EX-4.4
Published on March 16, 2023
Exhibit 4.4
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ONLY (A) TO THE CORPORATION, (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, (C) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY (I) RULE 144 OR (II) RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, AND, IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS, (D) IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (E) UNDER AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED THAT IN THE CASE OF TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO (C)(I) OR (D) ABOVE, A LEGAL OPINION REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION MUST FIRST BE PROVIDED TO THE CORPORATION AND THE CORPORATION'S TRANSFER AGENT TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. DELIVERY OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT CONSTITUTE "GOOD DELIVERY" IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON STOCK EXCHANGES IN CANADA.
THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE EXERCISED IN THE UNITED STATES OR BY OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON OR PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNDERLYING SHARES MAY NOT BE DELIVERED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES UNLESS THE WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SHARES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS IS AVAILABLE, AND THE HOLDER HAS DELIVERED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION TO SUCH EFFECT. "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" ARE USED HEREIN AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED BY REGULATIONS UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT,
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE
SERIES C PREFERRED SHARES OF TERRASCEND CORP.
Date: __________
Warrant Certificate Number: Number of Warrants:
2020 - W - _____ _____
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT for value received ____________, ________________________________ (the "Warrantholder") has the right to purchase in respect of each whole warrant (individually, a "Warrant" and, collectively, the "Warrants") represented by this certificate or by a replacement certificate (in either case, this "Warrant Certificate"), at any time up to 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time), on ________, 2023 (the "Expiry Time"), one fully paid and non-assessable Series C convertible preferred share (individually, a "Preferred Share" and, collectively, the "Preferred Shares" and which terms shall include any shares or other securities to be issued in addition thereto or in substitution or replacement therefor as provided herein) of TerrAscend Corp. (the "Corporation"), a corporation existing under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario}, as constituted on the date hereof at a purchase price (the purchase price in effect from time to time being called the "Exercise Price") of $3,000 per Preferred Share, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
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The Warrants are being issued to the Warrantholder in connection with the issuance and sale by the Corporation of units (each a "Unit") consisting of one Preferred Share in the capital of the Corporation and one Warrant.
The Corporation agrees that the Preferred Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants shall be and be deemed to be issued to the Warrantholder as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant Certificate shall have been surrendered and payment or cashless exercise made for such Preferred Shares as aforesaid.
Nothing contained herein shall confer any right upon the Warrantholder to subscribe for or purchase any Preferred Shares at any time after the Expiry Time and from and after the Expiry Time the Warrants and all rights under this Warrant Certificate shall be void and of no value.
The above provisions are subject to the following:
"CLOSING PRICE" MEANS, WITH RESPECT TO ANY DATE, THE CLOSING SALE PRICE PER COMMON SHARE (OR IF NO CLOSING SALE PRICE IS REPORTED, THE AVERAGE OF THE BID AND ASK PRICES OR, IF MORE THAN ONE IN EITHER CASE, THE AVERAGE OF THE AVERAGE BID AND THE AVERAGE ASK PRICES) ON THAT DATE AS REPORTED IN COMPOSITE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE CANADIAN NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OR AUTOMATED INTER DEALER QUOTATION SYSTEM UPON WHICH THE COMMON SHARES ARE LISTED OR QUOTED (OR, IF THE COMMON SHARES ARE NOT LISTED AND POSTED FOR TRADING ON A CANADIAN NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OR AUTOMATED INTER-DEALER QUOTATION SYSTEM, SUCH OTHER OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET ON WHICH THE COMMON SHARES MAY BE LISTED OR QUOTED). IF THE COMMON SHARES ARE NOT SO LISTED OR QUOTED, THE LAST REPORTED SALE PRICE WILL BE THE AVERAGE OF THE MID-POINT OF THE LAST BID AND ASK PRICES FOR THE COMMON SHARES ON THE RELEVANT DATE FROM EACH OF AT LEAST TWO RECOGNIZED INVESTMENT BANKING FIRMS SELECTED BY THE CORPORATION FOR THIS PURPOSE,
"COMMON SHARE" MEANS A COMMON SHARE IN THE CAPITAL OF THE CORPORATION. "CONVERSION MULTIPLE" MEANS, AT ANY TIME, THE NUMBER OF PROPORTIONATE
VOTING SHARES INTO WHICH ONE PREFERRED SHARE IS AT THAT TIME CONVERTIBLE
MULTIPLIED BY THE PVS MULTIPLE AND SHALL INITIALLY BE 1,000.
"CURRENT MARKET PRICE" MEANS, WITH RESPECT TO THE EXERCISE OF ANY WARRANT, THE AVERAGE OF THE CLOSING PRICES (OR IF THE CLOSING PRICE ON ANY TRADING DAY IS QUOTED ONLY IN CANADIAN DOLLARS, THE USD EQUIVALENT AMOUNT THEREOF ON SUCH TRADING DAY) FOR EACH OF THE 10 CONSECUTIVE TRADING DAYS ENDING ON THE DAY IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE DATE OF EXERCISE OF SUCH WARRANT.
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"PVS MULTIPLE" MEANS, AT ANY TIME, THE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES INTO WHICH ONE PROPORTIONATE VOTING SHARE IN THE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY (EACH A "PROPORTIONATE VOTING SHARE") IS AT THAT TIME CONVERTIBLE.
"USO EQUIVALENT AMOUNT" MEANS ON ANY DATE WITH RESPECT TO THE SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF CANADIAN DOLLARS THE U.S. DOLLAR EQUIVALENT AMOUNT AFTER GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONVERSION OF CANADIAN DOLLARS TO U.S. DOLLARS AT THE BANK OF CANADA DAILY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (AS QUOTED OR PUBLISHED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE BANK OF CANADA) ON THAT DATE.
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WARRANTHOLDER AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS AFTER SUCH SURRENDER AND PAYMENT AS AFORESAID,
THE ISSUE PRICE FOR EACH PREFERRED SHARE TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE CASHLESS EXERCISE OF A WARRANT WILL BE EQUAL TO (B), AS DEFINED ABOVE, AND THE TOTAL ISSUE PRICE FOR THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF PREFERRED SHARES ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE CASHLESS EXERCISE OF A WARRANT WILL BE PAID AND SATISFIED IN FULL BY THE SURRENDER TO THE CORPORATION OF SUCH WARRANT.
U.S. Person or a person in the United States;"
U.S. Securities Act; or
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if any, and for whose account such original purchaser exercises sole investment discretion; each of it and any beneficial owner was on the date the Warrants were purchased from the Corporation, and Is on the date of exercise of the Warrants, a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act) that is also an "accredited investor'' that satisfies one or more of the criteria set forth in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act, and all the representations, warranties and covenants agreed upon or made by the Warrantholder, or any beneficial purchaser, as the case may be, during the purchase of the Warrants from the Corporation continue to be true and correct as of the date of exercise; or
As used herein, the terms "United States" and "U.S. Person" have the meaning assigned to them in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act.
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY [for Preferred Shares, add: AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF] HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT") OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS,
AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY [for Preferred Shares, add: AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF] MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ONLY (A) TO THE CORPORATION, (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, (C) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY
(i) RULE 144 OR (ii) RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, AND, IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS, (D) IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR
(E) UNDER AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, PROVIDED THAT IN THE CASE OF TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO (C)(i) OR (D) ABOVE, A LEGAL OPINION REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE
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CORPORATION MUST FIRST BE PROVIDED TO THE CORPORATION AND THE CORPORATION'S TRANSFER AGENT TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. DELIVERY OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT CONSTITUTE "GOOD DELIVERY" IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON STOCK EXCHANGES IN CANADA."
provided, that if the Preferred Shares are being sold outside the United States in compliance with the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S, the legend set forth above may be removed by providing an executed declaration to the registrar and transfer agent of the Corporation and to the Corporation, in such form as the Corporation may prescribe from time to time and, if requested by the Corporation or the registrar and transfer agent, an opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation and the registrar and transfer agent to the effect that such sale is being made in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S;
provided further, that if any of the Preferred Shares (or the underlying securities in the capital of the Corporation issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares) are being sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws, the legend may be removed by delivery to the Corporation's registrar and transfer agent of an opinion satisfactory to the Corporation and its registrar and transfer agent to the effect that the legend is no longer required under applicable requirements of the U.S. Securities Act or applicable state securities laws.
RECEIVE A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING THE UNEXERCISED BALANCE OF THE WARRANTS.
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the provisions of this Warrant Certificate, or upon cashless exercise in accordance with the terms of this Warrant Certificate, shall be deemed to be fully paid and non-assessable shares and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
(Ii) subdivide, re-divide or otherwise change the outstanding Preferred Shares into a greater number of Preferred Shares; or
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{iii) reduce, combine or consolidate the outstanding Preferred Shares into a lesser number of Preferred Shares,
(any of such events in subclauses 6{2)(a)(i), 6{2){a)(ii) and 6{2)(a)(iii) above being herein called a "Preferred Share Reorganization"), the Exercise Price shall be adjusted on the earlier of the record date on which holders of Preferred Shares are determined for the purposes of the Preferred Share Reorganization and the effective date of the Preferred Share Reorganization to the amount determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect Immediately prior to such record date or effective date, as the case may be, by a fraction:
and the number of Preferred Shares issuable to the Warrantholder pursuant to this Warrant Certificate shall be adjusted in inverse proportion to the Exercise Price.
(any of such events being called a "Capital Reorganization"), after the effective date of the Capital Reorganization, the Warrants shall remain outstanding and the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive, upon exercising any of the Warrants after the effective date of such Capital Reorganization, in lieu of the number of Preferred Shares to which the Warrantholder was theretofore entitled upon the exercise of the Warrants, the kind and aggregate number of shares and other securities or property resulting from the Capital Reorganization which the Warrantholder would have been entitled to receive as a result of the Capital Reorganization if, on the effective date thereof, the Warrantholder had been the registered holder of the number of Common Shares which the Warrantholder would theretofore have been entitled to purchase or receive upon conversion of the Preferred Shares deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrants and the conversion of the Preferred Shares into Proportionate Voting Shares followed by the conversion of such Proportionate Voting Shares into Common Shares. If necessary, as a result of any such Capital Reorganization, appropriate
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adjustments shall be made In the application of the provisions of this Warrant Certificate with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Warrantholder to the end that the provisions of this Section 6 shall thereafter correspondingly be made applicable as nearly as may reasonably be possible in relation to any shares or other securities or property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrants and the Corporation or any successor corporation or entity shall be entitled to deliver a replacement certificate representing the rights and interests of the Warrantholder as a result of such Capital Reorganization.
any event described In section 6 hereof if the Warrantholder is entitled to participate in such event on the same terms mutatis mutandis as if the
Warrantholder had exercised the Warrants prior to or on the record date or effective date, as the case may be, of such event.
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subscription or purchase rights, legally abandon its plan to pay or deliver such dividend, distribution or subscription or purchase rights, then no adjustment in the Exercise Price or the number of Preferred Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants shall be required by reason of the setting of such record date.
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Notices to the Corporation shall be addressed to: TerrAscend Corp.
3610 Mavis Road Mississauga, Ontario, Canada LSC 1W2
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Attention: Email:
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Brian Feldman, General Counsel legal@terrascend.com
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Bennett Jones LLP
3400 One First Canadian Place
P.O. Box 130
Toronto, Ontario, MSX 1A4
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Attention: Facsimile: Email:
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Aaron Sonshine, Partner 416-863-1716
sonshinea@bennettjones.com
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Notices to the Warrantholder shall be addressed to the address of the Warrantholder set out on the face page of this Warrant Certificate.
The Corporation and the Warrantholder may change its address for service by notice in writing to the other of them specifying its new address for service under this Warrant Certificate.
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ANY UNEXERCISED PORTION OF THE SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS REPRESENTED HEREBY TO REPLACE THE CERTIFICATE SO STOLEN, LOST, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Corporation has caused this Warrant Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of the _____________________1 2020.
TERRASCEND CORP.
By: ______________________
Authorized Officer
SCHEDULE "A"
TO: TERRASCEND CORP.
SUBSCRIPTION FORM
The undersigned hereby subscribes for convertible preferred shares ("Preferred Shares") of TerrAscend Corp. (the "Corporation") (or such other number of Preferred Shares or other securities to which such subscription entitles the undersigned in lieu thereof or in addition thereto pursuant to the provisions of the warrant certificate (the "Warrant Certificate") dated May 22, 2020 issued by the Corporation) at the purchase price of $3,000 per Preferred Share (or at such other purchase price as may be in effect under the provisions of the Warrant Certificate) and on and subject to the other terms and conditions specified in the Warrant Certificate and hereunder.
The undersigned (check one):
D encloses herewith a certified cheque, bank draft or money order in lawful money of Canada payable to the Corporation or has transmitted same day funds by wire to such account as the Corporation directed the undersigned in payment of the subscription price; OR
D elects cashless exercise.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to the Corporation that the undersigned (check one):
D 1. at the time of exercise of these warrants (i) is not in the United States; (ii) is not a U.S. Person as defined in Regulation Sunder the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"); (iii) is not exercising these warrants on behalf of, or for the account of, a U.S. Person or a person in the United States; (iv) did not acquire these warrants in the United States or on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person or a person in the United States; (v) did not execute or deliver this exercise form in the United States; (vi) is not requesting delivery in the United States of the Preferred Shares issuable upon such exercise; and (vii) represents and warrants that the exercise of these warrants and acquisition of the Preferred Shares occurred in an "offshore transaction" (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act); OR
D 2. is
(iv) requesting delivery in the United States of the Preferred Shares issuable upon such exercise; and
D 3. is the original purchaser of these warrants and (a) purchased these warrants directly from the Corporation pursuant to the terms and conditions of a subscription agreement for the purchase
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of units from the Corporation; (b) is exercising these warrants solely for its own account or for the account of the original beneficial owner, if any; (c) each of it and any beneficial owner was on the date these warrants were purchased from the Corporation, and is on the date of exercise of these warrants, an "accredited Investor" within the meaning of Rule 501{a) under the U.S. Securities Act; and (d) all the representations, warranties and covenants agreed upon or made by the undersigned during the purchase of these warrants from the Corporation continue to be true and correct as if duly executed as of the date thereof; OR
D 4. is the original purchaser of these warrants and (a) purchased these warrants directly from the Corporation pursuant to the terms and conditions of a subscription agreement for the purchase of units from the Corporation; (b) is exercising these warrants solely for its own account or for the account of the original beneficial owner, if any, and for whose account such original purchaser exercises sole investment direction; (c) each of it and any beneficial owner was on the date these warrants were purchased from the Corporation, and is on the date of exercise of these warrants, a "qualified institutional buyer" (as that term is used in Rule 144A of the U.S. Securities Act) and is also an "accredited investor" that satisfies one or more of the criteria set forth in Rule 501{a) of Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act; and (d) all the representations, warranties and covenants agreed upon or made by the undersigned, or any beneficial purchaser, as the case may be during the purchase of these warrants from the Corporation continue to be true and correct as if duly executed as of the date thereof.
"United States" and "U.S. Person" are as defined in Regulation Sunder the U.S. Securities Act.
The undersigned holder understands that unless Box 1 or 4 above is checked, the certificate representing the Preferred Shares issued upon exercise of the warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate will bear a legend restricting transfer without registration under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws unless an exemption from registration is available (as described in the Warrant Certificate and the subscription documents). If Box 2 above is checked, holders are encouraged to consult with the Corporation in advance to determine that the legal opinion tendered in connection with the exercise will be satisfactory in form and substance to the Corporation.
If Box 2 or Box 3 is checked, any certificate representing the Preferred Shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants will bear an applicable United States restrictive legend
The undersigned hereby directs that the Preferred Shares subscribed for be registered and delivered as follows:
Name in Full Address Number of Preferred Shares
DATEDthis
dayof 20 .
By:
SCHEDULE 11B11
FORM OF TRANSFER
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(include name and address of the transferee) Warrants exercisable for convertible preferred shares of TerrAscend Corp. (the "Corporation") registered in the name of the undersigned on the register of the Corporation maintained therefor, and hereby irrevocably appoints
thaettorney of the undersigned to transfer the said
securities on the books maintained by the Corporation with full power of substitution.
In the case of a Warrant Certificate that contains a U.S. restrictive legend, the undersigned hereby represents, warrants and certifies that (one (only) of the following must be checked):
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), and in compliance with any applicable local securities laws and regulations and the Warrantholder has provided herewith a declaration for removal of U.S. Legend in such form as the Corporation or its transfer
agent may prescribe from time to time; OR
U.S. Securities Act provided by (i) Rule 144 or (ii) Rule 144A thereunder, and in either case in
accordance with applicable state securities laws; OR
Persons, in accordance with a transaction that does not require registration under the U.S. Securities Act or any applicable state securities law.
In the case of a transfer in accordance with (C)(i) or (D) above, the Corporation and its transfer agent shall first have received an opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, to such effect. "United States" and "U.S. Person" are used herein as such terms are defined by Regulation Sunder the U.S. Securities Act.
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DATED this day of _,20 .
Signature of Transferor guaranteed by:
Name of Bank or Trust Company: Signature of Transferor
Address of Transferor
Instructions: