In this Schedule 2, "certified" shall mean that the relevant document is certified as a true and complete copy in full force and effect and unamended as of the date of the relevant certificate by an officer or director of the relevant corporation.
Unless an original document is specifically required, a certified copy of each of the following documents (in each case, executed by the parties to such agreement other than IO as agent for HMQ and in form and substance satisfactory to HMQ, acting reasonably) is to be delivered by Project Co to HMQ on or prior to the Financial Close Target Date:
Unless an original document is specifically required, a certified copy of each of the following documents (in each case, where HMQ is a party to such document, executed by IO as agent for HMQ and, if applicable, any HMQ Party or Governmental Authority) is to be delivered by HMQ to Project Co on or prior to the Financial Close Target Date:
APPENDIX A
FORM OF UNDERTAKING AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
| TO: | Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Ontario ("HMQ") |
| TO: | Ontario Infrastructure Projects Corporation ("IO") |
| RE: | Project agreement (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the "Project Agreement") dated the 15th day of December, 2010 between IO as agent for HMQ, as represented by the Minister of Infrastructure, and Windsor Essex Mobility Group GP ("Project Co") |
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(a)The Project will proceed as an alternative financing and procurement project and complies with the principles set out in the IPFP Framework.
(b)The IPFP Framework establishes five fundamental principles which guide the financing and procurement of public infrastructure projects in Ontario:
(i)The public interest is paramount.
(ii)Value for money must be demonstrable.
(iii)Appropriate public control/ownership must be preserved.
(iv)Accountability must be maintained.
(v)All processes must be fair, transparent and efficient.
(c)Public ownership of the Parkway will be preserved.
DATED this _____ day of____________________, 2010.
| WINDSOR ESSEX MOBILITY GROUP GP | |
| [REDACTED] | |
| [REDACTED] | |
| Per: ________________________________ | |
| Name: | |
| Title: | |
| Per: ________________________________ | |
| Name: | |
| Title: | |
| I/We have authority to bind the corporation. | |
| [REDACTED] | |
| Per: ________________________________ | |
| Name: | |
| Title: | |
| Per: ________________________________ | |
| Name: | |
| Title: | |
| I/We have authority to bind the corporation. | |
| [REDACTED] | |
| Per: ________________________________ | |
| Name: | |
| Title: | |
| Per: ________________________________ | |
| Name: | |
| Title: | |
| I/We have authority to bind the corporation. |
APPENDIX B
FORM OF PROJECT CO/PROJECT CO PARTY OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
Certificate of an Officer of
[●]
(the "Corporation")
| TO: | HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ONTARIO ("HMQ") |
| AND TO: | ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CORPORATION |
| AND TO: | STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP |
| AND TO: | TORYS LLP |
| AND TO: | COLLATERAL TRUSTEE |
| AND TO: | FASKEN MARTINEAU DuMOULIN LLP |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I, [●], being the [●] of the Corporation and an authorized signatory of the Corporation and being duly authorized by the Corporation to deliver this certificate, hereby make the following certifications and confirmations for and on behalf of the Corporation and without incurring personal liability and that the same may be relied upon by you without further inquiry:
(a)The Corporation is a subsisting corporation duly incorporated under the laws of [the Province of Ontario].
(b)Attached hereto as Schedule "A" are true and complete copies of the articles, together with all amendments thereto, of the Corporation (the "Articles"). The Articles are in full force and effect on the date hereof and no other articles have been issued and no proceeding has been taken or is contemplated to the date hereof to authorize the Corporation to amend, surrender or cancel the Articles.
(c)Attached hereto as Schedule "B" are true and complete copies of the by-laws of the Corporation (the "By-laws") enacted on or before the date hereof. The By-laws have been in full force and effect from and after the date thereof as set out therein and are in full force and effect, unamended as of the date hereof. No proceeding has been taken to the date hereof to authorize the Corporation to amend the By-laws and neither the directors nor the shareholders of the Corporation have passed, confirmed or consented to any resolutions amending or varying the By-laws.
(d)Attached hereto as Schedule "C" is a true and complete copy of a unanimous shareholders' agreement between the shareholders of the Corporation and the Corporation (the "Unanimous Shareholders' Agreement") executed on or before the date hereof. The Unanimous Shareholders' Agreement has been in full force and effect from and after the date thereof as set out therein and is in full force and effect, unamended as of the date hereof.
(e)The minute books and corporate records of the Corporation made available to [●] are the original minute books and corporate records of the Corporation and contain all minutes of meetings, resolutions and proceedings of the shareholders and directors of the Corporation to the date hereof and there have been no meetings, resolutions or proceedings authorized or passed by the shareholders or directors of the Corporation to the date hereof not reflected in such minute books and corporate records. Such minute books and corporate records are true, complete and correct in all material respects and there are no changes, additions or alterations necessary to be made thereto to make such minute books and corporate records true, complete and correct in all material respects.
(f)At the date hereof, no winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, insolvency, bankruptcy, amalgamation, arrangement, reorganization or continuation proceedings in respect of the Corporation have been commenced or are being contemplated by the Corporation, and the Corporation has no knowledge of any such proceedings having been commenced or contemplated in respect of the Corporation by any other party.
(g)At the date hereof, the Corporation is up-to-date in the filing of all returns and other documents required to be filed by it by governmental authorities, including under corporate, securities and tax legislation, and no notice of any proceedings to cancel its certificate of incorporation or otherwise to terminate its existence has been received by the Corporation.
(h)Pursuant to the Unanimous Shareholders' Agreement, the powers of the directors of the Corporation to manage the business and affairs of the Corporation, whether such powers arise from the [Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the "Act")], the Articles or the By-laws of the Corporation, or otherwise, are restricted to the fullest extent permitted by law, and, in accordance with the Act and the Unanimous Shareholders' Agreement, the shareholders of the Corporation have and enjoy and may exercise and perform all the rights, powers, and duties of the directors of the Corporation to manage the business and affairs of the Corporation.
(i)There are no provisions in the Articles, By-laws, Unanimous Shareholders' Agreement or in any other agreement binding on the Corporation which:
(i)restrict or limit the powers of the Corporation to enter into:
(1)a certain project agreement with HMQ made as of December 15, 2010 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Project Agreement") pursuant to which the Corporation will design, build, finance and maintain a new freeway, ancillary roads and landscaped parklands and recreational trails;
(2)a lenders' direct agreement between the Corporation, HMQ and the Collateral Trustee;
(3)a direct agreement between [REDACTED], the Corporation and HMQ; and
(4)[NTD: List other documents delivered at Financial Close.], (collectively, the "Documents"); or
(ii)restrict or limit the authority of the directors or shareholders of the Corporation by resolution to delegate the powers set out in subparagraph (i) to a director or an officer of the Corporation.
(a)Annexed hereto, forming part hereof and marked as Schedule "D" are true and complete copies of the resolutions of the [directors/shareholders] of the Corporation (the "Resolutions"), which have been duly and validly passed in accordance with applicable law, constituting authority and approval for the Corporation, inter alia, to enter into the Documents. The Resolutions are the only resolutions of the Corporation pertaining to the subject matter thereof and the same are in full force and effect, unamended as of the date hereof.
(b)The authorization, execution and delivery of each Document contemplated in the Resolutions, and the performance by the Corporation of its obligations thereunder, do not constitute or result in a violation or breach or default under:
(i)the Articles, By-laws or the Unanimous Shareholders' Agreement;
(ii)to the best of my knowledge and belief after due diligence, any order of any Canadian or [Ontario] governmental body by which it is bound;
(iii)to the best of my knowledge and belief after due diligence, the terms of any agreement or instrument under which any of its property or assets is bound; or
(iv)to the best of my knowledge and belief after due diligence, any writ, judgment, injunction, determination or award which is binding on the Corporation or any of its properties.
(c)To the best of my knowledge and belief after due diligence, there is no claim, action, suit, proceedings, arbitration, investigation or inquiry before any governmental agency, court or tribunal, foreign or domestic, or before any private arbitration tribunal, pending or threatened against the Corporation, or involving its properties or business. To the best of my knowledge and belief after due diligence, no administrative or court decree is outstanding in respect of the Corporation or its assets.
(d)To the best of my knowledge and belief after due diligence, no consent, approval or other order of any Canadian or [Ontario] governmental authority which has not been obtained is required to permit the Corporation to execute and deliver the Documents.
Neither the execution and delivery by the Corporation of the Documents nor the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated nor the fulfilment or compliance with the terms thereof will contravene or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under the Articles, By-laws, Unanimous Shareholders' Agreement or under any other agreement binding on the Corporation.
The persons whose names are set forth below are, at the date hereof, officers and/or directors of the Corporation, duly elected or appointed to the office or offices set forth opposite their respective names and authorized to execute the Documents on behalf of the Corporation. The signatures set forth opposite their respective names are the true signatures of those persons:
| NAME | POSITION | SIGNATURE |
| ________________________ | ||
| ________________________ | ||
| ________________________ | ||
| ________________________ | ||
| ________________________ | ||
| ________________________ |
Listed below are all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Corporation and the registered owner(s) of such shares:
| ISSUED SHARES | REGISTERED OWNER |
Attached hereto as Schedule "E" are true copies of all certificates in respect of such issued and outstanding shares. The Corporation has issued no securities, including (without limitation) securities convertible or exchangeable into shares and/or securities in respect of debt, other than such issued and outstanding shares as are listed above.
DATED this _____ day of ____________________, 2010.
| By: _________________________________ | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: |
FORM OF PROJECT CO/PROJECT CO PARTY OPINION
[INSERT DATE]
Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Ontario
c/o Ontario Infrastructure Projects Corporation
777 Bay Street, 9th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2E5
Ontario Infrastructure Projects Corporation
777 Bay Street, 9th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2E5
Stikeman Elliott LLP [●]
5300 Commerce Court West
199 Bay Street Toronto, Ontario M5L 1B9
Dear Sirs/Mesdames:
Re: Windsor Essex Parkway
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We have acted as counsel to Windsor Essex Mobility Group GP ("Project Co"), [●] (the "Construction Contractor") in connection with the alternative financing and procurement transaction whereby Project Co has agreed to enter into a design, build, finance and maintain agreement for a new parkway in the City of Windsor, the Town of LaSalle, the Town of Tecumseh and the County of Essex, Ontario. [NTD: Additional parties to be added depending on consortium structure and/or the financing package. Add each partner of Project Co and each member of the Construction Contractor.]
This opinion is being delivered to Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Ontario ("HMQ"), Ontario Infrastructure Projects Corporation ("IO") and their counsel pursuant to Section 1.21 of Schedule 2 to the project agreement made as of December 15, 2010 between IO as agent for HMQ, as represented by the Minister of Infrastructure, and Project Co (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Project Agreement").
All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this opinion shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Project Agreement.
In our capacity as counsel to [Project Co, the Construction Contractor], we have participated in the preparation and negotiation, and have examined an executed copy, of each of the following documents (unless otherwise indicated, all documents are dated as of December 15, 2010):
(a)the Construction Contract;
(b)the Lenders' Direct Agreement;
(c)the Construction Contractor's Direct Agreement;
(d)the Lending Agreements;
(e)the General Partnership Agreement; and
(f)the Performance Guarantees.
The Project Agreement and the Implementation Documents are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Documents", and each is individually referred to as a "Document". [NTD: Additional documents to be added depending on consortium structure and/or the financing package.]
We are qualified to practise law in the Province of Ontario. We have made no investigation of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Ontario, and the opinions expressed below are confined to the laws of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein as at the date hereof.
We do not act as corporate counsel to [Project Co, the Construction Contractor], nor have we participated in the general maintenance of their corporate records and corporate proceedings. Therefore, in expressing certain of the opinions below, we have, where indicated, relied exclusively, and without any independent investigation or enquiry, on certificates of public officials and a certificate of an officer of each partner of Project Co and each member of the Construction Contractor dated as of the date hereof (the "Officer's Certificates") as to certain factual matters.
Searches and Reliance
We have conducted, or have caused to be conducted, the searches identified in Schedule "A" (the "Searches") for filings or registrations made in those offices of public record listed in Schedule "A". The Searches were conducted against the current name and all former names of [Project Co, the Construction Contractor] (including, in each case, both the English and French versions, if any). The results of the Searches are set out in Schedule "A".
We have also made such investigations and examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such certificates of public officials and of such other certificates, documents and records as we have considered necessary or relevant for purposes of the opinions expressed below, including, without limitation, the Officer's Certificates.
We have relied exclusively, and without any independent investigation or enquiry, on the Officer's Certificates and the certificates of public officials with respect to certain factual matters.
In connection with the opinions set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 below, we have relied exclusively on Certificates of Status issued by the [Ministry of Government Services (Ontario)] of even date, copies of which are attached as Schedule "B".
In connection with the opinions set forth in paragraphs 4, 6, 8, 12, and 14 below, we have relied exclusively, and without any independent investigation or enquiry, upon the opinion of [●] dated [●], 2010 (the "CC Opinion"), a copy of which has been delivered to you. To the extent that the CC Opinion contains assumptions, qualifications, limitations or definitions, or is expressed as relying on any certificate(s) or other documents identified therein, the opinions herein expressed in reliance on the CC Opinion should be read as incorporating the identical assumptions, qualifications, limitations, definitions and reliances.
Assumptions
For the purposes of the opinions expressed herein, we have assumed:
Opinions
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and to the qualifications, exceptions and limitations hereinafter expressed, we are of the opinion that, as of the date hereof:
Incorporation and Existence
Corporate Power and Capacity
Corporate Authorization
Execution and Delivery
Enforceability
No Breach or Default
Regulatory Approvals
Qualifications
Our opinions herein are subject to the following qualifications and reservations, namely:
This opinion is being delivered solely in connection with the transaction addressed herein and may not be relied upon by any person other than the addressees, and their successors and permitted assigns, or for any purpose other than the transaction addressed herein.
Yours very truly,
[INSERT NAME OF LAW FIRM]
APPENDIX D
FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF AN OFFICER OF
ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CORPORATION
(the "Corporation")
| TO: | STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP |
| AND TO: | WINDSOR ESSEX MOBILITY GROUP GP ("Project Co") |
| AND TO: | TORYS LLP |
| AND TO: | CITI TRUST COMPANY CANADA (the "Collateral Trustee") |
| AND TO: | FASKEN MARTINEAU DuMOULIN LLP |
| RE: | Project agreement (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the "Project Agreement") dated the 15th day of December, 2010 between the Corporation, as agent for Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Ontario, as represented by the Minister of Infrastructure, and Project Co |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I, [●], the [●] of the Corporation and an authorized signatory of the Corporation and being duly authorized by the Corporation to deliver this certificate, hereby make the following certifications and confirmations for and on behalf of the Corporation and without incurring personal liability and that the same may be relied upon by you without further inquiry:
| NAME | POSITION | SIGNATURE |
| [●] | ________________________ | ________________________ |
| [●] | ________________________ | ________________________ |
| [●] | ________________________ | ________________________ |
| [●] | ________________________ | ________________________ |
DATED this _____ day of ___________________, 2010.
| _________________________________ | ||
| Name: [●] | ||
| Title: Secretary |
APPENDIX E
FORM OF DECLARATION OF MANAGEMENT
ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CORPORATION
("the Corporation")
DECLARATION OF MANAGEMENT
WHEREAS the Corporation as agent for Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Ontario, as represented by the Minister of Infrastructure, and Windsor Essex Mobility Group GP propose to enter into a Project Agreement relating to the Windsor Essex Parkway Project in the City of Windsor, the Town of LaSalle, the Town of Tecumseh and the County of Essex, Ontario (the "WEP Project");
AND WHEREAS the Corporation will from time to time enter into agreements for the design, construction and/or facilities management of the WEP Project assigned to the Corporation by the Minister of Infrastructure and as well as ancillary agreements, instruments, certificates and other documents required to give effect to, or contemplated to be delivered in accordance with the WEP Project (collectively, "Project Documents");
NOW THEREFORE THE CORPORATION'S MANAGEMENT HEREBY DECLARES THAT:
THIS DECLARATION may be signed in counterparts, and all such counterparts, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same declaration, effective on this date.
DATED this ______ day of _______________, 2010.
| _________________________________ |
| Name: [●] |
| Title: Secretary |