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Prospectus re Admission to the Official List - Heritage Oil

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PART IX—CORPORATE REORGANISATION1. GROUP CAPITAL RE-ORGANISATIONCompany Structu<strong>re</strong>In anticipation of <strong>Admission</strong>, HOC has proposed a <strong>re</strong>organisation which will be completed by way of<strong>the</strong> Plan of Arrangement shortly befo<strong>re</strong> <strong>Admission</strong>. Pursuant <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Plan of Arrangement, each holderof HOC Common Sha<strong>re</strong>s will exchange <strong>the</strong>ir sha<strong>re</strong>s for Ordinary Sha<strong>re</strong>s or Exchangeable Sha<strong>re</strong>s on aone-for-ten basis. Exchangeable Sha<strong>re</strong>s have certain special rights described below including <strong>the</strong> right<strong>to</strong> di<strong>re</strong>ct <strong>the</strong> Trustee as <strong>to</strong> how it should exercise a number (equal <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> number of ExchangeableSha<strong>re</strong>s held) of <strong>the</strong> votes attaching <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Special Voting Sha<strong>re</strong> issued by <strong>the</strong> Company for <strong>the</strong>sepurposes. The option <strong>to</strong> elect for Exchangeable Sha<strong>re</strong>s has been granted by <strong>the</strong> Company in order <strong>to</strong>allow Canadian holders of HOC Common Sha<strong>re</strong>s <strong>to</strong> participate in <strong>the</strong> futu<strong>re</strong> performance of <strong>the</strong>Company in a tax efficient manner by continuing <strong>to</strong> hold Canadian securities or inte<strong>re</strong>sts. TheExchangeable Sha<strong>re</strong>s a<strong>re</strong> <strong>to</strong> be admitted <strong>to</strong> listing on <strong>the</strong> TSX and <strong>the</strong> <strong>Official</strong> <strong>List</strong> and <strong>to</strong> trading on<strong>the</strong> LSE’s main market for listed securities.Immediately following <strong>Admission</strong>, <strong>the</strong><strong>re</strong> will be 4,431,120 Exchangeable Sha<strong>re</strong>s issued andoutstanding in HOC. Additionally, pursuant <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Plan of Arrangement, <strong>the</strong><strong>re</strong> will be24,545,340 options outstanding.Under <strong>the</strong> conditions of <strong>the</strong> HOC Bonds, HOC is <strong>re</strong>qui<strong>re</strong>d <strong>to</strong> take (or <strong>to</strong> procu<strong>re</strong> that <strong>the</strong><strong>re</strong> is taken)all necessary action <strong>to</strong> ensu<strong>re</strong> that immediately upon completion of <strong>the</strong> Plan of Arrangement, at itsoption, ei<strong>the</strong>r (a) <strong>the</strong> Company is substituted under <strong>the</strong> bonds as principal deb<strong>to</strong>r in place of HOC orbecomes a guaran<strong>to</strong>r under <strong>the</strong> bonds and, in ei<strong>the</strong>r case, <strong>to</strong> make necessary consequentialamendments such that <strong>the</strong> bonds may be converted in<strong>to</strong> or exchanged for Ordinary Sha<strong>re</strong>s; or (b) suchamendments a<strong>re</strong> made <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> bonds such that <strong>the</strong> bonds may be converted in<strong>to</strong> or exchanged forOrdinary Sha<strong>re</strong>s. Accordingly, at or immediately prior <strong>to</strong> <strong>Admission</strong> <strong>the</strong> terms and conditions of <strong>the</strong>HOC Bonds will be amended such that <strong>the</strong> holders of <strong>the</strong> HOC Bonds will be entitled <strong>to</strong> convert <strong>the</strong>irbonds in<strong>to</strong> Ordinary Sha<strong>re</strong>s subject <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> terms and conditions of such bonds.Upon completion of <strong>the</strong> Plan of Arrangement, DutchCo (being an indi<strong>re</strong>ct wholly owned subsidiary of<strong>the</strong> Company) will own 100 per cent. of <strong>the</strong> sha<strong>re</strong> capital of Alberta CallCo which will in turn own100 per cent. of <strong>the</strong> HOC Common Sha<strong>re</strong>s. As a <strong>re</strong>sult, HOC will be controlled by <strong>the</strong> Company byvirtue of its indi<strong>re</strong>ct 100 per cent. membership in DutchCo.The corporate structu<strong>re</strong> immediately subsequent <strong>to</strong> completion of <strong>the</strong> Plan of Arrangement will beas follows.Non-Residents and Non-ElectingCanadian ResidentsOrdinarySha<strong>re</strong>sThe Company(Jersey)Voting andExchangeTrustSpecial Voting Sha<strong>re</strong>Jersey Subco(Jersey)DutchCo(Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands)HOC CommonSha<strong>re</strong>sAlberta CallCo(Alberta)HOC(Alberta)Electing Canadian ResidentsExchangeableSha<strong>re</strong>s12MAR200802413099246

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