(d) Stock Exchange Listing. The Stock Exchange Approvals shall have been made, given or obtained, on terms satisfactory to the
Parties, subject only to the customary listing conditions of Nasdaq, as applicable.
(e) Registration Statement. The Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the SEC and shall remain effective
as of the Closing, and no stop order or similar order shall be in effect with respect to the Registration Statement.
(f) Organizational Documents. The Company Closing Organizational Documents shall have been filed and become effective (or have
otherwise been duly adopted and are effective), in form and substance satisfactory to the Company and Southern including amending the name of the Company to “Southern Energy Renewables, Inc.”
(g) Governance. The actions required to be taken by the Parties pursuant to Section 7.13, with effect as of and from the
Effective Time, shall have been taken.
(h) Domestication. The Domestication shall have been completed and a time-stamped copy of the Certificate of Domestication issued
by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in relation thereto shall have been delivered to Southern.
9.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Company.
In addition to the conditions specified in Section 9.1, the obligations of the Company and Merger SubCo to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions,
are subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (by the Company) of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties.
(i) Each of the representations and warranties of Southern, contained in Section 4.1 (Organization and Standing), Section 4.2 (Authorization; Binding Agreement), Section 4.28 (Finders and Brokers), (collectively, the “Southern
Specified Representations”) shall be true and correct (A) in the case of any such representation or warranty that is qualified by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation therein, in all respects, or (B)
in the case of any such representation or warranty that is not qualified by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation therein, in all material respects, in each case, as of the date of this Agreement and on and
as of the Closing Date immediately prior to the Effective Time as if made on the Closing Date immediately prior to the Effective Time (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in
such case, shall be so true and correct on and as of such earlier date).
(ii) Each of the representations and warranties of Southern, contained in Article
IV (other than Southern Specified Representations and the representations and warranties of Southern contained in Section 4.5 (Capitalization)) shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation
as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date immediately prior to the Effective Time as if made on the Closing Date
immediately prior to the Effective Time (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date), except, in each case, the
failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, has not had a Southern Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) The representations and warranties of Southern, contained in Section 4.5
(Capitalization) shall be true and correct, except for any de minimis failures to be so true and correct, as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date (except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct, except for any de minimis failures to be so true and correct, on and as of such earlier date).
(b) Agreements and Covenants. Southern, shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations and complied in all
material respects with all of its agreements and covenants under this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date, except where compliance with any such obligation, agreement or covenant has been
waived in writing by the Company.
(c) No Material Adverse Effect. No Southern Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement which is
continuing and uncured.
(d) Minimum Southern Capitalization: Southern shall have a minimum of $10,000,000 of assets
reflected on its unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Minimum Southern Capitalization”); provided, that the Minimum Southern Capitalization shall be reduced on a
dollar-for-dollar basis by the aggregate amount Southern expends or incurs for bona fide general and administrative costs and other liabilities related to the development of the Plant (such costs may include among them assessments,
studies, applications, engineering, design, technical studies, permitted work and/or legal and consulting fees). This Section 9.2(d) shall be subject to the requirements of Section 7.3.
(e) Southern Ownership. The Southern Shareholders as of the date hereof shall have beneficial
ownership of at least a majority of the outstanding Southern Shares as of the Effective Time.
(f) Closing Deliverables.
(i) OFFICER CERTIFICATES. Southern shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date,
signed by an executive officer in such capacity, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 9.2(a) through Section 9.2(c).
(ii) SECRETARY CERTIFICATE. Southern, shall have delivered to the Company a certificate executed by its secretary or
other executive officer certifying as to the validity and effectiveness of, and attaching, (A) copies of its Organizational Documents as in effect as of the Closing Date, as applicable and (B) the requisite resolutions of the Southern
Board authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party is or is required to be a party or bound, and the consummation of the other Transactions.
(iii) SOUTHERN SUPPORT & LOCK-UP AGREEMENT. The Southern Shareholders as of the date of this Agreement shall be
party to the Southern Support & Lock-Up Agreement that remains in full force and effect.
(iv) FIRPTA TAX CERTIFICATE. Prior to the Closing, Southern shall deliver to the Company a properly executed
certification, dated as of the Closing Date, that meets the requirements of U.S. Treasury Regulations Sections 1.897-2(h) and 1.1445-2(c)(3), certifying that Southern is not and has not been a “United States real property holding
corporation” (as defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code) during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, together with the required notices to the IRS and written authorization for Southern to deliver
such notice and a copy of such certification to the IRS on behalf of Southern upon the Closing.
(v) ARTICLES OF MERGER. The Company shall have received from Southern evidence of the filing of the Articles of Merger
with the Louisiana and Delaware Secretaries of State, as applicable.
9.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Southern.
In addition to the conditions specified in Section 9.1, the obligations of Southern to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions, are subject to the
satisfaction or written waiver (by Southern) of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties.
(i) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company and Merger SubCo, as applicable, contained in Section
5.1 (Organization and Standing), Section 5.2 (Authorization; Binding Agreement) and Section 5.10 (Finders and Brokers), Section 6.1 (Organization and Standing), Section 6.2 (Authorization;
Binding Agreement) and Section 6.29 (Finders and Brokers) (collectively, the “Company Specified Representations”) shall be true and correct (A) in the case of any such representation or warranty that is
qualified by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation therein, in all respects, or (B) in the case of any such representation or warranty that is not qualified by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or
any similar limitation therein, in each case, as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date immediately prior to the Effective Time as if made on the Closing Date immediately prior to the Effective Time (except to
the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date).
(ii) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Article V and Article VI (other than the Company Specified Representations and the representations and warranties of Merger SubCo contained in Section 5.5 (Capitalization) and of the Company contained in Section
6.5 (Capitalization)) shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) as of the date of this Agreement and
on and as of the Closing Date immediately prior to the Effective Time as if made on the Closing Date immediately prior to the Effective Time (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date,
and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date), except, in each case, the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, has not had a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) The representations and warranties of the Company and Merger SubCo contained in and Section 5.5
(Capitalization) and Section 6.5 (Capitalization) shall be true and correct, except for any de minimis failures to be so true and correct, as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on the
Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct, except for any de minimis failures to be so true and correct, on and as of such
earlier date).
(b) Agreements and Covenants. The Company and Merger SubCo shall have performed in all material respects all of their respective
obligations and complied in all material respects with all of their respective agreements and covenants under this Agreement, in each case to be performed or complied with by such person on or prior to the Closing Date, except where
compliance with any such obligation, agreement or covenant has been waived in writing by Southern.
(c) No Material Adverse Effect. No Company Material Adverse Effect or Merger SubCo Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred
since the date of this Agreement which is continuing and uncured.
(d) Dissent Rights. Dissent Rights have not been exercised with respect to more than 5.0% of the issued and outstanding Company
Shares.
(e) Closing Deliverables.
(i) OFFICER CERTIFICATE. Southern shall have received a certificate from the Company and Merger SubCo, dated as of
the Closing Date, signed by an executive officer or authorized signatory of the Company and Merger SubCo, as applicable, in such capacity, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 9.3(a), Section
9.3(b) and Section 9.3(c).
(ii) SECRETARY CERTIFICATE. The Company and Merger SubCo shall have delivered to Southern a certificate executed by
its respective secretary or respective executive officer certifying as to the validity and effectiveness of, and attaching, (A) copies of such entity’s Organizational Documents as in effect as of the Closing Date (B) the requisite
resolutions of each entity’s respective Board authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party is or is required to be a party or bound, and the
consummation of the other Transactions.
(iii) COMPANY SUPPORT & LOCK-UP AGREEMENT. The Core Company Securityholders shall be party to a Company Support &
Lock-Up Agreement that remains in full force and effect.
(iv) FIRPTA TAX CERTIFICATE. Prior to the Closing, the Company and Merger SubCo shall deliver to Southern a properly
executed certification, dated as of the Closing Date, that meets the requirements of U.S. Treasury Regulations Sections 1.897-2(h) and 1.1445-2(c)(3), certifying that the Company and Merger SubCo are not and have not been a “United States
real property holding corporation” (as defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code) during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, together with the required notice to the IRS and written authorization for
the Company and Merger SubCo to deliver such notice and a copy of such certification to the IRS on behalf of the Company and Merger SubCo upon the Closing.
(v) COMPANY CLOSING ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS. Southern shall have received from the Company evidence of the execution
and/or filing with the Delaware Secretaries of State, as applicable, of the Company Closing Organizational Documents.
9.4 Frustration of Conditions. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, no Party may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in this Article IX to be satisfied if such failure was caused by the failure of such Party or its Affiliates (or with respect to the Company or
any Company Shareholder) to comply with or perform any of its covenants or obligations set forth in this Agreement.
ARTICLE X
TERMINATION AND EXPENSES
10.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated, and the Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing as follows:
(a) by mutual written consent of Southern and the Company;
(b) by written notice by either Southern or the Company, if:
(i) the Company Meeting is duly convened and held (including any adjournment or postponement thereof), the Company
Shareholders have duly voted, and the Required Company Shareholder Approval was not obtained;
(ii) after the date of this Agreement, any Law is enacted, made, enforced or amended, as applicable, that makes the
consummation of the Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibits or enjoins the Company or Southern or its affiliates from consummating the Transactions, and such Law has, if applicable, become final and non-appealable; provided,
that the Party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1(b)(ii) has used its commercially reasonable efforts to, as applicable, appeal or overturn such Law or otherwise have it lifted or rendered
non-applicable in respect of the Merger and the other Transactions; or
(iii) the Effective Time does not occur on or prior to the date that is the ten (10) month anniversary of the date
hereof, subject to a one-time thirty (30)-day extension upon written agreement of the Parties (provided, that, if the Registration Statement shall not have been declared effective by the SEC as of the Outside Date, Southern and the
Company shall each be entitled to one sixty (60)-day extension upon notice to the other) (such date, as applicable, the “Outside Date”), provided, that a Party may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1(b)(iii) if the failure of the Effective Time to so occur has been caused by, or is a result of, a breach by such Party of any of its representations or warranties or the failure of such
Party to perform any of its covenants or agreements under this Agreement; or
(c) by written notice by the Company to Southern, if:
(i) there has been a breach by Southern, or if any representation or warranty of Southern, shall have become untrue or
inaccurate, in any case which would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 9.2(a) or Section 9.2(b) to be
satisfied (treating the Closing Date for such purposes as the date of this Agreement or, if later, the date of such breach), and the breach or inaccuracy is incapable of being cured or is not cured within the earlier of (A) thirty (30)
Business Days after written notice of such breach or inaccuracy is provided to Southern or (B) the Outside Date; provided, that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1(c)(i) if at such time the Company or Merger SubCo is in material uncured breach of this Agreement;
(ii) prior to the approval by the Company Shareholders of the Merger, the Company enters into a written agreement with
respect to a Superior Proposal in accordance with Section 7.7 and provided, that the Company is then in compliance with Section 7.7; or
(iii) if there has been a Southern Material Adverse Effect following the date of this Agreement which is incapable of
being cured or is not cured within the earlier of (A) thirty (30) Business Days after written notice of such Southern Material Adverse Effect is provided by the Company to Southern or (B) the Outside Date.
(d) by written notice by Southern to Company, if:
(i) there has been a breach by the Company, or Merger SubCo or if any representation or warranty of the Company or
Merger SubCo, shall have become untrue or inaccurate, in any case which would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 9.3(a) or Section 9.3(b) to be satisfied (treating the Closing Date for such purposes as the date of this Agreement or, if later, the date of such breach), and the breach or inaccuracy is incapable of being cured or is not
cured within the earlier of (A) thirty (30) Business Days after written notice of such breach or inaccuracy is provided to the Company or (B) the Outside Date; provided, that Southern shall not have the right to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1(d)(i) if at such time Southern is in material uncured breach of this Agreement;
(ii) prior to the approval by the Company Shareholders of the Merger, (A) the disinterested members of the Company
Board fail to unanimously recommend, withdraws, amends, modifies or qualifies in a manner that has substantially the same effect, or fails to publicly reaffirm within five (5) Business Days after having been requested in writing to do so
by Southern, acting reasonably, the approval or recommendation of the Transactions (a “Company Change in Recommendation”) (it being understood that publicly taking no position or a neutral position with respect to an Acquisition
Proposal for a period of no more than five (5) Business Days after the formal announcement thereof shall not be considered a Company Change in Recommendation) unless the Company provides a Superior Proposal Notice to Southern within such
timeframe, in which case the Company will have until the end of the Matching Period to reaffirm the Company Board Recommendation, or (B) the Company Board approves, recommends or authorizes the Company to enter into a written agreement
concerning a Superior Proposal; or
(iii) if there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect following the date of this Agreement which is incapable of
being cured or is not cured within the earlier of (A) thirty (30) Business Days after written notice of such Company Material Adverse Effect is provided by Southern to the Company or (B) the Outside Date.
10.2 Effect of Termination.
(a) This Agreement may only be terminated in the circumstances described in Section 10.1 and pursuant to a written notice
delivered by the applicable Party to the other applicable Parties, which sets forth the basis for such termination, including the provision of Section 10.1 under which such termination is made. In the event of the valid
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and there shall be no Liability on the part of any Party or any of their respective Representatives, and all rights and
obligations of each Party shall cease, except: (i) Section 1.6 (Announcement and Shareholder Communications), this Section 10.2 (Effect of Termination), Section 10.3 (Fees and Expenses), Article XI
(Miscellaneous) and Section 11.3 (Third Parties) shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and (ii) nothing herein shall relieve any Party from Liability following the termination of this Agreement for any Willful Breach of
any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation under this Agreement or any Fraud Claim against such Party, in either case, prior to termination of this Agreement (in each case of clauses (i) and (ii) above). For purposes of this
Agreement, “Willful Breach” means a breach that is a consequence of an act or omission undertaken by the breaching party with the Knowledge that the taking of or the omission of taking such act would cause or constitute a material
breach of this Agreement.
(b) Termination Fee
(i) If (A) this Agreement is validly terminated (1) by either Southern or the Company pursuant to Section
10.1(b)(i) (No Company Shareholder Approval), (2) either Southern or the Company pursuant to Section 10.1(b)(iii) (Outside Date), or (3) by Southern pursuant to Section 10.1(d)(i) (Company Material Breach), (B)
following the execution and delivery of this Agreement an Acquisition Proposal was publicly disclosed or made known to the Company prior to such termination and (C) concurrently with or within 12 months after the date of any such
termination, (x) the Company or any Company Subsidiary enters into a definitive agreement to effect any Acquisition Proposal or (y) any Acquisition Proposal is consummated, then the Company, subject to Section 10.3(b), shall pay
to Southern or its designee the Termination Fee concurrently with the consummation of such Acquisition Proposal.
(ii) If this Agreement is validly terminated by Southern pursuant to Section 10.1(d)(ii) (Company Change in
Recommendation; Superior Proposal), then the Company shall pay to Southern or its designee the Termination Fee within two Business Days after the date of such termination.
(iii) If this Agreement is validly terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 10.1(c)(ii) (Company Superior
Proposal), the Company shall, as a condition to such termination, pay to Southern or its designee the Termination Fee prior to, or concurrently with, the effectiveness of such termination.
(iv) Each of the Company, Merger SubCo and Southern acknowledges that (i) the agreements contained in this Section
10.2(b) are an integral part of the Transactions and (ii) without these agreements, the Company, Merger SubCo and Southern would not enter into this Agreement. In no event shall the Company be required to pay more than one
Termination Fee pursuant to Section 10.2(b). In the event that the Company receives full payment of the Termination Fee pursuant to Section 10.2(b) under circumstances where a Termination Fee was payable, the receipt of
the Termination Fee shall be the sole and exclusive monetary remedy for any and all losses or damages suffered or incurred by Southern, its affiliates, or any other person in connection with this Agreement (and the termination hereof),
the Merger and the other Transactions (and the abandonment thereof) or any matter forming the basis for such termination. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the parties acknowledge and agree that nothing in this Section
10.2(b) shall be deemed to affect their respective rights to specific performance under Section 11.6 in order to specifically enforce this Agreement. The parties acknowledge and agree that any payment of Termination Fee is
not a penalty but is rather liquidated damages in a reasonable amount that is intended to compensate Southern or the Company, as applicable, in the circumstances in which such fees are payable for the efforts and resources expended and
the opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the Transactions.
10.3 Fees and Expenses.
(a) Except as expressly provided in this Section 10.3, each party will bear its own expenses incurred in connection with the
Transaction, whether or not it is consummated; provided that each of the Company and Southern shall pay 50% of any filing fees payable for or in respect of any application, notification or other filing made in respect of the
Transactions, including any fees, costs and expenses in connection with (i) the preparation, filing and approval by the SEC of the Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3.4 and (ii) the preparation and of filing with a
Governmental Authority of any antitrust filings.
(b) If this Agreement is terminated by either Southern or the Company pursuant to Section 10.1(b)(i) (No Company Shareholder
Approval) then the Company shall pay (or cause to be paid) to Southern (or as Southern may direct) an expense reimbursement payment for reasonable, documented expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement in an amount not to exceed
the Reimbursement Cap (less any applicable withholding Tax) by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account designated by Southern no later than two Business Days after the date of such termination; provided, that if
the Company pays a Termination Fee pursuant to Section 10.2(b)(i)(A)(1) (No Company Shareholder Approval), then the amount the Company has paid to Southern pursuant to this Section 10.3(b) shall be credited against such
Termination Fee on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Notices.
All notices, consents, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered (a) in person, (b) by electronic means (including e-mail) so long as the sender has not
received machine-generated notice of unsuccessful transmission other than as a result of actions taken by or on behalf of the recipient, (c) one (1) Business Day after being sent, if sent by reputable, nationally recognized overnight
courier service or (d) three (3) Business Days after being mailed, if sent by registered or certified mail, pre-paid and return receipt requested, in each case to the applicable Party at the following addresses (or at such other address
for a Party as shall be specified by like notice):
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If to Southern:
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with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
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201 Rue Beauregard, Suite 202
Lafayette, LA 70508
Attn: Majique Ladnier
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Paul Hastings LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Attention: Gil Savir
and with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Stikeman Elliott LLP
5300 Commerce Court West
199 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario, M5L 1B9
Canada
Attention: John Ciardullo; J.R. Laffin
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If to the Company or Merger SubCo:
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with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
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2108 N St., Suite 4254
Sacramento, CA 95816
United States
Attn: Legal Department
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Morrison & Foerster LLP
12531 High Bluff Drive
San Diego, CA 92130
Attention: Shai Kalansky
and with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
McMillan LLP
Royal Centre, Suite 1500
1055 West Georgia Street, PO Box 11117
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6E 4N7
Attention: Mark Neighbor
and with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
101 East Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 2800
Tampa FL 33602
Attention: Julio C. Esquivel
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11.2 Binding
Effect; Assignment. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall not be assigned
by operation of Law or otherwise without the prior written consent of Southern and the Company, and any assignment without such consent shall be null and void; provided, that the no such assignment shall relieve the assigning
Party of its obligations hereunder.
11.3 Third
Parties. Except for the rights of the D&O Indemnified Persons set forth in Section 7.14(c), which the Parties acknowledge and agree are express third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, nothing contained in
this Agreement or in any instrument or document executed by any party in connection with the Transactions shall create any rights in, or be deemed to have been executed for the benefit of, any Person that is not a Party or thereto or a
successor or permitted assign of such a Party.
11.4 Governing
Law; Jurisdiction. The Law of the State of Delaware shall govern (a) all claims or matters related to or arising from this Agreement (including any tort or non-contractual claims), and (b) any questions, disputes or other
matters in connection with the construction, interpretation, validity and enforceability hereof, and the performance of the obligations imposed by this Agreement, in each case without giving effect to any choice-of-law or
conflict-of-law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Each of the Parties submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of first, the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware or if such court declines jurisdiction, then to the Federal District Court for the District of Delaware, in any Proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, agrees that all claims in respect of the Proceeding shall be heard and determined in any such court and agrees not to bring any Proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any other courts.
11.5 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY OF THE PARTIES (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS AND/OR THE RELATIONSHIPS ESTABLISHED AMONG THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS
WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
11.6 Remedies;
Specific Performance. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies provided herein will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by Law or equity upon
such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The failure on the part of any Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power, or remedy hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power, or remedy by such Party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power, or remedy. Each Party
acknowledges that the rights of each Party to consummate the Transactions are unique, recognizes and affirms that in the event of a breach of this Agreement by any Party, money damages would be inadequate and the non-breaching Parties
would not have adequate remedy at law, and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed by an applicable Party in accordance with their specific terms or were
otherwise breached. Accordingly, each Party shall be entitled to an injunction or restraining order to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without the requirement to post any
bond or other security or to prove that money damages would be inadequate, this being in addition to any other right or remedy to which such Party may be entitled under this Agreement, at law or in equity. Each of the Parties agrees
that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on the basis that the other Parties have an adequate remedy at Law
or an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at Law or equity.
11.7 Severability.
Whenever possible, each provision hereof shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law. In case any provision in this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified or deleted, as to the jurisdiction involved, only to the extent necessary to render the same valid, legal and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby nor shall the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision be affected thereby in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term
or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties will substitute for any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision a suitable and equitable provision that carries out, so far as may be valid, legal
and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.
11.8 Amendment and Waiver.
This Agreement and the form of the Articles of Merger may, at any time and from time to time before or after holding of the Company Meeting be amended by mutual
written agreement of the Company and Southern (provided that after receipt of the approval by Company Shareholders of the Company Resolutions, if any such amendment shall in accordance with applicable Law or the requirements of
Nasdaq require further approval of Company Shareholders, the effectiveness of such amendment shall be subject to such approval of Company Shareholders). No waiver by any Party of any default, breach of representation or warranty or breach
of covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, shall be deemed to extend to any other, prior or subsequent default or breach or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any other, prior or subsequent such occurrence.
11.9 No Recourse.
Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied herein (except in the case of the immediately succeeding sentence) or any document, agreement, or instrument delivered contemporaneously herewith, and notwithstanding the fact
that any Party may be a partnership or limited liability company, each Party hereto, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement, covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Persons other than the Parties shall have any
obligation hereunder and that it has no rights of recovery hereunder against, and no recourse hereunder or under any documents, agreements, or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith or in respect of any oral representations
made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith shall be had against, any former, current or future director, officer, agent, Affiliate, manager, assignee, incorporator, controlling Person, fiduciary, representative or
employee of any Party (or any of their successors or permitted assignees), against any former, current, or future general or limited partner, manager, stockholder or member of any Party (or any of their successors or permitted
assignees) or any Affiliate thereof or against any former, current or future director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate, manager, assignee, incorporator, controlling Person, fiduciary, representative, general or limited partner,
stockholder, manager or member of any of the foregoing, but in each case not including the Parties (each, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt, the Parties, a “Non-Party Affiliate”), whether by or through attempted piercing
of the corporate veil, by or through a claim (whether in tort, Contract or otherwise) by or on behalf of such Party against the Non-Party Affiliates, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any Proceeding, or by virtue of any
statute, regulation or other applicable Law, or otherwise; it being agreed and acknowledged that no personal Liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on, or otherwise be incurred by any Non-Party Affiliate, as such, for any
obligations of the applicable Party under this Agreement or the Transactions, under any documents or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith, in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection
herewith or therewith, or for any claim (whether in tort, Contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Notwithstanding the forgoing, a Non-Party Affiliate may have obligations
under any documents, agreements, or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith or otherwise contemplated hereby if such Non-Party Affiliate is party to such document, agreement or instrument. Except to the extent otherwise set
forth in, and subject in all cases to the terms and conditions of and limitations herein, this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim or cause of action of any kind based upon, arising out of, or related to this
Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance hereof, may only be brought against the entities that are named as Parties hereto and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such
Party. Each Non-Party Affiliate is intended as a third-party beneficiary of this Section 11.9.
11.10 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement and the documents or instruments referred to herein, including any exhibits and schedules attached hereto, which exhibits and schedules are incorporated herein by reference, together with the
Ancillary Documents, contain the entire agreement and understanding among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings and discussions, whether
written or oral, relating to such subject matter in any way. The Parties have voluntarily agreed to define their rights and Liabilities with respect to the Transactions exclusively pursuant to the express terms and provisions hereof,
and the Parties disclaim that they are owed any duties or are entitled to any remedies not set forth herein. Furthermore, this Agreement embodies the justifiable expectations of sophisticated parties derived from arm’s-length
negotiations and no Person has any special relationship with another Person that would justify any expectation beyond that of an ordinary buyer and an ordinary seller in an arm’s-length transaction.
11.11 Interpretation.
The table of contents and the Article and Section headings contained in this Agreement are solely for the purpose of reference, are not part of the agreement of the Parties and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation
of this Agreement. Any capitalized terms used in any Schedule or Exhibit attached hereto and not otherwise defined therein shall have the meanings set forth herein. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) any
pronoun used shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and words in the singular, including any defined terms, include the plural and vice versa; (b) reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors
and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity; (c) any accounting term used and not
otherwise defined in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document has the meaning assigned to such term in accordance with GAAP (d) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any
description preceding or succeeding such term and shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (e) the words “herein,” “hereto,” and “hereby” and other words of similar import shall be deemed in each
case to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision of this Agreement; (f) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” (or similar phrases) shall mean the degree to which a subject or
other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”; (g) the word “if” and other words of similar import when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the phrase “and only if”; (h) the term “or” means
“and/or”; (i) any reference to the term “ordinary course” or “ordinary course of business” shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “consistent with past practice”; (j) any agreement, instrument, insurance policy, Law or
Order defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument, insurance policy, Law or Order as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the
case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes, regulations, rules or Orders) by succession of comparable successor statutes, regulations, rules or Orders and references to all attachments thereto
and instruments incorporated therein; (k) except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to the words “Section,” “Article,” “Schedule” and “Exhibit” are intended to refer to Sections, Articles, Schedules and Exhibits to
this Agreement; and (l) the term “Dollars” or “$” means United States dollars. Any reference in this Agreement to any Contract (including this Agreement) mean such Contract as amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to
time in accordance with the terms thereof; provided, that with respect to any Contract listed (or required to be listed) on the disclosure schedules, all material amendments thereto (for the avoidance, excluding in either case
any purchase orders, work orders or statements of work) must also be listed on the appropriate section of the applicable schedule and disclosed. Any reference in this Agreement to a Person’s directors shall include any member of such
Person’s governing body and any reference in this Agreement to a Person’s officers shall include any Person filling a substantially similar position for such Person. Any reference in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to a
Person’s shareholders or shareholders shall include any applicable owners of the equity interests of such Person, in whatever form. The Parties and their respective counsel have reviewed and negotiated this Agreement as the joint
agreement and understanding of the Parties, and the language used herein shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Person.
Any information or materials shall be deemed provided, made available or delivered to Southern or the Company, as applicable, if such information or materials have been uploaded to the electronic data room maintained by the Company and
its financial advisor or Southern, as applicable, for purposes of the Transactions or otherwise provided to Southern, the Company and/or their representatives (including counsel) via e-mail, in each case with respect to the
representations and warranties contained in Article IV, Article V and Article VI, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Effective Date.
11.12 Counterparts.
This Agreement and each Ancillary Document may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when
executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
11.13 Conflicts and Privilege.
(a) Southern and the Company, on behalf of their respective successors and assigns, hereby agree that, in the event a dispute with
respect to this Agreement, any Ancillary Documents or the Transactions arises after the Closing between or among (x) Southern, shareholders or holders of other equity interests of Southern, and/or any of their respective directors,
members, partners, officers, employees or Affiliates (collectively, the “Southern Group”), on the one hand, and (y) the Company and/or any member of the Company Group (as defined below), on the other hand, any legal counsel,
including Paul Hastings LLP and Stikeman Elliott LLP, that represented Southern and/or any other member of Southern Group, in such dispute even though the interests of such Persons may be directly adverse to the Company and even though
such counsel may have represented Southern in a matter substantially related to such dispute, or may be handling ongoing matters for the Company. Southern and the Company, on behalf of their respective successors and assigns, further
agree that, as to all legally privileged communications prior to the Closing (made in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance under, or any dispute or Action arising out of or relating to, this
Agreement, any Ancillary Documents or the Transactions) between or among Southern and/or any other member of Southern Group, on the one hand, and Paul Hastings LLP or Stikeman Elliott LLP, on the other hand, the attorney/client privilege
and the expectation of client confidence shall survive the Merger and belong to Southern after the Closing, and shall not pass to or be claimed or controlled by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any privileged communications or
information shared by the Company prior to the Closing with Southern under a confidentiality agreement shall remain the privileged communications or information of the Company and shall not be used by Southern Group against the Company
Group, as subsequently defined, in connection with any dispute among the parties.
(b) Southern and the Company, on behalf of their respective successors and assigns, hereby agree that, in the event a dispute with
respect to this Agreement, any Ancillary Documents or the Transactions arises after the Closing between or among (x) the shareholders or holders of other equity interests of the Company, the Company and/or any of their respective
directors, members, partners, officers, employees or Affiliates (collectively, the “Company Group”), on the one hand, and (y) any member of Southern Group, on the other hand, any legal counsel, including MoFo, McMillan LLP or
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP that represented the Company prior to the Closing may represent any member of the Company Group in such dispute even though the interests of such Persons may be directly adverse to the Southern Group,
and even though such counsel may have represented Southern and/or the Company in a matter substantially related to such dispute, or may be handling ongoing matters for the Company, and further agree that, as to all legally privileged
communications prior to the Closing (made in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance under, or any dispute or Action arising out of or relating to, this Agreement, any Ancillary Documents or the
Transactions) between or among the Company and/or any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and MoFo, McMillan LLP or Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on the other hand, the attorney/client privilege and the expectation of
client confidence shall survive the Merger and belong to the Company Group after the Closing, and shall not pass to or be claimed or controlled by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any privileged communications or information
shared by Southern prior to the Closing with the Company under a confidentiality agreement shall remain the privileged communications or information of Southern, and shall not be used by the Company Group against Southern Group in
connection with any dispute among the parties.
ARTICLE XII
DEFINITIONS
12.1 Certain Definitions.
For purpose of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:
“AB Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a).
“Acquisition Proposal” has the meaning specified in Section 7.7.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with such Person.
“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Preamble hereto.
“Alternative Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 7.7.
“Ancillary Documents” means each agreement, instrument or document attached hereto as an Exhibit, and the other agreements, certificates, and instruments to be
executed or delivered by any of the Parties in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all U.S. and non-U.S. Laws relating to the prevention of corruption, money laundering, and bribery, including the U.S. Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the UK Bribery Act of 2010.
“Articles of Merger” means the (i) articles of merger to be filed with the Louisiana Secretary of State and (ii) the certificate of merger to be filed with the
Delaware Secretary of State with respect to the Merger, which shall be in such form as is required by, and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the LCBA and DGCL, as applicable, and mutually agreed by the Parties (each
acting reasonably).
“Assets” has the meaning specified in Section 6.19.
“Benefit Plan” means each “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in ERISA § 3(3), whether or not subject to ERISA), each deferred compensation,
compensation, incentive, equity purchase or other equity or equity-based compensation, phantom equity, severance, termination pay, salary continuation, retention, stay, post-termination, holiday, vacation, bonus, commission,
hospitalization or other medical, life or other insurance, supplemental unemployment benefits, profit sharing, pension, savings, fringe benefit, retirement or other similar plan, program, agreement, Contract, commitment, policy or
arrangement, and each other compensation or benefit plan, program, agreement, whether formal or informal, whether written or unwritten and whether legally binding or not.
“Board” means the board of directors of an entity as constituted from time to time.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banking institutions in Delaware or Alberta are authorized to
close for business.
“Carbon Credit” means an instrument, benefit, offset, allowance or other unit that represents a verified reduction or removal of one metric tonne of CO2
equivalent.
“Carbon Standard” means, with respect to a Carbon Credit, the program or standard administered by a mandatory or voluntary domestic or international greenhouse
gas program, certification, scheme or protocol, that certifies such Carbon Credit as a verified reduction or removal of one metric tonne of CO2 equivalent, including its methodologies and published guidance.
“Certificate of Incorporation” means, with respect to any corporation, the certificate of incorporation or articles of incorporation, as applicable, of such
corporation.
“Certificate of Domestication” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a).
“Closing” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1.
“Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including any valid treasury regulation promulgated thereunder.
“Company” has the meaning specified in the Preamble hereto.
“Company Benefit Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 6.21(a).
“Company Board Recommendation” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(b).
“Company Circular” means the notice of the Company Meeting and accompanying management information circular,
including all schedules, appendices and exhibits to, and information incorporated by reference in, such management information circular, to be sent to Company Shareholders in connection with the Company Meeting, as amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Company Change in Recommendation” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1(d)(ii).
“Company Closing Organizational Documents” means the certificate of incorporation of the Company and by-laws of the Company to be amended and restated and
adopted by the Company in connection with the Domestication, each in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
“Company Convertible Securities” means, collectively, any options, rights or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares,
capital stock or other equity of or other voting interests in the Company, including the Company Warrants.
“Company Disclosure Schedules” has the meaning specified in Article VI.
“Company Equity Incentive Plan” means the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan of the Company, as amended and restated from time to time.
“Company Fairness Opinion” has the meaning specified in Section 6.34.
“Company Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 6.7(a).
“Company Group” has the meaning specified in Section 11.13(b).
“Company IP Agreements” means including (a) Contracts under which the Company has granted or agreed to grant to any other Person any license, covenant,
release, immunity or other right that applies to or any Owned IP and (b) all Company IP Licenses.
“Company IP Licenses” has the meaning specified in Section 6.15(b).
“Company Leases” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.17(a).
“Company Material Adverse Effect” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.
“Company Material Contract” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14(a).
“Company Meeting” means the special meeting of Company Shareholders, including any adjournment or postponement thereof in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, to be called and held in to consider the Company Resolutions and for any other purpose as may be set forth in the Company Circular and agreed to in writing by Southern, acting reasonably.
“Company Permits” has the meaning specified in Section 6.11.
“Company Personal Property Leases” has the meaning specified in Section 6.18.
“Company Products” means each of the products, services, and Software (including mobile phone and table applications) that have been or are currently being
developed, marketed, distributed, licensed, sold, offered, or provided by or on behalf of any of the Company, including any products or services (a) made available through or as part of the Company website or (b) derived from or
incorporating any Company data.
“Company Related Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.23.
“Company Registered IP” has the meaning specified in Section 6.15(a).
“Company Resolutions” means resolution to be put before the Company Shareholders entitled to vote thereon at the Company Meeting, which shall include
resolutions authorizing, approving and adopting (i) this Agreement and each Ancillary Documents to which the Company is a party, (ii) the Transactions, including the Domestication, and the Merger, (iii) the Closing Company Organizational
Documents, (iv) the appointment of the members of the Post-Closing Company Board, and (v) such other matters as the Company and Southern shall mutually determine are necessary or appropriate in order to effect the Transactions.
“Company SEC Documents” has the meaning specified in Section 6.32(a).
“Company Securities” means, collectively, the Company Shares, the Company Convertible Securities, and the Company Warrants.
“Company Securityholders” means, collectively, the holders of Company Securities prior to the Effective Time.
“Company Shareholders” means, collectively, the holders of Company Shares prior to the Effective Time.
“Company Shares” means the Pre-Domestication Company Common Shares and/or the Post-Domestication Company Common Shares, as applicable.
“Company Share Factor” means 0.3.
“Company Specified Representations” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a)(i).
“Company Support & Lock-Up Agreements” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.
“Company Systems” means all computer firmware, hardware, software, and computer or information technology systems or infrastructure, networks, and data or
information contained therein or transmitted thereby, and other similar items of automated, computerized, or software systems owned, licensed, used or relied upon by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the conduct of its business,
including the Company Products.
“Company Warrants” means the 22,699,987 outstanding common share purchase warrants of the Company, which are exercisable for up to 2,200,082 Company Shares.
“Competition Act” means the Competition Act (Canada), RSC 1985, c. C-34.
“Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2025, by and between the Company and Southern.
“Consent” means any consent, approval, waiver, authorization or Permit of, or notice to or declaration or filing with any Governmental Authority or any other
Person.
“Contracts” means all contracts, agreements, binding arrangements, bonds, notes, indentures, mortgages, debt instruments, purchase order, licenses (and all
other contracts, agreements or binding arrangements concerning Intellectual Property), franchises, leases and other instruments or obligations of any kind, written or oral (including any amendments and other modifications thereto).
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of
a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, its capacity as a sole or managing member or otherwise.
“Copyleft License” means any license that requires, as a condition of use, modification or distribution of Software subject to such license, that such
Software, or other Software or other Intellectual Property incorporated into, derived from, used or distributed with such Software (a) in the case of Software, be made available or distributed in a form other than binary (e.g., in source
code form), (b) be licensed for the purpose of preparing derivative works, (c) be licensed under terms that allow Company Products or portions thereof or interfaces therefor to be reverse engineered, reverse assembled or disassembled
(other than by operation of legal requirement) or (d) be redistributable at no license fee.
“Copyrights” means any works of authorship, mask works and all copyrights therein, including all renewals and extensions, copyright registrations and
applications for registration and renewal, and non-registered copyrights.
“Core Company Securityholder” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.
“D&O Indemnified Persons” has the meaning specified in Section 7.14(c).
“DGCL” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.
“Domestication” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto
“Effective Date” shall be the Closing Date.
“Effective Time” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(a).
“Enforceability Exceptions” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(c).
“Environmental Law” means any Law in any way relating to (a) public or worker health or safety, (b) pollution or the protection, preservation or restoration of
the environment and natural resources (including air, water vapor, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, surface land, subsurface land, plant and animal life or any other natural resource), or (c) the exposure to, or the use,
storage, recycling, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, labeling, production, Release or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Liabilities” means, in respect of any Person, all material Liabilities under Environmental Law, including as a result of any claim or demand by
any other Person or in response to any violation of Environmental Law.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“Ex-Im Laws” means all U.S. and non-U.S. Laws relating to export, reexport, transfer, and import controls, including the Export Administration Regulations, the
customs and import Laws administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the EU Dual Use Regulation.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 1.3(a).
“Expenses” has the meaning specified in Section 10.3.
“Federal Securities Laws” means the restrictions imposed by U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq promulgated
thereunder or otherwise
“Financial Statement Delivery Date” has the meaning specified in Section 7.15(a).
“Fraud” means actual and intentional common law fraud committed by a Party with respect to the making of such Party’s representations and warranties expressly
set forth in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document with the intent that any other Party rely thereon. Under no circumstances shall “fraud” include any equitable fraud, constructive fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unfair dealings,
or any other fraud or torts based on recklessness or negligence.
“Fraud Claim” means any claim based on Fraud.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States of America.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, provincial, local, foreign or other governmental, quasi-governmental or administrative body,
instrumentality, department or agency, including any stock exchange, securities commission, or any court, tribunal, administrative hearing body, arbitration panel or body (public or private), commission, or other similar dispute-resolving
panel or body.
“Hazardous Material” means any substance, material or waste that is regulated, or that could result in the imposition of Liability or standards of conduct,
under any Environmental Law, including petroleum and its by-products, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, radon, mold, noise, odor and urea formaldehyde insulation.
“HSR Act” mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (including the outstanding principal and
accrued but unpaid interest), (b) all obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business), (c) any (i) accrued or outstanding severance, retention or
termination payments, (ii) accrued paid time off (including vacation, personal and sick days) or (iii) accrued bonuses, commissions or other incentive compensation, in each case, in respect of any current or former employee, officer,
director or other individual service provider of the Company and together with the employer’s portion of all FICA state, local, or foreign withholding, payroll, employment, unemployment, social security or similar Taxes in connection with
such amounts, calculated as if all such amounts were paid on the Closing Date, (d) any obligations under any unfunded or underfunded pension or retirement, post-retirement medical, post-employment benefit or nonqualified deferred
compensation plans, programs, agreements or arrangements, together with the employer’s portion of all payroll, employment, unemployment, social security or similar Taxes in connection with such amounts, (e) any other indebtedness of such
Person that is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture, credit agreement or similar instrument, (f) all obligations of such Person under leases that should be classified as capital leases in accordance with GAAP, (g) all obligations of such
Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any line or letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, guarantee or similar credit transaction, in each case, that has been drawn or claimed against, (h) all obligations of such Person in respect
of acceptances issued or created, (i) all interest rate and currency swaps, caps, collars and similar agreements or hedging devices under which payments are obligated to be made by such Person, whether periodically or upon the happening
of a contingency, (j) all obligations secured by a Lien on any property of such Person, (k) any premiums, prepayment fees or other penalties, fees, costs or expenses associated with payment of any Indebtedness of such Person, (l) any and
all accounts payable of such Person, (m) any and all accrued expenses of such Person, and (n) all obligation described in clauses (a) through (m) above of any other Person which is directly or indirectly guaranteed by such Person or which
such Person has agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire or in respect of which it has otherwise assured a creditor against loss, but in all cases excluding transaction Expenses associated with the Transactions.
“Intellectual Property” means any and all of the following in any jurisdiction throughout the world: (a) Trademarks; (b) Copyrights; (c) Trade Secrets; (d)
Patents; (e) Internet Assets; and (f) Software, data, and databases, and (g) all other intellectual property and related proprietary and moral rights together with all goodwill related to the foregoing.
“Intended US Tax Treatment: has the meaning specified in Section 3.5.
“Interim Period” has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
“Internal Controls” has the meaning specified in Section 6.7(d).
“Internet Assets” means all domain name registrations, social media accounts, handles, and identifiers, web sites and web addresses and related rights, items
and documentation related thereto, and applications for registration therefor.
“Investment Canada Act” means the Investment Canada Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 28 (1st Supp.), as amended, and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Investment Company Act” has the meaning specified in Section 4.28.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ITA” means the Income Tax Act (Canada).
“Knowledge” means, (a) with respect to Southern, the actual knowledge of the individuals set forth on Section 12.1(a) of Southern Disclosure Schedules
after reasonable due inquiry, and (b) with respect to the Company and Merger SubCo, the actual knowledge of the individuals set forth on Section 12.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules after reasonable due inquiry.
“Labor Agreement” means any collective bargaining agreement or other labor-related Contract with any labor union, labor organization, or works council.
“Latest Balance Sheet Date” means (a) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, July 31, 2025 and (b) with respect to Southern, September 31, 2025.
“Law” means any federal, state, county, local, provincial, municipal, foreign, international, supranational or other law, act, statute, legislation, principle
of common law, ordinance, code, edict, decree, proclamation, treaty, convention, rule, regulation, directive, resolution, requirement, writ, injunction, settlement, Order or Consent that is or has been issued, enacted, adopted, passed,
approved, promulgated, made, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority.
“Letter of Authorization” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a).
“Letter of Transmittal” has the meaning specified in Section 1.3(a).
“LCBA” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.
“Liabilities” means any and all liabilities, Indebtedness, Actions or obligations of any nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise, whether
known or unknown, whether direct or indirect, whether matured or unmatured, whether due or to become due and whether or not required to be recorded or reflected on a balance sheet under GAAP or other applicable accounting standards),
including Tax liabilities due or to become due.
“Licensed IP” means all Intellectual Property in which the Company or Southern, as applicable, has or purports to have a license or non-ownership right to use
or exploit such Intellectual Property, including Intellectual Property subject to a covenant not to sue in favor of the Company or Southern, as applicable.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, attachment, right of first refusal, option, proxy, voting trust, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof), restriction (whether on voting, sale, transfer, disposition or otherwise), any subordination arrangement in favor of another Person,
license, or any filing or agreement to file a financing statement as debtor under the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar Law.
“Matching Period” has the meaning specified in Section 7.7(d)(v).
“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any specified Person, any fact, event, occurrence, change or effect that has had, or would reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect upon (a) the business, assets, Liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of such Person, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of
such Person on a timely basis to consummate the Transactions to which it is a party or bound or to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder; provided, however, that for purposes of clause (a) above, any changes or
effects directly or indirectly attributable to, resulting from, relating to or arising out of the following (by themselves or when aggregated with any other, changes or effects) shall not be deemed to be, constitute, or be taken into
account when determining whether there has or may, would or could have occurred a Material Adverse Effect: (i) general changes in the financial or securities markets or general economic or political conditions in the country or region in
which such Person does business; (ii) changes, conditions or effects that generally affect the industries in which such Person principally operates; (iii) changes in GAAP or other applicable accounting principles or mandatory changes in
the regulatory accounting requirements applicable to any industry in which such Person principally operates; (iv) conditions caused by acts of God, terrorism, war (whether or not declared), natural disaster or weather conditions,
epidemics, pandemics, or disease outbreaks (including SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and any evolutions or variants thereof or related or associated epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks) or public health emergencies (as declared by the
World Health Organization or the Health and Human Services Secretary of the United States); and (v) any failure in and of itself by such Person to meet any internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts or predictions of financial
performance for any period (provided, that the underlying cause of any such failure may be considered in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur to the extent not excluded
by another exception herein); provided further, however, that any event, occurrence, fact, condition, or change referred to in clauses (i)—(iv) immediately above shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material
Adverse Effect has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur to the extent that such event, occurrence, fact, condition, or change has a disproportionate effect on such Person compared to other participants in the industries in
which such Person primarily conducts its businesses.
“MI 61-101” means Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Shareholders in Special Transactions.
“Merger SubCo” has the meaning specified in the Preamble hereto.
“Merger SubCo Material Adverse Effect” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
“Minimum Southern Capitalization” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(d).
“Misconduct” shall mean (i) any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or deceptive conduct, (ii) harassment or discrimination, (iii) other acts of a similar nature
that could reasonably be expected to bring Southern or the Company, as applicable, into public contempt, ridicule or disrepute or be materially injurious to the business, reputation or finances of Southern or the Company, as applicable,
or any officer of Southern or the Company, as applicable, (iv) unwanted or unlawful sexual advances, lewd or sexually explicit comments, the sending of sexually explicit images or messages or other sexual harassment or (vi) any
retaliatory act for refusing or opposing any of the above.
“Misrepresentation” means an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to
make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they are made.
“MoFo” means Morrison & Foerster LLP.
“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Global Market.
“New Company Group” has the meaning specified in Section 11.13(b).
“Non-Party Affiliate” has the meaning specified in Section 11.9.
“OFAC” has the meaning specified in Section 12.1
“Off-the-Shelf Software” has the meaning specified in Section 6.15(b).
“Order” means any order, directive, decree, ruling, judgment, injunction, writ, determination, binding decision, verdict, award or other action that is or has
been made, entered, rendered, or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority.
“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person that is an entity, its certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, bylaws, operating
agreement, memorandum of association, notice of articles, articles or similar organizational documents, in each case, as amended.
“Outside Date” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1(b)(iii).
“Owned IP” means all Intellectual Property in which the Company or Southern, as applicable, has or purports to have an ownership interest in any nature
(whether solely or jointly with another Person).
“Party” has the meaning specified in the Preamble hereto.
“Patents” means any patents, patent applications and the inventions, designs and improvements described and claimed therein, patentable inventions, and other
patent rights (including any divisional, provisional, continuations, continuations-in-part, substitutions, or reissues thereof, whether or not patents are issued on any such applications and whether or not any such applications are
amended, modified, withdrawn, or refiled).
“PCAOB” means the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (or any successor thereto).
“PCAOB Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 7.15(a).
“Permits” means all federal, state, provincial, local or foreign or other third-party permits, grants, easements, consents, approvals, authorizations,
exemptions, licenses, franchises, concessions, ratifications, permissions, clearances, confirmations, endorsements, waivers, certifications, designations, ratings, registrations, qualifications or Orders of any Governmental Authority or
any other Person.
“Permitted Liens” means (a) Liens for Taxes or assessments and similar governmental charges or levies, which either are (i) not delinquent or (ii) being
contested in good faith and by appropriate Proceedings, and adequate reserves have been established with respect thereto, (b) other Liens imposed by operation of Law arising in the ordinary course of business for amounts which are not due
and payable and as would not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of, or materially adversely interfere with the use of, the property subject thereto, (c) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of
business in connection with social security, (d) Liens on goods in transit incurred pursuant to documentary letters of credit, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business, or (e) Liens arising under this Agreement or any
Ancillary Document.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership (including a general partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership), limited
liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government, domestic or foreign, or political subdivision thereof, or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Personal Data” means, with respect to any natural Person, any information that allows the identification of such Person or enables access to such Person’s
financial information or that is otherwise subject to or defined as “personal data,” “personally identifiable information,” “personal information,” “protected health information” or similar term under any applicable Privacy Laws.
“Personal Property” means any machinery, equipment, tools, vehicles, furniture, leasehold improvements, office equipment, plant, parts and other tangible
personal property.
“PIPE Investment” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“Plant” means a new methanol-to-jet or similar biomass fuel plant in or around St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, or such other technologies or locations proposed
by Southern and consented to by the Company.
“Post-Closing Company Board” has the meaning specified in Section 7.13(a).
“Post-Domestication Company Common Shares” means the shares of common stock of the Company following the Domestication, par value $0.0001 per share.
“Pre-Closing Reorganization” has the meaning specified in Section 7.16(a).
“Pre-Domestication Company Common Shares” means the common shares, without par value, of the Company.
“Privacy Laws” means all applicable Laws relating to privacy and protection of Personal Data and any and all similar Laws relating to privacy, security, data
protection, data availability and destruction and data breach, including security incident notification.
“Proceeding” or “Action” means any notice of noncompliance or violation, or any claim, demand, action, suit, proceeding, complaint (including a qui tam
complaint), charge, hearing, litigation, audit, settlement, labor dispute, inquiry, civil investigative demand, subpoena, stipulation, assessment, arbitration, demand for recoupment or revocation, or any request (including any request for
information) or investigation before or by a Governmental Authority or an arbitrator.
“Public Certifications” means collectively, all certifications and statements required by (a) Rules 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act, and (b) 18 U.S.C.
§ 1350 (Section 906 of SOX).
“Reimbursement Cap” means an amount equal to the product of (i) 0.01, multiplied by (ii) the number of Company Shares
outstanding as of the date this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10.1(b)(i), multiplied by (iii) the volume weighted average price of the Company Shares traded on the Nasdaq
Capital Market (or any other national securities exchange on which the Company Shares are then traded) for the ten (10) trading day period ending on date this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10.1(b)(i).
“Registration Statement” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(a).
“Registry” means any Carbon Credit registry established or operated for the verification, holding, transfer, retirement, and cancellation of a Carbon Credit,
including but not limited to, the registry maintained by each of Verra, Gold Standard, Climate Action Reserve or the American Carbon Registry.
“Registry Account” means an account established by or on behalf of the Company with a Registry including for the holding, transfer, retirement and cancellation
of a Carbon Credit.
“Regulatory Approval” means any consent, waiver, Permit, exemption, review, Order, decision or approval of, or any registration and filing with (including any
notice required to be provided to), any Governmental Authority, or the expiry, waiver or termination of any waiting period imposed by Law or a Governmental Authority, and with respect to such consent, waiver, permit, exemption, review,
order, decision or approval of, or any registration and filing with, any Governmental Authority, it shall not have been withdrawn, terminated, lapsed, expired or is otherwise no longer effective, in each case in connection with the
Transactions and includes the Required Regulatory Approvals.
“Related Party Transactions” has the meaning specified in Section 6.23.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, escaping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, or leaching
into the indoor or outdoor environment, or into or out of any property.
“Representatives” means, as to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective managers, directors, officers, employees, independent contractors,
consultants, advisors (including financial advisors, counsel and accountants), agents and other legal representatives of such Person or its Affiliates.
“Required Company Shareholder Approval” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1(a).
“Required Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 7.15(a).
“Required Regulatory Approvals” means the Stock Exchange Approval and the termination of expiration of the waiting period required by the HSR Act.
“Sanctioned Country” means any country or region or government thereof that is, or has been in the last five years, the subject or target of a comprehensive
embargo under Trade Controls (including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, the Crimea region of Ukraine, the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic,” and the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic”).
“Sanctioned Person” means any Person that is the subject or target of sanctions or restrictions under Trade Controls including: (i) any Person listed on any
U.S. or non-U.S. sanctions- or export-related restricted party list, including the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (“OFAC”) List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, or any other
OFAC, U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security, or U.S. Department of State sanctions- or export-related restricted party list; (ii) any Person located, organized, or resident in a Sanctioned Country; (iii) any Person
that is, in the aggregate, 50 percent or greater owned, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controlled by a Person or Persons described in clauses (i)-(ii); or (iv) any national of a Sanctioned Country with whom U.S. persons are
prohibited from dealing.
“Sanctions” means all U.S. and non-U.S. Laws relating to economic or trade sanctions, including the Laws administered or enforced by the United States
(including by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State) and the United Nations Security Council.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor Governmental Authority).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities Authority” means, as applicable, the Ontario Securities Commission, the SEC and any other applicable securities commission or securities regulatory
authority of a province or territory of Canada or the United States, as applicable.
“Software” means any computer software programs, including all source code, object code, data and databases, and documentation related thereto and all software
modules, tools and databases.
“Source Code” means the source code and interpreted code for all Software, including all comments and procedural code, in a form intelligible to trained
programmers and capable of being translated into object code through assembly, compiling or otherwise, or capable of being interpreted (e.g., by an interpreter), in each case for operation on a host system, further including all related
documentation, including flow charts, schematics, statements of principles of operations, and architecture standards, describing the data flows, data structures, and control logic of the Software in sufficient detail to enable a trained
programmer through study of such documentation to maintain or modify the Software without undue experimentation.
“Southern” has the meaning specified in the Preamble hereto.
“Southern Assets” has the meaning specified in Section 4.16.
“Southern Benefit Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 4.20(b).
“Southern Consideration Shares” means a number of fully-paid and non-assessable Post-Domestication Company Common Shares equal to (i) the quotient of (A) the
number of Post-Domestication Company Common Shares outstanding (on a fully diluted basis) as of immediately prior to the Effective Time minus the Company Common Shares issued in the PIPE
Investment, divided by (B) the Company Share Factor, minus (ii) the number of Post-Closing Domestication Company Common Shares outstanding as of
immediately prior to the Effective Time (inclusive of the Company Common Shares issued in the PIPE Investment). For purposes of the calculation of the Southern Consideration Shares, “fully diluted basis” shall assume the full conversion,
exchange or exercise of all outstanding Company Convertible Securities and other securities, instruments or rights that are convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for directly or indirectly Company Shares at the then applicable
conversion, exchange or exercise ratio, price or other rate, excluding any Company Common Shares reserved for issuance under the Company Equity Incentive Plan that are not subject to any option, grant or other award thereunder.
“Southern Convertible Securities” means, collectively, any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares, capital stock or other equity of or
other voting interests in Southern.
“Southern Disclosure Schedules” has the meaning specified in Article IV.
“Southern Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.18.
“Southern Group” has the meaning specified in Section 11.13(a).
“Southern Internal Controls” has the meaning specified in Section 7.15(d).
“Southern IP Agreements” means including (a) Contracts under which Southern has granted or agreed to grant to any other Person any license, covenant, release,
immunity or other right that applies to or any Owned IP and (b) all Company IP Licenses
“Southern IP Licenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(b).
“Southern Leases” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16(a).
“Southern Material Adverse Effect” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1.
“Southern Material Contract” has the meaning specified in Section 4.19.
“Southern Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
“Southern Products” means each of the products, services, and Software (including mobile phone and table
applications) that have been or are currently being developed, marketed, distributed, licensed, sold, offered, or provided by or on behalf of Southern, including any products or services (a) made available through or as part of the
Southern website or (b) derived from or incorporating any Southern data.
“Southern Registered IP” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a).
“Southern Related Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.22.
“Southern Securities” means, collectively, the Southern Shares.
“Southern Shareholders” means, at any given time, a holder of Southern Shares at such time.
“Southern Shares” means the shares of Common Stock of Southern.
“Southern Support & Lock-Up Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“Southern Specified Representations” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a)(i).
“Southern Systems” means all computer firmware, hardware, software, and computer or information technology systems or infrastructure, networks, and data or
information contained therein or transmitted thereby, and other similar items of automated, computerized, or software systems owned, licensed, used or relied upon by Southern in the conduct of its business, including the Southern
Products.
“SOX” means the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.
“Stock Exchange Approvals” means: the conditional approval of Nasdaq to list the Post-Domestication Company Common Shares to be issued to the Southern
Shareholders as provided herein, subject only to customary listing conditions, including customary post-closing deliveries, and, if required by Nasdaq as a result of the Transactions constituting a change of control, the approval of
Nasdaq of the Company’s initial listing application in connection with the Merger.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of
the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
that Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (b) if a partnership, association or other business entity, a majority of the partnership or other similar ownership interests thereof is at
the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons will be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a
partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons will be allocated a majority of partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or will be or control the managing director, managing member,
general partner or other managing Person of such partnership, association or other business entity. A Subsidiary of a Person will also include any variable interest entity which is consolidated with such Person under applicable accounting
rules.
“Superior Proposal” means any bona fide written Acquisition Proposal to acquire, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the outstanding Company
Shares or Southern Shares, as applicable, or all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or Southern, as applicable, on a consolidated basis that did not result from a breach of Section 7.7 and: (a) that is reasonably
capable of being completed, without undue delay, taking into account all financial, legal, regulatory and other aspects of such Acquisition Proposal, (b) that is not subject to a financing condition and in respect of which it has been
demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Company Board or Southern Board, as applicable, after receipt of advice from its financial advisors and legal counsel, that adequate arrangements have been made in respect of any financing required
to complete such Acquisition Proposal; (c) that is not subject to a due diligence condition; and (d) in respect of which the Company Board or Southern Board, as applicable, determines, in its good faith judgment, after receiving the
advice of its legal counsel and its financial advisors, that it would, if consummated in accordance with its terms (but without assuming away the risk of non-completion), result in a transaction which is more favorable, from a financial
point of view, to Company Shareholders or the Southern Shareholder, as applicable.
“Superior Proposal Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 7.7(d)(iii).
“Surviving Corporation” means Southern as the surviving corporation following consummation of the Merger.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means (a) all direct or indirect federal, state, provincial, local, foreign and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales,
use, value-added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, social security and related contributions due in relation to the payment of compensation to employees,
excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, alternative minimum, estimated, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties,
additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto, (b) any Liability for payment of amounts described in clause (a) whether as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period
or otherwise through operation of law and (c) any Liability for the payment of amounts described in clauses (a) or (b) as a result of any tax sharing, tax group, tax indemnity or tax allocation agreement (excluding commercial agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business the primary purpose of which is not the sharing of Taxes) with, or any other express or implied agreement to indemnify, any other Person.
“Tax Return” means any return, report, statement, refund, claim, declaration, information return, statement, estimate or other document filed or required to be
filed with a Governmental Authority in respect of Taxes, including any Schedule or attachment thereto and including any amendments thereof.
“Taxing Authority” means the IRS, the Canada Revenue Agency and any other domestic or foreign Governmental Authority responsible for the administration or
collection of any Taxes.
“Termination Fee” means an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) 0.031, multiplied by (ii) the number of Company
Shares outstanding as of the date this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article X, multiplied by (iii) the volume weighted average price of the Company Shares traded on the Nasdaq
Capital Market (or any other national securities exchange on which the Company Shares are then traded) for the ten (10) trading day period ending on date this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article X.
“Trade Controls” has the meaning specified in Section 6.26(a).
“Trade Secrets” means any trade secrets, confidential business information, concepts, ideas, designs, research or development information, processes,
procedures, techniques, technical information, specifications, operating and maintenance manuals, engineering drawings, methods, know-how, data, mask works, discoveries, inventions, modifications, extensions, improvements, customer and
pricing lists, and other proprietary rights (whether or not patentable or subject to copyright, trademark, or trade secret protection).
“Trademarks” means any trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, brand names, internet domain names, designs, logos, or corporate names (including,
in each case, the goodwill associated therewith), whether registered or unregistered, and all registrations and applications for registration and renewal thereof.
“Trading Day” means any day on which the Post-Domestication Company Common Shares to be issued to Southern as provided herein are actually traded on the
principal securities exchange or securities market on which such shares are then traded.
“Trading Market” means the stock exchange or such other nationally recognized stock market on which the Post-Domestication Company Common Shares to be issued
to Southern as provided herein are trading at the time of determination.
“Transactions” means, collectively, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, including the Merger; provided, that “Transactions”
shall exclude the Pre-Closing Reorganization.
“Transfer Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 7.10(a).
“Willful Breach” has the meaning specified in Section 10.2.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Party has caused this Agreement to be
signed and delivered as of the date first written above.
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DEVVSTREAM CORP.
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Name: Carl Stanton
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SOUTHERN ENERGY RENEWABLES INC.
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SIERRA MERGER SUB, INC.
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[Signature Page to the Agreement and Plan of Merger]
Exhibit A
Company Support & Lock-Up Agreement
(Attached.)
Exhibit B
Southern Support & Lock-Up Agreement
(Attached)
Exhibit C
Company Closing Organizational Documents
(Attached.)
Schedule A
Core Company Securityholders