section 6.5 to the contrary, no amendment shall be made to the provisions of Article 5 except with the written concurrence of the Rights Agent to such supplement or amendment.

Subject to subsection 6.5(a), the Corporation may, with the prior consent of the holders of Common Shares obtained as set forth below, at any time before the Separation Time, amend, vary or rescind any of the provisions of this Agreement and the Rights (whether or not such action would materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights generally). Such consent shall be deemed to have been given if provided by the holders of Common Shares at a special meeting called and held in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulatory requirements and the requirements in the articles and by-laws of the Corporation. Subject to compliance with any requirements imposed by the foregoing, consent shall be given if the proposed amendment, variation or rescission is approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by Independent Shareholders represented in person or by proxy at the special meeting.

Subject to subsection 6.5(a), the Corporation may, with the prior consent of the holders of Rights obtained as set forth below, at any time after the Separation Time and before the Expiration Time, amend, vary or rescind any of the provisions of this Agreement and the Rights (whether or not such action would materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights generally). Such consent shall be deemed to have been given if provided by the holders of Rights at a special meeting of holders of Rights called and held in compliance with applicable laws and regulatory requirements and, to the extent possible, with the requirements in the articles and by-laws of the Corporation applicable to meetings of holders of Common Shares, applied mutatis mutandis. Subject to compliance with any requirements imposed by the foregoing, consent shall be given if the proposed amendment, variation or rescission is approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by holders of Rights (other than holders of Rights whose Rights have become null and void pursuant to subsection 4.1(b)), represented in person or by proxy at the special meeting.

Any amendments made by the Corporation to this Agreement pursuant to subsection 6.5(a) which are required to maintain the validity and effectiveness of this Agreement as a result of any change in any applicable laws, rules or regulatory requirements shall:

if made before the Separation Time, be submitted to the holders of Common Shares of the Corporation at the next meeting of shareholders and the shareholders may, by the majority referred to in subsection (b), confirm or reject such amendment; and

if made after the Separation Time, be submitted to the holders of Rights at a meeting to be called for on a date not later than immediately following the next meeting of shareholders of the Corporation and the holders of Rights may, by resolution passed by the majority referred to in subsection 6.5(c), confirm or reject such amendment.

The Corporation shall give notice in writing to the Rights Agent of any supplement, amendment, deletion, variation or rescission to this Agreement pursuant to section 6.5 within five Business Days of the date of any such supplement, amendment, deletion, variation or rescission, provided that failure to give such notice, of any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of any such supplement, amendment, deletion, variation or rescission.

Rights of Action

Notice of Proposed Actions

there shall occur an adjustment to the Rights pursuant to section 4.1 as a result of the occurrence of a Flip-in Event; or

the Corporation proposes to effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation or the sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets;

Notices

Costs of Enforcement

Successors

Benefits of this Agreement

Governing Law

Counterparts

Severability

Effective Date

Upon being reconfirmed and approved by the Independent Shareholders of the Corporation at the Corporation’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders, this Agreement shall be effective and in full force and effect in accordance with its terms from and after the Effective Date and shall amend, restates and replace in its entirety the 2019 Plan; and

If this Agreement is not reconfirmed and approved by a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast by Independent Shareholders who vote in respect of the approval of this Agreement at the Corporation’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on May 10, 2022, this Agreement, the 2019 Plan, the 2016 Plan, the 2013 Plan, the Original Plan and all outstanding Rights shall terminate and be null and void and of no further force and effect on and from the close of business on the date of the termination of the Corporation’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders;

This Agreement must be reconfirmed and approved by a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast by Independent Shareholders who vote in respect of the approval of this Agreement at the Corporation’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders and thereafter at such meeting to be held, every three years.

Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors

Time of the Essence

Regulatory Approvals

Declaration as to Non-Canadian and Non-U.S. Holders

Language

Certificate No.                

Countersigned:

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF  CANADA

By:

By:

Name

Address

City and Province

Social Insurance, Social Security Number or other taxpayer identification number

Name

Address

City and Province

Social Insurance, Social Security Number or other taxpayer identification number

Signature Guaranteed:

(Signature must correspond to name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED

hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

    (Please print name and address of transferee)

Dated:                    

Signature Guaranteed:

(Signature must correspond to name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever)