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Arrangement Agreement |
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Mellon Investor Services LLC; Royal Bank of Canada; Trizec Properties, Inc. |
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2002 |
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ARRANGEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made as of March 8, 2002.
B E T W E E N:
TRIZEC HAHN CORPORATION, a corporation governed by the Business
Corporations Act (Ontario)
(hereinafter, "TrizecHahn"),
and
TRIZEC CANADA INC., a corporation governed by the Canada Business
Corporations Act
(hereinafter, "Trizec Canada"),
and
4007069 CANADA INC., a corporation governed by the Canada Business
Corporations Act
(hereinafter, "Trizec Subco"),
and
TRIZEC PROPERTIES, INC., a corporation governed by the Delaware General
Corporation Law
(hereinafter, "Trizec Properties").
WHEREAS TrizecHahn intends to propose to its shareholders a statutory plan
of arrangement under section 182 of the OBCA on the terms of the Plan of
Arrangement annexed as Appendix I hereto;
AND WHEREAS Trizec Properties is an indirect subsidiary of TrizecHahn and
has agreed to participate in the Arrangement on the terms and conditions set
forth herein;
AND WHEREAS each of Trizec Canada and Trizec Subco will participate in the
Arrangement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that, in consideration of the
premises and the covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and
valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged by each of the Parties to the others, the Parties covenant and
agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
1.1 DEFINITIONS
In this Agreement, unless something in the subject matter or context is
inconsistent therewith:
"1987 SOP" means the TrizecHahn Amended and Restated 1987 Stock Option
Plan;
"AGREEMENT" means this arrangement agreement including the Appendices
hereto and all amendments made hereto;
"ARRANGEMENT" means the proposed arrangement under the provisions of
section 182 of the OBCA, on and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Plan of Arrangement and any amendments thereto made in
accordance with Section 6.1 hereof;
"BUSINESS DAY" means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which the
TSE is open for trading;
"CANADIAN RESIDENT" means a partnership or a person who is a resident of
Canada for the purposes of the Tax Act and who has so certified in the
Share Election Form, but does not include (i) a partnership that is not a
"Canadian partnership" as defined in the Tax Act or (ii) a trust unless the
trust is a resident of Canada for
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purposes of the Tax Act and the interests in such trust of beneficiaries
who are Canadian Residents have an aggregate value equal to or greater than
95% of the value of the interests of all beneficiaries in the trust;
"CIRCULAR" means the Management Information Circular of TrizecHahn relating
to the Arrangement;
"CLAIM" means any act, omission or state of facts, or any demand, action,
suit, proceeding, claim, assessment, judgment, settlement or other
compromise relating thereto, which may give rise to a right of
indemnification under Article 5 hereof;
"COURT" means the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario;
"DIRECT CLAIM" means any Claim by an Indemnified Party against an
Indemnifier;
"DIRECTOR" means the person appointed as the Director under the OBCA;
"DISSENT RIGHTS" means the right of a TrizecHahn SVS Shareholder to dissent
in respect of the Arrangement pursuant to the procedures set forth in
section 185 of the OBCA as modified by section 3.1 of the Plan of
Arrangement;
"DISSENTING SHAREHOLDER" means a TrizecHahn SVS Shareholder who exercises
such holder's Dissent Rights;
"EFFECTIVE DATE" means the effective date of the Arrangement, being the
date shown on the certificate of arrangement to be issued by the Director
under the OBCA giving effect to the Arrangement;
"EFFECTIVE TIME" means the earliest moment on the Effective Date;
"ENCUMBRANCE" means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, hypothec, security
interest, encumbrance, adverse claim or right of a third party to acquire
or restrict the use of property;
"EQUIVALENT AMOUNT" on any given date in one currency (the "first
currency") of any amount denominated in another currency (the "second
currency") means the amount of the first currency which could be purchased
with such amount of the second currency at the rate of exchange quoted by
Royal Bank of Canada (or successor thereto) at 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on
such date for the purchase of the first currency with the second currency;
"EXCHANGE CERTIFICATE" means a certificate delivered to a holder of a share
of Trizec Properties Common Stock who is not, or has not certified that it
is, a Qualifying U.S. Person evidencing the ownership of a share of Trizec
Properties Common Stock by such person, subject to the terms and conditions
set out in the Exchange Certificate Agreement;
"EXCHANGE CERTIFICATE AGREEMENT" means the custody agreement to be entered
into between Trizec Properties and a custodian and all owners and
beneficial owners, from time to time, of Exchange Certificates;
"FINAL ORDER" means the final order of the Court approving the Arrangement;
"INDEMNIFIED PARTY" has the meaning set out in Section 5.1 hereof;
"INDEMNIFIER" has the meaning set out in Section 5.1 hereof;
"INDEMNITY PAYMENT" means the amount of any Loss required to be paid by an
Indemnifier pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof;
"INTERIM ORDER" means the interim order of the Court to be sought in
connection with the Arrangement;
"LOSS" means any and all loss, liability, damage, cost, expense, charge,
fine, penalty or assessment arising from and pertaining to this Agreement,
including Taxes, the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of any
action, suit, proceeding, demand, assessment, judgment, settlement or
compromise relating thereto, fines and penalties and reasonable legal fees
(on a solicitor and its own client basis) and expenses incurred in
connection therewith, excluding loss of profits and consequential damages;
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"MAXIMUM AGGREGATE HOLDINGS" means Trizec Canada Constrained Shares which
represent an aggregate of that percentage of the total number of issued and
outstanding Trizec Canada Constrained Shares, including (for greater
certainty) the number of Trizec Canada Constrained Shares which would be
issued if all Trizec Canada Options were exercised at such time, which is
equal to (i) 45%, less (ii) the Option Ownership Percentage, provided that
for the purposes of this definition the Trizec Canada MVS and Trizec Canada
SVS shall be considered to be shares of a single class and series;
"MEETING" means the meeting of TrizecHahn Shareholders called for April 23,
2002, and any adjournments or postponements thereof, to be held for the
purpose of considering, and if considered advisable, approving the
Arrangement;
"NOTICE PERIOD" has the meaning set out in Section 5.2(a) hereof;
"NYSE" means the New York Stock Exchange;
"OBCA" means the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), as amended;
"OPTION OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE" means, at any time, the greater of (i) zero
and (ii) the fraction, expressed as a percentage of which the numerator is
equal to the sum of the number of Trizec Canada Options owned by Canadian
Residents minus the number of Trizec Canada Options owned by non-Canadian
Residents and the denominator is equal to the number of issued and
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