Metals Royalty Co Inc.
For the period ended Aug 26, 2026. Filed Aug 26, 2026.
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EX-99.1 · Article 2. ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
Article 2.
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
Section 2.01 *Designation and Amount.*The Notes shall be designated as the “Convertible Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2031.” The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is initially $140,035,000, subject to Section 2.10 and any PIK Payments permitted by this Indenture that are made pursuant to Section 2.02(b) and Section 2.03 and, except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes to the extent expressly permitted hereunder.
Section 2.02Form of Notes.
(a) The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A, the terms and provisions of which shall constitute, and are hereby expressly incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture. Any PIK Notes that are Physical Notes will be issued with the designation “PIK Note” on the face of such PIK Note. To the extent applicable, the Company, the Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. In the case of any conflict between this Indenture and a Note, the provisions of this Indenture shall control and govern to the extent of such conflict.
Any Global Note may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture as may be required by the Custodian or the Depositary, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or traded or designated for issuance or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.
Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends or endorsements as the Officer executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.
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Each Global Note shall represent such principal amount of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect repurchases, cancellations, conversions, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby or the payment of PIK Interest as described in Section 2.02(b) below. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the Holder of such Notes in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or in connection with an Optional Redemption or Net Proceeds Offer, in each case, pursuant to Article 15, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, a Global Note shall be made to the Holder of such Note on the date of payment, unless a record date or other means of determining Holders eligible to receive payment is provided for herein.
(b) PIK Interest in respect of the Notes shall be paid as set forth in Section 2.03 below, and either the outstanding principal amount of the Notes represented by a Global Note shall be increased to reflect such PIK Interest or, for Notes that are Physical Notes, Additional Notes (“PIK Notes”) reflecting such PIK Interest shall be issued under this Indenture having the same terms (except that PIK Notes shall be made in a minimum denomination of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00) as the Notes (in each case, a “PIK Payment”), as provided in Section 2.03 and delivered in accordance with Section 2.03(b). Any PIK Notes will be considered to be part of the same series of, and rank equally and ratably with all other, Notes issued under this Indenture.
(c) The legend substantially in the following form shall also be included on any Notes issued with OID, as defined below:
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. THIS NOTE WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”) WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1273 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), AND THIS LEGEND IS REQUIRED BY SECTION 1275(c) OF THE CODE. UPON REQUEST, THE COMPANY WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO A HOLDER OF THIS NOTE INFORMATION REGARDING THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF OID, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE NOTES BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE COMPANY AT THE METALS ROYALTY COMPANY INC. 1900 DOME TOWER, 333 7TH AVE SW, CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA, T2P 2Z1, ATTENTION: DONALD SEWELL.
Section 2.03 Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest; Default Rate and Defaulted Amounts.(a) The Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof;provided that after the issuance of PIK Notes or an increase in the principal amount of a Global Note in order to evidence PIK Interest, the minimum denominations shall be $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall, subject to Section 2.03(b)(iv), bear interest from and including the Issue Date, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for to, but excluding the next scheduled Interest Payment Date, at a rate per annum equal to 8.00% (the “Stated Interest”), consisting of (i) from and including the Issue Date to but excluding September 15, 2027, (A) interest payable solely in cash accruing at a rate per annum equal to 6.00% and (B) interest payable solely in the form of PIK Interest accruing at a rate per annum equal to 2.00%, (ii) from and including September 15, 2027 to but excluding September 15, 2028, (A) interest payable solely in cash accruing at a rate per annum equal to 7.00% and (B) interest payable solely in the form of PIK Interest accruing at a rate per annum equal to 1.00%, and (iii) from and including September 15, 2028 and thereafter, interest payable solely in cash accruing at a rate per annum equal to 8.00%.Accrued interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months and, for partial months, on the basis of the number of days actually elapsed in a 30-day month. For purposes of theInterest Act(Canada), whenever interest is calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days or any other period of time that is less than a calendar year, the yearly rate of interest to which such rate is equivalent is the rate so calculated multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year in which such interest accrues and divided by 360 or such other period of time, as applicable.
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(b) (i) On each Interest Payment Date, the Company shall pay the portion of Stated Interest constituting Cash Interest in cash and shall pay the portion of Stated Interest constituting PIK Interest in the form of a PIK Payment. In connection with any payment of interest in respect of the Notes for which the Company is required pursuant to Section 2.03(a) to effect payment of the portion of Stated Interest payable in the form of PIK Interest, the Company shall, without the consent of the Holders, make such payment of PIK Interest by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Global Notes to reflect such PIK Interest payable on such Global Notes or by issuing PIK Notes to Holders of Physical Notes to reflect such PIK Interest payable on such Physical Notes, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below; and upon any PIK Payment being so effected, such portion of Stated Interest shall be deemed to have been paid in full. The Notes issued on the Issue Date and any PIK Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture.
(ii) Any PIK Interest on the Notes will be payable to Holders, and(x) with respect to the Notes represented by one or more Global Notes registered in the name of, or held by, the Depositary or its nominee on the relevant Regular Record Date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Global Notes by an amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable Interest Period (rounded to the nearest whole dollar, with amounts of $0.50 or more being rounded up), and the Trustee will, upon receipt of a Company Order from the Company, record such increase in principal amount and(y) with respect to Notes represented by Physical Notes, by issuing PIK Notes in the form of Physical Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable Interest Period (rounded to the nearest whole dollar, with amounts of $0.50 or more being rounded up), and the Trustee will, upon receipt of a Company Order and PIK Notes from the Company, authenticate and deliver such PIK Notes in certificated form for original issuance to the Holders on the relevant record date (or, in the case of Physical Notes maintained by the Custodian for Physical Notes, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Physical Notes pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustee and the Custodian), as shown by the records of the register of Holders. Following an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Global Notes as a result of a PIK Payment, the Global Notes will bear interest on such increased principal amount from and after the date of such PIK Payment. Any PIK Notes issued in the form of Physical Notes will be distributed to Holders or held by the Custodian for Physical Notes, will be dated as of the applicable Interest Payment Date and will bear interest from and after such date in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. All Notes issued pursuant to a PIK Payment will mature on the Maturity Date and for purposes of computing interest and other amounts payable under this Indenture will be governed by, and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of, this Indenture and shall have the same rights and benefits as the other Notes. Any PIK Notes issued in the form of Physical Notes will be issued with the description “PIK Note” on the face of such PIK Note.
(iii) The payment of accrued and unpaid interest (including interest that would otherwise be PIK Interest when paid) in connection with any acceleration, Optional Redemption, Tax Redemption or repurchase in connection with a Fundamental Change or Net Proceeds Offer, in each case, pursuant to Article 15, or at maturity (whether stated or otherwise) of the Notes and all interest payable at the Default Rate, shall, in each case, be made in cash.
(iv) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, any principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest on, and any other amount owing under, the Notes, in each case that is not paid when due, shall bear interest at the Default Rate from, and including, the date such amount was due to, but excluding, the date of payment thereof. Interest at the Default Rate shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date and otherwise in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Notes and this Section 2.03. The Company shall make payment of any interest at the Default Rate to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such interest at the Default Rate, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of the interest at the Default Rate proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than twenty-five (25) days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such interest at the Default Rate or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such interest at the Default Rate as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment of such interest at the Default Rate which shall be not more than fifteen (15) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than ten (10) days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of such special record date and the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such interest at the Default Rate and the special record date therefor to be delivered to each Holder at its address as it appears in the Note Register, or by electronic means to the Depositary in the case of Global Notes, not less than ten (10) days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such interest at the Default Rate and the special record date therefor having been so delivered, such interest at the Default Rate shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such special record date. The Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever for the calculation of the interest at the Default Rate. Interest at the Default Rate shall accrue and be payable both before and after any judgment or decree and both before and after the commencement of any case or proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, regardless of whether the claim for such interest is allowed or allowable as a claim in any such case or proceeding. Interest at the Default Rate shall be in addition to any Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 4.19 or Section 6.03
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(c) The Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Note Register at the close of business on any Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. The Company shall pay (or cause the Paying Agent to pay) the principal amount of any Note(x) in the case of any Physical Note, at the office or agency of the Company designated by the Company for such purposes in the United States of America, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office and(y) in the case of any Global Note, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The Company shall pay (or cause the Paying Agent to pay) Cash Interest (i) on any Physical Notes (a) to Holders holding Physical Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of these Notes at their address as it appears in the Note Register and (b) to Holders holding Physical Notes having an aggregate principal amount of more than $5,000,000, either by check mailed to each such Holder or, upon application by such a Holder to the Note Registrar (containing the requisite information for the Trustee or Paying Agent to make such wire transfer) not later than the relevant Regular Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that Holder’s account within the United States of America if such Holder has provided the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) with the requisite information necessary to make such wire transfer, which application shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Note Registrar to the contrary or (ii) on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.
(d) Any Defaulted Amounts shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant payment date but shall accrue interest per annum at the Default Rate from, and including, such relevant payment date, and such Defaulted Amounts together with such interest thereon shall be paid via Cash Interest by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Amounts to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of the Defaulted Amounts proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than twenty-five (25) days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Amounts or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Amounts as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts which shall be not more than fifteen (15) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than ten (10) days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of such special record date and the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor to be delivered to each Holder at its address as it appears in the Note Register, or by electronic means to the Depositary in the case of Global Notes, not less than ten (10) days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor having been so delivered, such Defaulted Amounts shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii) of this Section 2.03(d). The Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever for the calculation of the Defaulted Amounts.
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(ii) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Amounts in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after written notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Section 2.04 *Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes.*The Notes shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile or other electronic signature of any of its Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary or any of its Executive or Senior Vice Presidents.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes, without any further action by the Company hereunder;provided that, as set forth in Section 18.05, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Officer’s Certificate and (other than with respect to any PIK Notes) an Opinion of Counsel of the Company with respect to the issuance, authentication and delivery of such Notes.
Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the Form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, executed manually by an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 18.09), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
In case any Officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Notes shall cease to be such Officer before the Notes so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such Notes nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who signed such Notes had not ceased to be such Officer of the Company; and any Note may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Note, shall be the Officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such Person was not such an Officer.
Section 2.05Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer; Depositary; Custodian for Physical Notes.
(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02, the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Such register shall be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable period of time. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed the “Note Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. The Company may appoint one or more co-Note Registrars in accordance with Section 4.02.
Upon delivery for registration of transfer of any Note to the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.05, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture.
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Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon delivery of the Notes to be exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02. Whenever any Notes are so delivered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive, bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
All Notes presented or delivered for registration of transfer or for exchange, repurchase or conversion shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and duly executed, by the Holder thereof or its attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be imposed by the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Note Registrar, any co-Note Registrar or the Paying Agent for any exchange or registration of transfer of Notes, but the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax required in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of new Notes issued upon such exchange or registration of transfer being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes delivered for exchange or registration of transfer.
None of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (i) any Notes delivered for conversion or, if a portion of any Note is delivered for conversion, such portion thereof delivered for conversion or (ii) any Notes, or a portion of any Note, delivered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) in accordance with Article 15.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with this Indenture shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes delivered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(b) So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless otherwise required by law, subject to the fourth paragraph from the end of Section 2.05(c) all Notes shall be represented by one or more Notes in global form (each, a “Global Note”) registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary. Each Global Note shall bear the legend required on a Global Note set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in a Global Note that does not involve the issuance of a Physical Note shall be effected through the Depositary (but not the Trustee or the Custodian) in accordance with this Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth herein) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor.
(c) Every Note that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(c) to bear the legend set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (together with any Common Shares issued upon conversion of the Notes that are required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(d), collectively, the “Restricted Securities”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (including those contained in the legend set forth below), unless such restrictions on transfer shall be eliminated or otherwise waived by written consent of the Company, and the Holder of each such Restricted Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in this Section 2.05(c) and Section 2.05(d), the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security.
If the Company determines that any Note is required to bear the legend below, any certificate evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Shares, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(d), if applicable) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless such Notes have been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with notice thereof to the Trustee):
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THIS SECURITY AND THE COMMON SHARES, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE (NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THIS SECURITY AND THE COMMON SHARES, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY SUCH SECURITY). BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE METALS ROYALTY COMPANY INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR THE COMMON SHARES, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY, OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN OR THEREIN, EXCEPT:
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