Date: | May 12, 2010 Shaw Communications Inc. |
By: | /s/ Steve Wilson | ||
Steve Wilson | |||
Sr. V.P., Chief Financial Officer Shaw Communications Inc. |
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To: | Canwest Global Communications Corp. (Canwest Global) |
Subscriber: Shaw Communications Inc. | Aggregate Subscription Price for the Class A Voting Shares: | |||
Account Reference (if applicable): | $95,000,000 plus the amount of the Additional Commitment determined pursuant to sections 6 and 7 of the Term Sheet. | |||
By:
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/s/ Brad Shaw | |||
Authorized Signature | ||||
Executive Vice President | If the Subscriber is signing as agent for a principal (beneficial purchaser) and is not purchasing as trustee or agent for accounts fully managed by it, complete the following: | |||
Official Capacity or Title | ||||
Brad Shaw | Not applicable | |||
(Name of individual whose signature appears above) | (Name of Principal) | |||
By:
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/s/ Steve Wilson | |||
Authorized Signature | ||||
Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer Official Capacity or Title |
Not applicable (Principals Address) |
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Steve Wilson (Name of individual whose signature appears above) |
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Suite 900, 630-3 Avenue SW Calgary, AB T2P 4L4 (Subscribers Address, including Province) |
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(403) 750-4500 (Telephone Number) (E-mail Address) |
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Register the Securities exactly as set forth below: | Deliver the Securities as set forth below: | |||
7316712 Canada Inc. | 7316712 Canada Inc. | |||
(Name) | (Name) | |||
Account Reference (if applicable) | Account Reference (if applicable) | |||
Suite 900, 630-3 Avenue SW Calgary, AB T2P 4L4 (Address, including Postal Code) |
Suite 900, 630-3 Avenue SW Calgary, AB T2P 4L4 Steven Wilson (403) 750-4500 (Contact Name) (Telephone Number) |
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Article 1 INTERPRETATION | S-1 | |||
1.1
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Definitions | S-1 | ||
Article 2 TERM SHEET | S-7 | |||
2.1
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Term Sheet | S-7 | ||
Article 3 SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE SECURITIES | S-7 | |||
3.1
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Subscription for the Securities | S-7 | ||
Article 4 CLOSING | S-7 | |||
4.1
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Closing | S-7 | ||
4.2
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Conditions of Closing in Favour of Canwest Global and Restructured Canwest Global | S-7 | ||
4.3
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Conditions of Closing in Favour of the Subscriber | S-9 | ||
4.4
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Exclusivity | S-10 | ||
4.5
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Termination | S-11 | ||
4.6
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Termination Payments | S-12 | ||
4.7
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Effect of Termination | S-13 | ||
4.8
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Remedies | S-13 | ||
Article 5 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF CANWEST GLOBAL | S-13 | |||
5.1
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Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Canwest Global | S-13 | ||
5.2
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Conduct of Business Prior to Closing | S-15 | ||
5.3
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Access to Information | S-17 | ||
Article 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE SUBSCRIBER | S-17 | |||
6.1
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Acknowledgements of the Subscriber | S-17 | ||
6.2
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Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Subscriber | S-17 | ||
Article 7 ADDITIONAL COVENANTS | S-19 | |||
7.1
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Recapitalization Transaction and Creditors Meeting | S-19 | ||
7.2
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Regulatory and Other Approvals | S-20 | ||
7.3
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Public Communications | S-22 | ||
Article 8 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS | S-22 | |||
8.1
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Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Canwest Global | S-22 | ||
8.2
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Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Subscriber | S-22 | ||
Article 9 MISCELLANEOUS | S-22 | |||
9.1
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Further Assurances | S-22 | ||
9.2
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Expense Reimbursement | S-22 | ||
9.3
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Notices | S-23 | ||
9.4
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No Partnership | S-24 | ||
9.5
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Miscellaneous | S-24 | ||
Schedule A TERM SHEET | A-1 | |||
Schedule B ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | B-1 | |||
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Definitions | B-1 | ||
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Additional Representations and Warranties | B-1 | ||
Schedule C MATERIAL SUBSIDIARIES | C-1 | |||
Schedule D CAPITALIZATION | D-1 |
1.1 | Definitions |
(a) | relates to the emergence from creditor protection under the CCAA of Canwest Global and certain of its affiliates, excluding Canwest Limited Partnership, its subsidiaries and its general partner, Canwest (Canada) Inc. (such excluded affiliates of Canwest Global being collectively referred to as the Specified Affiliates); and | ||
(b) | involves (i) any merger, tender offer made by way of takeover bid circular, amalgamation, plan of arrangement, business combination, recapitalization, consolidation, liquidation or winding-up in respect of Canwest Global or any of its affiliates including the Material Subsidiaries but excluding the Specified Affiliates; (ii) any sale of assets having a value over $5,000,000 of Canwest Global or any of its affiliates including the Material Subsidiaries but excluding the Specified Affiliates; (iii) the acquisition of any equity interest in Canwest Global or Restructured Canwest Global or the issuance of any debt securities of Canwest Global or Restructured Canwest Global; (iv) any transaction similar to those described in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) involving Canwest Globals affiliates including the Material Subsidiaries but excluding the Specified Affiliates, or (v) any inquiry, proposal, offer or public announcement of an intention to do any of the foregoing; |
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(ii) | an advance ruling certificate has been issued to the Subscriber pursuant to section 102 of the Competition Act in respect of the Subscription and such advance ruling certificate has not been rescinded prior to Closing; | ||
(iii) | the Subscriber and Canwest Global have given the notice required under section 114 of the Competition Act with respect to the Subscription and the applicable waiting period under section 123 of the Competition Act has expired or has been terminated in accordance with the Competition Act; or | ||
(iv) | the obligation to give the requisite notice has been waived pursuant to paragraph 113(c) of the Competition Act, |
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2.1 | Term Sheet |
3.1 | Subscription for the Securities |
4.1 | Closing |
4.2 | Conditions of Closing in Favour of Canwest Global and Restructured Canwest Global |
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(a) | each of the conditions set out in Section 10 of the Term Sheet in favour of Canwest Global; | ||
(b) | either the condition set out in Section 8(a)(i) or 8(a)(ii) of the Shaw Support Agreement as determined by Canwest Global, as contemplated by Section (8)(a) of the Shaw Support Agreement; | ||
(c) | payment by the Subscriber to Restructured Canwest Global of the Aggregate Subscription Price by wire transfer to: |
(d) | there shall not be in effect any preliminary or final decision, order or decree by a Governmental Entity and no application shall have been made to any Governmental Entity or action or investigation shall have been announced, threatened or commenced by any Governmental Entity, in consequence of or in connection with the Recapitalization Transaction, which restrains, enjoins, delays, prevents, impedes or prohibits (or if granted could reasonably be expected to restrain, enjoin, delay, prevent, impede or prohibit), the consummation of the Recapitalization Transaction or any part thereof (including the Subscription), or requires or purports to require a variation of the Recapitalization Transaction or any part thereof (including the Subscription); | ||
(e) | the Regulatory Approvals shall have been obtained; | ||
(f) | the representations and warranties made by the Subscriber in this Agreement and the Shaw Support Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects, as of the Effective Time as if made on and as of such time (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date in which case accuracy will be determined as of such date); and the Subscriber shall have provided to Canwest Global a certificate of a senior officer of the Subscriber certifying such accuracy on the Closing Date; | ||
(g) | the Subscriber shall have complied with or performed in all material respects its covenants herein and in the Shaw Support Agreement to be complied with or performed on or prior to the Effective Time, and the Subscriber shall have provided to Canwest Global a certificate of a senior officer of the Subscriber certifying that the Subscriber has so complied with its covenants herein and in the Shaw Support Agreement to be complied with or performed on or prior to the Effective Time; and |
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(h) | the Approval Order shall not have been stayed, appealed, varied (except with the consent of Canwest Global and the Subscriber) or vacated, and all time periods within which the Approval Order could at law be appealed shall have expired. |
4.3 | Conditions of Closing in Favour of the Subscriber |
(a) | at the Effective Time: (i) giving pro forma effect to the Recapitalization Transaction, the outstanding securities of Restructured Canwest Global, including debt securities, shall be beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by fewer than 15 security holders in each of the jurisdictions of Canada and fewer than 51 security holders in total in Canada; (ii) Canwest Global shall have obtained all necessary regulatory and other approvals, subject only to customary conditions, to delist its securities from the TSX Venture Exchange immediately following the Effective Time; (iii) Canwest Global shall not be in default of any of its obligations under Securities Laws as a reporting issuer; and (iv) Canwest Global and its subsidiaries (other than the Specified Affiliates) shall not be required to file any reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and shall not be required to register any of their respective securities under Section 12 of the Exchange Act; | ||
(b) | each of the conditions set out in Section 10 of the Term Sheet in favour of the Subscriber; | ||
(c) | the condition set out in Section 8(a) of the Shaw Support Agreement; | ||
(d) | delivery by Restructured Canwest Global to the Subscriber of a share certificate of Restructured Canwest Global representing the Securities registered as set forth on the face page of this Agreement or delivery by Restructured Canwest Global of other evidence of ownership which is acceptable to the Subscriber, acting reasonably; | ||
(e) | there shall not be in effect any preliminary or final decision, order or decree by a Governmental Entity and no application shall have been made to any Governmental Entity or action or investigation shall have been announced, threatened or commenced by any Governmental Entity, in consequence of or in connection with the Recapitalization Transaction, which restrains, enjoins, delays, prevents, impedes or prohibits (or if granted could reasonably be expected to restrain, enjoin, delay, prevent, impede or prohibit), the consummation of the Recapitalization Transaction or any part thereof (including the Subscription), or requires or purports to require a variation of the Recapitalization Transaction or any part thereof (including the Subscription); | ||
(f) | the Regulatory Approvals shall have been obtained; |
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(g) | the representations and warranties made by Canwest Global (i) in Sections 5.1(a)(i), 5.1(a)(ii), 5.1(b) and 5.1(d) shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as if made on and as of the Effective Time, and (ii) in Sections 5.1(a)(iii), 5.1(a)(iv), 5.1(c), 5.1(e) through 5.1(j) and Schedule B of this Agreement and Section 5 of the Shaw Support Agreement shall be true and correct (in all respects, without regard to any materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications contained in them), as of the Effective Time as if made on and as of such time (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date in which case accuracy will be determined as of such date) except where the failure or failures of all such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and Canwest Global shall have provided to the Subscriber a certificate of a senior officer of Canwest Global certifying such accuracy on the Closing Date; | ||
(h) | Canwest Global shall have complied with or performed in all material respects its covenants herein and in the Shaw Support Agreement to be complied with or performed on or prior to the Effective Time, and Canwest Global shall have provided to the Subscriber a certificate of a senior officer of Canwest Global certifying that Canwest Global has so complied with its covenants herein and in the Shaw Support Agreement to be complied with or performed on or prior to the Effective Time; | ||
(i) | the participation of any employee of a Specified Affiliate in a pension or benefit plan of Canwest Global or one of its subsidiaries (other than the Specified Affiliates) shall have been terminated, subject to the receipt of any required regulatory approval, and all inter-company plan participation agreements between a Specified Affiliate and Canwest Global or one of its subsidiaries (other than the Specified Affiliates) shall have been terminated, all in a manner acceptable to the Subscriber, acting reasonably, except to the extent that the failure to terminate such participation or inter-company plan participation agreements would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and | ||
(j) | each of the transactions comprising the Recapitalization Transaction, other than the Subscription, shall be complete prior to or concurrently with the Subscription. |
4.4 | Exclusivity |
(a) | Except as contemplated by Section 8 of the Shaw Support Agreement, Canwest Global shall not, directly or indirectly, through any officer, director, employee, representative (including any financial, legal or other advisor) or agent (collectively, a Representative) of Canwest Global or any Representative of any of its affiliates, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing information or entering into any agreement) any inquiries or proposals regarding an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) participate in any substantive discussions or negotiations with any person (other than the Subscriber) regarding an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) accept, approve, |
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endorse or recommend or propose publicly to accept, approve, endorse or recommend any Acquisition Proposal, or (iv) enter into, or publicly propose to enter into, any agreement in respect of an Acquisition Proposal. |
(b) | Except as contemplated by Section 8 of the Shaw Support Agreement, Canwest Global shall, and shall cause its affiliates and its and their Representatives to, immediately terminate any existing solicitations, discussions or negotiations with any person (other than the Subscriber) that has made, indicated any interest to make or may reasonably be expected to make, an Acquisition Proposal. Canwest Global agrees not to release any third party from any standstill covenant to which it is a party, or amend, waive or modify in any way any such standstill covenant. | ||
(c) | Except as contemplated by Section 8 of the Shaw Support Agreement, Canwest Global shall promptly (and in any event within 24 hours of receipt by Canwest Global) notify the Subscriber, at first orally and thereafter in writing, of any Acquisition Proposal, in each case received after the date hereof, of which it or any of its Representatives are or become aware, or any amendments to such Acquisition Proposal, any request for discussions or negotiations, or any request for non-public information relating to Canwest Global or any of its affiliates in connection with such Acquisition Proposal or for access to the books or records of Canwest Global or any of its affiliates by any person that informs Canwest Global or such affiliate that it is considering making, or has made, an Acquisition Proposal and any amendment thereto; and Canwest Global shall promptly provide to the Subscriber a description of the material terms and conditions of any such Acquisition Proposal or request. Canwest Global shall keep the Subscriber informed of any material change to the material terms of any such Acquisition Proposal. |
4.5 | Termination |
(a) | This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time by mutual written agreement of the Parties. | ||
(b) | This Agreement may be terminated by the Subscriber at any time prior to the Effective Time: |
(i) | if either of the conditions set forth in Section 4.3(g) or (h) is not satisfied, and the Closing has not occurred by the Outside Date solely because of the failure to satisfy such condition; | ||
(ii) | if any condition set forth in Section 4.3 (other than Section 4.3(g) or (h)) of this Agreement is not satisfied or cannot reasonably be expected to be satisfied on or before the Outside Date and the Subscriber has not waived such condition; | ||
(iii) | if any of the Participating Creditors breach, in any material respect, any of their representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in the |
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Shaw Support Agreement which breach would result in a failure to satisfy any of the conditions set forth in Section 4.3 of this Agreement; or |
(iv) | if the Shaw Support Agreement is terminated by the Consenting Noteholders in accordance with its terms; |
provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 4.5(b) shall not be available to the Subscriber where a breach of this Agreement by the Subscriber has been the cause of, or has resulted in, the event or condition or failure to meet a condition precedent giving rise to a right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 4.5(b). | |||
(c) | This Agreement may be terminated by Canwest Global at any time prior to the Effective Time: |
(i) | if the Shaw Support Agreement is terminated by Canwest Global in accordance with Section 8(d) of the Shaw Support Agreement; | ||
(ii) | if any condition set forth in Section 4.2 of this Agreement is not satisfied or cannot reasonably be expected to be satisfied on or before the Outside Date and Canwest Global has not waived such condition; or | ||
(iii) | if the Shaw Support Agreement is terminated by the Consenting Noteholders in accordance with its terms; |
provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 4.5(c) shall not be available to Canwest Global where a breach of this Agreement by Canwest Global has been the cause of, or has resulted in, the event or condition or failure to meet a condition precedent giving rise to a right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 4.5(c). |
4.6 | Termination Payments |
(a) | In the event this Agreement is terminated by the Subscriber pursuant to Section 4.5(b)(i) or by Canwest Global pursuant to Section 4.5(c)(i) (each, a Termination Payment Event), Canwest Global shall pay, or cause to be paid, within two days of such termination, the Termination Fee and the expense reimbursement provide in Section 9.2 to the Subscriber by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified by the Subscriber. | ||
(b) | For greater certainty, Canwest Global shall not be obligated to make more than one payment of the Termination Fee and expense reimbursement under this Section 4.6. |
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4.7 | Effect of Termination |
4.8 | Remedies |
5.1 | Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Canwest Global |
(a) | the execution, delivery and performance by Canwest Global of this Agreement, |
(i) | is within its corporate power; | ||
(ii) | has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action; |
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(iii) | does not (A) contravene its articles of incorporation or by-laws, or other applicable constating documents, (B) violate any judgment, order, notice, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to it or its Material Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, (C) conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any of its or its Material Subsidiaries material contractual obligations, or (D) result in the creation or imposition of any lien or encumbrance upon any of the property of Canwest Global or the Material Subsidiaries; and | ||
(iv) | does not require the consent of, authorization by, approval of or notification to (A) any Governmental Entity, or (B) any party to any material Contract of Canwest Global or any of its Material Subsidiaries, except, with respect to clause (A) the Court and the relevant regulatory authorities with respect to the Regulatory Approvals, and, with respect to clause (B), such consents, authorizations, approvals and notifications listed in Schedule 5.1(a)(iv) hereto; |
(b) | upon issuance of the Approval Order, this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Canwest Global enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally or by general principles of equity, whether asserted in a proceeding in equity or law; | ||
(c) | to the best of the knowledge after due inquiry of Thomas Strike, John Maguire and Richard Leipsic, there is no proceeding, claim or investigation pending before any Governmental Entity, or threatened against it or any of its properties that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its ability to execute and deliver this Agreement and to comply with its terms; | ||
(d) | as of the Effective Time, the issuance of the Securities will have been duly authorized by all necessary action by Restructured Canwest Global, and, upon Restructured Canwest Global receiving the Aggregate Subscription Price (as set out in Section 4.2(a)), the Securities will be fully paid and non-assessable and validly issued and outstanding; | ||
(e) | as of the date hereof, except as disclosed in the Information, the Data Room Information or the Plan, since September 1, 2009, there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any transaction which is material to Canwest Global and its Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), (iii) any obligation, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred by Canwest Global and its Material Subsidiaries, which is material to Canwest Global and its Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), (iv) any material change in the capital or outstanding indebtedness of Canwest Global and its Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), or (v) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock of Canwest Global or CMI; |
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(f) | as of the date hereof, each of Canwest Global and CMI has filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators all documents required to be filed by it under Securities Laws, as applicable, and none of such documents contain a misrepresentation as defined under applicable Securities Laws; | ||
(g) | the Material Subsidiaries are all of the operating subsidiaries of Canwest Global, other than stand-alone production companies, carrying on the broadcasting business (including the over-the-air and specialty television business) of Canwest Global and its subsidiaries; | ||
(h) | each of Canwest Global, CMI, CTLP and Canwest MediaWorks Ireland Holdings has, as at the dates specified therein, authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth in Schedule D hereto; | ||
(i) | neither Canwest MediaWorks Ireland Holdings nor Canwest Ireland Nominee Ltd. has any assets or liabilities other than (i) customary liabilities associated with a holding company, (ii) the Secured Intercompany Note and the Unsecured Promissory Note, (iii) guarantees of the Notes, (iv) intercompany obligations owed to Canwest MediaWorks Ireland Holdings by CMI in the amount of approximately $72,000,000 and (v) a right of redemption in favour of CMI, the holder of the preferred shares of Canwest MediaWorks Ireland Holdings; | ||
(j) | Canwest Global and its subsidiaries other than the Specified Affiliates will: (i) ensure that all ancillary and subsequent Court orders (Other Restructuring Orders) issued in connection with the filing by Canwest Global and certain of its subsidiaries (other than the Specified Affiliates) under the CCAA at any time shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Subscriber, acting reasonably; and (ii) comply with all terms of the Initial Order and all Other Restructuring Orders at all times; and | ||
(k) | Canwest Global will use commercially reasonable efforts to, or to cause its subsidiaries to, terminate the participation of any employee of a Specified Affiliate in a pension or benefit plan of Canwest Global or one of its subsidiaries (other than the Specified Affiliates), subject to the receipt of any required regulatory approval, and to terminate all inter-company plan participation agreements between a Specified Affiliate and Canwest Global and one of its subsidiaries (other than the Specified Affiliates). |
5.2 | Conduct of Business Prior to Closing |
(a) | shall and shall cause the Material Subsidiaries to, except as contemplated by the Recapitalization Transaction, operate their businesses in the ordinary course of business, and, in any event, shall not make a public announcement in respect of, enter into any agreement or letter of intent with respect to, or attempt to |
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consummate, any transaction or agreement that could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect any of Canwest Global or the Material Subsidiaries; |
(b) | shall and shall cause the Material Subsidiaries to maintain appropriate insurance coverage in amounts and on terms that are customary in the industries in which they conduct business, except to the extent that Canwest Global is unable to renew or replace its existing directors and officers liability insurance policies; | ||
(c) | shall not and shall ensure that the Material Subsidiaries shall not: |
(i) | amalgamate, consolidate with or merge into or sell all or substantially all of their assets to another entity, or change the nature of their business or their corporate or capital structure, except with the prior written consent of the Subscriber; | ||
(ii) | prepay, redeem prior to maturity, defease, repurchase or make other prepayments in respect of any Indebtedness (other than as required under the CIT Credit Agreement or the Secured Intercompany Note and other than any repayment of the CIT Credit Agreement in connection with the revolving nature thereof); | ||
(iii) | transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property, assets or undertaking over $1,000,000 at any one time or aggregating over $5,000,000 from the date hereof until Closing, except with the prior written consent of the Subscriber, provided that, for greater certainty, this Section 5.2(c)(iii) shall not restrict (A) the sale of the real estate assets of the Victoria and Red Deer E Stations, and (B) the sale of the corporate jet aircraft referenced in Schedule D; | ||
(iv) | create, incur or guarantee any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness and guarantees existing on the date hereof that have been disclosed in writing to the Subscriber and Indebtedness under (and guarantees in respect of) the 8% Notes, the 8% Note Indenture, the CIT Credit Agreement, the Secured Intercompany Note and the Unsecured Promissory Note; | ||
(v) | make any new investments or acquisitions of any kind, direct or indirect, other than investments in CTLP by CMI and other than in the ordinary course of business; | ||
(vi) | create any Liens on their respective property, assets or undertaking other than Permitted Liens; or | ||
(vii) | establish or fund any directors or employees trusts, or purchase or fund any additional directors and officers insurance, in each case unless approved by the Subscriber, except for the renewal or extension of the directors and officers insurance currently in place and any additional insurance as contemplated by section B(dd) of the Canwest Global Term Sheet and except for a trust to hold the funds contributed by Canwest |
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Limited Partnership in respect of funding a portion of the key employee retention plans of CMI. |
5.3 | Access to Information |
6.1 | Acknowledgements of the Subscriber |
(a) | The Subscriber acknowledges that it is responsible for obtaining such legal advice as it considers appropriate in connection with the Issuance and the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement. | ||
(b) | The Subscriber acknowledges that continued value in the equity interest held by Canwest Global, directly or indirectly, in the Canwest Limited Partnership and its subsidiaries is not a condition of the entering into and execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the Subscription. |
6.2 | Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Subscriber |
(a) | the execution, delivery and performance by the Subscriber of this Agreement: |
(i) | is within its corporate power; | ||
(ii) | have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action; | ||
(iii) | do not (A) contravene its articles, by-laws or limited partnership agreement or other constating documents, (B) violate any judgment, order, notice, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to it or |
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any of its properties or assets, (C) conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any of its material contractual obligations, or (D) result in the creation or imposition of any lien or encumbrance upon any of the property of the Subscriber; and |
(iv) | do not require the consent of, authorization by, approval of or notification to any Governmental Entity other than the Court and the relevant regulatory authorities with respect to the Regulatory Approvals; |
(b) | this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Subscriber enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally or by general principles of equity, whether asserted in a proceeding in equity or law; | ||
(c) | to the best of the knowledge after due inquiry of Peter Bissonnette, Steve Wilson and Ken Stein, there is no proceeding, claim or investigation pending before any Governmental Entity, or threatened against the Subscriber or any of its properties that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Subscribers ability to execute and deliver this Agreement and to comply with its terms; | ||
(d) | the Subscriber does not act jointly or in concert with any other person or company for the purposes of acquiring Securities of Canwest Global or Restructured Canwest Global; | ||
(e) | the funds representing the Aggregate Subscription Price which will be advanced by the Subscriber to Restructured Canwest Global hereunder will not represent proceeds of crime for the purposes of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) (the PCMLTFA) and the Subscriber acknowledges that Restructured Canwest Global may in the future be required by law to disclose the Subscribers name and other information relating to this Subscription Agreement and the Subscribers subscription hereunder, on a confidential basis, pursuant to the PCMLTFA. To the best of its knowledge, none of the subscription funds to be provided by the Subscriber (i) have been or will be derived from or related to any activity that is deemed criminal under the laws of Canada, the United States of America or any other jurisdiction, or (ii) are being tendered on behalf of a person or entity who has not been identified to the Subscriber, and it shall (A) promptly notify Restructured Canwest Global if the Subscriber discovers that any of such representations ceases to be true, and (B) provide Restructured Canwest Global with appropriate information in connection therewith; | ||
(f) | the Subscriber is, and will be at all times prior to the Effective Time, a Canadian (as such term is defined in the Direction); and |
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(g) | the Subscriber shall (i) pursue, support and use commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Subscription in good faith, (ii) do all things that are reasonably necessary and appropriate in furtherance of, and to consummate and make effective, the Subscription, including, without limitation, using commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy the conditions precedent set forth in the Agreement, and (iii) not take any action, directly or indirectly, that is materially inconsistent with, or is intended or is likely to interfere with the consummation of, the Subscription. |
7.1 | Recapitalization Transaction and Creditors Meeting |
(a) | Canwest Global shall: (i) pursue, support and use commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Recapitalization Transaction (including the Subscription) in good faith, (ii) do all things that are reasonably necessary and appropriate in furtherance of, and to consummate and make effective, the Recapitalization Transaction (including the Subscription), including, without limitation, using commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy the conditions precedent set forth in this Agreement, (iii) not take any action, directly or indirectly, that is materially inconsistent with, or is intended or is likely to interfere with the consummation of, the Recapitalization Transaction (including the Subscription) and (iv) use all commercially reasonable efforts to oppose, lift or rescind any decision, order, decree, application, action or investigation (announced, threatened or commenced) referred to in Sections 4.2(d) and 4.3(e). | ||
(b) | Canwest Global shall provide draft copies of all motions or applications and other documents it and its subsidiaries other than the Specified Affiliates intend to file with the Court to the Subscriber and its counsel at least three days prior to the date when Canwest Global intends to file such document (except in exigent circumstances where Canwest Global shall provide the documents within such time prior to the filing as is practicable) and such filings shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Subscriber and its counsel, acting reasonably. | ||
(c) | Canwest Global shall prepare an information circular (the Circular) in respect of the creditors meeting (the Creditors Meeting) to be held to approve the Recapitalization Transaction, and shall provide the Subscriber with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Circular, and, on a date to be agreed by the Parties, shall cause the Circular to be mailed to creditors and filed as required by the Order and applicable laws. | ||
(d) | Canwest Global shall seek an order of the Court to call and hold the Creditors Meeting for the purposes of considering the Recapitalization Transaction. The Creditors Meeting shall be held on a Business Day to be agreed upon by the parties, acting reasonably, and shall be conducted in accordance with such order and applicable laws. Canwest Global shall not adjourn, postpone or cancel (or |
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propose to adjourn, postpone or cancel) the Creditors Meeting, except with the Subscribers prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, or as required by applicable laws, an order of a court or for quorum purposes. Canwest Global shall provide notice to the Subscriber of the Creditors Meeting and allow the Subscribers Representatives to attend the Creditors Meeting. |
7.2 | Regulatory and Other Approvals |
(a) | Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Subscriber and Canwest Global shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under Applicable Law to obtain the Regulatory Approvals as soon as practicable, including, without limitation: |
(i) | preparing as promptly as practicable and filing on a date to be agreed by the Parties, (i) the CRTC Application and (ii) a request for an advance ruling certificate pursuant to section 102 of the Competition Act or a no action letter with a waiver of the requirement to make a pre-merger notification filing under Part IX of the Competition Act, and/or a pre-merger notification filing under Part IX of the Competition Act, and in connection with (i) and (ii) above, to promptly respond to requests from any Governmental Entity in connection with the Regulatory Approvals for information. In this regard, subject to Sections 7.2(b) and 7.2(d), the Subscriber, on behalf of Canwest Global, will promptly make all applications, notifications, filings and other communications required in connection with the Regulatory Approvals except that Canwest Globals portion of a pre-merger notification filing under Part IX of the Competition Act, if required, will promptly be made by Canwest Global; | ||
(ii) | obtaining and maintaining all approvals, clearances, consents, registrations, permits, authorizations and other confirmations required to be obtained from any Governmental Entity or other third party that are necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Recapitalization Transaction; and | ||
(iii) | opposing, lifting or rescinding any injunction or restraining or other order seeking to stop, or otherwise adversely affecting its ability to consummate, the Recapitalization Transaction and to contest, defend in good faith, or cause to be defended, any Proceedings to which it is a party or brought against it or its directors or officers challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. |
(b) | The Parties shall co-operate in the preparation of any application for the Regulatory Approvals and any other orders, clearances, consents, rulings, exemptions and approvals reasonably determined by the Subscriber or Canwest Global to be necessary or otherwise advisable under Applicable Laws in |
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connection with the Recapitalization Transaction and this Agreement. Without limiting the forgoing, the Parties shall co-operate to obtain all necessary regulatory and other approvals for Canwest Global to cease to be a reporting issuer and delist Canwest Globals securities from the TSX Venture Exchange following the Effective Time. In connection with the foregoing, each Party shall furnish, on a timely basis, and as promptly as practicable following a request by any Governmental Entity, or, where applicable, within such time as requested by the applicable Governmental Entity, all information as may be reasonably required to effectuate the foregoing actions, and each covenants that, to its knowledge, no information so furnished by it in writing will contain a misrepresentation. | |||
(c) | Where available, the Parties shall request that any application for the Regulatory Approvals be processed by the applicable Governmental Entity on an expedited basis. | ||
(d) | Subject to Applicable Laws, the Subscriber and Canwest Global shall cooperate with and keep each other fully informed as to the status of and the processes and proceedings relating to obtaining the Regulatory Approvals, and shall fully and promptly notify each other of any communication from any Governmental Entity in respect of the Recapitalization Transaction or this Agreement. The Subscriber and Canwest Global will provide each other with copies of and give each other the opportunity to approve all applications, notifications, filings and other communications prepared in draft form prior to submission to the relevant Governmental Entity, deleting information that is confidential or providing such copies on an external counsel-only basis. The Subscriber and Canwest Global will afford the other the opportunity with reasonable prior notice to attend any meeting, telephone or video conference organized with any Governmental Entity in relation to the Regulatory Approvals. | ||
(e) | Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any objections are asserted with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby under the Competition Act or the Broadcasting Act or if any Governmental Entity imposes conditions on the Regulatory Approvals or if any Proceeding is instituted or threatened by any Governmental Entity challenging or which could reasonably lead to a challenge of the Recapitalization Transaction as in violation of, or not in compliance with the requirements of the Competition Act or the Broadcasting Act, Canwest Global and the Subscriber shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such objections or Proceeding so as to allow the Effective Time to occur prior to the Outside Date. Notwithstanding the above, the Subscriber shall not be required to dispose of a material asset or agree to change any business conduct that would reasonably be expected to have a material impact on the Subscribers or Restructured Canwest Globals business operations in order to obtain the Regulatory Approvals. | ||
(f) | The Subscriber and Canwest Global shall each pay 50% of all filing fees, required in connection with obtaining the Competition Act Approval. |
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(g) | Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Subscriber shall cooperate with Canwest Global, acting reasonably, in the preparation of and the obtaining of the Approval Order. |
7.3 | Public Communications |
8.1 | Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Canwest Global |
8.2 | Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Subscriber |
9.1 | Further Assurances |
9.2 | Expense Reimbursement |
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9.3 | Notices |
(a) | in the case of Canwest Global or Restructured Canwest Global, to: | |||
Canwest Global Communications Corp. | ||||
3100 Canwest Place | ||||
201 Portage Ave | ||||
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 3L7 | ||||
Attention: | General Counsel | |||
Facsimile: | 204-947-9841 | |||
E-mail: | rleipsic@canwest.com | |||
With a required copy by e-mail or facsimile (which shall not be deemed notice) to: | ||||
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP | ||||
1 First Canadian Place | ||||
100 King Street West | ||||
61st Floor | ||||
Toronto, Ontario M5X 1B8 | ||||
Attention: | Douglas R. Marshall | |||
E-mail: | dmarshall@osler.com | |||
Facsimile: | 416-862-6666 | |||
(b) | in the case of the Subscriber, to: | |||
Shaw Communications Inc. | ||||
Suite 900, 630 3rd Avenue SW | ||||
Calgary, Alberta T2P 4L4 | ||||
Attention: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
E-mail: | steve.wilson@sjrb.ca | |||
Facsimile: | 403-750-7469 |
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With a required copy by e-mail or facsimile (which shall not be deemed notice) to: | ||||
Shaw Communications Inc. | ||||
Suite 900, 630 3rd Avenue SW | ||||
Calgary, Alberta T2P 4L4 | ||||
Attention: | Vice President, Law | |||
E-mail: | peter.johnson@sjrb.ca | |||
Facsimile: | 403-716-6544 |
9.4 | No Partnership |
9.5 | Miscellaneous |
(a) | The headings of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. | ||
(b) | Unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and words importing any gender shall include all genders. | ||
(c) | This Agreement (including the Term Sheet), the Shaw Support Agreement and the amended and restated confidentiality agreement (the Confidentiality Agreement) dated December 2, 2009 between Canwest Global, CW Investments Co. and the Subscriber (other than the provisions that restrict the Subscribers ability to engage in discussions with the Ad Hoc Committee which shall no longer apply to prevent any such discussions) constitute the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. In addition, upon Closing, the Confidentiality Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect. | ||
(d) | Any person signing this Subscription Agreement in a representative capacity (i) represents and warrants that he/she is authorized to sign this Subscription Agreement on behalf of the Party he/she represents and that his/her signature upon this Subscription Agreement will bind the represented Party to the terms hereof, and (ii) acknowledges that the other Party has relied upon such representation and warranty. |
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(e) | This Agreement (including the Term Sheet) may be modified, amended or supplemented as to any matter by an instrument in writing signed by Canwest Global and the Subscriber. | ||
(f) | Any date, time or period referred to in this Agreement shall be of the essence, except to the extent to which the Parties agree in writing to vary any date, time or period, in which event the varied date, time or period shall be of the essence. | ||
(g) | If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the terms of this Agreement remain as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible. | ||
(h) | This Agreement shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and each of their respective successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives, provided that no Party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party hereto, except that (i) Canwest Global may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement to Restructured Canwest Global without the prior written consent of the Subscriber, and (ii) the Subscriber may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement to a wholly-owned, direct or indirect, subsidiary without the prior written consent of Restructured Canwest Global and such subsidiary shall be deemed to be the Subscriber for all purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of paragraph (ii), a subsidiary of the Subscriber shall not include Corus Entertainment Inc. | ||
Notwithstanding any assignment, delegation or transfer by a transferring Party to a permitted transferee pursuant to this Agreement, each of the Parties hereby agrees that it shall not be released from any of its obligations under this Agreement. | |||
(i) | Unless expressly stated herein, this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of the Parties and their respective permitted transferees pursuant to Section 9.5(h) of this Agreement, and no other person or entity shall be a third-party beneficiary hereof. | ||
(j) | All references to $ in this Agreement are to Canadian dollar amounts unless otherwise specified. | ||
(k) | This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to principles of conflicts of law. Each Party submits to the |
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exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. | |||
(l) | The Parties waive any right to trial by jury in any proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, present or future, and whether sounding in contract, tort or otherwise. Any Party may file a copy of this provision with any court as written evidence of the knowing, voluntary and bargained for agreement between the Parties irrevocably to waive trial by jury, and that any proceeding whatsoever between them relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall instead be tried by a judge or judges sitting without a jury. | ||
(m) | This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which, when taken together, shall be deemed an original. Execution of this Agreement is effective if a signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or electronic (e.g., pdf) transmission. |
1. Restructured Canwest Global: | If agreed by each of Canwest Global, Shaw and
the Ad Hoc Committee, each acting reasonably,
Restructured Canwest Global will be a newly
created corporation, incorporated under the
Canada Business Corporations Act. |
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Canwest Global and CMI, in consultation with
their |
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legal and financial advisors and the
legal and financial advisors to Shaw, shall
use their commercially reasonable efforts to
structure and complete the Plan (including any
reorganization transactions occurring prior to
or as part of the Plan) in the most tax
effective manner, and the Plan shall be in a
form consistent with the Shaw Support
Agreement (as defined in the Subscription
Agreement) and otherwise in a form acceptable
to Shaw, acting reasonably. The restructuring
of Canwest Global and CMI may include the
transfer of certain assets and/or shares of
one or more of the wholly-owned Subsidiaries
to other wholly-owned Subsidiaries as agreed
upon by Canwest Global, CMI and Shaw and as
subject to prior approval of the CRTC, if
required. |
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Following the Recapitalization Transaction,
Restructured Canwest Global will be a private
company and will apply to terminate its
listing on the TSX Venture Exchange and will
apply to applicable securities regulatory
authorities to cease to be a reporting issuer. |
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2. Shareholders: | On closing of the Subscription and completion
of the Recapitalization Transaction,
shareholders of Restructured Canwest Global
shall include: |
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(i) Shaw, which will hold a minimum of 20% of
the outstanding equity shares of Restructured
Canwest Global that are issued and outstanding
immediately after giving effect to the
Recapitalization Transaction; and |
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(ii) the Participating Creditors. |
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3. Distributions under the Plan: | For the purposes of this Term Sheet: |
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affected creditors means those creditors
whose claims are compromised under the Plan
and include, for greater certainty, the
Noteholders; |
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Consenting Noteholder Percentage means a
percentage equal to US$5 million (converted to
Canadian dollars based on the exchange rate
set forth in section C.10 of the Canwest
Global Term Sheet (as defined below)) divided
by $408 million; |
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Equity Value means $475 million, being the |
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implied equity value of Restructured Canwest
Global based on the percentage equity interest
represented by the Minimum Shaw Commitment (as
defined below); |
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Existing Shareholder Percentage means 0.023,
being the percentage of the Equity Value to be
allocated to the existing shareholders of
record of Canwest Global in accordance with
Section 3(x) hereof; |
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Initial Claims Fraction means the decimal
number resulting from taking 1 and subtracting
from it (a) the Consenting Noteholder
Percentage and (b) 0.20 (being the percentage
equity interest in Restructured Canwest Global
to be allocated to Shaw on account of the
Minimum Shaw Commitment); |
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Noteholder Percentage means, with respect to
any Noteholder, the percentage obtained by
dividing the aggregate principal face value of
all notes held by such Noteholder relative to
the aggregate principal face value of all
Notes; and |
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Support Agreement Consideration means an
amount equal to the Consenting Noteholder
Percentage multiplied by the Equity Value,
being the consideration payable to certain
Noteholders pursuant to Section C.5 of the
Canwest Global Term Sheet. |
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As part of the Recapitalization Transaction: |
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(i) if an affected creditor under the Plan,
including a Noteholder (or one or more
Noteholders agreed by Canwest Global and the
Subscriber to be treated as one Noteholder for
such purpose), would, individually on a pro
forma basis, hold at least 5% of the
outstanding equity shares of Restructured
Canwest Global if it elected to receive shares
of Restructured Canwest Global in full and
final satisfaction of any CMI Proven
Distribution Claim, any CTLP Proven
Distribution Claim and any entitlement to
distributions pursuant to the Noteholder
Guarantee Distribution Amount (as defined
below) and the Support Agreement
Consideration, then such an affected creditor |
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may elect to receive shares of Restructured
Canwest Global in full and final satisfaction
of all of its CMI Proven Distribution Claims,
CTLP Proven Distribution Claims and
entitlements, if any, in respect of the
Noteholder Guarantee Distribution Amount and
the Support Agreement Consideration (provided
that, for greater certainty, if an affected
creditor, other than a Consenting Noteholder
who is a member of the Ad Hoc Committee of
Noteholders that elects to receive shares and
cash pursuant to Section 6(e) of the Shaw
Support Agreement, elects to receive shares of
Restructured Canwest Global as above, it shall
receive shares in respect of all such claims
and not a combination of cash and shares); |
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(ii) each affected creditor with a CMI Proven
Distribution Claim that is permitted hereunder
and elects to receive shares of Restructured
Canwest Global in full and final satisfaction
of its CMI Proven Distribution Claim shall
receive that number of shares in Restructured
Canwest Global which represents a percentage
ownership of the outstanding equity shares of
Restructured Canwest Global equal to such
affected creditors CMI Percentage of the
number obtained by multiplying (A) the Initial
Claims Fraction by (B) the number obtained by
dividing $109 million by $283 million; |
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(iii) each affected creditor with a CMI Proven
Distribution Claim that is not permitted
hereunder to, or otherwise elects not to,
receive shares of Restructured Canwest Global
in full and final satisfaction of its CMI
Proven Distribution Claim shall receive a cash
payment equal to such affected creditors CMI
Percentage of the amount obtained by
multiplying (A) the Equity Value by (B) the
number obtained by multiplying (y) the Initial
Claims Fraction by (z) the number obtained by
dividing $109 million by $283 million; |
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(iv) each affected creditor with a CTLP Proven
Distribution Claim that is permitted hereunder
and elects to receive shares of Restructured
Canwest Global in full and final satisfaction
of its CTLP Proven Distribution Claim shall
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that number of shares in Restructured
Canwest Global which represents a percentage
ownership of the outstanding equity shares of
Restructured Canwest Global equal to such
affected creditors CTLP Percentage of the
number obtained by multiplying (A) the Initial
Claims Fraction by (B) the number obtained by
dividing $129 million by $283 million; |
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(v) each affected creditor with a CTLP Proven
Distribution Claim that is not permitted
hereunder to, or otherwise elects not to,
receive shares of Restructured Canwest Global
in full and final satisfaction of its CTLP
Proven Distribution Claim shall receive a cash
payment equal to such affected creditors CTLP
Percentage of the amount obtained by
multiplying (A) the Equity Value by (B) the
number obtained by multiplying (y) the Initial
Claims Fraction by (z) the number obtained by
dividing $129 million by $283 million; |
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(vi) having regard for the guarantee of the
Notes by Irish Holdco and having regard to the
Secured Intercompany Note, each of the
Noteholders will be entitled to receive its
pro rata entitlement to the amount obtained by
multiplying (A) the Equity Value by (B) the
number obtained by multiplying (x) the Initial
Claims Fraction by (y) the number obtained by
dividing $45 million by $283 million and then
(z) subtracting the Existing Shareholder
Percentage (the Noteholder Guarantee
Distribution Amount); |
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(vii) each of the Noteholders that is
permitted hereunder and elects to receive
shares of Restructured Canwest Global in
satisfaction of its pro rata entitlement to
the Noteholder Guarantee Distribution Amount
shall receive that number of shares in
Restructured Canwest Global which represents a
percentage ownership of the outstanding equity
shares of Restructured Canwest Global equal to
such Noteholders Noteholder Percentage of the
number obtained by multiplying (A) the Initial
Claims Fraction by (B) the number obtained by
dividing $45 million by $283 million and then
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Existing Shareholder
Percentage; |
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(viii) each of the Noteholders that is not
permitted hereunder to, or otherwise elects
not to, receive shares of Restructured Canwest
Global in satisfaction of its pro rata
entitlement to the Noteholder Guarantee
Distribution Amount shall receive a cash
payment equal to the Noteholders Noteholder
Percentage of the Noteholder Guarantee
Distribution Amount; |
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(ix) each of the Consenting Noteholders that
is a Participating Creditor will receive that
number of additional shares in Restructured
Canwest Global which represents a percentage
ownership of the outstanding equity shares of
Restructured Canwest Global equal to such
Noteholders pro rata entitlement to the
Consenting Noteholder Percentage; |
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(x) each of the Consenting Noteholders that is
a Non-Participating Creditor will receive a
cash payment equal to such Noteholders pro
rata entitlement to the Support Agreement
Consideration; and |
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(xi) each of the shareholders of record of
Canwest Global will, in exchange for their
existing shares in the capital of Canwest
Global, receive (directly or indirectly) a
cash payment equal to such shareholders pro
rata entitlement (based on the number of
shares owned by such shareholder of Canwest
Global and, for greater certainty, without
taking into account the number of votes
attributed to each such share) to the amount
obtained by multiplying (A) the Equity Value
by (B) the Existing Shareholder Percentage;. |
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Under the Plan, the claims of (i) each
affected creditor with CMI Proven Distribution
Claims or CTLP Proven Distribution Claims of
$5,000 or less (such a claim is referred to as
a CMI Minimum Claim in the case of a CMI
Proven Distribution Claim and is referred to
as a CTLP Minimum Claim in the case of a
CTLP Proven Distribution Claim) and (ii) each
affected creditor with CMI Proven Distribution
Claims or CTLP Proven Distribution Claims in
excess of the CMI Minimum Claim or CTLP
Minimum Claim, as applicable, but who has
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the CMI
Minimum Claim or CTLP Minimum Claim, as
applicable, for purposes of the Plan
(collectively, the Convenience Class Claims)
shall be valued for purposes of the
calculations set forth in this Section 3, for
voting on the Plan and for receiving
distributions under the Plan, if applicable,
at an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the
CMI Minimum Claim or the CTLP Minimum Claim,
as the case may be, and (b) the value of the
applicable CMI Proven Distribution Claim or
CTLP Proven Distribution Claim. |
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Section 3, each affected creditor holding
one or more CMI Proven Distribution Claims or
CTLP Proven Distribution Claims that are
Convenience Class Claims will receive a cash
payment from Canwest Global that, together
with the cash payments set forth in
subsections (iii) and (v) of this Section 3,
is equal to the lesser of (A) the CMI Minimum
Claim or the CTLP Minimum Claim, as applicable
and (B) the value of such creditors CMI
Proven Distribution Claims or CTLP Proven
Distribution Claims, as the case may be, in
full and final satisfaction of such claims.
The Plan shall provide that each affected
creditor whose Convenience Class Claims are
paid in full shall be deemed to vote in favour
of the Plan. |
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The Parties acknowledge and agree that, for so
long as the Equity Value (as defined in the
Canwest Global Term Sheet) is not amended, any
amendment to the Canwest Global Term Sheet
that affects matters as between affected
creditors (and not Shaw) shall not be an
amendment that requires Shaws consent or
approval and corresponding changes shall be
made to the foregoing provisions. |
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4. Existing Equity Entitlements: | Existing shareholders of Canwest Global will
(directly or indirectly) receive a cash
payment as set out in Section 3, and their
equity shall be extinguished under the Plan. |
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All equity compensation plans of Canwest
Global will be terminated on closing of the
Recapitalization Transaction and any
outstanding options, restricted share units or
other equity-based awards outstanding
thereunder will be terminated and cancelled
without compensation. |
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5. Share Capital and Articles: | The share capital of Restructured Canwest
Global will be comprised of the following
classes of shares (which are described in
greater detail in Schedule A to this Term
Sheet): |
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(i) Class A Voting Shares issued to Shaw, |
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(ii) Non-Voting Shares issued to Participating
Creditors, and |
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(iii) Class B Subordinated Voting Shares
issued to Participating Creditors; |
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provided that: |
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(iv) the Non-Voting Shares and Class B
Subordinated Voting Shares shall trade as a
unit on closing of the Subscription and
completion of the Recapitalization
Transaction; and |
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(v) a fraction of a Class B Subordinated
Voting Share will attach to each whole
Non-Voting Share such that immediately
following the Recapitalization Transaction,
Class B Subordinated Voting Shares will
represent, in aggregate, 20% in number (and,
for greater certainty, only 20% of the total
votes) of the total outstanding Class A Voting
Shares and Class B Subordinated Voting Shares. |
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6. Investment: | Shaw will subscribe for a minimum $95 million
in the aggregate (the Minimum Shaw
Commitment) of Class A Voting Shares
representing a 20% equity and 80% voting
interest in Restructured Canwest Global on the
date of implementation of the Recapitalization
Transaction (the Closing Date). |
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In addition, subject to Section 7 below, Shaw
will subscribe for an additional amount of
equity shares, at the same per share purchase
price applicable to the Minimum Shaw
Commitment, equal to the aggregate of the cash
amounts paid under Sections 3(iii), 3(v),
3(viii), 3(x) and 3(xi) (the Additional
Commitment and, together with the Minimum
Shaw Commitment, the Shaw Funding
Commitment). |
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The subscription proceeds received from the
Additional Commitment will be used to fund the
cash payments set out in Section 3. The
subscription proceeds received |
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from the
Minimum Shaw Commitment will be used as
follows: $85 million shall be distributed to
Noteholders pursuant to the Plan in connection
with partial payment of the Secured
Intercompany Note, and the balance for working
capital purposes. |
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7. Additional Ad Hoc Committee Members Investment: | Members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Noteholders
will have the right to elect to participate
pro rata (based on the pro forma ratio of
equity in Restructured Canwest allocated to
Shaw to equity allocated to the Ad Hoc
Committee) with Shaw in the funding of the
Additional Commitment, at the same per share
purchase price applicable to the Minimum Shaw
Commitment.
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The subscription proceeds received from the
above equity subscriptions, if any, will be
used to fund the cash payments set out in
Section 3. |
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8. Restructured Canwest Global Shareholders Agreement: | Restructured Canwest Global, Shaw and the
Participating Creditors will enter into a
definitive shareholders agreement (the
Canwest Global Shareholders Agreement)
governing their interest in and the operation
of Restructured Canwest Global. The Canwest
Global Shareholders Agreement will provide
for: |
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(i) the matters set out in Schedule B to
this Term Sheet; |
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(ii) the Special Approval Matters set out in
Schedule C to this Term Sheet; and |
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(iii) such other terms as are customary for a
shareholder agreement in these circumstances. |
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9. Acknowledgement; Support Agreement: | Shaw acknowledges that it has been provided
with a copy of the term sheet (the Canwest
Global Term Sheet) attached as Schedule C
to the Support Agreement (as defined in the
Subscription Agreement) in respect of the
Recapitalization Transaction and acknowledges
its terms. Canwest Global, Shaw and
Consenting Noteholders holding at least 72% of
the principal amount of 8% senior subordinated
notes due 2012 issued by CMI shall enter into
the Shaw Support Agreement. Pursuant to the
Shaw Support Agreement, inter alia: (i) the
Consenting Noteholders will agree to vote in
favour of and support the Recapitalization
Transaction (as amended pursuant to this Term
Sheet) and the Subscription, subject to the
termination provisions set out therein, and
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Ad Hoc Committee will
covenant to elect to be designated a
Participating Creditor and receive shares of
Restructured Canwest Global as contemplated by
Section 3. |
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10. Conditions: | Completion of the Subscription (including,
without limitation, Restructured Canwest
Globals commitment to issue shares and the
Shaw Funding Commitment) is conditional upon
the completion of the Recapitalization
Transaction and the implementation of the
Plan. |
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The completion of the Subscription (including,
without limitation, the Shaw Funding
Commitment) is conditional upon the
satisfaction by the respective parties thereto
or waiver by Shaw and the Ad Hoc Committee
(provided, however, that the conditions in
subparagraphs (a), (c), (e), (f), (j), (l),
(n), (o), (p), (t), (v), (dd) and (ee)
referenced below shall also be for the benefit
of Canwest Global) at or prior to the closing
on the Closing Date of the following
conditions from the Canwest Global Term Sheet: (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (j), (l), (n)
(o), (p), (s), (t), (u), (v), (x), (bb), (dd)
and (ee) (provided conditions (a), (d), (e),
(o), (p), (t), (x), (bb), (dd) and (ee) will
be read as if the references in such sections
to the Ad Hoc Committee were to Shaw, acting
reasonably), except that (i) condition (l)
shall be read as there shall have been no
material adverse effect on CMIs operations in
connection with the disposition,
recapitalization or restructuring of Canwest
Limited Partnership, (ii) condition (n) shall
be read as the exit budget and all emergence
costs shall not be materially worse than the
projections provided to Shaw by Canwest,
(iii) condition (bb) shall be the read as the
size and composition of the board of directors
of Restructured Canwest Global shall be as
provided for in the Term Sheet, and (iv)
condition (dd) shall be read as insurance in
respect of the directors and officers
insurance policy of Canwest Global shall have
been put in place on terms and at a cost
acceptable to Canwest Global and the Ad Hoc
Committee. |
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11. Plan Emergence Agreement: | Shaw shall be a party to the Plan Emergence
Agreement contemplated by Section C.4 of the
Canwest Global Term Sheet, and such agreement
and the schedules to be appended thereto shall
be acceptable to Shaw, acting reasonably. |
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12. Termination and Extension: | The agreement constituted by this Term Sheet
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terminate and be at an end in the event
that the Recapitalization Transaction shall
not have been completed on or before a date
that is six months from the date of the
Subscription Agreement (the Outside Date) or
such later date as Shaw and Canwest Global may
determine from time to time. |
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2 | The Class B Subordinated Voting Shares will be stapled to, and be required to be transferred together with, the Non-Voting Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, the stapling of the Class B Subordinated Voting Shares and the Non-Voting Shares will not affect the right of the Non-Voting Shares to vote in the circumstances where the Non-Voting Shares are entitled to vote under the applicable corporate legislation. | |
3 | In this Term Sheet, equity shares means Class A Voting Shares and Non-Voting Shares. |
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1. Parties:
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Participating Creditors that receive equity in Restructured Canwest Global and Shaw. | |
2. Board Composition:
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The board of directors (the Board) of Restructured Canwest Global will have 9 or 11 members, comprised of the following: | |
Shaw 6 nominees (the Shaw
Nominees) in the event Shaw holds at least
50% of the equity shares of Restructured
Canwest Global at any time following the
Recapitalization Transaction; or 4 nominees in
the event Shaw holds less than 50% of the
equity shares (and in either case, all of whom
must be Canadian as defined in the Direction); |
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Independent Director 1 mutually
agreed by Shaw and the Participating
Creditors; |
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Participating Creditors 3 nominees
(the Participating Creditors Nominees); and |
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the CEO of Restructured Canwest Global. |
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None of the Shaw Nominees or Participating Creditor Nominees directors shall be a current or former director or officer of Canwest Global, unless otherwise agreed by Shaw and the Participating Creditors. | ||
The Independent Director, in addition to being mutually agreed by Shaw and the Participating Creditors, shall be Canadian (as defined in the Direction) who, at the time of her or his nomination: | ||
(i) is not, and has not been within the 12
months prior to being nominated, employed by
Canwest Global or Restructured Canwest Global,
any Participating Creditor, Shaw or any of
their respective affiliates or subsidiaries
(including Corus Entertainment Inc.), whether
as an employee of, or a consultant or
independent contractor who is engaged by, any
such person; |
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(ii) is not, and has not been within the 12
months prior to being nominated, a director or
officer or equity holder in excess of 5% of
Canwest Global or Restructured Canwest Global, any |
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Participating Creditor, Shaw or any of
their respective affiliates or subsidiaries
(including Corus Entertainment Inc.); and |
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(iii) is determined by the Board not to have
any direct or indirect relationship with
Restructured Canwest Global, any Participating
Creditor, Shaw or any of their respective
affiliates or subsidiaries (including Corus
Entertainment Inc.) that would reasonably be
expected to interfere with the exercise of his
or her independent judgment as a director of
Restructured Canwest Global. |
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Participating Creditors will be entitled, as a group, to designate (i) 3 members to the Board (each member of the Board, a Board Member) so long as the Participating Creditors and their respective affiliates hold no less than 25% of the total outstanding equity shares, (ii) 2 Board Members so long as the Participating Creditors and their respective affiliates hold no less than 15% of the total outstanding equity shares, and (iii) 1 Board Member so long as the Participating Creditors and their respective affiliates hold more than 7.5% of the total outstanding equity shares. | ||
The right of a Participating Creditor and Shaw to designate a Board Member will be assignable to a transferee. | ||
There will be no less than one regular meeting of the Board each calendar quarter. The Chair will not have a second or casting vote. The Chair will not be one of the Participating Creditors Nominees. Board Members may only be removed or replaced by the shareholder(s) that appointed them. Restructured Canwest Global will indemnify each director and officer and will purchase and maintain D&O insurance. | ||
3. Quorum:
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A quorum for any meeting of the Board shall consist of a majority of the members inclusive of at least one nominee of Shaw and one nominee of the Participating Creditors, as applicable, provided that a majority of the directors in attendance are Canadian (as defined in the Direction). | |
If a meeting of the Board is duly called but, at the relevant time, a quorum is not present as described in the immediately preceding paragraph, the members of the Board (or any of their committees) present at such |
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meeting may adjourn that meeting, to be reconvened on not less than 48 hours notice to each member and the members present at that further reconvened meeting will constitute a quorum, provided that they constitute a majority of the members and provided further that a majority of the members in attendance are Canadian (as defined in the Direction). | ||
4. Special Approval Matters:
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Decisions of the Board and of the board of each of Restructured Canwest Globals subsidiaries (subject to Section 7 as it relates to CW Investments Co.) will require a simple majority of the directors participating in the meeting, except that, until such time as there is no longer at least 1 Participating Creditor Nominee serving as a director, certain matters (the Special Approval Matters) will require the approval of at least a majority of the Participating Creditor Nominees. A list of the Special Approval Matters is included as Schedule C to the Term Sheet. | |
5. Committees of the Board:
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Audit Committee 3 members: 1
nominee of the Participating Creditors, 1
nominee of Shaw and 1 Independent Director
mutually agreed by Shaw and the Participating
Creditors. |
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Compensation Committee 3 members: 1
nominee of the Participating Creditors, 1
nominee of Shaw, and 1 Independent Director
mutually agreed by Shaw and the Participating
Creditors. |
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If the Participating Creditors (or their transferees), as a group, hold less than 10% of the outstanding equity shares of Restructured Canwest Global, they will lose the above rights to nominate a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. | ||
In addition, any CRTC related matter or action related thereto where Restructured Canwest Globals position in respect of such matter or action may be in potential conflict with Shaw or its affiliates (including Corus) (as determined by the independent directors) shall be considered by an independent committee of directors comprised of 1 Participating Creditor Nominee, the Independent Director and the Chief Regulatory Officer (CRO) of Restructured Canwest Global (the CRTC Committee), which committee shall have access to outside counsel of its selection. Decisions of the CRTC Committee will require a simple majority of Canadians participating in the meeting. |
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6. Management Team:
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Restructured Canwest Global will have its own management team that is separate from Shaw and its affiliates, including Corus Entertainment Inc. | |
The CEO, CFO and CRO are to be identified in the Plan. Any replacement CEO shall be appointed by the Board, in consultation with the Ad Hoc Committee. | ||
7. CW Investments Board:
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The nominees of Restructured Canwest Global to the board of directors of CW Investments Co. (the CW Investments Board) shall be as follows: (i) if the CW Investments Shareholder Agreement is renegotiated, appointments to the CW Investments Board will be amended as part of the GS Amending Agreement (as such term is defined in the Shaw Support Agreement) to comply with the Direction, but at minimum, 1 Shaw nominee and 1 Participating Creditor Nominee will be appointed to the CW Investments Board (all of whom must be Canadian (as defined in the Direction)); and (ii) if the CW Investments Shareholders Agreement is repudiated, Board composition and other governance matters shall mirror those at Restructured Canwest Global (including, without limitation, the Special Approval Matters, which will require the approval of at least a majority of the Participating Creditor Nominees, subject to modification to comply with the Direction in light of the fact that Restructured Canwest Global will have only 66 2/3% of votes attached to the voting shares of CW Investments Co.). | |
8. Pre-emptive Rights:
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Subject to approvals required for Special Approval Matters, prior to an IPO, Shaw and the Participating Creditors will have pre-emptive rights to issuances of any equity securities by Restructured Canwest Global, subject to customary exclusions in respect of issuances in connection with any equity incentive compensation to directors, employees or consultants, or in connection with acquisitions approved by the Board. The valuation at which any such issuance is made shall be determined in good faith by the Board. | |
9. Capital Calls:
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Subject to approvals required for Special Approval Matters, prior to an IPO, if the Board determines that additional amounts of invested equity are required for the business of Restructured Canwest Global, it may request that the shareholders subscribe for additional equity shares of Restructured Canwest Global, pro rata to their relative equity shares. If a shareholder does not |
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subscribe for the full number of its pro rata allocation of equity shares, the other shareholders may subscribe for such number of shares as are not subscribed for. | ||
10. Dividend and Distribution Policy:
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Distributions and dividends will be declared and paid only as approved by the Board. Any available cash of Restructured Canwest Global shall be applied to reduce indebtedness or fund net working capital. | |
11. Related Party Transactions:
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All related party transactions that exceed a specified dollar value or are otherwise material entered into after the date of closing of the restructuring between Restructured Canwest Global and its subsidiaries on the one hand, and Shaw or Corus and their respective affiliates on the other hand, shall: (i) be subject to approval by a majority of the directors of Restructured Canwest Global (other than the Shaw Nominees); and (ii) be fair and reasonable and negotiated in an arms length manner. Management shall be required to report to the Board quarterly on any new related party transactions between Restructured Canwest and its subsidiaries on the one hand, and Shaw or Corus or their respective affiliates on the other hand, irrespective of the dollar value and the proviso referred to above. | |
12. Restrictions on Transfer:
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Other than pursuant to the liquidity rights described below, permitted transfers of shares of Restructured Canwest Global are limited to transfers of shares: | |
at any time, to affiliated entities;
and |
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in compliance with the Broadcasting
Act (Canada) and any regulations or policies
applicable thereto, including the Direction. |
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The directors of Restructured Canwest Global may refuse to register a transfer of any shares of Restructured Canwest Global if such transfer is prohibited by the CRTC or any other governmental body or authority having jurisdiction. | ||
Any shareholder may pledge, charge, mortgage or encumber any of its shares to a bank or other financial institution for the purpose of securing any borrowings by such shareholder or its affiliates, provided such bank or financial institution acknowledges the restrictions on transfer set out in the Shareholders Agreement. | ||
13. Liquidity Rights:
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Liquidity Rights are set forth in Schedule D. |
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14. Reporting:
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Restructured Canwest Global shall furnish to shareholders at such times as the Parties may agree, acting reasonably: (i) annual audited consolidated financial statements; (ii) unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements; and (iii) such other documents as the Parties may agree (acting reasonably). | |
15. Governing Law:
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Ontario law. | |
16. Broadcasting Act
Compliance:
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The terms of the Shareholders Agreement shall be in compliance with the Broadcasting Act (Canada) and any regulations or policies applicable thereto, including the Direction. Any action contemplated herein that is subject to the CRTCs prior approval having been obtained shall not be implemented until such approval has been obtained. |
(i) |
Any change in the articles or by-laws (or similar organizational or formation documents) of Restructured Canwest Global or any of its material subsidiaries; | |
(ii)
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Any change in the authorized or issued capital of Restructured Canwest Global or any of its material subsidiaries; | |
(iii)
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Any allotment, issuance, redemption or repurchase of any equity securities of Restructured Canwest Global or any of its material subsidiaries; | |
(iv)
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Any action that may lead to or result in a material change in the nature of the business of Restructured Canwest Global or any of its material subsidiaries; | |
(v)
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Any transaction or series of related transactions that would effect a recapitalization, a reorganization or reclassification of the securities of Restructured Canwest Global or any of its material subsidiaries; | |
(vi)
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Any transaction or series of related transactions involving the issuance and/or sale of equity securities, debt securities, convertible securities or rights to acquire any of such securities of Restructured Canwest Global or any of its material subsidiaries to any Strategic Investor (which term will be defined in the articles of Restructured Canwest Global); | |
(vii)
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The incurrence of any indebtedness by Restructured Canwest Global or any of its subsidiaries in excess of an amount equal to 5% of the value of the broadcasting undertakings of Restructured Canwest Global in any financial year of Restructured Canwest Global, other than short-term borrowings in the ordinary course of business; | |
(viii)
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The incurrence by Restructured Canwest Global or any of its subsidiaries of any material liability other than indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business or other than as contemplated by clause (vii); | |
(ix)
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The voluntary prepayment of debt of Restructured Canwest Global or any of its subsidiaries in an aggregate amount in excess of an amount equal to 5% of the value of the broadcasting undertakings of Restructured Canwest Global in any 12-month period or any amendment to any material provisions of any agreement, indenture or similar instrument governing the terms of any indebtedness or debt securities of Restructured Canwest Global or any of its subsidiaries with a principal amount in excess of an amount equal to 5% of the value of the broadcasting undertakings of Restructured Canwest Global; | |
(x)
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The commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings with respect to Restructured Canwest Global or any of its subsidiaries, or the consent to the appointment |
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of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or custodian of all or a substantial part of the property of Restructured Canwest Global or any of its subsidiaries; | ||
(xi)
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Any liquidation, merger or amalgamation of Restructured Canwest Global or any of its material subsidiaries or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Restructured Canwest Global or any of its subsidiaries; | |
(xii)
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The acquisition of or investment in any business or assets by Restructured Canwest Global or any of its subsidiaries where the aggregate of the acquisition price and the amount of any indebtedness assumed as part of the transaction, or the amount of such investment where the transaction is not an acquisition, exceeds an amount equal to 5% of the value of the broadcasting undertakings of Restructured Canwest Global, other than acquisitions of or investments in any business or assets in the ordinary course of business; | |
(xiii)
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The sale or disposition by Restructured Canwest Global or any of its subsidiaries of (a) any business or assets with a value in excess of an amount equal to 5% of the value of the broadcasting undertakings of Restructured Canwest Global, other than assets sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business, (b) any television channel with a value in excess of an amount equal to 5% of the value of the broadcasting undertakings of Restructured Canwest Global, or (c) any entity that engages in media sales or the assets or business thereof with a value in excess of an amount equal to 5% of the value of the broadcasting undertakings of Restructured Canwest Global; | |
(xiv)
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The making of a loan, an advance or capital contribution by Restructured Canwest Global or any of its subsidiaries to any person other than Restructured Canwest Global or any of its subsidiaries in an amount in excess of 5% of the value of the broadcasting undertakings of Restructured Canwest Global per transaction or series of related transactions; | |
(xv)
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Any material change in tax policy or tax elections; | |
(xvi)
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Any change in the auditors, other than to one of the big four national auditing firms; | |
(xvii)
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Any other fundamental change in respect of Restructured Canwest Global or any of its subsidiaries that would require shareholder approval pursuant to Part XV of the CBCA; | |
(xviii)
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Any transfer of shares of any of Restructured Canwest Globals subsidiaries to a third party; | |
(xix)
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The taking of any steps to wind up or terminate the corporate existence of Restructured Canwest Global or any of its material subsidiaries; | |
(xx)
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The approval of any change or changes in the business plan or any portion thereof, individually or in the aggregate, which, if implemented by the Board during the relevant plan period, could reasonably be expected to change the projected revenues, expenses, capital expenditures or cash flows of Restructured Canwest Global as set out in the most recently approved business plan, by more than 10% during the then current plan period; |
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(xxi)
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The allocation or increase in the allocation of any equity underlying any management incentive plan; and | |
(xxii)
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Any commitment or agreement to do any of the foregoing. |
Forced Sale Right:
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(i) Commencing |
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(a) 12 months after closing of the
restructuring, one or more former members of
the Ad Hoc Committee (or their permitted
transferees) holding more than 25% of the
outstanding equity shares, and |
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(b) 18 months after closing of the
restructuring, either the party or parties
described in (a) or at least two former members
of the Ad Hoc Committee (with [redacted]
considered to be one member, solely for this
purpose both of which must agree), |
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(the Electing Shareholders) may provide
written notice (the Forced Sale Notice) to
Shaw that they are prepared to sell to Shaw,
all but not less than all, of their shares. |
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(ii) On the 15th business day
following receipt by Shaw of the Forced Sale
Notice, Shaw may deliver to the Electing
Shareholders a written notice stipulating the
cash purchase price per share at which Shaw is
prepared to purchase the shares of the Electing
Shareholders (the Shaw Price) and the
Electing Shareholders will deliver to Shaw a
written notice stipulating the cash purchase
price per share at which the Electing
Shareholders are prepared to sell their shares
(the Shareholder Price), such notices to be
delivered contemporaneously (collectively, the
"Pricing Notices). If Shaw delivers a Pricing
Notice stipulating a Shaw Price, the following
pricing mechanics will then apply: |
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(a) If the Shaw Price is equal to or greater
than the Shareholder Price, Shaw and the
Electing Shareholders will be deemed to have
agreed that the Shaw Price will be the sale
price; |
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(b) If the Shareholder Price exceeds the Shaw
Price by not more than 10% of the Shaw Price,
Shaw and the Electing Shareholders will be
deemed to have agreed that the midpoint between
the Shareholder Price and the Shaw Price will
be the sale price; and |
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(c) If the Shareholder Price exceeds the Shaw
Price by more than 10% of the Shaw Price,
during the 10 business days following receipt
of the Pricing Notices, |
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Shaw and the Electing
Shareholders will, in good faith, negotiate for
a mutually acceptable price. If Shaw and the
Electing Shareholders fail to agree on a price,
then within five business days thereafter the
Electing Shareholders may by written notice to
Shaw elect to sell at the Shaw Price and Shaw
may by written notice to the Electing
Shareholders elect to buy at the Shareholder
Price, such elections to be delivered
contemporaneously. If Shaw elects to buy at
the Shareholder Price and the Electing
Shareholders do not elect to sell at the Shaw
Price, Shaw shall buy at the Shareholder Price.
If the Electing Shareholders elect to sell at
the Shaw Price and Shaw does not elect to buy
at the Shareholder Price, Shaw shall buy at the
Shaw Price. If Shaw elects to buy at the
Shareholder Price and the Electing Shareholders
elect to sell at the Shaw Price, Shaw shall buy
at the midpoint between the Shareholder Price
and the Shaw Price. If Shaw does not elect to
buy at the Shareholder Price and the Electing
Shareholders do not elect to sell at the Shaw
Price, Shaw and the Electing Shareholders shall
be deemed not to have agreed on a price. The
offers represented in the Pricing Notices will
expire at the end of the five business day
period if no price is arrived at as a result of
the election process except as provided in the
last two sentences of section (iv) below. |
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(iii) If a purchase price is arrived at as a
result of the process described in (ii) above,
then: |
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(a) Shaw will provide written notice to the
non-Electing Shareholders setting out the sale
price and providing that each such shareholder
will have five business days from the date of
receipt of such notice to elect by written
notice to Shaw to sell all but not less than
all of their shares at the same sale price (the
Opt-in Shareholders); |
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(b) following the expiration of the five
business day period, Shaw shall purchase all of
the shares of the Electing Shareholders and the
Opt-in Shareholders at the sale price; and |
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(c) in the event that (1) the number of shares
to be purchased by Shaw from the Electing
Shareholders and the Opt-in Shareholders
represents at least 40% of the outstanding
shares, (2) the number of shares to be |
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purchased by Shaw from the Electing
Shareholders and the Opt-in Shareholders
represents at least two-thirds of the
outstanding shares (excluding the shares owned
by Shaw) or (3) after giving pro forma effect
to the purchase of such shares by Shaw from the
Electing Shareholders and the Opt-in
Shareholders, Shaw would own at least 90% of
the outstanding shares, then in any such case
Shaw will have the right to require that all
non-Shaw shareholders sell their shares to Shaw
at the same sale price. |
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(iv) If no purchase price is arrived at as a
result of the process described in (ii) above,
at the expense of Restructured Canwest, Shaw
and the Electing Shareholders will select an
independent investment bank or accounting firm
to prepare a valuation range of the fair
market value of the shares (the shareholders
agreement to set out a process for selection if
Shaw and the Electing Shareholders do not agree
on the investment bank or accounting firm). If
the Shaw Price is below the high end of the
valuation range, the Electing Shareholders may
accept the Shaw Price or, subject to satisfying
any applicable threshold, initiate the
processes referred to in (v)b. or (v)c. below.
If the Shaw Price is equal to or greater than
the high end of the valuation range, (1) the
Electing Shareholders cannot initiate the sale
processes referred to in (v)(b) or (v)(c), and
(2) the Electing Shareholders may but will not
be required to sell their shares to Shaw at the
Shaw Price and if the Electing Shareholders
elect to sell to Shaw at the Shaw Price the
procedures set out in section (iii) will apply. |
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(v) After completing the process in (iv) above,
if the Electing Shareholders are not required
to sell their shares to Shaw, the Electing
Shareholders may: |
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(a) sell their shares to a bona fide arms
length financially qualified third party
purchaser (who may not be one of the other
shareholders) at a price payable in cash that
is not less than the midpoint between the Shaw
Price and the Shareholder Price, provided that
(1) the third party purchaser is not a
competitor of Restructured Canwest Global,
Shaw, or their respective affiliates, (2) the
third party purchaser enters into the
Shareholders Agreement, and (3) each
Shareholder (other than Shaw) may elect to sell
its shares at the same price. Any such sale
must be completed within 6 months after the
completion of the processes in (iii) |
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and (iv) above; |
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(b) the Electing Shareholders may force a sale
of the entire company to a bona fide arms
length financially qualified third party (which
third party purchaser may be a competitor of
Restructured Canwest Global, Shaw, or their
respective affiliates, but cannot be an
existing shareholder) at a price (the Third
Party Sale Price), payable in cash, that is
not less than the midpoint between the Shaw
Price and the Shareholder Price (and Shaw and
all other non-Electing Shareholders will be
required to sell their shares to any such third
party purchaser at the Third Party Sale Price).
Any such sale must be completed within 6
months after the completion of the processes in
(iii) and (iv) above; or |
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(c) require Restructured Canwest Global to
conduct a public secondary offering for their
shares and the shares of any other shareholder
(including Shaw if it elects to opt into the
public offering provided that the shareholders
other than Shaw shall have sold the entire
position they wish to sell) on terms
satisfactory to Restructured Canwest Global and
Shaw, acting reasonably. If the public
offering price is less than the Shaw Price,
Shaw can terminate the offering by paying to
those shareholders who would have sold under
the Offering the Shaw Price for all their
shares (less the amount to pay the underwriters
for their expenses and lost commissions).
Unless Shaw participates in the IPO, the IPO
shares will be the stapled non-voting /subordinate
voting shares and otherwise the
capital structure will be consistent with CRTC
and other regulatory and stock exchange
requirements (such as Canadian ownership
restrictions and coat -tails). For certainty,
this option may be selected without initiating
a sale process as provided in subparagraph (b)
or after such sale process, where the process
does not result in a sale to a third party.
The Shareholders Agreement shall terminate on
the completion of a public offering resulting
in a stock exchange listing of equity shares. |
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(iv) If Shaw does not deliver a Pricing Notice
stipulating a Shaw Price pursuant to (ii)
above, the Electing Shareholders may, by
written notice to Shaw, Restructured Canwest
Global and the non-Electing Shareholders, elect
any of the liquidity options described in (v),
without reference to any minimum |
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pricing restrictions. |
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(vii)
If the Forced Sale Notice does not result
in a sale of the entire company, then a further
forced sale notice may not be given until nine
months after the termination of the sale
process (including any failed IPO process)
initiated by such Forced Sale Notice. |
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Unsolicited Offer for All Shares: |
(i)
If an unsolicited bona fide fully financed
and unconditional offer from an arms length
financially qualified third party (which third
party may be a competitor of Restructured
Canwest Global, Shaw or their respective
affiliates) is made for all but not less than
all of the outstanding shares of Restructured
Canwest Global and one or more former members
of the Ad Hoc Committee (or their permitted
transferees) holding more than 40% of the
outstanding equity shares for an offer made
within 12 months of the closing of the
restructuring (reduced to 25% of the
outstanding equity shares for an offer made
thereafter) wish to accept, they may provide
written notice to Shaw, the other shareholders
and Restructured Canwest Global. |
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(ii) Following receipt of such notice, Shaw
will have 15 business days to exercise the
right to purchase all of the shares subject to
the third party offer for the same cash
purchase price, and all shareholders must sell
their shares to Shaw at the same price as
stipulated in the third party offer. |
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(iii) In the event that the shares subject to
the third party offer are not purchased by
Shaw, all shareholders (including Shaw) must
sell their shares to the third party purchaser
at the specified cash purchase price. Any such
sale shall be completed within 15 business
days. |
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Individual Shareholder Exit: |
(i) At any time, one shareholder (the Exit
Shareholder) may provide written notice (the
Exit Notice) to Shaw and the other
shareholders that it is prepared to sell at
least 5% of the outstanding equity shares or if
less, all of such shareholders shares (the
Exit Shares). The Exit Notice shall
stipulate the cash purchase price per share at
which the Exit Shareholder is prepared to sell
the Exit Shares (the Shareholder Exit Price).
One or more of the Shareholders other than the
Exit Shareholders (the Non-Exit Shareholders)
shall have a 15 business day period to accept
the Shareholder Exit Price, and the following
will apply: |
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(a) All non-Exit Shareholders will have the
right to purchase their pro rata share of the
Exit Shares at the |
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Shareholder Exit Price with the right to elect
to purchase additional shares on a pro rata
basis if certain non-Exit Shareholders elect
not to purchase shares; |
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(b) If no agreement is reached to sell all of
the Exit Shares at the Shareholder Exit Price,
the Exit Shareholder may sell its shares to a
bona fide arms length financially qualified
third party purchaser (who may not be one of
the other shareholders) at a price payable in
cash that is not less than the Shareholder Exit
Price, provided that (1) the third party
purchaser is not a competitor of Restructured
Canwest Global, Shaw, or their respective
affiliates, and (2) the third party purchaser
enters into the Shareholders Agreement. Any
such sale must be completed within three months
from the date of expiration of the 15 business
day acceptance period; and |
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(c) Non-Exit Shareholders other than Shaw will
have the right to tag-along on any sale under
this clause provided that (1) in the case of a
sale to non-selling shareholders, in the event
that all of the Exit Shares and the additional
shares to be sold exceed the number of shares
that the non-Exit Shareholders who are not
selling shareholders are willing to purchase,
the shares purchased will be subject to
proration among the selling shareholders and
(2) in the case of a sale to a third party, the
number of shares to be sold to the third party
will be capped at the number set out in the
Exit Notice and the shares purchased will be
subject to proration among the selling
shareholders. |
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Unsolicited Individual Shareholder Exit: |
(i) If at any time a shareholder receives an
unsolicited bona fide fully financed and
unconditional offer from an arms length
financially qualified third party (who may be
one of the other shareholders) for at least 5%
of the outstanding equity shares or if less,
all of such shareholders shares (the ROFR
Shares) for cash, which such shareholder
wishes to accept, the shareholder must provide
written notice to Shaw, the other shareholders
and Restructured Canwest Global, which notice
shall include the offered price per share (the
ROFR Price). |
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(ii) Within 15 business days of receipt of such
notice, Shaw and the other shareholders
will have the right to purchase on a pro rata
basis all of the ROFR Shares for the ROFR Price
with the right to elect to purchase additional
ROFR Shares on a pro rata basis if certain
non-selling shareholders elect not to |
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purchase shares. |
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(iii) In the event that all of the ROFR Shares
are not purchased by Shaw and/or other
shareholders, the selling shareholder may sell
its shares to the third party purchaser at a
price that is not less than the ROFR Price,
provided that: (a) the third party purchaser is
not a competitor of Restructured Canwest
Global, Shaw, or their respective affiliates
and (b) the third party purchaser enters into
the Shareholders Agreement. Any such sale must
be completed within 15 business days. |
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(iv) The non-ROFR shareholders will have the
right to tag-along on any sale under (ii) or
(iii) provided that (1) in the case of a sale
to non-selling shareholders, in the event that
all of the ROFR Shares and the additional
shares to be sold exceed the number of shares
that the non-ROFR shareholders who are not
selling shareholders are willing to purchase,
the shares purchased will be subject to
proration among the selling shareholders and
(2) in the case of a sale to the third party,
the number of shares to be sold to the third
party will be capped at the number of ROFR
Shares and the shares purchased will be subject
to proration among the selling shareholders. |
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Shaw Sale and Offer
Rights:
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(i) Shaw will have similar sale rights to the
sale rights made available to the Participating
Creditors described above (Forced Sale Right,
Unsolicited Offer for All Shares, Individual
Shareholder Exit and Unsolicited Individual
Shareholder Exit), appropriately modified to
reflect Shaws ultimate equity position in
Restructured Canwest Global, including that any
sale by Shaw of shares shall be subject to a
tag along right in favour of the Non-Shaw
Shareholders and that in connection with any
public securities offering the shares that the
shareholders other than Shaw wish to be sold
shall be sold in priority to Shaw. Shaw would
have similar tag along rights on any sale where
a majority of the outstanding shares
(calculated prior to including any shares to be
sold by Shaw) are to be sold. |
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(ii) In addition to any other rights, Shaw
may at any time, including in connection with
an Individual Shareholder Exit, by written
notice to each of the Non-Shaw Shareholders,
make an offer to purchase the shares of the
Non-Shaw Shareholders, at a price to be
stipulated in such notice. Any such offer
shall be made on a pro rata basis to the
Non-Shaw Shareholders. Within 15 business days
of receipt of such notice, each Non-Shaw
Shareholder may elect to accept such offer and
sell their shares to Shaw at the price
specified in such notice. If (1) the
number of shares to be purchased by |
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Shaw represent at least 40% of the outstanding
shares, (2) the number of shares to be
purchased by Shaw represents at least
two-thirds of the outstanding shares (excluding
the shares owned by Shaw) or (3) after giving
pro forma effect to the purchase of such shares
by Shaw, Shaw would own at least 90% of the
outstanding shares, Shaw will have the right by
written notice (the Compulsory Notice) to
require all Non-Shaw Shareholders to sell their
shares to Shaw at Shaws offer price. If Shaw
does not deliver the Compulsory Notice, any
non-selling shareholders shall have the right
to purchase their pro rata share of the shares
of the selling shareholders. |
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(iii) If Shaw owns at least 90% of the
outstanding equity shares, Shaw may at any
time, by written notice to each of the Non-Shaw
Shareholders, require that the Non-Shaw
Shareholders sell to Shaw all of their shares
for fair market value. |
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General:
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(i) For the purposes of the Shareholders
Agreement, fair market value will be
determined as follows: |
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(a) on an en bloc basis and will assume and
consider (1) the price that would result from a
sale between a willing seller and a willing
buyer that satisfies the requirements of the
CRTC Direction, if any, in force at the time
fair market value is being determined, (2) any
related party agreements with Shaw or its
affiliates will continue without disruption
(pricing will be assumed to be consistent with
past practice), and (3) governance and
liquidity discounts will not be reflected; and |
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(b) following receipt of the applicable notice,
the subject shareholder(s) and Shaw will
negotiate the fair market value of the shares.
If they cannot reach agreement within a
specified period of time, each side will
deliver a proposed fair market value. If the
proposed fair market values differ by less than
10% of the lower proposed fair market
value, the fair market value for purposes of
the sale will be the mid-point between the two.
If the proposed fair market values differ by
10% or more of the lower proposed fair market
value, an independent investment bank or
international accounting firm, selected by Shaw
and the selling shareholders (the shareholders
agreement to set out a process for selection if
Shaw and the selling shareholders do not agree
on the investment bank or accounting firm),
will select the most reasonable of the
proposed fair market values to be the fair
market value |
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for purposes of the sale. |
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(ii)
If regulatory (including CRTC) approval is
required for any transaction contemplated
herein, the closing of any such transaction may
be extended by up to six months to obtain such
approvals. |
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(iii) For greater certainty, transfers to
related entities, affiliates and accounts under
common management shall be exempted from the
transfer restrictions, provided the transferee
agrees to be bound by all relevant agreements. |
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(iv) In the event the Electing Shareholders
elect to force a sale of Restructured Canwest
Global or require Restructured Canwest Global
to conduct a public offering as provided above
(either being the Forced Sale Process), Shaw
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
facilitate the Forced Sale Process in a timely,
orderly and efficient manner, to maximize the
value of the shares of Restructured Canwest
Global, and successfully complete a Forced Sale
Process transaction. Without limiting the
foregoing, Shaw shall: |
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(a) direct Restructured Canwest Global (and its
nominees to the board of directors) to provide
and make available all such information, data,
advice and agreements as may be reasonably
requested, subject to appropriate
confidentiality protections; |
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(b) provide reasonable access to the directors,
officers, senior employees, auditors and other
advisors of Restructured Canwest Global
(including, without limitation, in connection
with due diligence, management information
meeting or road show marketing efforts); and |
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(c) assist in the preparation of a Confidential
Information Memorandum, Prospectus or any other
marketing materials to be used in connection
with the Forced Sale Process. |
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(v)
Non-Shaw shareholders selling shares to
Shaw herein shall receive the same
consideration per share and shall not enter
into (and shall confirm they have not entered
into) any collateral agreement, commitment or
understanding that has the effect, directly or
indirectly, of providing such shareholder with
consideration of greater value than (or any
other rights or benefits than) that offered to
the other shareholders. |
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(vi) In connection with any sale which gives
rise to tag along rights, the number of shares
sold shall be subject to proration to the
extent the number of shares to be sold exceeds
the number of shares the purchaser has
indicated it is prepared to buy. |
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(vii)
Any right tied to percentage ownership
shall be calculated without giving effect to
any dilution after emergence resulting from
management equity plans. |
1. | Definitions |
Data Room means the electronic data room established and maintained on behalf of Canwest Global for due diligence purposes and hosted by IntraLinks on its website at http://www.intralinks.com; | ||
Data Room Information means the documents and information made available in the Data Room prior to 4:00 a.m. (ET) on February 11, 2010, and, in the case of employment agreements with certain executive employees, includes such employment agreements if and to the extent made available to the Subscriber or its Representatives, prior to such time on such day, by means other than through the Data Room; | ||
Employee Plan means a plan, agreement, program, policy or undertaking, funded or unfunded, insured or uninsured, registered or unregistered, to which Canwest Global or a Material Subsidiary is a party or bound or in which the non-unionized employees participate or under which Canwest Global or a Material Subsidiary has, or will have, any liability or contingent liability or pursuant to which payments are made or benefits are provided, or an entitlement to payments or benefits may arise with respect to any of the employees, former employees, directors or officers, individuals working on contract with Canwest Global or a Material Subsidiary or other individuals providing services to Canwest Global or a Material Subsidiary of a kind normally provided by employees (or any spouses, dependants, survivors or beneficiaries of any such persons), excluding statutory plans; | ||
Environmental Laws means applicable federal, provincial, territorial, municipal and local laws, statutes, ordinances, by-laws and regulations, judgments, decrees, common laws and principles thereof, and orders, directives and decisions rendered or issued by any Governmental Entity relating to the protection of human health, natural resources, or the environment, or hazardous substances; and | ||
Intellectual Property means all trade-marks, trade names, business names, know-how, copyrights, service marks, brand names and all other intellectual property that is material to the conduct of the business of Canwest Global and the Material Subsidiaries as presently conducted, including all licences, registered user agreements and all like rights that are material to the conduct of the business of Canwest Global and the Material Subsidiaries as presently conducted. | ||
2. | Additional Representations and Warranties |
(a) | Owned Real Property and Leased Real Property. The Data Room Information discloses, either in the form of summaries of material terms or copies of |
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Contracts, as applicable, all material real property owned (the Owned Real Property) or leased (the Leased Real Property) by Canwest Global and the Material Subsidiaries. Canwest Global and the Material Subsidiaries do not own or lease and have not agreed to acquire or lease any material real property or interest in such real property other than the Owned Real Property and the Leased Real Property. |
(b) | Intellectual Property. All Intellectual Property is owned by Canwest Global and its Material Subsidiaries or is used by Canwest Global and its Material Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of licences or sublicences in respect of such Intellectual Property, and all such licences or sublicences are in good standing and none of Canwest Global or its Material Subsidiaries is in material default thereof. | ||
(c) | Insurance. The Data Room Information discloses, either in the form of summaries of material terms or copies of insurance policies, all insurance policies maintained by Canwest Global and the Material Subsidiaries on, or covering, their respective property and assets or personnel as of the date thereof. | ||
(d) | Material Contracts. The Data Room Information discloses, either in the form of summaries of material terms (except for financial terms where such financial terms have been omitted) or copies of Contracts, all Contracts to which Canwest Global and the Material Subsidiaries are a party to or by which they are bound that are material to the conduct of the business of Canwest Global and the Material Subsidiaries as presently conducted, it being understood and agreed that Contracts of the following types are material for purposes of this Section 2(d) of this Schedule B: |
(i) | shareholder agreements or partnership agreements governing the operations of the Material Subsidiaries; | ||
(ii) | collective bargaining agreements or other Contracts with any labour union; | ||
(iii) | employment or consulting Contracts or any other written Contracts with the President of the Canadian broadcasting operations and any senior executive officers reporting to that President; | ||
(iv) | any trust indenture, mortgage, promissory note, loan agreement, guarantee or other Contract for the borrowing of money or a leasing transaction of the type required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP; | ||
(v) | any Contract under which Canwest Global or any of the Material Subsidiaries are committed to make material capital expenditures; | ||
(vi) | any Contract for the sale of any assets, other than sales of inventory to customers in the ordinary course of business; |
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(vii) | non-competition agreements or other Contracts containing restrictions on the business that may be carried on by Canwest Global or the Material Subsidiaries; | ||
(viii) | any power of attorney relating to the businesses of Canwest Global and the Material Subsidiaries in favour of any person; | ||
(ix) | any agreement of guarantee, support, indemnification, assumption or endorsement of, or any other similar commitment with respect to, the obligations, liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) or indebtedness of any other person; or | ||
(x) | to the extent not included in clauses (i) through (ix) above, any material Contract entered into by Canwest Global or a Material Subsidiary other than in the ordinary course of business. |
(e) | Program Supply, Carriage and Advertising Agreements. The Data Room Information discloses, either in the form of summaries of material terms (except for financial terms where such financial terms have been omitted) or copies of Contracts, all program supply, carriage, distributor, sales, advertising, or agency representative agreements to which Canwest Global or the Material Subsidiaries are a party or by which they are bound that are material to the conduct of the business of Canwest Global and the Material Subsidiaries as presently conducted. | ||
(f) | Licences. The Data Room Information discloses all licences issued by the CRTC that Canwest Global or any of its Material Subsidiaries are required to obtain that are related to their respective business or the ownership or operation of their respective properties or assets. To the best of the knowledge after due inquiry of Thomas Strike, John Maguire and Richard Leipsic, there is no material non-compliance with any term or condition of any such license. | ||
(g) | Minute Books. The minute books of Canwest Global and the Material Subsidiaries and any predecessors thereof made available to the Subscriber are complete in all material respects and reflect all proceedings of their respective directors (and any committees thereof) and shareholders to the date hereof. | ||
(h) | Litigation. Except as (i) disclosed in the Data Room Information, (ii) disclosed in the consolidated financial statements of Canwest Global, (iii) for any claims made pursuant to the Claims Procedure Order, and (iv) for actions, suits or proceedings the outcome of which has not had and is not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no actions, suits or proceedings (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Canwest Global or the Material Subsidiaries) pending or, to the knowledge of Canwest Global and the Material Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting, Canwest Global or the Material Subsidiaries or their respective assets and businesses at law or in equity or before or by any federal, provincial, territorial, municipal or other governmental department, court, |
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commission, board, bureau, agency, tribunal or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or by or before an arbitrator or arbitration board. |
(i) | Environmental. There are no actions, proceedings, notices, orders, demands or directions relating to environmental matters requiring, or notifying Canwest Global or any of the Material Subsidiaries that it is or may be responsible for any investigation, containment, clean-up, remediation or corrective action or any work, repairs, construction or capital expenditures to be made under Environmental Laws other than as disclosed in the Data Room Information and except for any actions, proceedings, notices, orders, demands or directions that have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. | ||
(j) | Employee Plans. The Data Room Information discloses all Employee Plans, either in the form of summaries of material terms or copies thereof, relating to the operations of Canwest Global and the Material Subsidiaries in Toronto, Ontario, and the Employee Plans at all other sites of Canwest Global and the Material Subsidiaries are substantially similar thereto. |
Number of Shares | ||||||
Issued and | ||||||
Number of Shares | Outstanding (as at | |||||
Class of Shares | Authorized | June 30, 2009) | ||||
Canwest Global Communications Corp. |
Multiple Voting Shares | Unlimited | 76,785,976 | |||
Subordinate Voting Shares | Unlimited | 99,395,042 | ||||
Non-Voting Shares | Unlimited | 1,465,521 | ||||
Preference Shares | Unlimited | None | ||||
Series 1 Preference Shares | Unlimited | None | ||||
Series 2 Preference Shares (Special Shares) |
21,783 | None | ||||
Canwest Media Inc.1 |
Common Shares | Unlimited | 22,924,002 | |||
Preference Shares | Unlimited | None | ||||
Canwest Television Limited Partnership |
Units | Unlimited | 478,406.8 | |||
Canwest Mediaworks Ireland Holdings |
Ordinary Shares | 20,000,000 | 1,000,000 | |||
Redeemable Preference Shares | 500,000 | 1 | ||||
Redeemable Preference A | 1,000,000 | 467,509 | ||||
Shares | ||||||
Redeemable Preference B | 500,000 | 311,674 | ||||
Shares |
1 | CMI may issue one or more shares to Canwest Global in connection with a roll-down transfer by Canwest Global of its corporate jet aircraft to CMI. |
1. | Change of Control Agreement dated March 16, 2000 among Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting Inc. (AABI), Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. (AACI), 2000308 Ontario Inc. and Jasper Broadcasting Inc (relates to the BBC Canada channel); | |
2. | Change of Control Agreement dated July 18, 2001 among AABI, AACI, Worldwide Channel Investments (Ontario) Limited and 3836762 Canada Inc. (relates to the BBC Kids channel); and | |
3. | Change of Control Agreement dated March 29, 2000 between AABI, AABI obo NGC Canada Inc., AABI obo NGC Holdco Inc., AACI and NGC Network International, LLC (relates to the National Geographic Canada channel). |