Exhibit 4.3
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL WARRANT INDENTURE is made as of the 28th day of February, 2023.
BETWEEN:
VERSES TECHNOLOGIES INC., a company incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia
(the “Company”)
AND:
ENDEAVOR TRUST CORPORATION, a Trust Company authorized in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan and incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia
(the “Warrant Agent”)
WHEREAS:
A. The Company and the Warrant Agent executed a warrant indenture (the “Warrant Indenture”) dated as of December 16, 2022 providing for the issue of up to 18,100,714 Warrants (as such term is defined in the Warrant Indenture), with each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to acquire one Class A Subordinate Voting Shares in the capital of the Company at an exercise price of $1.00 (the “Exercise Price”) per common share until the earlier of: (i) August 15, 2025; and (ii) 30 days following the date of delivery of an Acceleration Notice (as such term is defined in the Warrant Indenture) (the “Expiry Date”);
B. Section 8.1(g) of the Warrant Indenture provides for the creation of indentures supplemental to the Warrant Indenture for the purposes of providing for the issuance of additional Warrants in excess of the number set out in Section 2.1 of the Warrant Indenture;
C. The Company has determined to amend the Warrant Indenture to increase the number of Warrants issuable thereunder from 18,100,714 to up to 19,843,693 Warrants; and
D. The Warrant Agent is authorized and directed to enter into this First Supplemental Indenture and to hold all rights, interests and benefits contained herein for and on behalf of those persons who are holders of Warrants issued pursuant to the Warrant Indenture as modified by this First Supplemental Indenture from time to time.
NOW THEREFORE, THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSES that for good and valuable consideration mutually given and received, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. | Except as defined in this First Supplemental Warrant Indenture, or in the recitals or description of the parties herein, all capitalized terms used in this First Supplemental Warrant Indenture shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Indenture. |
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2. | This First Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Warrant Indenture and the Warrant Indenture will henceforth be read in conjunction with this First Supplemental Indenture and all the provisions of the Warrant Indenture, except only insofar as the same may be inconsistent with the express provisions hereof, will apply and have the same effect as if all the provisions of the Warrant Indenture and of this First Supplemental Indenture were contained in one instrument and the expressions used herein will have the same meaning as is ascribed to the corresponding expressions in the Warrant Indenture. |
3. | On and after the date hereof, each reference to the Warrant Indenture, as amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, “this indenture”, “herein”, “hereby”, and similar references, and each reference to the Warrant Indenture in any other agreement, certificate, document or instrument relating thereto, will mean and refer to the Warrant Indenture as amended hereby. Except as specifically amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, all other terms and conditions of the Warrant Indenture will remain in full force and unchanged. |
4. | The Warrant Indenture is hereby amended as follows: |
(a) | amending the definition of “Warrants” in Section 1.1 of the Warrant Indenture by deleting references to “18,100,714” and replacing such references with “19,843,693”; |
(b) | deleting the definition of “Issue Date” in Section 1.1 of the Warrant Indenture and replacing such definition with the following: | |
““Issue Date” means (i) February 22, 2022 with respect to the 6,591,631 Warrants that expire on August 15, 2025; (ii) March 3, 2022 with respect to the 3,909,906 Warrants that expire on August 15, 2025; (iii) August 10, 2022, August 17, 2022 and August 26, 2022 with respect to the 7,599,177 Warrants that expire on August 15, 2025; and (iv) February 28, 2023 with respect to the 1,742,979 Warrants that expire on August 15, 2025;”; |
(c) | adding the following definition in Section 1.1 of the Warrant Indenture: | |
““First Supplemental Indenture” means the first supplemental warrant indenture between the Company and the Warrant Agent dated as of February 28, 2023;”; |
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(d) | amending Section 2.1. of the Warrant Indenture by adding the following paragraph immediately after subsection (c) of Section 2.1: | |
“In addition to those Warrant issuances set out in subsections (a) to (c) of this Section 2.1, the Company may issue up to an additional 1,742,979 Warrants, each of which when issued shall expire on the Expiry Date.”; |
(e) | amending Section 2.8. of the Warrant Indenture by adding the following paragraph as subsection (3) immediately after subsection (2) and renumbering the prior subsection (3) as subsection (4): |
“Each Warrant Certificate originally issued in Canada or to a Canadian holder and each CDS Global Warrant originally issued in Canada and held by the Depository, in each case prior to the date that is four months and one day after the applicable Issue Date of such Warrant Certificate (and each such Warrant Certificate or CDS Global Warrant, as the case may be, issued in exchange therefore or in substitution thereof prior to the date that is four months and a day after the applicable Issue Date of the originally issued Warrant Certificate) shall bear or be deemed to bear the following legend or such variations thereof as the Corporation may prescribe from time to time:
“UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE [INSERT DATE THAT IS 4 MONTHS AND A DAY AFTER THE ISSUE DATE OF THE SECURITY]”.”;
(f) | amending Section 3.3 of the Warrant Indenture by adding the following paragraph as subsection (4) immediately after subsection (3): |
“Certificates representing Warrant Shares issued upon the exercise of Warrant Certificates (and issued in substitution or exchange therefor) prior to the date that is four months and one day after the applicable Issue Date shall bear the following legend:
“UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE [INSERT DATE THAT IS 4 MONTHS AND A DAY AFTER THE ISSUE DATE OF THE SECURITY]”.”.
5. | The Warrants issued and outstanding shall be deemed to include the amendments as set forth herein, without any further action of the Warrantholders or surrender or exchange of their Warrant Certificates. |
6. | The Warrant Indenture is and continues to be in full force and effect, unamended, except as provided herein, and the Company hereby confirms the Warrant Indenture in all other respects. |
7. | This First Supplemental Indenture will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein and is binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. |
8. | This First Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, and by facsimile or other electronic reproduction, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument and notwithstanding their date of execution shall be deemed to bear the date set out at the top of the first page of this First Supplemental Indenture. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this First Supplemental Indenture under the hands of their proper officers in that behalf.
VERSES TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Per: | (Signed) “Gabriel Rene” | |
Name: | Gabriel Rene | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Per: | (Signed) “Kevin Wilson” | |
Name: | Kevin Wilson | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary |
ENDEAVOR TRUST CORPORATION
Per: | (Signed) “David Eppert” | |
Name: | David Eppert | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
Per: | (Signed) “Catherine Wang” | |
Name: | Catherine Wang | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |