Document:

EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 

AMENDED AND RESTATED 
 SHAREHOLDER
RIGHTS PLAN AGREEMENT 
 DATED AS OF APRIL 30, 2019 

BETWEEN 
 ENCANA CORPORATION

 AND 
 AST TRUST
COMPANY (CANADA) 
 AS RIGHTS AGENT 

 AMENDED AND RESTATED SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN AGREEMENT 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

							
		
	 ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION 
	  	 	1	 
			
	 1.1
	 	CERTAIN DEFINITIONS	  	 	1	 
	 1.2
	 	CURRENCY	  	 	13	 
	 1.3
	 	HEADINGS	  	 	13	 
	 1.4
	 	CALCULATION OF NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF OUTSTANDING
VOTING SHARES	  	 	13	 
	 1.5
	 	ACTING JOINTLY OR IN CONCERT	  	 	14	 
	 1.6
	 	GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES	  	 	14	 
		
	 ARTICLE 2 THE RIGHTS 
	  	 	14	 
			
	 2.1
	 	ISSUE OF RIGHTS; LEGEND ON COMMON SHARE CERTIFICATES	  	 	14	 
	 2.2
	 	INITIAL EXERCISE PRICE; EXERCISE OF RIGHTS; DETACHMENT OF RIGHTS	  	 	15	 
	 2.3
	 	ADJUSTMENTS TO EXERCISE PRICE; NUMBER OF RIGHTS	  	 	18	 
	 2.4
	 	DATE ON WHICH EXERCISE IS EFFECTIVE	  	 	22	 
	 2.5
	 	EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING OF RIGHTS CERTIFICATES	  	 	22	 
	 2.6
	 	REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE	  	 	23	 
	 2.7
	 	MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN RIGHTS CERTIFICATES	  	 	24	 
	 2.8
	 	PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS OF RIGHTS	  	 	24	 
	 2.9
	 	DELIVERY AND CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATES	  	 	24	 
	 2.10
	 	AGREEMENT OF RIGHTS HOLDERS	  	 	25	 
	 2.11
	 	RIGHTS CERTIFICATE HOLDER NOT DEEMED A SHAREHOLDER	  	 	26	 
		
	 ARTICLE 3 ADJUSTMENTS TO THE RIGHTS 
	  	 	26	 
			
	 3.1
	 	FLIP-IN EVENT	  	 	26	 
		
	 ARTICLE 4 THE RIGHTS AGENT 
	  	 	27	 
			
	 4.1
	 	GENERAL	  	 	27	 
	 4.2
	 	MERGER, AMALGAMATION OR CONSOLIDATION OR CHANGE OF NAME OF RIGHTS
AGENT	  	 	28	 
	 4.3
	 	DUTIES OF RIGHTS AGENT	  	 	28	 
	 4.4
	 	CHANGE OF RIGHTS AGENT	  	 	30	 
		
	 ARTICLE 5 MISCELLANEOUS 
	  	 	31	 
			
	 5.1
	 	REDEMPTION AND WAIVER	  	 	31	 
	 5.2
	 	EXPIRATION	  	 	32	 
	 5.3
	 	ISSUANCE OF NEW RIGHTS CERTIFICATES	  	 	32	 
	 5.4
	 	SUPPLEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS	  	 	32	 
	 5.5
	 	FRACTIONAL RIGHTS AND FRACTIONAL SHARES	  	 	34	 
	 5.6
	 	RIGHTS OF ACTION	  	 	34	 
	 5.7
	 	REGULATORY APPROVALS	  	 	34	 
	 5.8
	 	DECLARATION AS TO NON-CANADIAN OR NON-U.S.
HOLDERS	  	 	35	 
	 5.9
	 	NOTICES	  	 	35	 
	 5.10
	 	COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT	  	 	36	 
	 5.11
	 	SUCCESSORS	  	 	36	 
	 5.12
	 	BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT	  	 	36	 
	 5.13
	 	GOVERNING LAW	  	 	36	 
	 5.14
	 	SEVERABILITY	  	 	36	 
	 5.15
	 	COMING INTO EFFECT	  	 	36	 
	 5.16
	 	RECONFIRMATION	  	 	37	 
	 5.17
	 	DETERMINATIONS AND ACTIONS BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS	  	 	37	 
	 5.18
	 	TIME OF THE ESSENCE	  	 	37	 
	 5.19
	 	EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS	  	 	37	 
		 	ATTACHMENT 1	  	 	39	 
		 	FORM OF ASSIGNMENT	  	 	41	 
		 	FORM OF ELECTION TO EXERCISE	  	 	42	 
		 	 CERTIFICATE
	  	 	43	 
		 	 NOTICE
	  	 	43	 

 AMENDED AND RESTATED SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN AGREEMENT 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN AGREEMENT dated as of April 30, 2019 between Encana Corporation (the
“Corporation”), a corporation incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, and AST Trust Company (Canada) (successor rights agent to CIBC Mellon Trust Company), a trust company incorporated under the laws of
Canada (the “Rights Agent”) which amends and restates the agreement dated as of July 30, 2001 and as previously amended and restated as of September 13, 2001, April 28, 2004, April 21, 2010 and May 3, 2016
respectively, between such parties; 
 WHEREAS in 2001, the Board of Directors (as defined below) determined that it was in the best
interests of the Corporation to adopt a shareholder rights plan to ensure, to the extent possible, that all shareholders of the Corporation are treated fairly in connection with any take-over bid for the Corporation; 

AND WHEREAS the Corporation and the Rights Agent entered into a Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement dated as of July 30, 2001 and amended
and restated as of September 13, 2001, as of April 28, 2004, as of April 21, 2010 and as of May 3, 2016 (collectively, the “Original Agreement”) which was approved by the shareholders of the Corporation at the
special meeting held on September 26, 2001, at the annual and special meeting held on April 28, 2004, at the annual and special meeting held on April 21, 2010 and at the annual and special meeting held on May 3, 2016,
respectively, and was reconfirmed by the shareholders of the Corporation at the annual meeting held on April 23, 2013; 
 AND WHEREAS
the Original Agreement was to be reconfirmed by the shareholders of the Corporation at every third annual meeting of shareholders; 
 AND
WHEREAS the Corporation and the Rights Agent wish to effect certain amendments to update and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety to be on the terms and conditions and in the form of this Agreement to take effect immediately upon receipt
of approval of the shareholders of the Corporation and the reconfirmation of this Agreement by the shareholders of the Corporation at the annual and special meeting of shareholders held on April 30, 2019 or any adjournment or postponement
thereof; 
 AND WHEREAS each Right (as defined below) entitles the holder thereof, after the Separation Time (as defined below), to purchase
securities of the Corporation pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; 
 AND WHEREAS the Corporation desires
to confirm its appointment of the Rights Agent to act on behalf of the Corporation and the holders of Rights and the Rights Agent is willing to continue to so act, in connection with the issuance, transfer, exchange and replacement of Rights
Certificates (as defined below), the exercise of Rights and other matters referred to herein; 
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, and subject to such covenants and agreements, the parties hereby agree as follows: 

 ARTICLE 1 

INTERPRETATION 
  

	1.1	 Certain Definitions 

For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated: 

 

	 	(a)	 “Acquiring Person” means any Person who is the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the
outstanding Voting Shares provided, however, that the term “Acquiring Person” shall not include: 

  

	 	(i)	 the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation; 

 

	 	(ii)	 any Person who becomes the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the outstanding Voting Shares as a result of one
or any combination of (A) a Voting Share Reduction, (B) Permitted Bid Acquisitions, (C) an Exempt Acquisition or (D) Pro Rata Acquisitions; provided, however, that if a Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the
outstanding Voting Shares by reason of one or any combination of the operation of (A), (B), (C) or (D) above and such Person’s Beneficial Ownership of Voting Shares thereafter increases by more than 1.0% of the number of Voting Shares
outstanding (other than pursuant to one or any combination of a Voting Share Reduction, a Permitted Bid Acquisition, an Exempt Acquisition or a Pro Rata Acquisition), then as of the date such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of such additional
Voting Shares, such Person shall become an “Acquiring Person”; 

  

	 	(iii)	 for a period of ten days after the Disqualification Date (as defined below), any Person who becomes the
Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the outstanding Voting Shares as a result of such Person becoming disqualified from relying on Paragraph 1.1(e)(v) solely because such Person or the Beneficial Owner of such Voting Shares is making or has announced
an intention to make a Take-over Bid, either alone or by acting jointly or in concert with any other Person. For the purposes of this definition, “Disqualification Date” means the first date of public announcement that any Person is
making or has announced an intention to make a Take-over Bid; 

  

	 	(iv)	 an underwriter or member of a banking or selling group that becomes the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the
Voting Shares in connection with a distribution of securities of the Corporation; or 

  

	 	(v)	 a Person (a “Grandfathered Person”) who is the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the
outstanding Voting Shares of the Corporation determined as at the Record Time, provided, however, that this exception shall not be, and shall cease to be, applicable to a Grandfathered Person in the event that such Grandfathered Person:
(A) became the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares as a result of any when issued trades; or (B) shall after the Record Time, become the Beneficial Owner of additional Voting Shares of the Corporation that increases its Beneficial
Ownership of Voting Shares by more than 1% of the number of Voting Shares outstanding as at the Record Time (other than pursuant to one or any combination of a Voting Share Reduction, a Permitted Bid Acquisition, an Exempt Acquisition or a Pro Rata
Acquisition). 

  

	 	(b)	 “Affiliate” when used to indicate a relationship with a Person, means a Person that directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person; 

  

	 	(c)	 “Agreement” means the shareholder rights plan agreement dated as of July 30, 2001 between
the Corporation and the Rights Agent, as amended and restated as of September 13, 2001, as of April 28, 2004, as of April 21, 2010, as of May 3, 2016 and as of April 30, 2019, as the same may be further amended or
supplemented from time to time; “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” and similar expressions mean and refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular part of this Agreement;

  
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	 	(d)	 “Associate” means, when used to indicate a relationship with a specified Person, a spouse of
that Person, any Person of the same or opposite sex with whom that Person is living in a conjugal relationship outside marriage, a child of that Person or a relative of that Person if that relative has the same residence as that Person;

  

	 	(e)	 A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, and to have “Beneficial
Ownership” of, and to “Beneficially Own”, 

  

	 	(i)	 any securities as to which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates is the owner at
law or in equity; 

  

	 	(ii)	 any securities as to which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has the right to
become the owner at law or in equity (whether such right is exercisable immediately or within a period of 60 days thereafter and whether or not on condition or the happening of any contingency or the making of any payment) pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement, pledge or understanding, whether or not in writing (other than (A) customary agreements with and between underwriters and/or banking group members and/or selling group members with respect to a public offering or private placement
of securities and (B) pledges of securities in the ordinary course of business), or upon the exercise of any conversion right, exchange right, share purchase right (other than the Rights), warrant or option or pursuant to any when issued
trades; and 

  

	 	(iii)	 any securities which are Beneficially Owned within the meaning of Paragraphs 1.1(e)(i) and (ii) by any
other Person with whom such Person is acting jointly or in concert; 

 provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed
the “Beneficial Owner” of, or to have “Beneficial Ownership” of, or to “Beneficially Own”, any security: 
  

	 	(iv)	 where such security has been deposited or tendered pursuant to any Take-over Bid or where the holder of such
security has agreed pursuant to a Lock-up Agreement to deposit or tender such security pursuant to a Take-over Bid, in each case made by such Person, made by any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates
or made by any other Person acting jointly or in concert with such Person until such deposited or tendered security has been taken up or paid for, whichever shall first occur; 

 

	 	(v)	 where such Person, any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates or any other Person acting jointly or in
concert with such Person holds such security provided that: 

  

	 	(A)	 the ordinary business of any such Person (the “Investment Manager”) includes the management of
mutual funds or investment funds for others (which others, for greater certainty, may include or be limited to one or more employee benefit plans or pension plans) and such security is held by the Investment Manager in the ordinary course of such
business in the performance of such Investment Manager’s duties for the account of any other Person (a “Client”), including the acquisition or holding of securities in a non-discretionary
account held on behalf of a Client by a broker or dealer registered under applicable securities laws; 

  
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	 	(B)	 such Person (the “Trust Company”) is licensed to carry on the business of a trust company
under applicable laws and, as such, acts as trustee or administrator or in a similar capacity in relation to the estates of deceased or incompetent Persons (each an “Estate Account”) or in relation to other accounts (each an
“Other Account”) and holds such security in the ordinary course of such duties for such Estate Account or for such Other Accounts; 

  

	 	(C)	 such Person is established by statute for purposes that include, and the ordinary business or activity of such
Person (the “Statutory Body”) includes, the management of investment funds for employee benefit plans, pension plans, insurance plans or various public bodies; 

 

	 	(D)	 such Person (the “Administrator”) is the administrator or trustee of one or more pension funds
or plans (a “Plan”), or is a Plan, registered or qualified under the laws of Canada or any Province thereof or the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof; or 

 

	 	(E)	 such Person (the “Crown Agent”) is a Crown agent or agency; 

provided, in any of the above cases, that the Investment Manager, the Trust Company, the Statutory Body, the Administrator, the Plan or the
Crown Agent, as the case may be, is not then making a Take-over Bid or has not then announced an intention to make a Take-over Bid alone or acting jointly or in concert with any other Person, other than an Offer to Acquire Voting Shares or other
securities (A) pursuant to a distribution by the Corporation, (B) by means of a Permitted Bid or (C) by means of ordinary market transactions (including prearranged trades entered into in the ordinary course of business of such
Person) executed through the facilities of a stock exchange or organized over-the-counter market; 

 

	 	(vi)	 where such Person is (A) a Client of the same Investment Manager as another Person on whose account the
Investment Manager holds such security, (B) an Estate Account or an Other Account of the same Trust Company as another Person on whose account the Trust Company holds such security or (C) a Plan with the same Administrator as another Plan
on whose account the Administrator holds such security; 

  

	 	(vii)	 where such Person is (A) a Client of an Investment Manager and such security is owned at law or in equity
by the Investment Manager, (B) an Estate Account or an Other Account of a Trust Company and such security is owned at law or in equity by the Trust Company or (C) a Plan and such security is owned at law or in equity by the Administrator
of the Plan; or 

  

	 	(viii)	 where such Person is a registered holder of such security as a result of carrying on the business of, or acting
as a nominee of, a securities depositary; 

  

	 	(f)	 “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation or any duly constituted
and empowered committee thereof; 

  
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	 	(g)	 “Book Entry Form” means, in reference to securities, securities that have been issued and
registered in uncertificated form and includes securities evidenced by an advice or other statement and securities which are maintained electronically on the records of the Corporation’s transfer agent but for which no certificate has been
issued; 

  

	 	(h)	 “Book Entry Rights Exercise Procedures” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 2.2(c); 

  

	 	(i)	 “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in Calgary are authorized or obligated by law to close; 

  

	 	(j)	 “CBCA” means the Canada Business Corporations Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 44, as amended, and
the regulations made thereunder, and any comparable or successor laws or regulations thereto; 

  

	 	(k)	 “Canadian Dollar Equivalent” of any amount which is expressed in United States Dollars means,
on any date, the Canadian dollar equivalent of such amount determined by multiplying such amount by the U.S.—Canadian Exchange Rate in effect on such date; 

 

	 	(l)	 “close of business” on any given date means the time on such date (or, if such date is not a
Business Day, the time on the next succeeding Business Day) at which the principal transfer office in Calgary of the transfer agent for the Common Shares (or, after the Separation Time, the principal transfer office in Calgary of the Rights Agent)
is closed to the public; provided, however, that for the purposes of the definitions of “Competing Permitted Bid” and “Permitted Bid”, “close of business” on any date means 11:59 p.m. (local time at the place of
deposit) on such date (or, if such date is not a Business Day, 11:59 p.m. (local time at the place of deposit) on the next succeeding Business Day); 

  

	 	(m)	 “Common Shares” means the common shares in the capital of the Corporation;

  

	 	(n)	 “Competing Permitted Bid” means a Take-over Bid that: 

 

	 	(i)	 is made after a Permitted Bid or another Competing Permitted Bid (each such Permitted Bid or Competing
Permitted Bid in this definition, the “Prior Bid”) has been made and prior to the expiry, termination or withdrawal of the Prior Bid; 

  

	 	(ii)	 satisfies all components of the definition of a Permitted Bid other than the requirements set out in
Subparagraph 1.1(kk)(ii)(A) of the definition of a Permitted Bid; and 

  

	 	(iii)	 contains, and the take-up and payment for securities tendered or
deposited is subject to, an irrevocable and unqualified condition that no Voting Shares will be taken up or paid for pursuant to the Take-over Bid prior to the close of business on the date that is no earlier than the later of (A) the earliest
date on which Voting Shares may be taken up or paid for under any Permitted Bid or other Competing Permitted Bid that is then in existence, and (B) the last day of the minimum initial deposit period that such Take-over Bid must remain open for
deposits of securities thereunder pursuant to NI 62-104 after the date of the Take-over Bid constituting the Competing Permitted Bid; 

 

	 	(o)	 a Person is “controlled” by another Person or two or more other Persons acting jointly or in
concert if: 

  
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	 	(i)	 in the case of a body corporate, securities entitled to vote in the election of directors of such body
corporate carrying more than 50% of the votes for the election of directors are held, directly or indirectly, by or for the benefit of the other Person or Persons and the votes carried by such securities are entitled, if exercised, to elect a
majority of the board of directors of such body corporate; or 

  

	 	(ii)	 in the case of a Person which is not a body corporate, more than 50% of the voting interests of such entity are
held, directly or indirectly, by or for the benefit of the other Person or Persons; 

 and “controls”,
“controlling” and “under common control with” shall be interpreted accordingly; 
  

	 	(p)	 “Co-Rights Agents” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Subsection 4.1(a); 

  

	 	(q)	 “Disposition Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Subsection 5.1(h);

  

	 	(r)	 “Dividend Reinvestment Acquisition” means an acquisition of Voting Shares pursuant to a
Dividend Reinvestment Plan; 

  

	 	(s)	 “Dividend Reinvestment Plan” means a regular dividend reinvestment or other plan of the
Corporation made available by the Corporation to holders of its securities or holders of securities of a Subsidiary where such plan permits the holder to direct that some or all of: 

 

	 	(i)	 dividends paid in respect of shares of any class of the Corporation or a Subsidiary; 

 

	 	(ii)	 proceeds of redemption of shares of the Corporation or a Subsidiary; 

 

	 	(iii)	 interest paid on evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation or a Subsidiary; or 

 

	 	(iv)	 optional cash payments; 

be applied to the purchase from the Corporation of Voting Shares; 
  

	 	(t)	 “Election to Exercise” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Paragraph 2.2(d)(ii);

  

	 	(u)	 “Exempt Acquisition” means a share acquisition: 

 

	 	(i)	 in respect of which the Board of Directors has waived the application of Section 3.1 pursuant to the
provisions of Subsections 5.1(a) or (h); or 

  

	 	(ii)	 pursuant to an amalgamation, plan of arrangement or other procedure (statutory or otherwise) having similar
effect which has been approved by the Board of Directors and the holders of Voting Shares by the requisite majority or majorities of the holders of Voting Shares at a meeting duly called and held for such purpose in accordance with the
Corporation’s by-laws, the CBCA and any other applicable legal requirements; 

  

	 	(v)	 “Exercise Price” means, as of any date, the price at which a holder may purchase the
securities issuable upon exercise of one whole Right which, until adjustment thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be: 

  
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	 	(i)	 until the Separation Time, an amount equal to three times the Market Price, from time to time, per Common
Share; and 

  

	 	(ii)	 from and after the Separation Time, an amount equal to three times the Market Price, as at the Separation Time,
per Common Share; 

  

	 	(w)	 “Expansion Factor” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Paragraph 2.3(a)(x);

  

	 	(x)	 “Expiration Time” means the close of business on that date on which a Reconfirmation Meeting
occurs and at which this Agreement is not reconfirmed or presented for reconfirmation as contemplated in Section 5.16; 

  

	 	(y)	 “Flip-in Event” means a transaction or other event, in
or pursuant to which any Person becomes an Acquiring Person; 

  

	 	(z)	 “holder” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.8; 

 

	 	(aa)	 “Independent Shareholders” means holders of Voting Shares, other than: 

 

	 	(i)	 any Acquiring Person; 

 

	 	(ii)	 any Offeror (other than any Person who, by virtue of Paragraph 1.1(e)(v), is not deemed to Beneficially Own the
Voting Shares held by such Person); 

  

	 	(iii)	 any Affiliate or Associate of any Acquiring Person or Offeror; 

 

	 	(iv)	 any Person acting jointly or in concert with any Acquiring Person or Offeror; and 

 

	 	(v)	 a Person who is a trustee of any employee benefit plan, deferred profit sharing plan, stock participation plan
and any other similar plan or trust for the benefit of employees of the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation unless the beneficiaries of the plan or trust direct the manner in which the Voting Shares are to be voted or withheld from voting
or direct whether the Voting Shares are to be tendered to a Take-over Bid; 

  

	 	(bb)	 “Lock-up Agreement” means an agreement between an
Offeror, any of its Affiliates or Associates or any other Person acting jointly or in concert with the Offeror and a Person (the “Locked-up Person”) who is not an Affiliate or Associate of the
Offeror or a Person acting jointly or in concert with the Offeror whereby the Locked-up Person agrees to deposit or tender the Voting Shares held by the Locked-up Person
to the Offeror’s Take-over Bid or to any Take-over Bid made by any of the Offeror’s Affiliates or Associates or made by any other Person acting jointly or in concert with the Offeror (the “Subject Bid”) provided that:

  

	 	(i)	 the terms of such agreement are publicly disclosed and a copy of such agreement is made available to the public
(including the Corporation) not later than the date of the Subject Bid or, if the Subject Bid has been made prior to the date on which such agreement is entered into, not later than the first Business Day following the date of such agreement;

  

	 	(ii)	 the agreement permits: 

  
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	 	(A)	 the Locked-up Person to withdraw the Voting Shares from the agreement
in order to tender or deposit the Voting Shares to another Take-over Bid or to support another transaction that in either case will provide greater value to the Locked-up Person than the Subject Bid; or

  

	 	(B)	 the Locked-up Person to withdraw the Voting Shares from the agreement
in order to tender or deposit the Voting Shares to another Take-over Bid or to support another transaction that contains an offering price for each Voting Share that exceeds by as much as or more than a specified amount (the “Specified
Amount”) the offering price for each Voting Share contained in or proposed to be contained in the Subject Bid and the agreement does not by its terms provide for a Specified Amount that is greater than 7% of the offering price contained in
or proposed to be contained in the Subject Bid; 

 and, for greater clarity, an agreement may contain a right of first
refusal or require a period of delay to give an Offeror an opportunity to match a higher price in another Take-over Bid or other similar limitation on a Locked-up Person as long as the Locked-up Person can accept another bid or tender to another transaction; and 
  

	 	(iii)	 no “break-up” fees,
“top-up” fees, penalties, expenses or other amounts that exceed in the aggregate the greater of: 

  

	 	(A)	 21⁄2% of the price or
value of the consideration payable under the Subject Bid to the Locked-up Person; and 

  

	 	(B)	 50% of the amount by which the price or value of the consideration payable under another Take-over Bid or
transaction to the Locked-up Person exceeds the price or value of the consideration that such Locked-up Person would have received under the Subject Bid;

 shall be payable by such Locked-up Person pursuant to the agreement in the
event such Locked-up Person fails to deposit or tender the Voting Shares to the Subject Bid or withdraws the Voting Shares previously tendered thereto in order to deposit or tender such Voting Shares to
another Take-over Bid or support another transaction. 
  

	 	(cc)	 “Market Price” per share of any securities on any date of determination means the average of
the daily closing prices per share of the securities (determined as described below) on each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days through and including the Trading Day immediately preceding such date; provided, however, that if an event of a type
analogous to any of the events described in Section 2.3 hereof shall have caused the closing prices used to determine the Market Price on any Trading Days not to be fully comparable with the closing price on the date of determination or, if the
date of determination is not a Trading Day, on the immediately preceding Trading Day, each closing price so used shall be appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustment provided for in Section 2.3 hereof in order to
make it fully comparable with the closing price on the date of determination or, if the date of determination is not a Trading Day, on the immediately preceding Trading Day. The closing price per share of any securities on any date shall be:

  
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	 	(i)	 the closing board lot sale price or, in case no such sale takes place on such date, the average of the closing
bid and asked prices for each of the securities as reported by the principal Canadian stock exchange (as determined by volume of trading) on which the securities are listed or admitted to trading; 

 

	 	(ii)	 if for any reason none of such prices is available on such day or the securities are not listed or admitted to
trading on a Canadian stock exchange, the last sale price or, in case no such sale takes place on the date, the average of the closing bid and asked prices for each of the securities as reported by the principal national United States securities
exchange (as determined by volume of trading) on which the securities are listed or admitted to trading; 

  

	 	(iii)	 if for any reason none of such prices is available on such day or the securities are not listed or admitted to
trading on a Canadian stock exchange or a national United States securities exchange, the last sale price or, in case no sale takes place on such date, the average of the high bid and low asked prices for each of the securities in the over-the-counter market, as quoted by any recognized reporting system then in use; or 

 

	 	(iv)	 if for any reason none of such prices is available on such day or the securities are not listed or admitted to
trading on a Canadian stock exchange or a national United States securities exchange or quoted by any reporting system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a recognized professional market maker making a market in the
securities; 

 provided, however, that if for any reason none of such prices is available on such day, the closing price
per share of the securities on such date means the fair value per share of the securities on such date as determined by an internationally recognized investment dealer or investment banker; provided further that if an event of a type analogous to
any of the events described in Section 2.3 hereof has caused any price used to determine the Market Price on any Trading Day not to be fully comparable with the price as so determined on the Trading Day immediately preceding such date of
determination, each price so used shall be appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustment provided for in Section 2.3 hereof in order to make it fully comparable with the price on the Trading Day immediately preceding
such date of determination. The Market Price shall be expressed in Canadian dollars and, if initially determined in respect of any day forming part of the 20 consecutive Trading Day period in question in United States dollars, such amount shall be
translated into Canadian dollars on that date at the Canadian Dollar Equivalent thereof; 
  

	 	(dd)	 “1933 Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as now in effect or as the same may from time to time be amended, re-enacted or replaced; 

 

	 	(ee)	 “1934 Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the United States, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder as now in effect or as the same may from time to time be amended, re-enacted or replaced; 

 

	 	(ff)	 “NI 62-104” means National Instrument 62-104 – Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids adopted by the Canadian securities regulatory authorities, as now in effect or as the same may from time to time be amended,
re-enacted or replaced; 

  

	 	(gg)	 “Nominee” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Subsection 2.2(c); 

  
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	 	(hh)	 “Offer to Acquire” includes: 

 

	 	(i)	 an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell Voting Shares; and 

 

	 	(ii)	 an acceptance of an offer to sell Voting Shares, whether or not such offer to sell has been solicited;

 or any combination thereof, and the Person accepting an offer to sell shall be deemed to be making an Offer to Acquire
to the Person that made the offer to sell; 
  

	 	(ii)	 “Offeror” means a Person who has announced, and has not withdrawn, an intention to make or who
has made, and has not withdrawn, a Take-over Bid, other than a Person who has completed a Permitted Bid, a Competing Permitted Bid or an Exempt Acquisition; 

  

	 	(jj)	 “Offeror’s Securities” means Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by an Offeror on the date
of the Offer to Acquire; 

  

	 	(kk)	 “Permitted Bid” means a Take-over Bid made by an Offeror by way of take-over bid circular
which also complies with the following additional provisions: 

  

	 	(i)	 the Take-over Bid is made to all holders of Voting Shares as registered on the books of the Corporation, other
than the Offeror; 

  

	 	(ii)	 the Take-over Bid contains, and the take-up and payment for securities
tendered or deposited is subject to, an irrevocable and unqualified provision that no Voting Shares will be taken up or paid for pursuant to the Take-over Bid: 

 

	 	(A)	 prior to the close of business on the date which is not less than 105 days following the date of the Take-over
Bid or such shorter minimum period that a take-over bid that is not exempt from the general take-over bid requirements of Part 2 of NI 62-104 must remain open for deposits of securities, in the applicable
circumstances at such time, pursuant to NI 62-104; and 

  

	 	(B)	 only if, at the close of business on the date the Voting Shares are first taken up or paid for under such
Take-over Bid, more than 50% of the Voting Shares held by Independent Shareholders shall have been deposited or tendered pursuant to the Take-over Bid and not withdrawn; 

 

	 	(iii)	 unless the Take-over Bid is withdrawn, the Take-over Bid contains an irrevocable and unqualified provision that
Voting Shares may be deposited pursuant to such Take-over Bid at any time during the period of time described in Subparagraph 1.1(ll)(ii)(A) and that any Voting Shares deposited pursuant to the Take-over Bid may be withdrawn until taken up and paid
for; and 

  

	 	(iv)	 unless the Take-over Bid is withdrawn, the Take-over Bid contains an irrevocable and unqualified provision that
in the event that the deposit condition set forth in Subparagraph 1.1(ll)(ii)(B) is satisfied and such Voting Shares are taken up by the Offeror, the Offeror will make a public announcement of that fact and the Take-over Bid will remain open for
deposits and tenders of Voting Shares for not less than ten days from the date of such public announcement,provided that if a Take-over Bid constitutes a Competing Permitted Bid, the term “Permitted Bid” shall also mean the Competing
Permitted Bid; 

  
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	 	(ll)	 “Permitted Bid Acquisition” means an acquisition of Voting Shares made pursuant to a Permitted
Bid or a Competing Permitted Bid; 

  

	 	(mm)	 “Person” includes any individual, firm, partnership, association, trust, trustee, executor,
administrator, legal personal representative, body corporate, corporation, unincorporated organization, syndicate, governmental entity or other similar entity; 

 

	 	(nn)	 “Pro Rata Acquisition” means an acquisition by a Person of Voting Shares pursuant to:

  

	 	(i)	 a Dividend Reinvestment Acquisition; 

 

	 	(ii)	 a stock dividend, stock split or other event in respect of securities of the Corporation of one or more
particular classes or series pursuant to which such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of Voting Shares on the same pro rata basis as all other holders of securities of the particular class, classes or series; 

 

	 	(iii)	 the acquisition or the exercise by the Person of only those rights to purchase Voting Shares distributed by the
Corporation to that Person in the course of a distribution to all holders of securities of the Corporation of one or more particular classes or series pursuant to a rights offering or pursuant to a prospectus, provided that such rights are acquired
directly from the Corporation and not from any other Person and the Person does not thereby acquire a greater percentage of such Voting Shares so distributed than the Person’s percentage of Voting Shares Beneficially Owned immediately prior to
such acquisition; or 

  

	 	(iv)	 a distribution of Voting Shares, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Voting Shares (and the
conversion or exchange of such convertible or exchangeable securities), made pursuant to a prospectus or by way of a private placement, provided that the Person does not thereby acquire a greater percentage of such Voting Shares, or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for Voting Shares, so offered than the Person’s percentage of Voting Shares Beneficially Owned immediately prior to such acquisition; 

 

	 	(oo)	 “Record Time” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Subsection 2.1(a); 

 

	 	(pp)	 “Reconfirmation Meeting” has the meaning ascribed in Section 5.16; 

 

	 	(qq)	 “Redemption Price” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Subsection 5.1(b);

  

	 	(rr)	 “Right” means a right to purchase a Common Share upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement; 

  

	 	(ss)	 “Rights Certificate” means the certificates representing the Rights after the Separation Time,
which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Attachment 1, or such other written document (including without limitation a direct registration system statement or other book-entry confirmation) evidencing registered ownership of the
Rights that may be issued by the Corporation and is satisfactory to the Corporation and its transfer agent.; 

  

	 	(tt)	 “Rights Register” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Subsection 2.6(a);

  
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	 	(uu)	 “Rights Registrar” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Subsection 2.6(a);

  

	 	(vv)	 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act, R.S.A. 2000,
c.S-4, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, and any comparable or successor laws or regulations thereto; 

  

	 	(ww)	 “Separation Time” means the close of business on the tenth Trading Day after the earlier of:

  

	 	(i)	 the Stock Acquisition Date; 

 

	 	(ii)	 the date of the commencement of or first public announcement of the intent of any Person (other than the
Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation) to commence a Take-over Bid (other than a Permitted Bid or a Competing Permitted Bid), or such later time as may be determined by the Board of Directors, provided that, if any Take-over Bid referred
to in this Paragraph (ii) expires, is cancelled, terminated or otherwise withdrawn prior to the Separation Time, such Take-over Bid shall be deemed, for the purposes of this definition, never to have been made; and 

 

	 	(iii)	 the date on which a Permitted Bid or Competing Permitted Bid ceases to be such; 

 

	 	(xx)	 “Stock Acquisition Date” means the first date of public announcement (which, for purposes of
this definition, shall include, without limitation, a report filed pursuant to Part 5 of NI 62-104 or Section 13(d) of the 1934 Exchange Act) by the Corporation or an Acquiring Person that
an Acquiring Person has become such or such later date as determined by the Board of Directors; 

  

	 	(yy)	 “Subsidiary” a corporation is a Subsidiary of another Person if: 

 

	 	(i)	 it is controlled by: 

 

	 	(A)	 that other; or 

  

	 	(B)	 that other and one or more Persons, each of which is controlled by that other; or 

 

	 	(C)	 two or more Persons, each of which is controlled by that other; or 

 

	 	(ii)	 it is a Subsidiary of a Person that is that other’s Subsidiary; 

 

	 	(zz)	 “Take-over Bid” means an Offer to Acquire Voting Shares, or securities convertible into Voting
Shares if, assuming that the Voting Shares or convertible securities subject to the Offer to Acquire are acquired and are Beneficially Owned at the date of such Offer to Acquire by the Person making such Offer to Acquire, such Voting Shares
(including Voting Shares that may be acquired upon conversion of securities convertible into Voting Shares) together with the Offeror’s Securities, constitute in the aggregate 20% or more of the outstanding Voting Shares at the date of the
Offer to Acquire; 

  

	 	(aaa)	 “TSX” means the Toronto Stock Exchange; 

 

	 	(bbb)	 “Trading Day”, when used with respect to any securities, means a day on which the principal
Canadian stock exchange on which such securities are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the securities are not listed or admitted to trading on any Canadian stock exchange, a Business Day;

  
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	 	(ccc)	 “U.S. - Canadian Exchange Rate” means, on any date: 

 

	 	(i)	 if on such date the Bank of Canada sets an average noon spot rate of exchange for the conversion of one United
States dollar into Canadian dollars, such rate; and 

  

	 	(ii)	 in any other case, the rate for such date for the conversion of one United States dollar into Canadian dollars
calculated in such manner as may be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time acting in good faith; 

  

	 	(ddd)	 “Voting Share Reduction” means an acquisition or redemption by the Corporation of Voting
Shares which, by reducing the number of Voting Shares outstanding, increases the proportionate number of Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by any Person to 20% or more of the Voting Shares then outstanding; and 

 

	 	(eee)	 “Voting Shares” means the Common Shares and any other shares in the capital of the Corporation
entitled to vote generally in the election of all directors. 

  

	1.2	 Currency 

All sums of money which are referred to in this Agreement are expressed in lawful money of Canada, unless otherwise specified. 

 

	1.3	 Headings 

The division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs, Subparagraphs or other portions hereof and the insertion of
headings, subheadings and a table of contents are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. 
  

	1.4	 Calculation of Number and Percentage of Beneficial Ownership of Outstanding Voting Shares

 For purposes of this Agreement, the percentage of Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by any Person, shall be and be
deemed to be the product (expressed as a percentage) determined by the formula: 
 100 x A/B 

where: 
  

					
	A	  	=	  	the number of votes for the election of all directors generally attaching to the Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by such Person; and
			
	B	  	=	  	the number of votes for the election of all directors generally attaching to all outstanding Voting Shares.

 Where any Person is deemed to Beneficially Own unissued Voting Shares, such Voting Shares shall be deemed to be outstanding
for the purpose of calculating the percentage of Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by such Person. 

  
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	1.5	 Acting Jointly or in Concert 

For the purposes hereof, a Person is acting jointly or in concert with every Person who, as a result of any agreement, commitment or
understanding, whether formal or informal, and whether or not in writing, with the first Person or any Affiliate thereof, acquires or offers to acquire Voting Shares (other than (a) customary agreements with and between underwriters and/or
banking group members and/or selling group members with respect to a public offering or private placement of securities and (b) pledges of securities in the ordinary course of business). 

 

	1.6	 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles 

Wherever in this Agreement reference is made to generally accepted accounting principles, such reference shall mean generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States which are in effect from time to time, applicable on a consolidated basis (unless otherwise specifically provided herein to be applicable on an unconsolidated basis) as at the date on which a calculation is
made or required to be made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Where the character or amount of any asset or liability or item of revenue or expense is required to be determined, or any consolidation or other accounting
computation is required to be made for the purpose of this Agreement or any document, such determination or calculation shall, to the extent applicable and except as otherwise specified herein or as otherwise agreed in writing by the parties, be
made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis. 
 ARTICLE 2 

THE RIGHTS 
  

	2.1	 Issue of Rights; Legend on Common Share Certificates 

 

	 	(a)	 One Right has been issued, effective at 12:01 a.m. (Calgary time) on July 30, 2001, in respect of each
Common Share outstanding at 12:01 a.m. (Calgary time) on July 30, 2001 (the “Record Time”) and one Right has been and shall be issued in respect of each Common Share issued after the Record Time and prior to the earlier of the
Separation Time and the Expiration Time; and 

  

	 	(b)	 In the event that certificates representing Common Shares are issued after the Record Time but prior to the
earlier of the Separation Time and the Expiration Time, they shall evidence, in addition to the Common Shares, one Right for each Common Share represented thereby and shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them,
prior to the date hereof the legend set forth in Subsection 2.1(b) of the Original Agreement, which legend shall be deemed to be amended for all purposes to read the same as the legend set forth below, and after the date hereof the following legend:

 Until the Separation Time (defined in the Agreement below), this certificate also evidences the holder’s rights
described in a Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement dated as of July 30, 2001, as amended and restated as of September 13, 2001 and as further amended and restated as of April 28, 2004, as of April 21, 2010, as of May 3, 2016
and as of April 30, 2019 and as such may from time to time be amended, restated, varied or replaced (the “Agreement”) between Encana Corporation (the “Corporation”) and AST Trust Company (Canada) (successor rights agent to
CIBC Mellon Trust Company) (the “Rights Agent”), the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is available on demand without charge from the Corporation as soon as it is practicable after the receipt of a
written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set out in the Agreement, the rights may expire, may become null and void or may be evidenced by separate certificates and no longer evidenced by this certificate. 

  
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 Any Common Shares issued and registered in Book Entry Form after the Record Time but prior
to the earlier of the Separation Time and the Expiration Time shall evidence, in addition to the Common Shares, one Right for each Common Share represented thereby and the registration record of such Common Shares (including direct registration
system statement or other book-entry confirmation) shall include the foregoing legend, adapted accordingly as the Rights Agent may reasonably require. 

Common Shares that are issued and outstanding at the Record Time, if any, shall also evidence one Right for each Common Share represented
thereby, notwithstanding the absence of the foregoing legend, until the close of business on the earlier of the Separation Time and the Expiration Time. 
  

	2.2	 Initial Exercise Price; Exercise of Rights; Detachment of Rights 

 

	 	(a)	 Subject to adjustment as herein set forth, each Right will entitle the holder thereof, from and after the
Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time, to purchase one Common Share for the Exercise Price (and the Exercise Price and number of Common Shares are subject to adjustment as set forth below). Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, any Rights held by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries shall be void. 

  

	 	(b)	 Until the Separation Time: 

 

	 	(i)	 the Rights shall not be exercisable and no Right may be exercised; and 

 

	 	(ii)	 each Right will be evidenced by the certificate for the associated Common Share of the Corporation registered
in the name of the holder thereof (which certificate shall also be deemed to represent a Rights Certificate) or by Book Entry Form registration for the associated Common Share and will be transferable only together with, and will be transferred by a
transfer of, such associated Common Share. 

  

	 	(c)	 From and after the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time: 

 

	 	(i)	 the Rights shall be exercisable; and 

 

	 	(ii)	 the registration and transfer of Rights shall be separate from and independent of Common Shares of the
Corporation. 

 Promptly following the Separation Time, the Corporation will determine whether it wishes to issue Rights
Certificates or whether it will maintain the Rights in Book Entry Form. In the event that the Corporation determines to maintain Rights in Book Entry Form, it will put in place such alternative procedures as are reasonably directed by the Rights
Agent for the Rights to be maintained in Book Entry Form (the “Book Entry Rights Exercise Procedures”), it being hereby acknowledged that such procedures shall, to the greatest extent possible, replicate in all substantive respects
the procedures set out in this Agreement with respect to the exercise of the Rights Certificates and that the procedures set out in this Agreement shall be modified only to the extent necessary, as reasonably determined by the Rights Agent, to
permit the Corporation to maintain the Rights in Book Entry Form. In such event, the Book Entry Rights Exercise Procedures shall be deemed to replace the procedures set out in this Agreement with respect to the exercise of Rights and all provisions
of this Agreement referring to the Rights Certificates shall be applicable to Rights registered in Book Entry Form in like manner as the Rights in certificated form. 

  
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 In the event that the Corporation determines to issue Rights Certificates, it will prepare
and the Rights Agent will mail to each holder of record of Common Shares as of the Separation Time (other than an Acquiring Person, any other Person whose Rights are or become void pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 3.1(b) hereof and, in
respect of any Rights Beneficially Owned by such Acquiring Person which are not held of record by such Acquiring Person, the holder of record of such Rights (a “Nominee”)) at such holder’s address as shown by the records of the
Corporation (the Corporation hereby agreeing to furnish copies of such records to the Rights Agent for this purpose): 
  

	 	(x)	 a Rights Certificate appropriately completed, representing the number of Rights held by such holder at the
Separation Time and having such marks of identification or designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the Corporation may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may
be required to comply with any law, rule or regulation or with any rule or regulation of any self-regulatory organization, stock exchange or quotation system on which the Rights may from time to time be listed or traded, or to conform to usage; and

  

	 	(y)	 a disclosure statement prepared by the Corporation describing the Rights, 

provided that a Nominee shall be sent the materials provided for in (x) and (y) in respect of all Common Shares of the Corporation held of
record by it which are not Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person. 
  

	 	(d)	 In the event that the Corporation determines to issue Rights Certificates, Rights may be exercised, in whole or
in part, on any Business Day after the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time by submitting to the Rights Agent: 

  

	 	(i)	 the Rights Certificate evidencing such Rights; 

 

	 	(ii)	 an election to exercise such Rights (an “Election to Exercise”) substantially in the form
attached to the Rights Certificate appropriately completed and executed by the holder or his executors or administrators or other personal representatives or his or their legal attorney duly appointed by an instrument in writing in form and executed
in a manner satisfactory to the Rights Agent; and 

  

	 	(iii)	 payment by certified cheque, banker’s draft or money order payable to the order of the Corporation, of a
sum equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Rights being exercised and a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or governmental charge which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the transfer or delivery of Rights
Certificates or the issuance or delivery of certificates for Common Shares in a name other than that of the holder of the Rights being exercised. 

  

	 	(e)	 In the event that the Corporation determines to issue Rights Certificates, then upon receipt of a Rights
Certificate, together with a completed Election to Exercise executed in accordance with Paragraph 2.2(d)(ii), which does not indicate that such Right is null and void as provided by Subsection 3.1(b), and payment as set forth in Paragraph
2.2(d)(iii), the Rights Agent (unless otherwise instructed by the Corporation in the event that the Corporation is of the opinion that the Rights cannot be exercised in accordance with this Agreement) will thereupon promptly: 

  
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	 	(i)	 requisition from the transfer agent certificates (or other evidence of ownership of Common Shares) representing
the number of such Common Shares to be purchased (the Corporation hereby irrevocably authorizing its transfer agent to comply with all such requisitions); 

  

	 	(ii)	 when appropriate, requisition from the Corporation the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuing fractional
Common Shares in accordance with Subsection 5.5(b); 

  

	 	(iii)	 after receipt of the certificates (or other evidence of ownership of Common Shares) referred to in Paragraph
2.2(e)(i), deliver the same to or upon the order of the registered holder of such Rights Certificates, registered in such name or names as may be designated by such holder; 

 

	 	(iv)	 when appropriate, after receipt, deliver the cash referred to in Paragraph 2.2(e)(ii) to or to the order of the
registered holder of such Rights Certificate; and 

  

	 	(v)	 tender to the Corporation all payments received on exercise of the Rights. 

 

	 	(f)	 In case the holder of any Rights shall exercise less than all the Rights evidenced by such holder’s Rights
Certificate, a new Rights Certificate evidencing the Rights remaining unexercised (subject to the provisions of Subsection 5.5(a)) will be issued by the Rights Agent to such holder or to such holder’s duly authorized assigns.

  

	 	(g)	 The Corporation covenants and agrees that it will: 

 

	 	(i)	 take all such action as may be necessary and within its power to ensure that all Common Shares delivered upon
exercise of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates (or other evidence of ownership of Common Shares) for such Common Shares (subject to payment of the Exercise Price), be duly and validly authorized, executed, issued and delivered
as fully paid and non-assessable; 

  

	 	(ii)	 take all such action as may be necessary and within its power to comply with the requirements of the CBCA, the
Securities Act, the securities laws or comparable legislation of each of the provinces of Canada, the 1933 Securities Act and the 1934 Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and any other applicable law, rule or
regulation, in connection with the issuance and delivery of the Rights Certificates and the issuance of any Common Shares upon exercise of Rights; 

  

	 	(iii)	 use reasonable efforts to cause all Common Shares issued upon exercise of Rights to be listed on the TSX or
other principal stock exchanges on which such Common Shares were traded immediately prior to the Stock Acquisition Date; 

  

	 	(iv)	 cause to be reserved and kept available out of the authorized and unissued Common Shares, the number of Common
Shares that, as provided in this Agreement, will from time to time be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Rights; 

  
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	 	(v)	 pay when due and payable, if applicable, any and all federal, provincial and municipal transfer taxes and
charges (not including any income or capital taxes of the holder or exercising holder or any liability of the Corporation to withhold tax) which may be payable in respect of the original issuance or delivery of the Rights Certificates, or
certificates for Common Shares (or other evidence of ownership of Common Shares) to be issued upon exercise of any Rights, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any transfer tax or charge which may be payable in respect of any
transfer involved in the transfer or delivery of Rights Certificates or the issuance or delivery of certificates for Common Shares in a name other than that of the holder of the Rights being transferred or exercised; and 

 

	 	(vi)	 after the Separation Time, except as permitted by Section 5.1, not take (or permit any Subsidiary of the
Corporation to take) any action if at the time such action is taken it is reasonably foreseeable that such action will diminish substantially or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights. 

 

	2.3	 Adjustments to Exercise Price; Number of Rights 

The Exercise Price, the number and kind of securities subject to purchase upon exercise of each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are
subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 2.3. 
  

	 	(a)	 In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the date of this Agreement: 

 

	 	(i)	 declare or pay a dividend on Common Shares payable in Common Shares (or other securities exchangeable for or
convertible into or giving a right to acquire Common Shares or other securities of the Corporation) other than pursuant to any optional stock dividend program or Dividend Reinvestment Plan; 

 

	 	(ii)	 subdivide or change the then outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of Common Shares;

  

	 	(iii)	 consolidate or change the then outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of Common Shares; or

  

	 	(iv)	 issue any Common Shares (or other securities exchangeable for or convertible into or giving a right to acquire
Common Shares or other securities of the Corporation) in respect of, in lieu of or in exchange for existing Common Shares except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.3, 

the Exercise Price and the number of Rights outstanding, or, if the payment or effective date therefor shall occur after the Separation Time,
the securities purchasable upon exercise of Rights shall be adjusted as of the payment or effective date in the manner set forth below. 
 If
the Exercise Price and number of Rights outstanding are to be adjusted: 
  

	 	(x)	 the Exercise Price in effect after such adjustment will be equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to such adjustment divided by the number of Common Shares (or other capital stock) (the “Expansion Factor”) that a holder of one Common Share immediately prior to such dividend, subdivision, change, consolidation or issuance
would hold thereafter as a result thereof; and 

  
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	 	(y)	 each Right held prior to such adjustment will become that number of Rights equal to the Expansion Factor,

 and the adjusted number of Rights will be deemed to be distributed among the Common Shares with respect to which the
original Rights were associated (if they remain outstanding) and the shares issued in respect of such dividend, subdivision, change, consolidation or issuance, so that each such Common Share (or other capital stock) will have exactly one Right
associated with it. 
 For greater certainty, if the securities purchasable upon exercise of Rights are to be adjusted, the securities
purchasable upon exercise of each Right after such adjustment will be the securities that a holder of the securities purchasable upon exercise of one Right immediately prior to such dividend, subdivision, change, consolidation or issuance would hold
thereafter as a result of such dividend, subdivision, change, consolidation or issuance. 
 If, after the Record Time and prior to the
Expiration Time, the Corporation shall issue any shares of capital stock other than Common Shares in a transaction of a type described in Paragraph 2.3(a)(i) or (iv), shares of such capital stock shall be treated herein as nearly equivalent to
Common Shares as may be practicable and appropriate under the circumstances and the Corporation and the Rights Agent agree to amend this Agreement in order to effect such treatment. If an event occurs which would require an adjustment under both
this Section 2.3 and Subsection 3.1(a) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 2.3 shall be in addition to and shall be made prior to any adjustment required pursuant to Subsection 3.1(a) hereof. Adjustments pursuant to
Subsection 2.3(a) shall be made successively, whenever an event referred to in Subsection 2.3(a) occurs. 
 In the event the Corporation
shall at any time after the Record Time and prior to the Separation Time issue any Common Shares otherwise than in a transaction referred to in this Subsection 2.3(a), each such Common Share so issued shall automatically have one new Right
associated with it, which Right shall be evidenced by the certificate representing such associated Common Share. 
  

	 	(b)	 In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Record Time and prior to the Separation Time fix a
record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Shares entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares (or securities convertible
into or exchangeable for or carrying a right to purchase Common Shares) at a price per Common Share (or, if a security convertible into or exchangeable for or carrying a right to purchase or subscribe for Common Shares, having a conversion, exchange
or exercise price, including the price required to be paid to purchase such convertible or exchangeable security or right per share) less than the Market Price per Common Share on such record date, the Exercise Price to be in effect after such
record date shall be determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction: 

  

	 	(i)	 the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of
Common Shares that the aggregate offering price of the total number of Common Shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion, exchange or exercise price of the convertible or exchangeable securities or rights so to be offered,
including the price required to be paid to purchase such convertible or exchangeable securities or rights) would purchase at such Market Price per Common Share; and 

  
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	 	(ii)	 the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number
of additional Common Shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible or exchangeable securities or rights so to be offered are initially convertible, exchangeable or exercisable). 

In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of
such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of Rights. Such adjustment
shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, or if issued, are not exercised prior to the expiration thereof, the Exercise Price shall be readjusted to the
Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed, or to the Exercise Price which would be in effect based upon the number of Common Shares (or securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for Common
Shares) actually issued upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, as the case may be. 
 For purposes of this Agreement, the
granting of the right to purchase Common Shares (whether from treasury or otherwise) pursuant to any stock dividend plan or Dividend Reinvestment Plan or any employee benefit, stock option or similar plans shall be deemed not to constitute an issue
of rights, options or warrants by the Corporation; provided, however, that, in all such cases, the right to purchase Common Shares is at a price per share of not less than 95 per cent of the current market price per share (determined as
provided in such plans) of the Common Shares. 
  

	 	(c)	 In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Record Time and prior to the Separation Time fix a
record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Common Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a merger, arrangement or amalgamation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular periodic cash
dividend or a dividend referred to in Paragraph 2.3(a)(i), but including any dividend payable in other securities of the Corporation other than Common Shares), assets or rights, options or warrants (excluding those referred to in Subsection 2.3(b)),
the Exercise Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction: 

 

	 	(i)	 the numerator of which shall be the Market Price per Common Share on such record date, less the fair market
value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of Rights), on a per share basis, of the portion
of the cash, assets, evidences of indebtedness, rights, options or warrants so to be distributed; and 

  

	 	(ii)	 the denominator of which shall be such Market Price per Common Share. 

Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such a distribution is not so made, the
Exercise Price shall be adjusted to be the Exercise Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed. 

  
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	 	(d)	 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no adjustment in the Exercise Price shall be required unless
such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one per cent in the Exercise Price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Subsection 2.3(d) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken
into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under Section 2.3 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest ten-thousandth of a share. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this
Subsection 2.3(d), any adjustment required by Section 2.3 shall be made no later than the earlier of: 

  

	 	(i)	 three years from the date of the transaction which gives rise to such adjustment; or 

 

	 	(ii)	 the Expiration Time. 

 

	 	(e)	 In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Record Time and prior to the Separation Time issue any
shares of capital stock (other than Common Shares), or rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any such capital stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such capital stock, in a transaction referred to in
Paragraphs 2.3(a)(i) or (iv), if the Board of Directors acting in good faith determines that the adjustments contemplated by Subsections 2.3(a), (b) and (c) in connection with such transaction will not appropriately protect the interests of the
holders of Rights, the Board of Directors may determine what other adjustments to the Exercise Price, number of Rights and/or securities purchasable upon exercise of Rights would be appropriate and, notwithstanding Subsections 2.3(a), (b) and (c),
such adjustments, rather than the adjustments contemplated by Subsections 2.3(a), (b) and (c), shall be made. The Corporation and the Rights Agent shall have authority to amend this Agreement in accordance with Subsections 5.4(b) and 5.4(c), as the
case may be, to provide for such adjustments. 

  

	 	(f)	 Each Right originally issued by the Corporation subsequent to any adjustment made to the Exercise Price
hereunder shall evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Exercise Price, the number of Common Shares purchasable from time to time hereunder upon exercise of a Right immediately prior to such issue, all subject to further adjustment as
provided herein. 

  

	 	(g)	 Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Exercise Price or the number of Common Shares issuable upon the
exercise of the Rights, the Rights Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express the Exercise Price per Common Share and the number of Common Shares which were expressed in the initial Rights Certificates issued hereunder.

  

	 	(h)	 In any case in which this Section 2.3 shall require that an adjustment in the Exercise Price be made
effective as of a record date for a specified event, the Corporation may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event the issuance to the holder of any Right exercised after such record date the number of Common Shares and other securities of
the Corporation, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the number of Common Shares and other securities of the Corporation, if any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis of the Exercise Price in effect prior to such adjustment;
provided, however, that the Corporation shall deliver to such holder an appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right to receive such additional shares (fractional or otherwise) or other securities upon the occurrence of the event
requiring such adjustment. 

  

	 	(i)	 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 2.3 to the contrary, the Corporation shall be entitled
to make such reductions in the Exercise Price, in addition to those adjustments expressly required by this Section 2.3, as and to the extent that in their good faith judgment the Board of Directors determines to be advisable, in order that any:

  
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	 	(i)	 consolidation or subdivision of Common Shares; 

 

	 	(ii)	 issuance (wholly or in part for cash) of Common Shares or securities that by their terms are convertible into
or exchangeable for Common Shares; 

  

	 	(iii)	 stock dividends; or 

  

	 	(iv)	 issuance of rights, options or warrants referred to in this Section 2.3, 

hereafter made by the Corporation to holders of its Common Shares, shall not be taxable to such shareholders. 

 

	 	(j)	 Whenever an adjustment to an Exercise Price or a change in the securities purchasable upon exercise of the
Rights is made pursuant to this Section 2.3, the Corporation shall promptly: 

  

	 	(i)	 file with the Rights Agent and with the transfer agent for the Corporation a certificate specifying the
particulars of such adjustment or change; and 

  

	 	(ii)	 cause notice of the particulars of such adjustment or change to be given to the holders of the Rights.

 Failure to file such certificate or to cause such notice to be given as aforesaid, or any defect therein, shall not
affect the validity of any such adjustment or change. 
  

	2.4	 Date on Which Exercise is Effective 

Each Person in whose name any certificate or confirmation in Book Entry Form for Common Shares or other securities, if applicable, is issued
upon the exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Common Shares or other securities, if applicable, represented thereon, and such certificate or entry shall be dated the date upon which the
Rights Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered in accordance with Subsection 2.2(d) (together with a duly completed Election to Exercise) and payment of the Exercise Price for such Rights (and any applicable transfer taxes and other
governmental charges payable by the exercising holder hereunder) was made; provided, however, that if the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the Common Share transfer books of the Corporation are closed, such Person shall be
deemed to have become the record holder of such shares on, and such certificate or entry shall be dated, the next succeeding Business Day on which the Common Share transfer books of the Corporation are open. 

 

	2.5	 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating of Rights Certificates 

Rights will be evidenced, in the case of Rights in Book Entry Form, by a statement issued under the Rights Agent’s direct registration
system or, alternatively, if the Corporation determines to issue Rights Certificates, by the following procedures: 
  

	 	(a)	 The Rights Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Corporation by its Chairman of the Board, President
or any Vice-President and by its Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary under the corporate seal of the Corporation reproduced thereon. The signature of any of these officers on the Rights Certificates may be manual or by a facsimile or
email scanned copy. Rights Certificates bearing the manual or a facsimile or email scanned signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Corporation shall bind the Corporation, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices either before or after the countersignature and delivery of such Rights Certificates. 

  
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	 	(b)	 Promptly after the Corporation learns of the Separation Time, the Corporation will notify the Rights Agent in
writing of such Separation Time and will deliver a disclosure statement and Rights Certificates executed by the Corporation to the Rights Agent for countersignature, and the Rights Agent shall countersign (manually or by a facsimile or email scanned
signature in a manner satisfactory to the Corporation) and send such disclosure statement and Rights Certificates to the holders of the Rights pursuant to Subsection 2.2(c) hereof. No Rights Certificate shall be valid for any purpose until
countersigned by the Rights Agent as aforesaid. 

  

	 	(c)	 Each Rights Certificate shall be dated the date of countersignature thereof. 

 

	2.6	 Registration, Transfer and Exchange 

 

	 	(a)	 After the Separation Time, the Corporation will cause to be kept a register (the “Rights
Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Corporation will provide for the registration and transfer of Rights. The Rights Agent is hereby appointed registrar for the Rights (the “Rights
Registrar”) for the purpose of maintaining the Rights Register for the Corporation and registering Rights and transfers of Rights as herein provided and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. In the event that the Rights Agent
shall cease to be the Rights Registrar, the Rights Agent will have the right to examine the Rights Register at all reasonable times. 

After the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time, upon surrender for registration of transfer or exchange of any Rights Certificate,
and subject to the provisions of Subsection 2.6(c), the Corporation will execute, and the Rights Agent will countersign and deliver, in the name of the holder or the designated transferee or transferees, as required pursuant to the holder’s
instructions, one or more new Rights Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number of Rights as did the Rights Certificates so surrendered. Alternatively, in the case of the exercise of Rights in Book Entry Form, the Rights Agent shall provide
the holder or the designated transferee or transferees with one or more statements issued under the Rights Agent’s direct registration system evidencing the same aggregate number of Rights as did the direct registration system’s records
for the Rights transferred or exchanged. 
  

	 	(b)	 All Rights issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Rights Certificates shall be the valid
obligations of the Corporation, and such Rights shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Rights surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 

 

	 	(c)	 Every Rights Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer satisfactory in form to the Corporation or the Rights Agent, as the case may be, duly executed by the holder thereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. As a condition to the
issuance of any new Rights Certificate under this Section 2.6, the Corporation may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the reasonable fees and expenses of the Rights Agent) connected therewith. 

  
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	2.7	 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Rights Certificates 

 

	 	(a)	 If any mutilated Rights Certificate is surrendered to the Rights Agent prior to the Expiration Time, the
Corporation shall execute and the Rights Agent shall countersign and deliver in exchange therefor a new Rights Certificate evidencing the same number of Rights as did the Rights Certificate so surrendered. 

 

	 	(b)	 If there shall be delivered to the Corporation and the Rights Agent prior to the Expiration Time:

  

	 	(i)	 evidence to their reasonable satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Rights Certificate; and

  

	 	(ii)	 such security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by them in their sole discretion to save each of them
and any of their agents harmless; 

 then, in the absence of notice to the Corporation or the Rights Agent that such Rights
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Corporation shall execute and upon the Corporation’s request the Rights Agent shall countersign and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Rights Certificate, a
new Rights Certificate evidencing the same number of Rights as did the destroyed, lost or stolen Rights Certificate. 
  

	 	(c)	 As a condition to the issuance of any new Rights Certificate under this Section 2.7, the Corporation may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Rights Agent) connected therewith.

  

	 	(d)	 Every new Rights Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 2.7 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen
Rights Certificate shall evidence the contractual obligation of the Corporation, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Rights Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Agreement
equally and proportionately with any and all other Rights duly issued hereunder. 

  

	2.8	 Persons Deemed Owners of Rights 

The Corporation, the Rights Agent and any agent of the Corporation or the Rights Agent may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Rights
Certificate (or, prior to the Separation Time, the associated Common Share certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby for all purposes whatsoever. As used in this Agreement, unless the context
otherwise requires, the term “holder” of any Rights shall mean the registered holder of such Rights (or, prior to the Separation Time, of the associated Common Shares). 

 

	2.9	 Delivery and Cancellation of Certificates 

All Rights Certificates surrendered upon exercise or for redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person
other than the Rights Agent, be delivered to the Rights Agent and, in any case, shall be promptly cancelled by the Rights Agent. The Corporation may at any time deliver to the Rights Agent for cancellation any Rights Certificates previously
countersigned and delivered hereunder which the Corporation may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Rights Certificates so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Rights Agent. No Rights Certificate shall be countersigned in lieu of
or in exchange for any Rights Certificates cancelled as provided in this Section 2.9, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement. The Rights Agent shall, subject to applicable laws, and its ordinary business practices, destroy all
cancelled Rights Certificates and deliver a certificate of destruction to the Corporation upon request. 

  
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	2.10	 Agreement of Rights Holders 

Every holder of Rights, by accepting the same, consents and agrees with the Corporation and the Rights Agent and with every other holder of
Rights: 
  

	 	(a)	 to be bound by and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with
the terms hereof, in respect of all Rights held; 

  

	 	(b)	 that prior to the Separation Time, each Right will be transferable only together with, and will be transferred
by a transfer of, the associated Common Share certificate representing such Right; 

  

	 	(c)	 that after the Separation Time, the Rights Certificates will be transferable only on the Rights Register as
provided herein; 

  

	 	(d)	 that prior to due presentment of a Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Separation Time, the associated Common
Share certificate) for registration of transfer, the Corporation, the Rights Agent and any agent of the Corporation or the Rights Agent may deem and treat the Person in whose name the Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Separation Time, the
associated Common Share certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing on such Rights Certificate or the associated Common Share certificate made by
anyone other than the Corporation or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and neither the Corporation nor the Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary; 

 

	 	(e)	 that such holder of Rights has waived his right to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional shares or
other securities upon exercise of a Right (except as provided herein); 

  

	 	(f)	 that, subject to the provisions of Section 5.4, without the approval of any holder of Rights or Voting
Shares and upon the sole authority of the Board of Directors, acting in good faith, this Agreement may be supplemented or amended from time to time to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may be
inconsistent with the intent of this Agreement or is otherwise defective, as provided herein; and 

  

	 	(g)	 that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Corporation nor the Rights Agent
shall have any liability to any holder of a Right or any other Person as a result of its inability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of any preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, decree or ruling issued by
a court of competent jurisdiction or by a governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or commission, or any statute, rule, regulation or executive order promulgated or enacted by any governmental authority, prohibiting or otherwise restraining
performance of such obligation. 

  
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	2.11	 Rights Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Shareholder 

No holder, as such, of any Rights or Rights Certificate shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose whatsoever
the holder of any Common Share or any other share or security of the Corporation which may at any time be issuable on the exercise of the Rights represented thereby, nor shall anything contained herein or in any Rights Certificate be construed or
deemed or confer upon the holder of any Right or Rights Certificate, as such, any right, title, benefit or privilege of a holder of Common Shares or any other shares or securities of the Corporation or any right to vote at any meeting of
shareholders of the Corporation whether for the election of directors or otherwise or upon any matter submitted to holders of Common Shares or any other shares of the Corporation at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any action
of the Corporation, or to receive notice of any meeting or other action affecting any holder of Common Shares or any other shares of the Corporation except as expressly provided herein, or to receive dividends, distributions or subscription rights,
or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by Rights Certificates shall have been duly exercised in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. 

ARTICLE 3 
 ADJUSTMENTS
TO THE RIGHTS 
  

	3.1	 Flip-in Event 

 

	 	(a)	 Subject to Subsection 3.1(b) and Section 5.1, if prior to the Expiration Time a Flip-in Event occurs, each Right shall constitute, effective at the close of business on the tenth Trading Day after the Stock Acquisition Date, the right to purchase from the Corporation, upon exercise thereof in
accordance with the terms hereof, that number of Common Shares having an aggregate Market Price on the date of consummation or occurrence of such Flip-in Event equal to twice the Exercise Price for an amount
in cash equal to the Exercise Price (such right to be appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustment provided for in Section 2.3 in the event that after such consummation or occurrence, an event of a type analogous to
any of the events described in Section 2.3 shall have occurred). 

  

	 	(b)	 Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, upon the occurrence of any Flip-in Event, any Rights that are or were Beneficially Owned on or after the earlier of the Separation Time or the Stock Acquisition Date by: 

 

	 	(i)	 an Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any Person acting jointly or in
concert with an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person); or 

  

	 	(ii)	 a transferee of Rights, directly or indirectly, from an Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an
Acquiring Person or any Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person), where such transferee becomes a transferee concurrently with or subsequent to the Acquiring Person becoming
such in a transfer that the Board of Directors has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or scheme of an Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person
or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person), that has the purpose or effect of avoiding Paragraph 3.1(b)(i), 

shall become null and void without any further action, and any holder of such Rights (including transferees) shall thereafter have no right to
exercise such Rights under any provision of this Agreement and further shall thereafter not have any other rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise. 

  
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	 	(c)	 From and after the Separation Time, the Corporation shall do all such acts and things as shall be necessary and
within its power to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Section 3.1, including without limitation, all such acts and things as may be required to satisfy the requirements of the CBCA, the Securities Act and the securities laws
or comparable legislation of each of the provinces of Canada and of the United States and each of the states thereof in respect of the issue of Common Shares upon the exercise of Rights in accordance with this Agreement. 

 

	 	(d)	 Any Rights Certificate that represents Rights Beneficially Owned by a Person described in either Paragraph
3.1(b)(i) or (ii) or transferred to any nominee of any such Person, and any Rights Certificate issued upon transfer, exchange, replacement or adjustment of any other Rights Certificate referred to in this sentence, shall contain the following
legend: 

 The Rights represented by this Rights Certificate were issued to a Person who was an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or an Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement) or a Person who was acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person. This
Rights Certificate and the Rights represented hereby are void or shall become void in the circumstances specified in Subsection 3.1(b) of the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement. 

provided, however, that the Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility to ascertain the existence of facts that would require the
imposition of such legend but shall impose such legend only if instructed to do so by the Corporation in writing or if a holder fails to certify upon transfer or exchange in the space provided on the Rights Certificate that such holder is not a
Person described in such legend. The issuance of a Rights Certificate without the legend referred to in this Subsection 3.1(d) shall have no effect on the provisions of Subsection 3.1(b). 

ARTICLE 4 
 THE RIGHTS
AGENT 
  

	4.1	 General 

  

	 	(a)	 The Corporation hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Corporation and the holders of the
Rights in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Corporation may from time to time appoint such co-Rights Agents (“Co-Rights Agents”) as it may deem necessary or desirable, subject to the approval of the Rights Agent. In the event the Corporation appoints one or more Co-Rights
Agents, the respective duties of the Rights Agent and Co-Rights Agents shall be as the Corporation may determine, with the approval of the Rights Agent and the Co-Rights
Agent. The Corporation agrees to pay all reasonable fees and expenses of the Rights Agent in respect of the performance of its duties under this Agreement. The Corporation also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability, or expense, incurred without negligence, bad faith or wilful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance and administration of this
Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability, which right to indemnification will survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent. 

  
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	 	(b)	 The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in connection with its administration of this Agreement in reliance upon any certificate for Common Shares, Rights Certificate, certificate for other securities of the Corporation, instrument of assignment or transfer,
power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent, certificate, opinion, statement, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified or acknowledged, by the
proper Person or Persons. 

  

	 	(c)	 The Corporation shall inform the Rights Agent in a reasonably timely manner of events which may materially
affect the administration of this Agreement by the Rights Agent and, at any time upon request, shall provide to the Rights Agent an incumbency certificate certifying the then current officers of the Corporation. The Corporation shall give notice in
writing to the Rights Agent of any supplement, amendment, deletion, variation or rescission to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.4 within five Business Days of the date of any such supplement, amendment, deletion, variation or rescission,
provided that failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of any such supplement, amendment, deletion, variation or rescission of this Agreement. 

 

	4.2	 Merger, Amalgamation or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent 

 

	 	(a)	 Any corporation into which the Rights Agent may be merged or amalgamated or with which it may be consolidated,
or any corporation resulting from any merger, amalgamation, statutory arrangement or consolidation to which the Rights Agent is a party, or any corporation succeeding to the shareholder or stockholder services business of the Rights Agent, will be
the successor to the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor Rights
Agent under the provisions of Section 4.4 hereof. If, at the time such successor Rights Agent succeeds to the agency created by this Agreement, any of the Rights Certificates have been countersigned but not delivered, the successor Rights Agent
may adopt the countersignature of the predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Rights Certificates so countersigned; and if, at that time, any of the Rights have not been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may countersign such Rights
Certificates in the name of the predecessor Rights Agent or in the name of the successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates will have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.

  

	 	(b)	 If, at any time, the name of the Rights Agent is changed and at such time any of the Rights Certificates have
been countersigned but not delivered, the Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name and deliver Rights Certificates so countersigned; and if, at that time, any of the Rights Certificates have not been countersigned, the Rights
Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.

  

	4.3	 Duties of Rights Agent 

The Rights Agent undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, all of which the
Corporation and the holders of certificates for Common Shares and the holders of Rights Certificates, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound: 
  

	 	(a)	 the Rights Agent, at the expense of the Corporation, may consult with and retain legal counsel (who may be
legal counsel for the Corporation) and such other experts as it reasonably considers necessary to perform its duties hereunder, and the opinion of such counsel or other expert will be full and complete authorization and protection to the Rights
Agent as to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion; 

  
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	 	(b)	 whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Rights Agent deems it necessary or
desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Corporation prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein) is deemed to be
conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by an individual believed by the Rights Agent to be the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, any Vice-President, Treasurer, Corporate
Secretary, or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation and delivered to the Rights Agent; and such certificate will be full authorization to the Rights Agent for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this
Agreement in reliance upon such certificate; 

  

	 	(c)	 the Rights Agent will be liable hereunder for its own negligence, bad faith or wilful misconduct; however, in
no event will the Rights Agent be liable for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Rights Agent has been advised of the possibility of such damages;

  

	 	(d)	 the Rights Agent will not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in
this Agreement or in the certificates for Common Shares or the Rights Certificates (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and will be deemed to have been made by the
Corporation only; 

  

	 	(e)	 the Rights Agent will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution
and delivery hereof (except the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution of any certificate for a Common Share or Rights Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor
will it be responsible for any breach by the Corporation of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Rights Certificate; nor will it be responsible for any change in the exerciseability of the Rights (including the Rights
becoming void pursuant to Subsection 3.1(b) hereof) or any adjustment required under the provisions of Section 2.3 hereof or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that
would require any such adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of Rights after receipt of the certificate contemplated by Section 2.3 describing any such adjustment); nor is it deemed by any act hereunder to make any representation or
warranty as to the authorization of any Common Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Rights or as to whether any Common Shares will, when issued, be duly and validly authorized, executed, issued and delivered and fully paid and non-assessable; 

  

	 	(f)	 the Corporation agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed,
executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights Agent of the provisions of this Agreement;

  

	 	(g)	 the Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions in writing with respect to the
performance of its duties hereunder from any individual believed by the Rights Agent to be the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, any Vice-President, Treasurer, Corporate Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary of the Corporation, and to apply to such individuals for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and it shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered by it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such
individual, it is understood that instructions to the Rights Agent will, except where circumstances make it impracticable or the Rights Agent otherwise agrees, be given in writing and, where not in writing, such instructions will be confirmed in
writing as soon as reasonably possible after such instructions have been given; 

  
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	 	(h)	 the Rights Agent and any shareholder or stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Rights Agent may buy,
sell or deal in Common Shares, Rights or other securities of the Corporation or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Corporation may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Corporation or otherwise act as fully
and freely as though it were not Rights Agent under this Agreement and nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Corporation or for any other legal entity; and 

 

	 	(i)	 the Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty
hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent will not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Corporation resulting
from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct, provided reasonable care was exercised in the selection and continued employment thereof. 

  

	4.4	 Change of Rights Agent 

The Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement upon 60 days’ notice (or such lesser notice as is
acceptable to the Corporation) in writing mailed to the Corporation and to each transfer agent of Common Shares by registered or certified mail. The Corporation may remove the Rights Agent upon 60 days’ notice in writing, mailed to the Rights
Agent and to each transfer agent of the Common Shares by registered or certified mail. If the Rights Agent should resign or be removed or otherwise become incapable of acting, the Corporation will appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If the
Corporation fails to make such appointment within a period of 60 days after removal or after it has been notified in writing of the resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent, then by prior written notice to the
Corporation the resigning Rights Agent or the holder of any Rights (which holder shall, with such notice, submit such holder’s Rights Certificate, if any, for inspection by the Corporation), may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a new Rights Agent, at the Corporation’s expense. Any successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Corporation or by such a court, shall be a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada or a province thereof
authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in the Province of Alberta. After appointment, the successor Rights Agent will be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Rights
Agent without further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent, upon receipt of all outstanding fees and expenses owing to it, shall deliver and transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder, and execute
and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment, the Corporation will file notice thereof in writing with the predecessor Rights Agent and each transfer
agent of the Common Shares and mail a notice thereof in writing to the holders of the Rights in accordance with Section 5.9. Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 4.4, however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the
legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of any successor Rights Agent, as the case may be. 

  
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 ARTICLE 5 

MISCELLANEOUS 
  

	5.1	 Redemption and Waiver 

 

	 	(a)	 The Board of Directors acting in good faith may, until the occurrence of a
Flip-in Event, upon prior written notice delivered to the Rights Agent, waive the application of Section 3.1 to a particular Flip-in Event that would result from a
Take-over Bid made by way of take-over bid circular to all holders of Voting Shares (which for greater certainty shall not include the circumstances described in Subsection 5.1(h)); provided that if the Board of Directors waives the application of
Section 3.1 to a particular Flip-in Event pursuant to this Subsection 5.1(a), the Board of Directors shall be deemed to have waived the application of Section 3.1 to any other Flip-in Event occurring by reason of any Take-over Bid which is made by means of a take-over bid circular to all holders of Voting Shares prior to the expiry of any Take-over Bid (as the same may be extended from
time to time) in respect of which a waiver is, or is deemed to have been, granted under this Subsection 5.1(a). 

  

	 	(b)	 Subject to the prior consent of the holders of the Voting Shares or the Rights as set forth in Subsections
5.4(b) or (c), as applicable, the Board of Directors acting in good faith may, at its option, at any time prior to the provisions of Section 3.1 becoming applicable as a result of the occurrence of a
Flip-in Event, elect to redeem all but not less than all of the outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $0.000001 per Right, appropriately adjusted in a manner analogous to the applicable adjustment
provided for in Section 2.3 if an event of the type analogous to any of the events described in Section 2.3 shall have occurred (such redemption price being herein referred to as the “Redemption Price”).

  

	 	(c)	 Where, pursuant to a Permitted Bid, a Competing Permitted Bid or an Exempt Acquisition under Subsection 5.1(a),
a Person acquires outstanding Voting Shares, other than Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by such Person at the date of the Permitted Bid, the Competing Permitted Bid or the Exempt Acquisition under Subsection 5.1(a), then the Board of Directors
shall immediately upon the consummation of such acquisition without further formality and without any approval under Subsection 5.4(b) or (c) be deemed to have elected to redeem the Rights at the Redemption Price. 

 

	 	(d)	 Where a Take-over Bid that is not a Permitted Bid Acquisition is withdrawn or otherwise terminated after the
Separation Time has occurred and prior to the occurrence of a Flip-in Event, the Board of Directors may elect to redeem all the outstanding Rights at the Redemption Price. 

 

	 	(e)	 If the Board of Directors is deemed under Subsection 5.1(c) to have elected, or elects under either of
Subsection 5.1(b) or (d), to redeem the Rights, the right to exercise the Rights will thereupon, without further action and without notice, terminate and the only right thereafter of the holders of Rights shall be to receive the Redemption Price.

  

	 	(f)	 Within ten days after the Board of Directors is deemed under Subsection 5.1(c) to have elected, or elects under
Subsections 5.1(b) or (d), to redeem the Rights, the Corporation shall give notice of redemption to the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to each such holder at his last address as it appears upon the registry books of
the Rights Agent or, prior to the Separation Time, on the registry books of the transfer agent for the Voting Shares. Any notice which is mailed in the manner provided herein shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each
notice of redemption will state the method by which the payment of the Redemption Price will be made. 

  
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	 	(g)	 Upon the Rights being redeemed pursuant to Subsection 5.1(d), all the provisions of this Agreement shall
continue to apply as if the Separation Time had not occurred and Rights Certificates representing the number of Rights held by each holder of record of Common Shares as of the Separation Time had not been mailed to each such holder and for all
purposes of this Agreement the Separation Time shall be deemed not to have occurred and the Rights shall remain attached to the outstanding Common Shares, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. 

 

	 	(h)	 The Board of Directors may waive the application of Section 3.1 in respect of the occurrence of any Flip-in Event if the Board of Directors has determined within ten Trading Days following a Stock Acquisition Date that a Person became an Acquiring Person by inadvertence and without any intention to become, or
knowledge that it would become, an Acquiring Person under this Agreement and, in the event that such a waiver is granted by the Board of Directors, such Stock Acquisition Date shall be deemed not to have occurred. Any such waiver pursuant to this
Subsection 5.1(h) must be on the condition that such Person, within 14 days after the foregoing determination by the Board of Directors or such earlier or later date as the Board of Directors may determine (the “Disposition Date”),
has reduced its Beneficial Ownership of Voting Shares so that the Person is no longer an Acquiring Person. If the Person remains an Acquiring Person at the close of business on the Disposition Date, the Disposition Date shall be deemed to be the
date of occurrence of a further Stock Acquisition Date and Section 3.1 shall apply thereto. 

  

	 	(i)	 The Corporation shall give prompt written notice to the Rights Agent of any waiver of the application of
Section 3.1 made by the Board of Directors under this Section 5.1. 

  

	5.2	 Expiration 

No Person shall have any rights whatsoever pursuant to this Agreement or in respect of any Right after the Expiration Time, except the Rights
Agent as specified in Subsection 4.1(a) of this Agreement. 
  

	5.3	 Issuance of New Rights Certificates 

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement, or the Rights to the contrary, the Corporation may, at its option, issue new Rights
Certificates evidencing Rights in such form as may be approved by the Board of Directors to reflect any adjustment or change in the number or kind or class of securities purchasable upon exercise of Rights made in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement. 
  

	5.4	 Supplements and Amendments 

 

	 	(a)	 The Corporation may make amendments to this Agreement to correct any clerical or typographical error or,
subject to Subsection 5.4(e), which are required to maintain the validity of this Agreement as a result of any change in any applicable legislation, rules or regulations thereunder. The Corporation may, prior to the next Reconfirmation Meeting,
supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any holders of Rights or Voting Shares in order to make any changes which the Board of Directors acting in good faith may deem necessary or desirable. Notwithstanding anything in this
Section 5.4 to the contrary, no such supplement or amendment shall be made to the provisions of Article 4 except with the written concurrence of the Rights Agent to such supplement or amendment. 

  
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	 	(b)	 Subject to Subsection 5.4(a), the Corporation may, with the prior consent of the holders of Voting Shares
obtained as set forth below, at any time prior to the Separation Time, amend, vary or rescind any of the provisions of this Agreement and the Rights (whether or not such action would materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights
generally). Such consent shall be deemed to have been given if the action requiring such approval is authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by Independent Shareholders present or represented at and entitled to be voted at
a meeting of the holders of Voting Shares duly called and held in compliance with applicable laws and the articles and by-laws of the Corporation. 

 

	 	(c)	 Subject to Subsection 5.4(a), the Corporation may, with the prior consent of the holders of Rights, at any time
on or after the Separation Time, amend, vary or delete any of the provisions of this Agreement and the Rights (whether or not such action would materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights generally), provided that no such
amendment, variation or deletion shall be made to the provisions of Article 4 except with the written concurrence of the Rights Agent thereto. Such consent shall be deemed to have been given if such amendment, variation or deletion is authorized by
the affirmative votes of the holders of Rights present or represented at and entitled to be voted at a meeting of the holders and representing 50% plus one of the votes cast in respect thereof. 

 

	 	(d)	 Any approval of the holders of Rights shall be deemed to have been given if the action requiring such approval
is authorized by the affirmative votes of the holders of Rights present or represented at and entitled to be voted at a meeting of the holders of Rights and representing a majority of the votes cast in respect thereof. For the purposes hereof, each
outstanding Right (other than Rights which are void pursuant to the provisions hereof) shall be entitled to one vote, and the procedures for the calling, holding and conduct of the meeting shall be those, as nearly as may be, which are provided in
the Corporation’s by-laws and the CBCA with respect to meetings of shareholders of the Corporation. 

  

	 	(e)	 Any amendments made by the Corporation to this Agreement pursuant to Subsection 5.4(a) which are required to
maintain the validity of this Agreement as a result of any change in applicable legislation, rule or regulation thereunder shall: 

  

	 	(i)	 if made before the Separation Time, be submitted to the shareholders of the Corporation at the next meeting of
shareholders and the shareholders may, by the majority referred to in Subsection 5.4(b), confirm or reject such amendment; or 

  

	 	(ii)	 if made after the Separation Time, be submitted to the holders of Rights at a meeting to be called for on a
date not later than immediately following the next meeting of shareholders of the Corporation and the holders of Rights may, by resolution passed by the majority referred to in Subsection 5.4(d), confirm or reject such amendment.

 Any such amendment shall be effective from the date of the resolution of the Board of Directors adopting such amendment,
until it is confirmed or rejected or until it ceases to be effective (as described in the next sentence) and, where such amendment is confirmed, it continues in effect in the form so confirmed. If such amendment is rejected by the shareholders or
the holders of Rights or is not submitted to the shareholders or the holders of Rights as required, then such amendment shall cease to be effective from and after the termination of the meeting at which it was rejected or to which it should have
been but was not submitted or from and after the date of the meeting of holders of Rights that should have been but was not held, and no subsequent resolution of the Board of Directors to amend this Agreement to substantially the same effect shall
be effective until confirmed by the shareholders or holders of Rights as the case may be. 

  
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	5.5	 Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares 

 

	 	(a)	 The Corporation shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights or to distribute Rights Certificates which
evidence fractional Rights. After the Separation Time, in lieu of issuing fractional Rights, the Corporation shall pay to the holders of record of the Rights Certificates (provided the Rights represented by such Rights Certificates are not void
pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 3.1(b), at the time such fractional Rights would otherwise be issuable), an amount in cash equal to the fraction of the Market Price of one whole Right that the fraction of a Right that would otherwise be
issuable is of one whole Right. 

  

	 	(b)	 The Corporation shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares upon exercise of Rights or to
distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of issuing fractional Common Shares, the Corporation shall pay to the registered holders of Rights Certificates, at the time such Rights are exercised as herein provided, an
amount in cash equal to the fraction of the Market Price of one Common Share that the fraction of a Common Share that would otherwise be issuable upon the exercise of such Right is of one whole Common Share at the date of such exercise.

  

	 	(c)	 The Rights Agent shall have no obligation to make any payments in lieu of issuing fractions of Rights or Common
Shares pursuant to Subsection 5.5(a) or 5.5(b), respectively, unless and until the Corporation shall have provided to the Rights Agent the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuing such fractional Rights or Common Shares, as the case may be.

  

	5.6	 Rights of Action 

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all rights of action in respect of this Agreement, other than rights of action vested solely in the
Rights Agent, are vested in the respective holders of the Rights. Any holder of Rights, without the consent of the Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Rights, may, on such holder’s own behalf and for such holder’s own benefit and
the benefit of other holders of Rights, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Corporation to enforce such holder’s right to exercise such holder’s Rights, or Rights to which such holder is
entitled, in the manner provided in such holder’s Rights Certificate and in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or any remedies available to the holders of Rights, it is specifically acknowledged that the holders of Rights would not
have an adequate remedy at law for any breach of this Agreement and will be entitled to specific performance of the obligations under, and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations of the obligations of any Person subject to, this
Agreement. 
  

	5.7	 Regulatory Approvals 

Any obligation of the Corporation or action or event contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the receipt of requisite approval or
consent from any governmental or regulatory authority, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, necessary approvals of the TSX and other exchanges shall be obtained, in relation to the issuance of Common Shares upon the exercise of
Rights under Subsection 2.2(d). 

  
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	5.8	 Declaration as to Non-Canadian or
Non-U.S. Holders 

 If in the opinion of the Board of Directors (who may rely
upon the advice of counsel) any action or event contemplated by this Agreement would require compliance by the Corporation with the securities laws or comparable legislation of a jurisdiction outside Canada, the Board of Directors acting in good
faith shall take such actions as it may deem appropriate to ensure such compliance. In no event shall the Corporation or the Rights Agent be required to issue or deliver Rights or securities issuable on exercise of Rights to persons who are
citizens, residents or nationals of any jurisdiction other than Canada or the United States, in which such issue or delivery would be unlawful without registration of the relevant Persons or securities for such purposes. 

 

	5.9	 Notices 

  

	 	(a)	 Notices or demands authorized or required by this Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the
holder of any Rights to or on the Corporation shall be sufficiently given or made if delivered, sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid (until another address is filed in writing with the Rights Agent), or sent by facsimile or other
form of recorded electronic communication, charges prepaid and confirmed in writing, as follows: 

 Encana Corporation

 Suite 4400, 500 Centre Street S.E. 

Calgary, Alberta T2G 1A6 

Attention:        Corporate Secretary 

Fax No.             (403) 645-4617 

 

	 	(b)	 Notices or demands authorized or required by this Agreement to be given or made by the Corporation or by the
holder of any Rights to or on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if delivered, sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid (until another address is filed in writing with the Corporation), or sent by facsimile or other
form of recorded electronic communication, charges prepaid and confirmed in writing, as follows: 

 AST Trust Company
(Canada) 
 600, 333 - 7th Avenue S.W. 

Calgary, AB T2P 2Z1 

Attention:        Manager 

Fax No.:            (403) 776-3916 

 

	 	(c)	 Notices or demands authorized or required by this Agreement to be given or made by the Corporation or the
Rights Agent to or on the holder of any Rights shall be sufficiently given or made if delivered or sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as it appears upon the register of the Rights Agent
or, prior to the Separation Time, on the register of the Corporation for its Common Shares. Any notice which is mailed or sent in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. 

 

	 	(d)	 Any notice given or made in accordance with this Section 5.9 shall be deemed to have been given and to
have been received on the day of delivery, if so delivered, on the third Business Day (excluding each day during which there exists any general interruption of postal service due to strike, lockout or other cause) following the mailing thereof, if
so mailed, and on the day of telegraphing, telecopying or sending of the same by other means of recorded electronic communication (provided such sending is during the normal business hours of the addressee on a Business Day and if not, on the first
Business Day thereafter). Each of the Corporation and the Rights Agent may from time to time change its address for notice by notice to the other given in the manner aforesaid. 

  
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	5.10	 Costs of Enforcement 

The Corporation agrees that if the Corporation fails to fulfil any of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement, then the Corporation will
reimburse the holder of any Rights for the costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by such holder to enforce his rights pursuant to any Rights or this Agreement. 
  

	5.11	 Successors 

All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Corporation or the Rights Agent shall bind and enure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder. 
  

	5.12	 Benefits of this Agreement 

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Corporation, the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; further, this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Corporation, the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. 

 

	5.13	 Governing Law 

This Agreement and each Right issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the Province of Alberta and for all
purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such Province applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such Province. 
  

	5.14	 Severability 

If any term or provision hereof or the application thereof to any circumstance shall, in any jurisdiction and to any extent, be invalid or
unenforceable, such term or provision shall be ineffective only as to such jurisdiction and to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability in such jurisdiction without invalidating or rendering unenforceable or ineffective the remaining terms
and provisions hereof in such jurisdiction or the application of such term or provision in any other jurisdiction or to circumstances other than those as to which it is specifically held invalid or unenforceable. 

 

	5.15	 Coming Into Effect 

This Agreement replaces and supersedes the Original Agreement and is effective and in full force and effect in accordance with its terms from
and after the reconfirmation by resolution passed by a majority of greater than 50 percent of the votes cast by all holders of Voting Shares of the Corporation who vote in respect of reconfirmation of this Agreement at the annual and special
meeting of the Corporation’s shareholders held on April 30, 2019 or any adjournment or postponement thereof. 

  
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	5.16	 Reconfirmation 

This Agreement must be reconfirmed by a resolution passed by a majority of greater than 50 percent of the votes cast by all holders of
Voting Shares who vote in respect of such reconfirmation at the annual meeting of the Corporation to be held in 2022 and at every third annual meeting of the Corporation thereafter (each such annual meeting being a “Reconfirmation
Meeting”). If the Agreement is not so reconfirmed or is not presented for reconfirmation at each such Reconfirmation Meeting, the Agreement and all outstanding Rights shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect on and
from the date of termination of any such Reconfirmation Meeting; provided that termination shall not occur if a Flip-in Event has occurred (other than a Flip-in Event
which has been waived pursuant to Subsections 5.1(a) or (h) hereof), prior to the date upon which this Agreement would otherwise terminate pursuant to this Section 5.16. 

 

	5.17	 Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors 

All actions, calculations and determinations (including all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done, made or approved by the
Board of Directors, in good faith, for the purposes hereof shall not subject the Board of Directors or any director of the Corporation to any liability to the holders of the Rights. 

 

	5.18	 Time of the Essence 

Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement. 
  

	5.19	 Execution in Counterparts 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original,
and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of
the date first above written. 
  

			
	ENCANA CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	             /s/ Douglas J.
Suttles

		 	 Douglas J. Suttles
 President & Chief
Executive Officer

	By:	 	             /s/ Joanne L.
Alexander

		 	 Joanne L. Alexander
 Executive
Vice-President & General Counsel

	
	AST TRUST COMPANY (CANADA)
		
	By:	 	             /s/ Nazim
Nathoo

		 	 Nazim Nathoo
 Director, Relationship
Management

		
	By:	 	             /s/ Kirsten
Dillon

		 	 Kirsten Dillon
 Relationship
Manager

  
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 ATTACHMENT 1 

ENCANA CORPORATION 

SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN AGREEMENT 

[Form of Rights Certificate] 
  

			
	Certificate No. _______	  	Rights _________

 THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, AT THE OPTION OF THE CORPORATION, AND AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION ON THE TERMS SET FORTH
IN THE SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN AGREEMENT. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES (SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION 3.1(b) OF THE SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN AGREEMENT), RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR CERTAIN RELATED PARTIES, OR TRANSFEREES OF AN
ACQUIRING PERSON OR CERTAIN RELATED PARTIES, MAY BECOME VOID. 
 Rights Certificate 

This certifies that
                        , or registered assigns, is the registered holder of the number of Rights set
forth above, each of which entitles the registered holder thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2001, as amended and restated as of September 13, 2001, as of
April 28, 2004, as of April 21, 2010, as of May 3, 2016 and as further amended and restated as of April 30, 2019, as the same may be amended, restated, varied or replaced from time to time (the “Shareholder Rights
Plan Agreement”), between Encana Corporation (the “Corporation”), a corporation duly incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act and AST Trust Company (Canada) (successor rights agent to CIBC Mellon Trust
Company), a trust company incorporated under the laws of Canada (the “Rights Agent”) (which term shall include any successor Rights Agent under the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement), to purchase from the Corporation at any time
after the Separation Time (as such term is defined in the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement) and prior to the Expiration Time (as such term is defined in the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement), one fully paid common share of the Corporation (a
“Common Share”) at the Exercise Price referred to below, upon presentation and surrender of this Rights Certificate with the Form of Election to Exercise (in the form provided hereinafter) duly executed and submitted to the Rights
Agent at its principal office in any of the cities of Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. The Exercise Price shall initially be $• (Cdn.) per Right and shall be subject to adjustment in certain events as provided in the Shareholder Rights Plan
Agreement. 
 In certain circumstances described in the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement, the number of Common Shares which each Right
entitles the registered holder thereof to purchase shall be adjusted as provided in the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement. 
 This Rights
Certificate is subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement, which terms and provisions are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement reference is
hereby made for a full description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Rights Agent, the Corporation and the holders of the Rights Certificates. Copies of the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement
are available at the registered office of the Corporation. 

  
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 This Rights Certificate, with or without other Rights Certificates, upon surrender at any of
the offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, may be exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates of like tenor and date evidencing an aggregate number of Rights equal to the aggregate number of Rights evidenced by
the Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates surrendered. If this Rights Certificate shall be exercised in part, the registered holder shall be entitled to receive, upon surrender hereof, another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates for the
number of whole Rights not exercised. 
 Subject to the provisions of the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement, the Rights evidenced by this
Certificate may be redeemed by the Corporation at a redemption price of $0.000001 per Right, subject to adjustment in certain events, under certain circumstances at its option. 

No fractional Common Shares will be issued upon the exercise of any Rights evidenced hereby, but in lieu thereof a cash payment will be made,
as provided in the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement. 
 No holder of this Rights Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to vote or receive
dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of Common Shares or of any other securities which may at any time be issuable upon the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement or herein be construed to
confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the Rights of a shareholder of the Corporation or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to
any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting shareholders (except as provided in the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Rights evidenced by
this Rights Certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement. 
 This Rights Certificate shall not
be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent. 
 WITNESS the facsimile signature of the
proper officers of the Corporation and its corporate seal. 
  

			
	Date:	 	  

			
	
	ENCANA CORPORATION

			
		
	By:	 	  

		
	By:	 	  

 Countersigned: 
  

			
	AST TRUST COMPANY (CANADA)

			
		
	By:	 	  

		
	By:	 	  

  
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 FORM OF ASSIGNMENT 

(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder desires to transfer the Rights Certificate.) FOR 

VALUE RECEIVED
                                         
                                hereby sells, assigns and 

transfers
unto                                        
                                         
                                         
                                   

(Please print name and address of transferee.) 

the Rights represented by this Rights Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does 

hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
                                         
   , as attorney, to transfer the within Rights on the books of the Corporation, with full power of substitution. 
 Dated:
                                         
                                         
                   
  

			
	Signature Guaranteed:	  	Signature
		  	(Signature must correspond to name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.)

 Signature must be guaranteed by a major Schedule 1 Canadian chartered bank, a member of a recognized stock
exchange or a member of a recognized Medallion Guarantee Program. 
  

CERTIFICATE 
 (To be completed if
true.) 
 The undersigned party transferring Rights hereunder, hereby represents, for the benefit of all holders of Rights and Common
Shares, that the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are not, and, to the knowledge of the undersigned, have never been, Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof or a Person acting jointly or in concert
with an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof. Capitalized terms shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement. 

 

	
	  

Signature

  

	
	(To be attached to each Rights Certificate)

  
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 FORM OF ELECTION TO EXERCISE 

(To be exercised by the registered holder if such holder desires to exercise the Rights Certificate.) 

TO:    __________________________________ 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise
                                    
whole Rights represented by the attached Rights Certificate to purchase the Common Shares or other securities, if applicable, issuable upon the exercise of such Rights and requests that certificates for such securities be issued in the name of:

  

	
	 
	(Name)
	 
	(Address)
	 
	(City and Province)
	 
	Social Insurance Number or other taxpayer identification number.

 If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate, a new Rights Certificate for the
balance of such Rights shall be registered in the name of and delivered to: 
  

	
	 
	(Name)
	 
	(Address)
	 
	(City and Province)
	 
	Social Insurance Number or other taxpayer identification number.

 Dated:
                                        
                                         
        
  

			
	Signature Guaranteed:	  	Signature
		
		  	(Signature must correspond to name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.)

 Signature must be guaranteed by a major Schedule 1 Canadian chartered bank, a member of a recognized stock
exchange or a member of a recognized Medallion Guarantee Program. 
  
  

  
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 CERTIFICATE 

(To be completed if true.) 
 The
undersigned party exercising Rights hereunder, hereby represents, for the benefit of all holders of Rights and Common Shares, that the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are not, and, to the knowledge of the undersigned, have never been,
Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof or a Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof. Capitalized terms shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement. 
  

			
	 
		 	Signature
	 
	(To be attached to each Rights Certificate)	 	

 NOTICE 

In the event the certification set forth above in the Forms of Assignment and Election is not completed, the Corporation will deem the
Beneficial Owner of the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate to be an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof. No Rights Certificates shall be issued in exchange for a Rights Certificate owned or deemed to have been owned by an
Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof, or by a Person acting jointly or in concert with an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof. 

  
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Exhibit 10.36

H E V Canton of BernBern Lease Agreement for Business Premises

Legally protected, reprinting – also in part – forbidden

 

Lessor:GZK Real Estate Ltd, Allmendstr. 11, 2562 Port

represented by:Kurt Ziemer

 

Tenant:STAAR Surgical Ltd, Hauptstr. 104, 2560 Nidau

 

(a number of tenants are jointly and severally liable)

 

Rental property:Property - Portstr. 35, 2555 Brügg, 2nd floor

Intended use:Office and commercial premises of a total of 1,507.77 m2

 

 

	
1.
	
Start of lease

The lease shall start on 01.03.2019

 

	
2.
	
Minimum term

The lease agreement cannot be terminated until 29.02.2024. If the minimum term of the agreement is five years or more, the rent shall be indexed. It can be adjusted once annually to the last known status of the national consumer price index.

 

	
3.
	
Notice period

The notice period shall be -6- months (at least six months).

Alternatively: the lease agreement shall be limited in time and shall end on ------ without any notice.

Once the minimum term has expired, termination shall be possible at the end of each month.

 

	
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Security 

Before transfer of the property, the tenant grants a security of CHF 75,871.35.

This is provided by a bank guarantee from a Swiss bank (cf. point 15 below).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

According to appended summary

5.  Rent and additional charges including 7.7% VAT

Rent:CHF 23,136.45

Additional charges (on account):CHF   2,154.00

 

(Delete where not applicable)

- Heating and hot water costs;

- General power costs for the common systems and facilities;

- Water and wastewater costs (including rainwater charge) along with refuse collection charges;

- Costs of periodic cleaning of the building drains, including petrol trap;

- Costs for mechanical aeration and ventilation and air conditioning of rooms;

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- Maintenance costs for lift equipment;

- Maintenance costs for fire protection equipment, such as fire extinguishers, fire alarms and sprinkler systems; 

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- Costs of caretaking, cleaning and care of all common areas, including the surroundings and garden area (the caretaking costs include salary, all social security benefits, premium for accident insurance and expenses for cleaning materials and incidentals; 

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Total per monthCHF 25,290.45

Payable monthly in advance:CHF 25,290.45

This rent is deemed to be reasonable and to cover costs when the contract is concluded, unless an explicit rental retention (in Swiss francs or as a percentage) is established in point 21.

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6.
	
 Handover

The premises designated as the rental property shall be handed over on the day the lease starts at 12.00 pm. If this falls on a Saturday, Sunday or publicly recognised holiday, the handover shall take place on the next working day. The lessor shall hand over the rental property in a clean condition and one which is suitable for the intended use. There is no entitlement to it being in a new condition. All defects shall be laid out in a handover report. If there is no such report, defects are to be communicated by the tenant to the lessor within 10 days by recorded delivery letter. Once this period has expired, the handover shall be deemed to be lawful and free of any defects. After the start of the lease, the tenant has to permit any restoration and repair work within the rental property which needs to be done by the lessor after timely advance notice. The lessor shall not be liable for any damages if they are not to blame.

 

	
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Regulations of use

The tenant undertakes:

	
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to proceed with the utmost care when using the rental property. When bringing in heavy objects, the structural conditions should be taken into account. The tenant must find out about the permitted floor loading in advance;

	
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to obtain the written consent of the lessor before using or storing materials which may pose a risk to the building or other users;

	
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not to use the rental property for anything other than the contractually agreed purpose. In using the rental property, due consideration is to be paid to the other occupants of the building. In this connection, explicit reference is made to art. 257f of the Code of Obligations;

	
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to comply with any house rules of the lessor. The cleaning of the rental property is the tenant’s responsibility. In addition, the tenant shall provide rough cleaning of their forecourt and the delivery area. Other obligations shall be subject to special agreement.

 

	
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Additional costs

No additional costs are included in the above-mentioned agreed rent. The parties agree that additional costs listed in point 5 shall be charged as follows:

	
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Heating and hot water costs according to heat meters or according to a percentage key which was determined by the heating installer; otherwise, in proportion to the spatial volumes that need heating;

	
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Operating costs and common charges;

	
 
	
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Consumption costs: insofar as separate meters are fitted, according to consumption, otherwise according to rental areas;

	
 
	
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Other costs: in proportion to the rental areas.

 

The tenant shall make payments on account for the presumed costs. These payments on account are to be invoiced annually on the basis of the actual expenses. Only one invoice shall be issued per year. When moving out, there shall be no entitlement to any interim calculation. Any differences in favour or to the detriment of the tenant are to be made up within 30 days after presentation of the invoice.

 

9.  Rent adjustments

9.1 Contracts with a minimum term of at least five years 

If the minimum term of the contract is five years or more, the rent shall be indexed. It can be adjusted once a year to the last known status of the national consumer price index.

The formula is as follows: initial rent x new index : index on conclusion of the contract.

The rent increase shall be notified at least 30 days before it comes into force via an official form. Rent increases shall also be possible during the fixed term of the contract where these are due to value-adding expenditure and for the adjustment of contributions to additional costs. Such rent adjustments must be notified via an official form in compliance with a three-month notice period.

 

9.2  After expiry of the term of the lease

Rent adjustments and other amendments to the contract must be communicated via the official form in compliance with the contractual notice period plus 10 days on a contractual notice date.

 

10.  Maintenance and repairs

10.1  Lessor’s duty of maintenance

During the period of the lease, the lessor undertakes to keep the rental property in a suitable condition for the contractually agreed use and to carry out the necessary repairs, unless they are to be paid for by the tenant according to point 10.2 below. The lessor shall arrange urgent repairs without delay and non-urgent ones within a reasonable period of time. If this is not the case, then the tenant is entitled to rights according to art. 259a et seq. of the Code of Obligations.

 

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10.2  Minor maintenance

The tenant must carry out, or have carried out, all minor cleaning work and repairs which are necessary for normal use of the rental property in a professional way at their own expense (Code of Obligations 259). The tenant’s repair obligation shall apply to all defects that come to light during the period of the lease, irrespective of whether they caused them.

If the tenant takes over ventilation systems, dishwashers, automatic washing machines or tumble driers for their sole use, they must bear the maintenance costs.

The following are deemed to be minor repairs in terms of art. 259 of the Code of Obligations, irrespective of any invoice amount, and in particular the maintenance of:

	
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the door locks and door handles, cupboard locks and other locks;

	
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the electrical switches, sockets and fuses;

	
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the bulbs, fluorescent tubes, telephone, radio and television connections;

	
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the belts, cords and cranks of blinds, roller blinds and venetian blinds;

	
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replacement of seals on taps or other sanitary fittings and simple repairs on cisterns;

	
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glass panels. Panels which are merely cracked are to be replaced at the latest at the end of the lease;

	
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shower hoses and toilet seats (including replacement), along with sanitary switching and sealing apparatus and similar equipment;

	
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drainage pipes and traps as far as the connection to the main pipe (cleaning and unblocking).

Hot water boilers are to be descaled if five years have passed since the last descaling; otherwise the tenant shall pay the appropriate portion per year of the period of the lease – and in any case since the last descaling carried out by them. If the lessor provides the descaling, they shall calculate costs via the calculation of additional costs or they shall receive an annual proportion of costs.

Otherwise, all repairs up to an amount of 1 percent of the annual rent shall be deemed to be minor repairs.

The tenant must not have any repairs carried out for the account of the lessor. Rights according to art. 259, letter b of the Code of Obligations are reserved.

The tenant is not permitted to make any changes or repairs of their own of any kind without the lessor’s consent.

 

11.  Notification requirement in the event of defects

The tenant must notify the lessor about any defects that they do not have to remedy themselves. If the tenant fails to make the notification, they shall be liable for the damage that arises for the lessor as a result.

 

12.  Structural alterations to the rental property

12.1 By the lessor

If the lessor intends to carry out structural alterations to the rental property, which will result in a rent increase, after expiry of the minimum term they have to inform the tenant of this in good time, so that the tenant has a thirty-day period to think over the option of terminating the rental agreement on the next notice date.

During the minimum term, the notification period shall be three months; termination by the tenant shall not be possible in this case.

The lessor may carry out structural alterations, new installations and renovations, which will not result in any rent increase, at any time. The tenant must be notified of these in writing at least 30 days before the work begins and the work must not be done at an inappropriate time or when the lease agreement has been terminated. If contractual use of the rental property is significantly diminished by this, the lessor must compensate the tenant in an appropriate way.

Work on the rental property which is necessary to rectify defects or remedy or prevent damage can be carried out at any time.

Tenants who do not maintain access to their rental property for such alterations, new installations, renovations, repairs or remedial work on structural defects and warranty deficiencies shall be liable for any damages that arise from this.

 

12.2  By the tenant

12.2.1  Within the rental property

Alterations to the rental property are only permitted with the lessor’s written consent. This must state whether and under what circumstances such investments are to be removed or compensated when the tenant moves out. The plans and cost estimates must be presented to the lessor. Any possible official authorisations must be obtained by the tenant. They must also take out the usual building insurance policies or bear the costs of these. Where the investments are larger, in order to avoid any builders’ liens, the lessor shall be entitled to demand that the anticipated costs are secured in a blocked account or via a bank guarantee. If there is no written agreement by the lessor, the lessor can demand that the property is restored to its original condition when the tenant moves out. If this is waived, the tenant is not entitled to any claim for compensation for the fittings that have been installed.

 

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12.2.2  Alterations outside the rental property

Elements of the façade do not form part of the tenant’s lease agreement. The attachment of installations and fixtures outside the rental property (e.g. blinds, signs, billboards, display cases, aerials) along with alterations to existing installations and fixtures must only be carried out with the explicit consent of the lessor.

The lessor’s consent also extends to the site, size, colour and material, which in particular applies with regard to the company plaques and advertising boards and also to other advertising fixtures. The tenant has the right to affix a company nameplate of the usual size at an appropriate location at the entrance to the building at their own expense. In order to achieve a consistent style for the whole building, all plaques shall be made by a tradesman who is to be specified by the lessor. If the façade or the walls in the stairwell are repaired or altered, the tenant must carry out the removal and re-fixing of the signs and publicity fixtures at their own expense in accordance with the lessor’s instructions.

Any possible official authorisations are to be obtained by the tenant.

 

13.  Subletting and transfer of the lease agreement

The subletting and transfer of the lease to a third party are only permitted with the written consent of the lessor. Assignment of the lease agreement is not possible.

 

14.  Assumption of risks, civil liability, insurances

The tenant shall bear the risk of damage to and loss of their fixtures and fittings, as well as of the glass panels, particularly the risk of theft, fire, explosion, water and glass breakage damage to windows, doors and display windows which are only of use to the tenant. They shall explicitly waive any right to assert a claim with respect to the lessor based on such damage. The statutory liability of the building owner in accordance with the Code of Obligations shall be reserved. The tenant is recommended to take out appropriate property insurance. If fixtures of the tenant are included in the obligatory cantonal building insurance and if the premiums for these are collected from the lessor, then these are to be reimbursed to the lessor after invoicing.

 

15.  Security

Any agreed security is to be provided in the form of a bank guarantee given by a Swiss bank. If the parties agree on another form of security, a written agreement is to be made about this.

The security serves to guarantee all claims based on the lease agreement, including any possible legal costs (court costs and costs for the parties).

 

16.  Right of access

The lessor reserves the right to access the rental property in the presence of the tenant in order to exercise their ownership and supervisory right. Without the written consent of the tenant, the lessor shall not be entitled to have a key to the rental property and to enter it. If the lease agreement is terminated, then the tenant has the obligation to allow access to prospective tenants, whether accompanied by the lessor or not. The same shall apply if the property is sold. Consideration must be given to the tenant’s interests.

The lessor must inform the tenant about the appointment in good time, usually 48 hours in advance. As a rule, standard business hours shall apply. If the tenant is not present on site, they must ensure that access to the rental property is guaranteed in emergencies (water damage, fire risk, etc.). In the event of failure to do so, they shall be liable for any damages arising.

 

17.  Return of the property

The premises designated under “rental property” shall be returned at the latest at 12.00 pm on the day after the end of the lease. If this date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or publicly recognised holiday, the property shall be returned on the next working day. The tenant shall be liable for damages arising from a delay in returning the rental property. Taking into account depreciation and the defects established in the handover report or at the start of the lease, the tenant shall hand over the rental property fully vacated, professionally restored and cleaned. When the property is returned, all keys must be handed over. The keys which were subsequently made at the tenant’s expense are to be surrendered to the lessor without any compensation. Alterations to the lock system due to missing keys shall be borne by the tenant. Defects for which the tenant is to be held liable are to be listed in a return report and this is to be signed by the tenant. If this is not possible, the lessor must inform the tenant of the defects without delay. The same shall apply to defects which are discovered at a later stage and which were not detectable with normal care at the time of the return.

 

18.  Amendments to the contract

Any amendment to this contract must be in writing if it is to be valid.

 

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19.  Address for service

The address of the rental property shall be deemed to be the address for service of the tenant(s). A communication shall be deemed to be served when it arrives at the tenant’s premises or is ready for collection at the post office.

 

20.  Special agreements

These are to be made in writing. Insofar as they contradict these general provisions, they take precedence over them.

 

Annexes

 

Building rules

 

XKey list

 

XPlans of the rental property

 

XStructural description of the rental property

 

XSpecial provisions nos. 1 + 2

 

21.  Rent retention

The rent specified in point 5 does not cover costs.

There is a rent reserve of    % and the right is reserved to assert a claim to this at a later stage. It is justified as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This contract is deemed to be correct in all parts and is signed.

 

Place, date:2562 Port, 22 January 2019

 

The tenant:STAAR Surgical Ltd:The lessor:GZK Real Estate Ltd:

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GZK

GZK REAL ESTATE LTD

 

 

 

In summary, the gross consideration is as follows:

 

							
	
1,507.77 m2
	
at CHF 158.00
	
Net rent
	
 
	
 
	
CHF
	
238,227.65

	
22 parking places
	
at CHF 40.00
	
880.00 per month
	
x 12 months
	
 
	
CHF
	
10,560.00

	
10 parking places
	
at CHF 75.00
	
750.00 per month
	
x 12 months
	
 
	
CHF
	
9,000.00

	
NET
	
rent per
	
year
	
 
	
 
	
CHF
	
257,787.65

	
On account
	
additional costs
	
12 x 2,000.00
	
 
	
 
	
CHF
	
24,000.00

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
CHF
	
281,787.65

	
7.70%
	
VAT
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
CHF
	
21,697.65

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Gross
	
rent per
	
year
	
 
	
 
	
CHF
	
303,485.30

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Gross
	
rent per
	
month
	
 
	
 
	
CHF
	
25,290.45

 

 

Allmendstrasse 11 / CH-2562 Port / Tel. +41 79 251 36 31

Switchboard: 032 332 70 70 / Bank details: CS Bern, UBS Biel

GZK

GZK REAL ESTATE LTD

 

 

Special provisions no. 1

 

Annex to rental contract LG Portstrasse 35, 2555 Brügg, 2nd floor

Tenant: STAAR Surgical Ltd, Hauptstr. 104, 2560 Nidau

 

The lessor, GZK Real Estate Ltd, Allmendstr. 11, 2562 Port, shall bear investment costs of a maximum of CHF 250,000.00 for the following realisations:

 

	
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Electrical systems

	
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Heating and ventilation systems

	
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Air conditioning system of older part; did not previously exist in these areas

	
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Carpentry work

	
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Repair of floors

	
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Ceiling adaptation in general

	
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Demolition of certain partition walls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2562 Port, 22 January 2019

Allmendstrasse 11 / CH-2562 Port / Tel. +41 79 251 36 31

Switchboard: 032 332 70 70 / Bank details: CS Bern, UBS Biel

GZK

GZK REAL ESTATE LTD

 

Special provisions no. 2

 

Annex to rental contract LG Portstrasse 35, 2555 Brügg, 2nd floor

Tenant: STAAR Surgical Ltd, Hauptstr. 104, 2560 Nidau

 

Structural alterations in the rented premises:

 

At the end of the lease agreement, the structural alterations undertaken by the tenant are to be reversed or these shall be taken over by the subsequent tenant under the same rights and obligations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2562 Port, 22 January 2019

 

Allmendstrasse 11 / CH-2562 Port / Tel. +41 79 251 36 31

Switchboard: 032 332 70 70 / Bank details: CS Bern, UBS Biel

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