SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of February 2007
Commission File Number: 1-31690
TRANSCANADA
CORPORATION
(Translation of Registrants Name into English)
450
1st Street S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2P 5H1, Canada
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F o Form 40-F x
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes o No x
The following document is hereby filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of being and hereby is incorporated by reference into Registration Statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-140150) of TransCanada Corporation:
1 Subscription Receipt Agreement dated February 14, 2007 among TransCanada Corporation, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., TD Securities Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada.
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Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: February 14, 2007 |
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/s/ Donald J. DeGrandis |
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Name: Donald J. DeGrandis |
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Title: Corporate Secretary |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
1 Subscription Receipt Agreement dated February 14, 2007 among TransCanada Corporation, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., TD Securities Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada.
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Exhibit 99.1
TRANSCANADA CORPORATION
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BMO NESBITT BURNS INC.
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RBC DOMINION SECURITIES INC.
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TD SECURITIES INC.
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COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPT AGREEMENT
Providing
for the Issue of
Subscription Receipts
Dated February 14, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION |
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Definitions |
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1.2 |
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Headings |
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1.3 |
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References |
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1.4 |
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Certain Rules of Interpretation |
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1.5 |
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Day Not a Business Day |
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1.6 |
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Applicable Law and Attornment |
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1.7 |
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Conflict |
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1.8 |
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Currency |
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1.9 |
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Severability |
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1.10 |
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Schedules |
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ARTICLE 2 PAYMENT AND ISSUE OF SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS |
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Payment Acknowledgement Initial Closing |
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2.2 |
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Terms and Issue of Subscription Receipts and Payments |
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2.3 |
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Terms and Issue of Subscriptions Receipts Over-Allotment Option |
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2.4 |
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Fractional Subscription Receipts |
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2.5 |
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Register for Subscription Receipts |
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2.6 |
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Registers Open for Inspection |
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2.7 |
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Receiptholder not a Shareholder |
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2.8 |
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Subscription Receipts to Rank Pari Passu |
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2.9 |
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Signing of Subscription Receipt Certificates |
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2.10 |
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Certification by the Escrow Agent |
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2.11 |
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Issue in Substitution for Subscription Receipt Certificates Lost, etc. |
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2.12 |
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Exchange of Subscription Receipt Certificates |
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2.13 |
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Charges for Exchange |
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2.14 |
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Transfer and Ownership of Subscription Receipts |
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2.15 |
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Global Subscription Receipt |
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2.16 |
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Listing of Subscription Receipts |
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2.17 |
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Right of Rescission |
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ARTICLE 3 SATISFACTION OF ISSUANCE RIGHT OR TERMINATION PAYMENT RIGHT |
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Escrow Release Notice |
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3.2 |
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Issue of Common Shares and Payment Thereon |
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3.3 |
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Payment on Termination |
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3.4 |
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Cancellation of Surrendered Subscription Receipt Certificates |
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3.5 |
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Additional Payments by the Corporation |
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ARTICLE 4 INVESTMENT OF PROCEEDS AND PAYMENT OF INTEREST |
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Investment of Proceeds |
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Segregation of Proceeds |
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Third Party Interest |
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ARTICLE 5 RIGHTS OF THE CORPORATION AND COVENANTS |
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Optional Purchases by the Corporation |
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5.2 |
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General Covenants |
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5.3 |
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Escrow Agents Remuneration, Expenses and Indemnification |
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5.4 |
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Performance of Covenants by Escrow Agent |
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5.5 |
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Accounting |
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5.6 |
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Payments by Escrow Agent |
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5.7 |
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Anti-Money Laundering and Privacy |
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5.8 |
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Regulatory Matters |
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5.9 |
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Indemnity of Receiptholders |
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ARTICLE 6 ENFORCEMENT |
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Suits by Receiptholders |
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Immunity of Shareholders, etc. |
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Limitation of Liability |
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ARTICLE 7 MEETINGS OF RECEIPTHOLDERS |
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Right to Convene Meetings |
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Notice |
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7.3 |
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Chairman |
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7.4 |
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Quorum |
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7.5 |
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Power to Adjourn |
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7.6 |
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Show of Hands |
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7.7 |
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Poll and Voting |
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7.8 |
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Regulations |
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7.9 |
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Corporation and Escrow Agent may be Represented |
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7.10 |
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Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution |
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7.11 |
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Meaning of Extraordinary Resolution |
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7.12 |
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Powers Cumulative |
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7.13 |
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Minutes |
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7.14 |
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Instruments in Writing |
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7.15 |
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Binding Effect of Resolutions |
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7.16 |
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Holdings by Corporation Disregarded |
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ARTICLE 8 SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS |
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Provision for Supplemental Agreements for Certain Purposes |
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ARTICLE 9 CONCERNING THE ESCROW AGENT |
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Rights and Duties of Escrow Agent |
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Evidence, Experts and Advisers |
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9.3 |
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Documents, Monies, etc. Held by Escrow Agent |
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9.4 |
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Actions by Escrow Agent to Protect Interest |
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9.5 |
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Escrow Agent not Required to Give Security |
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9.6 |
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Protection of Escrow Agent |
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Replacement of Escrow Agent; Successor by Merger |
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9.8 |
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Conflict of Interest |
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9.9 |
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Acceptance of Appointment |
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9.10 |
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Escrow Agent Not to be Appointed Receiver |
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ARTICLE 10 GENERAL |
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Notice to the Corporation, Escrow Agent and the Lead Underwriters |
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10.2 |
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Notice to Receiptholders |
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10.3 |
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Ownership and Transfer of Subscription Receipts |
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10.4 |
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Evidence of Ownership |
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10.5 |
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Satisfaction and Discharge of Agreement |
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10.6 |
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Provisions of Agreement and Subscription Receipts for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Receiptholders |
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Subscription Receipts Owned by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries Certificate to be Provided |
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10.8 |
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Effect of Execution |
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10.9 |
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Time of Essence |
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10.10 |
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Termination |
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Counterparts |
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SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPT AGREEMENT
THIS SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPT AGREEMENT made as of the 14th day of February, 2007 among:
TRANSCANADA CORPORATION, a corporation governed by the laws of Canada (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation)
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BMO NESBITT BURNS INC., RBC DOMINION SECURITIES INC. AND TD SECURITIES INC.(hereinafter collectively referred to as the Lead Underwriters), on behalf of the underwriters who are party to the Underwriting Agreement providing for the issue and sale to investors of the Subscription Receipts
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COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA, a trust company authorized to carry on business in all Provinces of Canada (hereinafter referred to as the Escrow Agent).
WHEREAS the Corporation is proposing to issue and sell Subscription Receipts, each Subscription Receipt representing the right to receive one Common Share;
AND WHEREAS the Corporation and the Lead Underwriters, on behalf of the Underwriters, have agreed that:
(a) the Proceeds and the Escrowed Underwriters Fee are to be delivered to and held by the Escrow Agent and invested in the manner set forth herein;
(b) if the Escrow Release Condition is satisfied by the Outside Date, then each holder of Subscription Receipts shall be entitled to receive, without additional consideration or further action, one Common Share plus the Dividend Equivalent Amount, less any applicable withholding taxes, for each Subscription Receipt held, the Underwriters shall receive the Escrowed Underwriters Fee, and the Corporation shall receive the balance of the Escrowed Funds; and
(c) if the Escrow Release Condition does not occur by the Outside Date, the Acquisition Agreement is terminated on or prior to the Outside Date, or the Corporation has advised the Lead Underwriters on behalf of the Underwriters or announced to the public that it does not intend to proceed with the Acquisition, then the subscription for Common Shares represented by each Subscription Receipt shall be automatically terminated and cancelled and each holder of Subscription Receipts shall be entitled to receive from the Corporationan amount equal to the Subscription Price in respect of each Subscription Receipt held together with such holders pro rata share of Earned Interest as provided herein and the Escrowed Underwriters Fee shall be paid to the Corporation together with the Corporations pro rata share of the Earned Interest as provided herein;
AND WHEREAS all things necessary have been done and performed to make the Subscription Receipts, when certified by the Escrow Agent and issued as provided in this Agreement, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation with the benefits and subject to the terms of this Agreement;
AND WHEREAS the foregoing recitals are by the Corporation and the Lead Underwriters, on behalf of the Underwriters, as the context provides, and not by the Escrow Agent;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that for good and valuable consideration mutually given and received, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, it is hereby agreed and declared as set forth below.
In this Agreement and the recitals, unless there is something in the subject matter or context inconsistent therewith or unless otherwise expressly provided, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set out below and grammatical variations of such terms shall have corresponding meanings.
Acquisition means the acquisition of ANR by TAIL pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement.
Acquisition Agreement means the purchase and sale agreement dated as of December 22, 2006 among El Paso CNG Company, L.L.C., El Paso Corporation and TAIL.
Acquisition Closing Date means the date upon which the closing of the Acquisition takes place.
Acquisition Closing Time means the time on the Acquisition Closing Date at which the closing of the Acquisition takes place.
Agreement means this agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
ANR means, together, American Natural Resources Company and ANR Storage Company.
Book-Entry Only System means the book-based securities transfer system administered by CDS in accordance with its operating rules and procedures in force from time to time.
Business Day means a day which is not Saturday or Sunday or a statutory holiday in Calgary, Alberta or Toronto, Ontario.
CDS means The Canadian Depositary for Securities Limited and its successors in interest.
Common Shares means common shares in the capital of the Corporation.
Counsel means a barrister or solicitor or a firm of barristers or solicitors, who may be counsel for the Corporation, acceptable to the Escrow Agent, acting reasonably.
DBRS means Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited.
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Designated Offices means the principal stock transfer offices of the Escrow Agent from time to time in the cities of Calgary and Toronto.
Dividend Equivalent Amount means the amount of cash per Subscription Receipt to be paid to Receiptholders equal to the cash, if any, actually paid or payable, in aggregate, per Common Share to holders of Common Shares in respect of all record dates for dividends occurring between the date hereof and the Acquisition Closing Date as if the Subscription Receipts had been converted to Common Shares immediately prior to such record dates; provided that, if the Escrow Release Notice is delivered to the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 3.1 on or before March 30, 2007, former Receiptholders who continue to hold Common Shares on March 30, 2007 will receive on April 30, 2007 the dividend declared by the Corporation of $0.34 per Common Share payable on April 30, 2007 and if the Escrow Release Notice is delivered after March 30, 2007, Receiptholders will receive $0.34 per Subscription Receipt concurrent with the delivery of the Common Shares as described in Section 3.2(b).
Earned Interest means the interest and other income actually earned on the investment of the Escrowed Funds between the date hereof and the earlier to occur of the Acquisition Closing Date and the Termination Date.
Escrow Agent means Computershare Trust Company of Canada or its successors from time to time under this Agreement.
Escrow Release Condition means:
Escrow Release Notice means the notice provided to the Escrow Agent, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 3.1(a), executed by the Corporation and the Lead Underwriters on behalf of the Underwriters, certifying the Escrow Release Condition has been satisfied.
Escrowed Funds means, collectively, the Proceeds, the Escrowed Underwriters Fee, the Earned Interest and any investments acquired from time to time with such funds.
Escrowed Initial Underwriters Fee means $26,247,550, payable to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
Escrowed Over-Allotment Underwriters Fee means the amount of $0.665 per Subscription Receipt sold pursuant to the Over-Allotment Option, representing 50% of the total fee payable to the Underwriters per Subscription Receipt sold pursuant to the Over-Allotment Option, such amount being a maximum of $3,937,132.50.
Escrowed Underwriters Fee means, collectively, the Escrowed Initial Underwriters Fee and the Escrowed Over-Allotment Underwriters Fee.
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Extraordinary Resolution has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.11(a) and Section 7.14.
Global Subscription Receipt means a Subscription Receipt Certificate that is issued to and registered in the name of CDS or its nominee pursuant to Section 2.15.
Irrevocable Escrow Agent Direction and Undertaking means the written irrevocable direction and undertaking executed by the Corporation, to be delivered to the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 3.1, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 3.1(a)(ii).
Irrevocable Transfer Agent Direction means the written irrevocable direction executed by the Corporation, to be delivered to the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 3.1, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 3.1(a)(i).
Lead Underwriters means, collectively, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc.
Original Purchasers has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.17(a).
Outside Date means 5:00 p.m. (Calgary time) June 22, 2007.
Over-Allotment Option means the over-allotment option granted by the Corporation to the Underwriters as described in the Prospectus.
Over-Allotment Subscription Receipts has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.3(a)(i).
Person includes an individual, corporation, company, joint venture, association, trust, trustee, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Proceeds means an aggregate amount equal to the Subscription Price multiplied by the total number of Subscription Receipts issued hereunder, such amount being a maximum of $1,724,839,000.
Prospectus means the English and French language versions (unless the context indicates otherwise) of the (final) short form base shelf prospectus of the Corporation dated January 31, 2007 filed with the securities regulatory authorities of each of the provinces and territories of Canada, including as incorporated into the registration statement filed on Form F-10 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and relating to, among other things, the distribution of the Subscription Receipts in all of the provinces and territories of Canada and the United States and, unless the context otherwise requires, includes all documents incorporated therein by reference and any amendments or supplements thereto, including the final Prospectus Supplement dated February 6, 2007 relating to the distribution of the Subscription Receipts.
Receiptholders, or holders means the registered holders from time to time of Subscription Receipts.
Receiptholders Request means an instrument signed in one or more counterparts by Receiptholders entitled to acquire in the aggregate not less than 25% of the then outstanding Subscription Receipts, requesting the Escrow Agent to take some action or proceeding specified therein.
Subscription Price means the sum of $38.00 per Subscription Receipt.
Subscription Proceeds Account has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.1(a)(i).
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Subscription Receipt Certificate means a certificate evidencing Subscription Receipts in the form attached as Schedule 2.2(d).
Subscription Receipts means the subscription receipts issued and certified hereunder and from time to time outstanding, each Subscription Receipt evidencing the rights set out in Section 2.2(a).
TAIL means TransCanada American Investments Ltd., a Delaware corporation, and an affiliate of the Corporation.
Termination Date means the earliest of:
Termination Payment Time means 5:00 p.m. (Calgary time) on the third Business Day after the Termination Date.
TSX means the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Underwriters means, collectively, the Lead Underwriters and CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., UBS Securities Canada Inc. and Canaccord Capital Corporation.
Underwriters Fee Account has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.1(a)(ii).
Underwriting Agreement means the agreement dated as of February 6, 2007 among the Corporation, the Underwriters and RBC Capital Markets Corporation in respect of, among other things, the offering of Subscription Receipts by the Corporation.
written request of the Corporation and certificate of the Corporation mean, respectively, a written request and certificate signed by the Corporation and may consist of one or more instruments so executed.
The headings, the table of contents and the division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections and Schedules are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement:
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Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement:
In the event that any day on or before which any action is required to be taken hereunder is not a Business Day, then such action shall be required to be taken at or before the requisite time on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.
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irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under the above-referenced documents, to the extent permitted by law.
In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between a provision in the body of this Agreement and in any Subscription Receipt Certificate issued hereunder, the provision in the body of this Agreement shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
All dollars amounts expressed in this Agreement and in the Subscription Receipts are in lawful money of Canada and all payments required to be made hereunder or thereunder shall be made in Canadian dollars.
Each of the provisions in this Agreement is distinct and severable and a declaration of invalidity or unenforceability of any such provision or part thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any of the other provisions hereof.
The following Schedules attached to this Agreement from an integral part of this Agreement:
Schedule 2.2(d): Form of Subscription Receipt Certificate;
Schedule 3.1(a): Escrow Release Notice;
Schedule 3.1(a)(i): Irrevocable Transfer Agent Direction; and
Schedule 3.1(a)(ii): Irrevocable Escrow Agent Direction and Undertaking.
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and the Escrow Agent will retain and invest such funds in accordance with the terms of this Agreement pending payment of the Escrowed Funds in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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In the event the Over-Allotment Option is exercised by the Underwriters:
and the Escrow Agent will retain and invest such funds in accordance with the terms of this Agreement pending payment of the Escrowed Funds in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
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No fractional Subscription Receipts shall be issued or otherwise provided for hereunder.
The Corporation hereby appoints the Escrow Agent as registrar of the Subscription Receipts, and the Corporation shall cause to be kept by the Escrow Agent at the Designated Offices, a securities register in which shall be entered the names and addresses of holders of Subscription Receipts and the other particulars, prescribed by law, of the Subscription Receipts held by them. The Corporation shall also cause to be kept by the Escrow Agent at the Designated Offices the register of transfers, and may also cause to be kept by the Escrow Agent, branch registers of transfers in which shall be recorded the particulars of the transfers of Subscription Receipts registered in that branch register of transfers.
The registers referred to in Section 2.5 shall be open at all reasonable times during regular business hours of the Escrow Agent on a Business Day for inspection by the Corporation, the Escrow Agent or any Receiptholder. The Escrow Agent shall, from time to time when requested so to do by the Corporation, furnish the Corporation with a list of the names and addresses of Receiptholders entered in the registers kept by the Escrow Agent and showing the number of Subscription Receipts held by each such holder.
Nothing in this Agreement or in the holding of a Subscription Receipt evidenced by a Subscription Receipt Certificate or otherwise, shall confer or be construed as conferring upon a Receiptholder any right or interest whatsoever as a shareholder of the Corporation, including, but not limited to, the right to vote at, to receive notice of, or to attend meetings of shareholders of the Corporation, or the right to receive distributions or any continuous disclosure materials of the Corporation. Receiptholders are entitled to exercise the rights expressly provided for in the Subscription Receipts and this Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
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Each Subscription Receipt shall rank equally in accordance with its terms with all other Subscription Receipts issued or to be issued hereunder, whatever may be the actual date of issue of same.
The Subscription Receipt Certificates shall be signed by an officer of the Corporation on behalf of the Corporation. The signature of such officer may be mechanically reproduced in facsimile and Subscription Receipt Certificates bearing such facsimile signature shall, subject to Section 2.10, be binding upon the Corporation as if they had been manually signed by such officer. Notwithstanding that the Person whose manual or facsimile signature appears on any Subscription Receipt Certificate as such officer may no longer hold such position at the date of such Subscription Receipt Certificate or at the date of certification or delivery thereof, any Subscription Receipt Certificate signed as aforesaid shall, subject to Section 2.10, be valid and binding on the Corporation and the holder thereof shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement.
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Except as otherwise herein provided, the Escrow Agent may charge to the holder requesting an exchange a reasonable sum for each new Subscription Receipt Certificate issued in exchange for Subscription Receipt Certificate(s). Payment of such charges and reimbursement of the Escrow Agent or the Corporation for any and all stamp taxes or governmental or other charges required to be paid shall be made by such holder as a condition precedent to such exchange.
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and all such transfers shall be duly noted in such register by the Escrow Agent.
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The Corporation confirms that the Subscription Receipts will be listed and posted for trading on the TSX under the symbol TRP.R.
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If the Escrow Release Condition is satisfied by the Outside Date:
and will issue and deliver the Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Subscription Receipts and make the payments as provided herein; and
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If the Escrowed Funds in the Subscription Proceeds Account are not satisfactory to meet the payment required by Section 3.3(a)(ii), the Escrow Agent shall only make payments under this Section 3.3(a)(ii) to the extent monies have been deposited with it pursuant to Section 3.5. The Escrow Agent agrees to cause any amounts to be paid to the holders of Subscription Receipts pursuant to this Section 3.3 commencing no later than the third Business Day following the Termination Date, and
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All Subscription Receipt Certificates surrendered to the Escrow Agent pursuant to Sections 2.11, 2.12, 2.14 and 5.1 shall be returned to or received by the Escrow Agent for cancellation and, if required by the Corporation, the Escrow Agent shall furnish the Corporation with a cancellation certificate identifying the Subscription Receipt Certificates so cancelled and the number of Subscription Receipts evidenced thereby.
The Corporation shall, no later than one Business Day before the date on which the payment is required to be paid pursuant to Section 3.3, pay to the Escrow Agent such amount, if any, as will be sufficient to allow the Escrow Agent to pay in full the amounts as are required under the circumstances.
Pending disbursement of the Escrowed Funds, the Escrow Agent shall hold, invest and reinvest the Escrowed Funds in short-term interest bearing or discount debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the Government of Canada or a province of Canada or a Canadian chartered bank, as directed by the Corporation in writing, provided that such obligation is rated at least R1 (middle) by DBRS or an equivalent rating by another rating service. If at any time the Escrowed Funds include cash that is not invested and the Corporation has not provided directions to the Escrow Agent to invest such cash, the Escrow Agent shall deposit all such uninvested cash in an account, a term deposit or guaranteed investment certificates of the Escrow Agent or a Canadian bank, having either no fixed term or no irrevocable term and which pays interest on the daily balance.
The Escrowed Funds received by the Escrow Agent and any other securities or other investments received by the Escrow Agent on the investment or reinvestment of such Escrowed Funds, shall be received by the Escrow Agent as agent, and shall be segregated and kept apart by the Escrow Agent from any assets of the Escrow Agent or held by the Escrow Agent for Persons who are not Parties.
The Corporation hereby represents to the Escrow Agent that, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any account to be opened by, or interest to be held by, the Escrow Agent, in connection with this Agreement, for or to the credit of the Corporation, is not intended to be used by or on behalf of any third party.
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Subject to applicable law, the Corporation may from time to time purchase by private contract or otherwise any of the Subscription Receipts. Any such purchase shall be made at the lowest price or prices at which, in the opinion of the Corporation, such Subscription Receipts are then obtainable, plus reasonable costs of purchase, and may be made in such manner, from such Persons and on such other terms as the Corporation, in its sole discretion, may determine. The Subscription Receipts purchased pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall forthwith be delivered to and cancelled by the Escrow Agent.
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If the Corporation shall fail to perform any of its covenants contained in this Agreement, the Escrow Agent may notify the Receiptholders and the Lead Underwriters, on behalf of the Underwriters, of such failure on the part of the Corporation or may itself perform any of the said covenants capable of being performed by it, but shall be under no obligation to perform said covenants or to notify the Receiptholders of such performance by it. All sums expended or advanced by the Escrow Agent in so doing shall be repayable as provided in Section 5.3. No such performance, expenditure or advance by the Escrow Agent shall relieve the Corporation of any default hereunder or of its continuing obligations under the covenants contained herein.
The Escrow Agent shall maintain accurate books, records and accounts of the transactions effected or controlled by the Escrow Agent hereunder and the receipt, investment, reinvestment and disbursement of the Proceeds, and shall provide to the Corporation and the Underwriters records and statements thereof periodically on written request. The Corporation shall have the right to audit any such books, records, accounts and statements.
In the event that any funds to be disbursed by the Escrow Agent in accordance herewith are received by the Escrow Agent in the form of an uncertified cheque or cheques, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to delay the time for disbursement of such funds hereunder until such uncertified cheque or cheques have cleared in the ordinary course the financial institution upon which the same are drawn. The Escrow Agent will disburse monies according to this Agreement only to the extent that monies have been deposited with it.
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Each Party acknowledges and agrees that the Escrow Agent may receive, collect, use and disclose personal information provided to it or acquired by it in the course of this Agreement for the purposes described above and, generally, in the manner and on the terms described in its Privacy Code, which the Escrow Agent shall make available to the parties hereto on its website or upon request, including revisions thereto. Further, each Party agrees that it shall not provide or cause to be provided to the Escrow Agent any personal information relating to an individual who is not a Party unless that Party has assured itself that such individual understands and has consented to the aforementioned uses and disclosures.
The Corporation shall file all such documents, notices and certificates and take such steps and do such things as may be necessary under applicable securities laws to permit the issuance of the Common Shares in the circumstances contemplated by Section 3.2 such that:
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Subject to Article 6 of this Agreement, the Corporation agrees to indemnify the Receiptholders and the Underwriters for, and hold each of them harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any of them as a result of a breach by the Escrow Agent of its obligations under this Agreement, including the failure of the Escrow Agent to deliver the Common Shares and make any applicable payment in respect of the Dividend Equivalent Amount or to refund the Subscription Price together with Earned Interest (excluding any interest accrued on the Escrowed Underwriters Fee) to the Receiptholders pursuant to the provisions hereof. The indemnity provided for in this Section 5.9 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
All or any of the rights conferred upon any Receiptholder by any of the terms of the Subscription Receipt Certificates or of this Agreement, or of both, may be enforced by the Receiptholder by appropriate proceedings but without prejudice to the right which is hereby conferred on the Escrow Agent to proceed in its own name to enforce each and all of the provisions contained herein for the benefit of the Receiptholders.
The Escrow Agent and, by the acceptance of the Subscription Receipt Certificates and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Subscription Receipts, the Receiptholders hereby waive and release any right, cause of action or remedy now or hereafter existing in any jurisdiction against any past, present or future shareholder, director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or any successor entity for the issue of the Common Shares pursuant to any Subscription Receipt or on any covenant, agreement, representation or warranty by the Corporation contained herein or in the Subscription Receipt Certificate(s) .
The obligations hereunder are not personally binding on, nor shall resort hereunder be had to, the private property of any of the past, present or future shareholders, directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation or any successor entity, but only the property of the Corporation or any successor entity shall be bound in respect hereof.
The Escrow Agent may at any time and from time to time, and shall on receipt of a written request of the Corporation or of a Receiptholders Request and upon being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Corporation or by the Receiptholders signing such Receiptholders Request against the cost which may be incurred in connection with the calling and holding of such meeting, convene a meeting of the Receiptholders. In the event of the Escrow Agent failing to so convene a meeting within 10 days after receipt of such written request of the Corporation or such Receiptholders Request and indemnity given as aforesaid, the Corporation or such Receiptholders, as the case may be, may convene
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such meeting. Every such meeting shall be held in Calgary, Alberta or at such other place as may be determined by the Escrow Agent and approved by the Corporation.
At least 10 days prior notice of any meeting of Receiptholders shall be given to the Receiptholders in the manner provided for in Section 10.2 and a copy of such notice shall be sent by mail to the Escrow Agent (unless the meeting has been called by the Escrow Agent) and to the Corporation (unless the meeting has been called by the Corporation). Such notice shall state the date (which should be a Business Day) and time when, and the place where the meeting, is to be held, shall state briefly the general nature of the business to be transacted thereat and shall contain such information as is reasonably necessary to enable the Receiptholders to make a reasoned decision on the matter, but it shall not be necessary for any such notice to set out the terms of any resolution to be proposed or any of the provisions of this Article 7.
An individual (who need not be a Receiptholder) designated in writing by the Escrow Agent shall be chairman of the meeting and if no individual is so designated, or if the individual so designated is not present within 15 minutes from the time fixed for the holding of the meeting, the Receiptholders present in person or by proxy shall choose some individual present to be chairman.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.11, at any meeting of the Receiptholders a quorum shall consist of not less than two Receiptholders present in person or by proxy and holding 25% of the then outstanding Subscription Receipts. If a quorum of the Receiptholders shall not be present within 30 minutes from the time fixed for holding any meeting, the meeting, if summoned by the Receiptholders or on a Receiptholders Request, shall be dissolved; but in any other case the meeting shall be adjourned to the same day in the next week (unless such day is not a Business Day, in which case it shall be adjourned to the next following Business Day) at the same time and place and no notice of the adjournment need be given. Any business may be brought before or dealt with at an adjourned meeting that might have been dealt with at the original meeting in accordance with the notice calling the same. No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present at the commencement of business. At the adjourned meeting the Receiptholders present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was originally convened notwithstanding that they may not hold at least 25% of the then outstanding Subscription Receipts.
The chairman of any meeting at which a quorum of the Receiptholders is present may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any such meeting and no notice of such adjournment need be given except such notice, if any, as the meeting may prescribe.
Every question submitted to a meeting shall be decided in the first place by a majority of the votes given on a show of hands except that votes on an Extraordinary Resolution shall be given in the manner hereinafter provided. At any such meeting, unless a poll is duly demanded as herein provided, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority shall be conclusive evidence of the fact.
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7.7 Poll and Voting
The Escrow Agent, or the Corporation with the approval of the Escrow Agent, may from time to time make and from time to time vary such regulations as it shall think fit for:
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Any regulations so made shall be binding and effective and the votes given in accordance therewith shall be valid and shall be counted. Save as such regulations may provide, the only Persons who shall be recognized at any meeting as a Receiptholder, or be entitled to vote or be present at the meeting in respect thereof (subject to Section 7.9), shall be Receiptholders or their counsel, or proxies of Receiptholders.
The Corporation and the Escrow Agent, by their respective authorized agents, and the counsel for the Corporation and for the Escrow Agent may attend any meeting of the Receiptholders, but shall have no vote as such unless in their capacity as Receiptholder or a proxy holder.
In addition to all other powers conferred upon them by any other provisions of this Agreement or by law, the Receiptholders at a meeting shall, subject to the provisions of Section 7.11, have the power, subject to all applicable regulatory and exchange approvals, exercisable from time to time by Extraordinary Resolution:
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Any one or more of the powers or any combination of the powers in this Agreement stated to be exercisable by the Receiptholders by Extraordinary Resolution or otherwise may be exercised from time to time and the exercise of any one or more of such powers or any combination of powers from time to time shall not be deemed to exhaust the right of the Receiptholders to exercise such power or powers or combination of powers then or thereafter from time to time.
Minutes of all resolutions and proceedings at every meeting of Receiptholders shall be made and duly entered in books to be provided from time to time for that purpose by the Escrow Agent at the expense of the Corporation, and any such minutes as aforesaid, if signed by the chairman or the secretary of the meeting at which such resolutions were passed or proceedings had or by the chairman or secretary of the next succeeding meeting held shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein stated and, until the contrary is proved, every such meeting in respect of the proceedings of which minutes shall have been made shall be deemed to have been duly convened and held, and all resolutions passed thereat or proceedings taken shall be deemed to have been duly passed and taken.
All actions which may be taken and all powers that may be exercised by the Receiptholders at a meeting held as provided in this Article 7 may also be taken and exercised by an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts by such Receiptholders in person or by attorney duly appointed in writing, by Receiptholders holding at least 66 2/3% of then outstanding Subscription Receipts with respect to an Extraordinary Resolution, and the expression Extraordinary Resolution when used in this Agreement shall include an instrument so signed by Receiptholders holding at least 66 2/3% of the then outstanding Subscription Receipts.
Every resolution and every Extraordinary Resolution passed in accordance with the provisions of this Article 7 at a meeting of Receiptholders shall be binding upon all the Receiptholders, whether present at or absent from such meeting, and every instrument in writing signed by Receiptholders in accordance with Section 7.14 shall be binding upon all the Receiptholders, whether signatories thereto or not, and each and every Receiptholder and the Escrow Agent (subject to the provisions for indemnity herein contained) shall be bound to give effect accordingly to every such resolution and instrument in writing.
In determining whether Receiptholders holding the required number of Subscription Receipts are present at a meeting of Receiptholders for the purpose of determining a quorum or have concurred in any consent, waiver, Extraordinary Resolution, Receiptholders Request or other action under this Agreement,
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Subscription Receipts owned legally or beneficially by the Corporation or any affiliated entity of the Corporation shall be disregarded in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.7.
From time to time the Corporation, the Lead Underwriters, on behalf of the Underwriters, and the Escrow Agent may, subject to the provisions hereof and the approval of the TSX, if required, and they shall, when so directed in accordance with the provisions hereof, execute and deliver by their proper officers, agreements supplemental hereto, which thereafter shall form part hereof, for any one or more or all of the following purposes:
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ARTICLE 9
CONCERNING THE ESCROW AGENT
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Subject to Section 4.1, any securities, documents of title or other instruments that may at any time be held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to this Agreement may be placed in the deposit vaults of the Escrow Agent or of any Canadian bank or deposited for safekeeping with any such bank. If the Escrow Agent has not received a direction in writing under Section 4.1, any monies so held pending the application or withdrawal thereof under any provisions of this Agreement shall be deposited in the name of the Escrow Agent in a day-to-day interest bearing account with a Canadian chartered bank that is rated at least R1 (middle) by DBRS or an equivalent rating by another rating service, at the rate of interest (if any) then current on similar deposits.
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9.4 Actions by Escrow Agent to Protect Interest
The Escrow Agent shall have power to institute and to maintain such actions and proceedings as it may consider necessary or expedient to preserve, protect or enforce its interests and the interests of the Receiptholders and the Corporation.
The Escrow Agent shall not be required to give any bond or security in respect of the execution of this Agreement or otherwise in respect of the premises.
By way of supplement to the provisions of any law for the time being relating to trustees, it is expressly declared and agreed as follows:
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The Escrow Agent hereby accepts the appointment as escrow agent in this Agreement and agrees to perform its duties hereunder upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.
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9.10 Escrow Agent Not to be Appointed Receiver
The Escrow Agent and any Person related to the Escrow Agent shall not be appointed a receiver, a receiver and manager or liquidator of all or any part of the assets or undertaking of the Corporation.
TransCanada
Corporation
450 1st Street S.W.
Calgary, AB T2P 5H1
Attention: President
and Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile: (403) 920-2200,
with a copy to:
Attention: Corporate Secretary
Facsimile: (403) 920-2200;
BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
2200, 333 7th Avenue, SW
Calgary, AB T2P 2Z1
Attention: Aaron
M. Engen
Facsimile: (403) 515-1535,
RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
2100, 666 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 3B1
Attention: Jill
V. Gardiner
Facsimile: (604) 257-7117,and
TD Securities Inc.
800, 324 8th Avenue, SW
Calgary, AB T2P 2Z2
Attention: Mark
Horsfall
Facsimile: (403) 292-2776; and
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Computershare Trust
Company of Canada
600, 530-8th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, AB T2P 3S8
Attention: General
Manager, Corporate Trust
Facsimile: (403) 267-6598,
and any such notice delivered in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery or, if by facsimile on the day of transmission or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the first Business Day following the day of transmission.
The Corporation and the Escrow Agent may deem and treat the registered owner of any Subscription Receipt Certificate or, in the case of a transferee who has surrendered a Subscription Receipt Certificate in accordance with and as contemplated in Sections 3.2 or 3.3, such transferee, as the absolute owner of the Subscription Receipt represented thereby for all purposes, and the Corporation and the Escrow Agent shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary except where the Corporation or the Escrow Agent is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. A Receiptholder shall be entitled to the rights evidenced by such Subscription Receipt Certificate free from all equities or rights of set off or counterclaim between the Corporation and the original or any intermediate holder thereof and all Persons may act accordingly and the receipt of any such Receiptholder for the Common Shares which may be acquired pursuant thereto shall be a good discharge to the Corporation and the Escrow Agent for the same and neither the Corporation nor the Escrow Agent shall be bound to inquire into the title of any such holder except where the Corporation or the Escrow Agent is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
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10.4 Evidence of Ownership
Upon the earlier of:
this Agreement shall cease to be of further effect and the Escrow Agent, on demand of and at the cost and expense of the Corporation and upon delivery to the Escrow Agent of a certificate of the Corporation stating that all conditions precedent to the satisfaction and discharge of this Agreement have been complied with, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.5, the indemnities provided to the Escrow Agent by the Corporation hereunder shall remain in full force and effect and survive the termination of this Agreement.
Nothing in this Agreement or in the Subscription Receipt Certificates, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person other than the Parties and the Receiptholders any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement, or under any covenant or provision herein or therein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the Parties, the Receiptholders and such transferees.
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10.7 Subscription Receipts Owned by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries - Certificate to be Provided
For the purpose of disregarding any Subscription Receipts owned legally or beneficially by the Corporation or any affiliated entity of the Corporation in Section 7.16, the Corporation shall provide to the Escrow Agent, from time to time, a certificate of the Corporation setting forth as at the date of such certificate the number of Subscription Receipts owned legally or beneficially by the Corporation or any affiliated entity of the Corporation, and the Escrow Agent, in making the computations in Section 7.16, shall be entitled to rely on such certificate without requiring further evidence thereof.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, should any Subscription Receipt Certificates be issued and certified in accordance with the terms hereof prior to the actual time of execution of this Agreement by the Corporation and the Escrow Agent, any such Subscription Receipt Certificates shall be void and of no value and effect until such actual execution.
Time is and shall remain of the essence of this Agreement.
Subject to Section 5.3(b) and Section 5.9, once all of the deliveries and payments described in Article 3 have been made, this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further effect.
This Agreement may be executed and delivered in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument and notwithstanding their date of execution they shall be deemed to be dated as of the date hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have executed this Agreement under their respective corporate seals and the hands of their proper officers in that behalf.
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SCHEDULE 2.2(d)
This is Schedule 2.2(d) to a Subscription Receipt Agreement made as of February 14, 2007 among TransCanada Corporation, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc., on behalf of the Underwriters, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Escrow Agent
FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPT CERTIFICATE
Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (CDS) to TransCanada Corporation (the Issuer) or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued in respect thereof is registered in the name of CDS & CO., or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of CDS (and any payment is made to CDS & CO. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of CDS), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered holder hereof, CDS & CO., has an interest herein. This certificate is issued pursuant to a Master Letter of Representations of the Issuer to CDS, as such letter may be replaced or amended from time to time.
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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT CDS & Co. (the holder) is the registered holder of Subscription Receipts represented hereby.
The Subscription Receipts represented by this Subscription Receipt certificate (this Certificate) are issued pursuant to a Subscription Receipt Agreement (Agreement) dated February 14, 2007, among the Issuer, Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the Escrow Agent) and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc., (collectively, the Lead Underwriters), on behalf of CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., UBS Securities Canada Inc., Canaccord Capital Corporation and the Lead Underwriters (collectively, the Underwriters).
Capitalized terms used in the Agreement have the same meaning herein as therein, unless otherwise defined.
Each Subscription Receipt entitles the holder:
(a) if the Escrow Release Condition is satisfied by the Outside Date, to receive, for no additional consideration, one common share in the capital of the Issuer plus the Dividend Equivalent Amount, less any applicable withholding taxes; or
(b) if the Escrow Release Condition does not occur by the Outside Date, the Acquisition is terminated at any earlier time or the Issuer has advised the Underwriters or announced to the public that it does not intend to proceed with the Acquisition, to receive an amount equal to the sum of the Subscription Price and such holders pro rata share of the Earned Interest on such Subscription Price, less any applicable withholding taxes, all in the manner and on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement.
The Subscription Receipts represented hereby are issued under and pursuant to the Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Agreement and any and all other instruments supplemental or ancillary thereto for a full description of the rights of the holders of the Subscription Receipts and the terms and conditions on which such Subscription Receipts are, or are to be, issued and held, all to the same effect as if the provisions of the Agreement and all instruments supplemental or ancillary thereto were herein set forth, and to all of which provisions the holder of these Subscription Receipts by acceptance hereof assents. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the Agreement and this Certificate, the terms of the Agreement shall prevail.
The holding of the Subscription Receipts evidenced by this Certificate shall not constitute the holder hereof a shareholder of the Issuer or entitle such holder to any right or interest in respect thereof except as herein and in the Agreement expressly provided.
The Agreement contains provisions making binding on all holders of Subscription Receipts outstanding thereunder resolutions passed at meetings of such holders held in accordance with such provisions and by instruments in writing signed by the holders of a specified majority of the outstanding Subscription Receipts.
The Subscription Receipts evidenced by this Certificate may be transferred on the register kept at the offices of the Escrow Agent by the registered holder hereof or his legal representatives or his attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and execution satisfactory to the Escrow Agent, only on payment of the charges provided for in the Agreement and upon compliance with such reasonable requirements as the Escrow Agent may prescribe. The transfer register shall be closed at 5:00 p.m. (Calgary time) on the earlier to occur of the Acquisition Closing Date and the Termination Date (subject to settlement of trades).
This Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose whatever unless and until it has been countersigned by or on behalf of the Escrow Agent.
Time shall be of the essence hereof. This Certificate is governed by the laws of Alberta and the laws of Canada applicable therein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Issuer has caused this Certificate to be signed by a duly authorized representative as of ·, 2007.
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SCHEDULE 3.1(a)
This is Schedule 3.1(a) to a Subscription Receipt Agreement made as of February 14, 2007 among TransCanada Corporation, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc., on behalf of the Underwriters, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Escrow Agent
ESCROW RELEASE NOTICE
TO: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
This Escrow Release Notice is being provided pursuant to Section 3.1(a) of the subscription receipt agreement (the Subscription Receipt Agreement) dated February 14, 2007 among TransCanada Corporation (the Corporation), Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the Escrow Agent) and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc. (collectively, the Lead Underwriters), on behalf of the Underwriters.
Capitalized terms which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Subscription Receipt Agreement.
The Escrow Agent is hereby notified by the Corporation and the Lead Underwriters that the Escrow Release Condition has been satisfied.
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SCHEDULE 3.1(a)(i)
This is Schedule 3.1(a)(i) to a Subscription Receipt Agreement made as of February 14, 2007 among TransCanada Corporation, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc., on behalf of the Underwriters, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Escrow Agent
IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT DIRECTION
TO: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
This Irrevocable Transfer Agent Direction is being provided pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i) of the subscription receipt agreement (the Subscription Receipt Agreement) dated February 14, 2007 among TransCanada Corporation (the Corporation), Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the Escrow Agent) and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc., on behalf of the Underwriters.
Capitalized terms which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Subscription Receipt Agreement.
The Escrow Agent is hereby irrevocably directed and authorized, in its capacity as registrar and transfer agent of the Common Shares to issue on behalf of the Corporation, · fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares and the aggregate Dividend Equivalent Amount, less any applicable withholding taxes, to the Person or Persons to whom such Common Shares are to be issued pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Receipt Agreement and the Subscription Receipt Certificate following the satisfaction of the Escrow Release Condition (which occurred on ·, 2007), all in accordance with the provisions of the Subscription Receipt Certificate and the Subscription Receipt Agreement. Such Common Shares and the Dividend Equivalent Amount, less applicable withholding taxes, shall be delivered to the Receiptholders through CDS.
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This is Schedule 3.1(a)(ii) to a Subscription Receipt Agreement made as of February 14, 2007 among TransCanada Corporation, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc., on behalf of the Underwriters, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Escrow Agent
IRREVOCABLE ESCROW AGENT DIRECTION AND UNDERTAKING
TO: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
This Irrevocable Escrow Agent Direction And Undertaking is being provided pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii) of the subscription receipt agreement (the Subscription Receipt Agreement) dated February 14, 2007 among TransCanada Corporation (the Corporation), Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the Escrow Agent) and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc., on behalf of the Underwriters.
Capitalized terms which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Subscription Receipt Agreement.
The Escrow Agent is hereby irrevocably directed and authorized as follows:
(a) to release to BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., on behalf of the Underwriters, the Escrowed Underwriters Fee, being $·; and
(b) to release to or to the order of the Corporation, the balance of the Escrowed Funds,
all in accordance with the provisions of the Subscription Receipt Certificate and the Subscription Receipt Agreement.
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